"I need to see the man who did this me, 'cause I don't know what I'm doing." Hulu has revealed a new US trailer for a British series titled Somewhere Boy, which seems to be a fun riff on the more popular title Nowhere Boy. It already played on BBC last year in the UK, but it is only now coming to the US - available for streaming in early June on Hulu. Here's the intro to this one: Daniel F. Harris has lived inside almost his entire life. He's always believed the world was full of monsters – the monsters that took his mum. For nearly 20 years, he and his dad Steve have stayed in, listening to old records and watching movies that always had a happy ending – and Danny was happy too. But one day that life shatters in an instant, and Danny has to take his first tentative steps into the outside world.
- 5/30/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As “The Wheel of Time” prepares to return for a second season at Prime Video, the Amazon Studios production has added four cast members to play characters from Robert Jordan’s series of fantasy novels. The announcement was made Saturday afternoon at JordanCon, which is dedicated to the author and celebrates sci-fi and fantasy writing.
Maja Simonsen (“Emily in Paris”), Ragga Ragnars (“Vikings”), Jay Duffy (“Hollyoaks”) and Rima Te Wiata (“Kiri and Lou”) have all joined the series for recurring roles. The actors will portray Chiad, Bain, Dain Bornhal and Sheriam Bayanar, respectively.
The recently announced quartet join returning cast members Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Zoë Robins, Madeleine Madden, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Kate Fleetwood, Sophie Okonedo, Alvaro Morte, Hammed Animashaun, Alexandre Willaume, Johann Myers, Kae Alexander, Fares Fares and Priyanka Bose.
Set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it,...
Maja Simonsen (“Emily in Paris”), Ragga Ragnars (“Vikings”), Jay Duffy (“Hollyoaks”) and Rima Te Wiata (“Kiri and Lou”) have all joined the series for recurring roles. The actors will portray Chiad, Bain, Dain Bornhal and Sheriam Bayanar, respectively.
The recently announced quartet join returning cast members Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Zoë Robins, Madeleine Madden, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Kate Fleetwood, Sophie Okonedo, Alvaro Morte, Hammed Animashaun, Alexandre Willaume, Johann Myers, Kae Alexander, Fares Fares and Priyanka Bose.
Set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it,...
- 4/22/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Struan Rodger, Finbar Lynch, Johann Myers, Kirk Lake, Philip Hancock, Simon Rhodes, Alexander Wells, Mat Hardy | Written by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Kirk Lane | Directed by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Luke Skinner
The World We Knew is a crime horror movie written by Matthew Benjamin Jones and Kirk Lane, and directed by Jones and Luke Skinner. When a heist doesn’t go to plan, a group of six guys must spend the night in a safe house while they wait for help. What can they do but just wait? The film delves into the relationships between these men as their loyalties are tested and a supernatural element grows around them.
The conversations change in pace and tone, in one moment calm, and the other chaotic or frenzied. It’s a breakdown of communication between six men who are stuck, in more ways than one. Without spoiling the horror elements of the film for you,...
The World We Knew is a crime horror movie written by Matthew Benjamin Jones and Kirk Lane, and directed by Jones and Luke Skinner. When a heist doesn’t go to plan, a group of six guys must spend the night in a safe house while they wait for help. What can they do but just wait? The film delves into the relationships between these men as their loyalties are tested and a supernatural element grows around them.
The conversations change in pace and tone, in one moment calm, and the other chaotic or frenzied. It’s a breakdown of communication between six men who are stuck, in more ways than one. Without spoiling the horror elements of the film for you,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” Thus spoke Jesus on the Mount of Olives, when confronted by a woman charged with adultery. We are all sinners, he proclaimed, our judgement skewed. This is also the position seemingly held by Frances Poletti, creator of twisty new ITV four-parter Without Sin. There’s some Biblical-level forgiveness required in this drama about the fallout from a teenage girl’s murder.
Stella (Vicky McClure), a late-night taxi driver tormented by an all-consuming grief, haunts the streets of Nottingham. Her daughter Maisy was murdered three years ago in their family home. Husband Paul (Perry Fitzpatrick) has moved on with another woman, but Stella is still struggling. Her attempts at normality – cheesy dancing to Dexys Midnight Runners, eating toast at a late-night café, going out for a pint – leave her unmoved. But when the man convicted of Maisy’s murder – Charles Stone...
Stella (Vicky McClure), a late-night taxi driver tormented by an all-consuming grief, haunts the streets of Nottingham. Her daughter Maisy was murdered three years ago in their family home. Husband Paul (Perry Fitzpatrick) has moved on with another woman, but Stella is still struggling. Her attempts at normality – cheesy dancing to Dexys Midnight Runners, eating toast at a late-night café, going out for a pint – leave her unmoved. But when the man convicted of Maisy’s murder – Charles Stone...
