A film release we’ve been eagerly awaiting here at Dn, director Sam Baron concludes his joyous tragicomedy shorts trilogy starring Amit Shah with Tall Dark and Handsome. Beginning with The Orgy and then followed by Big Ears, all three films delve into a shared exploration of modern masculinity and the fragility that lies within with humour, nuance and a sensitivity you might not expect from the comedy genre. Tall Dark and Handsome, co-written by Shah, examines the complexity of identities, drawing upon both the writer/actor’s experiences in cross-cultural relationships and the insecurities that can sometimes arise. We invited Baron back to Directors Notes the speak to us about Shah’s intricate and detailed approach to the script which ensured every word served the story, his love of using comedy to explore some of the more complex and difficult issues in our lives and incorporating a darker more...
- 2/1/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Tiger Leaping To Holiday Frame
India’s Yash Raj Films has set a mid-November release date ahead of the Diwali holidays for “Tiger 3,” its anticipated spy-action film starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi. Holiday complexities have caused the company to devise what it called a “strategic and unique release plan.”
Having previously only released teaser footage, Yrf has now also unveiled a full trailer.
Unusually, the film will open in Indian and international theaters on a Sunday – Nov. 12.
“2023 is the year of ‘Adhik Maas’ which has led to complications regarding festival dates. This year, Monday, Nov. 13 is New Moon/Amavasya and the Govardhan Pooja/Gujarati New Year falls on Nov. 14. Bhai Dooj is on November 15, giving the film an extended run in this crucial holiday period which will aid in collections through the week,” said Yrf.
Directed by Maneesh Sharma (“Band Baaja Baaraat”), the film is the...
India’s Yash Raj Films has set a mid-November release date ahead of the Diwali holidays for “Tiger 3,” its anticipated spy-action film starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi. Holiday complexities have caused the company to devise what it called a “strategic and unique release plan.”
Having previously only released teaser footage, Yrf has now also unveiled a full trailer.
Unusually, the film will open in Indian and international theaters on a Sunday – Nov. 12.
“2023 is the year of ‘Adhik Maas’ which has led to complications regarding festival dates. This year, Monday, Nov. 13 is New Moon/Amavasya and the Govardhan Pooja/Gujarati New Year falls on Nov. 14. Bhai Dooj is on November 15, giving the film an extended run in this crucial holiday period which will aid in collections through the week,” said Yrf.
Directed by Maneesh Sharma (“Band Baaja Baaraat”), the film is the...
- 10/16/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
British Director Sam Baron’s sensitive and hilarious exploration of the fragility of masculinity is something we have come to love here at Directors Notes and so we’re happy to see him continue to mine that rich vein in his latest short Big Ears. After his successful collaboration with Amit Shah on tragicomedy The Orgy, Baron was keen to dive into another project with the actor and build upon the relationship they had built both on and off the screen. Further motivation came from his collaboration last year with fellow Dn alum Chloë Wicks on Fragile Package, which proved the effectiveness of the micro-budget short as a way to bypass the obstacles which can often hold filmmakers back from creating new work. Big Ears follows the engaging Shah as health food shop assistant/struggling actor Kaan as he navigates a rather woeful life both personally and professionally, with Baron...
- 11/21/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
The Brit List, the UK’s version of the Black List, received 134 script recommendations this year. The list of praiseworthy unproduced film scripts was led by supernatural thriller Benny In The Dark from screenwriter Phillip Morgan. Check out the full-list below.
The list, managed by UK producer Alexandra Arlango (The Duchess), is pulled together from recommendations by more than 90 UK film companies. To qualify, projects must receive a minimum of three recommendations.
The Brit List celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with a networking event in London on Monday 19 November. Since launch, 70 movies to appear on the list have gone into production, including pics such as The King’s Speech and Lion. This year also saw the launch of The Brit List TV as well as The Brit List website.
Arlango said, “The Brit List is not a competition, it’s a showcase. Our intention is twofold: to put the...
