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No one likes a sore loser, but perhaps sore winners are even worse. As seen in B&b, the big-screen debut from TV writer and director Joe Ahearne, a couple cannot simply accept their victory and move on with their lives. Quite the opposite: here Tom Bateman and Sean Teale’s characters return to the scene of the crime. The crime, of course, being one based on prejudice. However as much as B&b feels of its time, on account of the ripped-from-headlines setup, this twisting thriller from 2017 cooks up a timeless degree of suspense.

Ahearne, who was more inspired by the general social and political landscape than any single event, taps into a hot issue that still comes up today. The denial of service to those from the LGBTQ+ community continues to happen even in areas with anti-discrimination laws in place. So although Marc (Bateman) and Fred (Teale) have won...

60 years ago, Doctor Who was created with a strong educational element, mixing science and history facts with adventure. Initially some stories featured no science-fiction elements outside of the Tardis and its crew. This story format petered out by the fourth season, and ′The Highlanders′ was the last example until ′Black Orchid′ in 1982.

The final story of the second season created the ′Pseudo-historical′ format – a story set in Earth′s history but with an additional science-fiction element to the Tardis crew. This format persists to the present day. By ′Best Historical Episodes′ here, we don’t mean the dozen or so purely historical stories, but are including pseudo-historical stories too.

Some of these stories have a historical setting based around a historical celebrity. Others are more intertwined with historical events and use that setting as a springboard for their stories, but they all represent the best the show has delivered so far.

The hit BBC drama “The Replacement” is set for a Finnish adaptation produced by Helsinki-filmi (“Tove”) for local streamer Elisa Viihde.

The Elisa Viihde original series has started filming in the metropolitan area of Helsinki under the helm of filmmaker Jyri Kähönen. It will launch on Elisa Viihde Viaplay streaming service in 2022, and is being represented in international markets by Sony Pictures Television.

Created by Joe Ahearne and Nicole Cauverien, “The Replacement” is an intense psychological thriller about the fear of losing one’s professional and personal life.

The Finnish adaptation is a three-part series penned by Mia Ylönen (“Tom of Finland”) and Tuuli Hostikka (“Tove”). The cast includes Maria Ylipää (“Arctic Circle”), Pamela Tola (“Ladies of Steel”) and Olavi Uusivirta (“The Sixth Time”). Sara Paavolainen and Eero Saarinen feature in other key roles.

The series will follow Ella, an architect who is about to get the greatest opportunity of her career,...

The Matrix and CSI star Laurence Fishburne is to star in and exec produce Sony’s anthology UFO drama series Rendlesham.

The series, which is a co-production between Sony Pictures Television and Eleventh Hour Films, the UK indie that the Hollywood studio owns a stake in, is an eight-part drama is inspired by a “real-life” UFO incident, which took place at a Us air base close to the village of Rendlesham, Suffolk in 1980.

Several people in the village’s small forest including a number of air force servicemen claimed to witness a glowing object in the sky before it flew off into the trees. The sighting was recorded by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt in an official report that was made public in 1983 but was subsequently rubbished by other officers, leading to many conspiracy theories.

Written by Doctor Who director and Da Vinci’s Demons writer Joe Ahearne, the series, which...

Upcoming paranormal series “Rendlesham” just got some star power, with Laurence Fishburne signing on to appear in the show and exec produce.

Sony-backed Eleventh Hour Films is making the series and Sony Pictures Television is taking it out internationally. It is inspired by events that took place on a U.S. air base near the British village of Rendlesham where, in 1980, there was suspected UFO activity. UFO enthusiasts have dubbed it “Britain’s Roswell.”

“The Matrix” star Fishburne will play Tyrone, a retired American airman who was stationed at the U.S. base during the Cold War. With his wife Carol and son Brock, Tyrone returns to the area to visit Carol’s dying father, and is forced to face events that have haunted him his whole life.

Fishburne will exec produce alongside his producing partner Helen Sugland through their Cinema Gypsy banner. Eve Gutierrez and Jill Green will...

Sony Pictures Television to distribute UFO series internationally.

Laurence Fishburne has been set to star in anthology series Rendlesham, from UK-based Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television (Spt).

