In a move to consolidate its bullishly expanding audiovisual industry, Spain’s Canary Islands have just scrapped a prior €50 million ($53.5 million) cap on total annual tax incentives tapped by movies and series shooting in the archipelago.
Announced April 30, the ground-breaking measure was applauded by local industry heavyweights who have been lobbying national and regional authorities, “This couldn’t be better news for the Canarian audiovisual sector, and by extension, for the Spanish audiovisual sector,” said Rubén Zarauza, president of the Audiovisual Cluster of the Canary Islands, and co-head of Amuse Studios, the Spanish branch of France’s Amuse Animation group.
“What we have achieved with this [tax break] cap removal is greater peace of mind for producers and other players in the sector,” Zarauza added.
Pablo Hernández, president of Zec, the Canary Islands’ tax Special Zone, offered to regions on the periphery of the European Union, echoed Zarauza: “The tax credit in...
Announced April 30, the ground-breaking measure was applauded by local industry heavyweights who have been lobbying national and regional authorities, “This couldn’t be better news for the Canarian audiovisual sector, and by extension, for the Spanish audiovisual sector,” said Rubén Zarauza, president of the Audiovisual Cluster of the Canary Islands, and co-head of Amuse Studios, the Spanish branch of France’s Amuse Animation group.
“What we have achieved with this [tax break] cap removal is greater peace of mind for producers and other players in the sector,” Zarauza added.
Pablo Hernández, president of Zec, the Canary Islands’ tax Special Zone, offered to regions on the periphery of the European Union, echoed Zarauza: “The tax credit in...
- 5/3/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Production has begun on the fourth season of The Witcher and Netflix has officially confirmed the show's fifth season renewal. It's also been revealed that the fantasy series will end with year five, Liam Hemsworth's second season as the lead. Casting director Sophie Holland had previously stated that a fifth season was planned back in May 2023.
Starring Hemsworth, Lauren Fishburne, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer, the series follows Geralt of Rivia on his adventures.
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Starring Hemsworth, Lauren Fishburne, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer, the series follows Geralt of Rivia on his adventures.
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- 4/19/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Emma Appleton (The Witcher) and Colin Morgan (Humans) star in the thriller series The Killing Kind, which has just been acquired by the Hulu streaming service… and if the show sounds familiar to you, like it’s something you might have seen while browsing the Paramount+ service, there’s good reason for that. As Deadline explains, “The Killing Kind was originally a Paramount+ Original and commissioned out of the UK. It was one of several local Paramount+ dramas that launched only to be yanked from the streamer overnight earlier this year, much to the ire of viewers.” The shows were removed from Paramount+ as the streamer sought to cut costs and shift to “favoring its Hollywood-style content.”
Now the show has a new home, and it will be available to watch on Hulu as of May 14th.
Based on the novel of the same name by Jane Casey (pick up...
Now the show has a new home, and it will be available to watch on Hulu as of May 14th.
Based on the novel of the same name by Jane Casey (pick up...
- 4/12/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Hulu has picked up The Killing Kind, the thriller series adapted from the Jane Casey bestseller.
Sony-backed prodco Eleventh Hour Films made the show and Sony Pictures Television is across international sales and inked the Hulu deal. The six-hour series will bow in the U.S. on May 14.
The Killing Kind was originally a Paramount+ Original and commissioned out of the UK. It was one of several local Paramount+ dramas that launched only to be yanked from the streamer overnight earlier this year, much to the ire of viewers, as Deadline reported in Feb.
The series follows Ingrid Lewis, a successful defense attorney who successfully defends a client, John Webster, against stalking charges. They subsequently have a brief relationship, which ends badly, only for him to come back into her life a year later. When a colleague is run down, Webster claims he is the only one who...
Sony-backed prodco Eleventh Hour Films made the show and Sony Pictures Television is across international sales and inked the Hulu deal. The six-hour series will bow in the U.S. on May 14.
The Killing Kind was originally a Paramount+ Original and commissioned out of the UK. It was one of several local Paramount+ dramas that launched only to be yanked from the streamer overnight earlier this year, much to the ire of viewers, as Deadline reported in Feb.
The series follows Ingrid Lewis, a successful defense attorney who successfully defends a client, John Webster, against stalking charges. They subsequently have a brief relationship, which ends badly, only for him to come back into her life a year later. When a colleague is run down, Webster claims he is the only one who...
- 4/12/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
The year’s shortest month gets the biggest bang as Severin Films today announced their February 27th releases featuring uncensored 4K restorations of the infamous 1960’s western ‘roughies’ from the depraved minds of exploitation legends Bob Cresse and Lee Frost, Hot Spur and Scavengers.
‘“The Kings of esoteric boutique companies” (Video WatchBlog) are also proud to release – because Severin co-founder/president David Gregory considers it one of the best films he saw as a jury member at the FrightFest and Sitges Film Festivals – the North American disc premiere of director/co-writer Andrew Legge’s time-travel mind-bender, Lola.
Previous limited edition title Spider Labyrinth also enters wide release.
Here’s everything you need to know about Severin’s February 2024 lineup…
Hot Spur
Having struck gold with shockumentaries like Ecco and Mondo Bizarro, producer Bob Cresse and writer/director Lee Frost applied their distinctive sleaze aesthetic to a revenge western they advertised as “91 minutes of Freudian fury!
‘“The Kings of esoteric boutique companies” (Video WatchBlog) are also proud to release – because Severin co-founder/president David Gregory considers it one of the best films he saw as a jury member at the FrightFest and Sitges Film Festivals – the North American disc premiere of director/co-writer Andrew Legge’s time-travel mind-bender, Lola.
Previous limited edition title Spider Labyrinth also enters wide release.
Here’s everything you need to know about Severin’s February 2024 lineup…
Hot Spur
Having struck gold with shockumentaries like Ecco and Mondo Bizarro, producer Bob Cresse and writer/director Lee Frost applied their distinctive sleaze aesthetic to a revenge western they advertised as “91 minutes of Freudian fury!
- 2/12/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
U.K. producers Evan Leighton-Davis and Ben Bond have launched a new financing fund, Heatseeker Media, a rolling finance facility to provide funding for independent film and TV producers.
Rare for these sorts of indie financing facilities, the London-based fund will provide development funding for producers, initially in the $100,000 to $1 million range for individual projects. Backing for the fund will come from a suite of private investors, mainly high-net-worth individuals, in the U.K., Europe and the U.S..
The first group of films to benefit from the fund include Romola Garai’s Monstrous Beauty, a period drama featuring The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey, which was a hot pre-sale title at the Cannes and AFM markets last year; the horror film The Severed Sun from director Dean Puckett starring Emma Appleton of The Witcher; and Ita Fitzgerald’s Irish drama West the Road featuring Imelda Staunton. The Severed Sun,...
