Misfits Entertainment has hired Film4 head of development Ben Coren in the new role of head of scripted.
Coren will oversee an expansion into the scripted space for UK production company Misfits, which has made its name with documentaries including The Contestant, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Bafta-nominated McQueen.
“After so long on the financier side, it’s a privilege to move back into the world of indies at such a vibrant and dynamic company, with a commitment to telling stories from outsider perspectives,” said Coren.
He leaves Film4 after 11 years, during which he held several roles including head...
Coren will oversee an expansion into the scripted space for UK production company Misfits, which has made its name with documentaries including The Contestant, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Bafta-nominated McQueen.
“After so long on the financier side, it’s a privilege to move back into the world of indies at such a vibrant and dynamic company, with a commitment to telling stories from outsider perspectives,” said Coren.
He leaves Film4 after 11 years, during which he held several roles including head...
- 10/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
While many young actors are trying to get their break in Hollywood by starring in coming-of-age or young-adult movies, Barry Keoghan is one of the unique actors in the industry who are continuously choosing edgy films one after another and along the way he is proving his acting chops to almost every person in the world. The Irish actor appeared in Marvel superhero flick Eternals and then took on the role of Batman’s most famous villain, the Joker, in the new Matt Reeves film The Batman. The young actor has also worked with multiple accomplished industry directors like Christopher Nolan, Emerald Fennell, and Yorgos Lanthimos. So, if you think you are also slowly becoming a fan of this guy check out these 10 movies that are his best.
10. Eternals (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Marvel Studios
Eternals is a Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film directed by Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao.
10. Eternals (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Marvel Studios
Eternals is a Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film directed by Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao.
- 5/13/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
“There’s a part of me that just likes letting rip and there’s an anarchic quality to me, which comes out in some characters,” declares Ruth Wilson about her latest iteration of an unhinged, deeply disturbed woman at the center of Showtime’s dark comedy-drama thriller “The Woman in the Wall.” For our recent webchat she adds about the nuances of portraying a character plagued by chronic sleepwalking that, “one of the things that appeal to me with this show was what she does in her sleep, and the idea of her subconscious coming out in her sleep and her real thoughts and feelings and actions being expressed in her sleep and her having no control over it, and her being scared of sleeping because of what she might do, I thought, that’s such a brilliant premise to set a character up,” she says. “The line between sleep and awake becomes very fine.
- 5/8/2024
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander will lead the cast for Iris, a new Sky original thriller series that will begin filming this month in Sardinia.
Algar, of Mary & George and The Virtues, and Hollander (The White Lotus, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans), will lead the cast of what is described as a “sun-drenched chase thriller.”
The eight-episode series follows “a rootless but enigmatic genius, Iris Nixon (Algar) who steals a code from a charming philanthropist (Hollander) before vanishing.” A countdown to her capture begins as she attempts to find out just what the code could unleash.
Luther creator Neil Cross will serve as writer, creator and showrunner, while and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul director Terry McDonough will be the lead director.
“All I wanted to do was to make a show I wanted to watch,” Cross said of the Sky Studios and Fremantle co-production. “‘Iris’ is an unapologetically exciting,...
Algar, of Mary & George and The Virtues, and Hollander (The White Lotus, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans), will lead the cast of what is described as a “sun-drenched chase thriller.”
The eight-episode series follows “a rootless but enigmatic genius, Iris Nixon (Algar) who steals a code from a charming philanthropist (Hollander) before vanishing.” A countdown to her capture begins as she attempts to find out just what the code could unleash.
Luther creator Neil Cross will serve as writer, creator and showrunner, while and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul director Terry McDonough will be the lead director.
“All I wanted to do was to make a show I wanted to watch,” Cross said of the Sky Studios and Fremantle co-production. “‘Iris’ is an unapologetically exciting,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Taron Egerton crime-thriller She Rides Shotgun quietly got underway last month with supporting cast set as Ana Sophia Heger (Life In Pieces), Rob Yang (Succession), John Carroll Lynch (Mindhunter), Odessa A’zion (Fresh Kills) and David Lyons (Truth Be Told).
Based on the novel by Jordan Harper and directed by Nick Rowland (Calm With Horses), pic is written by Harper with revisions by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (The Night House) and Rowland. Filming is expected to wrap later this month.
The production synopsis reads: “After years in prison, Nate (Egerton) has made some dangerous enemies, including the powerful criminal gang he worked for on the inside. Desperate for a fresh start, Nate cuts ties with his old crew on his release from prison, but the gang retaliates by putting a hit on his family. Nate picks up Polly, the shy eleven-year-old daughter he hardly knows and goes on the...
Based on the novel by Jordan Harper and directed by Nick Rowland (Calm With Horses), pic is written by Harper with revisions by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (The Night House) and Rowland. Filming is expected to wrap later this month.
The production synopsis reads: “After years in prison, Nate (Egerton) has made some dangerous enemies, including the powerful criminal gang he worked for on the inside. Desperate for a fresh start, Nate cuts ties with his old crew on his release from prison, but the gang retaliates by putting a hit on his family. Nate picks up Polly, the shy eleven-year-old daughter he hardly knows and goes on the...
- 2/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Created by Joe Murtagh, a BAFTA Award nominee for the 2019 film “Calm With Horses,” Showtime’s “The Woman in the Wall” opens in the dreary fictional town of Kilkinure, Ireland, in 2015. As Clare Harner’s infamous poem “Immortality” echoes in the background, a woman dressed in a stark white nightgown awakens in the middle of the road.
Passing a gang of cows and some nosey neighbors on her barefoot walk back toward town, it’s clear Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson) is no stranger to sleepwalking. Abrasive and aggressive, with a barely contained rage, despite her odd morning, Lorna attempts to go on with her day as planned. After handling an unsettling leak in her home, she heads to her job as a seamstress. However, a note left for her regarding the whereabouts of her long-lost daughter sets her on an unexpected path. It’s a journey that will uncover decades...
Passing a gang of cows and some nosey neighbors on her barefoot walk back toward town, it’s clear Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson) is no stranger to sleepwalking. Abrasive and aggressive, with a barely contained rage, despite her odd morning, Lorna attempts to go on with her day as planned. After handling an unsettling leak in her home, she heads to her job as a seamstress. However, a note left for her regarding the whereabouts of her long-lost daughter sets her on an unexpected path. It’s a journey that will uncover decades...
- 1/19/2024
- by Aramide Tinubu
- Variety Film + TV
Soon after “Saltburn” debuted on Amazon Prime, it joined the 1 million watch club on Letterboxd (the leading social media app for film lovers) and was one of the fastest to do so this year. The film has completely taken over social media due to its provocative, erotic sensibilities. “Transfixing and hypnotic, writer/director Emerald Fennell has crafted a provocative and diabolical masterpiece”, writes Awards Daily. Despite being nearly a month since its release, “Saltburn” remains in the top 3 most watched programs on the platform, film or television, in both the UK and US.
“Saltburn” reaped five bids at the Critics’ Choice Awards including Best Picture. Lead Barry Keoghan and scene-stealer Rosamund Pike contended at the Globes. Fennell’s sophomore feature merited 11 longlist mentions at BAFTA.