Fishburne will play Tyrone, a retired American airman previously stationed at a Us air base in the UK. The eight-part paranormal series is inspired by the reported UFO incidents at a Us base near the Suffolk village of Rendlesham in 1980.

Fishburne will also serve as an executive producer along with his Cinema Gypsy Productions partner Helen Sugland. Eve Gutierrez and Jill Green will be executive producers for Eleventh Hour. Joe Ahearne...

Doctor Who director and Da Vinci's Demons writer Joe Ahearne is developing a UFO drama with Sony's international production division and Foyle's War producer Eleventh Hour Films. Sony Pictures Television has partnered with Jill Green's UK firm on Rendlesham and the Hollywood studio will take the international rights to the series. Rendlesham is inspired by a "real-life" UFO incident, which took place at a Us air base close to the village of Rendlesham, Suffolk in 1980…...

Being a sore winner might get a person killed in B&B, which centers on two gay men who risk violence by spending the night at an inn where they're definitely not wanted. The big-screen feature debut for Brit TV helmer Joe Ahearne, the pic works well within its modest means, wringing life-or-death drama out of, basically, a debate over the accuracy of one man's gaydar. Gay audiences will be the most receptive in its niche release, though the film is not the steamy, straight-alienating suspenser some may expect from marketing materials.

Sean Teale and Tom Bateman play Fred and Marc,...

A new international trailer is here for B&B (review), and we have every pixel of it right here awaiting your perusal. Dare you check in? Written and directed by Joe Ahearne and produced by Jayne Chard, B&B stars Tom Bateman,… Continue Reading →

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Exclusive: Thriller directed by Trance writer Joe Ahearne and co-stars Tom Bateman and Sean Teale.

London-based distributor Peccadillo Pictures has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Joe Ahearne’s thriller B&B.

Paul McGann (Withnail & I), Tom Bateman (Jekyll & Hyde) and Sean Teale (Reign) star in the story of a gay couple who return to bait the owner of a remote B&B one year after they successfully sued him for not allowing them to share a bed.

However, events take a deadly turn when a guest with even more sinister intentions arrives.

The film premiered at the London Independent Film Festival in April, where it won best Lgbt film. It has also played at the Ecu Independent Film Festival in Paris.

Jayne Chard produced for her banner Hummingbird Films. The project had backing from Creative England, Ffilm Cymru Wales and Pont Neuf Productions. Jon Finn, Ricky Margolis and Simon Graham-Clare were executive producers, Isabelle Georgeaux was a co-producer...

Louisa Mellor Feb 28, 2017

A 3-part psychological thriller about insecurity, paranoia and the alienation of pregnancy, The Replacement gets off to a strong start…

This review contains spoilers.

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All psychological thrillers should take place in glass-walled offices; characters being able to see but not hear what’s going on does half the work for you. The open-plan Glasgow architecture firm at the centre of The Replacement is the perfect incubator for rising star Ellen’s (Morven Christie) deepening paranoia. The transparent boxes also give her nowhere to hide. Every grievance she expresses and swipe she takes at maternity cover Paula (Vicky McClure) is out on display.

As a pregnant woman, Ellen is already on display. Her body has become the province of other people. It’s theirs to touch,...

Exclusive: Creative England backs feature about gay couple who plot revenge against a conservative B&B owner.

UK production outfit Hummingbird Films has begun shooting in Bristol on thriller B&B, the directorial debut of Trance co-writer Joe Ahearne.

Paul McGann (Withnail & I), Tom Bateman (Jekyll & Hyde) and Sean Teale (Reign) star in the story of a gay couple who return to bait the owner of a remote B&B one year after they successfully sued him for not allowing them to share a bed.

However, events take a deadly turn when a guest with even more sinister intentions arrives.

B&B is backed by Creative England, Ffilm Cymru Wales and Isabelle Georgeaux of Pont Neuf Productions. 4SquareFilms handles international sales.

Joe Ahearne writes and directs the feature, which is produced by Jayne Chard (Dartmoor Killing) of Hummingbird Films. Ahearne, creator of BBC TV series The Secret Of Crickley Hall and Apparitions, was also a...