- 12/28/2022
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
The Phantom of the Open Review — The Phantom of the Open (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Craig Roberts, written by Simon Farnaby and Scott Murray and starring Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Ian Porter, Tommy Fallon, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones, Johann Myers, Nigel Betts, Afsaneh Dehrouyeh, Tim [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Phantom Of The Open (2021): Mark Rylance is Perfect in a Comedy About Golf that Has a Lot of Heart...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Phantom Of The Open (2021): Mark Rylance is Perfect in a Comedy About Golf that Has a Lot of Heart...
- 6/28/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
"I just need to practice... Practice is the road to perfection." Sony Pictures Classics has revealed an official US trailer for The Phantom of the Open, a true story sports comedy directed by British actor / filmmaker Craig Roberts (also of Just Jim and Eternal Beauty previously). Opening in theaters starting this June in the US. The film tells a true story golfer Maurice Flitcroft, whose performance at the 1976 British Open Golf Championship made him a legend. He was a simple crane operator who managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open, despite never playing a round of golf before. Mark Rylance stars as Maurice, joined by Sally Hawkins as his wife Jean, and Rhys Ifans as his nemesis Mackenzie; plus a cast including Mark Lewis Jones, Johann Myers, Jake Davies, and Barry Aird. This earned some rave reviews out of the 2021 London Film Festival where it premiered last year. It...
- 3/15/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
HanWay Films have picked up comedy drama “Sweet Sue” from newcomer Leo Leigh with sales set to commence at the European Film Market in Berlin.
Buyers will also be treated to footage at the market. A first look image of “White Line’s” Maggie O’Neill, who plays the starring role of Sue, is above.
In “Sweet Sue”, which wrapped production Dec. 2021, O’Neill plays a woman who embarks on a relationship with a mysterious biker called Ron after meeting at a funeral. But Ron’s son Anthony, a social media influencer who also has his own dance troupe, is more than she bargained for.
Tony Pitts (“Rogue One”) plays Ron in the film while Harry Trevaldwyn, who is set to appear on the upcoming U.K. adaptation of “Call My Agent,” takes on the role of Anthony.
Joining them are Nick Holder (“London Road”), Anna Calder-Marshall (“Last Christmas”), Paul Hilton...
Buyers will also be treated to footage at the market. A first look image of “White Line’s” Maggie O’Neill, who plays the starring role of Sue, is above.
In “Sweet Sue”, which wrapped production Dec. 2021, O’Neill plays a woman who embarks on a relationship with a mysterious biker called Ron after meeting at a funeral. But Ron’s son Anthony, a social media influencer who also has his own dance troupe, is more than she bargained for.
Tony Pitts (“Rogue One”) plays Ron in the film while Harry Trevaldwyn, who is set to appear on the upcoming U.K. adaptation of “Call My Agent,” takes on the role of Anthony.
Joining them are Nick Holder (“London Road”), Anna Calder-Marshall (“Last Christmas”), Paul Hilton...
- 1/20/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The film is directed by Mike Leigh’s son Leo Leigh.
HanWay Films has boarded world sales on Sweet Sue, the feature debut of UK writer-director Leo Leigh, now in post-production.
Screen can reveal a first look at the film, above. HanWay will debut it to buyers with first footage at next month’s online European Film Market (February 10-17).
The film is produced by Scott O’Donnell and Tim Nash for UK-us firm Somesuch, with 2015 Screen Star of Tomorrow Andy Brunskill through his Sums Film & Media.
BBC Film is backing the project by Leigh, who is the son of renowned UK director Mke Leigh.
HanWay Films has boarded world sales on Sweet Sue, the feature debut of UK writer-director Leo Leigh, now in post-production.
Screen can reveal a first look at the film, above. HanWay will debut it to buyers with first footage at next month’s online European Film Market (February 10-17).
The film is produced by Scott O’Donnell and Tim Nash for UK-us firm Somesuch, with 2015 Screen Star of Tomorrow Andy Brunskill through his Sums Film & Media.
BBC Film is backing the project by Leigh, who is the son of renowned UK director Mke Leigh.
- 1/20/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Wheel of Time Trailer — Amazon Prime Video‘s The Wheel of Time (2021) teaser trailer has been released. The Wheel of Time trailer stars Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Zoë Robins, Barney Harris, Madeleine Madden, Daniel Henney, Michael McElhatton, Álvaro Morte, Hammed Animashaun, Alexandre Willaume, Johann Myers, Jennifer Cheon Garcia, [...]
Continue reading: The Wheel Of Time (2021) Teaser Trailer: Rosamund Pike Searches for a World-Saving (or Destroying) Being [Amazon]...
Continue reading: The Wheel Of Time (2021) Teaser Trailer: Rosamund Pike Searches for a World-Saving (or Destroying) Being [Amazon]...
