Germany’s Maze Pictures has boarded Moscow-based Metrafilm’s Kgb comedy series “Pawns,” from writers Michael and Lily Idov, who penned the 2018 Cannes competition screener “Leto.”
The company, which has offices in Munich, Berlin and Lucerne, Switzerland, is also developing a miniseries based on “Ghosts of Berlin,” a book of supernatural stories by filmmaker Rudolf Herzog (son of Werner Herzog), and the tentatively titled mystery series “Parallels.”
On the film front, Maze Pictures is co-producing David Sandberg’s upcoming action-comedy “Kung Fury 2,” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Fassbender. It also co-produced Abel Ferrara’s “Siberia,” headlining Willem Dafoe, which premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
“Pawns” is a Russian-German co-production between Maze Pictures, Metrafilm and Latvia’s Tasse Film.
The series has already secured development support from German regional funder Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the project is set to shoot primarily in Riga and to a lesser extent in Berlin and Moscow.
The company, which has offices in Munich, Berlin and Lucerne, Switzerland, is also developing a miniseries based on “Ghosts of Berlin,” a book of supernatural stories by filmmaker Rudolf Herzog (son of Werner Herzog), and the tentatively titled mystery series “Parallels.”
On the film front, Maze Pictures is co-producing David Sandberg’s upcoming action-comedy “Kung Fury 2,” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Fassbender. It also co-produced Abel Ferrara’s “Siberia,” headlining Willem Dafoe, which premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
“Pawns” is a Russian-German co-production between Maze Pictures, Metrafilm and Latvia’s Tasse Film.
The series has already secured development support from German regional funder Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the project is set to shoot primarily in Riga and to a lesser extent in Berlin and Moscow.
- 10/13/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
For “The Happy Prince” star Rupert Everett, “Oscar Wilde seemed like a perfect portrait to try and paint because I find him a very fascinating, inspiring patron-saint kind of figure, almost a Christ figure.” In addition to playing the sharp-witted author in his tragic final years, Everett made his screenwriting and directing debut with this passion project, which took 10 years to make its way to the screen. Watch our exclusive video interview with him above.
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The actor has a long history with Wilde: he portrayed him in a 2002 revival of David Hare‘s play “The Judas Kiss” and appeared in screen adaptations of “An Ideal Husband” (1999) and “The Importance of Being Earnest” (2002). Everett considers him a “genius” and “the last great vagabond of the 19th century.” In focusing his film on the last few years of his life,...
See Oscars 2019: Sony Pictures Classics contenders include six-time nominee Glenn Close in ‘The Wife’
The actor has a long history with Wilde: he portrayed him in a 2002 revival of David Hare‘s play “The Judas Kiss” and appeared in screen adaptations of “An Ideal Husband” (1999) and “The Importance of Being Earnest” (2002). Everett considers him a “genius” and “the last great vagabond of the 19th century.” In focusing his film on the last few years of his life,...
- 10/31/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde. Photo by Wilhelm Moser, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics ©
The Happy Prince is not a happy story, neither the children’s tale by Oscar Wilde nor this biopic about Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was one of the world’s literary greats, the author of “The Importance of Being Ernest” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” among others, and also a figure famous for his flamboyant clothing, his sharp wit and sparkling conversation, which made him a favorite of London society in the late 19th century Wilde was a figure who had a glorious rise to fame and fortune followed by one of the most tragic ends. However, The Happy Prince gives us only the tragic end, presenting Wilde’s glory days in a few too-short flashbacks.
What led to Oscar Wilde’s downfall was being gay, which was illegal in England at the time. After...
The Happy Prince is not a happy story, neither the children’s tale by Oscar Wilde nor this biopic about Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was one of the world’s literary greats, the author of “The Importance of Being Ernest” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” among others, and also a figure famous for his flamboyant clothing, his sharp wit and sparkling conversation, which made him a favorite of London society in the late 19th century Wilde was a figure who had a glorious rise to fame and fortune followed by one of the most tragic ends. However, The Happy Prince gives us only the tragic end, presenting Wilde’s glory days in a few too-short flashbacks.
What led to Oscar Wilde’s downfall was being gay, which was illegal in England at the time. After...