Rare for these sorts of indie financing facilities, the London-based fund will provide development funding for producers, initially in the $100,000 to $1 million range for individual projects. Backing for the fund will come from a suite of private investors, mainly high-net-worth individuals, in the U.K., Europe and the U.S..
The first group of films to benefit from the fund include Romola Garai’s Monstrous Beauty, a period drama featuring The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey, which was a hot pre-sale title at the Cannes and AFM markets last year; the horror film The Severed Sun from director Dean Puckett starring Emma Appleton of The Witcher; and Ita Fitzgerald’s Irish drama West the Road featuring Imelda Staunton. The Severed Sun,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount+ Greenlights ‘The Road Trip’ Based On ‘The Flatshare’ Scribe’s Novel
Paramount+ has greenlit another UK series from 42 and Ptis based on a novel by The Flatshare scribe Beth O’Leary. The Road Trip is being helmed by Everything I Know About Love lead Emma Appleton, who plays Addie, heading out on a road trip to a friend’s wedding in Spain when she and her sister are forced to share the ride with her ex Dylan, his irrepressible best friend Marcus, and complete stranger Rodney. With nowhere to hide but a creaky campervan, the group must confront their buried history as secrets and revelations cause many a bump in the road. Starring alongside Appleton are Laurie Davidson (Mary & George, Guilty Party), David Jonsson, Isabella Laughland and Angus Imrie (The Crown, Fleabag). “42 and Paramount+ were the dream team behind The Flatshare series, so...
Paramount+ has greenlit another UK series from 42 and Ptis based on a novel by The Flatshare scribe Beth O’Leary. The Road Trip is being helmed by Everything I Know About Love lead Emma Appleton, who plays Addie, heading out on a road trip to a friend’s wedding in Spain when she and her sister are forced to share the ride with her ex Dylan, his irrepressible best friend Marcus, and complete stranger Rodney. With nowhere to hide but a creaky campervan, the group must confront their buried history as secrets and revelations cause many a bump in the road. Starring alongside Appleton are Laurie Davidson (Mary & George, Guilty Party), David Jonsson, Isabella Laughland and Angus Imrie (The Crown, Fleabag). “42 and Paramount+ were the dream team behind The Flatshare series, so...
- 11/20/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The Killing Kind is a psychological thriller that takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the mind of a brilliant but twisted criminal mastermind. This six-episode series is a gripping exploration of obsession, manipulation, and the lengths to which one person will go to possess another. The story revolves around Barrister Ingrid Lewis, a successful and accomplished lawyer whose life takes a dark turn when her colleague and close friend, Belinda, dies in a tragic accident. Ingrid’s seemingly perfect life begins to unravel as she becomes the target of a relentless stalker, John Webster, who is fixated on her to a disturbing degree. What starts as seemingly harmless harassment soon escalates into a web of deceit and danger that threatens to consume Ingrid.
One of the strong points of The Killing Kind is its ability to engage the viewers and keep them on the edge of their seats. From the very beginning,...
One of the strong points of The Killing Kind is its ability to engage the viewers and keep them on the edge of their seats. From the very beginning,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Raschi Acharya
- Film Fugitives
Emma Appleton joins us on this week's show to talk all about Paramount+'s The Killing Kind, and James gets a potted football primer from Boydy as we dive into the second season of Welcome To Wrexham (though the revelation that it's fine to be offside as long as you're not actually doing anything might have broken him).
We also join Jenna Coleman on a homicidal/romantic road trip in Prime Video's Wilderness, and catch up with Domina on Sky. All in an episode that proves to be rather more boob-oriented than you might expect…
Listen to the episode on your podcast app of choice or the player above. And if you want to subscribe to Pilot TV+, find all the details here.
We also join Jenna Coleman on a homicidal/romantic road trip in Prime Video's Wilderness, and catch up with Domina on Sky. All in an episode that proves to be rather more boob-oriented than you might expect…
Listen to the episode on your podcast app of choice or the player above. And if you want to subscribe to Pilot TV+, find all the details here.
- 9/11/2023
- by James Dyer
- Empire - Movies
Don’t despair about the end of another non-existent British summer – UK TV always gets good when the weather turns, as the nights draw in and we all retreat indoors, finally getting sick of rainy barbecues and being chased by wasps in pub gardens.
This year is no different, so you can expect your 2023 autumn TV watchlist to include some compelling original dramas, from true crime shows covering some of the UK’s most shocking cases to enthralling depictions of real-life events, from the arrival of the Windrush generation to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Throw in some time-travelling crime-solving, mediaeval sword fights and a criminal gang on the run from a ruthless assassin, and we’ll be enjoying our self-enforced hibernation in front of the telly all the way until Christmas. Here’s what’s coming up, in order of release date.
The Killing Kind
Jane Casey’s novel The Killing Kind...
This year is no different, so you can expect your 2023 autumn TV watchlist to include some compelling original dramas, from true crime shows covering some of the UK’s most shocking cases to enthralling depictions of real-life events, from the arrival of the Windrush generation to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Throw in some time-travelling crime-solving, mediaeval sword fights and a criminal gang on the run from a ruthless assassin, and we’ll be enjoying our self-enforced hibernation in front of the telly all the way until Christmas. Here’s what’s coming up, in order of release date.
The Killing Kind
Jane Casey’s novel The Killing Kind...
- 9/8/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Netflix's "The Witcher" may stray from both Andrzej Sapkowski's books and the popular video game series, but the controversial show does not skimp on the brutality. Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill) slashes his enemies every which way, lopping limbs and halving torsos with fell swoops of his steel and silver swords. Geralt must be ruthless to survive, because in the Continent, he's one of the good guys. Elves, monsters, mages, and outlaws are all out there, scheming to get a piece of each other by spells, archery, or simple, old fashioned, bone crushing savagery.
"The Witcher" doesn't have the cold brutality found in "Game of Thrones," even in its most vicious moments. But in terms of sheer quantity and variety — men, monsters, magic, swordplay, hand-to-hand, entire pitched battles — "The Witcher" is among the most quantifiably brutal fantasy shows going. So, after tallying up three seasons of death and destruction,...
"The Witcher" doesn't have the cold brutality found in "Game of Thrones," even in its most vicious moments. But in terms of sheer quantity and variety — men, monsters, magic, swordplay, hand-to-hand, entire pitched battles — "The Witcher" is among the most quantifiably brutal fantasy shows going. So, after tallying up three seasons of death and destruction,...