- 9/3/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Amazon Prime Video will debut its eagerly anticipated TV adaptation of the beloved fantasy novel series "The Wheel of Time" this November, the streaming service revealed during a virtual San Diego Comic-Con panel Friday.
Based on Robert Jordan’s best-selling fantasy novels of the same name, "The Wheel of Time" is set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it. The story follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.
"The Wheel of Time" was ordered to series at Prime Video in 2018. Just as it was completing production on its debut season...
Based on Robert Jordan’s best-selling fantasy novels of the same name, "The Wheel of Time" is set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it. The story follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.
"The Wheel of Time" was ordered to series at Prime Video in 2018. Just as it was completing production on its debut season...
- 7/23/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The Wheel of Time Teaser Promo — Amazon Prime Video‘s The Wheel of Time: Season 1 teaser promo has been released. Cast and crew The Wheel of Time stars Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Zoë Robins, Barney Harris, Madeleine Madden, Daniel Henney, Michael McElhatton, Álvaro Morte, Hammed Animashaun, Alexandre Willaume, Johann Myers, Jennifer [...]
Continue reading: The Wheel Of Time (2021) Teaser Promo: “Even legends can have a beginning” for Amazon’s Sword & Sorcery TV Series...
Continue reading: The Wheel Of Time (2021) Teaser Promo: “Even legends can have a beginning” for Amazon’s Sword & Sorcery TV Series...
- 7/2/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Amazon is doubling down on The Wheel of Time.
The streamer has renewed the fantasy series for a second season ahead of the launch of the show. It comes as production has wrapped on season one in the Czech Republic.
It is the latest market in a long road for the adaptation of Robert Jordan’s books, which has been in development in one form or another for 20 years and that Amazon ordered to series in October 2018. Like many series, production of the drama was also hit by the pandemic.
The Wheel of Time, set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists, but only women can use it, is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television and comes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Chuck writer Rafe Judkins, who is showrunner and exec producer.
It stars Rosamund Pike as Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization...
The streamer has renewed the fantasy series for a second season ahead of the launch of the show. It comes as production has wrapped on season one in the Czech Republic.
It is the latest market in a long road for the adaptation of Robert Jordan’s books, which has been in development in one form or another for 20 years and that Amazon ordered to series in October 2018. Like many series, production of the drama was also hit by the pandemic.
The Wheel of Time, set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists, but only women can use it, is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television and comes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Chuck writer Rafe Judkins, who is showrunner and exec producer.
It stars Rosamund Pike as Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization...
- 5/20/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon is doubling down on “Wheel of Time,” giving the fantasy series a very early Season 2 renewal. The series, which is based on Robert Jordan’s best-selling novels, just finished production on its debut season in the Czech Republic.
The series does not yet have a premiere date.
Rosamund Pike stars as the series’ central character, Moiraine, a member of a powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, who “embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.”
The cast includes Madeleine Madden, Marcus Rutherford, Barney Harris, Zoë Robins, Josha Stradowski, Alvaro Morte, Hammed Animashaun, Alexandre Willaume, Sophie Okonedo, Kae Alexander and Johann Myers.
Ordered to series in 2018 as an Amazon Studios-Sony Pictures Television co-production, “Wheel of Time” is being adapted for television by “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s” Rafe Judkins,...
The series does not yet have a premiere date.
Rosamund Pike stars as the series’ central character, Moiraine, a member of a powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, who “embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.”
The cast includes Madeleine Madden, Marcus Rutherford, Barney Harris, Zoë Robins, Josha Stradowski, Alvaro Morte, Hammed Animashaun, Alexandre Willaume, Sophie Okonedo, Kae Alexander and Johann Myers.
Ordered to series in 2018 as an Amazon Studios-Sony Pictures Television co-production, “Wheel of Time” is being adapted for television by “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s” Rafe Judkins,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Chino Moya’s stylish debut, an anthology of unsettling dystopian tales, lacks subtlety but brims with exceptional performances
The Spanish film-maker Chino Moya, who directed the colourfully Orwellian music video for St Vincent’s Digital Witness, makes his feature debut with this eye-catching, Twilight Zone-style anthology of future-tense tales. Laced with a graveside humour reminiscent of the old EC comics (Moya’s multidisciplinary credits include the graphic novel Flat Filters), it’s a collection of grimly satirical snapshots, fitting together like the misshapen pieces of a Chinese puzzle ball to create a dyspeptic, dystopian portrait of our past, present and future.
In a bleak European underworld, a pair of corpse collectors, K (Johann Myers) and Z (Géza Röhrig), prowl the streets, picking up the dead. Around them are the remnants of a once-grand civilisation, the aftermath of some apocalyptic collapse. As they work, they spin nightmarish tales of other worlds,...