- 10/19/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Timothée Chalamet charmed audiences last fall with his Oscar-nominated performance in Call Me By Your Name. This season he’s opposite Steve Carell in bio-drama Beautiful Boy, based on two best-selling memoirs by father and son David and Nic Sheff. The feature, from Amazon Studios, opens this weekend in New York and L.A., leading to national expansions in early November. Rupert Everett comes out with his directorial debut, The Happy Prince, based on the final days of Oscar Wilde. Everett also wrote, and stars along with Colin Firth and Emily Watson in the feature which opened Wednesday in limited release via Sony Pictures Classics.
Roadside Attractions’ The Oath takes a comedic look at a divided America. The film by Ike Barinholtz, co-starring Tiffany Haddish, opens in 10 locations Friday before jumping to 250 next week. And SXSW debut Sadie opens in a self-release by Megan Griffiths.
Other limited releases include Paladin...
Roadside Attractions’ The Oath takes a comedic look at a divided America. The film by Ike Barinholtz, co-starring Tiffany Haddish, opens in 10 locations Friday before jumping to 250 next week. And SXSW debut Sadie opens in a self-release by Megan Griffiths.
Other limited releases include Paladin...
- 10/12/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Rupert Everett turns his fascination with Oscar Wilde, the 19th-century Irish poet and playwright who was persecuted and jailed for “gross indecency with men” (the word homosexual was never uttered), into a film of righteous anger, touching gravity and wicked Wildean wit. Having played the literary lion on stage in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss and characters in film versions of An Ideal Husband (1999) and The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Everett shows a kinship with the role that goes beyond an openly gay actor playing a gay icon. Any...
- 10/11/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Dramatizations of the life of playwright Oscar Wilde usually dwell on his sentence to prison with hard labor for homosexuality. The films “Oscar Wilde” and “The Trials of Oscar Wilde,” both of which came out in 1960, put the emphasis on his downfall, as did the biopic “Wilde” from 1997 and numerous theatrical productions, such as “Gross Indecency.”
Rupert Everett played Wilde in a revival of David Hare’s play “The Judas Kiss” in 2012 in London, and now he returns to the role in “The Happy Prince,” which he also wrote and directed. Everett shows little sense of how to structure his material, or how to shoot it, or even sometimes how to act it, but he does have one key element that sees him through: keen insight into Wilde’s world and character. And this insight gets him pretty far here.
“The Happy Prince” begins with title cards explaining who Wilde...
Rupert Everett played Wilde in a revival of David Hare’s play “The Judas Kiss” in 2012 in London, and now he returns to the role in “The Happy Prince,” which he also wrote and directed. Everett shows little sense of how to structure his material, or how to shoot it, or even sometimes how to act it, but he does have one key element that sees him through: keen insight into Wilde’s world and character. And this insight gets him pretty far here.
“The Happy Prince” begins with title cards explaining who Wilde...
- 10/8/2018
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
Annual talent showcase spotlights the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Screen International has revealed its Stars of Tomorrow 2018, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Now in its 15th year, the annual talent showcase spotlights up-and-coming actors, writers, directors and producers from the UK and Ireland who are primed to make their mark in the industry in the years to come.
The annual showcase has established itself as a key identifier of emerging UK and Ireland talent, both in front of and behind the camera.
Screen International has revealed its Stars of Tomorrow 2018, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Now in its 15th year, the annual talent showcase spotlights up-and-coming actors, writers, directors and producers from the UK and Ireland who are primed to make their mark in the industry in the years to come.
The annual showcase has established itself as a key identifier of emerging UK and Ireland talent, both in front of and behind the camera.
- 10/4/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
It’s a match made in heaven, even for the most sophisticated of thirsty anglophiles — the smoldering wit of Rupert Everett and the genteel humility of Colin Firth. After making their film debuts together in the 1984 gay classic “Another Country,” these two esteemed actors have reunited for the Oscar Wilde biopic “The Happy Prince.” Everett makes his directorial debut with a bittersweet melodrama about the beloved playwright and satirist’s final days, which he spent in exile in Paris after serving a two-year prison sentence for “indecency.”
In his C+ review of the film out of Sundance, IndieWire’s Eric Kohn wrote: “Anyone expecting Wildean banter will be sorely disappointed — think more of an autobiographical spin on ‘The Portrait of Dorian Gray’ than ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ — but it’s Everett’s formidable investment in the role that rescues the movie from being a total letdown. Nevertheless, “The Happy Prince...