- 8/5/2023
- by Jack Hawkins
- Slash Film
The Witcher returns soon with the second half of its third season, and the episodes will serve as the end of Henry Cavill’s run as Geralt of Rivia. Liam Hemsworth is taking on the role for future seasons. Netflix has already renewed the series through its fifth season.
Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer also star in the fantasy series based on the video game and novel series. The fantasy action series follows the witcher Geralt as he fights to save a young girl.
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Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer also star in the fantasy series based on the video game and novel series. The fantasy action series follows the witcher Geralt as he fights to save a young girl.
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- 7/17/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Horror Icon Jamie Bernadette Stars in Serial Killer Film Sebastian, Now Streaming on Tubi: "Sebastian is now streaming on Tubi and we have the trailer, poster, and synopsis. The crime-driven horror film in which a serial killer ravages a city stars horror icon Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu), Darius McCrary (Family Matters), Torrei Hart (Hollywould), and Luca Della Valle (Distant Vision). The supporting cast includes Clifton Powell (Ray), Cocoa Brown (9-1-1), Jermaine Hopkins (Lean on Me), Jayson Warner Smith (The Walking Dead), Tracey Graves (Super Turnt), Michael Emery (Station 19), and Jermel Howard (Luke Cage). The film is written and directed by Mann Robinson (Super Turnt).
Sebastian is already climbing Tubi’s most-watched lists, having gone viral on social media the day of its release with opinion leaders in film openly praising the movie. Noted film producer Jan O’Connell (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu...
Sebastian is already climbing Tubi’s most-watched lists, having gone viral on social media the day of its release with opinion leaders in film openly praising the movie. Noted film producer Jan O’Connell (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu...
- 7/12/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"Lola was never meant to be an instrument of violence..." Dark Sky Films has revealed an official trailer for Lola, a strange B&w indie film creation from young filmmaker Andrew Legge. This premiered at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival last year and also played at FrightFest, and the Melbourne & Edinburgh Film Fests. Set in 1941 in England, two sisters invent a machine that intercepts broadcasts from the future. With World War II dawning, they use it to change history. The story follows Thom and Mars, who build the machine they call Lola, that can intercept radio & TV broadcasts from the future. "While Thom becomes intoxicated by Lola, Mars begins to realize the terrible consequences of its power." Uh oh. The indie film stars Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini as the two sisters, Thom and Mars (Thomasina and Martha), with Hugh O'Conor, Rory Fleck Byrne, Ayvianna Snow, and Aaron Monaghan. This looks like a very intriguing experimental creation,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the more compelling discoveries we came across on the festival circuit last year was Andrew Legge’s directorial debut Lola, a faux found footage film that plays with historical and science fiction. Starring Stefanie Martini, Emma Appleton, Rory Fleck Byrne, and Aaron Monaghan, the film follows two sisters in 1941 Englad who invent a machine that intercepts broadcasts from the future. With World War II dawning, they use it to change history. Picked up by Dark Star Films for a U.S. release in theaters and on VOD on August 9, the first trailer has now arrived.
Here’s the official synopsis: “1941, sisters Thom and Mars have built a machine, Lola, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. This allows them to listen to iconic music before it has been made, place bets knowing what the outcome will be and embrace their inner punk well before the movement came into existence.
Here’s the official synopsis: “1941, sisters Thom and Mars have built a machine, Lola, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. This allows them to listen to iconic music before it has been made, place bets knowing what the outcome will be and embrace their inner punk well before the movement came into existence.
- 7/10/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The debut feature from filmmaker Dean Puckett, production has wrapped in England on an untitled folk horror movie, and Deadline shares a first-look image with us today.
Emma Appleton (“The Witcher”) stars.
In the upcoming horror movie, “When Magpie’s husband dies in mysterious circumstances, a brutal witch-hunt threatens to tear apart an isolated religious community.”
Jodhi May, Lewis Gribben, Barney Harris, Oliver Maltman, James Swanton, and Toby Stephens also star.
The film is produced by Rebecca Wolff of Grasp the Nettle Films and Jude Goldrei of Lunar Lander Films. Executive Producers are Piers Holdsworth Hunt, Kate Byers, Linn Waite, Malik Ali, Badie Ali, Hamza Ali, Evan Leighton-Davis, and Rupert Hanbury-Tenison. Co-Producers are Daria Nitsche and James Brant, with Ella Turner as Associate Producer.
Deadline notes, “The project was developed as part of the BFI, BBC Films, and Creative UK’s iFeatures program, which has developed successful indie pics.”
The...
Emma Appleton (“The Witcher”) stars.
In the upcoming horror movie, “When Magpie’s husband dies in mysterious circumstances, a brutal witch-hunt threatens to tear apart an isolated religious community.”
Jodhi May, Lewis Gribben, Barney Harris, Oliver Maltman, James Swanton, and Toby Stephens also star.
The film is produced by Rebecca Wolff of Grasp the Nettle Films and Jude Goldrei of Lunar Lander Films. Executive Producers are Piers Holdsworth Hunt, Kate Byers, Linn Waite, Malik Ali, Badie Ali, Hamza Ali, Evan Leighton-Davis, and Rupert Hanbury-Tenison. Co-Producers are Daria Nitsche and James Brant, with Ella Turner as Associate Producer.
Deadline notes, “The project was developed as part of the BFI, BBC Films, and Creative UK’s iFeatures program, which has developed successful indie pics.”
The...
- 6/21/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Emma Appleton is among the cast leading a currently untitled indie British folk horror from debut feature filmmaker Dean Puckett, which has just wrapped production on the southwest coast of England.
Appleton leads the cast, which is rounded out by Jodhi May, Lewis Gribben, Barney Harris, Oliver Maltman, James Swanton, and Toby Stephens. The film is produced by Rebecca Wolff of Grasp the Nettle Films and Jude Goldrei of Lunar Lander Films. Logline reads: When Magpie’s husband dies in mysterious circumstances, a brutal witch-hunt threatens to tear apart an isolated religious community.
Production took place on Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor, an expansive rocky moorland. The Cornish region has a long and rich history of horror filmmaking. Alfred Hitchcock’s second du Maurier adaptation Rebecca is set in Cornwall, and more recently, the region’s distinct landscape feature heavily in the work...
Appleton leads the cast, which is rounded out by Jodhi May, Lewis Gribben, Barney Harris, Oliver Maltman, James Swanton, and Toby Stephens. The film is produced by Rebecca Wolff of Grasp the Nettle Films and Jude Goldrei of Lunar Lander Films. Logline reads: When Magpie’s husband dies in mysterious circumstances, a brutal witch-hunt threatens to tear apart an isolated religious community.
