“Head South” director Jonathan Ogilvie is all about underdogs.
“It’s not a story about winners. It’s a story about also-rans, to use this racing term, because there is nothing to win,” he tells Variety about the International Film Festival Rotterdam opener, which sees schoolboy Angus (Ed Oxenbould) falling for a girl and for post-punk music in 1979’s New Zealand.
“There wasn’t a real music industry, so you couldn’t become a rock star. Back in those days, we often talked about ‘the tyranny of distance.’ We felt so removed from everything. But it was the triumph of distance, because it allowed people to interpret things in a new way. It’s a film about music, yes, but also about art and creative expression.”
Praising Oxenbould, he adds: “On the page, Angus could seem like a nasty little brat. But Ed was also in a band; his brother was also living in London.
“It’s not a story about winners. It’s a story about also-rans, to use this racing term, because there is nothing to win,” he tells Variety about the International Film Festival Rotterdam opener, which sees schoolboy Angus (Ed Oxenbould) falling for a girl and for post-punk music in 1979’s New Zealand.
“There wasn’t a real music industry, so you couldn’t become a rock star. Back in those days, we often talked about ‘the tyranny of distance.’ We felt so removed from everything. But it was the triumph of distance, because it allowed people to interpret things in a new way. It’s a film about music, yes, but also about art and creative expression.”
Praising Oxenbould, he adds: “On the page, Angus could seem like a nasty little brat. But Ed was also in a band; his brother was also living in London.
- 1/23/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter (Emergency) is set to star in Nicholl Fellowship winner Into the Deep Blue.
Carpenter will play Fiona, a young woman dealing with the loss of her mother, anxiety and a complicated relationship with her best friend, Nick, whom she met in grief therapy. The script, from writer and novelist Jennifer Archer, was recently selected for the 2022 Nicholl Fellowship by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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The film, to be shot in the UK next year, will be directed by Jonathan Wright (Sony acquisition Awakening The Zodiac).
Producers are Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar of Picture Perfect,...
Carpenter will play Fiona, a young woman dealing with the loss of her mother, anxiety and a complicated relationship with her best friend, Nick, whom she met in grief therapy. The script, from writer and novelist Jennifer Archer, was recently selected for the 2022 Nicholl Fellowship by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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The film, to be shot in the UK next year, will be directed by Jonathan Wright (Sony acquisition Awakening The Zodiac).
Producers are Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar of Picture Perfect,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Olga Kurylenko-starrer (Black Widow) Boudica has wrapped shoot in the UK for Bleiberg Entertainment, which has today revealed an official first look image from the movie.
Writer-director Jesse V. Johnson (The Debt Collector) is behind the action film about the legendary warrior queen. Also starring are Peter Franzén (Vikings), Clive Standen (Vikings) and Lucy Martin (Vikings) with Nick Moran, Rita Tushingham (Last Night in Soho) James Faulkner (Game of Thrones), Harry Kirton (Peaky Blinders) and Leo Gregory (Green Street Hooligans) rounding out the cast.
Bleiberg / Dimbort will share first footage of the title at their office during AFM next month.
Inspired by true events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic Queen who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he is betrayed and killed by Rome, Boudica’s kingdom is left without a male heir and the Romans seize her land and property.
Writer-director Jesse V. Johnson (The Debt Collector) is behind the action film about the legendary warrior queen. Also starring are Peter Franzén (Vikings), Clive Standen (Vikings) and Lucy Martin (Vikings) with Nick Moran, Rita Tushingham (Last Night in Soho) James Faulkner (Game of Thrones), Harry Kirton (Peaky Blinders) and Leo Gregory (Green Street Hooligans) rounding out the cast.
Bleiberg / Dimbort will share first footage of the title at their office during AFM next month.
Inspired by true events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic Queen who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he is betrayed and killed by Rome, Boudica’s kingdom is left without a male heir and the Romans seize her land and property.
- 10/18/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Film London event runs from June 20-23.
UK sales agents are feeling confident after a surprisingly strong Cannes as Film London’s four-day London Screenings opens today at Picturehouse Central and runs until June 23.
Eighty-five international buyers including executives from the US’ IFC Films, Germany’s Tobis and X-Verlieh, and Italy’s Teodora, and the UK’s main buyers and festival programmers, are in town to watch footage and completed films that include Bankside Films’ The Almond And The Seahorse, starring Rebel Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Trine Dyrholm, and tennis doc Silver Servers.
“We didn’t want them to...
UK sales agents are feeling confident after a surprisingly strong Cannes as Film London’s four-day London Screenings opens today at Picturehouse Central and runs until June 23.
Eighty-five international buyers including executives from the US’ IFC Films, Germany’s Tobis and X-Verlieh, and Italy’s Teodora, and the UK’s main buyers and festival programmers, are in town to watch footage and completed films that include Bankside Films’ The Almond And The Seahorse, starring Rebel Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Trine Dyrholm, and tennis doc Silver Servers.
“We didn’t want them to...
