Six top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 25, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 6:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Black-ish (ABC)
Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Bio: Michelle R. Cole was an eight-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish” and “In Living Color.” Other projects have included “Martin,...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Black-ish (ABC)
Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Bio: Michelle R. Cole was an eight-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish” and “In Living Color.” Other projects have included “Martin,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Actors Luke Evans, Jacob Tremblay and Olga Kurylenko are in talks to star in “Bear Season,” a new coming-of-age immigrant drama from director Simon Aboud (“This Beautiful Fantastic”).
“Bear Season” will be produced out of Toronto by Branded Pictures Entertainment founder J. Todd Harris (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), and executive produced by Colette Aguilar (“Momentum”), CEO at Madrid-based English-language specialist sales agency Moonrise Pictures, which will represent the film on the international sales market.
Adapted by Donald Martin (“Milton’s Secret”) from Bernie Hafeli’s eponymous novel, “Bear Season” is the story of Chester (Tremblay), an adolescent boy living in post-wwii Detroit with his Polish immigrant mother Olona (Kurylenko) and his deceased father’s brother Izzy (Evans), a rough-around-the-edges former soldier.
Izzy, struggling to adapt to life after the war and suffering from what today would be diagnosed as Ptsd, drinks too much and likes to spin a yarn,...
“Bear Season” will be produced out of Toronto by Branded Pictures Entertainment founder J. Todd Harris (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), and executive produced by Colette Aguilar (“Momentum”), CEO at Madrid-based English-language specialist sales agency Moonrise Pictures, which will represent the film on the international sales market.
Adapted by Donald Martin (“Milton’s Secret”) from Bernie Hafeli’s eponymous novel, “Bear Season” is the story of Chester (Tremblay), an adolescent boy living in post-wwii Detroit with his Polish immigrant mother Olona (Kurylenko) and his deceased father’s brother Izzy (Evans), a rough-around-the-edges former soldier.
Izzy, struggling to adapt to life after the war and suffering from what today would be diagnosed as Ptsd, drinks too much and likes to spin a yarn,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Debbee Klein, a top agent in Paradigm’s TV literary department, has pledged that Paradigm will strive to achieve gender parity among its agents by 2020.
“At Paradigm, we’ve made a big commitment to 50/50 by 2020 and I hope we get there. There’s never been a year where it’s more advantageous for women to get hired,” Klein said Thursday at TheWrap’s third annual Be Conference at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica, Calif.
“It is important that our agency pool reflects our client list, and most of these agency pools don’t right now. They are male-driven, they are white for the most part. They are good agents, but it’s time to open this up and take that seriously,” she said in a panel with Untitled Entertainment’s Jennifer Levine moderated by TheWrap’s senior film reporter Beatrice Verhoeven.
“I’m not saying it’s going...
“At Paradigm, we’ve made a big commitment to 50/50 by 2020 and I hope we get there. There’s never been a year where it’s more advantageous for women to get hired,” Klein said Thursday at TheWrap’s third annual Be Conference at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica, Calif.
“It is important that our agency pool reflects our client list, and most of these agency pools don’t right now. They are male-driven, they are white for the most part. They are good agents, but it’s time to open this up and take that seriously,” she said in a panel with Untitled Entertainment’s Jennifer Levine moderated by TheWrap’s senior film reporter Beatrice Verhoeven.
“I’m not saying it’s going...
- 4/25/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
MaryAnn’s quick take… An ostensible fairy tale of the creative life in London that tries too hard to be eccentric, while also trying too hard to be grounded and realistic. This is one of those idiosyncrasies that you really can’t have both ways. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Bella Brown, orphan of unusual circumstance, is, we are informed, “the oddest of oddballs.” Except she’s not very odd at all. She’s a pretty normal woman with a touch of Ocd, creative aspirations that she can’t seem to bring to fruition, and an inability to get to work on time. (Those might be unusual characteristics for women onscreen, but they are entirely mundane in the real world.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Bella Brown, orphan of unusual circumstance, is, we are informed, “the oddest of oddballs.” Except she’s not very odd at all. She’s a pretty normal woman with a touch of Ocd, creative aspirations that she can’t seem to bring to fruition, and an inability to get to work on time. (Those might be unusual characteristics for women onscreen, but they are entirely mundane in the real world.