Production took place on Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor, an expansive rocky moorland. The Cornish region has a long and rich history of horror filmmaking. Alfred Hitchcock’s second du Maurier adaptation Rebecca is set in Cornwall, and more recently, the region’s distinct landscape feature heavily in the work...
- 6/21/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Witcher is not going anywhere anytime soon. Season three of the fantasy series, based on the novel and video game series of the same name, arrives this summer. Beyond that, season four is heading into production, and Netflix has quietly renewed the series for a fifth season.
The Witcher season three will see the exit of Henry Cavill, with Liam Hemsworth taking on the role of Geralt of Rivia in season four. Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer currently star in the fantasy series.
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The Witcher season three will see the exit of Henry Cavill, with Liam Hemsworth taking on the role of Geralt of Rivia in season four. Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer currently star in the fantasy series.
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- 5/29/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Dark Sky Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Lola, the science fiction drama from writer-director Andrew Legge and starring Stefanie Martini (Prime Suspect 73, The Last Kingdom) and Emma Appleton (The Witcher, Pistol). The film will be released in early August.
Giles Edwards, head of development and acquisitions at Dark Sky Films, is currently on the ground in Cannes and negotiated the distribution agreement with Yana Georgieva, head of sales for Bankside Films.
Lola is set in 1940 in England, where enterprising sisters Thomasina “Thom” Hanbury (Appleton) and Martha “Mars” Hanbury (Martini) have built a machine, Lola, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. The device gives them an exciting preview of the world to come, including music by the likes of David Bowie and the Kinks. But with World War II escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine as a weapon of intelligence, with world-altering consequences.
Giles Edwards, head of development and acquisitions at Dark Sky Films, is currently on the ground in Cannes and negotiated the distribution agreement with Yana Georgieva, head of sales for Bankside Films.
Lola is set in 1940 in England, where enterprising sisters Thomasina “Thom” Hanbury (Appleton) and Martha “Mars” Hanbury (Martini) have built a machine, Lola, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. The device gives them an exciting preview of the world to come, including music by the likes of David Bowie and the Kinks. But with World War II escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine as a weapon of intelligence, with world-altering consequences.
- 5/19/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Witcher is returning for its third season in June. The upcoming eight-episode season will be released in two parts and mark the end of star Henry Cavill’s time as Geralt of Rivia. Cavill announced that he would be departing the role in October of last year. Liam Hemsworth is taking over the role of Geralt for season four.
Also starring Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer, The Witcher fantasy series is based on the video game and novel series of the same name.
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Also starring Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer, The Witcher fantasy series is based on the video game and novel series of the same name.
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- 4/26/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Andrew Legg’s film, shot on 16mm, tells the story of two women who have invented a machine that intercepts future television broadcasts
A clever riff on the time-travel genre, Andrew Legge’s small but mighty feature debut begins with a title card announcing the discovery of a mysterious cache of film reels in the 1940s. The grainy and jagged black-and-white footage, shot on a 16mm Bolex, turns out to be home movies made by Martha (Stefanie Martini) and Thomasina (Emma Appleton), two orphaned sisters who have devised a machine that can intercept broadcast signals from the future, and which they have named after their deceased mother.
The film impresses with its imaginative design: a circular monitor is affixed to a towering metal rig, suggesting a television screen as well as a fortune teller’s crystal globe. Glowing with prescient images – such as a video of David Bowie singing Space Oddity...
A clever riff on the time-travel genre, Andrew Legge’s small but mighty feature debut begins with a title card announcing the discovery of a mysterious cache of film reels in the 1940s. The grainy and jagged black-and-white footage, shot on a 16mm Bolex, turns out to be home movies made by Martha (Stefanie Martini) and Thomasina (Emma Appleton), two orphaned sisters who have devised a machine that can intercept broadcast signals from the future, and which they have named after their deceased mother.
The film impresses with its imaginative design: a circular monitor is affixed to a towering metal rig, suggesting a television screen as well as a fortune teller’s crystal globe. Glowing with prescient images – such as a video of David Bowie singing Space Oddity...
- 4/3/2023
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
If police drama remains the bedrock of British TV commissions, with 2022 having welcomed crime series Karen Pirie, Marlow, Magpie Murders, The Responder, Sherwood and many more, broadcasters also gave us a glittering seam of new fantasy and horror. Last year saw a host of new British supernatural and sci-fi series, from Joe Barton’s sci-fi action-thriller The Lazarus Project and the criminally since-cancelled YA Netflix fantasy The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself, BBC Three teen horror Red Rose, Sky dark comedy The Baby, as well as a new telling of John Wyndham’s spooky children classic The Midwich Cuckoos.
Then there were shows that combined both threads, such as Amazon Prime’s mind-twisting The Devil’s Hour starring Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine, and Pete Jackson’s excellent debut Somewhere Boy. And some new British TV shows didn’t even feature a single murder, like Netflix’s adored Heartstopper graphic novel adaptation.
Then there were shows that combined both threads, such as Amazon Prime’s mind-twisting The Devil’s Hour starring Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine, and Pete Jackson’s excellent debut Somewhere Boy. And some new British TV shows didn’t even feature a single murder, like Netflix’s adored Heartstopper graphic novel adaptation.
- 1/3/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Andrew Legge’s Lola, a faux found footage film that plays with historical and science fiction, gives weight to an emerging idea: could this be the best year for Irish cinema? If you believe the metrics of Rotten Tomatoes, the best-reviewed film of 2022 was once The Banshees of Inisherin. At the time of writing, it’s An Cailín Ciúin (aka The Quiet Girl), a film in the Irish language. Aftersun, the most beloved of any this year, stars Kildare’s Paul Mescal. With Jessie Buckley’s turn in Women Talking leading from the front, there is the wild possibility that five of next year’s acting nominations at the Oscars could go to people from that damp Atlantic rock—one or two might even win.
A little further afield, some independent works have helped buffer the moment: God’s Creatures (another Mescal joint), Donal Foreman’s The Cry of Granuaile, Frank Berry’s Aisha,...
A little further afield, some independent works have helped buffer the moment: God’s Creatures (another Mescal joint), Donal Foreman’s The Cry of Granuaile, Frank Berry’s Aisha,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Launched by the UK’s Modern Films, in partnership with UK Says No More.
16 Days 16 Films – the competition aimed at creating content that discusses violence against women and campaigns against gender-based violence – is returning for its 2022 edition, with submissions from UK, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the US.
All of the short films are directed by a female-identifying filmmaker, with the initiative running online from November 25 to December 10.
The winner will be selected by a jury and announced on December 15, with first place getting the opportunity to create a new public service announcement for UK Says No More, a national...