- 6/20/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The Hallmark Channel is headed to Britain this Christmas for a jolly holiday.
The network has cast Will Kemp (“The Christmas Waltz”) and Reshma Shetty (“Blind Spot”) in its upcoming original movie “Jolly Good Christmas,” which will premiere during its annual Countdown to Christmas programming event.
The movie was shot entirely on location, from residential areas in the north west of the city to Piccadilly Circus, and promises lots of glimpses of iconic London landmarks. In a first-look image shared with Variety, Kemp and Shetty can be see standing on the banks of the River Thames romantically looking into each other’s eyes.
In the film, Kemp plays David, an American architect who relocates across the pond to take up a job at a prestigious London firm. As the clock counts down to Christmas Day, David is running out of time to buy his girlfriend – who also happens to be...
The network has cast Will Kemp (“The Christmas Waltz”) and Reshma Shetty (“Blind Spot”) in its upcoming original movie “Jolly Good Christmas,” which will premiere during its annual Countdown to Christmas programming event.
The movie was shot entirely on location, from residential areas in the north west of the city to Piccadilly Circus, and promises lots of glimpses of iconic London landmarks. In a first-look image shared with Variety, Kemp and Shetty can be see standing on the banks of the River Thames romantically looking into each other’s eyes.
In the film, Kemp plays David, an American architect who relocates across the pond to take up a job at a prestigious London firm. As the clock counts down to Christmas Day, David is running out of time to buy his girlfriend – who also happens to be...
- 5/10/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Also out this weekend: ‘Ali & Ava’, ‘The Godfather Part II’.
Warner Bros’ The Batman will dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as the latest version of the caped crusader takes aim at records in the territory.
The Batman is releasing in 709 locations – a record for Warner Bros, topping the 677 of 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald; and 671 of 2019’s Joker.
It also makes it the 10th-widest release of all time in the territory.
Matt Reeves’ film has a notable noiri-sh tone, as Robert Pattinson’s Batman must question his family’s involvement in the city’s hidden...
Warner Bros’ The Batman will dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as the latest version of the caped crusader takes aim at records in the territory.
The Batman is releasing in 709 locations – a record for Warner Bros, topping the 677 of 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald; and 671 of 2019’s Joker.
It also makes it the 10th-widest release of all time in the territory.
Matt Reeves’ film has a notable noiri-sh tone, as Robert Pattinson’s Batman must question his family’s involvement in the city’s hidden...
- 3/4/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
First Bohemia project is Rotterdam premiere ‘Rebel Dread’.
Phil Hunt, managing director of UK-based Bankside Films and Head Gear Films, has launched a new outfit with UK producer Lucy Fenton to focus on projects made by under-represented filmmakers.
Bohemia Media is a London-based production and investment company, which aims to give voice to marginalised groups that are not well-served within mainstream culture and might otherwise struggle to finance projects.
It has launched with a slate of projects that includes documentary Rebel Dread, which tells the story of director and DJ Don Letts, which is receiving its world premiere at the...
Phil Hunt, managing director of UK-based Bankside Films and Head Gear Films, has launched a new outfit with UK producer Lucy Fenton to focus on projects made by under-represented filmmakers.
Bohemia Media is a London-based production and investment company, which aims to give voice to marginalised groups that are not well-served within mainstream culture and might otherwise struggle to finance projects.
It has launched with a slate of projects that includes documentary Rebel Dread, which tells the story of director and DJ Don Letts, which is receiving its world premiere at the...
- 1/24/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The event showcases films of any nationality sold by UK sales agents.
Some 160 international buyers are expected to attend Film London’s new-look London Screenings which start in the UK today (June 24).
For the first time in 16 years, the four-day showcase of films handled by UK sales companies, is moving out of its old home at BFI Southbank in Waterloo to take up residence at Picturehouse Central in the heart of the West End. The date has also been moved back a week, closer to the end of June.
The distributors in town include the new German powerhouse backed by Kkr,...
Some 160 international buyers are expected to attend Film London’s new-look London Screenings which start in the UK today (June 24).
For the first time in 16 years, the four-day showcase of films handled by UK sales companies, is moving out of its old home at BFI Southbank in Waterloo to take up residence at Picturehouse Central in the heart of the West End. The date has also been moved back a week, closer to the end of June.
The distributors in town include the new German powerhouse backed by Kkr,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Moviehouse Entertainment handling title at Efm.
Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl, most recognised for playing Sarah Lund in crime series The Killing, has boarded the cast of Adrian Mead’s UK thriller Tripwire.
Gråbøl will star alongside Martin Compston and Stephen Graham in the film, which Moviehouse Entertainment is presenting to buyers at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin this week.
Mark Vennis of Moviehouse is also producing the title with Clare Kerr of MeadKerr Films.
Set in Bosnia in 1994, Tripwire follows a small, closely knit squad of British soldiers out on a routine patrol. Lured into a booby-trapped farmyard...
Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl, most recognised for playing Sarah Lund in crime series The Killing, has boarded the cast of Adrian Mead’s UK thriller Tripwire.
Gråbøl will star alongside Martin Compston and Stephen Graham in the film, which Moviehouse Entertainment is presenting to buyers at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin this week.
Mark Vennis of Moviehouse is also producing the title with Clare Kerr of MeadKerr Films.
Set in Bosnia in 1994, Tripwire follows a small, closely knit squad of British soldiers out on a routine patrol. Lured into a booby-trapped farmyard...
- 2/9/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Sales company to diversify operations with UK distribution arm.
UK sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment is diversifying its operations with the launch of a distribution arm that will specialise in releasing music documentaries.
Moviehouse Music Distribution will work across theatrical, DVD releases and additional merchandise. The first title will be Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me, the story of the Philadelphia-born singer who looked set to become one of the biggest R&B artists of all time until a tragic accident changed his life. Pendergrass was the first male African American artist to record five consecutive platinum albums in the Us,...
UK sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment is diversifying its operations with the launch of a distribution arm that will specialise in releasing music documentaries.
Moviehouse Music Distribution will work across theatrical, DVD releases and additional merchandise. The first title will be Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me, the story of the Philadelphia-born singer who looked set to become one of the biggest R&B artists of all time until a tragic accident changed his life. Pendergrass was the first male African American artist to record five consecutive platinum albums in the Us,...
- 11/3/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Project based on West End production All Or Nothing The Mod Musical.
Influential British band The Small Faces will be the subject of a feature documentary and a narrative feature film.
The projects are based on Carol Harrison’s West End musical All Or Nothing The Mod Musical, which follows the rise and fall of the band – it most recently played at The Ambassadors Theatre from March-May in 2018.
Harrison is producing the documentary with Mark Vennis of UK sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment and Scott Millaney of Mgmm Studios. The latter company, which has been behind 2014 SXSW doc Soul Boys Of The Western World,...
Influential British band The Small Faces will be the subject of a feature documentary and a narrative feature film.
The projects are based on Carol Harrison’s West End musical All Or Nothing The Mod Musical, which follows the rise and fall of the band – it most recently played at The Ambassadors Theatre from March-May in 2018.
Harrison is producing the documentary with Mark Vennis of UK sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment and Scott Millaney of Mgmm Studios. The latter company, which has been behind 2014 SXSW doc Soul Boys Of The Western World,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
John Laing’s film follows journalist Peter Arnett in his pursuit of an interview with the then little-known Osama bin Laden.
UK outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has added New Zealand drama A War Story to its Cannes sales slate.
Directed by John Laing and produced by James Heyward and Chris Hampson, the film stars John Leigh (The Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers) as Pulitzer Prize-winning CNN reporter Peter Arnett, who embarks on a life-defining pursuit for an interview with the then little-known Osama bin Laden.
The deal was negotiated by A War Story executive producer Grant Bradley, who commented: “We...
UK outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has added New Zealand drama A War Story to its Cannes sales slate.
Directed by John Laing and produced by James Heyward and Chris Hampson, the film stars John Leigh (The Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers) as Pulitzer Prize-winning CNN reporter Peter Arnett, who embarks on a life-defining pursuit for an interview with the then little-known Osama bin Laden.
The deal was negotiated by A War Story executive producer Grant Bradley, who commented: “We...
- 5/13/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Feature charts the rise and fall of Australian band The Go-Betweens.
Source: Essential Media and Entertainment
The Go-Betweens
UK outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded international rights on music documentary The Go-Betweens: Right Here.
Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog), the doc chronicles the rise and fall of influential Australian rock group The Go-Betweens, featuring candid interviews with band members (including Robert Forster, Lindy Morrison, Robert Vickers, Amanda Brown and John Wilsteed) intertwined with archival photographs, film and music recordings.
The film was produced by Australian outfit Essential Media and Entertainment. Joe Weatherstone (Killing Ground) produced, executive producers were Essential Media’s Chris Hilton and David Alrich.
The Go-Betweens: Right Here premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and also played the Melbourne Film Festival. It was released in Australia by distributor Umbrella Entertainment in September 2017.
Executive producer Chris Hilton commented: “In this film you find a universal story of the exhilarating, unpredictable and precarious...
Source: Essential Media and Entertainment
The Go-Betweens
UK outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded international rights on music documentary The Go-Betweens: Right Here.
Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog), the doc chronicles the rise and fall of influential Australian rock group The Go-Betweens, featuring candid interviews with band members (including Robert Forster, Lindy Morrison, Robert Vickers, Amanda Brown and John Wilsteed) intertwined with archival photographs, film and music recordings.
The film was produced by Australian outfit Essential Media and Entertainment. Joe Weatherstone (Killing Ground) produced, executive producers were Essential Media’s Chris Hilton and David Alrich.
The Go-Betweens: Right Here premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and also played the Melbourne Film Festival. It was released in Australia by distributor Umbrella Entertainment in September 2017.