- 3/11/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Murtagh stars with newcomer Woody Norman.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
- 12/22/2017
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Murtagh stars with newcomer Woody Norman.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
- 12/22/2017
- by Tom Grater
- Screen Daily Test
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
David Lynch: The Art Life (Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm)
Before David Lynch was a filmmaker, he was a struggling painter, whose lifeblood was to “drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, and paint.” That’s what he dubbed “the art life,” and what an image – as featured in the many contemporary photos seen in this new documentary – it is, the bequiffed 20-something Lynch sitting back in his Philadelphia studio,...
David Lynch: The Art Life (Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm)
Before David Lynch was a filmmaker, he was a struggling painter, whose lifeblood was to “drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, and paint.” That’s what he dubbed “the art life,” and what an image – as featured in the many contemporary photos seen in this new documentary – it is, the bequiffed 20-something Lynch sitting back in his Philadelphia studio,...
- 6/30/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Life (sci-fi thriller; Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds; bonus featurette available; rated R) Wilson (comedy; Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern; rated R) This Beautiful Fantastic (comedy-drama; Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor; rated PG) Everybody Loves Somebody (romantic comedy; Karla Souza, Jose Maria Yazpik; rated PG-13) Digital HD: Rent from $4-$7 or own from $13-$20 (HD may cost more than Sd). Check with your favorite Digital HD provider to see if the same...
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- 6/21/2017
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
[Editor’s Note: This post is presented in partnership with Movies on Demand. Catch up on the latest films On Demand here.]
It’s another month of new quality films available on Movies on Demand, including some of the top international titles of the past year. Check out four of our favorite films from the upcoming month below, as well as the full list of great movies available throughout June.
1) “I, Daniel Blake” (Available June 2)
Last year’s surprise Palme D’or winner is a quiet look at life in working-class Britain. Directed by Ken Loach (“The Wind That Shakes the Barley”), the film also features a breakout performance from Hayley Squires.
2) “John Wick: Chapter 2” (Available June 13)
Keanu Reeves’ instant-classic hero is back for more revenge and more adorable pups. An international pursuit with global contract killers sets the stage for another addition to action film’s most exciting budding franchise. (Did we mention the dogs?)
3) “Personal Shopper” (Available June 27)
Olivier Assayas’ latest film is a ghost story unlike any other.
It’s another month of new quality films available on Movies on Demand, including some of the top international titles of the past year. Check out four of our favorite films from the upcoming month below, as well as the full list of great movies available throughout June.
1) “I, Daniel Blake” (Available June 2)
Last year’s surprise Palme D’or winner is a quiet look at life in working-class Britain. Directed by Ken Loach (“The Wind That Shakes the Barley”), the film also features a breakout performance from Hayley Squires.
2) “John Wick: Chapter 2” (Available June 13)
Keanu Reeves’ instant-classic hero is back for more revenge and more adorable pups. An international pursuit with global contract killers sets the stage for another addition to action film’s most exciting budding franchise. (Did we mention the dogs?)
3) “Personal Shopper” (Available June 27)
Olivier Assayas’ latest film is a ghost story unlike any other.
- 6/2/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Highlights include the UK premiere of Cars 3 and 17 world premieres.Scroll Down For Competition Titles
The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.
There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.
Best of British
The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...
The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.
There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.
Best of British
The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...
