Exclusive: The starry packages keep on coming at the Cannes market.
The latest is comedy The Temptation Of Gracie, starring Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Andie MacDowell (Maid), Rupert Everett (My Policeman), Franco Nero (John Wick Chapter 2), Viola Prettejohn (The Crown), and Isabella Rossellini (La Chimera). More cast are set to join the ensemble.
Imrie will play Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, but who splashes out on a week’s cookery course at a beautiful castello in Italy. Unbeknownst to everyone, she is hiding an extraordinary secret. With her estranged workaholic daughter Carina (Fisher) and teenage granddaughter Anastasia (tbc) reluctantly in tow, the three women rediscover each other and the sensual delights of Italy. And Gracie starts to peel back the secret past she has not faced in over 40 years.
WestEnd Films has acquired international rights and is launching...
The latest is comedy The Temptation Of Gracie, starring Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Andie MacDowell (Maid), Rupert Everett (My Policeman), Franco Nero (John Wick Chapter 2), Viola Prettejohn (The Crown), and Isabella Rossellini (La Chimera). More cast are set to join the ensemble.
Imrie will play Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, but who splashes out on a week’s cookery course at a beautiful castello in Italy. Unbeknownst to everyone, she is hiding an extraordinary secret. With her estranged workaholic daughter Carina (Fisher) and teenage granddaughter Anastasia (tbc) reluctantly in tow, the three women rediscover each other and the sensual delights of Italy. And Gracie starts to peel back the secret past she has not faced in over 40 years.
WestEnd Films has acquired international rights and is launching...
- 5/15/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cast has been finalized on Borderland, the long-gestating thriller set on the paranoid streets of 1970s London.
Confirmed as starring are Aml Ameen (I May Destroy You) and Colin Morgan (Belfast), who lead an ensemble cast featuring Felicity Jones (Rogue One), Mark Strong (1917), Sophia Brown (The Witcher: Blood Origin) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Endgame).
The project is now shooting in Glasgow. Sky has boarded the pic and will release on Sky Cinema in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2022; theatrical releases will take place outside of those markets, including in the U.S., the film team said.
Borderland is written by Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett and the Guard Brothers, Tom and Charles, who are helming.
Previously iterations of the movie were set to star the likes of John Boyega, Jack Reynor, Jamie Dornan and Sam Claflin.
The project is an Upper Street, Stylopic, A Piecrust and Highland Midgie Production,...
Confirmed as starring are Aml Ameen (I May Destroy You) and Colin Morgan (Belfast), who lead an ensemble cast featuring Felicity Jones (Rogue One), Mark Strong (1917), Sophia Brown (The Witcher: Blood Origin) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Endgame).
The project is now shooting in Glasgow. Sky has boarded the pic and will release on Sky Cinema in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2022; theatrical releases will take place outside of those markets, including in the U.S., the film team said.
Borderland is written by Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett and the Guard Brothers, Tom and Charles, who are helming.
Previously iterations of the movie were set to star the likes of John Boyega, Jack Reynor, Jamie Dornan and Sam Claflin.
The project is an Upper Street, Stylopic, A Piecrust and Highland Midgie Production,...
- 4/12/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas, two longtime executives at Searchlight Pictures, have been set to jointly oversee all film development and production at the studio. Nguyen and Goodson-Thomas will serve as Heads of Production for the studio, effective immediately. All production executives will report to Nguyen and Goodson-Thomas.
“DanTram and Katie are exemplary executives with incredible taste and deep talent relationships.” said Presidents, Searchlight Pictures Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum. “They are proven leaders who we know will continue the legacy of Searchlight as we expand our global production and development slate.”
Nguyen, based in Searchlight’s U.S. office, has been with the studio since 2009 and Goodson-Thomas, based in Searchlight’s U.K. office, has overseen U.K. production and development operations for nearly a decade. Together, the two will oversee all areas of development and production through an eclectic, diverse array of projects including Untitled Murder Mystery, from director Tom George,...
“DanTram and Katie are exemplary executives with incredible taste and deep talent relationships.” said Presidents, Searchlight Pictures Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum. “They are proven leaders who we know will continue the legacy of Searchlight as we expand our global production and development slate.”
Nguyen, based in Searchlight’s U.S. office, has been with the studio since 2009 and Goodson-Thomas, based in Searchlight’s U.K. office, has overseen U.K. production and development operations for nearly a decade. Together, the two will oversee all areas of development and production through an eclectic, diverse array of projects including Untitled Murder Mystery, from director Tom George,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Studio presidents Matthew Greenfield, David Greenbaum hail “proven leaders”.
Searchlight has promoted DanTram Nguyen, and Katie Goodson-Thomas to heads of film production, effective immediately.
The longtime company executives will jointly oversee all film development and production, and all film production executives will report to them.
Nguyen, based in Searchlight’s US office, has been with the studio since 2009. Goodson-Thomas, based in Searchlight’s UK office, has overseen UK production and development operations for nearly a decade.
The studio’s upcoming slate includes Untitled Murder Mystery from Tom George starring Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell; Chevalier de Saint-Georges from Stephen Williams starring Kelvin Harrison,...
Searchlight has promoted DanTram Nguyen, and Katie Goodson-Thomas to heads of film production, effective immediately.
The longtime company executives will jointly oversee all film development and production, and all film production executives will report to them.
Nguyen, based in Searchlight’s US office, has been with the studio since 2009. Goodson-Thomas, based in Searchlight’s UK office, has overseen UK production and development operations for nearly a decade.
The studio’s upcoming slate includes Untitled Murder Mystery from Tom George starring Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell; Chevalier de Saint-Georges from Stephen Williams starring Kelvin Harrison,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Ira thriller from directors the Guard Brothers is also set to star Jack Reynor and Jodie Turner-Smith. John Boyega (Star Wars) will join an exciting cast of Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) and Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) in Borderland, a 1970s-set thriller based around the British-ira conflict. It will mark the second feature by Tom and Charles Guard, commonly known as the Guard Brothers. Chris Coen and Rebecca Brown are producing, with Jones as executive producer. The film follows an Irish paramilitary soldier (Reynor), whose pregnant wife is accidentally murdered by a British Sas sergeant (Boyega) in a border ambush. Reynor’s character is then deployed to head up a new armed-attack cell in London, and uses the opportunity to exact revenge on his wife’s killer. With the movie described as being in the vein of Michael Mann’s...
John Boyega, Felicity Jones, Jack Reynor and Jodie Turner Smith are set to star in a new thriller called “Borderland” set during the time of Ireland’s Ira, or the Irish Republican Army, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Thomas and Charles Guard, better known as The Guard Brothers (“The Uninvited”), will direct the feature from a script they co-wrote with Ronan Bennett (“Public Enemies”). The story is inspired by the non-fiction book “The Road To Balcombe Street: The Ira Reign of Terror in London” by Steven S. Moysey, which was published in 2008 and is a true-crime thriller about an Ira unit placed in deep cover in London.
In “Borderland,” after a border ambush goes wrong, an Irish paramilitary, Michael (Reynor), witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife at the hands of an Sas sergeant Tempest (Boyega). When Tempest is sent back to London to lead a covert counter-terrorist operation,...
Thomas and Charles Guard, better known as The Guard Brothers (“The Uninvited”), will direct the feature from a script they co-wrote with Ronan Bennett (“Public Enemies”). The story is inspired by the non-fiction book “The Road To Balcombe Street: The Ira Reign of Terror in London” by Steven S. Moysey, which was published in 2008 and is a true-crime thriller about an Ira unit placed in deep cover in London.
