U.S. and U.K.-based global sales outfit Palisades Park Pictures has revealed a star-studded slate for Hong Kong’s film rights market FilMart.
John Travolta, Katherine Heigl and Christopher Walken lead romantic comedy “That’s Amore!,” which is in pre-production. Written and directed by “Green Book” writer Nick Vallelonga, the film follows two emotionally damaged people who attempt to date one another, and when their families get involved, comedy ensues.
The producers are Vallelonga (Vallelonga Prods.), Cassian Elwes (Elevated Films), Brenda Emmett and Vince Emmett (American Troubadours), David Polemeni; Tamara Birkemoe and Mark Damon, for Palisades Park Pictures, serve as executive producers.
Director Phillip Noyce has completed action-thriller “Fast Charlie,” starring Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin and James Caan, and adapted from Victor Gischler’s novel “Gun Monkeys” by Richard Wenk (“The Equalizer”).
Brosnan plays Charlie Swift, a hitman who has been working for his aging mob boss, Stan (Caan), for two decades.
John Travolta, Katherine Heigl and Christopher Walken lead romantic comedy “That’s Amore!,” which is in pre-production. Written and directed by “Green Book” writer Nick Vallelonga, the film follows two emotionally damaged people who attempt to date one another, and when their families get involved, comedy ensues.
The producers are Vallelonga (Vallelonga Prods.), Cassian Elwes (Elevated Films), Brenda Emmett and Vince Emmett (American Troubadours), David Polemeni; Tamara Birkemoe and Mark Damon, for Palisades Park Pictures, serve as executive producers.
Director Phillip Noyce has completed action-thriller “Fast Charlie,” starring Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin and James Caan, and adapted from Victor Gischler’s novel “Gun Monkeys” by Richard Wenk (“The Equalizer”).
Brosnan plays Charlie Swift, a hitman who has been working for his aging mob boss, Stan (Caan), for two decades.
- 3/11/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The new spy thriller Chief of Station is set to hit stateside. The film, which stars Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko, comes from the production companies Bee Holder Productions and Concourse Media Film. The movie has now also secured a distributor as Vertical purchased the U.S. rights and has plans to release the project domestically in May 2024. Matthew Shreder, a producer on the film, says, “Chief of Station is an elevated spy thriller that delivers impressive action, suspense and Bond-esque vibes. Vertical is the perfect partner to bring this film to audiences nationwide and we look forward to seeing them launch it in a few months.”
According to Deadline, in the plot of the film, “Eckhart plays Ben, a former CIA European Station Chief whose world comes crumbling down after his wife, a former operative, dies in a terrible accident. After receiving cryptic information that his wife’s death...
According to Deadline, in the plot of the film, “Eckhart plays Ben, a former CIA European Station Chief whose world comes crumbling down after his wife, a former operative, dies in a terrible accident. After receiving cryptic information that his wife’s death...
- 1/25/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to spy thriller Chief of Station starring Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko and Alex Pettyfer.
The Bee Holder Productions and Concourse Media film is being lined up for a May 2024 domestic release.
Eckhart plays Ben, a former CIA European Station Chief whose world comes crumbling down after his wife, a former operative, dies in a terrible accident. After receiving cryptic information that his wife’s death might not have been an accident, Ben heads back into the shadowy underworld of Eastern Europe, teaming up with a former adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew about his wife and the agency he worked at for more than 20 years.
Supporting cast includes Nick Moran, Chris Petrovski, Daniel Bernhardt, James Faulkner, Laetitia Eido, Isobel Wood and Nina Bergman.
The film was written by George Mahaffey (Heatseekers) and directed by Jesse V. Johnson. Producers are Steve Lee Jones for Bee Holder and Matthew Shreder for Concourse.
Concourse handles sales and has sold the project around the world. Financiers include Ashland Hill Media Finance, Filmology Finance, Blue Rider Media, and Tip-Top Productions. Other producers include Simon Williams, Daniel Kresmery and Jonathan Halperyn.
Executive producers include Jack Christian, D.J. McPherson, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, Julien P. Bourgon, Matthew E. Chausse, Juliana Lubin, Walter Josten, Patrick Josten, and Joseph Lanius. Co-producers include Tyler Condon, Kevin Human and Evangelo Kioussis.
Vertical’s SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi commented: “After our recent success working with Aaron on our release of The Bricklayer, we’re looking forward to bringing another must-see film to action fans looking for their next adrenaline hit. And Chief of Station certainly delivers it.”
