Exclusive: Nicolas Cage, FKA twigs, Noah Jupe and Souheila Yacoub are set to star in Egyptian-American director Lotfy Nathan’s The Carpenter’s Son exploring the rarely told story of the childhood of Jesus with a horror take.
Paris-based Cinenovo and L.A.-based Spacemaker are producing. Goodfellas is overseeing international sales apart from in North America, which it will co-rep with Anonymous Content and WME.
Nathan has taken inspiration from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas for the screenplay. Dating back to the 2nd Century Ad, the text recounts the childhood of Jesus.
Per the official synopsis, “The Carpenter’s Son tells the dark story of a family hiding out in Roman Egypt. The son, known only as ‘the Boy’, is driven to doubt by another mysterious child and rebels against his guardian, the Carpenter, revealing inherent powers and a fate beyond his comprehension. As he exercises his own power,...
Paris-based Cinenovo and L.A.-based Spacemaker are producing. Goodfellas is overseeing international sales apart from in North America, which it will co-rep with Anonymous Content and WME.
Nathan has taken inspiration from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas for the screenplay. Dating back to the 2nd Century Ad, the text recounts the childhood of Jesus.
Per the official synopsis, “The Carpenter’s Son tells the dark story of a family hiding out in Roman Egypt. The son, known only as ‘the Boy’, is driven to doubt by another mysterious child and rebels against his guardian, the Carpenter, revealing inherent powers and a fate beyond his comprehension. As he exercises his own power,...
- 5/6/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
A few months ago, right before the horror film Stopmotion had its world premiere screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, we learned that IFC Films had acquired North American and select International distribution rights to the film, with the plan being to give Stopmotion a theatrical release before it heads over to the Shudder streaming service. Now we know the exact dates for those releases: the movie will be reaching theatres on February 23rd, then will be available to watch on Shudder as of May 31st. With the release date information comes the unveiling of a trailer, and you can check that out in the embed above.
Aisling Franciosi of The Nightingale and The Last Voyage of the Demeter stars in Stopmotion, taking on the role of Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world,...
Aisling Franciosi of The Nightingale and The Last Voyage of the Demeter stars in Stopmotion, taking on the role of Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Aisling Franciosi of The Nightingale and The Last Voyage of the Demeter stars in the upcoming horror film Stopmotion, which is set to have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest, running in Austin, Texas from September 21st through the 28th. Ahead of the premiere screening, Variety reports that IFC Films has acquired North American and select International distribution rights to the film. They’re planning to give Stopmotion a theatrical release sometime in 2024, then it will head over to the Shudder streaming service.
Franciosi takes on the role of Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world, she creates a macabre new puppet film, while struggling to maintain her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own, and the unleashed...
Franciosi takes on the role of Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world, she creates a macabre new puppet film, while struggling to maintain her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own, and the unleashed...
- 9/22/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
IFC Films has acquired North American and select International rights to “Stopmotion,” a psychological horror film that will have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest this September. The indie distributor will release the movie in theaters in 2024, followed by a streaming debut on Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thrillers and other films about the supernatural. IFC’s parent company is AMC.
Directed by Robert Morgan, “Stopmotion” stars Aisling Franciosi (“The Nightingale”) as Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world, she creates a macabre new puppet film, while struggling to maintain her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own, and the unleashed power of her imagination threatens to destroy her.
“IFC and Shudder are ecstatic to bring...
Directed by Robert Morgan, “Stopmotion” stars Aisling Franciosi (“The Nightingale”) as Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world, she creates a macabre new puppet film, while struggling to maintain her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own, and the unleashed power of her imagination threatens to destroy her.
“IFC and Shudder are ecstatic to bring...
- 9/21/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Hanna Bergholm and writer Ilja Rautsi reunite for dark horror fantasy about motherhood.
Goodfellas (formerly Wild Bunch International) has boarded sales for Nightborn, Hanna Bergholm’s follow-up to horror hit Hatching.