Among those in the running at BAFTAs is Jacob Elordi for Best Supporting Actor. He plays Felix Catton, an aristocratic who becomes the object of desire for Keoghan’s character,...
“Saltburn” reaped five bids at the Critics’ Choice Awards including Best Picture. Lead Barry Keoghan and scene-stealer Rosamund Pike contended at the Globes. Fennell’s sophomore feature merited 11 longlist mentions at BAFTA.
Among those in the running at BAFTAs is Jacob Elordi for Best Supporting Actor. He plays Felix Catton, an aristocratic who becomes the object of desire for Keoghan’s character,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Nick Bisa
- Gold Derby
Picture: Netflix
Daniel Kaluuya is co-writing, co-directing, and co-producing The Kitchen, a new British dystopian thriller movie headed exclusively for Netflix in January 2024. Having been in development since at least 2016, it’s been a long time coming. Here’s everything you need to know about the movie.
Editor’s note: What’s on Netflix amongst the first to report the movie in March 2022, with this preview being updated to reflect the latest developments. It was last updated in August 2023 with the new photo and information about its premiere date.
59% Productions and Dmc Film are collaborating on the film, which is being dubbed as a futuristic dystopian drama. Film4 and Factory Fifteen are also producing.
Picture: Netflix
Here’s everything we know about the project so far beginning with the trailer released on December 18th:
Table of Contents What's The Kitchen on Netflix about? Who's behind The Kitchen on Netflix? Who's starring in Netflix's The Kitchen?...
Daniel Kaluuya is co-writing, co-directing, and co-producing The Kitchen, a new British dystopian thriller movie headed exclusively for Netflix in January 2024. Having been in development since at least 2016, it’s been a long time coming. Here’s everything you need to know about the movie.
Editor’s note: What’s on Netflix amongst the first to report the movie in March 2022, with this preview being updated to reflect the latest developments. It was last updated in August 2023 with the new photo and information about its premiere date.
59% Productions and Dmc Film are collaborating on the film, which is being dubbed as a futuristic dystopian drama. Film4 and Factory Fifteen are also producing.
Picture: Netflix
Here’s everything we know about the project so far beginning with the trailer released on December 18th:
Table of Contents What's The Kitchen on Netflix about? Who's behind The Kitchen on Netflix? Who's starring in Netflix's The Kitchen?...
- 12/18/2023
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
Saltburn Director Emerald Fennell Wants You To Be Disturbed – But Also Aroused [Exclusive Interview]
"Saltburn" is a movie designed to get under your skin and make your morals itch. And that's clearly director Emerald Fennell's speciality.
After snagging an Academy Award for writing her directorial debut, the unsettling thriller "Promising Young Woman," she's back with another movie that feels designed to inspire all manner of post-movie conversation. Like it or not (I liked it a great deal), "Saltburn" is not a film that just washes over you. It lingers and burns. It sets out to make you uncomfortable, to make you complicit in the darkly hilarious and frequent tragic misadventures of Oliver (Barry Keoghan), a young man whose absurdly wealthy college friend invites him to stay at the family manor for the summer. Lots of ... well, lots of really wild stuff occurs, to put it mildly. And while much of it is disturbing, Fennell wants you to know this: It's okay to also...
After snagging an Academy Award for writing her directorial debut, the unsettling thriller "Promising Young Woman," she's back with another movie that feels designed to inspire all manner of post-movie conversation. Like it or not (I liked it a great deal), "Saltburn" is not a film that just washes over you. It lingers and burns. It sets out to make you uncomfortable, to make you complicit in the darkly hilarious and frequent tragic misadventures of Oliver (Barry Keoghan), a young man whose absurdly wealthy college friend invites him to stay at the family manor for the summer. Lots of ... well, lots of really wild stuff occurs, to put it mildly. And while much of it is disturbing, Fennell wants you to know this: It's okay to also...
- 11/22/2023
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Taron Egerton has been set to star in the crime thriller ‘She Rides Again,’ based on the novel of the same name by crime author Jordan Harper.
The film has been granted a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement and is set to begin principal production in early 2024.
Egerton will play Nate, a recently released criminal who has made a number of dangerous enemies. After he finally gets out of jail, he vows to make a fresh start, which means cutting off the powerful gang he was working for behind bars. When they vow to get revenge by coming after his family, Nate goes on the run with the 11-year-old daughter he hardly knows, Polly. As they go on a desperate ride to shake off Nate’s enemies, Polly must learn to survive – and Nate watches her transform from a timid girl into an impressive force. Meanwhile, her ex-con father learns to love unconditionally.
The film has been granted a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement and is set to begin principal production in early 2024.
Egerton will play Nate, a recently released criminal who has made a number of dangerous enemies. After he finally gets out of jail, he vows to make a fresh start, which means cutting off the powerful gang he was working for behind bars. When they vow to get revenge by coming after his family, Nate goes on the run with the 11-year-old daughter he hardly knows, Polly. As they go on a desperate ride to shake off Nate’s enemies, Polly must learn to survive – and Nate watches her transform from a timid girl into an impressive force. Meanwhile, her ex-con father learns to love unconditionally.
- 10/27/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Black Bear will launch sales for Fifth Season’s crime thriller “She Rides Shotgun.” The picture will feature Taron Egerton and will be based on John Harper’s acclaimed novel. Nick Rowland (“Calm With Horses”) will direct from a screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski.
The logline reads: “After years in prison, Nate (Egerton) has made some dangerous enemies, including the powerful criminal gang he worked for on the inside. Desperate for a fresh start, Nate cuts ties with his old crew on his release from prison, but the gang retaliates by putting a hit on his family. Nate picks up Polly, the shy eleven-year-old daughter he hardly knows and goes on the run to keep her out of harm’s way.”
“As they attempt to stay off the radar, it becomes clear that their enemies are relentless and won’t give up easily. Nate teaches Polly how to...
The logline reads: “After years in prison, Nate (Egerton) has made some dangerous enemies, including the powerful criminal gang he worked for on the inside. Desperate for a fresh start, Nate cuts ties with his old crew on his release from prison, but the gang retaliates by putting a hit on his family. Nate picks up Polly, the shy eleven-year-old daughter he hardly knows and goes on the run to keep her out of harm’s way.”
“As they attempt to stay off the radar, it becomes clear that their enemies are relentless and won’t give up easily. Nate teaches Polly how to...
- 10/26/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Ahead of the AFM, Black Bear is launching sales on Fifth Season crime-thriller She Rides Shotgun, which is set to star Golden Globe winner Taron Egerton (Rocketman) in the lead role.
Nick Rowland (Calm With Horses) will direct the screenplay written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (The Night House) based on the work of crime author Jordan Harper, adapted from his novel of the same name, which received the 2018 Edgar Award for Best Debut Novel, with revisions by Rowland.
Fifth Season will fully finance and produce alongside Brad Weston (Queen & Slim) and Collin Creighton (Okja) for Makeready, and Hiro Murai and Nate Matteson (The Bear) for Superfrog. Egerton is also set to serve as executive producer.
