Exclusive: Rising British actor Callum Turner is set to star alongside Norway’s Kristine Kujath Thorp and Sweden’s Gustav Lindh in Dara Van Dusen’s A Prayer For The Dying.
Anton and New Europe Films sales have co-acquired international rights for the upcoming English-language survival thriller.
Based on a novel by Stewart O’Nan, the film takes place in 1870 in Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War.
When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning.
The film will shoot in early summer 2024.
New Europe CEO Jan Naszewski said of the feature: “Rarely can we...
Anton and New Europe Films sales have co-acquired international rights for the upcoming English-language survival thriller.
Based on a novel by Stewart O’Nan, the film takes place in 1870 in Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War.
When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning.
The film will shoot in early summer 2024.
New Europe CEO Jan Naszewski said of the feature: “Rarely can we...
- 2/5/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
A Prayer For The Dying from UK-France outfit The Bureau and Good Boy, produced by Jeremy Thomas’s Recorded Picture Company, are among the seven international co-productions to receive backing from the UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf).
In addition, 23 UK screen content businesses have been awarded funds to boost their international activities.
Ukgsf is financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and administered by the British Film Institute (BFI). The latest batch of awards sees over £1.3m being allocated through the international co-production strand and over £2m being allocated through the international business development strand.
In addition, 23 UK screen content businesses have been awarded funds to boost their international activities.
Ukgsf is financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and administered by the British Film Institute (BFI). The latest batch of awards sees over £1.3m being allocated through the international co-production strand and over £2m being allocated through the international business development strand.
- 1/17/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The British Film Institute has revealed the list of TV, film, and animation companies that have won funding from its latest £3.3M ($4.2M) Global Screen Fund payout.
Thirty cash awards have been allocated this round, including seven new international co-productions and what the BFI has described as 23 UK screen content businesses. Financed through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms), the latest batch of awards sees over £1.3 million allocated through the fund’s International Co-production strand and over £2 million allocated through the fund’s International Business Development strand.
The funding, awarded in the form of non-recoupable grants ranging between £50,000 and £150,000, is paid out over three years. This year, the International Co-production strand has, for the first time, supported collaborations with Hungary, Norway, and Spain. The funding will also support partnerships with Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, New Zealand, Poland and Sweden. Check out the full list of awardees below.
Thirty cash awards have been allocated this round, including seven new international co-productions and what the BFI has described as 23 UK screen content businesses. Financed through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms), the latest batch of awards sees over £1.3 million allocated through the fund’s International Co-production strand and over £2 million allocated through the fund’s International Business Development strand.
The funding, awarded in the form of non-recoupable grants ranging between £50,000 and £150,000, is paid out over three years. This year, the International Co-production strand has, for the first time, supported collaborations with Hungary, Norway, and Spain. The funding will also support partnerships with Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, New Zealand, Poland and Sweden. Check out the full list of awardees below.
- 1/17/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
English actor Kate Beckinsale has steadily been appearing on the silver screen since 1991, starring in everything from independent British dramas to big-budget Hollywood blockbusters. Bringing an understated sense of elegance and grace to her roles, "The Underworld" film franchise star has proved to be just as adept at handling sharply written monologues as diving headfirst into tightly choreographed action set pieces. Whenever Beckinsale appears on-screen, all attention turns to turn her performance. She exudes natural magnetism -- regardless if she's playing the protagonist or a memorable supporting role.
With a career spanning over 30 years, Beckinsale imbues her characters with quiet confidence and sharp wit. While her numerous roles have run the gamut of her immense talent. Here are the 12 best Kate Beckinsale movies, from the start of her career adapting the works of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen to the action-driven movies that showcase her impressive physicality.
Underworld: Evolution
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With a career spanning over 30 years, Beckinsale imbues her characters with quiet confidence and sharp wit. While her numerous roles have run the gamut of her immense talent. Here are the 12 best Kate Beckinsale movies, from the start of her career adapting the works of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen to the action-driven movies that showcase her impressive physicality.
Underworld: Evolution
Of...