Executive producer Chris Hilton commented: “In this film you find a universal story of the exhilarating, unpredictable and precarious...
- 2/6/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Louis Melville directs story of British soldiers in Afghanistan.
Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded world sales on writer-director Louis Melville’s completed UK war film Boots On The Ground.
Melville previously wrote and directed horror mystery The Man Who Sold The World and produces Boots On The Ground with Moon co-producer Alex Francis.
The film follows five British soldiers as they try to stay alive over the course of one night on deployment in Afghanistan.
The film stars Tom Ainsley, Ryan McParland, Sally Day, Ian Virgo, and Valmike Rampersad.
Melville brokered the deal for the producers with Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis, who said: “We’re hugely excited to have secured sales rights for Boots On The Ground. We think it’s an innovative British horror that’ll take audiences to the edge of their seats.”
“This film presented a whole new set of challenges for the five actors, not only did they have to manifest their characters...
Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded world sales on writer-director Louis Melville’s completed UK war film Boots On The Ground.
Melville previously wrote and directed horror mystery The Man Who Sold The World and produces Boots On The Ground with Moon co-producer Alex Francis.
The film follows five British soldiers as they try to stay alive over the course of one night on deployment in Afghanistan.
The film stars Tom Ainsley, Ryan McParland, Sally Day, Ian Virgo, and Valmike Rampersad.
Melville brokered the deal for the producers with Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis, who said: “We’re hugely excited to have secured sales rights for Boots On The Ground. We think it’s an innovative British horror that’ll take audiences to the edge of their seats.”
“This film presented a whole new set of challenges for the five actors, not only did they have to manifest their characters...
- 5/23/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: I, Daniel Blake star Dave Johns and Mona Lisa’s Cathy Tyson among cast; first-look revealed.
UK-based Moviehouse Entertainment has been appointed to handle world sales for Gary Young’s directorial feature debut Two Graves.
Young produced and wrote Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer starrer Harry Brown and most recently co-wrote Adam Randall thriller Level Up.
Also written by Young, Two Graves is being produced by Keith Bell (Harry Brown), Shantelle Rochester-Henry (The Rise Of The Krays) and Lorianne Hall (SoulBoy) and stars I, Daniel Blake’s Dave Johns, Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa), David Hayman (Taboo), Josh Herdman (Robin Hood), Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank), Danielle Harold (EastEnders) and Kedar Williams-Stirling (Roots).
The deal was negotiated by Lorianne Hall for the producers and Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis.
Screen can also reveal the first-look at Katie Jarvis in the film.
Set in the Northeast of England, the plot is about a middle-aged, middle class doctor...
UK-based Moviehouse Entertainment has been appointed to handle world sales for Gary Young’s directorial feature debut Two Graves.
Young produced and wrote Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer starrer Harry Brown and most recently co-wrote Adam Randall thriller Level Up.
Also written by Young, Two Graves is being produced by Keith Bell (Harry Brown), Shantelle Rochester-Henry (The Rise Of The Krays) and Lorianne Hall (SoulBoy) and stars I, Daniel Blake’s Dave Johns, Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa), David Hayman (Taboo), Josh Herdman (Robin Hood), Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank), Danielle Harold (EastEnders) and Kedar Williams-Stirling (Roots).
The deal was negotiated by Lorianne Hall for the producers and Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis.
Screen can also reveal the first-look at Katie Jarvis in the film.
Set in the Northeast of England, the plot is about a middle-aged, middle class doctor...
- 5/4/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK sales outfit boards doc about all-women punk band and Australian adventure movie.
UK sales outfit Moviehouse has added two films to its slate ahead of the Efm in Berlin.
Currently in post-production and readying for an autumn 2017 completion is documentary Here To Be Heard: The Story of the Slits,about the world’s first all-female punk band formed in 1976 London.
Contemporaries of The Clash and The Sex Pistols, the film tells the story of the Slits and the lives of the women involved, from the bands inception to its end in 2010 with the death of lead vocalist Ari Up.
The film Includes interviews with Slits band member Viv Albertine, The Sex Pistols’ Paul Cook, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Don Letts, Dennis Bovell, Adrian Sherwood and previously unseen footage and recordings of the band.
Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis is producing with director-producer William Badgley.
Also new to the slate is recently completed Australian title Rough Stuff...
UK sales outfit Moviehouse has added two films to its slate ahead of the Efm in Berlin.
Currently in post-production and readying for an autumn 2017 completion is documentary Here To Be Heard: The Story of the Slits,about the world’s first all-female punk band formed in 1976 London.
Contemporaries of The Clash and The Sex Pistols, the film tells the story of the Slits and the lives of the women involved, from the bands inception to its end in 2010 with the death of lead vocalist Ari Up.
The film Includes interviews with Slits band member Viv Albertine, The Sex Pistols’ Paul Cook, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Don Letts, Dennis Bovell, Adrian Sherwood and previously unseen footage and recordings of the band.
Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis is producing with director-producer William Badgley.