Nightborn is currently being financed and packaged for a 2024 shoot. Hatching screenwriter Ilja Rautsi is reunited with Bergholm to write the original script.
Daniel Kuitunen of Finland’s Komeetta (Maria’s Paradse) will produce. Co-producers on board include Noemie Devide from Goodfellas in France; and Alain de La Mata and Christopher Granier-Deferre for the UK’s BlueLight.
Nightborn – described as “a dark horror fantasy” – is set over one year...
Goodfellas (formerly Wild Bunch International) has boarded sales for Nightborn, Hanna Bergholm’s follow-up to horror hit Hatching.
Nightborn is currently being financed and packaged for a 2024 shoot. Hatching screenwriter Ilja Rautsi is reunited with Bergholm to write the original script.
Daniel Kuitunen of Finland’s Komeetta (Maria’s Paradse) will produce. Co-producers on board include Noemie Devide from Goodfellas in France; and Alain de La Mata and Christopher Granier-Deferre for the UK’s BlueLight.
Nightborn – described as “a dark horror fantasy” – is set over one year...
- 5/9/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Wild Bunch co-founders Vincent Maraval and Brahim Chioua bid farewell to the legendary company name they created in 2002 at a characteristically rebel-rousing party in Paris bannered “Forever Wild Whatever The Name!” on Thursday night, but have yet to confirm their new name.
Taking place during Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris, local and international collaborators flocked to the Annette K barge on the banks of the Seine for the event, featuring a Céline Dion tribute act and a set by DJ Kiddy Smile who appeared in Gaspar Noé’s Climax.
The dropping of the name marks the final act in their departure from the pan-European Wild Bunch Ag film group, which was created in 2015 out of the merger of their original French company Wild Bunch and Germany’s Senator and is now majority owned by German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst.
Maraval and Chioua and their 15-person-strong team struck out as a standalone...
Taking place during Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris, local and international collaborators flocked to the Annette K barge on the banks of the Seine for the event, featuring a Céline Dion tribute act and a set by DJ Kiddy Smile who appeared in Gaspar Noé’s Climax.
The dropping of the name marks the final act in their departure from the pan-European Wild Bunch Ag film group, which was created in 2015 out of the merger of their original French company Wild Bunch and Germany’s Senator and is now majority owned by German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst.
Maraval and Chioua and their 15-person-strong team struck out as a standalone...
- 1/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Dogwoof has picked up Amanda Kim’s documentary on the contemporary artist Nam June Paik for world sales, excluding North America and South Korea.
“Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV” is set to world premiere on Jan. 22 at Sundance as part of the U.S. Documentary Competition.
Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and invented the video synthesizer. He is credited with coining the term “electronic super highway,” which was the title of one of his most famous works that involved more than 300 TV sets.
The film will trace Paik’s life from childhood as he traveled across the world. He fled to Japan from his native Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War, before moving to Germany and subsequently to New York City where he settled in 1964.
The film will include...
“Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV” is set to world premiere on Jan. 22 at Sundance as part of the U.S. Documentary Competition.
Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and invented the video synthesizer. He is credited with coining the term “electronic super highway,” which was the title of one of his most famous works that involved more than 300 TV sets.
The film will trace Paik’s life from childhood as he traveled across the world. He fled to Japan from his native Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War, before moving to Germany and subsequently to New York City where he settled in 1964.
The film will include...
- 1/9/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Stopmotion
A shorts film filmmaker more than two decades into his filmography, Robert Morgan made the big move into feature film terrain with actress Aisling Franciosi (from The Nightingale fame) for a portrait on loss, creation and making a bit too much room for the people who speak inside our heads. Stopmotion‘s producers include BlueLight’s Alain de la Mata + Christopher Granier-Deferre.
Gist: This tells the story of stop-motion animator named Ella Blake who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, who embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity.…...