Principal photography is eyed for early 2024. The movie has an interim agreement through SAG-AFTRA. Additional casting is underway.
The official synopsis reads: “After years in prison, Nate (Egerton) has made some dangerous enemies,...
Nick Rowland (Calm With Horses) will direct the screenplay written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (The Night House) based on the work of crime author Jordan Harper, adapted from his novel of the same name, which received the 2018 Edgar Award for Best Debut Novel, with revisions by Rowland.
Fifth Season will fully finance and produce alongside Brad Weston (Queen & Slim) and Collin Creighton (Okja) for Makeready, and Hiro Murai and Nate Matteson (The Bear) for Superfrog. Egerton is also set to serve as executive producer.
Principal photography is eyed for early 2024. The movie has an interim agreement through SAG-AFTRA. Additional casting is underway.
The official synopsis reads: “After years in prison, Nate (Egerton) has made some dangerous enemies,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Taron Egerton is set to front a new crime thriller from Black Bear and Fifth Season.
Titled “She Rides Shotgun,” it is based on the blockbuster novel of the same name by acclaimed crime author Jordan Harper and directed by Nick Rowland (“Calm With Horses”).
Egerton, who has most recently been seen in “Tetris” and “Black Bird,” plays Nate, a recently-released felon who has made a number of dangerous enemies. After he finally gets out of jail, he vows to make a fresh start, which means cutting off the powerful gang he was working for behind bars. When they vow to get revenge by coming after his family, Nate goes on the run with the 11-year-old daughter he hardly knows, Polly.
As they go on a desperate ride to shake off Nate’s enemies, Polly must learn to survive – and Nate watches her transform from a timid girl into an impressive force.
Titled “She Rides Shotgun,” it is based on the blockbuster novel of the same name by acclaimed crime author Jordan Harper and directed by Nick Rowland (“Calm With Horses”).
Egerton, who has most recently been seen in “Tetris” and “Black Bird,” plays Nate, a recently-released felon who has made a number of dangerous enemies. After he finally gets out of jail, he vows to make a fresh start, which means cutting off the powerful gang he was working for behind bars. When they vow to get revenge by coming after his family, Nate goes on the run with the 11-year-old daughter he hardly knows, Polly.
As they go on a desperate ride to shake off Nate’s enemies, Polly must learn to survive – and Nate watches her transform from a timid girl into an impressive force.
- 10/26/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The BAFTAs have a soft spot for home-grown talent. Earlier this year, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” scored four bids at the British Academy Film Awards, including Best Actor (Daryl McCormack) and Best Actress (Emma Thompson). Before that, in 2022, Adeel Akhtar snuck into the Best Actor lineup for “Ali & Ava” and Joanna Scanlan won Best Actress for “After Love.”
This pattern of Brits recognizing Brits could bode well for Daniel Kaluuya this year, who makes his directorial debut with the new Netflix drama “The Kitchen.” The film depicts a dystopian London in which all social housing has been eliminated. The focus in the story are the residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to leave their homes despite their struggles. At the heart of the film is Kane Robinson‘s (also known as Kano) Izi, who takes Jedaiah Bannerman‘s young boy under his wing and tries...
This pattern of Brits recognizing Brits could bode well for Daniel Kaluuya this year, who makes his directorial debut with the new Netflix drama “The Kitchen.” The film depicts a dystopian London in which all social housing has been eliminated. The focus in the story are the residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to leave their homes despite their struggles. At the heart of the film is Kane Robinson‘s (also known as Kano) Izi, who takes Jedaiah Bannerman‘s young boy under his wing and tries...
- 10/25/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
The Kitchen imagines a near-future London where gentrification isn’t achieved just by subtle shifts in planning policy and infrastructure adjustments, but by outright violence from the police. Wait … isn’t that happening already? Perhaps, but right now not with the same brazen brutality in Britain’s capital as is seen in this striking directorial debut for short filmmaker Kibwe Tavares (Jonah) and actor Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Black Panther).
Admittedly, there are not-quite-square corners in the script, by Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh (Calm With Horses), which makes the material feel like it was constructed from a screenwriting flatpack kit, the kind issued from vast, quality-controlled narrative warehouses run by screenwriting workshops and producers keen to plant predictable emotional beats and add “relevance.” But The Kitchen also has plenty of inventive ideas, creates heady atmospheres in both its dark and lighter moments, and features vivid performances with a large ensemble.
Admittedly, there are not-quite-square corners in the script, by Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh (Calm With Horses), which makes the material feel like it was constructed from a screenwriting flatpack kit, the kind issued from vast, quality-controlled narrative warehouses run by screenwriting workshops and producers keen to plant predictable emotional beats and add “relevance.” But The Kitchen also has plenty of inventive ideas, creates heady atmospheres in both its dark and lighter moments, and features vivid performances with a large ensemble.
- 10/17/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Arriving just as Britain’s dire housing crisis is set to be a key campaign issue in next year’s long-awaited general election, “The Kitchen” offers a solemnly affecting look at what might happen if it’s left to fester. Zooming through a dystopian London in what seems the too-near future, this sharply accomplished feature directing debut from Kibwe Tavares and actor Daniel Kaluuya surprisingly eschews high-concept genre plotting to go with its elaborate sci-fi scene-setting, instead narrowing to an intimate, humane study of Black male bonding in a time of systemic social oppression. If the lean screenplay (by Kaluuya alongside “Calm With Horses” writer Joe Murtagh) somewhat runs out of gas by the finale, the film’s persuasive world-building and fiery political ire keep it compelling. Netflix will release “The Kitchen” — a fitting, resonant closer to this year’s London Film Festival — in early 2024.
Call it the exasperated payoff from 13 years of Conservative austerity,...
Call it the exasperated payoff from 13 years of Conservative austerity,...
- 10/15/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 London Film Festival. Netflix releases the film on its streaming platform on Friday, January 19.
At an edition of the London Film Festival where themes spilled off the screens and onto the streets, “The Kitchen” was a prescient Closing Night choice. The directorial debut for both Daniel Kaluuya and architect-turned-filmmaker Kibwe Tavares screened to press on Sunday morning, meters away from Piccadilly Circus where, hours previously, the famous Eros statue was draped in Palestine flags during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with people in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth.
The threat of an already dispossessed community losing their homes and lives undergirds the near-future North London-set dystopia of “The Kitchen.” If the relationship drama at its core doesn’t fully connect with the elegant brutalism of its visual language, there is, nevertheless, a lot to admire in both aspects.
At an edition of the London Film Festival where themes spilled off the screens and onto the streets, “The Kitchen” was a prescient Closing Night choice. The directorial debut for both Daniel Kaluuya and architect-turned-filmmaker Kibwe Tavares screened to press on Sunday morning, meters away from Piccadilly Circus where, hours previously, the famous Eros statue was draped in Palestine flags during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with people in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth.
The threat of an already dispossessed community losing their homes and lives undergirds the near-future North London-set dystopia of “The Kitchen.” If the relationship drama at its core doesn’t fully connect with the elegant brutalism of its visual language, there is, nevertheless, a lot to admire in both aspects.