Also new to the slate is recently completed Australian title Rough Stuff...
- 1/17/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Filming under way on Entertainment One’s 1970s-set comedy drama.
Production on Funny Cow, which stars Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything, Shameless) as a stand-up comedienne, has begun in Yorkshire.
The comedy drama, directed by Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint), follows the rise to stardom of Peake’s character in 1970s northern England and is filming on location in Yorkshire for four weeks.
Paddy Considine (Hot Fuzz) and Stephen Graham (This Is England) co-star in the film, which features music by ex-Longpigs frontman and Mercury award-nominated solo artist Richard Hawley and Grammy Award winner Corinne Bailey Rae.
War Horse and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story writer Tony Pitts penned the script and has an acting role.
Kevin Proctor from Pow Films and Mark Vennis from Moviehouse Entertainment are producing, with Entertainment One releasing in the UK and Moviehouse Entertainment handling intrernational sales.
The film is executive produced by Peter Dunphy and Charlotte Arden of Gizmo Films and Norman Merry...
Production on Funny Cow, which stars Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything, Shameless) as a stand-up comedienne, has begun in Yorkshire.
The comedy drama, directed by Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint), follows the rise to stardom of Peake’s character in 1970s northern England and is filming on location in Yorkshire for four weeks.
Paddy Considine (Hot Fuzz) and Stephen Graham (This Is England) co-star in the film, which features music by ex-Longpigs frontman and Mercury award-nominated solo artist Richard Hawley and Grammy Award winner Corinne Bailey Rae.
War Horse and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story writer Tony Pitts penned the script and has an acting role.
Kevin Proctor from Pow Films and Mark Vennis from Moviehouse Entertainment are producing, with Entertainment One releasing in the UK and Moviehouse Entertainment handling intrernational sales.
The film is executive produced by Peter Dunphy and Charlotte Arden of Gizmo Films and Norman Merry...
- 1/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Upcoming hit-man thriller The Last Step co-starring Sarah Lind sells for Moviehouse.
Moviehouse Entertainment has struck a German pre-sale with Ascot Elite for upcoming Jean Reno (Leon) thriller The Last Step.
The France-Canada-uk co-production is due to be shot in Saskatchewan, Canada, this November with Sarah Lind (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) on board to co-star.
The deal was negotiated by Ascot Elite’s Stephan Giger and Moviehouse’ Gary Phillips.
Turning Tide writer Frédéric Petitjean will direct the feature from producer Laurent Tolleron (Frontier(s)) of Seven 52 and Corrinne Benichou and Florence Moos of Eight 35. Mark Montague, James Fler and Michael Paszt produce for Berserker in Canada and Mark Vennis and Phillips produce for Moviehouse.
Set in the wilds of northern Canada, Reno will play the worlds’ most wanted and anonymous hitman, now retired and hiding away in a remote cabin whose solitude is violently interrupted by the arrival of a young...
Moviehouse Entertainment has struck a German pre-sale with Ascot Elite for upcoming Jean Reno (Leon) thriller The Last Step.
The France-Canada-uk co-production is due to be shot in Saskatchewan, Canada, this November with Sarah Lind (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) on board to co-star.
The deal was negotiated by Ascot Elite’s Stephan Giger and Moviehouse’ Gary Phillips.
Turning Tide writer Frédéric Petitjean will direct the feature from producer Laurent Tolleron (Frontier(s)) of Seven 52 and Corrinne Benichou and Florence Moos of Eight 35. Mark Montague, James Fler and Michael Paszt produce for Berserker in Canada and Mark Vennis and Phillips produce for Moviehouse.
Set in the wilds of northern Canada, Reno will play the worlds’ most wanted and anonymous hitman, now retired and hiding away in a remote cabin whose solitude is violently interrupted by the arrival of a young...
- 5/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: eOne pre-buys UK rights to 70s-set feature on eve of Cannes Marché.
Entertainment One (eOne) has pre-bought UK rights to comedy-drama Funny Cow from Moviehouse Entertainment.
Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything) will to star in the 1970s-set feature about the rise of a working class comedienne.
After struggling to free herself from an abusive home life, Peake’s character, known as ‘Funny Cow’, finds herself drawn to the stand-up circuit of Northern England’s working men’s clubs.
The film is also due to star Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), John Hannah (The Mummy), Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire) and Tony Pitts (War Horse) with production expected to begin in October 2016 in Belfast.
Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint) directs from a script by Peaky Blinders actor-writer Pitts. Kevin Proctor of Pow Films will produce alongside Mark Vennis of Moviehouse.
The deal was negotiated by Ashanti McIntosh for eOne and Mark Vennis for Moviehouse Entertainment.
McIntosh commented:...
Entertainment One (eOne) has pre-bought UK rights to comedy-drama Funny Cow from Moviehouse Entertainment.
Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything) will to star in the 1970s-set feature about the rise of a working class comedienne.
After struggling to free herself from an abusive home life, Peake’s character, known as ‘Funny Cow’, finds herself drawn to the stand-up circuit of Northern England’s working men’s clubs.