16 Days 16 Films – the competition aimed at creating content that discusses violence against women and campaigns against gender-based violence – is returning for its 2022 edition, with submissions from UK, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the US.
All of the short films are directed by a female-identifying filmmaker, with the initiative running online from November 25 to December 10.
The winner will be selected by a jury and announced on December 15, with first place getting the opportunity to create a new public service announcement for UK Says No More, a national...
- 11/23/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Launched by Eve Gabereau’s UK distribution and production banner Modern Films, in partnership with UK Says No More.
16 Days 16 Films – the competition aimed at creating content that discusses violence against women and campaigns against gender-based violence – is returning for its 2022 edition, with submissions from UK, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the United States.
All of the short films are directed by a female-identifying filmmaker, with the initiative running online from November 25 to December 10.
16 Days 16 Films – the competition aimed at creating content that discusses violence against women and campaigns against gender-based violence – is returning for its 2022 edition, with submissions from UK, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the United States.
All of the short films are directed by a female-identifying filmmaker, with the initiative running online from November 25 to December 10.
- 11/23/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Stefanie Martini, Emma Appleton star in Andrew Legge’s debut feature.
Signature Entertainment has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Lola, a Second World War sci-fi feature from writer-director Andrew Legge and writer Angeli Macfarlane.
Having acquired the film from sales agent Bankside Films, Signature is planning a theatrical release for 2023. It will work with Robert McCann Finn and Nell Roddy of distributor Break Out Pictures on the Irish release.
Lola debuted out of competition at Locarno Film Festival in August. Set in the UK during the Second World War, the film follows two sisters, played by Stefanie Martini and Emma Appleton,...
Signature Entertainment has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Lola, a Second World War sci-fi feature from writer-director Andrew Legge and writer Angeli Macfarlane.
Having acquired the film from sales agent Bankside Films, Signature is planning a theatrical release for 2023. It will work with Robert McCann Finn and Nell Roddy of distributor Break Out Pictures on the Irish release.
Lola debuted out of competition at Locarno Film Festival in August. Set in the UK during the Second World War, the film follows two sisters, played by Stefanie Martini and Emma Appleton,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Fans of The Witcher had shocking news over the weekend. Not only was the series renewed for a fourth season, ahead of its third season premiere, but moving forward, Geralt of Rivia will be played by a new actor. Liam Hemsworth is replacing Henry Cavill on the fantasy series.
Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer also star in the television series which is based on the fantasy book series of the same name.
Cavill said the following about his departure from the series:
My journey as Geralt of Rivia has been filled with both monsters and adventures, and alas, I will be laying down my medallion and my swords for Season...
Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Jodhi May, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey, Lars Mikkelsen, Royce Pierreson, Maciej Musial, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, and Anna Shaffer also star in the television series which is based on the fantasy book series of the same name.
Cavill said the following about his departure from the series:
My journey as Geralt of Rivia has been filled with both monsters and adventures, and alas, I will be laying down my medallion and my swords for Season...
- 10/31/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Everything I Know About Love isn't just a love letter to friendship—it's also an ode to the very specific time period it's set in: 2012. The Peacock series based on Dolly Alderton's bestselling memoir of the same name follows childhood BFFs Maggie (Emma Appleton) and Birdy (Bel Powley) as they move into their first London flat with their two college pals, Nell (Marli Siu) and Amara (Aliyah Odoffin). Together, they navigate bad dates, career woes, heartaches and humiliations—all while rocking the very best (and worst!) fashions the 2010s gave us. One of the biggest aesthetics of the time was "indie sleaze," a fashion era defined by skinny jeans, smudged eyeliner, cropped leather...
- 9/5/2022
- E! Online
The success of “Fleabag” loosed a glut of shows about young women tottering – heels broken, mascara smeared – in the vague direction of adult responsibility. Few have been as purely enjoyable as “Everything I Know About Love,” Dolly Alderton’s adaptation of her own memoir, which debuts on Peacock this week after winning plaudits on the BBC in midsummer.
With its photogenic cast, pyjama-party vibe and commitment to steering its characters towards better things, this Working Title-produced, London-set miniseries should provide superior comfort TV for anyone constitutionally unable to face Nathan Fielder’s postmodern provocations or the carnage of a “Game of Thrones” prequel. It’ll be only more comforting the more years you have on the show’s fresh-faced principals.
Alderton’s onscreen surrogate is Maggie Marshall (Emma Appleton), encountered just before the 2012 Olympics as a flighty 24-year-old blogger with a thrusting new beau in porkpie hat-sporting, multiple red flag-raising...
With its photogenic cast, pyjama-party vibe and commitment to steering its characters towards better things, this Working Title-produced, London-set miniseries should provide superior comfort TV for anyone constitutionally unable to face Nathan Fielder’s postmodern provocations or the carnage of a “Game of Thrones” prequel. It’ll be only more comforting the more years you have on the show’s fresh-faced principals.
Alderton’s onscreen surrogate is Maggie Marshall (Emma Appleton), encountered just before the 2012 Olympics as a flighty 24-year-old blogger with a thrusting new beau in porkpie hat-sporting, multiple red flag-raising...
- 8/30/2022
- by Mike McCahill
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Emma Appleton, Stefanie Martini, Rory Fleck Byrne, Aaron Monaghan, Hugh O’Conor | Written by Andrew Legge, Angeli Macfarlane | Directed by Andrew Legge
Directed by Andrew Legge, Lola is an inventive and original British time travel thriller that makes inspired use of archive footage and features a superb soundtrack, including an original song by The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon. However, it’s slightly let down by the performances and a lack of attention to the general aesthetic.
The film purports to be a found footage movie, set in the early 1940s. Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini play Tom and Martha, a pair of eccentric orphan sisters who live in a large mansion house. When their scientific tinkering results in a time machine called Lola, they discover they can receive TV signals from the future, allowing them to accurately predict events in the present.
With the country ravaged by WWII, Tom...
Directed by Andrew Legge, Lola is an inventive and original British time travel thriller that makes inspired use of archive footage and features a superb soundtrack, including an original song by The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon. However, it’s slightly let down by the performances and a lack of attention to the general aesthetic.
The film purports to be a found footage movie, set in the early 1940s. Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini play Tom and Martha, a pair of eccentric orphan sisters who live in a large mansion house. When their scientific tinkering results in a time machine called Lola, they discover they can receive TV signals from the future, allowing them to accurately predict events in the present.
With the country ravaged by WWII, Tom...
- 8/29/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Four female friends share the experience of navigating post-college life in London in Peacock’s new series “Everything I Know About Love.”
