Characters from Twenty Twelve and W1A will reportedly return in a spin-off centred around FIFA. Here are the details.
Sarah Parish, who played Anna Rampton in the original comedy series W1A, has revealed on That Gaby Roslin Podcast that a spin-off show based on the FIFA international football association. was in the works. She also revealed that W1A co-star Hugh Bonneville would be reprising his role.
Though Parish said the show was being written according to the British Comedy Guide, she said she would not be in it, but that she suspected Hynes would return. There has been no official confirmation from the BBC, but it would fit with the previous series precedent of writing a comedy about a real forthcoming event, in this case the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
W1A was written by John Morton, who made his name with the radio and subsequent television adaptation of People Like Us,...
Sarah Parish, who played Anna Rampton in the original comedy series W1A, has revealed on That Gaby Roslin Podcast that a spin-off show based on the FIFA international football association. was in the works. She also revealed that W1A co-star Hugh Bonneville would be reprising his role.
Though Parish said the show was being written according to the British Comedy Guide, she said she would not be in it, but that she suspected Hynes would return. There has been no official confirmation from the BBC, but it would fit with the previous series precedent of writing a comedy about a real forthcoming event, in this case the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
W1A was written by John Morton, who made his name with the radio and subsequent television adaptation of People Like Us,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Ireland’s Deadpan Pictures (“Northern Lights”) and France’s Thalie Images are teaming up on “The Continental Method,” an ambitious spy comedy thriller set against the backdrop of the Paris riots of May 1968.
The European half-hour series is inspired by the true story of Conor O’Flaherty, a fresh-faced Irish salesman who became an unlikely spy in Paris. The twelve-part show is penned by John Morton (“Dead Still”) and Victor Lockwood (“Mental”) who are leading a writing team.
Red Arrow Studios International will kick-off pre-sales at Mipcom for territories outside of France and Ireland. Deadpan Pictures is co-producing the show with Paris-based Thalie Images, which is part of Kabo Family, a subsidiary of Asacha Media Group.
‘The Continental Method” follows Conor O’Flaherty as he arrives in Paris to sell sweaters in the fashion capital of the world. Caught up in the fervor of the times, he falls for a radical...
The European half-hour series is inspired by the true story of Conor O’Flaherty, a fresh-faced Irish salesman who became an unlikely spy in Paris. The twelve-part show is penned by John Morton (“Dead Still”) and Victor Lockwood (“Mental”) who are leading a writing team.
Red Arrow Studios International will kick-off pre-sales at Mipcom for territories outside of France and Ireland. Deadpan Pictures is co-producing the show with Paris-based Thalie Images, which is part of Kabo Family, a subsidiary of Asacha Media Group.
‘The Continental Method” follows Conor O’Flaherty as he arrives in Paris to sell sweaters in the fashion capital of the world. Caught up in the fervor of the times, he falls for a radical...
- 10/5/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
No Spaced. No The League of Gentlemen. No Smack the Pony or Goodness Gracious Me or The Royle Family or Brass Eye, or Red Dwarf or Father Ted or anything that belongs to the last century (side note: the late 90s were an incredible time for UK comedy). These are the 40 finest British comedy TV shows that have arrived since the year 2000, as nominated by our writers. Add in your favourites below, and it’s a party.
What’s cheering about this lot, apart from the fact that as comedies, they should all technically cheer us up, is how different they are. There’s the surreal chaos of Year of the Rabbit, and the sweet warmth of Lovesick, the Pythonesque bonkersness of Yonderland, the satirical might of The Thick of It and much more. Something for everyone, you might say.
And to make sure there was enough space to include a wide enough selection,...
What’s cheering about this lot, apart from the fact that as comedies, they should all technically cheer us up, is how different they are. There’s the surreal chaos of Year of the Rabbit, and the sweet warmth of Lovesick, the Pythonesque bonkersness of Yonderland, the satirical might of The Thick of It and much more. Something for everyone, you might say.
And to make sure there was enough space to include a wide enough selection,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
“Call My Agent” U.K. — launched locally as “Ten Percent” — will not return for a second season, Variety can confirm.
The re-make of the hit French comedy, which starred Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Maggie Steed, launched on Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. in April 2022 to high hopes. In the U.S. it premiered on Sundance Now and AMC+.