- 10/15/2023
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The BFI London Film Festival closes Sunday with the world premiere of The Kitchen, a movie set in a dystopian London where an impoverished community is forced to fend for themselves in ramshackle apartment blocks. It marks the feature directorial debut of Oscar- winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and architect-turned-filmmaker Kibwe Tavares.
It’s a film that Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Emmerson (Calm With Horses), The Kitchen’s producer, have spent the best part of a decade bringing to the screen.
This column’s about how three friends came together to develop a tiny idea that over the years has evolved into tale about a London that’s split in half — those who have and those who don’t.
However, through their eyes, it’s a London that, ultimately, offers a sense of humanity and hope.
It’s a film that Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Emmerson (Calm With Horses), The Kitchen’s producer, have spent the best part of a decade bringing to the screen.
This column’s about how three friends came together to develop a tiny idea that over the years has evolved into tale about a London that’s split in half — those who have and those who don’t.
However, through their eyes, it’s a London that, ultimately, offers a sense of humanity and hope.
- 10/15/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
An orphaned Irish teenager spars with her scheming uncle in this insightful reworking of Sheridan Le Fanu’s novel
Here is a tightly laced, elegantly cut gothic period drama that easily slips through the cracks as the barrage of upmarket cinema vying for awards begins. The 19th-century source material, Sheridan Le Fanu’s novel Uncle Silas, isn’t super well-known outside university literature departments, and the lead actors aren’t especially famous names either – although gravelly-voiced David Wilmot, here playing the heavy, has built a career making indelible impressions with supporting roles on film and TV (Station Eleven). Likewise, if you caught limited TV series Ridley Road then the talents of Agnes O’Casey will already be a known quantity. But in a way, the freshness of face and/or versatility of both O’Casey and Wilmot, along with the rest of the cast, are what makes this feel like a discovery.
Here is a tightly laced, elegantly cut gothic period drama that easily slips through the cracks as the barrage of upmarket cinema vying for awards begins. The 19th-century source material, Sheridan Le Fanu’s novel Uncle Silas, isn’t super well-known outside university literature departments, and the lead actors aren’t especially famous names either – although gravelly-voiced David Wilmot, here playing the heavy, has built a career making indelible impressions with supporting roles on film and TV (Station Eleven). Likewise, if you caught limited TV series Ridley Road then the talents of Agnes O’Casey will already be a known quantity. But in a way, the freshness of face and/or versatility of both O’Casey and Wilmot, along with the rest of the cast, are what makes this feel like a discovery.
- 10/11/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Italian actress Luisa Ranieri has joined the cast of Johnny Depp’s upcoming Amadeo Modigliani bio-pic Modi as filming gets underway in Hungary.
Ranieri’s arrival on the picture was announced by Italian-Canadian producer Andrea Iervolino at Rome-based Ible group which has joined Depp’s in.2 Film and Barry Navidi Productions on the film.
Modi is Depp’s second feature in the director’s chair after his 1997 feature The Brave.
Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio plays the titular painter and sculptor, with previously announced cast members including Al Pacino, in the role of art collector Maurice Gangnat.
Ranieri will play Rosalie Tobia, the owner of a Paris cafe frequented by impoverished artists, who took Modigliani under her wing when he was down and out.
“Luisa Ranieri, is among one of Italy’s most talented actresses, with the portential for international success,” Iervolino said in a statement released to Italian news agency Ansa on Tuesday.
Ranieri’s arrival on the picture was announced by Italian-Canadian producer Andrea Iervolino at Rome-based Ible group which has joined Depp’s in.2 Film and Barry Navidi Productions on the film.
Modi is Depp’s second feature in the director’s chair after his 1997 feature The Brave.
Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio plays the titular painter and sculptor, with previously announced cast members including Al Pacino, in the role of art collector Maurice Gangnat.
Ranieri will play Rosalie Tobia, the owner of a Paris cafe frequented by impoverished artists, who took Modigliani under her wing when he was down and out.
“Luisa Ranieri, is among one of Italy’s most talented actresses, with the portential for international success,” Iervolino said in a statement released to Italian news agency Ansa on Tuesday.
- 9/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Bradley Quirk, who has had previous stints with Brightstar and Altitude, is joining the Netflix U.K. film team, Variety has confirmed.
Quirk joins as manager, U.K. He is part of director, U.K. Mona Qureshi’s team. Anne Mensah serves as Netflix’s U.K. content vice president.
Quirk was previously with Brightstar Film and TV, the U.K. production outfit founded by producers Tanya Seghatchian (“The Crown”) and John Woodward (“Cold War”). Earlier, Quirk was with Altitude as head of development where he worked on the films “Calm With Horses,” “Rocks” and “The Girl With All the Gifts.”
In a previous stint with Pathe, he worked on “Philomena” and in a role with the BFI Film Fund, on “Welcome to the Punch” and “Broken.”
In 2019, Quirk served as executive producer on “Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans.”
Quirk joins after Netflix’s director of U.K.
Quirk joins as manager, U.K. He is part of director, U.K. Mona Qureshi’s team. Anne Mensah serves as Netflix’s U.K. content vice president.
Quirk was previously with Brightstar Film and TV, the U.K. production outfit founded by producers Tanya Seghatchian (“The Crown”) and John Woodward (“Cold War”). Earlier, Quirk was with Altitude as head of development where he worked on the films “Calm With Horses,” “Rocks” and “The Girl With All the Gifts.”
In a previous stint with Pathe, he worked on “Philomena” and in a role with the BFI Film Fund, on “Welcome to the Punch” and “Broken.”
In 2019, Quirk served as executive producer on “Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans.”
Quirk joins after Netflix’s director of U.K.
- 8/17/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
London-set dystopian drama “The Kitchen,” directed by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya, will close the 67th BFI London Film Festival.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Oscar-winning actor Kaluuya, who also co-wrote with Joe Murtagh (“Calm With Horses”). Tavares previously directed the Sundance-winning short “Robots of Brixton.”
In “The Kitchen,” the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and only The Kitchen remains: a community that refuses to move out of the place they call home. The film follows Izi (Kane Robinson), who lives there by necessity and is desperately trying to find a way out, and 12-year-old Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman), who has lost his mother and is searching for a family, as they struggle to forge a relationship in a system that is stacked against them.
The cast also includes Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs,...
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Oscar-winning actor Kaluuya, who also co-wrote with Joe Murtagh (“Calm With Horses”). Tavares previously directed the Sundance-winning short “Robots of Brixton.”
In “The Kitchen,” the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and only The Kitchen remains: a community that refuses to move out of the place they call home. The film follows Izi (Kane Robinson), who lives there by necessity and is desperately trying to find a way out, and 12-year-old Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman), who has lost his mother and is searching for a family, as they struggle to forge a relationship in a system that is stacked against them.
The cast also includes Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The ‘Scrapper’ producer will take on the role of executive producer, film.
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s UK film and TV production outfit, House Productions, has expanded its senior film team with the hire of Scrapper producer Theo Barrowclough as executive producer.