- 5/31/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Every country/culture seems to have its particular version of the 'quirky' person or oddball, especially women, that are seen in film (America has long been obsessed with the so-called Manic Pixie Dream Girl). From the UK, such a woman usually appears as slightly conservative in dress, having odd taste in some activity or strange behaviour that leaves her mostly friendless, until an equally quirky boy comes along and appreciates her strange beauty. This Beautiful Fantastic follows just such a quirky girl, Bella Brown (Jessica Brown Findlay), as she finds her voice through an odd friendship with her curmedgeon neighbour Alfie (Tom Wilkinson, playing yet another stereotype of the grumpy old British man). Of course, Bella is introduced via her odd beginning: abandoned as a child,...
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- 3/9/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out….but mostly movies.
This Past Weekend:
It was absolutely no surprise that Hugh Jackman’s last Wolverine movie Logan would top the box office, but it actually ended up doing even better than my prediction when actual numbers came in, grossing $88.3 million over the weekend. That makes it the fourth highest X-Movie opening (including Deadpool) but also the biggest R-rated opening for March, defeating 300’s once-impressive $70 million opening. It’s also the fourth highest R-rated opening of all time after Deadpool, The Matrix Reloaded and American Sniper.
The bigger surprise was how well Jordan Peele’s thriller Get Out held up in its second weekend, not only because it was going up against Logan, but also because high-profile horror films tend...
This Past Weekend:
It was absolutely no surprise that Hugh Jackman’s last Wolverine movie Logan would top the box office, but it actually ended up doing even better than my prediction when actual numbers came in, grossing $88.3 million over the weekend. That makes it the fourth highest X-Movie opening (including Deadpool) but also the biggest R-rated opening for March, defeating 300’s once-impressive $70 million opening. It’s also the fourth highest R-rated opening of all time after Deadpool, The Matrix Reloaded and American Sniper.
The bigger surprise was how well Jordan Peele’s thriller Get Out held up in its second weekend, not only because it was going up against Logan, but also because high-profile horror films tend...
- 3/8/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
“Downton Abbey” fan favorite Jessica Brown Findlay (Lady Sybil!) is back on the screen, and in a very different kind of period piece. The British actress stars as a delightfully unexpected heroine in Simon Aboud’s upcoming feature, “This Beautiful Fantastic,” one that smacks of “Amelie” and “Populaire” in equal parts. In the film, Findlay stars as the industrious Bella Brown, who has big dreams of writing and illustrating her own children’s book, though life — of course — has different ideas in store for her.
Read More: ‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Julian Fellowes Reveals He’s Working on a Film Version
Including Tom Wilkinson. The film is billed as a “contemporary fairy tale” that follows “the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower, set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London.” Findlay...
Read More: ‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Julian Fellowes Reveals He’s Working on a Film Version
Including Tom Wilkinson. The film is billed as a “contemporary fairy tale” that follows “the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower, set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London.” Findlay...
- 2/21/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
"There was nothing normal about the girl. She grew into the oddest of odd balls." Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a trailer for an indie drama titled This Beautiful Fantastic, written and directed by Simon Aboud. Jessica Brown Findlay (seen in Albatross, Winter's Tale, The Riot Club, Victor Frankenstein) stars as Bella Brown, an awkward, shy young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. Described as a "contemporary fairy tale", she encounters her grumpy next door and works to save a garden most of the time. Also starring Andrew Scott, Tom Wilkinson, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor & Eileen Davies. This actually looks quite good, it reminds me a bit of Amelie. Have a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Simon Aboud's This Beautiful Fantastic, direct from YouTube: Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in London, Bella Brown (Jessica Brown Findlay) plays a...
- 2/3/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group have teamed up for the Us release of Lavender, directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly and co-written by Colin Frizzell. The film will have its initial premiere on Dish on February 3rd, but you check out the trailer for the film in today’s Highlights. Following right behind, we also have a trailer for Garden Party Massacre as well as preview pages from Dark Horse Comics’ Eerie Volume 23 hardcover for you to enjoy.