The original series, titled “Dix Pour Cent” (“Ten Percent”) in France, was a sleeper hit, spawning four seasons and turning its cast, including Camille Cottin and Assaad Bouab, into international stars. Cottin will next be seen in Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice” and Guy Nattiv’s “Golda,” while Bouab recently had roles in “Inventing Anna” and “Bad Sisters.”
The self-referential show, set in the offices of a Parisian talent agency, was also known for its many celebrity cameos including Monica Belluci, Sigourney Weaver and Juliette Binoche,...
The re-make of the hit French comedy, which starred Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Maggie Steed, launched on Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. in April 2022 to high hopes. In the U.S. it premiered on Sundance Now and AMC+.
The original series, titled “Dix Pour Cent” (“Ten Percent”) in France, was a sleeper hit, spawning four seasons and turning its cast, including Camille Cottin and Assaad Bouab, into international stars. Cottin will next be seen in Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice” and Guy Nattiv’s “Golda,” while Bouab recently had roles in “Inventing Anna” and “Bad Sisters.”
The self-referential show, set in the offices of a Parisian talent agency, was also known for its many celebrity cameos including Monica Belluci, Sigourney Weaver and Juliette Binoche,...
- 8/10/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
John Ratzenberger's acting career is riddled with the kind of trivia-fodder that would delight his "Cheers" character, Cliff Clavin. Aside from his sitcom stardom, the actor is best known as Pixar's good-luck charm (he appears in the animation studio's first 23 features) and, pre-"Cheers," as a master of the blink-and-miss-it walk-on role. Settle in to watch films as disparate as Richard Donner's "Superman," Kevin Connor's "Motel Hell," or Warren Beatty's "Reds," and you'll spy Ratzenberg at some point.
With his amusingly bushy mustache and awkward bearing, Ratzenberger was never going to be a leading man. He's a born character actor, and could've very well been a member of the "that guy" all-stars with Dick Miller, Stephen Tobolowsky, and James Rebhorn, had he not found television immortality as everyone's favorite know-some-of-it-all mail carrier. He's certainly not upset about how his career shook out, but his "Cheers...
With his amusingly bushy mustache and awkward bearing, Ratzenberger was never going to be a leading man. He's a born character actor, and could've very well been a member of the "that guy" all-stars with Dick Miller, Stephen Tobolowsky, and James Rebhorn, had he not found television immortality as everyone's favorite know-some-of-it-all mail carrier. He's certainly not upset about how his career shook out, but his "Cheers...
- 5/21/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
The British remake of “Call My Agent!” is finally heading to Amazon’s Prime Video next month.
Titled “Ten Percent,” the show hails from BAFTA-winning “W1A” and “Twenty Twelve” writer John Morton, and all eight episodes will launch on the service on April 28 in the U.K., Ireland and select countries around the world.
The show is inspired by the original French comedy drama “Dix Pour Cent,” which is known around the world via Netflix as “Call My Agent!”
Cast members include Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Hiftu Quasem, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Rebecca Humphries, Harry Trevaldwyn, Tim McInnerny, Natasha Little, Edward Bluemel, Eleonore Arnaud and Jim Broadbent.
Meanwhile, A-list cameo appearances include Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, David Oyelowo, Jessica Oyelowo, Dominic West, Emma Corrin, Kelly Macdonald, Himesh Patel, David Harewood and Clemence Poesy.
Watch a trailer for “Ten Percent” below:...
Titled “Ten Percent,” the show hails from BAFTA-winning “W1A” and “Twenty Twelve” writer John Morton, and all eight episodes will launch on the service on April 28 in the U.K., Ireland and select countries around the world.
The show is inspired by the original French comedy drama “Dix Pour Cent,” which is known around the world via Netflix as “Call My Agent!”
Cast members include Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Hiftu Quasem, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Rebecca Humphries, Harry Trevaldwyn, Tim McInnerny, Natasha Little, Edward Bluemel, Eleonore Arnaud and Jim Broadbent.
Meanwhile, A-list cameo appearances include Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, David Oyelowo, Jessica Oyelowo, Dominic West, Emma Corrin, Kelly Macdonald, Himesh Patel, David Harewood and Clemence Poesy.
Watch a trailer for “Ten Percent” below:...
- 3/31/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon and Sundance Now have dropped the first UK and U.S. trailers for Ten Percent, the British remake of hit French comedy Call My Agent! in what looks to be a fairly faithful and quite fun adaptation. Amazon, which has UK rights, has set its launch date for April 28, with all eight episodes available that day on Prime Video in the UK, Ireland and other select markets. Sundance Now and AMC+ will premiere the first two episodes on April 29 in the U.S., with the rest of the season following weekly. Check out the UK trailer above and the U.S. version below.