In his C+ review of the film out of Sundance, IndieWire’s Eric Kohn wrote: “Anyone expecting Wildean banter will be sorely disappointed — think more of an autobiographical spin on ‘The Portrait of Dorian Gray’ than ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ — but it’s Everett’s formidable investment in the role that rescues the movie from being a total letdown. Nevertheless, “The Happy Prince...
- 7/27/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
"I was doomed from the start. Why does one run towards ruin, why does it hold such a fascination?" Sony Pictures Classics has debuted a new official Us trailer for Rupert Everett's film The Happy Prince, which he wrote and directed (and produced) and stars in. Everett plays the talented writer Oscar Wilde, who was exiled from London at the end of the 1800s after it was discovered that he is gay. He spends most of his time in Paris, drunkenly making a fool of himself. The film's cast includes Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Tom Wilkinson, and Anna Chancellor. Despite all the quotes in the trailer, the film hasn't received great reviews from most critics. Only worth seeing if this trailer gets your attention. Here's the official Us trailer (+ posters) for Rupert Everett's The Happy Prince, direct from YouTube: You can also watch the...
- 7/26/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Director and star Rupert Everett struggles to shine through the gimmickry
Rupert Everett writes, directs and stars in this drama about Oscar Wilde’s dying days. In the film’s clunky frame narrative, Everett’s Wilde tells his story in Paris, where he lives in exile for “gross indecency with men”; the rest takes place as a series of flashbacks, hallucinations and memories that oscillate between decadence and destitution.
Here, his life is defined by two very different love affairs: a passionate, turbulent romance with golden-haired pretty boy Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas (Colin Morgan) and a deep bond with Robbie Ross (Edwin Thomas), the critic who took on the role of Wilde’s literary executor as well as friend and lover.
Rupert Everett writes, directs and stars in this drama about Oscar Wilde’s dying days. In the film’s clunky frame narrative, Everett’s Wilde tells his story in Paris, where he lives in exile for “gross indecency with men”; the rest takes place as a series of flashbacks, hallucinations and memories that oscillate between decadence and destitution.
Here, his life is defined by two very different love affairs: a passionate, turbulent romance with golden-haired pretty boy Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas (Colin Morgan) and a deep bond with Robbie Ross (Edwin Thomas), the critic who took on the role of Wilde’s literary executor as well as friend and lover.
- 6/16/2018
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
MaryAnn’s quick take… Writer, director, and star Rupert Everett’s labor of cinematic love, about the last years of Oscar Wilde, is a small wonder of contradictions: nightmarish yet sanguine, a bit sordid yet full of grace. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Actor Rupert Everett’s labor of cinematic love — he makes his debut here as writer and director, and is his own leading man — is a small wonder of contradictions: nightmarish yet sanguine, a bit sordid yet full of grace. Already a literary legend in his own time, Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde is forced, in the late 1890s, to leave London in ignominy when he is released from two years’ hard labor in prison after a conviction of “gross indecency”. Exiled in France,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Actor Rupert Everett’s labor of cinematic love — he makes his debut here as writer and director, and is his own leading man — is a small wonder of contradictions: nightmarish yet sanguine, a bit sordid yet full of grace. Already a literary legend in his own time, Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde is forced, in the late 1890s, to leave London in ignominy when he is released from two years’ hard labor in prison after a conviction of “gross indecency”. Exiled in France,...
- 6/15/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
In his directorial debut The Happy Prince, actor Rupert Everett offers a spellbinding, honest and hugely compelling account of a lesser known period in the life of one of the most iconic literally figures of our times. Charting the life of Oscar Wilde shortly after his release from prison on charges of homosexual activity, and all the way up to his untimely death 3 years later, the film offers a rare chance for audiences to reconcile themselves with a life destroyed by prejudice and bigotry, and which culminated in the heartbreaking demise of a man who deserved way more than to live out his final days in abject poverty and squalor.
The year is 1887 and Oscar Wilde (Rupert Everett) is finally free and looking forward to starting afresh away from the stuffiness of London and its treacherous high society. Arriving in France to a warm welcome from his long-suffering friends Robbie Ross...