Set in 2012, the show, which is based on the book of the same name by Dolly Alderton, combines humor and drama as it follows 20 somethings Maggie (Emma Appleton), Birdy (Bel Powley), Nell (Marli Siu) and Amara (Aliyah Odoffin) as they work on adulting, seek out romance, and even learn a choreographed dance or two in their shared living room.
“I think it’s just so nice to see female friendships not taking a backseat in the storyline,” Appleton told TheWrap. “It’s very much front and center. And that is the romance. And that is most important in this story.”
As things begin in the new series, Maggie is just arrived in London and still trying to figure her life out. As her housemates and friends do the same,...
Set in 2012, the show, which is based on the book of the same name by Dolly Alderton, combines humor and drama as it follows 20 somethings Maggie (Emma Appleton), Birdy (Bel Powley), Nell (Marli Siu) and Amara (Aliyah Odoffin) as they work on adulting, seek out romance, and even learn a choreographed dance or two in their shared living room.
“I think it’s just so nice to see female friendships not taking a backseat in the storyline,” Appleton told TheWrap. “It’s very much front and center. And that is the romance. And that is most important in this story.”
As things begin in the new series, Maggie is just arrived in London and still trying to figure her life out. As her housemates and friends do the same,...
- 8/28/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
One of the delights of covering film festivals is that there are always hidden gems to be discovered. Screening as part of Frightfest and also included in the Edinburgh International Film Festival line-up for 2022, this début feature by Andrew Legge was made on a microbudget with a cast who work primarily on the small screen, but it very much deserves a place on the big one. Building cleverly on a simple science fiction premise, it delivers a story full of moral and emotional difficulty with an acute awareness of possibility and rare moments of joie de vivre.
Presented as a recovered film from 1941, a composite piece created by a woman called Martha (Stephanie Martini) for her sister Thomasina (Emma Appleton), it opens in 1938 with the invention of a machine – named Lola in honour of the sisters’ deceased mother – which can pick up radio and...
Presented as a recovered film from 1941, a composite piece created by a woman called Martha (Stephanie Martini) for her sister Thomasina (Emma Appleton), it opens in 1938 with the invention of a machine – named Lola in honour of the sisters’ deceased mother – which can pick up radio and...
- 8/26/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The first (and hopefully not last) season of “Everything I Know About Love” runs for seven episodes. It’s an odd length for a TV season, but this is a show where that lack of a round number makes perfect sense. It’s such an effective form of TV-as-memoir that every episode feels like it could be its last. A snapshot in time of four friends living in London in the summer of 2012, the Peacock original captures the feeling of a group of people who recognize their whole lives are ahead of them, made from chapters that could start or end at any minute. Packed with mid-20s energy and angst, occasional flippancy and real heart, “Everything I Know About Love” justifies giving a date barely a decade past a full and thoughtful revisit.
Based on the book of the same name by Dolly Alderton, who leads the adaptation efforts,...
Based on the book of the same name by Dolly Alderton, who leads the adaptation efforts,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Everything I Know About Love premiered on Peacock Thursday, August 25.
Based on Dolly Alderton's memoir of the same, we follow the story of four best friends in 2012 as they navigate life and love.
TV Fanatic got the chance to speak with Emma Appleton (Maggie), Marli Siu (Nell), and Aliyah Odoffin (Amara) about working on the series.
Emma was instantly attracted to the series because she fell in love with the writing and the characters.
"I never really read characters so complex and nuanced and real. I was like, 'I've got a friend," the star shared.
"As an actor, you want to tell the truth, and it had all of those components."
Aliyah recalls reading the script fondly.
"I remember I printed out in the first episode, and I was lying on my carpet, and I was like lying on my belly, feet in the air, like I was texting a crush,...
Based on Dolly Alderton's memoir of the same, we follow the story of four best friends in 2012 as they navigate life and love.
TV Fanatic got the chance to speak with Emma Appleton (Maggie), Marli Siu (Nell), and Aliyah Odoffin (Amara) about working on the series.
Emma was instantly attracted to the series because she fell in love with the writing and the characters.
"I never really read characters so complex and nuanced and real. I was like, 'I've got a friend," the star shared.
"As an actor, you want to tell the truth, and it had all of those components."
Aliyah recalls reading the script fondly.
"I remember I printed out in the first episode, and I was lying on my carpet, and I was like lying on my belly, feet in the air, like I was texting a crush,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
It's hard to imagine a TV show about four female friends navigating life in the big city not inviting comparisons to Girls or Sex in the City. The description does indeed apply to Peacock's new series, Everything I Know About Love—just swap out New York City with London—and while cast members Emma Appleton, Marli Siu and Aliyah Odoffin told E! News they find said comparisons incredibly flattering, they're not exactly accurate. "I think it's the compliment of inspiration," Aliyah said. "I think that's where those comparisons come from...but ultimately, there's so [many] differences that we're finding in...
- 8/25/2022
- E! Online
When Everything I Know About Love first arrived in my inbox, I expected a series that focuses on a focal couple as they navigate the highs and lows of being in a relationship.
However, the series goes in a drastically different direction than I first anticipated, and it solidifies itself as one of the year's best shows.
In this peak TV era, it's rare for shows to break through with an original concept, but Everything I Know About Love is a diamond in the rough.
Based on Dolly Alderton's memoir of the same name, we pick up in 2012 with Maggie (Emma Appleton), a twentysomething who is struggling to get her life in order.
She's partying every single night of the week, lacks focus, and is heavily reliant on her best friend since her youth, Birdy (played by Bel Powley), to help her navigate life.
Birdy doesn't quite have it together,...
However, the series goes in a drastically different direction than I first anticipated, and it solidifies itself as one of the year's best shows.
In this peak TV era, it's rare for shows to break through with an original concept, but Everything I Know About Love is a diamond in the rough.
Based on Dolly Alderton's memoir of the same name, we pick up in 2012 with Maggie (Emma Appleton), a twentysomething who is struggling to get her life in order.
She's partying every single night of the week, lacks focus, and is heavily reliant on her best friend since her youth, Birdy (played by Bel Powley), to help her navigate life.
Birdy doesn't quite have it together,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
We have an exciting week ahead with some new shows!
We have the highly anticipated Game of Thrones spinoff, new series Everything I Know About Love, and more!
Scroll down to find out what we recommend.
Saturday, August 20
8/7c Temptation Under the Sun (Lifetime)
A detective embarks on a steamy affair with an ex-pat while vacationing on an island.
However, when her lover is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, she must go to great lengths to clear his name.
But will someone lure her into danger?
8/7c Dating the Delaneys (Hallmark)
Three generations of Delaney women explore the highs and lows of modern-day dating, learning that love and romance can be found at any age…and sometimes where you least expect it.