From W1A’s John Morton, Bron Studios and Headline Pictures, Ten Percent follows the small London talent agency of Nightingale Hart as it struggles to adapt in an ever-changing industry.
After tragedy strikes the company, the personal and professional lives of the agents and assistants are thrown into turmoil.
From W1A’s John Morton, Bron Studios and Headline Pictures, Ten Percent follows the small London talent agency of Nightingale Hart as it struggles to adapt in an ever-changing industry.
After tragedy strikes the company, the personal and professional lives of the agents and assistants are thrown into turmoil.
- 3/31/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
In season one, Viscount Bridgerton was less hero than impediment. The eldest Bridgerton son, he assumed responsibility for the matches of his younger siblings Daphne and Colin, and spent the season throwing his weight around – sometimes literally in the case of the punch-up and dual with Daphne’s suitor Simon. Anthony attempted to control everybody else’s marriage responsibilities while refusing to face up to his own. His mistress Siena Rosso eventually made the decision for him, recognising that an opera singer with her past would never be found respectable enough to become a society Viscountess. Siena moved on, and urged Anthony to do the same.
In season two, Anthony’s search for a wife is centre-stage, making actor Jonathan the romantic lead. It’s not the first time the actor has told a love story in his established stage and screen career, which started in his childhood with the Royal Shakespeare Company,...
In season two, Anthony’s search for a wife is centre-stage, making actor Jonathan the romantic lead. It’s not the first time the actor has told a love story in his established stage and screen career, which started in his childhood with the Royal Shakespeare Company,...
- 3/28/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
“Call My Agent!,” the hit French show set at a Parisian talent agency, is set for a number of international adaptations with remakes in the works at top streamers and broadcasters in South Korea, Indonesia, the Middle East, Philippines, Malaysia and Poland.
Co-represented by France Televisions Distribution and Newen Connect’s TF1 Studio, the show was previously adapted in India, Canada and Turkey. A U.K. remake with BAFTA award winner John Morton as head writer and director of the first two episodes will soon launch on Amazon U.K. and Sundance Now in the U.S. In Italy, the remake is being produced by Mediawan-owned Palomar for Sky with German filmmaker Oliver Hirschbiegel on board.
In The Philippines, the show is being adapted by Erik Matti, the critically acclaimed director of “On The Job,” who will serve as director and showrunner. Dondon Monteverde is executive producer. The writing...
Co-represented by France Televisions Distribution and Newen Connect’s TF1 Studio, the show was previously adapted in India, Canada and Turkey. A U.K. remake with BAFTA award winner John Morton as head writer and director of the first two episodes will soon launch on Amazon U.K. and Sundance Now in the U.S. In Italy, the remake is being produced by Mediawan-owned Palomar for Sky with German filmmaker Oliver Hirschbiegel on board.
In The Philippines, the show is being adapted by Erik Matti, the critically acclaimed director of “On The Job,” who will serve as director and showrunner. Dondon Monteverde is executive producer. The writing...
- 1/11/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Networks’ Sundance Now has garnered U.S. premiere rights to the British remake of original French comedy series “Call My Agent!”
BAFTA award winner John Morton is head writer, and directs the first two episodes of the series. Series regulars include recently added Chelsey Crisp, as well as stars Prasanna Puwanarajah, Maggie Steed, Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard and Jim Broadbent. “Call My Agent!” will premiere on Sundance Now in the U.S. in 2022 after its U.K. world premiere on Amazon.
As in the French version of the show, well-known actors will play themselves. In the British remake of “Call My Agent!,” Dominic West, Phoebe Dynevor, Jessica Oyelowo and David Oyelowo will appear, with previously announced appearances by Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams.
The original “Call My Agent!” follows the staff of a Parisian talent agency trying to keep their clients calm after the sudden death...
BAFTA award winner John Morton is head writer, and directs the first two episodes of the series. Series regulars include recently added Chelsey Crisp, as well as stars Prasanna Puwanarajah, Maggie Steed, Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard and Jim Broadbent. “Call My Agent!” will premiere on Sundance Now in the U.S. in 2022 after its U.K. world premiere on Amazon.
As in the French version of the show, well-known actors will play themselves. In the British remake of “Call My Agent!,” Dominic West, Phoebe Dynevor, Jessica Oyelowo and David Oyelowo will appear, with previously announced appearances by Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams.