Watch the Latest Trailer for Lavender: Press Release: “Los Angeles (Jan. 26, 2017) – Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group will partner on the domestic release for the anticipated thriller, “Lavender.” Directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly (“The Last Exorcism Part II”) who co-wrote the film with Colin Frizzell (“Resident Evil: Apocalypse”), the film stars Abbie Cornish (“Limitless”), Diego Klattenhoff (TV’s “The Blacklist”), Justin Long (“Live Free or Die Hard”) and Dermot Mulroney (“My Best Friend...
Watch the Latest Trailer for Lavender: Press Release: “Los Angeles (Jan. 26, 2017) – Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group will partner on the domestic release for the anticipated thriller, “Lavender.” Directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly (“The Last Exorcism Part II”) who co-wrote the film with Colin Frizzell (“Resident Evil: Apocalypse”), the film stars Abbie Cornish (“Limitless”), Diego Klattenhoff (TV’s “The Blacklist”), Justin Long (“Live Free or Die Hard”) and Dermot Mulroney (“My Best Friend...
- 1/27/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Mystery stars Abbie Cornish as photographer with memory loss
Samuel Goldwyn and Ambi will partner on the Us release of the mystery directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly.
The companies have set an exclusive February 3 release on Dish followed by theatrical and VOD on March 3. Ambi Distribution handles international sales.
Lavender received its world premiere Tribeca last year and is the second collaboration between the companies, which will release Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic on March 10.
Dave Valleau and Gass-Donnelly produced, with Ambi’s Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi serving as executive producers alongside Tex Antonucci, Emily Alden and Jennifer Levine.
Cornish, Justin Long, Diego Klattenhoff and Dermot Mulroney star in the story of a photographer with memory loss who finds clues among her work suggesting she may be responsible for the deaths of family members she never knew she had.
“Abbie Cornish provides a stellar performance in this psychological thriller,” Samuel Goldwyn Films executive...
Samuel Goldwyn and Ambi will partner on the Us release of the mystery directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly.
The companies have set an exclusive February 3 release on Dish followed by theatrical and VOD on March 3. Ambi Distribution handles international sales.
Lavender received its world premiere Tribeca last year and is the second collaboration between the companies, which will release Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic on March 10.
Dave Valleau and Gass-Donnelly produced, with Ambi’s Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi serving as executive producers alongside Tex Antonucci, Emily Alden and Jennifer Levine.
Cornish, Justin Long, Diego Klattenhoff and Dermot Mulroney star in the story of a photographer with memory loss who finds clues among her work suggesting she may be responsible for the deaths of family members she never knew she had.
“Abbie Cornish provides a stellar performance in this psychological thriller,” Samuel Goldwyn Films executive...
- 1/26/2017
- ScreenDaily
In the gently comic, slightly tart fairy tale This Beautiful Fantastic, a novice gardener named Bella Brown learns to till the soil, to weed and plant and prune. Leading a pitch-perfect cast, Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay plays this “oddest of oddballs,” an orphan whose care as an infant was handled briefly by ducks. As the earth gradually yields to the grown-up Bella’s newfound know-how, none of what transpires is earth-shattering, but it’s the way it happens, with the simplicity and sense of wonder of an old-fashioned picture book, that makes her story, however wispy, delightful.
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- 1/9/2017
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group have partnered on a domestic theatrical release for Simon Aboud's This Beautiful Fantastic, which stars Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Anna Chancellor (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). The film, which has been pre-sold in about 150 territories, will be released in early 2017. This Beautiful Fantastic has been described as “a contemporary fairy tale”…...
- 10/27/2016
- Deadline
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group will partner on the Us theatrical release of Simon Aboud’s drama starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
The companies have earmarked an early 2017 release on the London-set contemporary fairy tale about the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young aspiring children’s author and a cantankerous widower.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor round out the key cast.
“It is rare nowadays to find a gem such as Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic,” said Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “The depth of emotion and heart of this film is something we cannot wait to share with audiences.”
Ambi Group co-founder Andrea Iervolino nagotiated the deal and added, “Simon crafted a heartfelt story that we are excited to release with our partners at Samuel Goldwyn.
