The Tattooist of Auschwitz has added another big name to its cast.
Peacock announced Wednesday that Harvey Keitel will be joining the cast in the lead role of modern-day Lale Sokolov.
The series is an adaptation of the globally bestselling novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris, produced by Synchronicity Films in association with Sky Studios.
Peacock says the series "is inspired by the heart-breaking true-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov."
"Lale (Jonah Hauer-King) arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, and shortly after arrival, he was made one of the tätowierer (tattooists), charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms."
"One day, he meets Gita (Anna Próchniak) when tattooing her prisoner number on her arm."
"They experience love at first sight, and so begins a courageous, unforgettable, and human story."
"Under constant guard from a volatile SS officer Baretzki (Jonas Nay), Lale and Gita became determined to keep each other alive.
Peacock announced Wednesday that Harvey Keitel will be joining the cast in the lead role of modern-day Lale Sokolov.
The series is an adaptation of the globally bestselling novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris, produced by Synchronicity Films in association with Sky Studios.
Peacock says the series "is inspired by the heart-breaking true-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov."
"Lale (Jonah Hauer-King) arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, and shortly after arrival, he was made one of the tätowierer (tattooists), charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms."
"One day, he meets Gita (Anna Próchniak) when tattooing her prisoner number on her arm."
"They experience love at first sight, and so begins a courageous, unforgettable, and human story."
"Under constant guard from a volatile SS officer Baretzki (Jonas Nay), Lale and Gita became determined to keep each other alive.
- 4/12/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, a co-production of Sky Studios and Peacock, has secured Harvey Keitel for the lead role of the modern-day Lale Sokolov in the upcoming adaptation of the Heather Morris novel of the same name, TVLine has learned.
The series is inspired by the heartbreaking real-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov. “Lale (The Little Mermaid‘s Jonah Hauer-King) arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, and shortly after arrival, he was made one of the tätowierer (tattooists), charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms,” reads the official description. “One day, he meets Gita (Baptiste‘s Anna Próchniak) when...
The series is inspired by the heartbreaking real-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov. “Lale (The Little Mermaid‘s Jonah Hauer-King) arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, and shortly after arrival, he was made one of the tätowierer (tattooists), charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms,” reads the official description. “One day, he meets Gita (Baptiste‘s Anna Próchniak) when...
- 4/12/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Harvey Keitel has signed on to star in the Sky and Peacock TV adaptation of the Heather Morris novel “The Tattooist of Auschwitz.”
Keitel joins previously announced cast members Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak, Melanie Lynskey and Jonas Nay in the series. Per the official description, the show “is inspired by the heart-breaking true-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov. Lale (Hauer-King) arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, and shortly after arrival, he was made one of the tätowierer (tattooists), charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms. One day, he meets Gita (Próchniak) when tattooing her prisoner number on her arm. They experience love at first sight, and so begins a life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable, and human story. Under constant guard from a volatile SS officer Baretzki (Jonas Nay), Lale and Gita became determined to keep each other alive.”
Keitel will star as Lale 60 years after the events at Auschwitz-Birkenau. He meets...
Keitel joins previously announced cast members Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak, Melanie Lynskey and Jonas Nay in the series. Per the official description, the show “is inspired by the heart-breaking true-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov. Lale (Hauer-King) arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, and shortly after arrival, he was made one of the tätowierer (tattooists), charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms. One day, he meets Gita (Próchniak) when tattooing her prisoner number on her arm. They experience love at first sight, and so begins a life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable, and human story. Under constant guard from a volatile SS officer Baretzki (Jonas Nay), Lale and Gita became determined to keep each other alive.”
Keitel will star as Lale 60 years after the events at Auschwitz-Birkenau. He meets...
- 4/12/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Harvey Keitel is to star in Sky/Peacock’s upcoming TV adaptation of The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
The Oscar-nominated Irishman star will play the modern-day Lale Sokolov. His younger self will be played by Jonah Hauer-King, who arrives at Auschwitz in 1942 and is made one of the tätowierer (tattooists), charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms.
Around 60 years later, Keitel’s Sokolov meets novice writer Heather Morris (Melanie Lynskey). Recently widowed, Sokolov finds the courage to tell the world his story as he faces the traumatic ghosts of his youth. Anna Próchniak and Jonas Nay also star. Further cast include Tallulah Haddon as Hanna, Mili Eshet as Ivana, Yali Topol Margalith in her first screen role as Cilka, Phénix Brossard as Leon, Ilan Galkoff as Aaron, and Marcel Sabat as Tomas.
The Oscar-nominated Irishman star will play the modern-day Lale Sokolov. His younger self will be played by Jonah Hauer-King, who arrives at Auschwitz in 1942 and is made one of the tätowierer (tattooists), charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms.
Around 60 years later, Keitel’s Sokolov meets novice writer Heather Morris (Melanie Lynskey). Recently widowed, Sokolov finds the courage to tell the world his story as he faces the traumatic ghosts of his youth. Anna Próchniak and Jonas Nay also star. Further cast include Tallulah Haddon as Hanna, Mili Eshet as Ivana, Yali Topol Margalith in her first screen role as Cilka, Phénix Brossard as Leon, Ilan Galkoff as Aaron, and Marcel Sabat as Tomas.
- 4/12/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Loneliest Boy In The World: "When a sheltered and unsocialized young man is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet in the (soon-to-be) cult classic horror-comedy The Loneliest Boy In The World, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 20 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Directed by Martin Owen (The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud), The Loneliest Boy In The World stars Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Susan Wokoma (Enola Holmes), Evan Ross (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2), Tallulah Haddon (The Last Duel), Hammed Animashaun (A Midsummer Night's Dream), social media phenom and musician Jacob Sartorius, newcomer Zenobia Williams and Sam Coleman (Leatherface), as well as Ashley Benson, and Ben Miller (”Bridgerton”).
Synopsis:
The Loneliest Boy In The World is billed as a modern fairytale—except with zombies.
Synopsis:
The Loneliest Boy In The World is billed as a modern fairytale—except with zombies.
- 12/21/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
We’re now more than halfway through October, but have no fear. The new horror releases for the Halloween season definitely aren’t slowing down these final two weeks of the month.
