New Zealand rugby icon Jonah Lomu and former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel will be the subjects of two new documentaries from U.K.-based sales agent and distributor Dogwoof and Sylver Entertainment.
The companies previously collaborated on “McEnroe,” a documentary about the tennis great John McEnroe, which was released in U.K. cinemas in July and premiered on Showtime on Sept. 2.
As development financiers and executive producers on both projects, Dogwoof will be presenting the projects to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.
“Lomu” is centred on the late Jonah Lomu, one of the greatest rugby players of all time. Lomu was a Tongan/Kiwi warrior who could run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. He was the youngest All Black to put on the jersey and still holds the record for the most tries scored in World Cup history. The film about his life is being made...
The companies previously collaborated on “McEnroe,” a documentary about the tennis great John McEnroe, which was released in U.K. cinemas in July and premiered on Showtime on Sept. 2.
As development financiers and executive producers on both projects, Dogwoof will be presenting the projects to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.
“Lomu” is centred on the late Jonah Lomu, one of the greatest rugby players of all time. Lomu was a Tongan/Kiwi warrior who could run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. He was the youngest All Black to put on the jersey and still holds the record for the most tries scored in World Cup history. The film about his life is being made...
- 9/6/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Line of Duty star Vicky McClure’s Build Your Own Films has been backed by All3Media and the indie is co-producing ITV drama Without Sin and developing a six-part political thriller, multi-part period drama, travel show and football doc.
McClure runs the company with partner and sports doc producer Jonny Owen.
“We are absolutely delighted to be in partnership with All3Media. Together we hold the same passion in creating TV and film to the highest standard whilst generating opportunities that showcase raw talent and unforgettable stories,” said McClure.
She is best known for playing Di Kate Fleming in BBC One smash hit Line of Duty and has also starred in Broadchurch, I Am Nicola and Alex Rider. She broke out in Shane Meadows’ cult feature This is England as Lol Jenkins.
Byo Films will co-produce ITV psychological thriller Without Sin, which stars McClure as a grieving mother, with Left Bank Pictures...
McClure runs the company with partner and sports doc producer Jonny Owen.
“We are absolutely delighted to be in partnership with All3Media. Together we hold the same passion in creating TV and film to the highest standard whilst generating opportunities that showcase raw talent and unforgettable stories,” said McClure.
She is best known for playing Di Kate Fleming in BBC One smash hit Line of Duty and has also starred in Broadchurch, I Am Nicola and Alex Rider. She broke out in Shane Meadows’ cult feature This is England as Lol Jenkins.
Byo Films will co-produce ITV psychological thriller Without Sin, which stars McClure as a grieving mother, with Left Bank Pictures...
- 5/3/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
International television, film and digital production and distribution group All3Media is backing “Line of Duty” star Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen’s company, Build Your Own Films.
Byo Films, which is focused on both scripted and non-scripted production, was launched by co-CEOs McClure and her partner Owen, who specializes in sports documentaries, including Netflix soccer documentary “I Believe in Miracles.”
The upcoming Byo slate includes ITV drama, “Without Sin,” a four-part psychological thriller exploring the relationship which develops between a grieving mother, played by McClure, and the man she believes murdered her daughter. It is produced by Left Bank Pictures and co-produced by Byo Films.
McClure starred recently in ITV drama “Trigger Point,” which has been recommissioned. It is distributed by All3Media International, who will be Byo Films’ worldwide distribution partner.
Also in development at Byo are a six-part political thriller, a multi-part period drama, a travel show and a soccer documentary from Owen.
Byo Films, which is focused on both scripted and non-scripted production, was launched by co-CEOs McClure and her partner Owen, who specializes in sports documentaries, including Netflix soccer documentary “I Believe in Miracles.”
The upcoming Byo slate includes ITV drama, “Without Sin,” a four-part psychological thriller exploring the relationship which develops between a grieving mother, played by McClure, and the man she believes murdered her daughter. It is produced by Left Bank Pictures and co-produced by Byo Films.
McClure starred recently in ITV drama “Trigger Point,” which has been recommissioned. It is distributed by All3Media International, who will be Byo Films’ worldwide distribution partner.
Also in development at Byo are a six-part political thriller, a multi-part period drama, a travel show and a soccer documentary from Owen.
- 5/3/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Soccer ace Wayne Rooney, England’s all-time leading goal scorer, is to be the subject of an official documentary biopic from Maradona producer-financier Lorton Entertainment.
Production is underway on the film about the life and career of the former Manchester United, Everton and DC United star, who currently plays for Derby County.
Directed by BAFTA-winner Matt Smith (Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad), the access doc will feature personal archive footage and interviews with talking heads from across the world of football and beyond.
Rooney burst onto the scene after making his professional debut for Everton aged 16. In a glittering career, not without its bumps along the way, the forward went on to become Manchester United and England’s record goalscorer. The film will track Rooney’s path to the present day and ask what next for the Liverpudlian superstar.
Rooney said: “I’m excited to be the subject of this documentary.
Production is underway on the film about the life and career of the former Manchester United, Everton and DC United star, who currently plays for Derby County.
Directed by BAFTA-winner Matt Smith (Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad), the access doc will feature personal archive footage and interviews with talking heads from across the world of football and beyond.
Rooney burst onto the scene after making his professional debut for Everton aged 16. In a glittering career, not without its bumps along the way, the forward went on to become Manchester United and England’s record goalscorer. The film will track Rooney’s path to the present day and ask what next for the Liverpudlian superstar.