Verve has signed two high-profile writers in Joe Ahearne and Malachi Smyth, TheWrap has learned. Ahearne is a writer-director who wrote Danny Boyle‘s thriller “Trance,” starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel. Ahearne has directed a number of “Doctor Who” episodes, one of which earned him a BAFTA nomination. He also wrote and directed the BBC miniseries “Apparitions” and has written on “Da Vinci’s Demons” for David Goyer. Also Read: Verve Launches Global Business Development Initiative Verve Ventures Smyth is the writer of “Gateway 6,” which topped the 2014 Brit List. Tanel Toom is attached to direct the film for producers Sentinel.

The world of Doctor Who has changed greatly in the space of just 10 years. The cast and crew have almost completely been replaced since 2005, including a number of new actors to play the errant Time Lord and his companions.

But what has happened to the class of '05? Where are Rose and Mickey now? What is the writer of 'Dalek' up to? And where can you see more work from the director of 'Rose'?

Here it is then, your guide to the main players of Doctor Who series one.

The Cast

After his three-month on-screen stint as the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's career continued in much the same vein, taking in theatre, interesting television roles and the odd blockbuster.

Post-2005, the Northern actor went Stateside to take on the role of invisible man Claude in the Us series Heroes. From there, he popped up in a very amusing Doctor Who-esque cameo as Dr.

Well, this was only a matter of time. Word emerged over a year ago that Disney was planning a live-action version of their beloved "Beauty And The Beast," and they had tapped "Trance" writer Joe Ahearne to pen the script for what was then simply going to be called "The Beast." A little bit has changed since the, but the project is still firmly a go, and now has a director in place. "Dreamgirls" and "The Fifth Estate" helmer Bill Condon will get behind the camera for this one, with spinoff veteran Evan Spiliotopoulos ("Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure," "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning," "Tarzan 2") writing the script. Of course, plot details aren't being revealed. But given the massive success of "Maleficent" over the weekend, the sorta live-action prequel to "Sleeping Beauty" and the arrival of the flesh and blood version of "Cinderella" next year, this is clearly...

Disney has had a new, live-action take on Beauty And The Beast in the works for a while now, with This Life/Doctor Who directing veteran Joe Ahearne at one point attached to take the reins. Now that Maleficent has scored a solid hit at the box office, the Mouse House is understandably pushing this one into high gear, and has Bill Condon on board to call the shots instead.Exactly how – or indeed whether – the new tale will re-invent the story of the cursed prince and the young woman who wins his hairy heart to (spoiler alert) break the evil spell remains to be seen, but we do know that Evan Spiliotopoulos is currently at work on the script.Condon, of course, knows a thing or two about supernatural romance and hairy creatures, since he was responsible for the final two Twilight films, adapting Breaking Dawn. But Disney’s...

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Last month’s Doctor Who at 50 event at the BFI saw producer Phil Collinson, director Joe Ahearne and actor Bruno Langley (temporary companion Adam in Dalek and The Long Game) discussing...

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Christopher Eccleston has commented on his love for Doctor Who.

The actor - who played the Ninth Doctor for a single series in 2005 - sent a special message to be read out a British Film Institute event celebrating the programme's 50th anniversary.

The BFI screened two episodes from Eccleston's run as the Time Lord as part of its Doctor Who at 50 season.

Eccleston - who did not attend the event - praised director Joe Ahearne and joked about potential future 100th anniversary celebrations.

He said: "I love the BFI. I love the Doctor and hope you enjoy this presentation.

"Joe Ahearne directed five of the 13 episodes of the first series. He understood the tone the show needed completely - strong, bold, pacy visuals coupled with wit, warmth and a twinkle in the performances, missus.

"If Joe agrees to direct the 100th anniversary special, I will bring my sonic and a...

Good Vibrations; Trance; Blancanieves

There's a special kind of magic involved in the creation of a really great pop movie, something that manages to capture both the electrifying thrill the music and the tangible air of the period. Like Steve Rash's The Buddy Holly Story, which still stands up to repeat viewing after 35 long years, Good Vibrations (2012, Universal, 15) is a nostalgic gem blending just the right amount of fact and fantasy as it tells the story of Belfast's "godfather of punk", Terri Hooley. Brilliantly played by Richard Dormer, Hooley is the budding DJ and owner of a proudly non-sectarian record shop whose life is transformed by seeing Rudi perform an ebulliently boisterous live gig and hearing the Undertones play Teenage Kicks. Believing that "New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason", Hooley starts his own fantastically ramshackle record label, a venture driven entirely by love,...