The original “Call My Agent!” follows the staff of a Parisian talent agency trying to keep their clients calm after the sudden death...
- 7/20/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
The UK remake of buzzy French comedy Call My Agent! will air on Sundance Now after the AMC Networks streaming service acquired the U.S. rights.
This comes after Amazon picked up the UK rights to the series, which comes from W1A’s John Morton, Bron Studios and Headline Pictures.
Joining the cast as a series regular is Fresh Off The Boat’s Chelsey Crisp. Crisp, who plays Honey in the ABC comedy, joins Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Hiftu Quasem, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Rebecca Humphries, Harry Trevaldwyn, Tim McInnerny, Natasha Little, Edward Bluemel, Eleonore Arnaud and Jim Broadbent in the series.
Dominic West, Phoebe Dynevor, Jessica Oyelowo and David Oyelowo will also be appearing in cameo roles alongside Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams.
It will premiere on Sundance Now in the U.S. in 2022, shortly after its UK premiere.
The adaptation will retain...
This comes after Amazon picked up the UK rights to the series, which comes from W1A’s John Morton, Bron Studios and Headline Pictures.
Joining the cast as a series regular is Fresh Off The Boat’s Chelsey Crisp. Crisp, who plays Honey in the ABC comedy, joins Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Hiftu Quasem, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Rebecca Humphries, Harry Trevaldwyn, Tim McInnerny, Natasha Little, Edward Bluemel, Eleonore Arnaud and Jim Broadbent in the series.
Dominic West, Phoebe Dynevor, Jessica Oyelowo and David Oyelowo will also be appearing in cameo roles alongside Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams.
It will premiere on Sundance Now in the U.S. in 2022, shortly after its UK premiere.
The adaptation will retain...
- 7/20/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Call My Agent! English Language To Be Produced by Amazon — It has been announced that Amazon Prime Video will be premiering a British remake of the acclaimed French comedy series Call My Agent!. BAFTA award winner John Morton (for the series Twenty Twelve) will write and direct the initial two episodes of the remake while also executive [...]
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- 5/25/2021
- by Ean Marshall
- Film-Book
Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams join cast.
Amazon Prime Video has acquired UK-Ireland rights to the English-language remake of acclaimed French comedy series Call My Agent!, which has added key cameo roles to its cast.
Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams have all been confirmed to appear in the series.
They will join previously-announced series regulars Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Hiftu Quasem, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Rebecca Humphries, Harry Trevaldwyn, Tim McInnerny, Natasha Little, Edward Bluemel, Eleonore Arnaud and Jim Broadbent.
Filming is underway on the series in London; Bafta-winning John Morton, creator of...
Amazon Prime Video has acquired UK-Ireland rights to the English-language remake of acclaimed French comedy series Call My Agent!, which has added key cameo roles to its cast.
Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams have all been confirmed to appear in the series.
They will join previously-announced series regulars Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Hiftu Quasem, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Rebecca Humphries, Harry Trevaldwyn, Tim McInnerny, Natasha Little, Edward Bluemel, Eleonore Arnaud and Jim Broadbent.
Filming is underway on the series in London; Bafta-winning John Morton, creator of...
- 5/21/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Amazon Prime Video has locked UK and Ireland rights to the forthcoming British remake of hit French series Call My Agent!
As Deadline revealed John Morton (W1A) is writing and directing the first two episodes and executive producing the series, which will star Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed Prasanna Puwanarajah, Jim Broadbent, and more.
Today, Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams have been confirmed as joining the cast for cameo appearances. Filming is now underway in London.
The original series, which was broadcast on French network France 2 and found global success on Netflix, chronicled how a Parisian talent agency’s employees must scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder. The remake’s Anglicisations will include a greater focus on Transatlantic industry relationships, and include nods to Brit obsessions such as the class system.
“It’s...
As Deadline revealed John Morton (W1A) is writing and directing the first two episodes and executive producing the series, which will star Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed Prasanna Puwanarajah, Jim Broadbent, and more.
Today, Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams have been confirmed as joining the cast for cameo appearances. Filming is now underway in London.
The original series, which was broadcast on French network France 2 and found global success on Netflix, chronicled how a Parisian talent agency’s employees must scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder. The remake’s Anglicisations will include a greater focus on Transatlantic industry relationships, and include nods to Brit obsessions such as the class system.
“It’s...