A shorts film filmmaker more than two decades into his filmography, Robert Morgan made the big move into feature film terrain with actress Aisling Franciosi (from The Nightingale fame) for a portrait on loss, creation and making a bit too much room for the people who speak inside our heads. Stopmotion‘s producers include BlueLight’s Alain de la Mata + Christopher Granier-Deferre.
Gist: This tells the story of stop-motion animator named Ella Blake who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, who embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity.…...
- 1/6/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Here’s our annual rundown of the 10 largest production awards given out by the British Film Institute’s Film Fund in 2022. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK.
Top of the list is Timestalker, the debut feature film from actor and writer Alice Lowe. Billed as a “reincarnation romcom,” the film follows the tale of one woman’s unrequited love spanning several centuries. Lowe directs from a screenplay she wrote. She also stars in the film alongside Jacob Anderson (Game Of Thrones), Aneurin Barnard (David Copperfield), Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz). Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures are producers. The film is currently eyeing a 2023 release.
Second on the list is Starve Acre, a supernatural horror film from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark lead pic,...
Top of the list is Timestalker, the debut feature film from actor and writer Alice Lowe. Billed as a “reincarnation romcom,” the film follows the tale of one woman’s unrequited love spanning several centuries. Lowe directs from a screenplay she wrote. She also stars in the film alongside Jacob Anderson (Game Of Thrones), Aneurin Barnard (David Copperfield), Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz). Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures are producers. The film is currently eyeing a 2023 release.
Second on the list is Starve Acre, a supernatural horror film from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark lead pic,...
- 12/26/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
International sales and production veteran Cécile Gaget has been appointed as Head of Film at leading European indie studio Wild Bunch, as it expands under the leadership of CEO Ron Meyer and co-ceo Sophie Jordan.
Gaget, who takes up her role today (September 1), will lead the studio’s film group and report to Meyer and Jordan.
Her focus will be overseeing French acquisitions, distribution and local production as well as building an international production slate including English-speaking projects for Wild Bunch, which will act as producer and financier.
The appointment comes amid a period of great change for the company following the surprise arrival of veteran studio chief and CAA co-founder Meyer and former beIN Media Group executive Jordan as CEO and co-ceo last November.
“I am very excited to join Wild Bunch and work along with Sophie and Ron to be part of the company’s dynamic next chapter.
Gaget, who takes up her role today (September 1), will lead the studio’s film group and report to Meyer and Jordan.
Her focus will be overseeing French acquisitions, distribution and local production as well as building an international production slate including English-speaking projects for Wild Bunch, which will act as producer and financier.
The appointment comes amid a period of great change for the company following the surprise arrival of veteran studio chief and CAA co-founder Meyer and former beIN Media Group executive Jordan as CEO and co-ceo last November.
“I am very excited to join Wild Bunch and work along with Sophie and Ron to be part of the company’s dynamic next chapter.
- 9/1/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-winning filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”) announced that his latest film “Final Cut” will no longer premiere as part of the Sundance lineup after the film festival canceled its in-person component.
In a statement, Hazanavicius and the team of filmmakers explained their decision to pull the project.
“We fully support Sundance’s decision to move the festival to a virtual format, as the safety of audiences and filmmakers is of paramount importance,” they stated. “However, we believe that it is best to premiere ‘Final Cut’ in a theater with a live audience and have made the difficult decision to remove the film from this year’s festival. We wish Sundance and all the filmmakers involved an excellent festival and look forward to sharing ‘Final Cut’ with audiences very soon.
Sundance organizers announced last week that the 2022 edition of the film festival would be presented virtually, due to rising cases of...
In a statement, Hazanavicius and the team of filmmakers explained their decision to pull the project.
“We fully support Sundance’s decision to move the festival to a virtual format, as the safety of audiences and filmmakers is of paramount importance,” they stated. “However, we believe that it is best to premiere ‘Final Cut’ in a theater with a live audience and have made the difficult decision to remove the film from this year’s festival. We wish Sundance and all the filmmakers involved an excellent festival and look forward to sharing ‘Final Cut’ with audiences very soon.