Rooney said: “I’m excited to be the subject of this documentary.
- 6/26/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Bellamy Blake and Clarke Griffin's relationship, whether enemies or friends or platonic soulmates, is the essence of The 100 and what it finds itself most rooted in.
And for a pairing that out of context looks explicitly romantic, Bellarke manage to turn even the most innocent of scenes into something deeply emotional and soft.
That could explain why this relationship has such a big following, with many fans connecting with the healthy connection between the two that is always developing.
Related: 10 Most Important Episodes For Bellamy and Clarke's Partnership
There is a reason why The 100 always finds its stride when they have Bellamy and Clarke working together, even if they aren't always subtle about how ridiculous those two are and that is before they even started dating.
It just made sense to dedicate a slideshow exclusively to some of the most heartwarming and truly soft scenes between the two, with the...
And for a pairing that out of context looks explicitly romantic, Bellarke manage to turn even the most innocent of scenes into something deeply emotional and soft.
That could explain why this relationship has such a big following, with many fans connecting with the healthy connection between the two that is always developing.
Related: 10 Most Important Episodes For Bellamy and Clarke's Partnership
There is a reason why The 100 always finds its stride when they have Bellamy and Clarke working together, even if they aren't always subtle about how ridiculous those two are and that is before they even started dating.
It just made sense to dedicate a slideshow exclusively to some of the most heartwarming and truly soft scenes between the two, with the...
- 12/28/2018
- by Yana Grebenyuk
- TVfanatic
Author: Competitions
To celebrate the Home Entertainment release of the rousing feature-documentary Don’T Take Me Home, we have 2 Blu-ray copies to giveaway.
An inspiring documentary from Welsh filmmaker Jonny Owen (I Believe In Miracles) following Wales’ remarkable journey to the final stages of the 2016 European Championships.
For the last 60 years Wales have tried and failed to qualify for a major football tournament. Having gone through the grief of previous manager Gary Speed’s tragic death, heavy defeats, and positioned as a tiny country team with no pedigree, all bets were off for how the underdogs would perform.
Led by star player Gareth Bale, the team quickly became the outside favourites, dazzling millions of viewers. There’s an ancient Welsh saying, “Yma o Hyd” which translates as, “we’re still here” – a defiantly apt statement from the smallest country in the history of the game getting to a major tournaments semi finals.
To celebrate the Home Entertainment release of the rousing feature-documentary Don’T Take Me Home, we have 2 Blu-ray copies to giveaway.
An inspiring documentary from Welsh filmmaker Jonny Owen (I Believe In Miracles) following Wales’ remarkable journey to the final stages of the 2016 European Championships.
For the last 60 years Wales have tried and failed to qualify for a major football tournament. Having gone through the grief of previous manager Gary Speed’s tragic death, heavy defeats, and positioned as a tiny country team with no pedigree, all bets were off for how the underdogs would perform.
Led by star player Gareth Bale, the team quickly became the outside favourites, dazzling millions of viewers. There’s an ancient Welsh saying, “Yma o Hyd” which translates as, “we’re still here” – a defiantly apt statement from the smallest country in the history of the game getting to a major tournaments semi finals.
- 6/28/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This is definitely the time of year when film critic types (I’m sure you know who I mean) spend an inordinate amount of time leading up to awards season—and it all leads up to awards season, don’t it?—compiling lists and trying to convince anyone who will listen that it was a shitty year at the movies for anyone who liked something other than what they saw and liked. And ‘tis the season, or at least ‘thas (?) been in the recent past, for that most beloved of academic parlor games, bemoaning the death of cinema, which, if the sackcloth-and-ashes-clad among us are to be believed, is an increasingly detached and irrelevant art form in the process of being smothered under the wet, steaming blanket of American blockbuster-it is. And it’s going all malnourished from the siphoning off of all the talent back to TV, which, as everyone knows,...
- 1/9/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Here’s my Top Ten films and other treats from 2015 (in no particular order):
Best Movies 1) Fury Road
After 15 minutes I turned to my wife and said I was exhausted… Thankfully I got my breath back and Fury Road refused to let up. True to the originals, Tom Hardy’s Max says very little and through Charlize Theron’s Furiosa we arguably got our first feminist action movie – or so it seemed according to the lunatic fringe of fanboy culture as they whipped themselves into a frenzy on many a blog.
2) Carol
Todd Haynes adapted Carol from Patricia Highsmith 1952 novel: The Price Of Salt. The sumptuous period style, stunning cinematic storytelling and stand out performances from Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and American Horror Story’s Sarah Paulson combine to make a film experience of a forbidden lesbian love affair – that’s akin to an Edward Hopper painting coming to life.
Best Movies 1) Fury Road
After 15 minutes I turned to my wife and said I was exhausted… Thankfully I got my breath back and Fury Road refused to let up. True to the originals, Tom Hardy’s Max says very little and through Charlize Theron’s Furiosa we arguably got our first feminist action movie – or so it seemed according to the lunatic fringe of fanboy culture as they whipped themselves into a frenzy on many a blog.
2) Carol
Todd Haynes adapted Carol from Patricia Highsmith 1952 novel: The Price Of Salt. The sumptuous period style, stunning cinematic storytelling and stand out performances from Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and American Horror Story’s Sarah Paulson combine to make a film experience of a forbidden lesbian love affair – that’s akin to an Edward Hopper painting coming to life.
- 12/25/2015
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
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