The year is 1887 and Oscar Wilde (Rupert Everett) is finally free and looking forward to starting afresh away from the stuffiness of London and its treacherous high society. Arriving in France to a warm welcome from his long-suffering friends Robbie Ross...
- 6/14/2018
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Last night the capital saw the premiere of Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince, telling the last days of Oscar Wilde. The film stars Everett as Wilde, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan and Edwin Thomas. The supporting cast includes Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor, Beatrice Dalle and Julian Wadham.
We were on the carpet to chat with writer/director (and Oscar Wilde) Rupert Everett alongside his cast including Merlin star Colin Morgan and Edwin Thomas.
Scott Davis and Colin Hart were on the red carpet for us, here’s how they got on.
The Happy Prince Synopsis
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humour.
The post The Happy Prince Premiere Interview: Colin Morgan, Rupert Everett & more appeared first on HeyUGuys.
We were on the carpet to chat with writer/director (and Oscar Wilde) Rupert Everett alongside his cast including Merlin star Colin Morgan and Edwin Thomas.
Scott Davis and Colin Hart were on the red carpet for us, here’s how they got on.
The Happy Prince Synopsis
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humour.
The post The Happy Prince Premiere Interview: Colin Morgan, Rupert Everett & more appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 6/6/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
To mark the release of Tha Happy Prince on 15th June, we’ve been given 3 pairs of tickets to give away to the UK premiere on 5th June.
The film opens in Paris, where Wilde, by now in his forties, penniless and in poor health, is still reeling after being imprisoned in England for his love affair with Lord Alfred ‘Bosie’ Douglas (Morgan). Out of prison but a pariah, Wilde swings between grief and a determination to wrest whatever pleasure and beauty he can from the time he has left. His body ailing and heavy, his mind spinning, he survives by falling back on the flamboyant irony and brilliant wit that defined him.
Everett’s Wilde is tortured but determined to remain true to himself. His thoughts are filled with love and betrayal and permeated with those closest to him: Bosie, his literary agent Robbie Ross (Edwin Thomas), his great...
The film opens in Paris, where Wilde, by now in his forties, penniless and in poor health, is still reeling after being imprisoned in England for his love affair with Lord Alfred ‘Bosie’ Douglas (Morgan). Out of prison but a pariah, Wilde swings between grief and a determination to wrest whatever pleasure and beauty he can from the time he has left. His body ailing and heavy, his mind spinning, he survives by falling back on the flamboyant irony and brilliant wit that defined him.
Everett’s Wilde is tortured but determined to remain true to himself. His thoughts are filled with love and betrayal and permeated with those closest to him: Bosie, his literary agent Robbie Ross (Edwin Thomas), his great...
- 5/30/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"I can make you happy." "Yes, you can." Lionsgate UK has released the trailer for Rupert Everett's film The Happy Prince, which he not only wrote and directed (and produced), but he also stars in it. Everett plays the infamous, talented writer Oscar Wilde, who was exiled from London at the end of the 1800s after it was discovered that he is gay. He spends most of his time in Paris, drunkenly making a fool of himself. The film's cast includes Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Tom Wilkinson, and Anna Chancellor. This premiered at Sundance and played at Berlinale, but unfortunately it's an awful film, not only forgettable but the kind of film you want to scrub from your memory as soon as it's over. So boring and the filmmaking is very bad. I do not recommend this unless you're a really big Oscar Wilde fan.
- 4/20/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Following on from its UK premiere at BFI Flare: London Lgbtq+ Film Festival, Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince – which focuses on the final years of Oscar Wilde, and the ghosts that haunted him – has debuted its trailer.
Written, directed by and also starring Everett, British actors including Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan and Edwin Thomas (Endeavour) make up the cast.
Also in trailers – Elle Fanning is the woman behind Frankenstein in trailer for Mary Shelley
The film opens in the UK June 15th. Here’s the first trailer.
The Happy Prince Official Synopsis
The film opens in Paris, where Wilde, by now in his forties, penniless and in poor health, is still reeling after being imprisoned in England for his love affair with Lord Alfred ‘Bosie’ Douglas (Morgan). Out of prison but a pariah, Wilde swings between grief and a determination to wrest whatever pleasure and beauty he...