In “Borderland,” after a border ambush goes wrong, an Irish paramilitary, Michael (Reynor), witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife at the hands of an Sas sergeant Tempest (Boyega). When Tempest is sent back to London to lead a covert counter-terrorist operation,...
- 7/6/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“Star Wars” actor John Boyega will star alongside Jodie Turner-Smith (“Queen & Slim”), Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything”) and Jack Reynor (“Midsommar”) in thriller “Borderland,” to be directed by the Guard Brothers (“The Uninvited’).
The film will follow an Irish paramilitary soldier who witnesses the shooting of his wife by an Sas sergeant and makes it his personal mission to extract revenge.
The script by Ronan Bennett, BAFTA-nominee and Royal Television Society Awards winner for “Top Boy,” and the Guard Brothers, is inspired by the novel “The Road to Balcombe Street,” by Steven S. Moysey. Chris Coen, Rebecca Brown, Rocket Science and Piecrust Productions will produce the film, with Jones serving as executive producer.
The film will shoot at U.K. locations in early 2021. Rocket Science is arranging financing and handling international sales. Endeavor Content is co-representing U.S. rights.
“’Borderland’ is a vengeance-fueled chase movie, fusing some pulse ticking...
The film will follow an Irish paramilitary soldier who witnesses the shooting of his wife by an Sas sergeant and makes it his personal mission to extract revenge.
The script by Ronan Bennett, BAFTA-nominee and Royal Television Society Awards winner for “Top Boy,” and the Guard Brothers, is inspired by the novel “The Road to Balcombe Street,” by Steven S. Moysey. Chris Coen, Rebecca Brown, Rocket Science and Piecrust Productions will produce the film, with Jones serving as executive producer.
The film will shoot at U.K. locations in early 2021. Rocket Science is arranging financing and handling international sales. Endeavor Content is co-representing U.S. rights.
“’Borderland’ is a vengeance-fueled chase movie, fusing some pulse ticking...
- 7/6/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Charles and Thomas Guard will direct the thriller.
John Boyega, Felicity Jones, Jack Reynor, and Jodie Turner-Smith are set to star in Charles Guard and Thomas Guard’s UK revenge thriller Borderland, which aims to shoot on location in the UK early next year.
Known professionally as the Guard Brothers, the director pair previously made 2009 horror The Uninvited. They have co-written the screenplay for Borderland with Ronan Bennett, inspired by Steven S. Moysey’s book The Road To Balcome Street.
Reynor will play an Irish paramilitary whose wife is shot by a Sas sergeant, to be played by Boyega. The...
John Boyega, Felicity Jones, Jack Reynor, and Jodie Turner-Smith are set to star in Charles Guard and Thomas Guard’s UK revenge thriller Borderland, which aims to shoot on location in the UK early next year.
Known professionally as the Guard Brothers, the director pair previously made 2009 horror The Uninvited. They have co-written the screenplay for Borderland with Ronan Bennett, inspired by Steven S. Moysey’s book The Road To Balcome Street.
Reynor will play an Irish paramilitary whose wife is shot by a Sas sergeant, to be played by Boyega. The...
- 7/6/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ira thriller Borderland is set to feature an exciting cast of John Boyega (Star Wars), Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) and Felicity Jones (The Theory Of Everything).
The film will follow an Irish paramilitary, Michael (Reynor), who witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife at the hands of an Sas sergeant named Tempest (Boyega) when a border ambush goes wrong. When Tempest is sent back to London to lead a covert counter-terrorist operation, Michael joins a ruthless active service unit (Asu) wreaking havoc in the capital. For Michael, the mission is personal – to hunt down Tempest – and he’ll stop at nothing to avenge his wife’s death.
UK sales firm Rocket Science is selling and financing the film, which heralds from director duo the Guard Brothers (The Uninvited). Endeavour Content is co-repping domestic rights.
Chris Coen (Funny Games), Rebecca Brown, Felicity Jones’s Piecrust Productions and...
The film will follow an Irish paramilitary, Michael (Reynor), who witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife at the hands of an Sas sergeant named Tempest (Boyega) when a border ambush goes wrong. When Tempest is sent back to London to lead a covert counter-terrorist operation, Michael joins a ruthless active service unit (Asu) wreaking havoc in the capital. For Michael, the mission is personal – to hunt down Tempest – and he’ll stop at nothing to avenge his wife’s death.
UK sales firm Rocket Science is selling and financing the film, which heralds from director duo the Guard Brothers (The Uninvited). Endeavour Content is co-repping domestic rights.
Chris Coen (Funny Games), Rebecca Brown, Felicity Jones’s Piecrust Productions and...
- 7/6/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Star Wars alum and BAFTA winner John Boyega is set to star alongside Jack Reynor (Midsommer), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) and BAFTA and Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (Star Wars: Rogue One, The Theory of Everything) in the high-octane thriller Borderland.
The Guard brothers (The Uninvited) will direct, while Chris Coen (The Childhood of a Leader), Rebecca Brown and Rocket Science will produce the film, with Jones as executive producer. Piecrust Productions will also produce. The film will shoot on location in the U.K. in early 2021. Rocket Science is arranging the financing and handling international sales. Endeavor Content are co-repping ...
The Guard brothers (The Uninvited) will direct, while Chris Coen (The Childhood of a Leader), Rebecca Brown and Rocket Science will produce the film, with Jones as executive producer. Piecrust Productions will also produce. The film will shoot on location in the U.K. in early 2021. Rocket Science is arranging the financing and handling international sales. Endeavor Content are co-repping ...
Star Wars alum and BAFTA winner John Boyega is set to star alongside Jack Reynor (Midsommer), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) and BAFTA and Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (Star Wars: Rogue One, The Theory of Everything) in the high-octane thriller Borderland.
The Guard brothers (The Uninvited) will direct, while Chris Coen (The Childhood of a Leader), Rebecca Brown and Rocket Science will produce the film, with Jones as executive producer. Piecrust Productions will also produce. The film will shoot on location in the U.K. in early 2021. Rocket Science is arranging the financing and handling international sales. Endeavor Content are co-repping ...
The Guard brothers (The Uninvited) will direct, while Chris Coen (The Childhood of a Leader), Rebecca Brown and Rocket Science will produce the film, with Jones as executive producer. Piecrust Productions will also produce. The film will shoot on location in the U.K. in early 2021. Rocket Science is arranging the financing and handling international sales. Endeavor Content are co-repping ...
New company unveils three films, two TV series on debut slate.
Chris Coen, the producer of Funny Games, The Childhood Of A Leader and Shadow Dancer, has launched London-based finance and production outfit Upper Street Entertainment.
The company’s debut slate features three projects now moving towards production.
They include The Girl With A Clock For A Heart, which will be directed by Harry Brown filmmaker Daniel Barber from a script by James Marsh and Sam Barron. The film is based on the book by Peter Swanson and follows a young professor as he faces a dangerous obsession from his past.
Chris Coen, the producer of Funny Games, The Childhood Of A Leader and Shadow Dancer, has launched London-based finance and production outfit Upper Street Entertainment.
The company’s debut slate features three projects now moving towards production.
They include The Girl With A Clock For A Heart, which will be directed by Harry Brown filmmaker Daniel Barber from a script by James Marsh and Sam Barron. The film is based on the book by Peter Swanson and follows a young professor as he faces a dangerous obsession from his past.