The Spanish film-maker Chino Moya, who directed the colourfully Orwellian music video for St Vincent’s Digital Witness, makes his feature debut with this eye-catching, Twilight Zone-style anthology of future-tense tales. Laced with a graveside humour reminiscent of the old EC comics (Moya’s multidisciplinary credits include the graphic novel Flat Filters), it’s a collection of grimly satirical snapshots, fitting together like the misshapen pieces of a Chinese puzzle ball to create a dyspeptic, dystopian portrait of our past, present and future.
In a bleak European underworld, a pair of corpse collectors, K (Johann Myers) and Z (Géza Röhrig), prowl the streets, picking up the dead. Around them are the remnants of a once-grand civilisation, the aftermath of some apocalyptic collapse. As they work, they spin nightmarish tales of other worlds,...
- 5/16/2021
- by Mark Kermode Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
K (Johann Myers) and Z (Géza Röhrig) in Undergods. Chino Moya: 'These characters have completely lost their identities, and all they have is a letter and a number' Spanish director Chino Moya’s feature debut Undergods is ambitious and multifaceted, unfolding as a sort of Russian doll of near-future dystopias, each holding their own dark commentary on modern life and framed by a story of two men, K (Johann Myers) and Z (Géza Röhrig), driving around a post-Apocalyptic wasteland on the lookout for dead bodies, while not being averse to fresh meat. It features a strong ensemble cast, including Kate Dickie, Ned Dennehy and Michael Gould. Where some directors might simply have offered a basic connection between the tales, these bleak worldviews feel interconnected in all sorts of unexpected ways.
Moya, who has lived in London for 15 years, says the film took three or four years to write. “I...
Moya, who has lived in London for 15 years, says the film took three or four years to write. “I...
- 5/12/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In the opening scene of Chino Moya’s grimmer-than-Grimm dystopian fairy tale collection, “Undergods,” a pair of grungy near-future garbagemen scour the ruins of a ghostly former metropolis looking for bodies. Like the Black Plague cleanup crew in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” — the occasionally too-efficient “bring out your dead!” guys — it doesn’t matter whether the corpses they come across are even fully deceased: The collectors toss the bodies into the back of their cart either way. Should the poor souls turn out to still be alive, they can always sell them for precious cans of scarce food back at the depot.
Moya’s vision may be bleak — and “vision” is the right word to describe the Spanish-born director’s stunning capacity to create images and atmosphere — but there’s something unnervingly familiar about the world he creates in his feature debut. Between that twisted introductory vignette and...
Moya’s vision may be bleak — and “vision” is the right word to describe the Spanish-born director’s stunning capacity to create images and atmosphere — but there’s something unnervingly familiar about the world he creates in his feature debut. Between that twisted introductory vignette and...
- 5/9/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Johann Myers, Géza Röhrig, Michael Gould, Hayley Carmichael, Ned Dennehy, Khalid Abdall, Eric Godon, Tanya Reynolds, Tadhg Murphy, Jan Bijvoet, Kate Dickie, Sam Louwyck, Adrian Rawlins | Written and Directed by Chino Moya
I’ve mentioned it many times before but I really enjoy a good anthology movie. I’m not sure exactly why but from the classic eighties horror anthologies to the more modern takes on genres, they always grab my attention. Undergods manages to have a style and tone like no other anthology I have seen before.
The ‘wrap-around’ works much better than many other anthology movies, as we see two street scavengers, K & Z, who are loading dead bodies into their truck while chatting about their dreams. These chats lead to the other ‘segments’ of the movie. This wrap-around introduces us to the world that it is all set in. A bleak, industrial ‘future’ that is full of grey,...
I’ve mentioned it many times before but I really enjoy a good anthology movie. I’m not sure exactly why but from the classic eighties horror anthologies to the more modern takes on genres, they always grab my attention. Undergods manages to have a style and tone like no other anthology I have seen before.
The ‘wrap-around’ works much better than many other anthology movies, as we see two street scavengers, K & Z, who are loading dead bodies into their truck while chatting about their dreams. These chats lead to the other ‘segments’ of the movie. This wrap-around introduces us to the world that it is all set in. A bleak, industrial ‘future’ that is full of grey,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
In “Alex Wheatle,” the fourth of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films, we meet a young man who seems, quite literally, to have come from nothing. Alex (Sheyi Cole), born to Jamaican parents in 1963, was abandoned by his mother, and his father gave him over to the British social-services bureaucracy — which means that he grows up, in essence, as a Dickensian orphan. We see him in a home for boys, run by an “auntie” who’s a nasty piece of work; she reacts to the fact that Alex wets his bed by shoving the urine-soaked sheets into his mouth. The cruelty is palpable, but it’s not until a scene or two later, when the 18-year-old Alex gets throws in jail, that we see what it truly means to be a lost soul.
Alex’s cellmate is a burly Rastafarian named Simeon (Robbie Gee), who seems friendly enough but is having intestinal issues,...