Written, directed by and also starring Everett, British actors including Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan and Edwin Thomas (Endeavour) make up the cast.
Also in trailers – Elle Fanning is the woman behind Frankenstein in trailer for Mary Shelley
The film opens in the UK June 15th. Here’s the first trailer.
The Happy Prince Official Synopsis
The film opens in Paris, where Wilde, by now in his forties, penniless and in poor health, is still reeling after being imprisoned in England for his love affair with Lord Alfred ‘Bosie’ Douglas (Morgan). Out of prison but a pariah, Wilde swings between grief and a determination to wrest whatever pleasure and beauty he...
- 4/19/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Gem Wheeler Feb 18, 2018
Morse investigates a missing person in the latest solid Endeavour series 5 episode. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related 35 must-watch movies in 2017
5.3 Passenger
The disappearance of Frances Porter (Lydea Perkins) seems at first to be a run-of-the-mill missing persons case; as Morse reassures her concerned husband, Noel (Edwin Thomas) and sister, Jilly (Rosalie Craig), most such incidents are resolved quickly. Mrs Porter proves elusive, however, and Morse’s visit to the rather fabulous boutique she works at – Alice’s Marmalade Cat, which is the sort of thing Granny might have seen on her famous trip – turns up no clues apart from the identity of the vanished woman’s lover, a man named Don. Fellow sales assistant Anouska (Celeste Dodwell) also reveals that Frances borrowed some clothes from the shop to dress up for an assignation with the mystery man, a clue that will prove vital to solving this increasingly odd case.
Morse investigates a missing person in the latest solid Endeavour series 5 episode. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related 35 must-watch movies in 2017
5.3 Passenger
The disappearance of Frances Porter (Lydea Perkins) seems at first to be a run-of-the-mill missing persons case; as Morse reassures her concerned husband, Noel (Edwin Thomas) and sister, Jilly (Rosalie Craig), most such incidents are resolved quickly. Mrs Porter proves elusive, however, and Morse’s visit to the rather fabulous boutique she works at – Alice’s Marmalade Cat, which is the sort of thing Granny might have seen on her famous trip – turns up no clues apart from the identity of the vanished woman’s lover, a man named Don. Fellow sales assistant Anouska (Celeste Dodwell) also reveals that Frances borrowed some clothes from the shop to dress up for an assignation with the mystery man, a clue that will prove vital to solving this increasingly odd case.
- 2/18/2018
- Den of Geek
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American and Latin American rights to “The Happpy Prince,” an Oscar Wilde movie written and directed by, and starring Rupert Everett, the company announced Friday. The film, which premiered last month in Sundance, also stars Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Colin Firth, Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson. “The Happy Prince” screens Saturday as a special gala at the Berlin International Film Festival. Everett plays the great Irish writer Oscar Wilde during his last days, with his body ailing and heavy, his mind spinning — but his flamboyant irony and brilliant wit very much intact. The...
- 2/16/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Oscar Wilde drama gets European premiere in Berlin on Saturday.
Sony Pictures Classics (Spc) has acquired all North American and Latin American rights to Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince ahead of Saturday’s European premiere in Berlin as a Special Gala.
Everett’s feature directorial debut premiered in Sundance last month and the multi-hyphenate garnered strong reviews for his portrayal of the 19th century Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.
The Happy Prince focuses on the literary giant’s final three years from 1897-1900.
Sequestered to a French seaside resort with the company of two loyal friends played by Edwin Thomas and Colin Firth, a restless Wilde travels across Europe under assumed names, unsure whether to reunite with his wife (Emily Watson), or his former lover Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas (Colin Morgan).
“I am absolutely thrilled, particularly because Michael [Barker] and Tom [Bernard] distributed my first film Another Country,” Everett said.
Sébastien Delloye, Philipp Kreuzer and [link...
Sony Pictures Classics (Spc) has acquired all North American and Latin American rights to Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince ahead of Saturday’s European premiere in Berlin as a Special Gala.
Everett’s feature directorial debut premiered in Sundance last month and the multi-hyphenate garnered strong reviews for his portrayal of the 19th century Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.
The Happy Prince focuses on the literary giant’s final three years from 1897-1900.
Sequestered to a French seaside resort with the company of two loyal friends played by Edwin Thomas and Colin Firth, a restless Wilde travels across Europe under assumed names, unsure whether to reunite with his wife (Emily Watson), or his former lover Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas (Colin Morgan).