- 10/24/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Fox Searchlight has promoted Katie Goodson-Thomas to Senior Vice President of Production, and Taylor Friedman has been promoted to Vice President of Production effective immediately.
The promotions were announced on Wednesday by Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents of Production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum. Goodson-Thomas is based in London. Both Goodson-Thomas and Friedman will continue to report to Greenfield and Greenbaum in Los Angeles.
“Katie and Taylor each possess remarkable creative instincts and rigorous dedication to their projects, and to Searchlight as a whole. They have been essential members of the production team and we are proud that this elevation in their titles reflects their tremendous contributions,” said Greenbaum and Greenfield.
Also Read: Guillermo del Toro Signs Overall Production Deal at Fox Searchlight
“I’m proud to call myself one of the Fox Searchlight family as we aim to be bold and innovative; a passionate and creative home for directors, writers and producers, successfully supporting and bringing the best of British and European talent to audiences everywhere. It’s an incredible company, an incredible time, and I’m honored to be a part of it,” said Goodson-Thomas.
“I’m thrilled to continue my work at Fox Searchlight, with such an incredible team of mentors and colleagues who have supported my growth. It has been a privilege and a joy to be at a company that champions collaborations with brilliant auteurs and to discover new and exciting filmmakers, providing a global platform to bring their singular voices to the world,” said Friedman.
Goodson-Thomas heads up the London production team, focusing primarily on bringing British talent and or material to a world-wide audience, also collaborating closely with Rebecca Kearey, President of Fox Searchlight International. Goodson-Thomas joined Fox Searchlight in 2015, and has overseen eight film productions; including “Far From the Madding Crowd,” Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” the forthcoming James Kent’s 2019 release “The Aftermath” starring Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke.
Also Read: 'Isle of Dogs' Stays Atop Indie Box Office in Second Weekend as 'Gemini' Opens
Goodson-Thomas started her career over twenty years ago, working with Graham Broadbent and Damian Jones at Dragon Pictures. Before joining Fox Searchlight, Goodson-Thomas was a Producer, and Head of Film for Chris Coen’s Unanimous Pictures. Previous to that she was a Senior Production Executive at Origin Pictures.
Friedman began as an assistant in production at Fox Searchlight in 2009, and worked her way up within the production department.
Read original story Fox Searchlight Promotes Executives Katie Goodson-Thomas, Taylor Friedman At TheWrap...
The promotions were announced on Wednesday by Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents of Production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum. Goodson-Thomas is based in London. Both Goodson-Thomas and Friedman will continue to report to Greenfield and Greenbaum in Los Angeles.
“Katie and Taylor each possess remarkable creative instincts and rigorous dedication to their projects, and to Searchlight as a whole. They have been essential members of the production team and we are proud that this elevation in their titles reflects their tremendous contributions,” said Greenbaum and Greenfield.
Also Read: Guillermo del Toro Signs Overall Production Deal at Fox Searchlight
“I’m proud to call myself one of the Fox Searchlight family as we aim to be bold and innovative; a passionate and creative home for directors, writers and producers, successfully supporting and bringing the best of British and European talent to audiences everywhere. It’s an incredible company, an incredible time, and I’m honored to be a part of it,” said Goodson-Thomas.
“I’m thrilled to continue my work at Fox Searchlight, with such an incredible team of mentors and colleagues who have supported my growth. It has been a privilege and a joy to be at a company that champions collaborations with brilliant auteurs and to discover new and exciting filmmakers, providing a global platform to bring their singular voices to the world,” said Friedman.
Goodson-Thomas heads up the London production team, focusing primarily on bringing British talent and or material to a world-wide audience, also collaborating closely with Rebecca Kearey, President of Fox Searchlight International. Goodson-Thomas joined Fox Searchlight in 2015, and has overseen eight film productions; including “Far From the Madding Crowd,” Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” the forthcoming James Kent’s 2019 release “The Aftermath” starring Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke.
Also Read: 'Isle of Dogs' Stays Atop Indie Box Office in Second Weekend as 'Gemini' Opens
Goodson-Thomas started her career over twenty years ago, working with Graham Broadbent and Damian Jones at Dragon Pictures. Before joining Fox Searchlight, Goodson-Thomas was a Producer, and Head of Film for Chris Coen’s Unanimous Pictures. Previous to that she was a Senior Production Executive at Origin Pictures.
Friedman began as an assistant in production at Fox Searchlight in 2009, and worked her way up within the production department.
Read original story Fox Searchlight Promotes Executives Katie Goodson-Thomas, Taylor Friedman At TheWrap...
- 4/25/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Fox Searchlight has promoted Katie Goodson-Thomas to Senior Vice President of Production, and Taylor Friedman to Vice President of Production effective immediately.
The promotions were announced today by Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents of Production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum.
Goodson-Thomas is based in London. Both Goodson-Thomas and Friedman will continue to report to Greenfield and Greenbaum in Los Angeles.
“Katie and Taylor each possess remarkable creative instincts and rigorous dedication to their projects, and to Searchlight as a whole. They have been essential members of the production team and we are proud that this elevation in their titles reflects their tremendous contributions,” said Greenbaum and Greenfield.
Said Goodson-Thomas, “I’m proud to call myself one of the Fox Searchlight family as we aim to be bold and innovative; a passionate and creative home for directors, writers and producers, successfully supporting and bringing the best of British and European talent to audiences everywhere.
The promotions were announced today by Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents of Production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum.
Goodson-Thomas is based in London. Both Goodson-Thomas and Friedman will continue to report to Greenfield and Greenbaum in Los Angeles.
“Katie and Taylor each possess remarkable creative instincts and rigorous dedication to their projects, and to Searchlight as a whole. They have been essential members of the production team and we are proud that this elevation in their titles reflects their tremendous contributions,” said Greenbaum and Greenfield.
Said Goodson-Thomas, “I’m proud to call myself one of the Fox Searchlight family as we aim to be bold and innovative; a passionate and creative home for directors, writers and producers, successfully supporting and bringing the best of British and European talent to audiences everywhere.
- 4/25/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Kirk (Game Of Thrones, Luther) will direct the 1970s London-set feature.
Jamie Dornan, riding high on the $140m global debut of Fifty Shades Freed, will star opposite Sam Clafin in the Ira action thriller Borderland, which Imr International has introduced to Efm buyers here in Berlin.
Brian Kirk (Game Of Thrones, Luther) will direct the 1970s London-set feature, described as being in the vein of Michael Mann’s crime thriller Heat. CAA and UTA Independent Film Group represent Us rights.
Borderland will focus on two men on opposite sides of the bloody conflict between the Ira and the British government.
When an Ira operative (Dornan) is dispatched to London to head a new unit and wreak havoc, he uses the move to hunt down the person responsible for the accidental lethal shooting of his wife – an Sas captain (Clafin) who happens to be hunting the Irishman.
Production is scheduled to kick off this summer in London...
Jamie Dornan, riding high on the $140m global debut of Fifty Shades Freed, will star opposite Sam Clafin in the Ira action thriller Borderland, which Imr International has introduced to Efm buyers here in Berlin.
Brian Kirk (Game Of Thrones, Luther) will direct the 1970s London-set feature, described as being in the vein of Michael Mann’s crime thriller Heat. CAA and UTA Independent Film Group represent Us rights.
Borderland will focus on two men on opposite sides of the bloody conflict between the Ira and the British government.
