Exclusive: Johnny Depp’s London-based film company In.2 is adding a new string to its bow with the release this Friday of French historical drama Jeanne du Barry.
Starring Depp as Louis Xv opposite French actress and director Maïwenn in the titular role, the picture opened the Cannes Film Festival last year.
As per Cannes’ stipulation for opening films, it released theatrically in France the same day, enjoying a successful run for distributor Le Pacte with the highest French gross for a Cannes opener since The Great Gatsby in 2013.
In.2 will release the movie on 70 screens on April 19 across the UK in a campaign spearheaded by Head of Production Stephen Malit.
The UK release will be followed by the U.S. launch by Vertical Entertainment on May 2, which has confirmed 600 theatres so far.
Deadline caught up with Malit as well as In.2 CEO Stephen Deuters and Development Coordinator Vivi Stone...
Starring Depp as Louis Xv opposite French actress and director Maïwenn in the titular role, the picture opened the Cannes Film Festival last year.
As per Cannes’ stipulation for opening films, it released theatrically in France the same day, enjoying a successful run for distributor Le Pacte with the highest French gross for a Cannes opener since The Great Gatsby in 2013.
In.2 will release the movie on 70 screens on April 19 across the UK in a campaign spearheaded by Head of Production Stephen Malit.
The UK release will be followed by the U.S. launch by Vertical Entertainment on May 2, which has confirmed 600 theatres so far.
Deadline caught up with Malit as well as In.2 CEO Stephen Deuters and Development Coordinator Vivi Stone...
- 4/18/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The last time we saw Rhys Ifans on the big screen, he was turning into a scaly lizard man and causing trouble for The Amazing Spider-Man. It's a fair bet we'll have 100 per cent fewer reptilian attacks when he stars in the new film adaptation of the Dylan Thomas story Under Milk Wood.Ifans is also co-writing the project, based on a script that's also by director Kevin Allen, Michael Breen and Murray Lachlan Young. Originally written as a radio drama in 1954 by poet Dylan Thomas, the story has been adapted for the stage. It's all set in a fictional small Welsh fishing village called Llareggub (read that backwards to see the gag) and finds an omniscient narrator called First (Ifans) allowing a peek into the thoughts and dreams of the citizens across a night and a day.Among the residents are Captain Cat (also Ifans), a blind old sea...
- 3/24/2014
- EmpireOnline
Dylan Thomas's radio play to be directed for the screen by Kevin Allen ahead of release around the centenary of the poet's birth
In 1972, Richard Burton starred in a screen version of Dylan Thomas's "play for voices", with Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole and Vivien Leigh in support. Forty-two years on and the iconic radio drama, first performed in 1954, is to enjoy another big screen outing, with Rhys Ifans in the lead as First Voice, and Kevin Allen (brother of Keith) behind the camera.
The two men have secured the rights to the work following a lengthy negotiation process as part of the fFATTI fFILMS collective, which also includes poet Murray Lachlan Young and "metaphysics guru" Michael Breen.
Set in the fictional Welsh seaside town of Llareggub ("bugger all" spelt backwards, generally assumed to be based on Laugharne in Carmarthenshire), the film will be shot on the west coast...
In 1972, Richard Burton starred in a screen version of Dylan Thomas's "play for voices", with Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole and Vivien Leigh in support. Forty-two years on and the iconic radio drama, first performed in 1954, is to enjoy another big screen outing, with Rhys Ifans in the lead as First Voice, and Kevin Allen (brother of Keith) behind the camera.
The two men have secured the rights to the work following a lengthy negotiation process as part of the fFATTI fFILMS collective, which also includes poet Murray Lachlan Young and "metaphysics guru" Michael Breen.
Set in the fictional Welsh seaside town of Llareggub ("bugger all" spelt backwards, generally assumed to be based on Laugharne in Carmarthenshire), the film will be shot on the west coast...
- 3/21/2014
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Welsh broadcaster S4C commissions feature from director Kevin Allen.
Welsh broadcaster S4C has commissioned a film version of classic radio drama Under Milk Wood, set to star Rhys Ifans.
The feature update of poet Dylan Thomas’ classic story about the inhabitants of a fictional Welsh fishing village has been ordered by S4C’s drama commissioner Gwawr Martha Lloyd and will be directed and produced by Kevin Allen (Twin Town).
Director Allen, uncle of singer Lily Allen, secured the UK and international film rights to the radio drama after lengthy negotiations with the Milkwood Trust.
Ifans will play the roles of First Man and Captain Tom Cat, the parts played by Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole, respectively, in the 1972 feature adaptation, which also starred Elizabeth Taylor.
The six-week shoot is due to get underway this summer on the west coast of Wales, with English and Welsh-language versions filmed back-to-back. Casting on the...
Welsh broadcaster S4C has commissioned a film version of classic radio drama Under Milk Wood, set to star Rhys Ifans.
The feature update of poet Dylan Thomas’ classic story about the inhabitants of a fictional Welsh fishing village has been ordered by S4C’s drama commissioner Gwawr Martha Lloyd and will be directed and produced by Kevin Allen (Twin Town).
Director Allen, uncle of singer Lily Allen, secured the UK and international film rights to the radio drama after lengthy negotiations with the Milkwood Trust.
Ifans will play the roles of First Man and Captain Tom Cat, the parts played by Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole, respectively, in the 1972 feature adaptation, which also starred Elizabeth Taylor.
The six-week shoot is due to get underway this summer on the west coast of Wales, with English and Welsh-language versions filmed back-to-back. Casting on the...
- 3/20/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Welsh broadcaster S4C commissions feature from director Kevin Allen.
Welsh broadcaster S4C has commissioned a film version of classic radio drama Under Milk Wood, set to star Rhys Ifans.
The feature update of poet Dylan Thomas’ classic story about the inhabitants of a fictional Welsh fishing village has been ordered by S4C’s drama commissioner Gwawr Martha Lloyd and will be directed and produced by Kevin Allen (Twin Town).
Director Allen, uncle of singer Lily Allen, secured the UK and international film rights to the radio drama after lengthy negotiations with the Milkwood Trust.
Ifans will play the roles of First Man and Captain Tom Cat, the parts played by Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole, respectively, in the 1972 feature adaptation, which also starred Elizabeth Taylor.
The six-week shoot is due to get underway this summer on the west coast of Wales, with English and Welsh-language versions filmed back-to-back. Casting on the...
Welsh broadcaster S4C has commissioned a film version of classic radio drama Under Milk Wood, set to star Rhys Ifans.
The feature update of poet Dylan Thomas’ classic story about the inhabitants of a fictional Welsh fishing village has been ordered by S4C’s drama commissioner Gwawr Martha Lloyd and will be directed and produced by Kevin Allen (Twin Town).
Director Allen, uncle of singer Lily Allen, secured the UK and international film rights to the radio drama after lengthy negotiations with the Milkwood Trust.
Ifans will play the roles of First Man and Captain Tom Cat, the parts played by Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole, respectively, in the 1972 feature adaptation, which also starred Elizabeth Taylor.
The six-week shoot is due to get underway this summer on the west coast of Wales, with English and Welsh-language versions filmed back-to-back. Casting on the...
- 3/20/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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