This week brings the Bloody Disgusting-produced found footage franchise V/H/S back with a brand new installment, for starters, along with Jordan Peele’s latest horror project.
Here’s all the new horror arriving October 18 – October 23, 2022!
We kick off the week with Well Go USA Entertainment’s coming-of-age horror-comedy The Loneliest Boy in the World, which was released on VOD platforms beginning today.
Starring Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), The Loneliest Boy in the World is billed as a modern fairytale — except with zombies.
“When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet.
This week brings the Bloody Disgusting-produced found footage franchise V/H/S back with a brand new installment, for starters, along with Jordan Peele’s latest horror project.
Here’s all the new horror arriving October 18 – October 23, 2022!
We kick off the week with Well Go USA Entertainment’s coming-of-age horror-comedy The Loneliest Boy in the World, which was released on VOD platforms beginning today.
Starring Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), The Loneliest Boy in the World is billed as a modern fairytale — except with zombies.
“When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet.
- 10/18/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
(l-r) Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Max Harwood in The Loneliest Boy In The World. Courtesy of WellGo USA
If you want to get in on the ground floor of a future cult favorite, the little horror comedy The Loneliest Boy In The World may be your latest ticket. The eponymous lad, Oliver (Max Harwood) was an introverted mama’s boy while she was alive, who we find even more isolated after she’d died in a bizarre accident that traumatized him enough for a stretch in a psych ward. Now he’s trying to live alone in their house, pressured by social workers to prove he can survive that way by making some friends. Quickly. That’s a tough challenge, since he spends most of his time in the cemetery talking to his mom’s grave, or watching the TV shows they used to share. No one else cares about him,...
If you want to get in on the ground floor of a future cult favorite, the little horror comedy The Loneliest Boy In The World may be your latest ticket. The eponymous lad, Oliver (Max Harwood) was an introverted mama’s boy while she was alive, who we find even more isolated after she’d died in a bizarre accident that traumatized him enough for a stretch in a psych ward. Now he’s trying to live alone in their house, pressured by social workers to prove he can survive that way by making some friends. Quickly. That’s a tough challenge, since he spends most of his time in the cemetery talking to his mom’s grave, or watching the TV shows they used to share. No one else cares about him,...
- 10/14/2022
- by Mark Glass
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The tedious zombie comedy “The Loneliest Boy in the World” joins a number of recent faux-retro satires that — like “Psycho Goreman” (2020), “Turbo Kid” (2015), and “Kung Fury” (2015) before it — re-present pop culture artifacts from the 1980s as knowingly kitschy comfort food.
In “The Loneliest Boy in the World,” an emotionally disturbed orphan digs up and befriends a quartet of mysteriously re-animated corpses, who then inexplicably act like his surrogate family members. The kid, Oliver, has no friends and no social intelligence, because he’s addicted to TV. Oliver also lives alone in a pink house whose interior design seems to have been partly inspired by Barbie’s Dreamhouse playset.
Unfortunately, director Martin Owen (“The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud”) and screenwriter Piers Ashworth (co-writer of “Blithe Spirit”) don’t challenge or really highlight anything funny about Oliver’s delusional, media-poisoned nostalgia. The gags in “The Loneliest Boy in the World” also...
In “The Loneliest Boy in the World,” an emotionally disturbed orphan digs up and befriends a quartet of mysteriously re-animated corpses, who then inexplicably act like his surrogate family members. The kid, Oliver, has no friends and no social intelligence, because he’s addicted to TV. Oliver also lives alone in a pink house whose interior design seems to have been partly inspired by Barbie’s Dreamhouse playset.
Unfortunately, director Martin Owen (“The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud”) and screenwriter Piers Ashworth (co-writer of “Blithe Spirit”) don’t challenge or really highlight anything funny about Oliver’s delusional, media-poisoned nostalgia. The gags in “The Loneliest Boy in the World” also...
- 10/10/2022
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
Well Go USA Entertainment shares with Bloody an exclusive look at its coming-of-age horror-comedy The Loneliest Boy in the World, starring Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), and in theaters on October 14, with plans to move across VOD platforms on the 18th.
The Loneliest Boy in the World is billed as a modern fairytale — except with zombies.
“When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet. However, when he awakens the morning after his excavating escapades, he discovers that his newly acquired friends have mysteriously come to life overnight, launching them all into a series of misadventures as they try to keep their secret safe from neighbors, classmates and social workers alike.”
The film from director Martin Owen also stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin...
The Loneliest Boy in the World is billed as a modern fairytale — except with zombies.
“When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet. However, when he awakens the morning after his excavating escapades, he discovers that his newly acquired friends have mysteriously come to life overnight, launching them all into a series of misadventures as they try to keep their secret safe from neighbors, classmates and social workers alike.”
The film from director Martin Owen also stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin...
- 10/10/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
A delightful, poignant, and flat-out fun coming-of-age horror comedy that had its world premiere at this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival, The Loneliest Boy in the World will be released in limited theaters on October 14th (followed by an October 18th VOD release) by Well Go USA Entertainment, and the official trailer has now been unveiled to give you an idea of what to expect!
Directed by Martin Owen from a screenplay by Piers Ashworth, The Loneliest Boy in the World stars Max Harwood, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Susan Wokoma, Evan Ross, Tallulah Haddon, Hammed Animashaun, Jacob Sartorius, Ben Miller, Alex Murphy, Nicola Roberts, and Ashley Benson.
Synopsis: "The Loneliest Boy In The World is billed as a modern fairytale—except with zombies. When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few...
Directed by Martin Owen from a screenplay by Piers Ashworth, The Loneliest Boy in the World stars Max Harwood, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Susan Wokoma, Evan Ross, Tallulah Haddon, Hammed Animashaun, Jacob Sartorius, Ben Miller, Alex Murphy, Nicola Roberts, and Ashley Benson.
Synopsis: "The Loneliest Boy In The World is billed as a modern fairytale—except with zombies. When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few...
- 9/21/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Well Go USA Entertainment will be giving the zombie horror comedy The Loneliest Boy in the World a limited theatrical release on October 14th, and in anticipation of that date a trailer for the film has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.
Directed by Martin Owen (Let’s Be Evil) from a screenplay by Piers Ashworth (St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold), The Loneliest Boy in the World is described as being “a satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream and of the ultimate taboo; death.” The film is
billed as a modern fairytale—except with zombies. When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet.