When an Ira operative (Dornan) is dispatched to London to head a new unit and wreak havoc, he uses the move to hunt down the person responsible for the accidental lethal shooting of his wife – an Sas captain (Clafin) who happens to be hunting the Irishman.
Production is scheduled to kick off this summer in London...
- 2/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Lisa Loven Kongsli (upcoming Wonder Woman, Force Majeure), Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service), and Peter Franzen (History Channel’s ‘Vikings’, The Gunman) have joined 2016 BAFTA Rising Star nominee Bel Powley (upcoming Carrie Pilby, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl), Jonah Hauer-King, and Martin Wallstrom (FX series ‘Mr. Robot’) in Marius Markevicius’ riveting Ashes In The Snow, it was announced by Radiant Films International President and CEO, Mimi Steinbauer.
Rounding out the newly announced cast are Sam Hazeldine (The Huntsman: Winter’S War, Monuments Men), James Cosmo (HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’, upcoming Ben-hur), Adrian Schiller (The Danish Girl, Suffragette) and Tom Sweet.
Currently in production, Radiant will present the project to international buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film in Cannes.
Ashes In The Snow is the poignant story of a 16-year-old heroine Lina Vilkas (Powley) who is separated from her family amidst Stalin’s reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII.
Rounding out the newly announced cast are Sam Hazeldine (The Huntsman: Winter’S War, Monuments Men), James Cosmo (HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’, upcoming Ben-hur), Adrian Schiller (The Danish Girl, Suffragette) and Tom Sweet.
Currently in production, Radiant will present the project to international buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film in Cannes.
Ashes In The Snow is the poignant story of a 16-year-old heroine Lina Vilkas (Powley) who is separated from her family amidst Stalin’s reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII.
- 5/13/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Metrodome strikes for Venice debut starring Berenice Bejo and Robert Pattinson.
Metrodome Distribution has acquired Brady Corbet’s mystery-drama The Childhood Of A Leader for all UK and Ireland rights from Protagonist Pictures.
Metrodome is due to release theatrically in August 2016.
The deal was negotiated between George Hamilton for Protagonist Pictures and Giles Edwards, head of acquisitions for Metrodome.
Written by actor-director Corbet (Simon Killer) and Mona Fastvold (The Sleepwalker), the Venice debut stars Berenice Bejo (The Artist), Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga), Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac), Liam Cunningham (Game Of Thrones) and Yolande Moreau (Amelie).
Producers are Chris Coen (Funny Games), Ron Curtis, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Helena Danielsson and Istvan Major.
In The Childhood Of A Leader an American family settles into the French countryside at the end of the First World War, where the father (Liam Cunningham) is involved in the peace negotiations around the Treaty of Versailles. His wife (Bérénice Bejo...
Metrodome Distribution has acquired Brady Corbet’s mystery-drama The Childhood Of A Leader for all UK and Ireland rights from Protagonist Pictures.
Metrodome is due to release theatrically in August 2016.
The deal was negotiated between George Hamilton for Protagonist Pictures and Giles Edwards, head of acquisitions for Metrodome.
Written by actor-director Corbet (Simon Killer) and Mona Fastvold (The Sleepwalker), the Venice debut stars Berenice Bejo (The Artist), Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga), Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac), Liam Cunningham (Game Of Thrones) and Yolande Moreau (Amelie).
Producers are Chris Coen (Funny Games), Ron Curtis, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Helena Danielsson and Istvan Major.
In The Childhood Of A Leader an American family settles into the French countryside at the end of the First World War, where the father (Liam Cunningham) is involved in the peace negotiations around the Treaty of Versailles. His wife (Bérénice Bejo...
- 2/10/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Special Correspondents, the feature film starring Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana will premiere on April 29, 2016 exclusively to Netflix members worldwide.
Special Correspondents, a new Netflix original feature film was written and directed by Ricky Gervais and stars Eric Bana (Deliver Us From Evil, Lone Survivor) and Gervais (Muppets Most Wanted, Derek). The film is about a struggling New York based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line, he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in Queens.
The film also stars Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel, Up in the Air), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, Brave), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, How to Train Your Dragon), Raúl Castillo (Looking, Cold Weather), and Benjamin Bratt (Modern Family, 24: Live Another Day).
The film is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment.
Special Correspondents, a new Netflix original feature film was written and directed by Ricky Gervais and stars Eric Bana (Deliver Us From Evil, Lone Survivor) and Gervais (Muppets Most Wanted, Derek). The film is about a struggling New York based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line, he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in Queens.
The film also stars Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel, Up in the Air), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, Brave), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, How to Train Your Dragon), Raúl Castillo (Looking, Cold Weather), and Benjamin Bratt (Modern Family, 24: Live Another Day).
The film is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment.
- 1/6/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
If included, it would count as one of the rare Venice preemed North American premiere debuts and uncommon 35mm treats at the fest. After doubling up at the Venice Film Festival with the Luigi de Laurentiis” award for a Debut Film and the Best Director Horizons award, The Childhood of a Leader‘s Brady Corbet recently picked up another Best Director award at the Lisbon & Estoril Film Fest. A regular figure at the festival as an actor in both short and features from Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin era up until Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer, Corbet also had his short debut (2009’s Protect You + Me.) and writing credits on Mona Fastvold’s The Sleepwalker (2014) and last year’s short Rabbit from Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre all premiere at the festival. The available acquisitions title has had its share of extremely convinced supporters and even the detractors acknowledge the genius in Corbet’s debut oeuvre.
- 11/23/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Exec to take on production and acquisitions role.
Katie Goodson-Thomas has named director of production and acquisitions Fox Searchlight (UK) in London.
The announcement was made by Fox Searchlight Pictures president of production Claudia Lewis, to whom Goodson-Thomas will report. She will also work closely with director of production Richard Gold.
In her current role, Goodson-Thomas has overseen the production of UK period drama Far From The Madding Crowd and built slate of projects including Roger Michell’s adaptation of My Cousin Rachel; the adaptation of Renee Knight’s debut best-selling novel Disclaimer; and Susan, based on the life of talent show winner Susan Boyle.
Lewis said Goodson-Thomas brought “an unfailing vision and passion for independent film”.
Goodson-Thomas started her career in 1996, working with Graham Broadbent and Damian Jones at Dragon Pictures where she was an associate producer. She has worked on more than 22 film and television productions with directors including Thomas Vinterberg, John Madden, [link...
Katie Goodson-Thomas has named director of production and acquisitions Fox Searchlight (UK) in London.
The announcement was made by Fox Searchlight Pictures president of production Claudia Lewis, to whom Goodson-Thomas will report. She will also work closely with director of production Richard Gold.
In her current role, Goodson-Thomas has overseen the production of UK period drama Far From The Madding Crowd and built slate of projects including Roger Michell’s adaptation of My Cousin Rachel; the adaptation of Renee Knight’s debut best-selling novel Disclaimer; and Susan, based on the life of talent show winner Susan Boyle.
Lewis said Goodson-Thomas brought “an unfailing vision and passion for independent film”.
Goodson-Thomas started her career in 1996, working with Graham Broadbent and Damian Jones at Dragon Pictures where she was an associate producer. She has worked on more than 22 film and television productions with directors including Thomas Vinterberg, John Madden, [link...