Sundance organizers announced last week that the 2022 edition of the film festival would be presented virtually, due to rising cases of...
- 1/10/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Maverick artist Nam June Paik will be the subject of a new feature-length documentary that will highlight unseen footage and archival materials. The currently untitled production will be completed in 2022. Oscar nominee and “Minari” star Steven Yeun and hip-hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy have joined the project as executive producers.
Paik is often referred to as the “Father of Video Art” and was a prophet of the internet, as well as a visionary and futurist. Adopting technology to transform the way we see the world, he was one of the first to use television as an artist’s canvas and invented the video synthesizer. In the 1970s, he coined the term “Electronic Superhighway” and predicted the future of communication in the digital age. He launched a series of the world’s first global satellite art events, bridging the gap between East and West, pop and avant-garde and all genres of art...
Paik is often referred to as the “Father of Video Art” and was a prophet of the internet, as well as a visionary and futurist. Adopting technology to transform the way we see the world, he was one of the first to use television as an artist’s canvas and invented the video synthesizer. In the 1970s, he coined the term “Electronic Superhighway” and predicted the future of communication in the digital age. He launched a series of the world’s first global satellite art events, bridging the gap between East and West, pop and avant-garde and all genres of art...
- 12/15/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) is set to take the lead role in elevated horror film Stopmotion, which Wild Bunch International is launching ahead of the Cannes market.
Franciosi, also known for starring in TV series Black Narcissus and The Fall, will play Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, who embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.
The psychological horror will mark the feature debut of short film director Robert Morgan. Morgan, who scripted alongside Robin King, previously directed BAFTA and Sundance-nominated short Bobby Yeah.
Producers are Alain de la Mata (The Owners) and Christopher Granier-Deferre (Lady Macbeth) for London-based production company BlueLight. The project is being supported by the BFI. A start...
Franciosi, also known for starring in TV series Black Narcissus and The Fall, will play Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, who embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.
The psychological horror will mark the feature debut of short film director Robert Morgan. Morgan, who scripted alongside Robin King, previously directed BAFTA and Sundance-nominated short Bobby Yeah.
Producers are Alain de la Mata (The Owners) and Christopher Granier-Deferre (Lady Macbeth) for London-based production company BlueLight. The project is being supported by the BFI. A start...
- 6/15/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Sk Global Entertainment, BlueLight and Black Mic Mac have boarded “Halo Daze,” the sophomore feature from South African director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, whose acclaimed debut “Necktie Youth” premiered at the Berlinale, the companies announced during the Sundance Film Festival.
Currently in production in Cape Town, “Halo Daze” follows the dark voyage of an aspiring young rapper whose internet fame fails to bring him and his family the better life he’d hoped for. Written by Shongwe-La Mer, it explores the fault-lines where class, race and ageing youth intersect in suspended animation, amongst a generation desperate for a moment of instant fame and comfort at any cost.
“Halo Daze” is produced in South Africa by Storyscope, Seriti Films, Stage 5 Films and Laika1991, and in Germany by Rohfilm Prods. Pic is due for completion mid-2021 with an eye toward release later this year.
The film is supported in South Africa by...
Currently in production in Cape Town, “Halo Daze” follows the dark voyage of an aspiring young rapper whose internet fame fails to bring him and his family the better life he’d hoped for. Written by Shongwe-La Mer, it explores the fault-lines where class, race and ageing youth intersect in suspended animation, amongst a generation desperate for a moment of instant fame and comfort at any cost.
“Halo Daze” is produced in South Africa by Storyscope, Seriti Films, Stage 5 Films and Laika1991, and in Germany by Rohfilm Prods. Pic is due for completion mid-2021 with an eye toward release later this year.