- 4/8/2023
- by Samuel Stone
- Slash Film
Edited by Hans-Åke Lilja, Shining in the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years of Lilja's Library is exclusive to Cemetery Dance Publications and will feature a Stephen King story that hasn't been released since 1981. We also have updated release details for The Similars, the final wave of films announced at Monster Fest 2016, six photos / details for The Orphanage video game, and a new trailer for Gremlin.
Cemetery Dance Publications' Shining in the Dark Anthology: From Cemetery Dance: "Shining In the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years of Lilja's Library edited by Hans-Åke Lilja.
About the Book:
Hans-Ake Lilja, the founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand new anthology of horror stories to help celebrate twenty years of running the #1 Stephen King news website on the web!
This anthology includes both original stories like the brand new novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In) very rare reprints like "The Blue Air...
Cemetery Dance Publications' Shining in the Dark Anthology: From Cemetery Dance: "Shining In the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years of Lilja's Library edited by Hans-Åke Lilja.
About the Book:
Hans-Ake Lilja, the founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand new anthology of horror stories to help celebrate twenty years of running the #1 Stephen King news website on the web!
This anthology includes both original stories like the brand new novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In) very rare reprints like "The Blue Air...
- 11/2/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
On top of also directing the film version of Dave Eggers' "The Circle," James Ponsoldt may helm a biopic of Lost Generation luminary F. Scott Fitzgerald, based on Stewart O'Nan's atmospheric 2015 novel "West of Sunset." Of all the fiction writers lured to Hollywood to crank out big studio screenplays, Fitzgerald perhaps fared the worst, and this brief and troubling period in the author's life is the focus of O'Nan's book. In the late '30s, Fitzgerald scratched out a few MGM scripts, while channeling his hack soul into writing the inspired "Pat Hobby" stories. But he failed to finish his farewell novel, "The Last Tycoon," and in 1940 died of a thirst. Deadine reports that Ponsoldt is negotiating this project for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. The novel also recaptures Fitzgerald's good old days, writing alongside Ernest Hemingway and falling into doomed loved with Zelda, whose hospitalization led to Fitzgerald's last finished novel "Tender.
- 6/1/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
A couple of projects scored impressive directors today.
First up, James Ponsoldt ("The Spectacular Now") is negotiating to adapt and direct an adaptation of the Stewart O'Nan novel "West Of Sunset" for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.
The story follows "The Great Gatsby" author F. Scott Fitzgerald in the last years of his life when he came to Hollywood to start anew as a screenwriter in 1937. Troubled with poor health, finances, and a wife committed to an asylum, his time in Los Angeles did not go well. This is juxtaposed with flashbacks to his early days as a literary king.
Next up, "Annie" and "Easy A" director Will Gluck has signed on to helm Disney's untitled lottery movie previously known as "Lucky Guy". Dan Lin is attached to produce.
The lead character has also changed gender, with the story now following a consistently unlucky woman whose streak of bad luck continues when...
First up, James Ponsoldt ("The Spectacular Now") is negotiating to adapt and direct an adaptation of the Stewart O'Nan novel "West Of Sunset" for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.
The story follows "The Great Gatsby" author F. Scott Fitzgerald in the last years of his life when he came to Hollywood to start anew as a screenwriter in 1937. Troubled with poor health, finances, and a wife committed to an asylum, his time in Los Angeles did not go well. This is juxtaposed with flashbacks to his early days as a literary king.
Next up, "Annie" and "Easy A" director Will Gluck has signed on to helm Disney's untitled lottery movie previously known as "Lucky Guy". Dan Lin is attached to produce.
The lead character has also changed gender, with the story now following a consistently unlucky woman whose streak of bad luck continues when...
- 5/29/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Cemetery Dance just announced Detours, featuring some of the biggest names ever collected in one book (like King, Koontz, Barker, Blatty, and Straub), so of course it's selling fast. Don't be disappointed; read on for ordering info and to see some of the amazing art it contains.
Every now and then your favorite author takes a detour while writing a new novel: a chapter gets chopped, a connected short story is dreamed up, an essay about the book's origins is composed, or an oddity is created on a day off.
Collected here together for the first time are such Detours. Join these bestselling authors as they share the other works they wrote while they were writing the books you already know and love.