Alex’s cellmate is a burly Rastafarian named Simeon (Robbie Gee), who seems friendly enough but is having intestinal issues,...
- 12/2/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
‘If you are the big tree, we are the small axe’
Made famous by Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1973 song ‘Small Axe’, that’s the traditional proverb behind the title for a five-film series by Oscar-winning British director Steve McQueen.
Two of McQueen’s Small Axe films were selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival and in October, one opened the 64th London Film Festival. Now, all five are coming straight to BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and Amazon Prime Video around the world. The home release has nothing to do with the pandemic; it was always the plan for these feature-length films with a cast including Star Wars’ John Boyega and Black Panther’s Letitia Wright, to air for a mainstream audience on prime time UK television.
11 years in the making, the five films were funded by BBC Studios and made to celebrate key figures in...
Made famous by Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1973 song ‘Small Axe’, that’s the traditional proverb behind the title for a five-film series by Oscar-winning British director Steve McQueen.
Two of McQueen’s Small Axe films were selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival and in October, one opened the 64th London Film Festival. Now, all five are coming straight to BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and Amazon Prime Video around the world. The home release has nothing to do with the pandemic; it was always the plan for these feature-length films with a cast including Star Wars’ John Boyega and Black Panther’s Letitia Wright, to air for a mainstream audience on prime time UK television.
11 years in the making, the five films were funded by BBC Studios and made to celebrate key figures in...
- 11/10/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Stars: Struan Rodger, Finbar Lynch, Johann Myers, Kirk Lake, Philip Hancock, Simon Rhodes, Alexander Wells, Mat Hardy | Written by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Kirk Lane | Directed by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Luke Skinner
The World We Knew is a crime horror movie written by Matthew Benjamin Jones and Kirk Lane, and directed by Jones and Luke Skinner. When a heist doesn’t go to plan, a group of six guys must spend the night in a safe house while they wait for help. What can they do but just wait? The film delves into the relationships between these men as their loyalties are tested and a supernatural element grows around them.
The conversations change in pace and tone, in one moment calm, and the other chaotic or frenzied. It’s a breakdown of communication between six men who are stuck, in more ways than one. Without spoiling the horror elements of the film for you,...
The World We Knew is a crime horror movie written by Matthew Benjamin Jones and Kirk Lane, and directed by Jones and Luke Skinner. When a heist doesn’t go to plan, a group of six guys must spend the night in a safe house while they wait for help. What can they do but just wait? The film delves into the relationships between these men as their loyalties are tested and a supernatural element grows around them.
The conversations change in pace and tone, in one moment calm, and the other chaotic or frenzied. It’s a breakdown of communication between six men who are stuck, in more ways than one. Without spoiling the horror elements of the film for you,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
After a heist goes badly wrong, six men, one of them seriously injured, hole up together in a safe house to wait for help. So far, so Reservoir Dogs. This time, however, there's no police officer hidden among them and they're not in the US but England, where attitudes and expectations are very different. Young first-timer Smith (Mat Harvey) is seriously cut up about having shot a police officer, though the others assure him that he had no choice and they couldn't have escaped any other way. Carpenter (Finbar Lynch) is quick to throw blame around. Sometime boxer Gordon (Johann Myers) turns directly to drugs like a man used to dealing with pain and stress, but the others mill around, not knowing what to do with themselves, with hours to go before they can expect any kind of relief.
The house, a handsome property set in spacious grounds, is devoid of.
The house, a handsome property set in spacious grounds, is devoid of.
- 10/23/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins and Rhys Ifans have joined Mark Rylance in the comedy-drama The Fantastic Flitcrofts from director Craig Roberts.
The indie sees Rylance play Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist who managed to enter the British Open golf tournament in 1976, only to record the worst round in Open history and become a folk hero in the process.
Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones and Johann Myers complete the ensemble cast as production on The Fantastic Flitcrofts gets underway in the U.K. Roberts is directing the film from a screenplay by Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2),...
The indie sees Rylance play Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist who managed to enter the British Open golf tournament in 1976, only to record the worst round in Open history and become a folk hero in the process.
Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones and Johann Myers complete the ensemble cast as production on The Fantastic Flitcrofts gets underway in the U.K. Roberts is directing the film from a screenplay by Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2),...
- 10/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins and Rhys Ifans have joined Mark Rylance in the comedy-drama The Fantastic Flitcrofts from director Craig Roberts.
The indie sees Rylance play Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist who managed to enter the British Open golf tournament in 1976, only to record the worst round in Open history and become a folk hero in the process.
Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones and Johann Myers complete the ensemble cast as production on The Fantastic Flitcrofts gets underway in the U.K. Roberts is directing the film from a screenplay by Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2),...
The indie sees Rylance play Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist who managed to enter the British Open golf tournament in 1976, only to record the worst round in Open history and become a folk hero in the process.
Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones and Johann Myers complete the ensemble cast as production on The Fantastic Flitcrofts gets underway in the U.K. Roberts is directing the film from a screenplay by Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2),...
- 10/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two-time Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), and BAFTA-nominee Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) have joined the cast of comedy-drama The Fantastic Flitcrofts alongside Mark Rylance with shooting now underway in the UK.
Ahead of the shoot, eOne acquired UK distribution rights. Cornerstone Films, which is overseeing worldwide sales, has also closed deals with A Contracorriente Films (Spain), Scanbox (Scandinavia), Ascot Elite (Switzerland) and a multi-territory deal with Universal Pictures Content Group including Germany, Austria, Italy, Benelux, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Middle East, Israel and Cis and Baltics.
Craig Roberts is directing the film from a screenplay by BAFTA-winning writer Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2). Farnaby adapted the script from his own book The Phantom Of The Open, co-written by Scott Murray. We broke news of the project back in June.
The film tells the true story of Maurice Flitcroft (Rylance), a dreamer and unrelenting optimist,...
Ahead of the shoot, eOne acquired UK distribution rights. Cornerstone Films, which is overseeing worldwide sales, has also closed deals with A Contracorriente Films (Spain), Scanbox (Scandinavia), Ascot Elite (Switzerland) and a multi-territory deal with Universal Pictures Content Group including Germany, Austria, Italy, Benelux, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Middle East, Israel and Cis and Baltics.
Craig Roberts is directing the film from a screenplay by BAFTA-winning writer Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2). Farnaby adapted the script from his own book The Phantom Of The Open, co-written by Scott Murray. We broke news of the project back in June.
The film tells the true story of Maurice Flitcroft (Rylance), a dreamer and unrelenting optimist,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
BFI, Wallonia Brussels Fund, Estonian Film Institute, Film I Vast among backers.
Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on Fantasia International Film Festival selection Undergods.
Chino Moya’s fantasy feature directorial debut stars Géza Röhrig and Kate Dickie and takes place in a future-set Europe where individual vignettes and recollections of a shared nightmarish past intertwine.
Burn Gorman, Johann Myers, Michael Gould, Hayley Carmichael, Ned Dennehy, Khalid Abdalla, Eric Gordon, and Tanya Reynolds round out the cast.
Producers are the UK’s Z56FILM in co-production with Velvet Films from Belgium, Homeless Bob Production from Estonia,...
Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on Fantasia International Film Festival selection Undergods.
Chino Moya’s fantasy feature directorial debut stars Géza Röhrig and Kate Dickie and takes place in a future-set Europe where individual vignettes and recollections of a shared nightmarish past intertwine.
Burn Gorman, Johann Myers, Michael Gould, Hayley Carmichael, Ned Dennehy, Khalid Abdalla, Eric Gordon, and Tanya Reynolds round out the cast.
Producers are the UK’s Z56FILM in co-production with Velvet Films from Belgium, Homeless Bob Production from Estonia,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Johann Myers, Géza Röhrig, Michael Gould, Hayley Carmichael, Ned Dennehy, Khalid Abdall, Eric Godon, Tanya Reynolds, Tadhg Murphy, Jan Bijvoet, Kate Dickie, Sam Louwyck, Adrian Rawlins | Written and Directed by Chino Moya
I’ve mentioned it many times before but I really enjoy a good anthology movie. I’m not sure exactly why but from the classic eighties horror anthologies to the more modern takes on genres, they always grab my attention. Undergods manages to have a style and tone like no other anthology I have seen before.
The ‘wrap-around’ works much better than many other anthology movies, as we see two street scavengers, K & Z, who are loading dead bodies into their truck while chatting about their dreams. These chats lead to the other ‘segments’ of the movie. This wrap-around introduces us to the world that it is all set in. A bleak, industrial ‘future’ that is full of grey,...
I’ve mentioned it many times before but I really enjoy a good anthology movie. I’m not sure exactly why but from the classic eighties horror anthologies to the more modern takes on genres, they always grab my attention. Undergods manages to have a style and tone like no other anthology I have seen before.
The ‘wrap-around’ works much better than many other anthology movies, as we see two street scavengers, K & Z, who are loading dead bodies into their truck while chatting about their dreams. These chats lead to the other ‘segments’ of the movie. This wrap-around introduces us to the world that it is all set in. A bleak, industrial ‘future’ that is full of grey,...