The movie reunites former costars Rachel Boston and Paul Campell with a story you won’t want to miss.
And be sure to check out our interview with Paul Campbell,...
We have the highly anticipated Game of Thrones spinoff, new series Everything I Know About Love, and more!
Scroll down to find out what we recommend.
Saturday, August 20
8/7c Temptation Under the Sun (Lifetime)
A detective embarks on a steamy affair with an ex-pat while vacationing on an island.
However, when her lover is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, she must go to great lengths to clear his name.
But will someone lure her into danger?
8/7c Dating the Delaneys (Hallmark)
Three generations of Delaney women explore the highs and lows of modern-day dating, learning that love and romance can be found at any age…and sometimes where you least expect it.
The movie reunites former costars Rachel Boston and Paul Campell with a story you won’t want to miss.
And be sure to check out our interview with Paul Campbell,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Prepare to fall for head over heels for Everything I Know About Love. Don't get it twisted, though—the upcoming Peacock series, a semi-fictionalized version of Dolly Alderton's memoir of the same name, is not the stuff of rom-coms. Instead, the central love story is actually the friendship between two 20-somethings, Maggie (Emma Appleton) and Birdy (Bel Powley). Living in London with two of their university pals, the childhood besties are riding the rollercoaster that is young adulthood and experiencing all the twists and turns that come with it. The premise might sound familiar, but what makes the series stand out among its predecessors is, as Powley told Cosmopolitan UK in June, that...
- 8/13/2022
- E! Online
In Andrew Legge’s feature debut ‘Lola’ you don’t have to time-travel in order to see the future. Two sisters create a machine that can intercept broadcasts from the forthcoming decades: It’s 1941 and they can already listen to Bowie. But World War II soon puts their invention to a much more sinister use.
Following its Locarno bow, black-and-white ‘Lola’ will be shown at the Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival. A Cowtown Pictures production, it was co-produced by ie ie productions. Bankside Films is handling international sales.
Legge played with a similar concept in his short “The Chronoscope,” but there was one significant difference, says the Irish director.
“The machine was similar, but it looked into the past. Which is interesting too, but you are just getting the information. I changed it to the future because I felt it gave me more options.”
Despite staying put, the sisters – played by...
Following its Locarno bow, black-and-white ‘Lola’ will be shown at the Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival. A Cowtown Pictures production, it was co-produced by ie ie productions. Bankside Films is handling international sales.
Legge played with a similar concept in his short “The Chronoscope,” but there was one significant difference, says the Irish director.
“The machine was similar, but it looked into the past. Which is interesting too, but you are just getting the information. I changed it to the future because I felt it gave me more options.”
Despite staying put, the sisters – played by...
- 8/9/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival. Dark Sky Films releases the film in theaters and on VOD on Friday, August 4.
An immensely clever and resourceful micro-budget movie about time-travel in the tradition of “La Jetée,” “Primer,” and last year’s loopy Japanese wonder “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes,” Andrew Legge’s collage-like “Lola” seamlessly combines authentic World War II-era newsreels together with fictional home videos to create a (very modern) found footage sci-fi story that strives to feel like it could have been made by someone in 1941, or at least by Guy Maddin in 2006.
The premise is tantalizing enough to keep your imagination tickled for most of the film’s brisk 79-minute running time: In 2021, a mystery cache of meticulously edited old celluloid was discovered in the cellar of a Sussex country house that once belonged to Martha and Thomasina Hanbury. It contained...
An immensely clever and resourceful micro-budget movie about time-travel in the tradition of “La Jetée,” “Primer,” and last year’s loopy Japanese wonder “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes,” Andrew Legge’s collage-like “Lola” seamlessly combines authentic World War II-era newsreels together with fictional home videos to create a (very modern) found footage sci-fi story that strives to feel like it could have been made by someone in 1941, or at least by Guy Maddin in 2006.
The premise is tantalizing enough to keep your imagination tickled for most of the film’s brisk 79-minute running time: In 2021, a mystery cache of meticulously edited old celluloid was discovered in the cellar of a Sussex country house that once belonged to Martha and Thomasina Hanbury. It contained...
- 8/5/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Everything I Know About Love is coming to Peacock this month and the streaming service has released a trailer teasing the relationship drama. Starring Emma Appleton, Bel Powley, Marli Siu, Aliyah Odoffin, Connor Finch, Jordan Peters, and Ryan Bown, the show is based on the novel by Dolly Alderton. The story follows four female friends who experience love and heartbreak in their 20s.
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- 8/2/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
If you've been missing The Sex Lives of College Girls, Peacock's new series is for you. Inspired by the memoir of the same name by Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love—which premieres August 25—follows a group of four friends as they encounter bad dates, heartaches and humiliations in 2012-set London. The story centers around childhood BFFs Maggie (Emma Appleton) and Birdy (Bel Powley), who move in with their college friends Nell (Marli Siu) and Amara (Aliyah Odoffin). But the pair's relationship is put to the test after Birdy gets a boyfriend, posing the question: What happens when you no longer are the most important person in your best friend's...
- 8/1/2022
- E! Online
Maisie Williams came to slay. And we're not just talking about her character Arya Stark killing the Night King on Game of Thrones. The actress, 25, debuted a fresh new buzzcut to Instagram July 30 while posting photos from her recent trip to the Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort & Spa. "Washing head w facewash>," Williams captioned the pictures. "#3in1girlie." Her look soon had followers, including Pistol co-stars Sydney Chandler and Emma Appleton, bending the knee. Chandler wrote, "Yes Maisie !!!!!" in the comments, with Appleton adding, "Wowwww." Perhaps fans shouldn't be too surprised by the change. After all, Williams...
- 8/1/2022
- E! Online
In Peacock’s upcoming dramedy, Everything I Know About Love, the central love story is that between childhood best friends — bur will one of them getting into a relationship change everything? The streaming service has dropped the official trailer and key art for Everything I Know About Love, starring Emma Appleton, Bel Powley, Marli Siu, Aliyah Odoffin, Connor Finch, Jordan Peters, and Ryan Bown, and it’s all about how messy life can get. As the tagline on the key art (below) reads, they’re “Flourishing. Failing. Figuring it out.” Peacock For childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy and their mates from university, Amara and Nell, there are bad dates, heartaches, and humiliations coming as the four move into a London house-share in 2012. While the trailer begins with the fun of the girls going out their first Friday night in the house, the drama comes when Birdy gets a boyfriend.