“Chief of Station is an elevated spy thriller that delivers impressive action, suspense and Bond-esque vibes,” said Shreder. “Vertical is the perfect partner to bring this film to audiences nationwide and we look forward to seeing them launch it in a few months.”
Current and upcoming Vertical releases include 2023 Cannes Film Festival opener Jeanne Du Barry, directed by Maïwenn who stars alongside Johnny Depp; Sophie Barthes’ The Pod Generation starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor; Berlin Film Festival 2023 opener She Came to Me directed by Rebecca Miller and starring Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei and Anne Hathaway; and 2023 Independent Spirit Award winner Emily the Criminal with Aubrey Plaza.
The Bee Holder Productions and Concourse Media film is being lined up for a May 2024 domestic release.
Eckhart plays Ben, a former CIA European Station Chief whose world comes crumbling down after his wife, a former operative, dies in a terrible accident. After receiving cryptic information that his wife’s death might not have been an accident, Ben heads back into the shadowy underworld of Eastern Europe, teaming up with a former adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew about his wife and the agency he worked at for more than 20 years.
Supporting cast includes Nick Moran, Chris Petrovski, Daniel Bernhardt, James Faulkner, Laetitia Eido, Isobel Wood and Nina Bergman.
The film was written by George Mahaffey (Heatseekers) and directed by Jesse V. Johnson. Producers are Steve Lee Jones for Bee Holder and Matthew Shreder for Concourse.
Concourse handles sales and has sold the project around the world. Financiers include Ashland Hill Media Finance, Filmology Finance, Blue Rider Media, and Tip-Top Productions. Other producers include Simon Williams, Daniel Kresmery and Jonathan Halperyn.
Executive producers include Jack Christian, D.J. McPherson, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, Julien P. Bourgon, Matthew E. Chausse, Juliana Lubin, Walter Josten, Patrick Josten, and Joseph Lanius. Co-producers include Tyler Condon, Kevin Human and Evangelo Kioussis.
Vertical’s SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi commented: “After our recent success working with Aaron on our release of The Bricklayer, we’re looking forward to bringing another must-see film to action fans looking for their next adrenaline hit. And Chief of Station certainly delivers it.”
“Chief of Station is an elevated spy thriller that delivers impressive action, suspense and Bond-esque vibes,” said Shreder. “Vertical is the perfect partner to bring this film to audiences nationwide and we look forward to seeing them launch it in a few months.”
Current and upcoming Vertical releases include 2023 Cannes Film Festival opener Jeanne Du Barry, directed by Maïwenn who stars alongside Johnny Depp; Sophie Barthes’ The Pod Generation starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor; Berlin Film Festival 2023 opener She Came to Me directed by Rebecca Miller and starring Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei and Anne Hathaway; and 2023 Independent Spirit Award winner Emily the Criminal with Aubrey Plaza.
- 1/25/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The martial arts sci-fi action franchise that launched with Skyline in 2010 is set to continue with Skyline: Warpath, from writer/director Liam O’Donnell (Beyond Skyline). Deadline reports today that the newest installment has been acquired for U.S. distribution by XYZ Films.
Skyline: Warpath stars Iko Uwais (The Raid franchise) and Scott Adkins (John Wick: Chapter 4, Day Shift).
Set five years after the events of Beyond Skyline, the latest entry “follows Sua (Uwais) as he leads The Resistance against the aliens. When he discovers the powerful alien Radial Gauntlet, he must deal with both the corrupt Eric (Adkins) and the army of alien invaders.”
The acquisition news comes with a pair of first look images of Adkins and Uwais in action.
Louis Mandylor, Randall J. Bacon and Yayan Ruhain star alongside Iko Uwais and Scott Adkins, and filmming is currently underway in Indonesia.
Beyond Skyline starred Frank Grillo as...
Skyline: Warpath stars Iko Uwais (The Raid franchise) and Scott Adkins (John Wick: Chapter 4, Day Shift).
Set five years after the events of Beyond Skyline, the latest entry “follows Sua (Uwais) as he leads The Resistance against the aliens. When he discovers the powerful alien Radial Gauntlet, he must deal with both the corrupt Eric (Adkins) and the army of alien invaders.”
The acquisition news comes with a pair of first look images of Adkins and Uwais in action.
Louis Mandylor, Randall J. Bacon and Yayan Ruhain star alongside Iko Uwais and Scott Adkins, and filmming is currently underway in Indonesia.
Beyond Skyline starred Frank Grillo as...