Directed by Martin Owen (Let’s Be Evil) from a screenplay by Piers Ashworth (St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold), The Loneliest Boy in the World is described as being “a satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream and of the ultimate taboo; death.” The film is
billed as a modern fairytale—except with zombies. When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet.
- 9/20/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
One of my favorite films at this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival was The Loneliest Boy in the World, so I'm especially excited that the creepily quirky coming-of-age film has found a North American distribution home at Well Go USA Entertainment and will be heading to theaters on October 14th, followed by a VOD release on October 18th:
Press Release: Plano, Texas – Leading international and indie film distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to coming-of-age horror comedy The Loneliest Boy In The World. The film—as sweet and endearing as it is darkly satiric—is led by an all-star cast that includes Screen International “Star of Tomorrow” Max Harwood, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Susan Wokoma, Evan Ross, Tallulah Haddon, Hammed Animashaun, Jacob Sartorius, Ben Miller, Alex Murphy, Nicola Roberts and Ashley Benson. The film will be released in theaters on October 14 before landing on VOD platforms October...
Press Release: Plano, Texas – Leading international and indie film distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to coming-of-age horror comedy The Loneliest Boy In The World. The film—as sweet and endearing as it is darkly satiric—is led by an all-star cast that includes Screen International “Star of Tomorrow” Max Harwood, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Susan Wokoma, Evan Ross, Tallulah Haddon, Hammed Animashaun, Jacob Sartorius, Ben Miller, Alex Murphy, Nicola Roberts and Ashley Benson. The film will be released in theaters on October 14 before landing on VOD platforms October...
- 8/31/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the coming-of-age horror-comedy The Loneliest Boy in the World, starring Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Deadline reports.
The Loneliest Boy in the World is billed as a modern fairytale — except with zombies.
“When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet. However, when he awakens the morning after his excavating escapades, he discovers that his newly acquired friends have mysteriously come to life overnight, launching them all into a series of misadventures as they try to keep their secret safe from neighbors, classmates and social workers alike.”
The film from director Martin Owen also stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin (The Woman King), Susan Wokoma (Enola Holmes films), Evan Ross (The United States vs. Billie Holiday...
The Loneliest Boy in the World is billed as a modern fairytale — except with zombies.
“When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet. However, when he awakens the morning after his excavating escapades, he discovers that his newly acquired friends have mysteriously come to life overnight, launching them all into a series of misadventures as they try to keep their secret safe from neighbors, classmates and social workers alike.”
The film from director Martin Owen also stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin (The Woman King), Susan Wokoma (Enola Holmes films), Evan Ross (The United States vs. Billie Holiday...
- 8/30/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the coming-of-age horror-comedy The Loneliest Boy in the World, starring Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie). The international and indie distributor has slated the film for release in theaters on October 14, with plans to unveil it across VOD platforms on the 18th.
The Loneliest Boy in the World is billed as a modern fairytale — except with zombies. When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet. However, when he awakens the morning after his excavating escapades, he discovers that his newly acquired friends have mysteriously come to life overnight, launching them all into a series of misadventures as they try to keep their secret safe from neighbors, classmates and social workers alike.
The...
The Loneliest Boy in the World is billed as a modern fairytale — except with zombies. When the sheltered and unsocialized Oliver (Harwood) is tasked with making new friends after the sudden and devastating death of his mother, he decides that digging a few up (literally) might be his best bet. However, when he awakens the morning after his excavating escapades, he discovers that his newly acquired friends have mysteriously come to life overnight, launching them all into a series of misadventures as they try to keep their secret safe from neighbors, classmates and social workers alike.
The...
- 8/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Even before the pandemic, the foreign sales market became mired down with some risky bets, i.e. the over exorbitant Roland Emmerich sci-fi disaster title Moonfall which carried a 140M production cost (resulting in a 44.3M WW gross), and Simon Kinberg’s femme spy ensemble The 355 at a 75M cost (which grossed just under 28M WW).
But there’s arguably a safer way to make moolah in the foreign sales sphere and that’s off of YA feature adaptations.
True, it’s been a while since the grand slam days of Lionsgate’s Hunger Games series and Summit International’s Twilight franchise, however, these movies can be made off a low cost yielding singles, doubles, or even home runs at the box office. Or worst case scenario, be in the black simply off their sales to streamers. And if a movie strikes out, it doesn’t sting so...
But there’s arguably a safer way to make moolah in the foreign sales sphere and that’s off of YA feature adaptations.
True, it’s been a while since the grand slam days of Lionsgate’s Hunger Games series and Summit International’s Twilight franchise, however, these movies can be made off a low cost yielding singles, doubles, or even home runs at the box office. Or worst case scenario, be in the black simply off their sales to streamers. And if a movie strikes out, it doesn’t sting so...
- 5/16/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Last Duel Review — The Last Duel (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck, Harriet Walter, Alex Lawther, Marton Csokas, William Houston, Oliver Cotton, Nathaniel Parker, Tallulah Haddon, Bryony Hannah, Ian Pirie, Daniel Horn and Michael McElhatton. Director Ridley Scott makes his [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Last Duel (2021): Ridley Scott’s New Film Is A Well Acted Drama With Plenty of Intrigue...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Last Duel (2021): Ridley Scott’s New Film Is A Well Acted Drama With Plenty of Intrigue...
- 10/16/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Justine (Tallulah Haddon) meets Rachel (Sophie Reid) in a bookshop and the two start chatting. After another chance enounter they begin dating and quickly develop a pretty serious relationship. The problem is that Rachel, about to move to Barcelona to be an English teacher, has her life much more together than Justine, who is on probation and still in the grip of alcoholism.
There are a lot of issues going on in Justine, but rather than alcoholism, or putting one’s life back together on probation, or the struggles of a relationship across economic lines, director Jamie Patterson and writer Jeff Murphy are interested in the human story between their two main characters. We don’t get a huge amount of background on Rachel, and what we learn about Justine is largely teased out in her reticence about her past, at least until one late scene lays some family tensions a bit more bare,...