The film is supported in South Africa by...
- 2/3/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Maisie Williams’ “The Owners” and crime thriller “Chameleon” get acquired and Adam Alleca’s sci-fi project “Singular” is in the works at Netflix.
Acquisitions
Rlje Films has acquired the North American rights to the thriller “The Owners,” starring Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones”), Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Sylvester McCoy and Rita Tushingham.
The film is expected to be released in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD in the fall of 2020. Julius Berg made his feature directorial debut with “The Owners” from a script he co-wrote with Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.
“Coming off the unprecedented success of ‘Game of Thrones,’ we’re excited to work with Maisie Williams and the other talented filmmakers and cast members,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at Rlje Films.
The story centers on a group of friends thinking they found an easy...
Acquisitions
Rlje Films has acquired the North American rights to the thriller “The Owners,” starring Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones”), Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Sylvester McCoy and Rita Tushingham.
The film is expected to be released in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD in the fall of 2020. Julius Berg made his feature directorial debut with “The Owners” from a script he co-wrote with Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.
“Coming off the unprecedented success of ‘Game of Thrones,’ we’re excited to work with Maisie Williams and the other talented filmmakers and cast members,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at Rlje Films.
The story centers on a group of friends thinking they found an easy...
- 4/24/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the North American rights to a thriller starring Maisie Williams, “The Owners,” the distributor announced Thursday.
“The Owners” is the debut film of writer and director Julius Berg, and Rlje Films is expected to release the movie in theaters and on VOD and digital HD in the fall of 2020.
The “Game of Thrones” actress Williams stars in the film as part of a group of friends who think they found the perfect, easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves are left to fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.
Also Read: Maisie Williams Says 'Game of Thrones' Fame Led Her to Be Consumed...
“The Owners” is the debut film of writer and director Julius Berg, and Rlje Films is expected to release the movie in theaters and on VOD and digital HD in the fall of 2020.
The “Game of Thrones” actress Williams stars in the film as part of a group of friends who think they found the perfect, easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves are left to fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.
Also Read: Maisie Williams Says 'Game of Thrones' Fame Led Her to Be Consumed...
- 4/23/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Rlje Films has secured North American distribution rights to The Owners, a 90’s-set thriller starring Game Of Thrones alum Maisie Williams. Based on the comic book from artist Herrmann and written by Yves H, the film is aiming for a theatrical and digital release in the fall of 2020.
First-time feature director Julius Berg directed and co-wrote the film alongside Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.
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The Owners follows a group of friends who think they found the perfect easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a...
First-time feature director Julius Berg directed and co-wrote the film alongside Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.
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The Owners follows a group of friends who think they found the perfect easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a...
- 4/23/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Distributor anticipates theatrical, VOD and digital HD release in autumn.
Rlje Films has picked up North American rights from Xyz Films to thriller The Owners starring Maisie Williams from Game Of Thrones.
Julius Berg’s feature directorial debut centres on a group of friends who attempt to burgle an empty house with a safe full of cash when the elderly owners return and turn the tables on the intruders.
Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Sylvester McCoy, and Rita Tushingham round out the cast. Berg co-wrote the screenplay with Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.
Rlje Films expects...
Rlje Films has picked up North American rights from Xyz Films to thriller The Owners starring Maisie Williams from Game Of Thrones.
Julius Berg’s feature directorial debut centres on a group of friends who attempt to burgle an empty house with a safe full of cash when the elderly owners return and turn the tables on the intruders.
Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Sylvester McCoy, and Rita Tushingham round out the cast. Berg co-wrote the screenplay with Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.
Rlje Films expects...
- 4/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
It is one of Williams’s first roles since Game Of Thrones came to an end last year.
Screen can reveal the first look at Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams in horror-thriller The Owners.
Paris-based sales company Versatile is market premiering the feature at the European Film Market this week.