- 6/22/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
“Boardwalk Empire” alum Kelly Macdonald has been cast as one of the female leads in Ricky Gervais‘ Netflix movie “Special Correspondents,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Gervais is writing and directing the satirical comedy, which he’ll also produce with Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios and Chris Coen of Unanimous Entertainment as well as Manuel Munz. Eric Bana stars as Frank, an arrogant New York-based radio journalist whose decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line, he decides to fake frontline war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant.
- 5/30/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Netflix is reportedly spending $450 million on original content this year, and it shows. The company has just announced "Special Correspondents," a new feature film penned and directed by funny man Ricky Gervais, who stars alongside Eric Bana. The film will debut on Netflix next year. Bana plays a struggling, but arrogant New York-based radio journalist who, with his job on the line and decadent lifestyle not helping things, fakes frontline war reports from his hideout in Manhattan. The film is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment. Ricky Gervais, Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Manuel Munz and Larry Sanitsky will produce. Read More: Why Netflix Shelled Out for Cary Fukunaga's "Beasts of No Nation" Neflix content chief Ted Sarandos has his sights on the big leagues, as top specialty players and industry insiders are needless to say concerned by this deep-pocket competition. But Sarandos has slowly inserted himself.
- 4/6/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Netflix announced Monday that it will release “Special Correspondents,” a new film from British comedian Ricky Gervais. Gervais wrote and directed the film, in addition to starring in it alongside Eric Bana (“Munich”). Bana plays a struggling New York-based radio journalist, whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line, he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan. The film is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment. Ricky Gervais, Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Manuel Munz and Larry Sanitsky will produce.
- 4/6/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Netflix has announced that they will debut the comedy satire film "Special Correspondents" worldwide next year.
Eric Bana portrays a struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
Ricky Gervais directed the film from his own script and will produce. Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Manuel Munz and Larry Sanitsky are also producing.
In a statement, Gervais says: "Having shaken up the TV industry, Netflix is about to do the same to Hollywood. It's great to be part of the changing future. Ted Sarandos is the new Godfather of entertainment and he made me an offer I couldn't refuse."
Source: Variety...
Eric Bana portrays a struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
Ricky Gervais directed the film from his own script and will produce. Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Manuel Munz and Larry Sanitsky are also producing.
In a statement, Gervais says: "Having shaken up the TV industry, Netflix is about to do the same to Hollywood. It's great to be part of the changing future. Ted Sarandos is the new Godfather of entertainment and he made me an offer I couldn't refuse."
Source: Variety...
- 4/6/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Hot projects new to Screenbase include Nicolas Winding Refn feature The Neon Demon, Pope Francis biopic Francisco, Brady Corbet’s directorial debut The Childhood Of A Leader and a new adaptation by Wim Wenders.Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon
Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote and Jena Malone have signed on to co-star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature.
“After making Drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of The Neon Demon,” Winding Refn said.
Principal photography will begin in Los Angeles on March 30. Gaumont and Wild Bunch are co-selling the title.
Wim Wenders’ Les Beaux Jours D’Aranjuez
This adaptation of the play by Peter Handke was announced by Alfama’s Paulo Branco during the Efm. It will star Reda Kateb and Sophie Semin. Wenders is expected to shoot in June.
Brady Corbet’s [link...
Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote and Jena Malone have signed on to co-star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature.
“After making Drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of The Neon Demon,” Winding Refn said.
Principal photography will begin in Los Angeles on March 30. Gaumont and Wild Bunch are co-selling the title.
Wim Wenders’ Les Beaux Jours D’Aranjuez
This adaptation of the play by Peter Handke was announced by Alfama’s Paulo Branco during the Efm. It will star Reda Kateb and Sophie Semin. Wenders is expected to shoot in June.
Brady Corbet’s [link...
- 2/18/2015
- by maud.le-rest@sciencespo-toulouse.net (Maud Le Rest)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Shoot underway on Childhood of a Leader.
Berenice Bejo, Robert Pattinson and Stacy Martin have been joined by Liam Cunningham (Game Of Thrones), Yolande Moreau (Amelie) and Sophie Curtis (Arbitrage) for Brady Corbet’s directorial feature debut The Childhood of A Leader, which is shooting now on location in Hungary.
The film charts the birth of a terrifying ego during the rise of fascism in the early 20thcentury.
Protagonist reps international sales, Wme handles North America.
Corbet, best known for his work as an actor in Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Funny Games, co-wrote the script with Mona Fastvold.
The drama is a Unanimous Entertainment and Mact Films production in association with FilmTeam in Hungary. Funding comes from Media House Capital, Bow and Arrow Entertainment, Scope Pictures and Scion Pictures.
Producers are Chris Coen (Funny Games), Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Helena Danielsson (Beyond) and Istvan Major. Ron Curtis, Brian Young, Aaron L. Gilbert, [link...
Berenice Bejo, Robert Pattinson and Stacy Martin have been joined by Liam Cunningham (Game Of Thrones), Yolande Moreau (Amelie) and Sophie Curtis (Arbitrage) for Brady Corbet’s directorial feature debut The Childhood of A Leader, which is shooting now on location in Hungary.
The film charts the birth of a terrifying ego during the rise of fascism in the early 20thcentury.
Protagonist reps international sales, Wme handles North America.
Corbet, best known for his work as an actor in Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Funny Games, co-wrote the script with Mona Fastvold.
The drama is a Unanimous Entertainment and Mact Films production in association with FilmTeam in Hungary. Funding comes from Media House Capital, Bow and Arrow Entertainment, Scope Pictures and Scion Pictures.
Producers are Chris Coen (Funny Games), Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Helena Danielsson (Beyond) and Istvan Major. Ron Curtis, Brian Young, Aaron L. Gilbert, [link...
- 2/7/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Childhood of a Leader
Director: Brady Corbet // Writers: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Working with the likes of Bonello, Östlund, Assayas, Hansen-Løve and Baumbach, when you count the 2014 festival release year alone, actor Brady Corbet (Mysterious Skin; Funny Games U.S.; Simon Killer) has built quite the impressive resume working with the auteur set. While The Childhood of a Leader is his feature length directing debut, this counts as back to back years working in the filmmaker capacity when you take into account his writing creds in Mona Fastvold’s overlooked ’14 title, The Sleepwalker, and the soon to be premiered Sundance short Rabbit, by filmmaker Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre. Initially announced as starring Juliette Binoche (Corbet’s co-star from Clouds of Sils Maria), she was later replaced by Berenice Bejo. It goes without saying that most of the attention will be placed on Robert Pattinson, continuing his tour of difficult, auteur driven and inspired cinematic projects,...
Director: Brady Corbet // Writers: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Working with the likes of Bonello, Östlund, Assayas, Hansen-Løve and Baumbach, when you count the 2014 festival release year alone, actor Brady Corbet (Mysterious Skin; Funny Games U.S.; Simon Killer) has built quite the impressive resume working with the auteur set. While The Childhood of a Leader is his feature length directing debut, this counts as back to back years working in the filmmaker capacity when you take into account his writing creds in Mona Fastvold’s overlooked ’14 title, The Sleepwalker, and the soon to be premiered Sundance short Rabbit, by filmmaker Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre. Initially announced as starring Juliette Binoche (Corbet’s co-star from Clouds of Sils Maria), she was later replaced by Berenice Bejo. It goes without saying that most of the attention will be placed on Robert Pattinson, continuing his tour of difficult, auteur driven and inspired cinematic projects,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) has acquired rights from Protagonist Pictures to the Ricky Gervais comedy in multiple territories led by the UK.
Rights have also gone in Latin America, Australia/New Zealand, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and South Africa.