There are a lot of issues going on in Justine, but rather than alcoholism, or putting one’s life back together on probation, or the struggles of a relationship across economic lines, director Jamie Patterson and writer Jeff Murphy are interested in the human story between their two main characters. We don’t get a huge amount of background on Rachel, and what we learn about Justine is largely teased out in her reticence about her past, at least until one late scene lays some family tensions a bit more bare,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hiding from the landlord. Shoplifting alcohol and clothes. Doing what she wants when she wants. Justine (Tallulah Haddon) is living the kind of life that seems really cool when you're 14, but she's quite a bit older. admittedly, she lost time due to being in prison, as e find out when she drags herself to her mandatory counselling sessions, and perhaps her counsellor is right when she suggests that despair is at the bottom of it - Justine believes that due to her criminal record there's no point in even trying to get a job, but the malaise and self-hatred seem to run deeper than that. Then she meets Rachel (Sophie Reid), a Tefl student with a bright future who wants to make her part of it, and seems as if love might conquer all - but is she tough enough to stay the course?
A slice of life presented just.
A slice of life presented just.
- 3/5/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A meet-cute with an edge launches Tallulah Haddon’s self-destructive Brightonian into a sharply observed love affair
Remember all-consuming crushes and awkward first dates? For young people in this age of self-isolation, such tender encounters might well be from another century. Chronicling a young lesbian romance set in a wintry Brighton, Justine is the remedy to the lack of such human contact. But it’s not all coffee dates and beach cuddles: this film is also a window on the harrowing cycle of addiction among displaced young adults.
Justine (Tallulah Haddon), on probation and cut off from her family, is in a state of disarray. Awakened by loud bangs from the door – her landlord is asking for this month’s rent – Justine staggers dazedly, and fully clothed, out of the bath. Her lips bear a nasty cut, and her left arm is covered in swathes of white bandages. This dire...
Remember all-consuming crushes and awkward first dates? For young people in this age of self-isolation, such tender encounters might well be from another century. Chronicling a young lesbian romance set in a wintry Brighton, Justine is the remedy to the lack of such human contact. But it’s not all coffee dates and beach cuddles: this film is also a window on the harrowing cycle of addiction among displaced young adults.
Justine (Tallulah Haddon), on probation and cut off from her family, is in a state of disarray. Awakened by loud bangs from the door – her landlord is asking for this month’s rent – Justine staggers dazedly, and fully clothed, out of the bath. Her lips bear a nasty cut, and her left arm is covered in swathes of white bandages. This dire...
- 3/2/2021
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Recently, National Geographic finished airing the first season of the channel's historical but fictional drama series, Barkskins. The TV show hasn't been cancelled or renewed for a second season yet but the show's creator, executive producer Elwood Reid, is hoping for a few more seasons to fully tell the series' story.
Having aired on Monday nights, the Barkskins TV series is based on a portion of the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx. The show stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon. "Barkskins" is a term for indentured servants who are working toward their freedom. The series examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France. This event...
Having aired on Monday nights, the Barkskins TV series is based on a portion of the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx. The show stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon. "Barkskins" is a term for indentured servants who are working toward their freedom. The series examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France. This event...
- 6/25/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: National Geographic
Episodes: Eight (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: May 25, 2020 -- June 15, 2020
Series status: Ended
Performers include: David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon.
TV show description:
A historical fiction drama series, Barkskins is based on the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx.
The TV show examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France. This event threatens to throw the region into an all-out war. Likely suspects abound - the English, the Hudson's Bay Company, and a band of Kanien'kehá:ka (Iroquois) possibly in league with the English looking to drive the...
Episodes: Eight (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: May 25, 2020 -- June 15, 2020
Series status: Ended
Performers include: David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon.
TV show description:
A historical fiction drama series, Barkskins is based on the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx.
The TV show examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France. This event threatens to throw the region into an all-out war. Likely suspects abound - the English, the Hudson's Bay Company, and a band of Kanien'kehá:ka (Iroquois) possibly in league with the English looking to drive the...
- 6/17/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
It seems like there's no need to wonder if Barkskins will be cancelled or renewed for season two. This series appears to be a true mini-series that will have a set conclusion. Still, if the ratings are good enough, could a way be found to continue the story in some way? Stay tuned.
A historical fiction drama series, Barkskins is based on the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx. The show stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon. The series examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France. This event threatens to throw the region into all-out war. Likely suspects abound - the English, the Hudson's Bay Company, and a band of Kanien'kehá:ka (Iroquois) possibly in...
A historical fiction drama series, Barkskins is based on the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx. The show stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon. The series examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France. This event threatens to throw the region into all-out war. Likely suspects abound - the English, the Hudson's Bay Company, and a band of Kanien'kehá:ka (Iroquois) possibly in...
- 5/28/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Vulture Watch
What really happened to the settlers? Has the Barkskins TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on National Geographic? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Barkskins, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the National Geographic cable channel, Barkskins is based on the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx. The show stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon. The series examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France. This event...
What really happened to the settlers? Has the Barkskins TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on National Geographic? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Barkskins, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the National Geographic cable channel, Barkskins is based on the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx. The show stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon. The series examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France. This event...
- 5/28/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Will the mystery be solved in the first season of the Barkskins TV show on National Geographic? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Barkskins is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of Barkskins here.
A National Geographic historical fiction drama, Barkskins is based on the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx. The show stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon. The...
A National Geographic historical fiction drama, Barkskins is based on the novel of the same name by Annie Proulx. The show stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan, and Zahn McClarnon. The...
- 5/26/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Pinning “Barkskins” into a particular genre box is a tricky task. On the surface, this National Geographic TV adaptation of the Annie Proulx novel appears like a down-the-middle historical fiction prestige play. Set in the colonial region of New France in the dwindling years of the 17th century, there’s a familiar makeup of the setting: The wood-built settlements of Wobik are made up of candlelit rooms of modest interiors, while earthen pathways make up the centuries-past equivalents of bustling city streets.
The players in this drama are a cross-section of the kind of characters usually seen in these stories of early colonial intrusion into the Americas. There’s the company man, Hamish Goames (here of the Hudson Bay variety; played by Aneurin Barnard), the observant innkeeper, Mathilde (Marcia Gay Harden), the European eccentric, Claude Trepagny (David Thewlis), and ambitious regional entrepreneur, Elisha Cooke (Thomas M. Wright). All of them...