“With a fusion of comedy and drama that balances poignant moments with humour and charm, This Beautiful Fantastic has strong commercial appeal and we...
The companies have earmarked an early 2017 release on the London-set contemporary fairy tale about the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young aspiring children’s author and a cantankerous widower.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor round out the key cast.
“It is rare nowadays to find a gem such as Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic,” said Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “The depth of emotion and heart of this film is something we cannot wait to share with audiences.”
Ambi Group co-founder Andrea Iervolino nagotiated the deal and added, “Simon crafted a heartfelt story that we are excited to release with our partners at Samuel Goldwyn.
“With a fusion of comedy and drama that balances poignant moments with humour and charm, This Beautiful Fantastic has strong commercial appeal and we...
- 10/27/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: First look at Andrew Hulme’s follow up to Cannes 2014 entry Snow In Paradise.
UK sales outfit Protagonist, riding high off the success of Toronto hit Lady Macbeth, has boarded world sales on Andrew Hulme’s recently wrapped crime-horror The Devil Outside.
Writer-director Hulme’s BFI-backed follow up to his 2014 Cannes Official Selection debut Snow In Paradise charts the story of a young boy (Robert) brought up in a world of evangelical Christianity that has taught him to look for signs and to believe that evil is waiting just outside the front door.
Caught between his mother, who’s determined to bring Jesus’s love to a dead mining town, and his best friend who has introduced him to teenage rebellion, Robert becomes embroiled in a spiritual tug of war as he tries to escape his religious beliefs. It’s then that he discovers a dead body in the woods and realises that God has sent...
UK sales outfit Protagonist, riding high off the success of Toronto hit Lady Macbeth, has boarded world sales on Andrew Hulme’s recently wrapped crime-horror The Devil Outside.
Writer-director Hulme’s BFI-backed follow up to his 2014 Cannes Official Selection debut Snow In Paradise charts the story of a young boy (Robert) brought up in a world of evangelical Christianity that has taught him to look for signs and to believe that evil is waiting just outside the front door.
Caught between his mother, who’s determined to bring Jesus’s love to a dead mining town, and his best friend who has introduced him to teenage rebellion, Robert becomes embroiled in a spiritual tug of war as he tries to escape his religious beliefs. It’s then that he discovers a dead body in the woods and realises that God has sent...
- 9/22/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Competition films include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and John Carney’s Sing Street.
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
- 9/20/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Film starring Jessica Brown Findlay [pictured] and Tom Wilkinson had a market screening in Cannes.
Ambi Distribution has licensed key territories following a market screening here on Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
President and COO Julie Sultan has sold rights to Germany (Nfp), Japan (Digital Networks Entertainment), Australia/New Zealand (Madman), Latin America (California Filmes), Portugal (Lusomundo), South Korea (Double and Joy Pictures) and Hong Kong (Intercontinental Films).
Further deals closed in Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Romania (P4M), Turkey (DigiTurk), former Yugoslavia (21 Film), Singapore (Shaw), South Africa (Tmf), Middle East (Gulf Film), Taiwan (Encore Film), and Entertainment In Motion (Eim) for airlines.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor also star in the London-set contemporary fairytale centred on the friendship between a reclusive woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower.
Ambi Group and Ipso Facto produced and financed the film and Gersh...
Ambi Distribution has licensed key territories following a market screening here on Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
President and COO Julie Sultan has sold rights to Germany (Nfp), Japan (Digital Networks Entertainment), Australia/New Zealand (Madman), Latin America (California Filmes), Portugal (Lusomundo), South Korea (Double and Joy Pictures) and Hong Kong (Intercontinental Films).
Further deals closed in Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Romania (P4M), Turkey (DigiTurk), former Yugoslavia (21 Film), Singapore (Shaw), South Africa (Tmf), Middle East (Gulf Film), Taiwan (Encore Film), and Entertainment In Motion (Eim) for airlines.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor also star in the London-set contemporary fairytale centred on the friendship between a reclusive woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower.
