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- 4/11/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: France, Australia, Canada, Japan among deals for Toronto hit.
UK sales outfit Bankside Films has notched up a string of sales on Toronto hit drama X+Y.
Deals have closed for France (Synergy Cinema), Australia/New Zealand (Pinnacle Films), Japan (Respect Film Company), Canada (D Films), Benelux (Imagine), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainment), South Korea (Bloomsbury Partners), Switzerland (Praesens), Turkey (Fabula), Middle East (Front Row Entertainment), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery), South Africa (M-Net), Taiwan (Schengchi Media), Thailand (M Pictures) and Airlines (CineSky).
Koch previously acquired UK rights.
Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins, Rafe Spall, Eddie Marsan and Jo Yang star in the well-received drama from director Morgan Matthews and writer James Graham.
Butterfield stars as a socially awkward teenage math prodigy who finds new confidence when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Producers are Laura Hastings-Smith and Origin’s David Thompson and Ed Rubin.
Financiers include BFI, BBC Films, Screen...
UK sales outfit Bankside Films has notched up a string of sales on Toronto hit drama X+Y.
Deals have closed for France (Synergy Cinema), Australia/New Zealand (Pinnacle Films), Japan (Respect Film Company), Canada (D Films), Benelux (Imagine), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainment), South Korea (Bloomsbury Partners), Switzerland (Praesens), Turkey (Fabula), Middle East (Front Row Entertainment), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery), South Africa (M-Net), Taiwan (Schengchi Media), Thailand (M Pictures) and Airlines (CineSky).
Koch previously acquired UK rights.
Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins, Rafe Spall, Eddie Marsan and Jo Yang star in the well-received drama from director Morgan Matthews and writer James Graham.
Butterfield stars as a socially awkward teenage math prodigy who finds new confidence when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Producers are Laura Hastings-Smith and Origin’s David Thompson and Ed Rubin.
Financiers include BFI, BBC Films, Screen...
- 10/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
One of the biggest sleeper hits of the Toronto International Film Festival this September was the British coming-of-age drama X + Y. In the film, Asa Butterfield plays Nathan Ellis, an autistic teen hoping to land a berth in the International Mathematical Olympiad. Co-starring Sally Hawkins, Rafe Spall and newcomer Jo Yang as Zhang Mei, a Chinese girl who befriends Nathan, the film received accolades and much enthusiasm from its opening night crowd.
Earlier this week, I had the chance to sat down with director Morgan Matthews and the two young stars of X + Y during Tiff to discuss their new film. They spoke about the young man who inspired Asa’s character, shooting in Taipei and, ahem, eating stinky tofu.
Check it out below and enjoy!
What drove you make a documentary about the Math Olympiad in the first place? How did that turn into a feature film?
Morgan Matthews...
Earlier this week, I had the chance to sat down with director Morgan Matthews and the two young stars of X + Y during Tiff to discuss their new film. They spoke about the young man who inspired Asa’s character, shooting in Taipei and, ahem, eating stinky tofu.
Check it out below and enjoy!
What drove you make a documentary about the Math Olympiad in the first place? How did that turn into a feature film?
Morgan Matthews...
- 9/15/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
There are not many films made about kids like Nathan Ellis. Sure, the story of a young social outsider trying to break out of his shell is not a unique one (as I wrote about in my review for fellow Tiff selection Wet Bum), but Nathan is autistic and has a very deliberate way of doing things. For instance, he cannot order chicken balls from the local Chinese restaurant unless the number of balls he gets is a prime number. Besides his picky eating, Nathan gets distracted by noise and has a hard time working in a room with a ticking clock or other students tapping their fingers on a desk loudly. He fears handshakes, is unable to understand the social cues involved with that greeting gesture, and calms himself by saying the Fibonacci sequence out loud.
Few films focus on boys who can be coldly sincere, their personality almost hidden from view.
Few films focus on boys who can be coldly sincere, their personality almost hidden from view.
- 9/8/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
As we look in the rearview mirror of the summer blockbusters, September heralds the start of the fall movie season. Filled with Hollywood heavyweights and A-listers, here’s our Big list of the most anticipated movies coming to cinemas this autumn and during the holidays.
Our exhaustive list includes films that are playing at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival as well the ones that already have a theatrical release date. With the awards season on the horizon, we also added a few bonus films at the end to keep your eye out for in the months ahead.
Pull up a chair, grab a pen and paper and get ready for Wamg’s Guide to the 100+ Films This Fall And Holiday Season.