- 1/16/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: XYZ Films has pre-bought all U.S. rights to distribute under-the-radar martial arts sci-fi action threequel Skyline: Warpath, written and directed by Liam O’Donnell (Beyond Skyline) and starring Iko Uwais (The Raid Franchise) and Scott Adkins (Undisputed).
Louis Mandylor, Randall J. Bacon and Yayan Ruhain round out the cast on the project which is currently filming in Indonesia. XYZ Films will release domestically in early 2025.
Set within the ‘Skyline‘ universe and five years after the events of Beyond Skyline, the movie follows Sua (Uwais) as he leads The Resistance against the aliens. When he discovers the powerful alien Radial Gauntlet, he must deal with both the corrupt Eric (Adkins) and the army of alien invaders. Above and below are first look images.
Pic is produced by Matthew Chausse and Evangelo Kioussis. The deal was negotiated by Chausse on behalf of the filmmakers with Maxime Cottray from XYZ Films. Palisades Park Pictures...
Louis Mandylor, Randall J. Bacon and Yayan Ruhain round out the cast on the project which is currently filming in Indonesia. XYZ Films will release domestically in early 2025.
Set within the ‘Skyline‘ universe and five years after the events of Beyond Skyline, the movie follows Sua (Uwais) as he leads The Resistance against the aliens. When he discovers the powerful alien Radial Gauntlet, he must deal with both the corrupt Eric (Adkins) and the army of alien invaders. Above and below are first look images.
Pic is produced by Matthew Chausse and Evangelo Kioussis. The deal was negotiated by Chausse on behalf of the filmmakers with Maxime Cottray from XYZ Films. Palisades Park Pictures...
- 1/16/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Update Sept 6, 1Pm Pst: Archstone is contesting the producer and Myriad’s claim that it is not handling international sales rights to Die Alone. The dispute is ongoing.
Original Exclusive Sept 1, 2.30Pm Pst: Thriller Die Alone, starring Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise), Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies), Frank Grillo (Captain America) and Kimberly-Sue Murray (V Wars), has switched international sales companies from Archstone — which launched the project in Cannes — to Myriad Pictures.
The Minds Eye Entertainment production recently wrapped production in Saskatchewan. Above is a first look at Moss in the movie, which has already quietly sold to Quiver for U.S. right and Filmoption for Canada.
Canada native Moss, best known for playing Trinity in The Matrix franchise, will be seen next year in Star Wars spinoff series The Acolyte.
Lowell Dean’s feature Die Alone follows Ethan (Douglas Smith), a young man with amnesia who wakes to discover...
Original Exclusive Sept 1, 2.30Pm Pst: Thriller Die Alone, starring Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise), Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies), Frank Grillo (Captain America) and Kimberly-Sue Murray (V Wars), has switched international sales companies from Archstone — which launched the project in Cannes — to Myriad Pictures.
The Minds Eye Entertainment production recently wrapped production in Saskatchewan. Above is a first look at Moss in the movie, which has already quietly sold to Quiver for U.S. right and Filmoption for Canada.
Canada native Moss, best known for playing Trinity in The Matrix franchise, will be seen next year in Star Wars spinoff series The Acolyte.
Lowell Dean’s feature Die Alone follows Ethan (Douglas Smith), a young man with amnesia who wakes to discover...
- 9/1/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
She has just wrapped her sophomore project Le Consentement this past June and Vanessa Filho has already set her gaze on an intriguing-sounding fact-based story about a tandem of truly unique artists who were part of the resistance against the Nazi occupation. Screen Daily reports that Nina Hoss and Vanessa Paradis will be toplining the English-language period thriller Trespassers. We imagine there’ll be touches of French and German tossed in for a bit more authenticity. Production is set for the spring of 2023 in Jersey and France. The UK producers Evangelo Kioussis and Giles Foreman, and French producers are Gaël Cabouat and Boris Mendza are mounting the project.…...
- 8/23/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The period thriller tells the story of the campaign of resistance against the Nazi occupation in Jersey.
Vanessa Paradis and Nina Hoss are set to star in the English-language period thriller Trespassers, the third feature from French director Vanessa Filho, best known for Angel Face.
The film tells the true story of Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe – two surrealist artists, who worked under the pseudonyms Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. The women were stepsisters and lovers, and launched the campaign of resistance against the Nazi occupation of the island of Jersey – a self-governing dependency of the British crown – during the Second World War.