The film is also due to star Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), John Hannah (The Mummy), Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire) and Tony Pitts (War Horse) with production expected to begin in October 2016 in Belfast.
Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint) directs from a script by Peaky Blinders actor-writer Pitts. Kevin Proctor of Pow Films will produce alongside Mark Vennis of Moviehouse.
The deal was negotiated by Ashanti McIntosh for eOne and Mark Vennis for Moviehouse Entertainment.
McIntosh commented:...
- 5/10/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: eOne pre-buys UK rights to 70s-set feature on eve of Cannes Marché.
Entertainment One (eOne) has pre-bought UK rights to comedy-drama Funny Cow from Moviehouse Entertainment.
Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything) will to star in the 70s-set feature about the rise of a working class comedienne.
After struggling to free herself from an abusive home life, Peake’s character, known as ‘Funny Cow’, finds herself drawn to the stand-up circuit of Northern England’s working men’s clubs.
The film is also due to star Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), John Hannah (The Mummy), Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire) and Tony Pitts (War Horse) with production expected to begin in October 2016 in Belfast.
Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint) directs from a script by Peaky Blinders actor-writer Pitts. Kevin Proctor of Pow Films will produce alongside Mark Vennis of Moviehouse.
The deal was negotiated by Ashanti McIntosh for eOne and Mark Vennis for Moviehouse Entertainment.
McIntosh commented:...
Entertainment One (eOne) has pre-bought UK rights to comedy-drama Funny Cow from Moviehouse Entertainment.
Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything) will to star in the 70s-set feature about the rise of a working class comedienne.
After struggling to free herself from an abusive home life, Peake’s character, known as ‘Funny Cow’, finds herself drawn to the stand-up circuit of Northern England’s working men’s clubs.
The film is also due to star Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), John Hannah (The Mummy), Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire) and Tony Pitts (War Horse) with production expected to begin in October 2016 in Belfast.
Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint) directs from a script by Peaky Blinders actor-writer Pitts. Kevin Proctor of Pow Films will produce alongside Mark Vennis of Moviehouse.
The deal was negotiated by Ashanti McIntosh for eOne and Mark Vennis for Moviehouse Entertainment.
McIntosh commented:...
- 5/10/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Reno will play a retired hitman in the Canada-France-uk co-pro.
Jean Reno, noted for his performance in Leon, will again play a hitman in Frederick Petitjean’s The Last Step.
The France-Canada-uk co-produced thriller will shoot in Canada in autumn this year.
Producers are Laurent Tolleron for Seven 52 and Corrinne Benichou and Florence Moos for fellow French outfit Eight 35. Mark Montague, James Fler and Michael Paszt are producing for Canada-based Berserker, while Mark Vennis and Gary Phillips are producing for Moviehouse in the UK, who are also handling international sales.
The plot sees Reno play a retired hitman hiding in the remote wilds of Northern Canada. His solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a young woman – Sarah Lind (The Assassination Of Jesse James) who is gravely injured in an accident.
Jean Reno, noted for his performance in Leon, will again play a hitman in Frederick Petitjean’s The Last Step.
The France-Canada-uk co-produced thriller will shoot in Canada in autumn this year.
Producers are Laurent Tolleron for Seven 52 and Corrinne Benichou and Florence Moos for fellow French outfit Eight 35. Mark Montague, James Fler and Michael Paszt are producing for Canada-based Berserker, while Mark Vennis and Gary Phillips are producing for Moviehouse in the UK, who are also handling international sales.
The plot sees Reno play a retired hitman hiding in the remote wilds of Northern Canada. His solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a young woman – Sarah Lind (The Assassination Of Jesse James) who is gravely injured in an accident.
- 2/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
Rectify's Aden Young, Aaron Pedersen, Oscar Redding and Chris Sommers are part of the ensemble cast attached to a violent Outback thriller to be directed by Jonathan auf der Heide.
An unofficial Australian-uk co-production, Mongrel is due to start shooting in South East Queensland late this year, with post in the UK.
Scripted by Brit Ross Williams, the plot follows Doug Richards (Young), a family man who embarks on a pig-hunting weekend with his mates.
The weekend turns into a nightmare as the hunting dogs savagely attack a young couple from the city. Torn between loyalty and doing the right thing, Richards must choose between an escalation in violence or facing his own death.
Pedersen is cast as a detective, Redding is a bad-ass professional pig hunter and Sommers is a local would-be tough guy.
The producers are New Holland Pictures Two's Mark Overett (The Fear of Darkness, Iron Sky...
An unofficial Australian-uk co-production, Mongrel is due to start shooting in South East Queensland late this year, with post in the UK.
Scripted by Brit Ross Williams, the plot follows Doug Richards (Young), a family man who embarks on a pig-hunting weekend with his mates.
The weekend turns into a nightmare as the hunting dogs savagely attack a young couple from the city. Torn between loyalty and doing the right thing, Richards must choose between an escalation in violence or facing his own death.