French director Julius Berg’s English-language horror thriller The Owners revolves around a burglary that takes a violent turn when the elderly inhabitants turn the tables on the young intruders. It is adapted from the graphic novel Une Nuit De Pleine Lune by Belgian artist Hermann and writer Yves...
Screen can reveal the first look at Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams in horror-thriller The Owners.
Paris-based sales company Versatile is market premiering the feature at the European Film Market this week.
French director Julius Berg’s English-language horror thriller The Owners revolves around a burglary that takes a violent turn when the elderly inhabitants turn the tables on the young intruders. It is adapted from the graphic novel Une Nuit De Pleine Lune by Belgian artist Hermann and writer Yves...
- 2/21/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Maisie Williams is set to star in the 1990s-set thriller The Owners, the feature directorial debut of Julius Berg.
Williams will play a young woman living in rural England who finds herself in the middle of a nightmare when her boyfriend plots with a friend to commit a burglary, which spirals out of control.
Berg and Matthieu Gompel have written the screenplay, based on a comic book from the artist Hermann, written by Yves H. The film is being produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight and executive produced by Xyz Films.
The Owners is set to ...
Williams will play a young woman living in rural England who finds herself in the middle of a nightmare when her boyfriend plots with a friend to commit a burglary, which spirals out of control.
Berg and Matthieu Gompel have written the screenplay, based on a comic book from the artist Hermann, written by Yves H. The film is being produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight and executive produced by Xyz Films.
The Owners is set to ...
Maisie Williams is set to star in 90’s-set thriller The Owners, the feature directorial debut of Julius Berg. Williams will play a young woman living in rural England who finds herself in the middle of a nightmare when her boyfriend plots with a friend to commit a burglary, which spirals out of control.
Berg and Matthieu Gompel have written the screenplay, based on a comic book from the artist Hermann, written by Yves H. The film is being produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films.
The film is set ...
Berg and Matthieu Gompel have written the screenplay, based on a comic book from the artist Hermann, written by Yves H. The film is being produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films.
The film is set ...
“Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams is coming on board the 1990s-set thriller “The Owners,” directed by Julius Berg from a screenplay by Berg and Matthieu Gompel.
“The Owners” is based on a comic book from the artist Herrmann and written by Yves H. The film is produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films, which will handle North American sales with Versatile handling international at the European Film Market at the Berlin Film Festival.
The film will shoot this spring in Kent, close to London, in an isolated Victorian mansion. The story takes place in rural England with two friends — broke and on the scrap heap at 20 — being spurred on by an out-of-town sociopath to rob the elderly local doctor and his wife. Williams will portray the girlfriend of one of the perpetrators who is dead set against the plan,...
“The Owners” is based on a comic book from the artist Herrmann and written by Yves H. The film is produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films, which will handle North American sales with Versatile handling international at the European Film Market at the Berlin Film Festival.
The film will shoot this spring in Kent, close to London, in an isolated Victorian mansion. The story takes place in rural England with two friends — broke and on the scrap heap at 20 — being spurred on by an out-of-town sociopath to rob the elderly local doctor and his wife. Williams will portray the girlfriend of one of the perpetrators who is dead set against the plan,...
- 2/8/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Maisie Williams is attached to star in The Owners, a feature based on the comic book from renowned artist Herrmann and written by Yves H. Julius Berg is directing the pic, which will mark his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Matthieu Gompel. Alain de la Mata at UK-based Bluelight is producing the film. Xyz Films will serve as exec producer and handle North American sales while Versatile is overseeing international at Efm in Berlin.
Set in rural England during the early 1990s, the film follows childhood friends Nathan and Terry who, broke and on the scrap heap at 20, are spurred on by an out-of-town sociopath named Gaz to rob Huggins, the elderly local doctor and his wife. Nathan’s girlfriend Mary (Williams) is dead against the plan but the lads are set. It’s their way out of the world they’ve been born into. But...