- 9/1/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
In a desolate and decrepit cityscape, presumably in the time after some unspecified apocalypse, K (Johann Myers) and Z (Géza Röhrig) drive a garbage truck, picking up the dead bodies that lie strewn along their route. This is just the framing device for writer/director Chino Moya’s first feature, which drifts and digresses into other stories, all centring on a man whose familial equilibrium is disrupted by the sudden arrival of an outsider. A neighbour (Ned Dennehy) shows up at Ron (Michael Gould) and Ruth’s (Hayley Carmichael) door; a foreign inventor (Jan Bijvoet) proposes a project to Hans (Eric Godon) and Dom’s (Adrian Rawlins) life is turned upside down when his wife Rachel’s (Kate Dickie) first husband (Sam Louwyck) mysteriously reappears after fifteen years.
In the stories involving married couples, Moya seems to be building an allegory about the lack of communication, drawing parallels between the...
In the stories involving married couples, Moya seems to be building an allegory about the lack of communication, drawing parallels between the...
- 9/1/2020
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We all like to think we have control—kings of our proverbial castles. It’s all a ruse, though. We’re actually slaves to a system that seems more and more likely to fail with each new day and each new declaration that its imminent demise is a call to arms to save it rather than move on and evolve. That false sense of control is thus a mechanism we use to combat the fear of knowing how little we truly possess. We dream of other men failing so as not to realize that unfortunate soul is probably a future version of ourselves. We play God opposite those we believe are beneath us because we feel the pressure of those above doing the same. And there’s absolutely no way out.
Filmmaker Chino Moya is optimistic, though. Rather than present his debut feature Undergods as an unavoidably prescient vision of where we’re headed,...
Filmmaker Chino Moya is optimistic, though. Rather than present his debut feature Undergods as an unavoidably prescient vision of where we’re headed,...
- 8/31/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The dystopian stories in Spanish director Chino Moya's feature debut nest within one another like a series of Russian dolls - dolls that have been carved by someone with a soft-spot for Jg Ballard. Each brings a bleak message from the near-future, accentuating elements of modern malaise so we see them in all their grotesque detail. Framing them all is something a little more removed and fantastical, a futuristic post-Apocalyptic landscape roamed by K (Johann Myers) and Z (Géza Röhrig), who banter about the unfortunates in their dreams as they drive around on the lookout for corpses... and possibly fresh meat.
Crafting his tale the way he does, so that the stories open out from one another, means Moya can play with fragments, not always crafting an 'ending' but rather moving on from one world snapshot to the next. Is that cheating? Perhaps, but you'd have to say he does it.
Crafting his tale the way he does, so that the stories open out from one another, means Moya can play with fragments, not always crafting an 'ending' but rather moving on from one world snapshot to the next. Is that cheating? Perhaps, but you'd have to say he does it.
- 8/30/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Amazon has added four new cast members, in key supporting roles, to its upcoming “The Wheel of Time” adaptation starring Rosamund Pike.
Alvaro Morte will play “Logain Ablar,” who in the books is a male channeler and member of the Black Tower. Hammed Animashaun will portray “Loial,” an Ogier seeking adventure and knowledge. Meanwhile, Alexandre Willaume will play “Thom Merrilin,” a gleeman (Aka a traveling entertainer) with a mysterious past. And Johann Myers will portray “Padan Fain,” a peddler who may be well more than he is letting on.
They join previously announced cast members Madeleine Madden as “Egwene Al’Vere,” Marcus Rutherford as “Perrin Aybara,” Barney Harris as “Mat Cauthon,” Zoë Robins as “Nynaeve,” and Josha Stradowski as “Rand Al’Thor.” Pike will play the series’ central character, Moiraine, a member of the powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, who “embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women,...
Alvaro Morte will play “Logain Ablar,” who in the books is a male channeler and member of the Black Tower. Hammed Animashaun will portray “Loial,” an Ogier seeking adventure and knowledge. Meanwhile, Alexandre Willaume will play “Thom Merrilin,” a gleeman (Aka a traveling entertainer) with a mysterious past. And Johann Myers will portray “Padan Fain,” a peddler who may be well more than he is letting on.
They join previously announced cast members Madeleine Madden as “Egwene Al’Vere,” Marcus Rutherford as “Perrin Aybara,” Barney Harris as “Mat Cauthon,” Zoë Robins as “Nynaeve,” and Josha Stradowski as “Rand Al’Thor.” Pike will play the series’ central character, Moiraine, a member of the powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, who “embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
The “Wheel of Time” series at Amazon has added four more pieces to its cast.
Alvaro Morte has been cast as Logain, with Hammed Animashaun set to play Loial. In addition, Alexandre Willaume will play Thom Merrilin, and Johann Myers has been cast as Padan Fain. The quartet are all boarding the series in guest roles, joining previously announced main cast members Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Zoë Robins, Barney Harris and Madeleine Madden.
Based on Robert Jordan’s best-selling fantasy novels, “The Wheel of Time” is set in a high fantasy world where magic exists, but only certain women are allowed to access it. The story follows Moiraine (Pike) as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn (Stradowski), a powerful individual who will either save humanity or destroy it.
An adaptation of...