The list, managed by UK producer Alexandra Arlango (The Duchess), is pulled together from recommendations by more than 90 UK film companies. To qualify, projects must receive a minimum of three recommendations.
The Brit List celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with a networking event in London on Monday 19 November. Since launch, 70 movies to appear on the list have gone into production, including pics such as The King’s Speech and Lion. This year also saw the launch of The Brit List TV as well as The Brit List website.
Arlango said, “The Brit List is not a competition, it’s a showcase. Our intention is twofold: to put the...
- 11/19/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Unrepped writer Richard Galazka’s romantic comedy Matinee Idol and Malachi Smyth’s Gateway 6 topped the annual Brit List of best unproduced screenplays. Both projects received nine votes. The list is compiled by UK producers, agents, distributors and sales companies, who aren’t allowed to vote for their own projects. Other qualifying criteria include receiving a minimum of three votes and not having featured on previous Brit Lists.
Previous films to appear on the Brit List include The King’s Speech, Welcome To The Punch, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and most recently The Riot Club.
Matinee Idol is being produced by Rooks Nest Entertainment. Sentinel Entertainment is behind Gateway 6, a futuristic sci-fi project. 42, one of the UK’s most dynamic production and management companies, had two projects on the shortlist: Jay Basu’s The Pier and Outside The Wire, from screenwriting duo Rowan Athale and Rob Yescombe
There were 140 entries,...
Previous films to appear on the Brit List include The King’s Speech, Welcome To The Punch, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and most recently The Riot Club.
Matinee Idol is being produced by Rooks Nest Entertainment. Sentinel Entertainment is behind Gateway 6, a futuristic sci-fi project. 42, one of the UK’s most dynamic production and management companies, had two projects on the shortlist: Jay Basu’s The Pier and Outside The Wire, from screenwriting duo Rowan Athale and Rob Yescombe
There were 140 entries,...
- 11/20/2014
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Rom-com and sci-fi top industry selection of hot unproduced screenplays.Scroll down for full list
Romantic comedy Matinee Idol by writer Richard Galazka and sci-fi Gateway 6 by Malachi Smyth lead this year’s Brit List, the industry selection of hot unproduced screenplays.
Both scripts recorded nine industry votes to top the list.
Rooks Nest Entertainment are producing Matinee Idol, about a cinephile who tries to win a girl’s heart by pretending to be someone he’s not, only to learn that it takes more than grand gestures to turn fantasy into reality.
Sentinel Entertainment are behind futuristic sci-fi Gateway 6, in which on a war-ravaged Earth, four soldiers man the last bastion – an outpost in a sea-covered continent.
Jay Basu’s The Pier, produced by 42, and Krysty Wilson-Cairns’ Aether, from FilmNation, followed with eight votes.
The list is compiled by a combination of UK producers, agents, distributors and sales companies.
There were 140 entries...
Romantic comedy Matinee Idol by writer Richard Galazka and sci-fi Gateway 6 by Malachi Smyth lead this year’s Brit List, the industry selection of hot unproduced screenplays.
Both scripts recorded nine industry votes to top the list.
Rooks Nest Entertainment are producing Matinee Idol, about a cinephile who tries to win a girl’s heart by pretending to be someone he’s not, only to learn that it takes more than grand gestures to turn fantasy into reality.
Sentinel Entertainment are behind futuristic sci-fi Gateway 6, in which on a war-ravaged Earth, four soldiers man the last bastion – an outpost in a sea-covered continent.
Jay Basu’s The Pier, produced by 42, and Krysty Wilson-Cairns’ Aether, from FilmNation, followed with eight votes.
The list is compiled by a combination of UK producers, agents, distributors and sales companies.
There were 140 entries...
- 11/20/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Three individual writers and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.
Each individual winner and the combined writing team will receive a $35,000 prize, the first instalment of which will be distributed at an awards presentation on November 13 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
For the second consecutive year the event will also feature a live read of selected scenes from the fellows’ winning scripts by members of the Academy.