The players in this drama are a cross-section of the kind of characters usually seen in these stories of early colonial intrusion into the Americas. There’s the company man, Hamish Goames (here of the Hudson Bay variety; played by Aneurin Barnard), the observant innkeeper, Mathilde (Marcia Gay Harden), the European eccentric, Claude Trepagny (David Thewlis), and ambitious regional entrepreneur, Elisha Cooke (Thomas M. Wright). All of them...
- 5/25/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Like the settlers of New France, Elwood Reid has broken new ground.
Reid (The Bridge) is the creator, show-runner, and executive producer of Barkskins. The eight-hour limited series debuts starting at 9/8c Monday, May 25, on National Geographic Channel, with back-to-back episodes running for four consecutive Mondays.
Barkskins, based on the 2016 novel by Annie Proulx, marks NatGeo's entry into fiction-based scripted programming.
The 700-plus page epic tells about a mysterious massacre of settlers in the wilds of 1690s New France that threatens to throw the region into an all-out war.
Set in Wopik, a small settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec, Barkskins weaves the tale of a disparate group of outcasts, rogues, and innocents caught up in a dangerous place and time.
Grabbing the opportunity to work with Proulx and executive director Scott Rudin was a no-brainer for Reid.
“Annie Proulx as a novelist and a...
Reid (The Bridge) is the creator, show-runner, and executive producer of Barkskins. The eight-hour limited series debuts starting at 9/8c Monday, May 25, on National Geographic Channel, with back-to-back episodes running for four consecutive Mondays.
Barkskins, based on the 2016 novel by Annie Proulx, marks NatGeo's entry into fiction-based scripted programming.
The 700-plus page epic tells about a mysterious massacre of settlers in the wilds of 1690s New France that threatens to throw the region into an all-out war.
Set in Wopik, a small settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec, Barkskins weaves the tale of a disparate group of outcasts, rogues, and innocents caught up in a dangerous place and time.
Grabbing the opportunity to work with Proulx and executive director Scott Rudin was a no-brainer for Reid.
“Annie Proulx as a novelist and a...
- 5/25/2020
- by Dale McGarrigle
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Kaniehtiio Horn, Zahn McClarnon, Lily Sullivan and David Wilmot are set as series regulars opposite David Thewlis in Barkskins, National Geographic’s scripted drama series based on the 2016 bestselling novel of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx. The series hails from Elwood Reid and Fox 21 TV Studios.
Created by Reid, Barkskins follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate the brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization—1600s New France—where the war to escape their past and re-make themselves is cast against the vast and unforgiving wilds of North America.
Horn will play Mari, a Wendat Nation woman married to Trepagny (Thewlis) and her alliance with him keeps both the French and Wendat communities safe from a mutual enemy.
McClarnon will portray Yvon,...
Created by Reid, Barkskins follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate the brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization—1600s New France—where the war to escape their past and re-make themselves is cast against the vast and unforgiving wilds of North America.
Horn will play Mari, a Wendat Nation woman married to Trepagny (Thewlis) and her alliance with him keeps both the French and Wendat communities safe from a mutual enemy.
McClarnon will portray Yvon,...
- 7/24/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Thomas M. Wright.
Thomas M. Wright cheerfully acknowledges he is far better known in the Us and the UK than in his native Australia.
That’s because the character actor, who made his feature writing and directing debut on Acute Misfortune, has worked predominantly in international TV series and movies in the past six years.
Wright flies to Quebec next month for his next acting gig, a recurring role in Barskins, a National Geographic drama series based on the Annie Proulx novel about a group of outcasts living in New France — the part of North America controlled by the French — in the 16th century.
That will be his third Us series following Wgn America’s Outsiders and FX network’s The Bridge, and his first acting gig since he played racist station owner Mick Kennedy in Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country.
Wright is not complaining about his relatively low profile...
Thomas M. Wright cheerfully acknowledges he is far better known in the Us and the UK than in his native Australia.
That’s because the character actor, who made his feature writing and directing debut on Acute Misfortune, has worked predominantly in international TV series and movies in the past six years.
Wright flies to Quebec next month for his next acting gig, a recurring role in Barskins, a National Geographic drama series based on the Annie Proulx novel about a group of outcasts living in New France — the part of North America controlled by the French — in the 16th century.
That will be his third Us series following Wgn America’s Outsiders and FX network’s The Bridge, and his first acting gig since he played racist station owner Mick Kennedy in Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country.
Wright is not complaining about his relatively low profile...
- 6/2/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: The National Geographic scripted series Barkskins has added Aneurin Barnard, Thomas M. Wright and Tallulah Haddon as series regulars.
Based on the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain), Barkskins follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate the brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization—1600s New France—where the war to escape their past and re-make themselves is cast against the vast and unforgiving wilds of North America.
Barnard will star as Hamish Goames, a polished, clean-cut Hudson Bay Company man in search of his lost comrade while Wright will play Elisha Cooke, a cutthroat English barrel maker, who has schemed his way into New France, set on growing the crown’s stake in the region.
Based on the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain), Barkskins follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate the brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization—1600s New France—where the war to escape their past and re-make themselves is cast against the vast and unforgiving wilds of North America.
Barnard will star as Hamish Goames, a polished, clean-cut Hudson Bay Company man in search of his lost comrade while Wright will play Elisha Cooke, a cutthroat English barrel maker, who has schemed his way into New France, set on growing the crown’s stake in the region.
- 5/30/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
(Warning: While not necessarily a spoiler alert due to the multiple versions of the story, if you want to find all the different endings for yourself, we would not suggest reading the below. So go watch them and then Be Right Back).
We’ll get right to it (instead of making you choose the content of this post): “Bandersnatch” — the feature-length choose-your-own-adventure installment of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series, “Black Mirror” — landed on Netflix on Friday and since then TheWrap has gone through several viewings trying to figure it out.
As best as TheWrap can tell — after an unhealthy amount of viewings and backtracks — the interactive story about ’80s video game programmer Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) and his attempts to develop the fantasy novel “Bandersnatch” into a video game, has 5 “main” endings. By which we mean, endings that trigger the closing credits — or rather, the option to “exit to credits...