Director Danny Boyle gets credit for never repeating himself. In a short retrospective contained on the newly released Trance Blu-ray, he talks about the appeal of each film and how making them has continually surprised him. He had read the Joe Ahearne script for Trance years earlier and it stayed with him and he finally shot it. Then let it marinate in Post Production while he mounted the incredible opening for the most recent Olympics.

Ahearne wrote the script back in the 1990s and first showed it to Boyle after he shot Shallow Grave and the concept lingered. It is also partially based on the eponymous British television series. Boyle’s frequently collaborating John Hodge stepped in to rework parts of the script and then it was finally made last year.

The movie is many things but never dull and demands your attention. What appears to be a basic art...

Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Release Date: July 23, 2013

Price: DVD $22.98, Blu-ray $29.99

Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Rosario Dawson gets involved in a brain-draining art heist in Trace.

Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle (127 Hours) helms the heady crime-thriller Trance, starring James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class), Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and Rosario Dawson (Fire with Fire).

When art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy) double-crosses the gang responsible for the daring daylight robbery of a priceless Goya painting, he incurs the wrath of the gang’s violent leader, Franck (Cassel). In the aftermath of a beating where he is knocked unconscious, Simon claims to be suffering from amnesia and is therefore unable to remember where the painting has been hidden, provoking Franck into hiring female hypnotist Elizabeth (Dawson) to find the answer. But as Elizabeth delves ever deeper into Simon’s subconscious, the lines between fantasy and reality converge and the plot twists wildly, threatening to...

Tom Riley (left) and David S. Goyer weigh in on the controversial “The Tower” episode.

We’ve read your comments on the portrayal of Leonardo Da Vinci’s sexuality on the Starz series Da Vinci’s Demons. In fact, star Tom Riley also left a comment on Friday’s interview post responding to readers directly. Here is the second half of my interview with Riley as well as email responses from creator David S. Goyer that discuss in detail what we saw in last Friday’s episode in terms of the sodomy charges, the importance of the intimate scene between Da Vinci and Jacopo Saltarelli and if we can expect to see Da Vinci have relations with any more men in the near – or distant – future.

TheBacklot: How much material exists on the actual sodomy trial and how much did you draw from in the episode?

David Goyer: I...

Review Ron Hogan 12 May 2013 - 21:06

Da Vinci's Demons delivers one of its most successful episodes so far. Here's Ron's review of The Tower...

This review contains spoilers.

1.5 The Tower

The more of Da Vinci's Demons I see, the more I like the performance of lead actor Tom Riley as the mad genius. As Leonardo gets put under more and more pressure by the machinations of Rome, the deadlines of the Medicis, the needs of Florence, his chaotic personal life, and the weight of his own genius - not to mention his fate as the savior of humanity - his quirks become more pronounced. He has facial tics, he fidgets, he twitches, he sweats and roils uncomfortably in his own skin. It's broad and showy, but this is a series that rewards broad and showy, and it really accentuates the character's instability, in addition to his genius. It's not subtle,...

Da Vinci’s Demons, Season 1: Episode 5 – “The Tower”

Directed by Paul Wilmshurst

Written by Joe Ahearne

Airs Friday nights at 9 on Starz

So, to continue the trend of piecing together seemingly unrelated things in these Da Vinci’s Demons reviews (I consider this completely appropriate because of the outrageous fashion in which da Vinci solves his problems in this show), let me turn your attention to Bruce Dickinson’s song, “The Tower,” with which this episode shares its name. Is it a coincidence that the album from which that song comes from, The Chemical Wedding, is concerned with mysticism to a similar degree that Da Vinci’s Demons is? Definitely. But all coincidences aside, it’s hard to ignore lyrics like “The moon and sun divided / The hanged man smiles” after seeing some of the closing images of the episode “The Tower” – the hanged man tarot card, the vision...