Ambi Group and Ipso Facto produced and financed the film and Gersh...
- 5/14/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Pictures will finance and produce a remake of Christopher Nolan’s iconic, twist-laden film Memento.
Writer/director Christopher Nolan adapted Memento from a short story by his brother Jonathan Nolan titled “Memento Mori”, and the unusual, neo-noir psychological thriller took audiences by storm upon release in 2000 and has since achieved cult hit status with a fervent following.
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, Memento was lauded for its nonlinear narrative structure and motifs of memory, perception, grief, and self-deception. The film was a box office success and received numerous accolades, including Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.
Nolan’s original Memento follows Leonard (played by Guy Pearce) who is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife’s killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare,...
Writer/director Christopher Nolan adapted Memento from a short story by his brother Jonathan Nolan titled “Memento Mori”, and the unusual, neo-noir psychological thriller took audiences by storm upon release in 2000 and has since achieved cult hit status with a fervent following.
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, Memento was lauded for its nonlinear narrative structure and motifs of memory, perception, grief, and self-deception. The film was a box office success and received numerous accolades, including Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.
Nolan’s original Memento follows Leonard (played by Guy Pearce) who is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife’s killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare,...
- 11/16/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi have assumed control of the majority of the Exclusive Media Group (Emg) library that includes Memento, Donnie Darko and End Of Watch.
Acting with New York-based private equity firm Raven Capital Management, Ambi has also struck a deal to take on a number of development projects as well as all sequel and remake rights owned by Emg.
The roughly 400-strong library includes Begin Again, Cruel Intentions, Ides Of March, Hit & Run, Memento, The Mexican, Parkland, Rush, The Skulls, Sliding Doors, Snitch, Undefeated and The Way Back.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The Ambi co-heads said they have also hired of several executives based in Beverly Hills to work in business affairs, finance, accounting and home entertainment.
Ambi aims to have produced ten films this year and the slate includes contemporary fairy tale This Beautiful Fantastic starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson; James Franco’s In Dubious Battle; 3D CGI family animation...
Acting with New York-based private equity firm Raven Capital Management, Ambi has also struck a deal to take on a number of development projects as well as all sequel and remake rights owned by Emg.
The roughly 400-strong library includes Begin Again, Cruel Intentions, Ides Of March, Hit & Run, Memento, The Mexican, Parkland, Rush, The Skulls, Sliding Doors, Snitch, Undefeated and The Way Back.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The Ambi co-heads said they have also hired of several executives based in Beverly Hills to work in business affairs, finance, accounting and home entertainment.
Ambi aims to have produced ten films this year and the slate includes contemporary fairy tale This Beautiful Fantastic starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson; James Franco’s In Dubious Battle; 3D CGI family animation...
- 9/4/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Heading into Toronto the former president of international sales and distribution at Voltage Pictures will serve as a consultant, effective immediately.
Costa de Beauregard Rose reports to Ambi Distribution’s Julie Sultan and will help oversee sales and distribution and identify finished features and scripts.
The Beverly Hills-based company’s international sales slate includes contemporary fairy tale This Beautiful Fantastic, James Franco’s In Dubious Battle, 3D CGI family animation Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad, sci-fi thriller Rupture starring Noomi Rapace.
The roster also comprises psychological thriller Lavender, rom-com All Roads Lead To Rome starring Sarah Jessica Parker, sci-fi action thriller Andron: The Black Labyrinth starring Alec Baldwin and an upcoming homage to Federico Fellini’s classic La Dolce Vita.
“This is an exciting time for Ambi Distribution,” said Ambi Group co-head Andrea Iervolino (pictured with co-head Monika Bacardi). “Elisabeth brings a wealth of experience and we are tremendously excited to have her join our superb worldwide sales team...
Costa de Beauregard Rose reports to Ambi Distribution’s Julie Sultan and will help oversee sales and distribution and identify finished features and scripts.