Barrowclough will work alongside Ross and Howell on their burgeoning film slate, which includes The Iron Claw from Sean Durkin, Ed Berger’s Conclave and Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre, which all wrapped in the last six months.
Barrowclough joins House Productions from Dmc Film where he worked for eight years and most recently produced Charlotte Regan’s debut Scrapper,...
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s UK film and TV production outfit, House Productions, has expanded its senior film team with the hire of Scrapper producer Theo Barrowclough as executive producer.
Barrowclough will work alongside Ross and Howell on their burgeoning film slate, which includes The Iron Claw from Sean Durkin, Ed Berger’s Conclave and Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre, which all wrapped in the last six months.
Barrowclough joins House Productions from Dmc Film where he worked for eight years and most recently produced Charlotte Regan’s debut Scrapper,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Nick Rowland – the British filmmaker who broke big at TIFF with the Barry Keoghan and Cosmo Jarvis starring Calm with Horses (the alternative title for North America became The Shadow of Violence) is set to direct Taron Egerton in the book to film adaptation of She Rides Shotgun. The Jordan Harper novel that was adapted by The Night House and Hellraiser writing tandem of Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. Producers on the project include Brad Weston, Collin Creighton, Oscar Montemayor and Nate Matteson. Production looks to be set for August in Los Angeles. Look for the next major piece of this puzzle to be the hiring of the pre-teen female co-lead.…...
- 6/15/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Barry Keoghan – the star whose terrific, twitchy perfomance as the sweet and lonely son of an abusive policeman in The Banshees of Inisherin captivated viewers and earned him an Oscar nod – is inspiring young people in his home city of Dublin.
The manager of a Dublin youth club where the Bafta-winning actor starred in one of his first dramatic roles has hailed the 30-year-old Irishman as a “fantastic role model” who is already an inspiration for the next generation.
Keoghan – who is also nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor alongside the veteran Irish actor Brendan Gleeson – was praised after dedicating his Bafta win to Ireland and “the kids that are dreaming to be something from the area I come from”.
The Dubliner’s mother struggled with drug addiction and died when he was a child, and he was placed in a dozen foster homes along with his brother...
The manager of a Dublin youth club where the Bafta-winning actor starred in one of his first dramatic roles has hailed the 30-year-old Irishman as a “fantastic role model” who is already an inspiration for the next generation.
Keoghan – who is also nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor alongside the veteran Irish actor Brendan Gleeson – was praised after dedicating his Bafta win to Ireland and “the kids that are dreaming to be something from the area I come from”.
The Dubliner’s mother struggled with drug addiction and died when he was a child, and he was placed in a dozen foster homes along with his brother...
- 3/8/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
Cosmo Jarvis, the Brit actor best known for roles in features including Lady Macbeth, Calm With Horses and the upcoming FX original Shogun, has joined the cast of Wise Guys, the upcoming mobster drama from Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro.
The Warner Bros. film, first reported by The Hollywood Reporter and now shooting, sees De Niro in the dual roles of Italian American crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, who ran their respective families during the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese tried — and failed — to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia. De Niro reunites with Levinson after working on several projects together, most notably Wag the Dog and Sleeper.
Nicholas Pileggi — who authored Wiseguy, the 1985 book that was the basis for the 1990 De Niro-Martin Scorsese crime classic, Goodfellas — wrote the script. Irwin Winkler, best known for producing the Rocky movies as...
The Warner Bros. film, first reported by The Hollywood Reporter and now shooting, sees De Niro in the dual roles of Italian American crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, who ran their respective families during the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese tried — and failed — to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia. De Niro reunites with Levinson after working on several projects together, most notably Wag the Dog and Sleeper.
Nicholas Pileggi — who authored Wiseguy, the 1985 book that was the basis for the 1990 De Niro-Martin Scorsese crime classic, Goodfellas — wrote the script. Irwin Winkler, best known for producing the Rocky movies as...
- 1/24/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BAFTA® Award winner Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack are set to star in the drama series ‘The Woman in the Wall.’
Lorna Brady (Wilson) is a woman from the small, fictional town of Kilkinure, who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house. Chillingly, Lorna has no idea who the dead woman is or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder… That’s because Lorna has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking, understood to have manifested around the time she was ripped from her life at the age of 15 and incarcerated in the Kilkinure Convent. The Convent was home to one of Ireland’s infamous Magdalene Laundries, a place where women were taken when they fell afoul of the social mores of their times – from those accused of committing adultery to teenage pregnancies. When it finally closed its doors, a score of survivors were left suffering in its wake.
Lorna Brady (Wilson) is a woman from the small, fictional town of Kilkinure, who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house. Chillingly, Lorna has no idea who the dead woman is or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder… That’s because Lorna has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking, understood to have manifested around the time she was ripped from her life at the age of 15 and incarcerated in the Kilkinure Convent. The Convent was home to one of Ireland’s infamous Magdalene Laundries, a place where women were taken when they fell afoul of the social mores of their times – from those accused of committing adultery to teenage pregnancies. When it finally closed its doors, a score of survivors were left suffering in its wake.
- 8/18/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: The Affair star Ruth Wilson and Peaky Blinders and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande actor Daryl McCormack have been set to lead new blue-chip BBC and Showtime series The Woman in the Wall, inspired by Ireland’s controversial Magdalene Laundries.
In the 6×60’ gothic thriller, two-time BAFTA nominee Wilson will play Lorna Brady, who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house. Brady has no idea who the dead woman is or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking. The episodes began during her teenage years when she was incarcerated in one of Ireland and the Catholic Church’s notorious Magdalene Laundries, where ‘fallen women’ were sent to atone for “sins” such as adultery and teenage pregnancy.
2022 Showtime Pilots & Series Orders
Rising actor McCormack will play the ambitious but elusive Detective Colman Akande, who...
In the 6×60’ gothic thriller, two-time BAFTA nominee Wilson will play Lorna Brady, who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house. Brady has no idea who the dead woman is or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking. The episodes began during her teenage years when she was incarcerated in one of Ireland and the Catholic Church’s notorious Magdalene Laundries, where ‘fallen women’ were sent to atone for “sins” such as adultery and teenage pregnancy.
2022 Showtime Pilots & Series Orders
Rising actor McCormack will play the ambitious but elusive Detective Colman Akande, who...
- 8/17/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Six top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards nominees. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, August 9, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Joyce Eng and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 nominees:
Euphoria (HBO)
Synopsis: A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
Bio: This year marks the third Emmy nomination for Heidi Bivens for “Euphoria.” Other projects have included “Inland Empire,...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 nominees:
Euphoria (HBO)
Synopsis: A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
Bio: This year marks the third Emmy nomination for Heidi Bivens for “Euphoria.” Other projects have included “Inland Empire,...