Vanessa Paradis and Nina Hoss are set to star in the English-language period thriller Trespassers, the third feature from French director Vanessa Filho, best known for Angel Face.
The film tells the true story of Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe – two surrealist artists, who worked under the pseudonyms Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. The women were stepsisters and lovers, and launched the campaign of resistance against the Nazi occupation of the island of Jersey – a self-governing dependency of the British crown – during the Second World War.
- 8/23/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s film is produced by Mike Elliott and McShane.
Altitude has boarded international sales on Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s thriller American Star led by Ian McShane, with the film completing production on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura.
Screen can reveal a first-look image of the film, above; Altitude will introduce it to buyers during Cannes.
American Star follows an assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, people and a ghostly shipwreck; and when the target returns, everything has changed.
Altitude has boarded international sales on Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s thriller American Star led by Ian McShane, with the film completing production on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura.
Screen can reveal a first-look image of the film, above; Altitude will introduce it to buyers during Cannes.
American Star follows an assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, people and a ghostly shipwreck; and when the target returns, everything has changed.
- 5/5/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Biopic “Vita & Virginia” has been set as the opening night film for this year’s edition of the BFI Flare Festival, Britain’s largest and longest running Lgbtq+ film festival. Chanya Button’s film, which stars Elizabeth Debicki as iconic author Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton as her lover and muse Vita Sackville-West, will see its U.K. premiere at the head of the festival’s 33rd edition on March 21.
“I’m beyond thrilled that ‘Vita & Virginia’ will be opening BFI Flare,” said Button. “I’m so grateful that this film that celebrates love and creativity in all its forms will have a platform at such a vivid and forward thinking festival.”
Based on a stage play by Eileen Atkins and adapted by Button, the film tells the true story of the long-running and passionate relationship between Woolf and Sackville-West and the birth of Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” which their encounters inspired.
“I’m beyond thrilled that ‘Vita & Virginia’ will be opening BFI Flare,” said Button. “I’m so grateful that this film that celebrates love and creativity in all its forms will have a platform at such a vivid and forward thinking festival.”
Based on a stage play by Eileen Atkins and adapted by Button, the film tells the true story of the long-running and passionate relationship between Woolf and Sackville-West and the birth of Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” which their encounters inspired.
- 2/8/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Gemma Arterton and Rupert Penry-Jones discuss marriage and gender politics in this first clip of period drama Vita & Virginia, based on the love letters of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West.
The film tells the true story of socialite Sackville-West (Arterton) and literary icon Woolf, played by The Night Manager’s Elizabeth Debicki in 1920s London. When their paths cross, the magnetic Vita decides the beguiling, stubborn and gifted Virginia will be her next conquest, no matter the cost. Vita and Virginia forge an unconventional affair and neither will ever be the same without the other.
Shot in Ireland, it is the sophomore feature from Chanya Button. Button co-wrote with Eileen Atkins. Isabella Rossellini and Peter Ferdinando also star.
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights. Producers are Evangelo Kioussis for Mirror Productions and Katie Holly for Blinder Films. Executive producers are Simon Baxter, Christopher Figg, Nicolas Sampson, Norman Merry,...
The film tells the true story of socialite Sackville-West (Arterton) and literary icon Woolf, played by The Night Manager’s Elizabeth Debicki in 1920s London. When their paths cross, the magnetic Vita decides the beguiling, stubborn and gifted Virginia will be her next conquest, no matter the cost. Vita and Virginia forge an unconventional affair and neither will ever be the same without the other.
Shot in Ireland, it is the sophomore feature from Chanya Button. Button co-wrote with Eileen Atkins. Isabella Rossellini and Peter Ferdinando also star.
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights. Producers are Evangelo Kioussis for Mirror Productions and Katie Holly for Blinder Films. Executive producers are Simon Baxter, Christopher Figg, Nicolas Sampson, Norman Merry,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Burn Burn Burn director Chanya Button is directing the project, which is being launched at the Efm.
Eva Green will star as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton will play Vita Sackville-West in Vita & Virginia, director Chanya Button’s second feature after Burn Burn Burn.
Protagonist Pictures has boarded sales on the project and will launch to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Set in the 1920s, the film will depict the passionate love affair between English novelist Woolf (Green) and socialite Sackville-West (Arterton), which inspired the former to write her novel Orlando.
Chanya Button, who made her feature debut in 2015 with the well-received Burn Burn Burn, will direct the film from a screenplay she co-wrote with Eileen Atkins, on whose stage play the film is based.
