Tim Kirkby’s feature is due to begin shooting next year in the US and UK.
Maisie Williams and Freddie Highmore are set to star in Tim Kirkby’s Sinner V. Saints with London-based WestEnd Films launching international sales in Cannes.
The comedy is set to begin shooting in the US and UK next year.
It is based on the true story of former beauty queen Joyce Mckinney who made headlines after she kidnapped a Mormon missionary in an attempt to stop the church from stealing away her sexual obsession.
Mark Williams and Andriana Williams, head of Zero Gravity’s Inspire Division,...
Maisie Williams and Freddie Highmore are set to star in Tim Kirkby’s Sinner V. Saints with London-based WestEnd Films launching international sales in Cannes.
The comedy is set to begin shooting in the US and UK next year.
It is based on the true story of former beauty queen Joyce Mckinney who made headlines after she kidnapped a Mormon missionary in an attempt to stop the church from stealing away her sexual obsession.
Mark Williams and Andriana Williams, head of Zero Gravity’s Inspire Division,...
- 5/9/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
WestEnd Films is launching international sales in Cannes on Sinner V. Saints, a comedy based on the true story of the so-called “manacled Mormon” sex scandal. Maisie Williams and Freddie Highmore are lined up to star. Tim Kirkby is directing with shooting due to begin in the first quarter of next year in the U.S. and UK.
The script is written by Jill Hoppe and based on the book Joyce McKinney And The Case Of The Manacled Mormon by Anthony Delano, as well as news reports. Set in 1970s Los Angeles and London, the film traces a scandal that saw an eccentric Mensa beauty queen go to extreme lengths to stop the Mormon church from stealing away her sexual obsession: a Mormon missionary. Filmmaker Errol Morris previously treated the subject in a 2010 documentary, Tabloid.
Mark Williams and Andriana Williams (Head...
The script is written by Jill Hoppe and based on the book Joyce McKinney And The Case Of The Manacled Mormon by Anthony Delano, as well as news reports. Set in 1970s Los Angeles and London, the film traces a scandal that saw an eccentric Mensa beauty queen go to extreme lengths to stop the Mormon church from stealing away her sexual obsession: a Mormon missionary. Filmmaker Errol Morris previously treated the subject in a 2010 documentary, Tabloid.
Mark Williams and Andriana Williams (Head...
- 5/9/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Freddie Highmore and Maisie Williams will star in an adaptation of a bizarre true story about an American ex-beauty queen who was accused of kidnapping and raping a Mormon missionary in England.
Entitled “Sinner V. Saints,” the movie is directed by Tim Kirkby and will be sold by WestEnd Films, which is shopping the project to buyers in Cannes next week. The film will begin shooting in the first quarter of 2023 in the U.S. and U.K.
Set in 1970s Los Angeles and London, “Sinner V. Saints” is based on the true story of Joyce McKinney, who went to extreme lengths to stop the Mormon church from taking away her sexual obsession: a nebbish Mormon missionary named Kirk Anderson. The sordid relationship — which was the focus of the 2010 Errol Morris documentary “Tabloid” — went awry and eventually resulted in accusations of kidnapping and rape against McKinney.
Mark Williams and Andriana Williams are producing.
Entitled “Sinner V. Saints,” the movie is directed by Tim Kirkby and will be sold by WestEnd Films, which is shopping the project to buyers in Cannes next week. The film will begin shooting in the first quarter of 2023 in the U.S. and U.K.
Set in 1970s Los Angeles and London, “Sinner V. Saints” is based on the true story of Joyce McKinney, who went to extreme lengths to stop the Mormon church from taking away her sexual obsession: a nebbish Mormon missionary named Kirk Anderson. The sordid relationship — which was the focus of the 2010 Errol Morris documentary “Tabloid” — went awry and eventually resulted in accusations of kidnapping and rape against McKinney.
Mark Williams and Andriana Williams are producing.
- 5/9/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Former Fox News reporter and current Ktla-tv anchor Courtney Friel has set up a biopic with Zero Gravity Management, Variety has learned exclusively.
Zero Gravity has optioned the rights to Friel’s memoir “Tonight At 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News” for its Inspire division. The book details her ascent in the news business, including getting hired in 2007 at the age of 26 by Fox News as a national correspondent and dealing with alcohol and drug addiction.
“Zero Gravity looks forward to developing Courtney’s story into a feature film,” said Andriana Williams, head of development for the Inspire division. “Our Inspire division champions stories that uphold the triumph of the human spirit and Courtney’s journey aligns perfectly with this. Her story is both comedic while also being sensitive to those struggling with addiction. The contrast of being a straight-laced Fox reporter and a party girl is also something ripe...
Zero Gravity has optioned the rights to Friel’s memoir “Tonight At 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News” for its Inspire division. The book details her ascent in the news business, including getting hired in 2007 at the age of 26 by Fox News as a national correspondent and dealing with alcohol and drug addiction.
“Zero Gravity looks forward to developing Courtney’s story into a feature film,” said Andriana Williams, head of development for the Inspire division. “Our Inspire division champions stories that uphold the triumph of the human spirit and Courtney’s journey aligns perfectly with this. Her story is both comedic while also being sensitive to those struggling with addiction. The contrast of being a straight-laced Fox reporter and a party girl is also something ripe...
- 8/20/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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