Disney has announced that Downton Abbey actress Lily James has been cast as Cinderella in Disney's upcoming live-action re-imagining of the classic fairytale. The film is being directed by Kenneth Branagh and James will join Cate Blanchett who was previously cast in the role of the evil manipulative stepmother.

Emma Watson was considered for the role at one point, but she ended up not taking it. I think James seems like the perfect young actress for the role. The script for the film was written by Chris Weitz and Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada).

There's some solid talent attached to this project, and it will be interesting to see how it turns out. The studio is also developing a live action version of Beauty and the Beast, which is being written by Trance scribe Joe Ahearne. 

Do you think James is a good choice to play Cinderella? ...

Whilst the average cinema-goer is no doubt aware of his name, the typical movie buff is most likely familiar with some of Danny Boyle‘s work. His most successful film is Slumdog Millionaire, but he’s also done various other films in the past, including Trainspotting, Sunshine and 127 Hours. He’s not the most prolific of directors, but when he makes a film it is certainly worthy of attention.

This brings us to the recent Trance trailer. Trance, of course, is the latest film by Danny Boyle. Straight away, there are various themes and similarities that make this instantly recognizable as a ‘Boyle movie’. It can easily be argued that all of Boyle’s films have had a strong human and emotional theme. Whilst the likes of Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting are prime examples, even Sunshine focuses on the human and emotional aspects of a more unusual situation; the same goes for 127 Hours.

Trance

Directed by Danny Boyle

Written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge

United Kingdom, 2013

Danny Boyle has yet to make a dull movie, but that appears to be the only consistency he’s concerned with. His new film Trance is as amped up, jittery, and stylistically charged as Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, and the rest of his filmography, but the story holds up to barely the most minor scrutiny. Trance‘s inconsistencies go well beyond its script, all the way down to the various flourishes Boyle employs throughout the film, tossing them out as he deems them useless. With James McAvoy as the lead, and a plot that, in its sometimes sublime nuttiness, isn’t easy to pin down as it unfolds, Trance is passable, but too silly.

McAvoy is Simon Newton, a bored art gallery employee with too much time on his hands and too many gambling debts he needs...

Chicago – Danny Boyle’s “Trance” is an undeniably well-made thriller that works back in on itself a few too many times for disbelief to stay suspended but delivers enough escapist entertainment to be considered a success. It’s totally ridiculous and yet never boring, propelled by the quick-cut style of the man who brought similar momentum to “Shallow Grave,” “Trainspotting,” and “28 Days Later.” At this point in his career, nearly everything Boyle does is interesting. The fact that “Trance” doesn’t rise above that faint praise is only due to the silliness of the script by Joe Ahearne & John Hodge. When one reconsiders the plot after the end, it’s nearly miraculous that Boyle and his talented cast pull it off as expertly as they do.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

“Trance” is an art heist movie for adrenalin junkies. Simon (James McAvoy) works at a well-known art auction house. He has been well-trained...

Trance

Written by John Hodge and Joe Ahearne

Directed by Danny Boyle

UK, 2013

Danny Boyle’s return to the thriller genre is also a return to the three character piece nature of his debut feature Shallow Grave, albeit placed within the confines of a heist film set mostly within the human mind. This is bound to draw comparisons with Christopher Nolan’s Inception, though Boyle’s film is actually based on an earlier TV feature from 2001, but Trance is a smaller beast scale-wise; a psychological thriller imbued with noir characteristics.

The psyche explored in Boyle’s film is that of London-based art auctioneer Simon (James McAvoy) who helps mobster Frank (Vincent Cassel) orchestrate the theft of a hugely valuable painting, only to provoke one slip-up during the heist’s execution that causes aspects of his memory to be erased, specifically the location of the painting which he himself has slipped...

Trance is a remake of a little-seen British TV movie from 2001 written and directed by Joe Ahearne. Danny Boyle’s remake makes me want to see the original, because while the new film starts out great, and seems to have the makings of a first-rate thriller, it doesn’t end up that way. James McAvoy works at a high-end London auction house, and gets involved with a sinister art thief played by Vincent Cassel and a sexy hypnotherapist, played by Rosario Dawson. A daring theft sets the serpentine story in motion, but Trance doesn’t know when to quit. After a great opening sequence that hooks you right away, it asks you to buy into a chain of increasingly improbable events. Then, at...