Pedersen is cast as a detective, Redding is a bad-ass professional pig hunter and Sommers is a local would-be tough guy.
The producers are New Holland Pictures Two's Mark Overett (The Fear of Darkness, Iron Sky...
- 5/19/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Moviehouse boards The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson.
UK sales outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded international rights to Julien Temple (The Filth and the Fury) documentary The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson.
The Essential Arts/Nitrate Film Production doc, from producers Richard Conway and Andrew Curtis, follows the remarkable story of acclaimed musician Wilko Johnson who was told he only had months to live after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but staged a remarkable recovery while still managing to tour.
The film is in the latter stages of post-production and will premiere at SXSW this March.
Director Temple said: “I was astonished by Wilko on Oil City Confidential when I realised the depth of his eccentricity and wisdom and wanted to celebrate the inspirational way he dealt with his death sentence, and in the end he confounded us all.”
Mark Vennis of Moviehouse added: “We are delighted and excited to bring this unique and cinematic story to the...
UK sales outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded international rights to Julien Temple (The Filth and the Fury) documentary The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson.
The Essential Arts/Nitrate Film Production doc, from producers Richard Conway and Andrew Curtis, follows the remarkable story of acclaimed musician Wilko Johnson who was told he only had months to live after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but staged a remarkable recovery while still managing to tour.
The film is in the latter stages of post-production and will premiere at SXSW this March.
Director Temple said: “I was astonished by Wilko on Oil City Confidential when I realised the depth of his eccentricity and wisdom and wanted to celebrate the inspirational way he dealt with his death sentence, and in the end he confounded us all.”
Mark Vennis of Moviehouse added: “We are delighted and excited to bring this unique and cinematic story to the...
- 2/8/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: David Marconi action-thriller, Peter Fudakowski’s romance [pictured] among slate.
London-based sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has signed four completed titles to its roster in time for the Afm.
Jack Laskey and Zhu Zhu star in completed romance thriller Secret Sharer, the feature directorial debut of Oscar-winning producer Peter Fudakowski (Tsotsi).
Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s novella, the film South China Sea-set film tells the story of a young sea captain’s journey to maturity and the challenges he faces.
Action-thriller The Contract, written by David Marconi (Enemy of the State), follows a London City fund manager in a race against time over one explosive night.
Produced by Dean Fisher, Robert Fucilla and directed by Nic Auerbach, The Contract stars Fucilla, Sarah Armstrong and Danny Webb.
Director Jay Weisman’s 3D action sci-fi Shockwave, which world premiered at London’s FrightFest, charts mankind’s battle for the last supplies of water on the moon.
Finally, Discoverdale...
London-based sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has signed four completed titles to its roster in time for the Afm.
Jack Laskey and Zhu Zhu star in completed romance thriller Secret Sharer, the feature directorial debut of Oscar-winning producer Peter Fudakowski (Tsotsi).
Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s novella, the film South China Sea-set film tells the story of a young sea captain’s journey to maturity and the challenges he faces.
Action-thriller The Contract, written by David Marconi (Enemy of the State), follows a London City fund manager in a race against time over one explosive night.
Produced by Dean Fisher, Robert Fucilla and directed by Nic Auerbach, The Contract stars Fucilla, Sarah Armstrong and Danny Webb.
Director Jay Weisman’s 3D action sci-fi Shockwave, which world premiered at London’s FrightFest, charts mankind’s battle for the last supplies of water on the moon.
Finally, Discoverdale...
- 11/5/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Hobbit star joins Funny Cow cast.
The Hobbit star Martin Freeman and Boardwalk Empire’s Stephen Graham are newly attached to Maxine Peake drama Funny Cow, which is due to shoot in the UK in 2015.
Peake, best known for her roles in British TV dramas Shameless and Silk, will lead cast in Funny Cow, which charts the rise of a stand-up comedienne in the sometimes violent and macho clubs of Northern England in the 1970’s and 80’s.
The Mummy actor John Hannah is also attached.
The script comes from Peaky Blinders and Hyena actor Tony Pitts, who will also act in the film, with Tinge Krishnan (Junkhearts) on board to direct.
Richard Hawley is set to score the film.
Moviehouse Entertainment will handle sales and produce alongside Kevin Proctor’s Pow Films.
Moviehouse’s Mark Vennis told ScreenDaily: “Reminiscent of classics Lenny and Raging Bull, Funny Cow is going to be a hard hitting film that...
The Hobbit star Martin Freeman and Boardwalk Empire’s Stephen Graham are newly attached to Maxine Peake drama Funny Cow, which is due to shoot in the UK in 2015.
Peake, best known for her roles in British TV dramas Shameless and Silk, will lead cast in Funny Cow, which charts the rise of a stand-up comedienne in the sometimes violent and macho clubs of Northern England in the 1970’s and 80’s.
The Mummy actor John Hannah is also attached.
The script comes from Peaky Blinders and Hyena actor Tony Pitts, who will also act in the film, with Tinge Krishnan (Junkhearts) on board to direct.