Gervais wrote, will direct and star in Special Correspondents alongside Eric Bana.
The remake of the French comedy Envoyés Très Spéciaux is scheduled to commence shooting in New York and Vancouver in spring.
The story centres on a radio journalist and his technician who fake frontline war reports and must travel to Ecuador to find the rebels they have been reporting on after the global response to their stories gets out of hand.
Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment are co-producing in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L Gilbert, Manuel Munz are producing with Gervais. Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers. Wme Global...
Rights have also gone in Latin America, Australia/New Zealand, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and South Africa.
Gervais wrote, will direct and star in Special Correspondents alongside Eric Bana.
The remake of the French comedy Envoyés Très Spéciaux is scheduled to commence shooting in New York and Vancouver in spring.
The story centres on a radio journalist and his technician who fake frontline war reports and must travel to Ecuador to find the rebels they have been reporting on after the global response to their stories gets out of hand.
Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment are co-producing in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L Gilbert, Manuel Munz are producing with Gervais. Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers. Wme Global...
- 11/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ricky Gervais has set Eric Bana to help him bring that Golden Globes cynicism to a movie about journalism. They’ll star in Special Correspondents, a satirical comedy that Gervais wrote and will direct next spring. Bana will play a struggling New York based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan. Pic’s a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance and they’ll sell at Afm. Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce. Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers. Wme Global’s selling domestic; Protagonist is dealing international.
Bana will do it after wrapping The Finest Hours at Disney. While...
Bana will do it after wrapping The Finest Hours at Disney. While...
- 10/31/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Eric Bana and Ricky Gervais are set to star in a remake of the 2009 French comedy "Special Correspondents" at Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment.
Bana plays a struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Manhattan restaurant.
In the original film, France mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq. The trouble is the victims know the crime has been faked.
Gervais will also write, direct and produce the feature. Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Source: Variety...
Bana plays a struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Manhattan restaurant.
In the original film, France mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq. The trouble is the victims know the crime has been faked.
Gervais will also write, direct and produce the feature. Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Source: Variety...
- 10/31/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Gervais to write, direct and star alongside Eric Bana; Protagonist to sell.
Ricky Gervais is set to star alongside Eric Bana in New York-based satirical comedy Special Correspondents, which Gervais has also written and will direct.
Protagonist, which handles international rights, will be shopping the film at the Afm.
Bana will play a struggling New York-based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career.
With his job on the line he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
Gervais will play Bana’s radio technician side-kick.
The film, scheduled to commence principal photography in Vancouver and NYC in the spring of 2015, is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers...
Ricky Gervais is set to star alongside Eric Bana in New York-based satirical comedy Special Correspondents, which Gervais has also written and will direct.
Protagonist, which handles international rights, will be shopping the film at the Afm.
Bana will play a struggling New York-based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career.
With his job on the line he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
Gervais will play Bana’s radio technician side-kick.
The film, scheduled to commence principal photography in Vancouver and NYC in the spring of 2015, is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers...
- 10/31/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Gervais to write, direct and star alongside Eric Bana; Protagonist to sell.
Ricky Gervais is set to star alongside Eric Bana in New York-based comedy-drama Special Correspondents, which Gervais has also written and will direct.
Protagonist, which handles international rights, will be shopping the film at the Afm.
Bana will play a struggling New York-based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career.
With his job on the line he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
The film, scheduled to commence principal photography in Vancouver and NYC in the spring of 2015, is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers.
Wme, which reps Bana and Gervais (the latter jointly...
Ricky Gervais is set to star alongside Eric Bana in New York-based comedy-drama Special Correspondents, which Gervais has also written and will direct.
Protagonist, which handles international rights, will be shopping the film at the Afm.
Bana will play a struggling New York-based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career.
With his job on the line he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
The film, scheduled to commence principal photography in Vancouver and NYC in the spring of 2015, is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers.
Wme, which reps Bana and Gervais (the latter jointly...
- 10/31/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Nymphomaniac actress to co-star with Robert Pattinson, Tim Roth and Berenice Bejo.
Stacy Martin, who played the youthful heroine exploring her erotic life in Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, has joined the cast of Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader.
Martin, a former Screen International Star of Tomorrow, will next be seen in Ben Wheatley’s Jg Ballard adaptation, High-Rise.
The Childhood of a Leader, sold by Protagonist Pictures and co-starring Robert Pattinson, Tim Roth and Berenice Bejo, is in pre-production and is set to shoot in Budapest in January.
The $5m feature is a collaboration between Swedish producer Helena Danielsson, Chris Coen from Unanimous Entertainment (UK) and Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre from Mact Productions (France). Co-producer is Ildiko Kemeny of Pioneer Pictures Hungary.
Corbet’s debut
It marks the feature directorial debut of Corbet, a Us actor best known for roles in Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Thirteen. More recently...
Stacy Martin, who played the youthful heroine exploring her erotic life in Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, has joined the cast of Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader.
Martin, a former Screen International Star of Tomorrow, will next be seen in Ben Wheatley’s Jg Ballard adaptation, High-Rise.
The Childhood of a Leader, sold by Protagonist Pictures and co-starring Robert Pattinson, Tim Roth and Berenice Bejo, is in pre-production and is set to shoot in Budapest in January.
The $5m feature is a collaboration between Swedish producer Helena Danielsson, Chris Coen from Unanimous Entertainment (UK) and Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre from Mact Productions (France). Co-producer is Ildiko Kemeny of Pioneer Pictures Hungary.
Corbet’s debut
It marks the feature directorial debut of Corbet, a Us actor best known for roles in Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Thirteen. More recently...
- 10/13/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Jane Got a Gun
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Writers: Brian Duffield, Anthony Tambakis
Producer: Chris Coen, Terry Dougas, Aleen Keshishian, Scott Lastaiti, Mary Regency Boies, Natalie Portman, Zack Schiller, Scott Steindorff
U.S. Distributor: Relativity Media and The Weinstein Company
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Joel Edgerton, Noah Emmerich, Boyd Holbrook
Jane Got a Gun may have lost some feathers (players) along the way and would have broke into our top 25 if a certain female filmmaker had remained on board, but we’re down all the same for this gunslinger revenge flick. Gavin O’Connor’s sixth feature film (Tumbleweeds remains his best work to date) is the ultimate test for the filmmaker who has had in his hands in several genres.
Gist: A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.
Release Date: An August 29th date has been pegged,...
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Writers: Brian Duffield, Anthony Tambakis
Producer: Chris Coen, Terry Dougas, Aleen Keshishian, Scott Lastaiti, Mary Regency Boies, Natalie Portman, Zack Schiller, Scott Steindorff
U.S. Distributor: Relativity Media and The Weinstein Company
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Joel Edgerton, Noah Emmerich, Boyd Holbrook
Jane Got a Gun may have lost some feathers (players) along the way and would have broke into our top 25 if a certain female filmmaker had remained on board, but we’re down all the same for this gunslinger revenge flick. Gavin O’Connor’s sixth feature film (Tumbleweeds remains his best work to date) is the ultimate test for the filmmaker who has had in his hands in several genres.
Gist: A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.
Release Date: An August 29th date has been pegged,...