Producers are Evangelo Kioussis of Mirror Productions and Katie Holly of Blinder Films (Love & Friendship). Eva Green, Gemma Arterton and Mirror’s Simon Baxter are executive producers...
Eva Green will star as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton will play Vita Sackville-West in Vita & Virginia, director Chanya Button’s second feature after Burn Burn Burn.
Protagonist Pictures has boarded sales on the project and will launch to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Set in the 1920s, the film will depict the passionate love affair between English novelist Woolf (Green) and socialite Sackville-West (Arterton), which inspired the former to write her novel Orlando.
Chanya Button, who made her feature debut in 2015 with the well-received Burn Burn Burn, will direct the film from a screenplay she co-wrote with Eileen Atkins, on whose stage play the film is based.
Producers are Evangelo Kioussis of Mirror Productions and Katie Holly of Blinder Films (Love & Friendship). Eva Green, Gemma Arterton and Mirror’s Simon Baxter are executive producers...
- 2/8/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Chanya Button’s debut feature getting theatrical release in UK via Verve Pictures. Director also talks new projects.
Chanya Button’s debut feature Burn Burn Burn has been acquired by Netflix for global VoD rights.
Verve Pictures will release the film in the UK on Oct 28 at about 20 cinemas across the UK, and the film will then launch on Netflix UK in early 2017.
Everyman Cinemas is working with the film to do a special tour of event screenings featuring Q&As with the likes of Button and cast members Chloe Pirrie, Laura Carmichael, Jack Farthing and Joe Dempsie. Those screenings include Oct 25 at Screen on the Green, Oct 29 in Harrogate, Oct 30 in Bristol, Nov 1 in Esher and Nov 2 at Kings Cross.
“It’s so fantastic that Everyman is so behind us to create something that feels like an event,” Button told Screen. “As an independent film, anything you can do to make it feel like an...
Chanya Button’s debut feature Burn Burn Burn has been acquired by Netflix for global VoD rights.
Verve Pictures will release the film in the UK on Oct 28 at about 20 cinemas across the UK, and the film will then launch on Netflix UK in early 2017.
Everyman Cinemas is working with the film to do a special tour of event screenings featuring Q&As with the likes of Button and cast members Chloe Pirrie, Laura Carmichael, Jack Farthing and Joe Dempsie. Those screenings include Oct 25 at Screen on the Green, Oct 29 in Harrogate, Oct 30 in Bristol, Nov 1 in Esher and Nov 2 at Kings Cross.
“It’s so fantastic that Everyman is so behind us to create something that feels like an event,” Button told Screen. “As an independent film, anything you can do to make it feel like an...
- 10/7/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: British director Chanya Button (Burn Burn Burn) is set to direct Dame Eileen Atkins’ script Vita and Virginia which chronicles the romance and friendship between authors Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Mirror Productions' Evangelo Kioussis will produce alongside Katie Holly of Blinder Films and Simon Baxter who will serve as Ep. Button's Bifa-nominated debut feature film Burn Burn Burn was backed by Creative England and made its world premiere at the…...
- 6/30/2016
- Deadline
Dutch director Sacha Polak has revealed further details of her first English-language project, Vita and Virginia.
The film, based on the play by Eileen Atkins, tells the story of the passionate love affair between writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Both women were members of the free thinking Bloomsbury set but their lesbian affair scandalised parts of British society. Sackville-West was married to the celebrated politician and diarist, Harold Nicholson.
Romola Garai has come on board to play Sackville-West.
“She (Garai) is so interesting and sexy. She will be the perfect Vita,” said Polak, who was at this year’s Berlinale with new film Zurich, sold by Beta.
The part of Woolf will be cast shortly. Polak insists that her film’s Woolf won’t be the “gloomy” and “depressing” figure with the prosthetic nose played by Nicole Kidman in The Hours.
“We are keen on showing another Virginia Woolf, a funny one...
The film, based on the play by Eileen Atkins, tells the story of the passionate love affair between writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Both women were members of the free thinking Bloomsbury set but their lesbian affair scandalised parts of British society. Sackville-West was married to the celebrated politician and diarist, Harold Nicholson.
Romola Garai has come on board to play Sackville-West.
“She (Garai) is so interesting and sexy. She will be the perfect Vita,” said Polak, who was at this year’s Berlinale with new film Zurich, sold by Beta.
The part of Woolf will be cast shortly. Polak insists that her film’s Woolf won’t be the “gloomy” and “depressing” figure with the prosthetic nose played by Nicole Kidman in The Hours.