We’ll get right to it (instead of making you choose the content of this post): “Bandersnatch” — the feature-length choose-your-own-adventure installment of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series, “Black Mirror” — landed on Netflix on Friday and since then TheWrap has gone through several viewings trying to figure it out.
As best as TheWrap can tell — after an unhealthy amount of viewings and backtracks — the interactive story about ’80s video game programmer Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) and his attempts to develop the fantasy novel “Bandersnatch” into a video game, has 5 “main” endings. By which we mean, endings that trigger the closing credits — or rather, the option to “exit to credits...
- 2/20/2019
- by Tim Baysinger, Jennifer Maas and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe, Asim Chaudhry, Tallulah Haddon, Catriona Knox, Paul Bradley | Written by Charlie Brooker | Directed by David Slade
Charlie Brooker’s seminal TV series Black Mirror returns on Netflix with an advantageous subtextually corrupted and ironic damning assessment of a “choose your own adventure” feature-length episode in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Directed by David Slade, Bandersnatch offers a distinctive and unique outlook on the format of typical narratives found in cinema, yet often comes unstuck with its underwhelming lacklustre anecdote and now far too overly strong ethos that is becoming stale and predictable.
Fionn Whitehead as Stefan Butler impresses with leading actor status after his rather quiet but sizeable performance in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. He showcases an efficient and explorative emotional range. Benefitting the film due to the character crux structure and the resulting impact each sequence depends upon to engage with the audience.
Charlie Brooker’s seminal TV series Black Mirror returns on Netflix with an advantageous subtextually corrupted and ironic damning assessment of a “choose your own adventure” feature-length episode in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Directed by David Slade, Bandersnatch offers a distinctive and unique outlook on the format of typical narratives found in cinema, yet often comes unstuck with its underwhelming lacklustre anecdote and now far too overly strong ethos that is becoming stale and predictable.
Fionn Whitehead as Stefan Butler impresses with leading actor status after his rather quiet but sizeable performance in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. He showcases an efficient and explorative emotional range. Benefitting the film due to the character crux structure and the resulting impact each sequence depends upon to engage with the audience.
- 1/28/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” that you may be exposed to even if you’ve watched it, due to how many different versions of the interactive film exist.)
“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” dropped on Netflix at 12 p.m. Pt/3 a.m. Et on Friday — and a bunch of (totally not crazy) people stayed up to experience the Charlie Brooker-created anthology series’ very first “Choose Your Own Adventure” installment as soon as it launched.
If you weren’t willing to sacrifice your sleep to see what all the fuss was about, don’t worry, because TheWrap went through several viewings of the interactive story that follows ’80s programmer Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) and his attempts to adapt the fantasy novel “Bandersnatch” into a video game. And in the wee small hours, we unearthed tons of references to previous “Black Mirror” episodes buried inside the movie.
Also Read: 'Black...
“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” dropped on Netflix at 12 p.m. Pt/3 a.m. Et on Friday — and a bunch of (totally not crazy) people stayed up to experience the Charlie Brooker-created anthology series’ very first “Choose Your Own Adventure” installment as soon as it launched.
If you weren’t willing to sacrifice your sleep to see what all the fuss was about, don’t worry, because TheWrap went through several viewings of the interactive story that follows ’80s programmer Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) and his attempts to adapt the fantasy novel “Bandersnatch” into a video game. And in the wee small hours, we unearthed tons of references to previous “Black Mirror” episodes buried inside the movie.
Also Read: 'Black...
- 1/4/2019
- by Jennifer Maas, Phil Owen and Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “Kiss Me First,” including the finale, “You Can Never Go Home.”]
“Kiss Me First” has perhaps one of the most head-scratching finales on TV, and not just because it leaves almost every storyline open for a possible Season 2. The episode highlights one of the show’s biggest weaknesses: the Vr world created for the series is all but wasted or used in bizarre ways because the storytelling simply can’t figure out what to do with it. Or it ran out of the budget to do anything cooler with it. Either way, it follows IndieWire’s initial review that frames the Vr world as anything but fun.
The first major Vr confrontation in the finale makes an effort to explore the possibilities of what the mysterious antagonist Adrian (voiced by Matthew Beard) can do with Azana, the virtual world that he apparently made for his mother, who took credit for...
“Kiss Me First” has perhaps one of the most head-scratching finales on TV, and not just because it leaves almost every storyline open for a possible Season 2. The episode highlights one of the show’s biggest weaknesses: the Vr world created for the series is all but wasted or used in bizarre ways because the storytelling simply can’t figure out what to do with it. Or it ran out of the budget to do anything cooler with it. Either way, it follows IndieWire’s initial review that frames the Vr world as anything but fun.
The first major Vr confrontation in the finale makes an effort to explore the possibilities of what the mysterious antagonist Adrian (voiced by Matthew Beard) can do with Azana, the virtual world that he apparently made for his mother, who took credit for...
- 7/3/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
“Kiss Me First,” like its teenage protagonist, is confused and immature. The Netflix series has the raw materials for what could be a promising tale, but its storytelling has not yet found its voice. Instead, it appears to be mimicking a number of different genres — cyber-thriller, mystery, coming-of-age, and romance — yet doesn’t know how to blend or develop them.
The brief six-part British series is very loosely inspired by the novel by Lottie Moggach, and how it botches the adaptation will be addressed later. Teenager Leila (Tallulah Haddon) retreats into the virtual world of Azana and needs it more than ever now that her sick mum has died. She encounters a mysterious group of misfits, including a young woman named Tess (Simona Brown), whom she befriends in the real world.
What follows is a meandering, flailing sequence of events in which Leila muddles through life after mum by acquiring...
The brief six-part British series is very loosely inspired by the novel by Lottie Moggach, and how it botches the adaptation will be addressed later. Teenager Leila (Tallulah Haddon) retreats into the virtual world of Azana and needs it more than ever now that her sick mum has died. She encounters a mysterious group of misfits, including a young woman named Tess (Simona Brown), whom she befriends in the real world.
What follows is a meandering, flailing sequence of events in which Leila muddles through life after mum by acquiring...