- 2/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Robert Pattinson to costar in new intense drama movie in 2014,new details. According to a new report from Variety, former Twilight Saga mega star, Robert Pattinson, is all signed up to co-star in another intense drama flick, called, "The Childhood of a Leader" with actors: Juliette Binoche and Tim Roth. It's being directed by Brady Corbet. The movie will reportedly focus on the childhood of a post-World War I leader, and is tentatively scheduled to start filming in Europe around May 2014. Director Brady also co-wrote the script with Mona Fastvold (director of “The Sleepwalker,” which will be competing at 2014?s Sundance Film Festival). It's going to be produced by Antoine and Martine de Clermont-Tonnere, Chris Coen, Amour Fou ,and Scope Pictures. Protagonist Pictures will take care of international film sales. As usual, this film does not yet have a release date attached to it.
- 12/16/2013
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
99 Homes
Laura Dern will join Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon in Ramin Bahrani's "99 Homes" which is currently shooting in New Orleans. Garfield plays Dennis, an unemployed contractor whose family is evicted during the economic crisis.
In order to get his home back he goes to work for the realtor who evicted him (Shannon) who teaches Dennis the legal and illegal ins and outs of the foreclosure game. Dern plays Dennis' widowed mother who raised him and his 9-year-old son Connor. [Source: Deadline]
The Childhood of a Leader
Tim Roth, Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson are attached to star in actor Brady Corbet's directorial debut "The Childhood of a Leader". Filming begins in Europe in May.
The story focuses on the childhood of a post-World War I leader. Corbet co-wrote the script with Mona Fastvold. Antoine and Martine de Clermont-Tonnere, Chris Coen and Amour Fou will produce. [Source: Variety]
Fifty Shades of Grey...
Laura Dern will join Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon in Ramin Bahrani's "99 Homes" which is currently shooting in New Orleans. Garfield plays Dennis, an unemployed contractor whose family is evicted during the economic crisis.
In order to get his home back he goes to work for the realtor who evicted him (Shannon) who teaches Dennis the legal and illegal ins and outs of the foreclosure game. Dern plays Dennis' widowed mother who raised him and his 9-year-old son Connor. [Source: Deadline]
The Childhood of a Leader
Tim Roth, Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson are attached to star in actor Brady Corbet's directorial debut "The Childhood of a Leader". Filming begins in Europe in May.
The story focuses on the childhood of a post-World War I leader. Corbet co-wrote the script with Mona Fastvold. Antoine and Martine de Clermont-Tonnere, Chris Coen and Amour Fou will produce. [Source: Variety]
Fifty Shades of Grey...
- 12/11/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
2014 has long been shaping up to be a memorable year for the “actor” Brady Corbet. The indie veteran whose worked with major auteur talents continues next year with the likes of Assayas, Bonello, Hansen-Løve and Baumbach film (and that not including a foursome of other projects) will then look to commence the directing phase with Juliette Binoche, Robert Pattinson and his Funny Games U.S. co-star Tim Roth in The Childhood of a Leader. Variety reports that the French financed production is aiming for what would probably be a post Cannes start. Antoine and Martine de Clermont-Tonnere (Salvo) and Chris Coen (Jane Got a Gun/Funny Games) are producing.
Gist: Taking place perhaps during the same era as Haneke’s White Ribbon, this dramatic period piece set in France describes the childhood of a post-World War I leader.
Worth Noting: Remember the name of Mona Fastvold. She is what we could...
Gist: Taking place perhaps during the same era as Haneke’s White Ribbon, this dramatic period piece set in France describes the childhood of a post-World War I leader.
Worth Noting: Remember the name of Mona Fastvold. She is what we could...
- 12/11/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Robert Pattinson is set to join stars Juliette Binoche and Tim Roth in the directorial debut of Brady Corbet called The Childhood of a Leader, reports Variety. The film focuses on the childhood of a leader in post-World War I, and starts shooting in May in Europe. Mona Fastvold co-wrote the screenplay alongside Corbett, while Martine de Clermonte-Tonnere, Chris Coen, Anbtoine de Clermont-Tonnere and Amour Fou are producing.
- 12/10/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Unanimous Entertainment has scored the film rights to the A.M. Homes dysfunctional American suburban family novel "May We Be Forgiven".
The story follows two grown brothers, one an underachieving historian and the other an aggressive but successful man.
When the latter's temper ends up killing a married couple in a car accident, the former finds himself becoming the parental figure to his brother's kids.
The novel just won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in London, and Unanimous is currently out to writers and filmmakers. Chris Coen and Katie Goodson-Thomas will produce.
Source: Yahoo...
The story follows two grown brothers, one an underachieving historian and the other an aggressive but successful man.
When the latter's temper ends up killing a married couple in a car accident, the former finds himself becoming the parental figure to his brother's kids.
The novel just won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in London, and Unanimous is currently out to writers and filmmakers. Chris Coen and Katie Goodson-Thomas will produce.
Source: Yahoo...
- 7/24/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Chris Coen’s Unanimous Entertainment has secured screen rights to May We Be Forgiven, the A.M. Homes novel which just won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in London. The tale is set in suburban America, and the spotlight is on a on a dysfunctional American family. It starts with two grown brothers, one of whom is dull and other a great success with a fine family. The latter also has a violent temper and when that proves his undoing, dull brother becomes the patriarch of bro’s brood. Homes’ previous provocative titles include her memoir The Mistress’s Daughter, The End Of Alice and Music For Torching. Unanimous will co-finance development and is out to writers and filmmakers. “The book so deserved to win the Women’s Prize for Fiction prize here in London,” said Coen, a producer on Jane Got A Gun. “It has remained with me...
- 7/23/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment have acquired Us rights to David M. Rosenthal’s A Single Shot
The thriller, starring Sam Rockwell, will receive a VoD release on August 20 ahead of its theatrical release on September 20.
The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Review: A Single Shot
Based on the book by Us writer Matthew F. Jones, who has also adapted the screenplay, it tells the story a poacher (Rockwell) who makes a fatal mistake that leaves him with a suitcase full of blood money and hardened killers on his trail.
The deal was negotiated for Tribeca Film by director of acquisitions Nick Savva; for Well Go USA by president Doris Pfardrescher; and on behalf of the filmmakers by UTA and Keith Kjarval of Unified Pictures.
Kjarval also produced the project, alongside Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios and Media House Capital and Chris Coen of Unanimous...
The thriller, starring Sam Rockwell, will receive a VoD release on August 20 ahead of its theatrical release on September 20.
The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Review: A Single Shot
Based on the book by Us writer Matthew F. Jones, who has also adapted the screenplay, it tells the story a poacher (Rockwell) who makes a fatal mistake that leaves him with a suitcase full of blood money and hardened killers on his trail.
The deal was negotiated for Tribeca Film by director of acquisitions Nick Savva; for Well Go USA by president Doris Pfardrescher; and on behalf of the filmmakers by UTA and Keith Kjarval of Unified Pictures.
Kjarval also produced the project, alongside Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios and Media House Capital and Chris Coen of Unanimous...
- 7/1/2013
- ScreenDaily
Production exec Katie Goodson-Thomas joins as director of production and acquisitions.
Production executive Katie Goodson-Thomas has joined UK financier Ingenious as director of production and acquisitions.
Goodson-Thomas has previously worked with Jon Finn, Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones and David Thompson. She was most recently head of film for Chris Coen.
The executive will work closely with Fox Searchlight president of production Claudia Lewis and La-based director of production, Richard Gold, and she will be tasked with searching the UK for new investment projects.