This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
Sam Baron, Cambridge, UK: The Science Of Love And Laughter;
Alisha Brophy, Los Angeles, Us, and Scott Miles, Austin, Us: United States Of Fuckin’ Awesome;
Melissa Iqbal, London, UK: The Death Engine; and
Sallie West, Charleston, Us: Moonflower.
Each individual winner and the combined writing team will receive a $35,000 prize, the first instalment of which will be distributed at an awards presentation on November 13 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
For the second consecutive year the event will also feature a live read of selected scenes from the fellows’ winning scripts by members of the Academy.
This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
Sam Baron, Cambridge, UK: The Science Of Love And Laughter;
Alisha Brophy, Los Angeles, Us, and Scott Miles, Austin, Us: United States Of Fuckin’ Awesome;
Melissa Iqbal, London, UK: The Death Engine; and
Sallie West, Charleston, Us: Moonflower.
- 10/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The winners of the 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting were announced today by the Academy, which picked three individual writers and one writing team from a record 7,511 submissions. Fellows will get a $35,000 prize and an awards presentation on Thursday, November 13 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The event includes Academy member live-reads of selected scenes from the winning scripts. This year's winners are: Sam Baron (UK) for "The Science of Love and Laughter," Alisha Brophy (Los Angeles, CA) and Scott Miles, (Austin, TX) for “United States of Fuckin’ Awesome," Melissa Iqbal (UK) for “The Death Engine” and Sallie West (Charleston, Sc) for "Moonflower." They will each complete a feature-length screenplay during their fellowship year. Past fellows include Ehren Kruger who wrote “Transformers: Age of Extinction;” Creighton Rothenberger who co-wrote “The...
- 10/3/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Three individual writers and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.
Each individual winner and the combined writing team will receive a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at an awards presentation on Thursday, November 13, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
For the second consecutive year, the event will also feature a live read of selected scenes from the fellows’ winning scripts by members of the Academy.
This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
Sam Baron, Cambridge, United Kingdom, “The Science of Love and Laughter”
Alisha Brophy, Los Angeles, CA, and Scott Miles, Austin, TX, “United States of Fuckin’ Awesome”
Melissa Iqbal, London, United Kingdom, “The Death Engine”
Sallie West, Charleston, Sc, “Moonflower”
The winners were selected from a record 7,511 scripts submitted for this year’s competition. Eight individual screenwriters and...
Each individual winner and the combined writing team will receive a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at an awards presentation on Thursday, November 13, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
For the second consecutive year, the event will also feature a live read of selected scenes from the fellows’ winning scripts by members of the Academy.
This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
Sam Baron, Cambridge, United Kingdom, “The Science of Love and Laughter”
Alisha Brophy, Los Angeles, CA, and Scott Miles, Austin, TX, “United States of Fuckin’ Awesome”
Melissa Iqbal, London, United Kingdom, “The Death Engine”
Sallie West, Charleston, Sc, “Moonflower”
The winners were selected from a record 7,511 scripts submitted for this year’s competition. Eight individual screenwriters and...
- 10/3/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
About half of the finalists for the 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting are from the Los Angeles area, but the rest span four states and three continents. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today released its list of 10 screenplays whose writers are on the shortlist for as many as five $35,000 fellowships. The winners, judged by the Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee, will be announced during a November 13 ceremony and live read at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The finalists and their screenplays are Sam Baron (Cambridge, UK), The Science Of Love And Laughter; Alisha Brophy (Los Angeles) and Scott Miles (Austin), United States of Fuckin’ Awesome; Robert D. Cain (Los Angeles), Gagarin; Josh Golden (Buffalo Grove, Il), Road To Oz; Melissa Iqbal (London), The Death Engine; Ben Jacoby (New York), Earthwalkers; Duncan Samarasinghe (Dandenong, Australia), The Caretaker; Ryan Trevino (Seal Beach, CA) and Robert Wolfe Dunn...
- 9/20/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
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