Detours is edited by Brian James Freeman with cover artwork by Tomislav Tikulin. Visit Cemetery Dance's online store to pre-order your copy. At this time the publication date hasn't been revealed,...
Every now and then your favorite author takes a detour while writing a new novel: a chapter gets chopped, a connected short story is dreamed up, an essay about the book's origins is composed, or an oddity is created on a day off.
Collected here together for the first time are such Detours. Join these bestselling authors as they share the other works they wrote while they were writing the books you already know and love.
Detours is edited by Brian James Freeman with cover artwork by Tomislav Tikulin. Visit Cemetery Dance's online store to pre-order your copy. At this time the publication date hasn't been revealed,...
- 7/5/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
It's rare when a film adaptation lives up the book it was based on so with that in mind I have compiled a list of 40 books that have been adapted for the big screen that we can expect to see in theaters this year. This includes two books from Gillian Flynn, young adult adaptations of work by Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and James Dashner, a short story from Dennis Lehane, a Nick Hornby adaptation, and an adaptation written by Nick Hornby, a new John le Carre adaptation and a prequel to the stories written by Tom Clancy as well as a couple comics and graphic novel adaptations from the likes of Frank Miller and Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Alexander O. Smith. I've added everything I could think of and while I'm sure I missed a few, please forgive me and hopefully you'll find something that appeals to your taste on the list.
- 1/14/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Stephen King's official site broke the news this week that a new story from the author (co-written with Stewart O'Nan) is on its way August 21st, and we have all the details right here.
From StephenKing.com:
Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio have announced a chilling new story titled A Face in the Crowd. Set for release on August 21st, the original eBook marks the second baseball-themed collaboration between Stephen and Stewart O'Nan.
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’ past,...
From StephenKing.com:
Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio have announced a chilling new story titled A Face in the Crowd. Set for release on August 21st, the original eBook marks the second baseball-themed collaboration between Stephen and Stewart O'Nan.
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’ past,...
- 7/25/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive Media has optioned all rights to award-winning author Stewart O'Nan's latest novel, "The Odds: A Love Story," to develop and produce with Le Grisbi Productions and Lbi Entertainment, it was announced today by Exclusive Media Co-Chairmen, Nigel Sinclair and Guy East. Exclusive Media is producing the feature film project with Julie Yorn of Lbi Entertainment, and John Lesher and Christina Liao of Le Grisbi Productions. "The Odds: A Love Story," currently being packaged by the producers, is a character driven story about a couple on the verge of bankruptcy and divorce who travel to Niagara Falls, the place of their honeymoon, to gamble what's left of their life savings and, in the process, rekindle their love for one another. Matt Jackson will...
- 4/3/2012
- Comingsoon.net
A couple of weeks ago, I sent the following message to this year's Cannonballers:
Now that summer is here (yes, I know not technically, but as far as I'm concerned summer begins when June does), I am thinking that it would be good to have a theme for some of the Cbr posts this summer: Summer Reads. I don't know about you, but summer vacations-especially when I go to the beach-are when I have some of my best opportunities to finally make a dent in my reading list. And I often make a trip to the library before heading out on vacation. I'd like to be able to give the Pajibans a bunch of recommendations as they may be looking to add to their summer reading lists.
Of course to do this, I need your help. I would like you to send me links to any reviews you've written for...
Now that summer is here (yes, I know not technically, but as far as I'm concerned summer begins when June does), I am thinking that it would be good to have a theme for some of the Cbr posts this summer: Summer Reads. I don't know about you, but summer vacations-especially when I go to the beach-are when I have some of my best opportunities to finally make a dent in my reading list. And I often make a trip to the library before heading out on vacation. I'd like to be able to give the Pajibans a bunch of recommendations as they may be looking to add to their summer reading lists.
Of course to do this, I need your help. I would like you to send me links to any reviews you've written for...