- 6/30/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Netflix has released a trailer for an upcoming sci-fi series called Kiss Me First that's worth checking out. It originally aired in the UK and it looks like a Ready Player One-style murder mystery and something that you might see on Black Mirror. Part of the story is set in a virtual reality world complete with avatars and in the real world. The series is an adaptation of a novel by Lottie Moggach and this is the synopsis that was released:
Kiss Me First tells the story of Leila, a lonely 17 year old girl who is addicted to a fictional online gaming site called Agora. While in Agora, Leila meets Tess, a cool and confident party girl who harbours a dark secret. In the real world, the two girls become friends, but after Tess disappears Leila decides to assume her friend’s identity and in doing so is quickly drawn...
Kiss Me First tells the story of Leila, a lonely 17 year old girl who is addicted to a fictional online gaming site called Agora. While in Agora, Leila meets Tess, a cool and confident party girl who harbours a dark secret. In the real world, the two girls become friends, but after Tess disappears Leila decides to assume her friend’s identity and in doing so is quickly drawn...
- 6/18/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Kiss Me First Trailer Netflix‘s Kiss Me First (2018) TV show trailer stars Tallulah Haddon, Simona Brown, Matthew Beard, Freddie Stewart, and Haruka Abe. Kiss Me First‘s plot synopsis: based on the novel by Lottie Moggach, “Kiss Me First follows a young woman who recently lost her mother and has been left adrift [...]
Continue reading: Kiss Me First (2018) TV Show Trailer: The Dark Side of Ready Player One [Netflix]...
Continue reading: Kiss Me First (2018) TV Show Trailer: The Dark Side of Ready Player One [Netflix]...
- 6/15/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
2018 has been a big year so far for Channel 4 and Netflix. After teaming up for hit series “The End of the F**ing World,” the latest show in that co-venture, “Kiss Me First,” is right on the horizon. And once again, teens are front and center.
Based on Lottie Moggach’s 2013 debut novel, “Kiss Me First” follows Leila (Tallulah Haddon), an online gamer who meets the mysterious Tess (Simona Brown) while inside a virtual world. Shortly after her digital friendship translates into reality, Tess goes missing. Posing as Tess back in the realm where they met, Leila begins to uncover the truth behind what happened to her.
This official trailer shows that the show will also feature what Leila and Tess see and experience inside an animated Vr world. There’s action inside this alternate reality: lake swims, car chases and roundhouse kicks to the chest
The six-part series...
Based on Lottie Moggach’s 2013 debut novel, “Kiss Me First” follows Leila (Tallulah Haddon), an online gamer who meets the mysterious Tess (Simona Brown) while inside a virtual world. Shortly after her digital friendship translates into reality, Tess goes missing. Posing as Tess back in the realm where they met, Leila begins to uncover the truth behind what happened to her.
This official trailer shows that the show will also feature what Leila and Tess see and experience inside an animated Vr world. There’s action inside this alternate reality: lake swims, car chases and roundhouse kicks to the chest
The six-part series...
- 6/15/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Keen TV viewers may have already spotted Tallulah Haddon in the darkly gothic drama <em>Taboo</em> playing a malnourished prostitute (when the camera wasn't firmly fixated on Tom Hardy), or perhaps even as a disturbed vicar's daughter in the BBC's supernatural period series <em>The Living and the Dead</em>.
But with only these two small-screen credits under her belt, the 21-year-old British actress is now ready for her close-up with her first lead role, and possible breakout performance, in Netflix series <em>Kiss Me First</em>.
The series, currently on air in Britain on Channel 4 and bowing worldwide on Netflix later this ...
But with only these two small-screen credits under her belt, the 21-year-old British actress is now ready for her close-up with her first lead role, and possible breakout performance, in Netflix series <em>Kiss Me First</em>.
The series, currently on air in Britain on Channel 4 and bowing worldwide on Netflix later this ...
- 4/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Virtual Reality gaming world and the small screen are set to collide on April 2nd when Channel 4 premieres the innovative thriller hybrid live-action and state of the art animation Kiss Me First. Judging from the first episode alone, Channel 4’s ability to connect with younger audiences hasn’t faltered. It stunningly delves into the minds of troubled, lonely teens just looking for a world in which they can leave their troubles behind and be someone else.
The six-part drama is adapted by Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley and is based on Lottie Moggach’s debut novel of the same name – in which she used the world of social media and chat rooms and not Vr gaming – the drama flits between the animated Virtual Reality and real worlds. The story focuses on the timid yet inquiring Leila, played by rising star Tallulah Haddon. She spends her time escaping the loneliness...
The six-part drama is adapted by Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley and is based on Lottie Moggach’s debut novel of the same name – in which she used the world of social media and chat rooms and not Vr gaming – the drama flits between the animated Virtual Reality and real worlds. The story focuses on the timid yet inquiring Leila, played by rising star Tallulah Haddon. She spends her time escaping the loneliness...
- 3/27/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: 45 Years producer Tristan Goligher on roster.
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to former Screen International Star Of Tomorrow Alex Taylor’s directorial debut, Spaceship.
The distributor is planning a limited theatrical release in November, followed by DVD and VoD, for the film that had its world premiere at SXSW.
Spaceship centres on teenage cyber-goth Lucidia, whose mother died mysteriously seven years ago in the family swimming pool. Her father, Gabriel, is an archaeologist who can’t move on.
When Lucidia disappears in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel is forced to confront her strange outsider friends and meets Tegan, a girl obsessed with unicorns and black holes. The story is told from multiple points of view, both teenage and adult.
Alexa Davies, Tallulah Haddon, Lara Peake, Lucian Charles Collier, Antti Reini, and singer-songwriter Annabel Allum star.
Spaceship was developed, financed and produced under Creative England’s iFeatures banner, supported by [link...
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to former Screen International Star Of Tomorrow Alex Taylor’s directorial debut, Spaceship.
The distributor is planning a limited theatrical release in November, followed by DVD and VoD, for the film that had its world premiere at SXSW.
Spaceship centres on teenage cyber-goth Lucidia, whose mother died mysteriously seven years ago in the family swimming pool. Her father, Gabriel, is an archaeologist who can’t move on.
When Lucidia disappears in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel is forced to confront her strange outsider friends and meets Tegan, a girl obsessed with unicorns and black holes. The story is told from multiple points of view, both teenage and adult.
Alexa Davies, Tallulah Haddon, Lara Peake, Lucian Charles Collier, Antti Reini, and singer-songwriter Annabel Allum star.