“We are keen on showing another Virginia Woolf, a funny one...
- 2/13/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Park Entertainment has acquired international sales rights to the coming-of-age road trip film Petroleum Spirit.
The London-based sales and distribution company is now selling the film in Cannes.
Written and directed by Rob Sanders, Petroleum Spirit marges fantasy and reality told from the twisted world view of Errol – a sexually repressed teenager born in the wreckage of a Lada crash.
Raised in isolation by his nuclear-holocaust fearing mother at a remote petrol station, Errol yearns to explore the real world. When his mother dies in an accident, Errol learns that the father he thought dead is alive and sets off in the Lada to find him, leaving an unintended trail of destruction across the desolate backroads of 1980′s Britain.
When he finally does reach him, Errol’s violent-tempered father tries recruiting him to a criminal underworld, forcing Errol to choose what kind of man he wants to be.
Currently shooting in the UK, the film stars...
The London-based sales and distribution company is now selling the film in Cannes.
Written and directed by Rob Sanders, Petroleum Spirit marges fantasy and reality told from the twisted world view of Errol – a sexually repressed teenager born in the wreckage of a Lada crash.
Raised in isolation by his nuclear-holocaust fearing mother at a remote petrol station, Errol yearns to explore the real world. When his mother dies in an accident, Errol learns that the father he thought dead is alive and sets off in the Lada to find him, leaving an unintended trail of destruction across the desolate backroads of 1980′s Britain.
When he finally does reach him, Errol’s violent-tempered father tries recruiting him to a criminal underworld, forcing Errol to choose what kind of man he wants to be.
Currently shooting in the UK, the film stars...
- 5/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Dutch director Sacha Polak is now attached to Mirror Productions’ Vita and Virginia.
The feature centres on the love affair between Virginia Woolf and lover Vita Sackville-West.
Eileen Atkins wrote the screenplay based on her play of the same name.
Polak’s first feature was the award-winning Hemel, and she is now in post on follow-up Zurich.
Vita and Virginia is being produced by Mirror Productions founding partner Evangelo Kioussis with Bill Shepherd of Bill Shepherd Productions.
The script is now going out to cast, with production slated for early spring 2015.
Mirror is also in production now, shooting in South Wales, on black comedy Petroleum Spirit.
The feature centres on the love affair between Virginia Woolf and lover Vita Sackville-West.
Eileen Atkins wrote the screenplay based on her play of the same name.
Polak’s first feature was the award-winning Hemel, and she is now in post on follow-up Zurich.
Vita and Virginia is being produced by Mirror Productions founding partner Evangelo Kioussis with Bill Shepherd of Bill Shepherd Productions.
The script is now going out to cast, with production slated for early spring 2015.
Mirror is also in production now, shooting in South Wales, on black comedy Petroleum Spirit.
- 4/16/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Atkins develops feature with UK outfit Mirror Productions, first film to shoot in 2014.
London-based production outfit Mirror Productions is readying a slate which includes one of the first features to be backed by Goldfinch Pictures and a Virginia Woolf biopic written by Eileen Atkins.
Mirror is spearheaded by former Technicolour executive Simon Baxter and producer Evangelo Kioussis.
The company is in development on actress and screenwriter Eileen Atkins’ long-gestating feature adaptation of her play Virginia and Vita, about the turbulent love affair between literary trailblazer Virginia Woolf and the author Vita Sackville West.
“Eileen has found a good ally in my partner Evangelo,” Baxter told Screen. “They have been working on the script, which is now out with directors of note, one of whom will be approved by Eileen.”
“We’ve had quite a bit of verbal interest in the script,” he continued. “Once we have our director on board I’m hopeful we can get...
London-based production outfit Mirror Productions is readying a slate which includes one of the first features to be backed by Goldfinch Pictures and a Virginia Woolf biopic written by Eileen Atkins.
Mirror is spearheaded by former Technicolour executive Simon Baxter and producer Evangelo Kioussis.
The company is in development on actress and screenwriter Eileen Atkins’ long-gestating feature adaptation of her play Virginia and Vita, about the turbulent love affair between literary trailblazer Virginia Woolf and the author Vita Sackville West.
“Eileen has found a good ally in my partner Evangelo,” Baxter told Screen. “They have been working on the script, which is now out with directors of note, one of whom will be approved by Eileen.”
“We’ve had quite a bit of verbal interest in the script,” he continued. “Once we have our director on board I’m hopeful we can get...
- 12/16/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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