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Goya’s Ghosts: Boyle’s Twisty Tale Fails to Hypnotize

Danny Boyle re-teams with scribe John Hodge (co-writing with Joe Ahearne) for Trance, their first collaboration since 2000’s The Beach. A pulpy return in novelistic filmmaking for Boyle, this labyrinthine narrative has a few too many ridiculous turns of the screw to feel like the intelligent mindf*ckery it really wants to be. Its lofty aspirations give it a unique flavor, like Inception meets Mamet’s Heist, but there’s an aggravating aura of smugness to this mystery thriller that reduces the sum of its parts to a mere marriage of convenience.

Simon (James McAvoy) is a fine art auctioneer that’s the victim of a vicious head injury during an audacious heist of a prized painting by Francisco Goya, the eerie Witches in the Air. After Simon is released from the hospital, ruthless gang leader Franck (Vincent Cassel), demands...

Let’s take another look at Danny Boyle‘s upcoming Trance, which is set to open this Friday! Two brand new featurettes for the movie have arrived, and as usual – you’ll have a chance to hear what the leading trio has to say about the whole thing. In case you already forgot, this enigmatic thriller stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson. Danny Boyle directed the movie from a script written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge, which revolves around McAvoy’s character – a fine art auctioneer named Simon, who becomes involved in the theft of a painting from his own auction house… Fine art...

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Danny Boyle’s thriller “Trance” is going to be captivating audiences April 5, and we’ve got some new stills from this highly-anticipated film. Check them out below the post! Also, make sure to go to Fandango to check out the latest clip from the Fox Searchlight film. “Trance” stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson. The film, which is produced by Christian Colson and written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge, is a mesmerizing tale of one man’s perilous journey through hypnosis after an art heist takes an surprising turn: “Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a Goya painting worth millions [ Read More ]

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Watch the fourth clip from Danny Boyle's Trance from Fox Searchlight. The film stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassell and Rosario Dawson. Danny Boyle helms the film which finds theaters on April 5th, 2013. John Hodge writes alongside Joe Ahearne. Also in the cast are Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh and Danny Sapani. Fine art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy), in league with a gang led by underworld boss Franck (Cassel), plots the audacious theft of a masterpiece by Goya from a major public auction. When Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck retaliates violently and knocks him unconscious.

Watch the fourth clip from Danny Boyle's Trance from Fox Searchlight. The film stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassell and Rosario Dawson. Danny Boyle helms the film which finds theaters on April 5th, 2013. John Hodge writes alongside Joe Ahearne. Also in the cast are Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh and Danny Sapani. Fine art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy), in league with a gang led by underworld boss Franck (Cassel), plots the audacious theft of a masterpiece by Goya from a major public auction. When Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck retaliates violently and knocks him unconscious.

Stars: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani | Written by Joe Ahearne, John Hodge | Directed by Danny Boyle

Everyone needs to let off some steam from time-to-time. The daily grind of living life means we all have to find something to take our minds off of it. Sports, video games, going to gigs and hey, watching films, these are just a few of the ways people disengage from their normal life and enjoy. Not so for Danny Boyle. While hard at work on the already legendary London Olympics Opening Ceremony, he decided to take his spare time and do his usual day job, negotiating a way to make a film while organising The Greatest Show On Earth. Nearly half a year on from his great triumph, he returns to the big screen with his most “genre” film in years Trance, a twisty-turny and oh-so-dark thriller which sees Boyle reminding us that this after all,...

Title: Trance Fox Searchlight Pictures Director: Danny Boyle Screenwriter: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge Cast: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson Screened at: Dolby88, NYC, 3/25/13 Opens: April 5, 2013 No film in recent memory exceeds the implied product placement of the science of hypnotherapy as does Danny Boyle’s visually stunning and boldly hallucinatory “Trance.” The picture is about memory—loss of—and the attempt by a band of motivated people to restore the ability of an amnesiac to remember a crucial bit of information. It is also a terrific poster, if you will, for female empowerment, even if the empowered woman may be skirting the law. A film that seems to beg [ Read More ]

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Danny Boyle returns to full-tilt cerebral mode for the first time since 2002′s superb 28 Days Later in this heady psychological-thriller-cum-heist-flick that will test the audience’s attention span as well as their tolerance for being led down the wrong garden path. Though there’s plenty to like on a superficial level, Trance is a major step down from Boyle’s recent major works, while at the same time lacking the quiet, unassuming charm of his minor league hit Millions; sadly, this is more in the murky territory of The Beach.