Set in rural England during the early 1990s, the film follows childhood friends Nathan and Terry who, broke and on the scrap heap at 20, are spurred on by an out-of-town sociopath named Gaz to rob Huggins, the elderly local doctor and his wife. Nathan’s girlfriend Mary (Williams) is dead against the plan but the lads are set. It’s their way out of the world they’ve been born into. But...
- 2/8/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The project is launching at Efm, with Versatile handling international sales and Xyz overseeing North America.
Maisie Williams is set to star in Julius Berg’s 1990s-set thriller The Owners revolving around the burglary of an isolated house by a group of young delinquents that goes badly wrong when the elderly inhabitants turn the tables on the intruders.
The screenplay, written by Berg and Matthieu Gompel, is based on the comic book Une Nuit De Pleine Lune by Belgian artist Hermann and writer Yves H.
The film is produced by Alain de la Mata at UK-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films.
Maisie Williams is set to star in Julius Berg’s 1990s-set thriller The Owners revolving around the burglary of an isolated house by a group of young delinquents that goes badly wrong when the elderly inhabitants turn the tables on the intruders.
The screenplay, written by Berg and Matthieu Gompel, is based on the comic book Une Nuit De Pleine Lune by Belgian artist Hermann and writer Yves H.
The film is produced by Alain de la Mata at UK-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films.
- 2/8/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
“We have the same DNA” says Logical president Frédéric Fiore.
French film production and film financing company Logical Pictures has taken a minority stake in Manuel Chiche’s Paris-based genre distributor The Jokers.
“We have the same DNA,” said Frédéric Fiore, president of Logical Pictures. ”Beyond the films we have in common, Manuel’s input has been invaluable across our whole line-up.
The Jokers is set to distribute two upcoming films either produced or part financed by Logical: Eric Cherrière’s medieval action drama No Gods No Masters and Gerard Johnson’s English-language thriller Muscle, starring Craig Fairbrass.
Fiore said...
French film production and film financing company Logical Pictures has taken a minority stake in Manuel Chiche’s Paris-based genre distributor The Jokers.
“We have the same DNA,” said Frédéric Fiore, president of Logical Pictures. ”Beyond the films we have in common, Manuel’s input has been invaluable across our whole line-up.
The Jokers is set to distribute two upcoming films either produced or part financed by Logical: Eric Cherrière’s medieval action drama No Gods No Masters and Gerard Johnson’s English-language thriller Muscle, starring Craig Fairbrass.
Fiore said...
- 5/13/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Wild Bunch began in the late 1990s as the sales arm of Studiocanal, before spinning off in 2002. Led by founding partners Vincent Maraval, Vincent Grimond, Brahim Chioua and Alain de la Mata, the mavericks have financed, produced, co-produced or distributed such films as City Of God; March Of The Penguins; Pan's Labyrinth; Fahrenheit 9/11; Che; The Wrestler; The Artist; Spirited Away; The Orphanage; 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days; Only God Forgives; and Enter The Void. A…...
- 5/15/2016
- Deadline
2002's The Magdalene Sisters demonstrated Mullan's knack for holding a scene, capturing human drama without flinching. It's a shame we've had to wait this long for his third feature film but from what I understand, this taps into a portion of Mullan's own childhood -- expect it to be void of cute. - #36. Neds Director/Writer: Peter MullanProducers: Olivier Delbosc, Alain de la Mata and Marc Missonnier Distributor: Rights Available. The Gist: A.k.a Non-Educated Delinquents, this is set in the late 1970s in Glasgow...(more) Cast: Steven Robertson, Martin Bell and Marcus Nash. Why is it on the list?: 2002's The Magdalene Sisters demonstrated Mullan's knack for holding a scene, capturing human drama without flinching. It's a shame we've had to wait this long for his third feature film but from what I understand, this taps into a portion of Mullan's own childhood -- expect...
- 2/3/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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