- 8/2/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
It looks like the visually stunning and often confounding sci-fi drama “Raised by Wolves” is not returning for a third season, at least for the time being. Cast member Abubaker Salim recently announced the show’s fate on Twitter. He also revealed there’s still a glimmer of hope that it might find a new home after cancellation, as Scott Free Productions, the creative force behind the show, is shopping the series around for a potential third season. “I’m asking for action,” Salim declares, adding, “I see the pure love, passion and questions (too too many) that arise Daily on Twitter for Rbw. I’m now asking that you continue to, and with even more vigor, show that genuine love here, there, and everywhere as we search for that new home. Let’s give it a shot. Let’s give it our all.”
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- 6/9/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“One of the biggest things I’m proud of is the fact that it is so bold and daring. You rarely ever get shows which are so unapologetically bold,” reveals Abubakar Salim about the visually stunning and often confounding sci-fi drama “Raised by Wolves.” For our recent webchat he adds, “there is something to be said about the show where it doesn’t hand-hold the audience, it allows the audience to actually participate in it. There’s a lot of shows out there where you do feel like you can kind of switch off and watch, whereas with ‘Raised by Wolves,’ you can’t. I think to be a part of that is something that I’m super fortunate and really happy to be a part of.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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“Raised By Wolves” is set in the 22nd century, in which...
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- 5/31/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Back in the spotlight! Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander made a rare red carpet appearance during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 20. The longtime couple hit up the Vanity Fair x Louis Vuitton dinner where the actress—and ambassador for the French fashion house—wore a black asymmetrical pleated top teamed with short shorts, black strappy sandals and structured handbag. Michael, 45, arrived wearing a sleek navy suit and crisp white shirt sans tie. The last time that the couple walked the red carpet together was in March 2020 at the premiere of Calm With Horses, which Michael executive produced, at Dublin International Film Festival. Alicia,...
- 5/21/2022
- E! Online
Some actors slip into familiar roles like old sweaters. Emily Watson might prefer a raincoat. The actress first graced our screens in Breaking the Waves for Lars von Trier: her eyes peeking out from under a wooly hat, whipped by wind and rain, and carrying the sins of an entire town. The great actress faces those same elements again in God’s Creatures, trading von Trier’s nightmarish vision of the Scottish highlands for a doom metal take on Ireland’s Atlantic coast.
Written by Shane Crowley in collaboration with the producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, God’s Creatures tells a story about sexual assault and collective denial that is as universal as it is inseparable from its locale. The film is directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, American filmmakers whose brilliant 2016 debut The Fits showcased a true flair for building suspense, not to mention an appreciation for shared psychosis...
Written by Shane Crowley in collaboration with the producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, God’s Creatures tells a story about sexual assault and collective denial that is as universal as it is inseparable from its locale. The film is directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, American filmmakers whose brilliant 2016 debut The Fits showcased a true flair for building suspense, not to mention an appreciation for shared psychosis...
- 5/21/2022
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
The BFI and British Council have revealed the line-up for this year’s Great8 showcase, which allows international distributors and festival programmers to get an early look at eight releases from emerging U.K. filmmakers in the run-up to Cannes Marché.
Now in its fifth year, the showcase on May 12 will allow filmmakers to screen unseen footage from the films, which will be available to buy during the market, which runs from May 17-28.
Of the eight films selected for the showcase, one has also been selected for the official Directors’ Fortnight and another for the Critics’ Week line-up. The remaining six films are in post-production.
The Great8 showcase is funded and organized by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4. It has previously presented films including “I Am Not A Witch” and “Calm with Horses.”
Neil Peplow, the BFI’s Director of Industry and International Affairs,...
Now in its fifth year, the showcase on May 12 will allow filmmakers to screen unseen footage from the films, which will be available to buy during the market, which runs from May 17-28.
Of the eight films selected for the showcase, one has also been selected for the official Directors’ Fortnight and another for the Critics’ Week line-up. The remaining six films are in post-production.
The Great8 showcase is funded and organized by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4. It has previously presented films including “I Am Not A Witch” and “Calm with Horses.”
Neil Peplow, the BFI’s Director of Industry and International Affairs,...
- 5/4/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Despite being the third actor to play the role inside of six years, it’s no small thing to portray the Clown Prince of Crime. Indeed, as soon as The Batman opened in theaters last month, almost the entire internet chatter was about that cameo where out of seemingly nowhere, Barry Keoghan showed up under heavy prosthetics as an unnamed Arkham Asylum inmate. One who is obviously the Joker.
With his intensely disfigured facial scars and green hair he stands a long way from either Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar winning Mistah J or the one portrayed by Jared Leto in Suicide Squad. He even has little in common with the last Joker to have a major appearance in a Batman movie, the unforgettable Heath Ledger. But that is unmistakably the Joker who consoles Paul Dano’s Riddler about his plan going sideways, just as it’s unmistakably Barry Keoghan giving...
With his intensely disfigured facial scars and green hair he stands a long way from either Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar winning Mistah J or the one portrayed by Jared Leto in Suicide Squad. He even has little in common with the last Joker to have a major appearance in a Batman movie, the unforgettable Heath Ledger. But that is unmistakably the Joker who consoles Paul Dano’s Riddler about his plan going sideways, just as it’s unmistakably Barry Keoghan giving...
- 4/23/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Film will shoot on location in London and Paris this year.
Rap artist Kano and newcomer Jedaiah Bannerman will lead the cast of Kibwe Tavares’ Netflix production The Kitchen, a dystopian drama co-written by Daniel Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh.
Production began this week; the film is shooting on location in London and Paris. The film is produced by Daniel Emmerson for Dmc Film and Kaluuya for his 59 Productions; it is based on an idea by Kaluuya, Tavares and Emmerson.
The project is the latest to be commissioned by Fiona Lamptey, director of UK features at Netflix.
Theo Barrowclough is co-producer on the film,...
Rap artist Kano and newcomer Jedaiah Bannerman will lead the cast of Kibwe Tavares’ Netflix production The Kitchen, a dystopian drama co-written by Daniel Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh.
Production began this week; the film is shooting on location in London and Paris. The film is produced by Daniel Emmerson for Dmc Film and Kaluuya for his 59 Productions; it is based on an idea by Kaluuya, Tavares and Emmerson.
The project is the latest to be commissioned by Fiona Lamptey, director of UK features at Netflix.
Theo Barrowclough is co-producer on the film,...
- 3/30/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has come onboard The Kitchen, the UK dystopian thriller co-written and produced by Daniel Kaluuya.
The pic is set in London, 2044, a future where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been forced to live in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the city. The story follows Izi, a resident of who is desperately trying to find a way out and 12-year-old, Benji, who has lost his mother and is searching for a family, as they battle to survive.
Kibwe Tavares will make his feature directing debut on the project. His previous work includes winning the Sundance Special Jury Award for his animated short Robots of Brixton, while he was nominated for the Sundance Short Film Grand Jury Prize for Jonah starring Daniel Kaluuya. He also exec produced sci-fi drama...
The pic is set in London, 2044, a future where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been forced to live in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the city. The story follows Izi, a resident of who is desperately trying to find a way out and 12-year-old, Benji, who has lost his mother and is searching for a family, as they battle to survive.