We kick it off with what’s showing in Toronto at the film festival that runs September 4 – 14.
Maps To The Stars – September 2014 – Toronto International Film Festival; UK & Ireland September...
Our exhaustive list includes films that are playing at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival as well the ones that already have a theatrical release date. With the awards season on the horizon, we also added a few bonus films at the end to keep your eye out for in the months ahead.
Pull up a chair, grab a pen and paper and get ready for Wamg’s Guide to the 100+ Films This Fall And Holiday Season.
We kick it off with what’s showing in Toronto at the film festival that runs September 4 – 14.
Maps To The Stars – September 2014 – Toronto International Film Festival; UK & Ireland September...
- 8/29/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The first trailer for X+Y has premiered ahead of its upcoming world premiere at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival. Directed by Morgan Matthews, the film stars Asa Buttefield (Ender's Game, Hugo) as Nathan, a socially awkward teenage math prodigy who finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad, particularly the unfamiliar feelings for his Chinese counterpart, Zhang Mei (Jo Yang). Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan co-star. The film heads into the festival without a distributor so it will definitely be looking to turn some heads and gain some attention. Give the trailer a watch below and let me know if it looks like one to keep an eye on. sb id="979749" height="267" width="640"...
- 8/25/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The lineups for the Mavericks, Discovery, and Tiff Kids parts of the Toronto Film Festival were announced, wrapping up a series of lineup announcements for the Toronto International Film Festival.
With the added films, the festival’s entire slate is now a whopping 393 movies. Two hundred eighty-five of those movies are feature films, of which 143 are world premieres.
The Mavericks portion of the festival includes onstage discussions following the screening of each film. Do I Sound Gay? will be followed by a talk between director David Thorpe and sex-advice guru Dan Savage. Also premiering in that space is The 50 Year Argument,...
With the added films, the festival’s entire slate is now a whopping 393 movies. Two hundred eighty-five of those movies are feature films, of which 143 are world premieres.
The Mavericks portion of the festival includes onstage discussions following the screening of each film. Do I Sound Gay? will be followed by a talk between director David Thorpe and sex-advice guru Dan Savage. Also premiering in that space is The 50 Year Argument,...
- 8/19/2014
- by Jacob Shamsian
- EW - Inside Movies
Bill Murray is coming to Toronto folks. Actually, the film he stars in (Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent) is having its official World Premiere launch at the jaw-dropping 285 feature film 2014 Tiff line-up. In the final batch of items we finally get the confirmation that 2014′s Palme d’Or Winner Winter Sleep (which gets added along with a trio of others to the Masters Programme) will show, and Tomm Moore’s highly anticipated Song of the Sea (among the four item line-up for Tiff Kids) also lands. Worth mentioning are the sprinkling of add-ons to the various other sections (Marjane Satrapi’s Sundance preemed The Voices, Matt Shakman’s Cut Bank and the world preem of Danis Tanovic’s Tigers) with a Studio Ghibli docu item being fitted into the Tiff Docs, but it is the Discovery Programme that finally takes shape.
The “up-and-comers” include Berlin Film Fest (and future Nyff...
The “up-and-comers” include Berlin Film Fest (and future Nyff...
- 8/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Asa Butterfield plays a teenage math prodigy who is about to face his biggest challenge yet in the first trailer for Morgan Matthews‘ coming-of-age dramedy “X Plus Y.” “X Plus Y” follows Nathan (Butterfield), a young math genius whose talents, under the mentorship of Mr. Humphreys (Rafe Spall), lead him to be a competitor at the International Mathematics Olympiad in Taiwan. It is there where he faces the most unexpected challenge of all — feelings for his Chinese competitor, Zhang Mei (Jo Yang). “I hope to bring to the big screen, some of the realism, empathy, humour and storytellling that [...]
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- 8/8/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
New feature, starring Maggie Smith, will reunite the team behind The History Boys. BBC Films to also produce crime drama City of Tiny Lights starring Riz Ahmed.
BBC Films has unveiled its upcoming slate ahead of Cannes, which highlights its ongoing strategy to develop new talent and bolster existing relationships with filmmakers.
The slate is headlined by The Lady In The Van, an adaptation of the memoir of playwright, screenwriter, actor and author Alan Bennett.
Reuniting the team behind The History Boys, BBC Films and Bennett will be joined by Nicholas Hytner who will direct. Kevin Loader, Damian Jones and Nicholas Hytner will produce.
Starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings as Bennett, The Lady In The Van is based on Bennett’s experiences with Miss Shepherd, a vagrant who parked her clapped out old dormobile in his drive and stayed for 15 years.
BBC Films also revealed that they will be producing City of Tiny Lights with Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto...
BBC Films has unveiled its upcoming slate ahead of Cannes, which highlights its ongoing strategy to develop new talent and bolster existing relationships with filmmakers.
The slate is headlined by The Lady In The Van, an adaptation of the memoir of playwright, screenwriter, actor and author Alan Bennett.
Reuniting the team behind The History Boys, BBC Films and Bennett will be joined by Nicholas Hytner who will direct. Kevin Loader, Damian Jones and Nicholas Hytner will produce.
Starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings as Bennett, The Lady In The Van is based on Bennett’s experiences with Miss Shepherd, a vagrant who parked her clapped out old dormobile in his drive and stayed for 15 years.
BBC Films also revealed that they will be producing City of Tiny Lights with Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto...
- 5/9/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Tomorrowland
Britt Robertson ("Under the Dome") has been cast in a lead role in Brad Bird's adventure "Tomorrowland". George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy and Thomas Robinson also star.
Robertson will play a high school girl with an unconventional understanding of technology who is launched on a journey to reclaim her future. [Source: Heat Vision]
Annie
Rose Byrne ("Insidious") is in early talks to join the remake of the musical "Annie" at Sony Pictures. Byrne will play Grace, the assistant to Jamie Foxx's Daddy Warbucks.
Will Gluck is directing from a screenplay he is currently rewriting. A production schedule has yet to be locked down. [Source: THR]
The Expendables 3
Despite rumors to the contrary, actor Nicolas Cage says he isn't in the third "The Expendables" movie yet and is unlikely to be.
"I have not had any formal discussions about ['Expendables 3']. I’m not in Kick-Ass 2 and I don’t think I...
Britt Robertson ("Under the Dome") has been cast in a lead role in Brad Bird's adventure "Tomorrowland". George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy and Thomas Robinson also star.
Robertson will play a high school girl with an unconventional understanding of technology who is launched on a journey to reclaim her future. [Source: Heat Vision]
Annie
Rose Byrne ("Insidious") is in early talks to join the remake of the musical "Annie" at Sony Pictures. Byrne will play Grace, the assistant to Jamie Foxx's Daddy Warbucks.
Will Gluck is directing from a screenplay he is currently rewriting. A production schedule has yet to be locked down. [Source: THR]
The Expendables 3
Despite rumors to the contrary, actor Nicolas Cage says he isn't in the third "The Expendables" movie yet and is unlikely to be.
"I have not had any formal discussions about ['Expendables 3']. I’m not in Kick-Ass 2 and I don’t think I...
- 7/19/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Origin Pictures recruits cast and Bankside Films for comedy-drama, set to shoot July 22.
Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan and newcomer Jo Yang have joined comedy-drama X Plus Y, which gets underway on July 22.
Hawkins previously appeared with Marsan in Mike Leigh’s 2008 film, Happy Go Lucky.
ScreenDaily revealed in March that Asa Butterfield and Rafe Spall are attached to star.
Bankside Films are also on board the feature about a young maths genius (Butterfield) who has his logic thwarted by the one thing he can’t make sense of - love.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Morgan Matthews, the acclaimed documentary-maker behind The Fallen and 7/7: One Day in London.
X Plus Y is scripted by playwright James Graham (This House) and inspired by Matthews’ 2007 BAFTA-nominated BBC documentary Beautiful Young Minds about gifted young children who take part in the maths Olympiad.
Butterfiled will play teenage maths prodigy Nathan and Rafe Spall his unconventional...
Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan and newcomer Jo Yang have joined comedy-drama X Plus Y, which gets underway on July 22.
Hawkins previously appeared with Marsan in Mike Leigh’s 2008 film, Happy Go Lucky.
ScreenDaily revealed in March that Asa Butterfield and Rafe Spall are attached to star.
Bankside Films are also on board the feature about a young maths genius (Butterfield) who has his logic thwarted by the one thing he can’t make sense of - love.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Morgan Matthews, the acclaimed documentary-maker behind The Fallen and 7/7: One Day in London.
X Plus Y is scripted by playwright James Graham (This House) and inspired by Matthews’ 2007 BAFTA-nominated BBC documentary Beautiful Young Minds about gifted young children who take part in the maths Olympiad.
Butterfiled will play teenage maths prodigy Nathan and Rafe Spall his unconventional...
- 7/18/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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