She will also manage Ingenious and Fox Searchlight’s existing slate of joint development projects, including Shimmy written by Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Miss Austen Regrets, Five Days); I Dreamed A Dream, based on the Susan Boyle biographical stage musical, currently being adapted by Neil McKay (Appropriate Adult, Mo); and Season To Taste, based on the memoir by Molly Birnbaum and currently being adapted by Heather McGowan (Tadpole, Old Fires).
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Production executive Katie Goodson-Thomas has joined UK financier Ingenious as director of production and acquisitions.
Goodson-Thomas has previously worked with Jon Finn, Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones and David Thompson. She was most recently head of film for Chris Coen.
The executive will work closely with Fox Searchlight president of production Claudia Lewis and La-based director of production, Richard Gold, and she will be tasked with searching the UK for new investment projects.
She will also manage Ingenious and Fox Searchlight’s existing slate of joint development projects, including Shimmy written by Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Miss Austen Regrets, Five Days); I Dreamed A Dream, based on the Susan Boyle biographical stage musical, currently being adapted by Neil McKay (Appropriate Adult, Mo); and Season To Taste, based on the memoir by Molly Birnbaum and currently being adapted by Heather McGowan (Tadpole, Old Fires).
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- 6/25/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Brazilian hunk Rodrigo Santoro ("300," "The Last Stand") has joined the cast of Lynne Ramsey's western "Jane Got A Gun"
Natalie Portman plays Jane Hammond, a woman who reaches out to her ex-lover (Michael Fassbender) for help when her outlaw husband becomes the target of a violent gang.
Santoro will play a character named Fitchum. Portman, Scott Steindorff, Peter Nathanial, Terry Douglas and Chris Coen are producing.
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Natalie Portman plays Jane Hammond, a woman who reaches out to her ex-lover (Michael Fassbender) for help when her outlaw husband becomes the target of a violent gang.
Santoro will play a character named Fitchum. Portman, Scott Steindorff, Peter Nathanial, Terry Douglas and Chris Coen are producing.
Source: Deadline...
- 2/5/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Check out Andrea Riseborough in the new poster for James Marsh's Shadow Dancer thriller with Clive Owen starring. Tom Bradby writes the script, adapted from his own novel which is set in Belfast in the 90s, following an active member of the Ira who becomes an informant for MI5 to protect his son. The cast also includes Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Brid Brennan, David Wilmot, Stuert Graham and Martin McCann. Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney produce Shadow Dancer, which is executive-produced by Brahim Chioua, Joe Oppenheimer, Rita Dagher, Vincent Maraval and Norman Merry. Shadow Dancer Plot: Shadow Dancer originated as a novel, written by Tom Bradby during his time as a TV correspondent in Northern Ireland in the 1990s. Tom Bradby adapted his novel for the big screen and Shadow Dancer is his first feature film. Single mother Collette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough) is a Republican...
- 12/5/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out Andrea Riseborough in the new poster for James Marsh's Shadow Dancer thriller with Clive Owen starring. Tom Bradby writes the script, adapted from his own novel which is set in Belfast in the 90s, following an active member of the Ira who becomes an informant for MI5 to protect his son. The cast also includes Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Brid Brennan, David Wilmot, Stuert Graham and Martin McCann. Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney produce Shadow Dancer, which is executive-produced by Brahim Chioua, Joe Oppenheimer, Rita Dagher, Vincent Maraval and Norman Merry. Shadow Dancer Plot: Shadow Dancer originated as a novel, written by Tom Bradby during his time as a TV correspondent in Northern Ireland in the 1990s. Tom Bradby adapted his novel for the big screen and Shadow Dancer is his first feature film. Single mother Collette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough) is a Republican...
- 12/5/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the poster for James Marsh's Shadow Dancer movie starring Clive Owen Adapted by Tom Brady from his own novel, Shadow Dancer is set in 1990s Belfast where an active Ira member becomes an informant for MI5 in order to protect his son. Also in the talented cast are Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Brid Brennan and David Wilmot. Dancer is produced by Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney while Joe Oppenheimer, Brahim Chioua, Rita Dagher, Vincent Maraval and Norman Merry serve as executive producers.
- 12/1/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the poster for James Marsh's Shadow Dancer movie starring Clive Owen Adapted by Tom Brady from his own novel, Shadow Dancer is set in 1990s Belfast where an active Ira member becomes an informant for MI5 in order to protect his son. Also in the talented cast are Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Brid Brennan and David Wilmot. Dancer is produced by Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney while Joe Oppenheimer, Brahim Chioua, Rita Dagher, Vincent Maraval and Norman Merry serve as executive producers.
- 12/1/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Gone are the days of a mangled production history – A Single Shot must have started and stopped a couple of times, switched casts before helmer David M. Rosenthal (Janie Jones) along with thesps Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Melissa Leo, Jeffrey Wright, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Reilly, Joe Anderson and Ophelia Lovibond were lassoed in March of this year. The book to film adaptation of Matthew F. Jones’s novel – a crime thriller filmed in Vancouver comes equipped with Cinematographer Eduard Grau (A Single Man), Composer Atli Örvarsson (The Burning Plain) , Production Designer David Brisbin (In the Cut), and Editor Dan Robinson (Daniel Mulloy’s short film filmography).
Gist: The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Production Co./Producers: Unanimous Pictures’ Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Unified Pictures’ Keith Kjarval,...
Gist: The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Production Co./Producers: Unanimous Pictures’ Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Unified Pictures’ Keith Kjarval,...
- 11/19/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
(Los Angeles, August 28th, 2012) Scott Steindorff’s Scott Pictures, an affiliate of Stone Village Productions, has launched a new international sales company, Scott Pictures International (Spi) under a unique and exclusive three year partnership with leading sales agent Exclusive Media, it was announced today by Steindorff, Chairman of Spi and Alex Walton, President of International Sales and Distribution for Exclusive Media. Production and financing company Scott Pictures anticipates producing between 3 – 5 major feature films per year and those will be serviced under the deal. The first film to be announced is the Natalie Portman starrer Jane Got A Gun, to be directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin) from a script by Brian Duffield. Steindorff and banker Peter Nathanial will finance and produce the action movie with Portman through her Handsomecharlie Films banner alongside Terry Dougas (Swing Vote) of 1821 and Chris Coen (Funny Games). Brillstein Entertainment Partners’ Aleen Keshishian...
- 8/28/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Scott Steindorff’s Scott Pictures, an affiliate of Stone Village Productions, has launched a new international sales company, Scott Pictures International (Spi) under a unique and exclusive three year partnership with leading sales agent Exclusive Media, it was announced today by Steindorff, Chairman of Spi and Alex Walton, President of International Sales and Distribution for Exclusive Media.
Exclusive Media will handle the international sales and servicing for all Scott Pictures. theatrical feature film productions under this new separate Spi label.
Production and financing company Scott Pictures anticipates producing between 3 . 5 major feature films per year and those will be serviced under the deal. The first film to be announced is the Natalie Portman starrer Jane Got A Gun, to be directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin) from a script by Brian Duffield. Steindorff and banker Peter Nathanial will finance and produce the action movie with Portman through...
Exclusive Media will handle the international sales and servicing for all Scott Pictures. theatrical feature film productions under this new separate Spi label.
Production and financing company Scott Pictures anticipates producing between 3 . 5 major feature films per year and those will be serviced under the deal. The first film to be announced is the Natalie Portman starrer Jane Got A Gun, to be directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin) from a script by Brian Duffield. Steindorff and banker Peter Nathanial will finance and produce the action movie with Portman through...
- 8/28/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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