Kibwe Tavares will make his feature directing debut on the project. His previous work includes winning the Sundance Special Jury Award for his animated short Robots of Brixton, while he was nominated for the Sundance Short Film Grand Jury Prize for Jonah starring Daniel Kaluuya. He also exec produced sci-fi drama...
- 3/30/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
“Judas and The Black Messiah” star Daniel Kaluuya has co-written a futuristic dystopian drama called “The Kitchen” for Netflix which will be executive produced by Michael Fassbender.
Written alongside Joe Murtagh (“Gangs of London”), “The Kitchen” is based on an idea from Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares (“Noughts + Crosses”) and Daniel Emmerson (“Calm with Horses”). It was selected for the Sundance Screenwriting and Directing Lab in 2016.
Tavares, who was awarded the Sundance Special Jury Award for his animated short “Robots of Brixton” and nominated for the Sundance Short Film Grand Jury Prize for his live-action short “Jonah,” is set to direct the feature.
It will shoot on location in London and Paris.
“‘The Kitchen’ is set in London, 2044, a future where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits,” reads the logline. “All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been...
Written alongside Joe Murtagh (“Gangs of London”), “The Kitchen” is based on an idea from Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares (“Noughts + Crosses”) and Daniel Emmerson (“Calm with Horses”). It was selected for the Sundance Screenwriting and Directing Lab in 2016.
Tavares, who was awarded the Sundance Special Jury Award for his animated short “Robots of Brixton” and nominated for the Sundance Short Film Grand Jury Prize for his live-action short “Jonah,” is set to direct the feature.
It will shoot on location in London and Paris.
“‘The Kitchen’ is set in London, 2044, a future where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits,” reads the logline. “All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been...
- 3/30/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Drama
“Floodlights,” a feature-length single drama for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer tells the story of Andy Woodward, the former professional soccer player whose revelations about the sexual abuse he suffered as a youth player sent shockwaves throughout the industry. In 2016, Woodward went public about sexual abuse by his youth coach, Barry Bennell. After doing so, hundreds more men, many also victims of Bennell, found the courage to speak up about their experiences of abuse, lifting the lid on a national scandal in the U.K.’s most popular sport.
Gerard Kearns (“The Last Kingdom”) portrays Woodward and the cast also includes Jonas Armstrong (“Hollington Drive”), Morven Christie (“Lockwood & Co”) and Steve Edge (“Benidorm”).
“Floodlights,” made with the full cooperation of Woodward, is written by BAFTA-winning screenwriter, Matt Greenhalgh and directed by BAFTA-nominated Nick Rowland (“Calm With Horses”). It is produced by Expectation, part of BBC Studios’ portfolio of indies...
“Floodlights,” a feature-length single drama for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer tells the story of Andy Woodward, the former professional soccer player whose revelations about the sexual abuse he suffered as a youth player sent shockwaves throughout the industry. In 2016, Woodward went public about sexual abuse by his youth coach, Barry Bennell. After doing so, hundreds more men, many also victims of Bennell, found the courage to speak up about their experiences of abuse, lifting the lid on a national scandal in the U.K.’s most popular sport.
Gerard Kearns (“The Last Kingdom”) portrays Woodward and the cast also includes Jonas Armstrong (“Hollington Drive”), Morven Christie (“Lockwood & Co”) and Steve Edge (“Benidorm”).
“Floodlights,” made with the full cooperation of Woodward, is written by BAFTA-winning screenwriter, Matt Greenhalgh and directed by BAFTA-nominated Nick Rowland (“Calm With Horses”). It is produced by Expectation, part of BBC Studios’ portfolio of indies...
- 3/29/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The last few years have seen an uptick in the number of genre films directed by women, and it’s been interesting to see the impact of that on such a traditionally male-dominated field. Directed by Irish-born actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes, It Is In Us All, which had its world premiere in the Narrative Feature lineup at SXSW, is one of the strangest yet: a gore-free body horror that manages to be completely unnerving without conforming to any of the usual expectations that come with the territory. A very rough comparison would be David Cronenberg’s 1996 psychodrama Crash, but the sense of dread here is much less tangible, even though car accidents feature prominently.
The lead is Hamish Considine (Cosmo Jarvis), a worldly London creative who arrives in Donegal to settle his late aunt’s estate, having inherited her home.
The lead is Hamish Considine (Cosmo Jarvis), a worldly London creative who arrives in Donegal to settle his late aunt’s estate, having inherited her home.
- 3/16/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: BAFTA Award-nominated actress Niamh Algar has signed with UTA for representation in all areas, Deadline has learned.
Algar most recently appeared on the film side as Enid Baines in Prano Bailey-Bond’s psychological horror pic Censor, which made its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. She previously starred opposite Cosmo Jarvis in Nick Rowland’s Calm with Horses, and was recognized for her work with a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The actress will next be seen in Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder opposite Florence Pugh, also starring in Jodhi May’s upcoming indie drama Mooring opposite Charlotte Rampling.
Algar can be seen on the TV side in Ridley Scott’s HBO Max sci-fi drama Raised by Wolves and Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 drama series The Virtues. She was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit in 2019 and has also been recognized by organizations including the British Independent Film Awards,...
Algar most recently appeared on the film side as Enid Baines in Prano Bailey-Bond’s psychological horror pic Censor, which made its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. She previously starred opposite Cosmo Jarvis in Nick Rowland’s Calm with Horses, and was recognized for her work with a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The actress will next be seen in Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder opposite Florence Pugh, also starring in Jodhi May’s upcoming indie drama Mooring opposite Charlotte Rampling.
Algar can be seen on the TV side in Ridley Scott’s HBO Max sci-fi drama Raised by Wolves and Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 drama series The Virtues. She was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit in 2019 and has also been recognized by organizations including the British Independent Film Awards,...
- 12/9/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A video nasties film censor finds her work rather too absorbing in this razor-sharp first feature from the Welsh writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond
This thrilling, dizzying debut from Welsh writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond is a nostalgic treat for anyone old enough to remember the infamous “video nasties” scare of the early 80s. Yet beneath the retro surface lies a more universal tale about the power of horror to confront our deepest fears – a timeless celebration of the liberating nature of the dark side. Blessed with a sharp eye for period detail (horror maven Kim Newman gets an exec-producer credit) and a refreshingly irreverent attitude to nerdy fan-boy “facts”, Censor conjures a serpentine tale of trauma, repression and liberation, all mediated through the deliciously tactile medium of illicit videotapes and pre-internet media panics.
Niamh Algar, who proved so mesmerising in Calm With Horses, is Enid, a film censor who spends her days watching,...
This thrilling, dizzying debut from Welsh writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond is a nostalgic treat for anyone old enough to remember the infamous “video nasties” scare of the early 80s. Yet beneath the retro surface lies a more universal tale about the power of horror to confront our deepest fears – a timeless celebration of the liberating nature of the dark side. Blessed with a sharp eye for period detail (horror maven Kim Newman gets an exec-producer credit) and a refreshingly irreverent attitude to nerdy fan-boy “facts”, Censor conjures a serpentine tale of trauma, repression and liberation, all mediated through the deliciously tactile medium of illicit videotapes and pre-internet media panics.