Alvaro Morte has been cast as Logain, with Hammed Animashaun set to play Loial. In addition, Alexandre Willaume will play Thom Merrilin, and Johann Myers has been cast as Padan Fain. The quartet are all boarding the series in guest roles, joining previously announced main cast members Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Zoë Robins, Barney Harris and Madeleine Madden.
Based on Robert Jordan’s best-selling fantasy novels, “The Wheel of Time” is set in a high fantasy world where magic exists, but only certain women are allowed to access it. The story follows Moiraine (Pike) as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn (Stradowski), a powerful individual who will either save humanity or destroy it.
An adaptation of...
- 12/4/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon’s series adaptation of The Wheel of Time has added four actors to its cast opposite lead Rosamund Pike. Alvaro Morte, Hammad Animashaun, Alexandre Willaume and Johann Myers are set to appear in the drama based on Robert Jordan’s fantasy novels. Morte, Animashaun and Willaum have each been tapped for multiple episodes; Johann is currently booked for one episode with potential to return.
Produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television, The Wheel of Time is set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it. The story follows Moiraine (Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.
Produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television, The Wheel of Time is set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it. The story follows Moiraine (Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.
- 12/4/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Director: James Gray Written by: James Gray based on “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon” by David Green Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen, Johann Myers Opens: April 14, 2017 There’s a difference between a tourist and a traveler. A tourist wants to […]
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- 4/10/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The Lost City Of Z Director: James Gray Written by: James Gray based on “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon” by David Green Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen, Johann Myers Opens: April 14, 2017 There’s a difference between a tourist and a […]
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- 3/30/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"Our reputation rests on my success... You and I are explorers now." Another trailer for this epic adventure film before it hits theaters next month. The Lost City of Z tells the true story of a British explorer who travels to the Amazon in South America in search of a rumored city of gold hidden in the jungle. Starring Charlie Hunnam as legendary British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, along with Tom Holland as Jack Fawcett and Sienna Miller as Nina Fawcett. The cast includes Robert Pattinson, Angus Macfadyen, Daniel Huttlestone, Edward Ashley and Johann Myers. The film follows Fawcett on three different journeys to the Amazon, each with renewed hope that they may finally find this city. It already played at Nyff and Berlinale, but has been receiving divisive reviews. If you're into epic adventures, it's worth seeing. Here's the new 60 second UK trailer (+ poster) for James Gray's The Lost City of Z,...
- 3/8/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"What you seek is far greater than you ever imagined..." Amazon Studios has revealed another new official Us trailer for James Gray's Amazonian adventure thriller The Lost City of Z, along with a gorgeous new poster to top it off. Starring Charlie Hunnam as legendary British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, along with Tom Holland as Jack Fawcett and Sienna Miller as Nina Fawcett. The cast includes Robert Pattinson, Angus Macfadyen, Daniel Huttlestone, Edward Ashley and Johann Myers. The film tells a thrilling adventure story of explorers who travel into the Amazon to find a mysterious lost civilization. It will be playing at the Berlin Film Festival in a few weeks, after first premiering at the New York Film Festival last year. This new trailer is a bit different than the official UK trailer from a few weeks ago, and original teaser trailer, and it definitely looks like one hell of a gritty,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A new UK trailer for James Gray's latest film, an adaptation of David Grann's book, titled The Lost City of Z, has debuted. The film tells a thrilling adventure story of explorers who travel into the Amazon to find a mysterious lost civilization. Starring Charlie Hunnam as legendary British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, along with Tom Holland as Jack Fawcett and Sienna Miller as Nina Fawcett. The cast includes Robert Pattinson, Angus Macfadyen, Daniel Huttlestone, Edward Ashley and Johann Myers. This trailer is timed with the announcement that The Lost City of Z will also be playing at the Berlin Film Festival in February, after first premiering at the New York Film Festival last fall. The cinematography in this looks gorgeous, and the film had some great buzz coming out of Nyff. I'm really looking forward to seeing this. Here's the new official UK trailer for James Gray...
- 1/20/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"You're going up river, are you? Ain't nobody comes back from up there..." Amazon Studios has revealed the first official teaser trailer for James Gray's latest film, an adaptation of David Grann's book, titled The Lost City of Z. The film already premiered at the New York Film Festival to mostly positive reviews, telling a thrilling adventure story of explorers who travel into the Amazon to find a hidden civilization. Starring Charlie Hunnam as legendary British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, along with Tom Holland as Jack Fawcett and Sienna Miller as Nina Fawcett. The cast includes Robert Pattinson, Angus Macfadyen, Daniel Huttlestone, Edward Ashley and Johann Myers. We've been following this for a long time, and I'm excited to see it finally hitting theaters next spring. Get your first glimpse at some footage below. Here's the first official teaser trailer for James Gray's The Lost City of Z,...
- 12/22/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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