“I am absolutely thrilled, particularly because Michael [Barker] and Tom [Bernard] distributed my first film Another Country,” Everett said.
Sébastien Delloye, Philipp Kreuzer and [link...
- 2/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince and Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Unga Astrid picked for Berlinale Special.
Source: Wiki Commons
Steven Soderbergh, José Padilha
Five more films have joined the main lieups of the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 15 - 25). A further six films have been selected for the programme of the Berlinale Special.
Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane will get an out of competition world premiere. It stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah and Juno Temple and was reportedly shot on iPhone.
Also premiering out of competition is José Padilha’s true story thriller 7 Days In Entebbe, starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl and Eddie Marsan.
New films from Lav Diaz and Alonso Ruizpalacios will play in competition.
Rupert Everett’s Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince and Becoming Astrid by Pernille Fischer Christensen have been added to the Berlinale Special Gala section.
Read more: Robert Pattinson, Christian Petzold movies join Berlin Film Festival Competition
23 of the 24 titles...
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Steven Soderbergh, José Padilha
Five more films have joined the main lieups of the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 15 - 25). A further six films have been selected for the programme of the Berlinale Special.
Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane will get an out of competition world premiere. It stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah and Juno Temple and was reportedly shot on iPhone.
Also premiering out of competition is José Padilha’s true story thriller 7 Days In Entebbe, starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl and Eddie Marsan.
New films from Lav Diaz and Alonso Ruizpalacios will play in competition.
Rupert Everett’s Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince and Becoming Astrid by Pernille Fischer Christensen have been added to the Berlinale Special Gala section.
Read more: Robert Pattinson, Christian Petzold movies join Berlin Film Festival Competition
23 of the 24 titles...
- 1/22/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Most people know Oscar Wilde as the preeminent source of British wit, a high-society raconteur whose plays and novels epitomize what it means to be the life of the party. That characterization recedes to the shadows in “The Happy Prince,” in which Rupert Everett directs and stars as the flamboyant literary giant at the end of his life. Anyone expecting Wildean banter will be sorely disappointed — think more of an autobiographical spin on “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” than “The Importance of Being Earnest” — but it’s Everett’s formidable investment in the role that rescues the movie from being a total letdown. Nevertheless, “The Happy Prince” largely amounts to a bland rumination on Wilde’s lesser-known decline.
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The drama mostly takes place in 1867, shortly after Wilde was released from prison for “indecency with men.
Read More:The 2018 IndieWire Sundance Bible: Every Review, Interview, and News Item Posted During the Festival
The drama mostly takes place in 1867, shortly after Wilde was released from prison for “indecency with men.
- 1/22/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Happy Prince chronicles Wilde in the last days of his life.
Rupert Everett’s long-gestating Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince has commenced principal photography in Bavaria, Germany.
Everett directs from his own screenplay and will star alongside Colin Firth (The King’s Speech).
The cast is rounded out by Edwin Thomas (Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain), Colin Morgan (Merlin), Emily Watson (War Horse), Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton), Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1), Beatrice Dalle (Betty Blue), and John Standing (The Elephant Man).
The biopic tells the story of the last days of famed playwright Wilde. As he lies on his death bed, the past floods back to him, transporting him to other times and places.
The project will also shoot in France, Belgium and Italy.
Maze Pictures is producing with Entre Chien et Loup in co-production with Palomar. Beta Cinemas is handling worldwide sales.
The project...
Rupert Everett’s long-gestating Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince has commenced principal photography in Bavaria, Germany.
Everett directs from his own screenplay and will star alongside Colin Firth (The King’s Speech).
The cast is rounded out by Edwin Thomas (Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain), Colin Morgan (Merlin), Emily Watson (War Horse), Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton), Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1), Beatrice Dalle (Betty Blue), and John Standing (The Elephant Man).
The biopic tells the story of the last days of famed playwright Wilde. As he lies on his death bed, the past floods back to him, transporting him to other times and places.
The project will also shoot in France, Belgium and Italy.
Maze Pictures is producing with Entre Chien et Loup in co-production with Palomar. Beta Cinemas is handling worldwide sales.
The project...
- 9/22/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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