Niamh Algar, who proved so mesmerising in Calm With Horses, is Enid, a film censor who spends her days watching,...
- 8/22/2021
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Further new releases include ‘Reminiscence’, ‘Pig’.
Prano Bailey-Bond’s UK horror Censor starts its run in UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, released by Vertigo Releasing.
The film will open in 170 sites. It is Bailey-Bond’s directorial debut, produced by Helen Jones for Silver Salt Films, with Rook Films and Timpson Films, plus backing from the BFI Film Fund, Film4 and Ffilm Cymru Wales.
Censor first screened at the online Sundance Film Festival in January 2021, going on to play events including the Berlinale, Galway Film Fleadh and Sundance London.
It follows a film censor who, after viewing a familiar video nasty, sets...
Prano Bailey-Bond’s UK horror Censor starts its run in UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, released by Vertigo Releasing.
The film will open in 170 sites. It is Bailey-Bond’s directorial debut, produced by Helen Jones for Silver Salt Films, with Rook Films and Timpson Films, plus backing from the BFI Film Fund, Film4 and Ffilm Cymru Wales.
Censor first screened at the online Sundance Film Festival in January 2021, going on to play events including the Berlinale, Galway Film Fleadh and Sundance London.
It follows a film censor who, after viewing a familiar video nasty, sets...
- 8/20/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Cosmo Jarvis is an up-and-coming actor who has attracted notice in the UK for his performances in films like Lady Macbeth and Calm with Horses. For his latest cinematic effort, Jarvis travels to the Appalachian region of the United States to portray Terry Rose, a man eager to take advantage of opportunity in a dangerous […]
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- 8/9/2021
- by abe
- ShockYa
The campaign warning of the dangers of privatising Channel 4 was launched last week by our sister publication Broadcast.
Last Thursday (July 8), our sister publication Broadcast launched Not 4 Sale, a campaign warning of the dangers of privatising Channel 4 for both viewers and the industry.
The campaign received the launch backing of more than 100 high-profile figures in the independent TV production sector, with many more individuals and companies expected to follow suit.
Screen is proud to add its voice to the Not 4 Sale campaign for all the same reasons that our colleagues at Broadcast have outlined in the statement you can read here – fundamentally,...
Last Thursday (July 8), our sister publication Broadcast launched Not 4 Sale, a campaign warning of the dangers of privatising Channel 4 for both viewers and the industry.
The campaign received the launch backing of more than 100 high-profile figures in the independent TV production sector, with many more individuals and companies expected to follow suit.
Screen is proud to add its voice to the Not 4 Sale campaign for all the same reasons that our colleagues at Broadcast have outlined in the statement you can read here – fundamentally,...
- 7/16/2021
- by Matt Mueller
- ScreenDaily
Altitude and Film4 have acquired writer/director Julia Ducournau’s Cannes Film Festival competition title “Titane” for U.K. and Ireland.
In the horror thriller, following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who disappeared ten years ago.
The film stars newcomer Agathe Rousselle, Cannes best actor winner Vincent Lindon (“The Measure of a Man”), Laïs Salameh (“Le rêve de Mila”) and reunites Ducournau with her “Raw” star Garance Marillier.
Horror hit “Raw” was selected at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2016 and won the Fipresci prize there before going on to global acclaim and awards including the Sutherland award for best first feature at the BFI London Film Festival and a clutch of prizes at Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival.
Film4 and Altitude have co-acquired the film and will collaborate on the theatrical release later this year. Film4 will retain broadcast and on-demand rights in the U.
In the horror thriller, following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who disappeared ten years ago.
The film stars newcomer Agathe Rousselle, Cannes best actor winner Vincent Lindon (“The Measure of a Man”), Laïs Salameh (“Le rêve de Mila”) and reunites Ducournau with her “Raw” star Garance Marillier.
Horror hit “Raw” was selected at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2016 and won the Fipresci prize there before going on to global acclaim and awards including the Sutherland award for best first feature at the BFI London Film Festival and a clutch of prizes at Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival.
Film4 and Altitude have co-acquired the film and will collaborate on the theatrical release later this year. Film4 will retain broadcast and on-demand rights in the U.
- 6/21/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ben Parker’s post-war thriller recently completed shooting in Estonia.
IFC Midnight has snapped up North America rights to Burial, a post-war thriller from UK writer/director Ben Parker, in a deal with Altitude Film Sales.
The film, which recently wrapped shooting on location in Estonia, has also been picked up for Portugal (Nos), Baltics (Latvian Theatrical Distribution), Indonesia (Pt Prima), South Korea (Noori), Vietnam (Media Film International) and the Middle East (Phars).
UK-based Altitude will be selling the thriller at the upcoming Cannes virtual market and has released this first-look image of lead actress Charlotte Vega in the film.
IFC Midnight has snapped up North America rights to Burial, a post-war thriller from UK writer/director Ben Parker, in a deal with Altitude Film Sales.
The film, which recently wrapped shooting on location in Estonia, has also been picked up for Portugal (Nos), Baltics (Latvian Theatrical Distribution), Indonesia (Pt Prima), South Korea (Noori), Vietnam (Media Film International) and the Middle East (Phars).
UK-based Altitude will be selling the thriller at the upcoming Cannes virtual market and has released this first-look image of lead actress Charlotte Vega in the film.
- 6/15/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Now in its fourth edition, the showcase is funded and run by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
New films from Harry Wootliff, the directors of Notes On Blindness and Yardie star Aml Ameen are among the titles selected for this year’s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors.
The selected filmmakers will present unseen footage from their films to international buyers and festival programmers online on June 17. All eight films are in post-production and will be available to buyers at the pre-Cannes screenings virtual market (June...
New films from Harry Wootliff, the directors of Notes On Blindness and Yardie star Aml Ameen are among the titles selected for this year’s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors.
The selected filmmakers will present unseen footage from their films to international buyers and festival programmers online on June 17. All eight films are in post-production and will be available to buyers at the pre-Cannes screenings virtual market (June...
- 6/10/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The FX limited series based on James Clavell’s Shogun has added Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis to its cast. Sanada just appeared in both Mortal Kombat and Army of the Dead, while Jarvis’s credits include Annihilation and Calm With Horses. The story is “set in feudal Japan and charts the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious […]
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- 5/25/2021
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis have been cast in lead roles of the FX series adaptation of “Shogun,” Variety has confirmed.
“Shogun” is based on the James Clavell novel of the same name. It is set in feudal Japan and charts the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne (Jarvis), a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga (Sanada), a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance.
The role of Lady Mariko has yet to be cast.
The original novel was published in 1975 and became a major best-seller with more than 30 million copies sold worldwide. It previously inspired the 1980 NBC miniseries of the same name, which...
“Shogun” is based on the James Clavell novel of the same name. It is set in feudal Japan and charts the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne (Jarvis), a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga (Sanada), a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance.
The role of Lady Mariko has yet to be cast.
The original novel was published in 1975 and became a major best-seller with more than 30 million copies sold worldwide. It previously inspired the 1980 NBC miniseries of the same name, which...
- 5/24/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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