- 8/1/2022
- TV Insider
Tonight marks the eagerly anticipated launch of Everything I Know About Love, as the popular Dolly Alderton novel/memoir finally gets its screen adaptation. To mark this joyous occasion, we had the pleasure of speaking to the leading star Emma Appleton (who we caught up just a week earlier for Pistol) alongside her-on screen flatmate Aliyah Odoffin. The talented duo discuss their roles, and the importance of having female led stories of this nature. They discuss nostalgia, growing up, and working with Bel Powley. Be sure to watch our interview, in its entirety, with both stars below, as we’re already counting down the days until episode two.
Synopsis
Four friends. One story of great love. A messy, raucous stumble into bad dates and heartaches – and surviving your twenties.
Everything I Know About Love starts on June 7th on BBC One, with all episodes available on BBC iPlayer now.
The...
Synopsis
Four friends. One story of great love. A messy, raucous stumble into bad dates and heartaches – and surviving your twenties.
Everything I Know About Love starts on June 7th on BBC One, with all episodes available on BBC iPlayer now.
The...
- 6/7/2022
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"We like noise." FX has launched one final red band trailer for Pistol, the series about the iconic punk rock band known as the Sex Pistols. Director Danny Boyle is behind all six episodes of this gritty, grainy 70s throwback. "One word: Destroy." Based on the memoir of Steve Jones, the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist who helped usher in a punk revolution in Britain. The series stars Anson Boon as Johnny Rotten, Toby Wallace (from Babyteeth) as Steve Jones, Christian Lees as Glen Matlock, Jacob Slater as Paul Cook, Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious, Maisie Williams as Jordan, with Emma Appleton, Dylan Llewellyn, Jay Simpson, Razan Nassar, Sydney Chandler, and Iris Law. Plus Zachary Goldman as Billy Idol. This trailer is only red band because it's packed with profanity, which is just an accurate part of telling the Sex Pistols' story. "We don't give a shit about no one else,...
- 6/1/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Based on Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, FX’s miniseries Pistol thrashes through London’s early punk scene as seen through the bleary eyes of the Sex Pistols: guitarist Jones (Toby Wallace), drummer Paul Cook (Jacob Slater), singer John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon (Anson Boon), and bassist Glen Matlock (Christian Lees), who is unceremoniously dumped and replaced by John Beverley, who rechristened himself Sid Vicious (Louis Partridge). Emma Appleton plays the tragically flawed heroine Nancy Spungen.
The entire career of the Sex Pistols was a premeditated swindle malignantly perpetuated by their manager Malcolm McLaren (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), who similarly plotted the downfall of the rising proto-punk outfit The New York Dolls. He schemed the chaotic caper at 430 King’s Road, the boutique Sex, co-owned by the truly revolutionary Vivienne Westwood (Talulah Riley), after the artful dodging Jones tried to make off with the wrong pants. In the series,...
The entire career of the Sex Pistols was a premeditated swindle malignantly perpetuated by their manager Malcolm McLaren (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), who similarly plotted the downfall of the rising proto-punk outfit The New York Dolls. He schemed the chaotic caper at 430 King’s Road, the boutique Sex, co-owned by the truly revolutionary Vivienne Westwood (Talulah Riley), after the artful dodging Jones tried to make off with the wrong pants. In the series,...
- 6/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Johnny Rotten was right to sue to stop FX’s Pistol from going forward.
The Sex Pistols and PiL frontman ultimately was unsuccessful in his legal efforts last year to prevent the seminal band’s music being used in the Danny Boyle-directed miniseries. However, Pistol, which dropped in its entirety today on Disney-owned Hulu, is an overly sentimental love letter that never should have been sent. You’d find more depth and authenticity on how England has been really dreamin’ over the decades in this week’s pomp-packed Platinum Jubilee for the disastrous reign of Elizabeth II.
Simply put, Pistol is more junk than punk.
Even with searing classics like “God Save the Queen” in the well-crafted soundtrack mix, the six-episode series based in part on guitarist Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir limps along when it should roar. Hobbled with a surprisingly sub-standard coming-of-age story held together figuratively and literally by amphetamines,...
The Sex Pistols and PiL frontman ultimately was unsuccessful in his legal efforts last year to prevent the seminal band’s music being used in the Danny Boyle-directed miniseries. However, Pistol, which dropped in its entirety today on Disney-owned Hulu, is an overly sentimental love letter that never should have been sent. You’d find more depth and authenticity on how England has been really dreamin’ over the decades in this week’s pomp-packed Platinum Jubilee for the disastrous reign of Elizabeth II.
Simply put, Pistol is more junk than punk.
Even with searing classics like “God Save the Queen” in the well-crafted soundtrack mix, the six-episode series based in part on guitarist Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir limps along when it should roar. Hobbled with a surprisingly sub-standard coming-of-age story held together figuratively and literally by amphetamines,...
- 6/1/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The short and sweet and sour history of the 1970s British punk band the Sex Pistols is told in a six-part limited series—the FX on Hulu show is appropriately titled Pistol—based on lead guitarist Steve Jones’ book, Lonely Boy. (Jones is played by Toby Wallace.) The working-class kids with rebellious lyrics, ripped clothes and permanent sneers rocked the establishment and gave aimless youth new role models for questioning authority. But their personal lives were in turmoil—as the cast told TV Insider. Take Pistols guitarist Sid Vicious (Louis Partridge) and his American girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Emma Appleton), whose doomed romance was covered in the 1986 film Sid and Nancy. Here, it’s woven into the bigger story of the band. “She had that same hell for leather, all-or-nothing attitude, so they egged each other on,” Partridge says. The Pistols hung out at a King’s Road London boutique called Sex,...
- 5/31/2022
- TV Insider
Some of the most exciting filmmaking in “Pistol,” FX’s new Danny Boyle-directed limited series, happens onstage. In concert scenes featuring the Sex Pistols — the real-life punk pathbreakers at the center of this story — the camera toggles between performer and spectator, moving so rapidly that it seems to eliminate the distance between the two. Director of photography Anthony Dod Mantle captures both staging in the foreground and expressive moshing in the background. The writhing performance seems less to spark violence in the audience than to run parallel to it, another expression of the free-floating anger in the air.
It’s a canny way of depicting the Pistols’ appeal: The show argues that the band had an intuitive ability to tap into the rage of youth culture in pre-Thatcherite England. It makes that argument eloquently by showing the group converting even small audiences, early on, into wild and emotional demonstrations.
It’s a canny way of depicting the Pistols’ appeal: The show argues that the band had an intuitive ability to tap into the rage of youth culture in pre-Thatcherite England. It makes that argument eloquently by showing the group converting even small audiences, early on, into wild and emotional demonstrations.
- 5/31/2022
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
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