Spaceship was developed, financed and produced under Creative England’s iFeatures banner, supported by [link...
- 6/29/2017
- ScreenDaily
Author: Zehra Phelan
Writer/Director Alex Taylor is about to see his first feature length production, Spaceship, which has been backed by the BFI, hits cinemas on May 19th. Taylor makes his transition from short films to embark on his hallucinogenic cinematic journey with an experimental unconventional coming of age story.
A story of teenage troubles, far from those Hollywood loves to portray but from those teenagers who are classed as outsiders in our modern society, ones that want to be unicorns and aliens and, to most, are just plain weird. Spaceship centers on Lucidia (Alexa Davies) as she fakes her own alien abduction, leaving her father to delve into her strange teenage world of neon dream-like visions.
We spoke with Alex Taylor at length to take us into his world of creating Spaceship, its musical connection and its triumphant reception at SXSW.
Spaceship is your feature debut; it’s...
Writer/Director Alex Taylor is about to see his first feature length production, Spaceship, which has been backed by the BFI, hits cinemas on May 19th. Taylor makes his transition from short films to embark on his hallucinogenic cinematic journey with an experimental unconventional coming of age story.
A story of teenage troubles, far from those Hollywood loves to portray but from those teenagers who are classed as outsiders in our modern society, ones that want to be unicorns and aliens and, to most, are just plain weird. Spaceship centers on Lucidia (Alexa Davies) as she fakes her own alien abduction, leaving her father to delve into her strange teenage world of neon dream-like visions.
We spoke with Alex Taylor at length to take us into his world of creating Spaceship, its musical connection and its triumphant reception at SXSW.
Spaceship is your feature debut; it’s...
- 5/17/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Zehra Phelan
If you like your coming-of-age stories with a twist of psychedelia and completely bonkers the upcoming film Spaceship, judging from the trailer could be right up your street.
Related: Take a look at all our British Film articles here.
From the trailer, without even reading the synopsis, you would have no idea whatsoever what to expect or what the film is about. A bunch of teenage outsiders prance around as if they have just overdone that bong sitting in the corner while donning fluorescent make-up all whilst dreaming of being abducted by aliens and disappearing through black holes while riding on unicorns. Come on – what’s not to be completely intrigued by from that?
The film’s ensemble cast includes Alexa Davies (A Brilliant Young Mind, Raised by Wolves) who was nominated for the Evening Standard New West End Company Award for Best Actress for her role in the film,...
If you like your coming-of-age stories with a twist of psychedelia and completely bonkers the upcoming film Spaceship, judging from the trailer could be right up your street.
Related: Take a look at all our British Film articles here.
From the trailer, without even reading the synopsis, you would have no idea whatsoever what to expect or what the film is about. A bunch of teenage outsiders prance around as if they have just overdone that bong sitting in the corner while donning fluorescent make-up all whilst dreaming of being abducted by aliens and disappearing through black holes while riding on unicorns. Come on – what’s not to be completely intrigued by from that?
The film’s ensemble cast includes Alexa Davies (A Brilliant Young Mind, Raised by Wolves) who was nominated for the Evening Standard New West End Company Award for Best Actress for her role in the film,...
- 4/20/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Quick takes from the 60th London Film Festival, with public screenings from October 5th-16th, 2016.
Spaceship
I’m not much of a fan of experimental films, but there’s a quality of dreamy questing in Spaceship, the feature debut of British writer-director Alex Taylor, that I found intriguingly wistful. The teenagers who live around an army base in suburban England whisper stories about alien abductions, and then Lucidia (Alexa Davies) goes missing in a dazzle of colors and flashing lights, as witnessed by a friend. Her lonely widower father, Gabriel (Antti Reini), searches for her and her friends speculate about where she has gone, but this isn’t a science-fiction mystery, and no one seems particularly worried about her. The plotlessness and general lack of specific response to Lucidia’s disappearance becomes an avant-garde fug that frustrated me, but I quite enjoyed the overall sense of Lucidia’s friends and...
Spaceship
I’m not much of a fan of experimental films, but there’s a quality of dreamy questing in Spaceship, the feature debut of British writer-director Alex Taylor, that I found intriguingly wistful. The teenagers who live around an army base in suburban England whisper stories about alien abductions, and then Lucidia (Alexa Davies) goes missing in a dazzle of colors and flashing lights, as witnessed by a friend. Her lonely widower father, Gabriel (Antti Reini), searches for her and her friends speculate about where she has gone, but this isn’t a science-fiction mystery, and no one seems particularly worried about her. The plotlessness and general lack of specific response to Lucidia’s disappearance becomes an avant-garde fug that frustrated me, but I quite enjoyed the overall sense of Lucidia’s friends and...
- 10/4/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The Living and the Dead TV show premieres on BBC America, on October 27, 2016, in a Halloween week "binge-a-thon." In UK, the show premiered on BBC One in June of this year. In mid-August, The Living and the Dead was cancelled by the BBC.From Ashley Pharaoh the six-episode supernatural period drama stars Colin Morgan and Charlotte Spencer. The Living and the Dead TV series cast also includes: Malcolm Storry, Kerrie Hayes, Tallulah Rose Haddon, Joel Gillman, Elizabeth Berrington, Chloe Pirrie, Amber Fernée, Marianne Oldham, Pooky Quesnel, Ben Fox, Sarah Counsell, and David Oakes.Read More…...
- 9/14/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Perhaps they should have called it The Quick and the Dead. The The Living and the Dead TV show has been cancelled by The BBC. The first and only season of the spooky supernatural series is slated to premiere on BBC America sometime this fall. In UK, Ashley Pharoah's six-episode drama aired on BBC One between June 28 and August 2, 2016. The British network has confirmed The Living and the Dead TV series will not be renewed for a second season, Digital Spy reports.The Living and the Dead stars Colin Morgan and Charlotte Spencer as newlyweds Nathan and Charlotte Appleby, and Nicholas Woodeson as Reverend Matthew Denning. The cast also includes: Malcolm Storry, Kerrie Hayes, Tallulah Rose Haddon, Joel Gillman, Elizabeth Berrington, Chloe Pirrie, Amber Fernée, Marianne Oldham, Pooky Quesnel,...
- 8/12/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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