Simon (James McAvoy) is a young fine art auctioneer who gets embroiled in a scheme to steal a highly valuable painting from his place of employment. After the particulars of the heist don’t quite go as planned, a head injury causes Simon to forget where he has stashed the piece. The leader of the gang,...

Director: Danny Boyle; Screenwriters: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge; Starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Tuppence Middleton; Running time: 101 mins; Certificate: 15

Often it's a thin line between genius and madness, and director Danny Boyle just tips the balance the wrong way with this psychological heist thriller. James McAvoy is, ostensibly, the star of the show as a London art dealer who is forced to assist in the theft of a Goya painting and then forgets where he stashed it, but part of the problem is that Boyle's attention flits too much between characters.

Throughout, and with typically in-your-face style, Boyle also blurs the line between what is real and what is happening inside Simon's (McAvoy) addled mind after he gets pistol-whipped to the head. But the director underlines the artifice of his own medium as well, having Simon address the camera directly to retrace his steps on the day of the heist,...

Review Paul Martinovic 22 Mar 2013 - 06:38

Danny Boyle's new film, Trance, has lots of ambition, but lots of problems, reports Paul...

There are things that feel seismically important at their moment in time, then fade in the memory as the years go by, their artifice and unremarkable nature suddenly apparent when plucked from their initial context.

The opening ceremony for the Olympics is not one of these things. It was spectacular then when I watched it in a garden in Hackney with all of my friends, initially sceptical, then awed by the spectacle, tickled by Bond and the Queen, weirdly moved by Mr Bean then completely won over by the NHS celebration, before heading onto the roof to watch the entire horizon explode into fireworks and generally radiate with the feeling that we (with we pertaining to us as individuals, our friendship groups and respective relationships, and the whole...

Watch the new trailer for Danny Boyle's Trance, starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson! Fox Searchlight Pictures has released a greenband trailer which can be seen via the player below, courtesy of Apple trailers. The thriller directed by Danny Boyle opens in theaters on April 5th, and is written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge. Fine art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy), in league with a gang led by underworld boss Franck (Cassel), plots the audacious theft of a masterpiece by Goya from a major public auction. When Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck retaliates violently and knocks him unconscious. In the aftermath of the heist, Simon sticks stubbornly - and perhaps shrewdly - to his claim that the violent trauma has left him with no memory of where he stashed the artwork.

Watch the new trailer for Danny Boyle's Trance, starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson! Fox Searchlight Pictures has released a greenband trailer which can be seen via the player below, courtesy of Apple trailers. The thriller directed by Danny Boyle opens in theaters on April 5th, and is written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge. Fine art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy), in league with a gang led by underworld boss Franck (Cassel), plots the audacious theft of a masterpiece by Goya from a major public auction. When Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck retaliates violently and knocks him unconscious. In the aftermath of the heist, Simon sticks stubbornly - and perhaps shrewdly - to his claim that the violent trauma has left him with no memory of where he stashed the artwork.

Rosario Dawson and Danny Boyle put their recent break-up behind them as they posed together on the red carpet at the Trance premiere in London last night (March 19).

Dawson, 33, looked glamorous in a red sequinned gown by British designer Jenny Packham as she placed an arm around director Boyle, whom she reportedly split with earlier this month.

The pair, who met on the set of the heist thriller, were joined by co-stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Tuppence Middleton.

Other guests included Inbetweeners star James Buckley and wife Clair Meek, currently expecting their second child together.

The film, co-written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge, is released on March 27 in the UK and April 5 in the Us.

See more pictures of the stars at the Trance premiere here.