- 6/27/2011
- by Tamatha Uhmelmahaye
By Michael Atkinson
The new Israeli film "Jellyfish" (2007) -- co-directed by lifemates Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, and a Camera d'Or winner at Cannes -- is both familiar and otherworldly. Israeli filmmakers, doubtlessly because of their particularly tense position in the world, of their society's fervent militarization and of the question of the Palestinians, love the everyone's-connected social-weave film, à la "Crash" (Amos Gitai has made several), bouncing amongst a variety of intersecting characters as a way to paint a portrait of the whole culture. As a sub-subgenre, it has its pitfalls, but as all of our cultures become more and more deracinative and immigrant-scrambled, it's easy to see the idea's allure. "Jellyfish," fortunately, adopts the mode but maintains modesty: a mere 78 minutes long (hallelujah), the movie is sharp and poetic on particulars (somewhat like Keret's short fiction, though Geffen is credited as the screenwriter), and is rescued from undue...
The new Israeli film "Jellyfish" (2007) -- co-directed by lifemates Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, and a Camera d'Or winner at Cannes -- is both familiar and otherworldly. Israeli filmmakers, doubtlessly because of their particularly tense position in the world, of their society's fervent militarization and of the question of the Palestinians, love the everyone's-connected social-weave film, à la "Crash" (Amos Gitai has made several), bouncing amongst a variety of intersecting characters as a way to paint a portrait of the whole culture. As a sub-subgenre, it has its pitfalls, but as all of our cultures become more and more deracinative and immigrant-scrambled, it's easy to see the idea's allure. "Jellyfish," fortunately, adopts the mode but maintains modesty: a mere 78 minutes long (hallelujah), the movie is sharp and poetic on particulars (somewhat like Keret's short fiction, though Geffen is credited as the screenwriter), and is rescued from undue...
- 9/30/2008
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
Snow Angels
Starring Kate Becknisale, Sam Rockwell, and Michael Angarano
Directed by David Gordon Green
Rated R
I was really impressed by Kate Beckinsale in Snow Angels, a slow, deliberate movie that moves inexorably towards the ending it predicts at the very beginning, despite any objections we may have to it.
Beckinsale plays Annie, a waitress in a Chinese restaurant. She's the mother of an adventurous little girl named Lila, and she's going through a very weird separation from her husband, Glenn (Sam Rockwell).
After she left Glenn, he drove off a bridge - on purpose - but came away unharmed. Needless to say, he's got some work ahead of him.
At the restaurant, Annie prods her teenage co-worker, Arthur (Michael Angarano from Forbidden Kingdom). Years earlier, Annie had been Arthur's babysitter, and he developed a massive crush. Snow Angels shows a series of relationships flying apart - Annie and Glenn,...
Starring Kate Becknisale, Sam Rockwell, and Michael Angarano
Directed by David Gordon Green
Rated R
I was really impressed by Kate Beckinsale in Snow Angels, a slow, deliberate movie that moves inexorably towards the ending it predicts at the very beginning, despite any objections we may have to it.
Beckinsale plays Annie, a waitress in a Chinese restaurant. She's the mother of an adventurous little girl named Lila, and she's going through a very weird separation from her husband, Glenn (Sam Rockwell).
After she left Glenn, he drove off a bridge - on purpose - but came away unharmed. Needless to say, he's got some work ahead of him.
At the restaurant, Annie prods her teenage co-worker, Arthur (Michael Angarano from Forbidden Kingdom). Years earlier, Annie had been Arthur's babysitter, and he developed a massive crush. Snow Angels shows a series of relationships flying apart - Annie and Glenn,...
- 9/17/2008
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
By Matt Singer
Though critics may be divided over "Pineapple Express" . at the time of this writing, it weighs in at 57% on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer . there is a consensus about at least one aspect of the Judd Apatow-produced stoner comedy: surprise over the choice of David Gordon Green as director. As Roger Ebert puts it in his positive review of the film, Green, "that poet of the cinema, is the last person you'd expect to find directing a male-buddy comedy about two potheads who start a drug war." Based on some of his own past comments, Green might be inclined to agree with him; when promoting his debut film "George Washington" a few years ago, Green told Charlie Rose, "I'm interested in any movie that's not like other movies. Growing up, I wasn't so much a 'Star Wars' or 'Raiders' kind of kid. I was a guy who'd watch 'Walkabout.