Richard Hawley is set to score the film.
Moviehouse Entertainment will handle sales and produce alongside Kevin Proctor’s Pow Films.
Moviehouse’s Mark Vennis told ScreenDaily: “Reminiscent of classics Lenny and Raging Bull, Funny Cow is going to be a hard hitting film that...
- 10/10/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Pick-ups include Raindance title Convenience and Hackney’s Finest.
UK sales outfit Moviehouse has added sales titles Convenience and gangster film Hackney’s Finest to its Cannes lineup.
Raindance title Convenience stars Ray Panthaki, Vicky McClure, Adeel Akhtar and Verne Troyer in the story of best friends who attempt to rob a petrol station to clear a debt owed to a couple of Russian gangsters.
Comic crime-thriller Hackney’s Finest depicts a drug-fuelled night of mayhem in East London. The UK’s Rickety Shack Films produces.
The deal was negotiated by producer Arin Alldridge of Rickety Shack Films and Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis.
Hackney’s Finest is the first feature from director Chris Bouchard and will world premiere at London’s East End Film Festival.
Moviehouse has also boarded production Funny Cow, set to star Red Riding star Maxine Peake in the story of a female comedian’s rise to fame from a tough working...
UK sales outfit Moviehouse has added sales titles Convenience and gangster film Hackney’s Finest to its Cannes lineup.
Raindance title Convenience stars Ray Panthaki, Vicky McClure, Adeel Akhtar and Verne Troyer in the story of best friends who attempt to rob a petrol station to clear a debt owed to a couple of Russian gangsters.
Comic crime-thriller Hackney’s Finest depicts a drug-fuelled night of mayhem in East London. The UK’s Rickety Shack Films produces.
The deal was negotiated by producer Arin Alldridge of Rickety Shack Films and Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis.
Hackney’s Finest is the first feature from director Chris Bouchard and will world premiere at London’s East End Film Festival.
Moviehouse has also boarded production Funny Cow, set to star Red Riding star Maxine Peake in the story of a female comedian’s rise to fame from a tough working...
- 5/18/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK outfit boards animation, readies production slate.
Moviehouse’s Cannes slate includes recent animation addition A Giant Adventure, which will feature the voices of John Goodman and Kelsey Grammar.
Goodman will play lumberjack Paul Bunyan who teams up with two adventurous kids to rescue a town from the developer’s evil clutches in this modern tale.
The deal was negotiated by Toonz Media Group CEO Kumar together with Moviehouse’ Managing Director, Mark Vennis and cements Moviehouse’s relationship with Toonz, which also produced upcoming Magnolia Us release The Hero Of Colour City, also sold by Moviehouse.
The film, which will be released in North America by Cinedigm, is produced in conjunction with U.S. animation company Exodus Film Group, whose principals, John Eraklis and Max Howard, will serve as producers together with Toonz’ CEO P. Jaya Kumar.
Simultaneously, Moviehouse is also developing a growing production slate, includingUK drama Grand Duet, about a classical...
Moviehouse’s Cannes slate includes recent animation addition A Giant Adventure, which will feature the voices of John Goodman and Kelsey Grammar.
Goodman will play lumberjack Paul Bunyan who teams up with two adventurous kids to rescue a town from the developer’s evil clutches in this modern tale.
The deal was negotiated by Toonz Media Group CEO Kumar together with Moviehouse’ Managing Director, Mark Vennis and cements Moviehouse’s relationship with Toonz, which also produced upcoming Magnolia Us release The Hero Of Colour City, also sold by Moviehouse.
The film, which will be released in North America by Cinedigm, is produced in conjunction with U.S. animation company Exodus Film Group, whose principals, John Eraklis and Max Howard, will serve as producers together with Toonz’ CEO P. Jaya Kumar.
Simultaneously, Moviehouse is also developing a growing production slate, includingUK drama Grand Duet, about a classical...
- 5/15/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Craig Lahiff is set to show his latest film after nine years with Swerve. This production was shot in Australia. Swerve involves a tragic accident, corrupt cops, seduction and avarice. All of these elements come together in brutal fashion when a large amount of money is found by Colin (David Lyons). The latest poster for this thriller is left and those interested can find the film's trailer below. Currently, this film is completed, with a North American release date unannounced. More details below.
The synopsis for Swerve
"Driving cross-country, Colin breaks down outside a small town. As he does so, two more cars speed towards each-other on the desert highway and end up in a fatal collision killing one of them instantly. Beside the corpse, Colin discovers a case load of money. The other survivor is a beautiful woman in a big hurry to leave the scene of the accident.
The synopsis for Swerve
"Driving cross-country, Colin breaks down outside a small town. As he does so, two more cars speed towards each-other on the desert highway and end up in a fatal collision killing one of them instantly. Beside the corpse, Colin discovers a case load of money. The other survivor is a beautiful woman in a big hurry to leave the scene of the accident.
- 8/9/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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