Having established herself at the BBC with the police procedural “Happy Valley” and the crossdressing costume drama “Gentleman Jack,” screenwriter-turned-showrunner Sally Wainwright has followed countless creatives and taken the Disney shilling to initiate her latest project. You can hardly blame her, given the reduced offer the cash-strapped British broadcaster is now extending even to its more illustrious dramaturges: rarely more than three episodes per series and four characters per scene. Imposed by post-Brexit belt-tightening, this sorry set of limitations has exasperated those obliged to work within them while dispiriting viewers, left watching the life — and the talent — drain from primetime broadcasts.
Mashing up historical and fantastical elements, the pricey-looking, eight-part “Renegade Nell” rides into a surprisingly crowded field for light period entertainments straddling the Stuart and Georgian eras, emerging after the sadly short-lived BBC comedy “The Witchfinder” and Apple TV+’s recent “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.” While...
Mashing up historical and fantastical elements, the pricey-looking, eight-part “Renegade Nell” rides into a surprisingly crowded field for light period entertainments straddling the Stuart and Georgian eras, emerging after the sadly short-lived BBC comedy “The Witchfinder” and Apple TV+’s recent “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.” While...
- 3/27/2024
- by Mike McCahill
- Variety Film + TV
- Reading through Variety, a curious little fact for you Oscar poolers popped out - The DGA winner and the Oscar winner have matched in 52 of the last 58 years. Not a bad batting average. This year’s DGA nominees will most likely be a two horse race between Inarritu and Scorsese, but the Oscars are most likely going to include an Eastwood nom. And the nominees are...Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel" (Paramount Vantage) Unit Production Manager: Ann RuarkFirst Assistant Director: Sebastián Silva Bill Condon, "Dreamgirls" (Paramount)Unit Production Manager: Patricia WhitcherFirst Assistant Director: Richard GravesSecond Assistant Director: Eric ShermanSecond Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" (Warner Bros.)Unit Production Manager: Carol CuddyFirst Assistant Director: Joseph ReidySecond Assistant Director: Amy LauritsenSecond Second Assistant Director: John Silvestri Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)Unit Production Manager: Michael BeuggFirst Assistant Director: Thomas Patrick SmithSecond Assistant Director: Gregory
- 1/9/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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