- 5/21/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
"Awaken your magic!" Yay! One of the best animated films from last year is now playing in cinemas again. GKids has re-released Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart's magical adventure Wolfwalkers in select theaters in the US, with more venues playing it nationwide coming up this weekend. A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night. Featuring the voices of Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whitaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Tommy Tiernan, Jon Kenny, John Morton, and Maria Doyle Kennedy. I totally adore this film, along with everything else Tomm Moore has made! I'm happy it's playing again after first opening in the fall. As wonderful as this film is, it's even better on the big screen! If you can safely get to a...
- 4/6/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Animated Roddy Doyle adaptation and a feelgood-feature starring Olivia Colman also secure backing.
Frank Berry’s Provision, starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor, has received a boost of €700,000 in the latest round of funding from Screen Ireland.
Dublin-based Subotica Entertainment is producing the drama, in which Wright plays an African woman fleeing persecution who ends up spending more than two years in Ireland’s asylum system, where she befriends a security guard, played by O’Connor.
Irish writer-director Berry’s previous feature was teenage prison drama Michael Inside, which won best film at the 2018 Irish Film and Television Awards and...
Frank Berry’s Provision, starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor, has received a boost of €700,000 in the latest round of funding from Screen Ireland.
Dublin-based Subotica Entertainment is producing the drama, in which Wright plays an African woman fleeing persecution who ends up spending more than two years in Ireland’s asylum system, where she befriends a security guard, played by O’Connor.
Irish writer-director Berry’s previous feature was teenage prison drama Michael Inside, which won best film at the 2018 Irish Film and Television Awards and...
- 3/24/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
“Wolfwalkers” directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart didn’t conceive of the idea for their animated, Irish folklore parable until 2013 as they were finishing their previous film “Song of the Sea.” But even though the film is set in Medieval times, the history has only become more prescient.
“Wolfwalkers” comes from the animation team at Cartoon Saloon, which developed both “Song of the Sea” and “The Secret of Kells,” both Oscar-nominated films about Irish folklore. Their latest completes a trilogy of sorts, but the directors told TheWrap that it stands alone in how it speaks to the problems of today.
“The 17th Century and sadly hundreds of years later has some similar stuff where we have our protector is a fairly recognizable strong man, autocratic leader kind of ruling with fear and division, and also the destruction of the forests for agricultural use and also to symbolically tame the indigenous...
“Wolfwalkers” comes from the animation team at Cartoon Saloon, which developed both “Song of the Sea” and “The Secret of Kells,” both Oscar-nominated films about Irish folklore. Their latest completes a trilogy of sorts, but the directors told TheWrap that it stands alone in how it speaks to the problems of today.
“The 17th Century and sadly hundreds of years later has some similar stuff where we have our protector is a fairly recognizable strong man, autocratic leader kind of ruling with fear and division, and also the destruction of the forests for agricultural use and also to symbolically tame the indigenous...
- 10/1/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
"Be a wolf!" Apple has released an official teaser trailer for a new animated feature film titled Wolfwalkers, the latest project from acclaimed Irish animation filmmaker Tomm Moore co-directing with concept artist Ross Stewart. In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn, comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when Robyn saves a wild native girl, Mebh, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwakers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy. The voice cast includes Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whitaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Tommy Tiernan, Jon Kenny, John Morton, and Maria Doyle Kennedy. I am a huge fan of Moore's work, and I had no idea he was making this! I couldn't be more excited!! This looks...
- 9/8/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Favourite backer Fox Searchlight is lining up a reboot of Julia Roberts’ 1991 hit Sleeping With The Enemy and a feature version of smash James Corden stage play One Man, Two Guvnors as part of a new producing deal with The Iron Lady and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie producer Damian Jones.
Prolific UK producer Jones is in development on a strong new slate of movies with Searchlight and they have set emerging US filmmaker Nia DaCosta as writer-director of the Sleeping With The Enemy “reimagining.” DaCosta’s 2018 feature debut Little Woods starred Lily James and Tessa Thompson as sisters driven to work outside the law to better their lives.
Based on Nancy Price’s 1987 novel of the same name, thriller Sleeping With The Enemy saw Roberts – then at the height of fame just after Pretty Woman – play a woman trying to escape her abusive husband. The film was a...
Prolific UK producer Jones is in development on a strong new slate of movies with Searchlight and they have set emerging US filmmaker Nia DaCosta as writer-director of the Sleeping With The Enemy “reimagining.” DaCosta’s 2018 feature debut Little Woods starred Lily James and Tessa Thompson as sisters driven to work outside the law to better their lives.