Though critics may be divided over "Pineapple Express" . at the time of this writing, it weighs in at 57% on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer . there is a consensus about at least one aspect of the Judd Apatow-produced stoner comedy: surprise over the choice of David Gordon Green as director. As Roger Ebert puts it in his positive review of the film, Green, "that poet of the cinema, is the last person you'd expect to find directing a male-buddy comedy about two potheads who start a drug war." Based on some of his own past comments, Green might be inclined to agree with him; when promoting his debut film "George Washington" a few years ago, Green told Charlie Rose, "I'm interested in any movie that's not like other movies. Growing up, I wasn't so much a 'Star Wars' or 'Raiders' kind of kid. I was a guy who'd watch 'Walkabout.
- 8/8/2008
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
By Aaron Hillis
Writer-producer-director David Gordon Green became an instant indie darling when his debut feature, "George Washington," snagged four Spirit Award nominations and the New York Film Critics Circle's award for Best First Film in 2000. An impressionistic drama set in the South (as are many of Green's films), "George Washington" was primarily crewed by Green's fellow North Carolina School of the Arts classmates and alumni, including "Great World of Sound" director Craig Zobel and others who continue to collaborate on each other's projects. In fact, cinematographer Tim Orr and composer David Wingo followed Green through his next three films . "All the Real Girls," "Undertow" and his latest, the 2007 Sundance entry, "Snow Angels." Adapted by Green from Stewart O'Nan's novel, the film is a poignant small-town drama about relationships young and old, some beginning and others breaking, with a top-notch ensemble that includes Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Griffin Dunne and Amy Sedaris.
Writer-producer-director David Gordon Green became an instant indie darling when his debut feature, "George Washington," snagged four Spirit Award nominations and the New York Film Critics Circle's award for Best First Film in 2000. An impressionistic drama set in the South (as are many of Green's films), "George Washington" was primarily crewed by Green's fellow North Carolina School of the Arts classmates and alumni, including "Great World of Sound" director Craig Zobel and others who continue to collaborate on each other's projects. In fact, cinematographer Tim Orr and composer David Wingo followed Green through his next three films . "All the Real Girls," "Undertow" and his latest, the 2007 Sundance entry, "Snow Angels." Adapted by Green from Stewart O'Nan's novel, the film is a poignant small-town drama about relationships young and old, some beginning and others breaking, with a top-notch ensemble that includes Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Griffin Dunne and Amy Sedaris.
- 3/4/2008
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
- #40. Snow Angels Director/Writer: David Gordon GreenProducers: Dan Lindau, R. Paul Miller (Prozac Nation), Lisa Muskat (Undertow), Cami Taylor Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures The Gist: Adapted from the novel by Stewart O'Nan and scripted by David Gordon Green, the story interweaves the life of a teenager, Arthur, with his one-time baby sitter Annie (Beckinsale) - a small-town waitress who has suffered through a tumultuous relationship with her estranged husband Glenn (Rockwell). Fact: It is one of those '2 for the 1 years' for Dgg fans: The Pineapple Express is slotted at our #53 spot. See It: This is his most signifcant piece of work since his debut with George Washington. Release Date/Status?: This preemed more than a full year ago and is just coming out on March 7th. ...
- 1/31/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Quick Links Complete Film Listing: Premiere's section lineup: Dramatic Competition: Documentary Competition: World Dramatic Competition: World Documentary Competition: Spectrum: Park City at Midnight: Frontier (New Directions in Filmmaking): Short Film Programs January 18 to 28, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 18, 2007'); At least a good half of the films represented in the U.S Dramatic comp this year are by first time filmmakers. Headed by veteran filmmaker (and yet relatively new) David Gordon Green and his Stewart O'Nan novel adaptation of Snow Angels but perhaps the most loudest (in term of controversy and spotlight shall go to) the rough Deborah Kampmeier portrait Hounddog - starring a Dakota Fanning in what shall become a transition role for her from Hollywood to Indie, but from child actor to adult-material. And an indie festival wouldnâ.t be a festival without the presence of the Posey name. Zoe Cassavetes will introduce our friend Parker in
- 1/18/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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