The Beverly Hills-based company’s international sales slate includes contemporary fairy tale This Beautiful Fantastic, James Franco’s In Dubious Battle, 3D CGI family animation Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad, sci-fi thriller Rupture starring Noomi Rapace.
The roster also comprises psychological thriller Lavender, rom-com All Roads Lead To Rome starring Sarah Jessica Parker, sci-fi action thriller Andron: The Black Labyrinth starring Alec Baldwin and an upcoming homage to Federico Fellini’s classic La Dolce Vita.
“This is an exciting time for Ambi Distribution,” said Ambi Group co-head Andrea Iervolino (pictured with co-head Monika Bacardi). “Elisabeth brings a wealth of experience and we are tremendously excited to have her join our superb worldwide sales team...
- 8/25/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography for the film, directed by Simon Aboud, starts this week in London.
Ambi Pictures’ Monica Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino and Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto Productions have greenlit This Beautiful Fantastic, Simon Aboud’s contemporary fairtytale set in the heart of London.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) has been announced in the lead role. Other members of the cast include Tom Wilkinson (In The Bedroom), Andrew Scott (Pride), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Anna Chancellor (What A Girl Wants).
Findlay plays Bella, a young woman with dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books, who forms an unlikely friendship with a reclusive widower and horticulturalist (Wilkinson).
The film’s funding comes from Medinah, the UK tax credit, Head Gear, Lip Sync Post, The Project Post, and private investment. Ambi Distribution will handle global sales.
Ambi Pictures’ Monica Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino and Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto Productions have greenlit This Beautiful Fantastic, Simon Aboud’s contemporary fairtytale set in the heart of London.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) has been announced in the lead role. Other members of the cast include Tom Wilkinson (In The Bedroom), Andrew Scott (Pride), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Anna Chancellor (What A Girl Wants).
Findlay plays Bella, a young woman with dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books, who forms an unlikely friendship with a reclusive widower and horticulturalist (Wilkinson).
The film’s funding comes from Medinah, the UK tax credit, Head Gear, Lip Sync Post, The Project Post, and private investment. Ambi Distribution will handle global sales.
- 7/14/2015
- by mantus@masonlive.gmu.edu (Madison Antus)
- ScreenDaily
Simon Aboud, who last brought us 2012’s Comes A Bright Day, is kicking off production on his next film, This Beautiful Fantastic. And he’s rounded up another impressive cast, led by Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.They’re at the head of an ensemble that also features Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock in the story of Bella Brown (Findlay), a young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books. But she’s dealing with various issues, including her abandonment as a child, her Ocd and her dictatorial boss at the library. Things start to change when her landlord orders her to deal with her neglected garden, which doesn’t exactly gel with a paralyzing fear of flora and fauna. But it brings her into contact with the cantankerous, loveless, rich old Alfie Stephenson (Wilkinson), who lives next door and just so happens...
- 7/13/2015
- EmpireOnline
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Tom Wilkinson (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Andrew Scott (Spectre), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Anna Chancellor (What A Girls Wants) and Sheila Hancock (The Boy In The Striped Pajamas) have boarded Simon Aboud’s The Beautiful Fantastic. Ambi Group principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi are teaming with Christine Alderson and her Ipso Facto production banner to finance and produce. This Beautiful Fantastic is a contemporary…...
- 7/13/2015
- Deadline
Jessica Brown Findlay ("Downton Abbey"), Tom Wilkinson ("Michael Clayton") and Andrew Scott ("Sherlock") have joined the cast of Simon Aboud's "This Beautiful Fantastic". Filming begins this week in London.
The contemporary fairy tale revolves around the most unlikely of friendships between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children's book author and a cantankerous widower.
Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock also star. Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Christine Alderson will produce.
Source: Variety...
The contemporary fairy tale revolves around the most unlikely of friendships between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children's book author and a cantankerous widower.
Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock also star. Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Christine Alderson will produce.
Source: Variety...
- 7/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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