Based on Nancy Price’s 1987 novel of the same name, thriller Sleeping With The Enemy saw Roberts – then at the height of fame just after Pretty Woman – play a woman trying to escape her abusive husband. The film was a...
- 2/26/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
How much would you pay for the chance to get an autograph from your childhood idol? For attendees at Anaheim's Star Wars Celebration, that's not an abstract question. The chance to get a signature from Mark Hamill at the show costs $125, while Carrie Fisher charges $70. Anthony Daniels, meanwhile, will sign something in exchange for $50, and Peter Mayhew shows the intergalactically-renowned kindness of Wookiees by also asking $50 for his hairy John Hancock. It's not just the big names who are offering their signatures. John Morton, who played an X-Wing pilot in The Empire Strikes Back, will
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- 4/16/2015
- by Graeme McMillan, Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Today, at Walt Disney's Q2 Fiscal 2014 Earnings Conference Call, CEO Bob Iger announced the studio has plans for "at least three" Star Wars films outside the upcoming new trilogy, which will begin with the J.J. Abrams-directed Star Wars: Episode VII. Given the December 18, 2015 release plans for Episode VII, speculation is these films will alternate years with the new trilogy, which would place them in 2016, '17 and '18. We've known before these one-off, origin story films would be coming out, but until now it was thought to be only two with reports they would focus on characters such as a young Han Solo, Boba Fett or Yoda. Iger didn't confirms which of the characters the features would focus on, but we do know Episode VII co-wrtier Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are working on developing the screenplays. In other Star Wars related news, Movie Cricket (via Slashfilm) has a report...
- 5/6/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I love how anything and everything that happens in the Marvel Universe affects everyone involved. It looks like Disney is going to be doing the same thing in the Star Wars universe.
While at a Star Wars convention in England, Movie Cricket was able to catch up with John Morton. Who is that you ask? John Morton played Luke Skywalker’s gunner Dak in The Empire Strikes Back. In the same movie he was used as a body double for Boba Fett. What does he know about Star Wars Episode VII? Apparently a lot!
While speaking with Morton, Movie Cricket found out that the upcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels will be connected to Star Wars: Episode VII. Here is what he had to say:
“Rebels is the key. Rebels will provide the link to bring in the continuity from Clone Wars, the Original Trilogy and the Prequels to enable...
While at a Star Wars convention in England, Movie Cricket was able to catch up with John Morton. Who is that you ask? John Morton played Luke Skywalker’s gunner Dak in The Empire Strikes Back. In the same movie he was used as a body double for Boba Fett. What does he know about Star Wars Episode VII? Apparently a lot!
While speaking with Morton, Movie Cricket found out that the upcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels will be connected to Star Wars: Episode VII. Here is what he had to say:
“Rebels is the key. Rebels will provide the link to bring in the continuity from Clone Wars, the Original Trilogy and the Prequels to enable...
- 5/6/2014
- by Billy Fisher
- GeekTyrant
"Star Wars" film titles seem to follow a pattern. In the previous two trilogies, the first chapter was a three word title (The Phantom Menace, A New Hope) that hints at an overall theme.
Today, AICN has revealed the rumored official 'working title' for J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode VII". That title? "The Ancient Fear".
The title is said to be in reference to Max von Sydow's character, a villain, although it's not known if his character is a Sith.
The source itself was the same one who revealed that filming would take place in Abu Dhabi. AICN contacted Abrams and haven't received either a confirmation or denial.
In other 'Episode VII' talk, actor John Morton tells Movie Cricket that the upcoming "Star Wars" animated series "Star Wars: Rebels" will have more of a connection than you might expect to the new trilogy.
Morton, who played Dak Ralter in "The Empire Strikes Back,...
Today, AICN has revealed the rumored official 'working title' for J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode VII". That title? "The Ancient Fear".
The title is said to be in reference to Max von Sydow's character, a villain, although it's not known if his character is a Sith.
The source itself was the same one who revealed that filming would take place in Abu Dhabi. AICN contacted Abrams and haven't received either a confirmation or denial.
In other 'Episode VII' talk, actor John Morton tells Movie Cricket that the upcoming "Star Wars" animated series "Star Wars: Rebels" will have more of a connection than you might expect to the new trilogy.
Morton, who played Dak Ralter in "The Empire Strikes Back,...
- 5/6/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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