We’ve got just over a week to wait for Danny Boyle’s Trance, and all that we’ve seen so far has our interest piqued for the psychological crime-thriller.

James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, and Rosario Dawson take the lead here, making up an impressive leading trio. And after catching the first TV spot, MSN have debuted a new featurette, taking us behind the scenes of Boyle’s return behind the camera.

A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.

Starring alongside McAvoy, Cassel, and Dawson will be Tuppence Middleton, Danny Sapani, Lee Nicholas Harris, and Wahab Sheikh.

Boyle is directing from a script co-written by Joe Ahearne (Apparitions) and John Hodge (Trainspotting), partly inspired by Ahearne’s 2001 TV movie of the same name.

Danny Boyle’s Trance is pretty much guaranteed to be awesome, and earns its place and then some amongst our must-see movies of the month.

The psychological crime-thriller stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, and Rosario Dawson as the leading trio, and that’s definitely a cast we’re looking forward to seeing.

The latest red-band trailer debuted last month, giving us a brilliant new look at the film. And now Fox have released the first slightly more work-friendly TV spot ahead of its release in the Us in a few weeks’ time.

A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.

Starring alongside McAvoy, Cassel, and Dawson will be Tuppence Middleton, Danny Sapani, Lee Nicholas Harris, and Wahab Sheikh.

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Watch the third clip from Fox Searchlight's Trance Thriller, starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassell and Rosario Dawson. Directed by Danny Boyle, the film finds theaters on April 5th, 2013. Here, Dawson's character cleverly cloaks her her communication with McAvoy's , making use of cards then...well...see for yourself. Also in the cast are Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh and Danny Sapani. The film reteams Boyle with John Hodge, the scribe of Shallow Grave and Trainspotting, writing alongside Joe Ahearne. Fine art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy), in league with a gang led by underworld boss Franck (Cassel), plots the audacious theft of a masterpiece by Goya from a major public auction. When Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck retaliates violently and knocks him unconscious.

Watch the third clip from Fox Searchlight's Trance Thriller, starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassell and Rosario Dawson. Directed by Danny Boyle, the film finds theaters on April 5th, 2013. Here, Dawson's character cleverly cloaks her her communication with McAvoy's , making use of cards then...well...see for yourself. Also in the cast are Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh and Danny Sapani. The film reteams Boyle with John Hodge, the scribe of Shallow Grave and Trainspotting, writing alongside Joe Ahearne. Fine art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy), in league with a gang led by underworld boss Franck (Cassel), plots the audacious theft of a masterpiece by Goya from a major public auction. When Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck retaliates violently and knocks him unconscious.

Disney has spent the last few years re-imagining or remaking the best fairy tales. After all, if people love the story, why won’t they want to see it again? From Alice and Wonderland to the recent Oz The Great And Powerful, these films have proven that they can be quite successful (at least in terms of box office figures), so it looks like this trend is here to stay. The next classic that Disney is looking to re-imagine is Beauty And The Beast, or as the new film may be called, The Beast.

Trance writer Joe Ahearne is currently in talks with Disney to reinvent the franchise and the plan is to make the new film live-action and likely 3D.

Keep in mind, with a name like The Beast and a writer like Ahearne, the film may end up looking a little different from the sweet, heart-warming picture above.

It’s a tale as old as time: A revisionist fairy tale blows up at the box office (this time, it’s Oz the Great and Powerful, which made over $80 million this past weekend), and suddenly all the studios want in on creating the next big live-action “fairy tale.” (In this case, “fairy tale” means any popular children’s story).

Disney is looking to develop Beauty and the Beast into a live-action film, possibly to be written by Joe Ahearne (Trance), according to a Deadline report. The studio’s 1991 animated movie is a beloved classic, and was the first animated...

Fresh on the heels of the large opening weekend for Sam Raimi’s fantasy flick Oz the Great and Powerful, Disney is now tackling a live-action re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast. The studio giant is ready to put a new spin on another classic story. Therefore, Trance screenwriter Joe Ahearne has been tapped to pen the script for the project to be titled The Beast. A classic fairy tale from 18th century France has been told time and again on screens both big and small, and recently, 2011s Beastly offered a modern take on the story, as well as the CW’s recently launched ‘Beauty and...