Exclusive: Allen Leech and India Mullen will lead the cast of an Irish drama series for AMC Networks’ Sundance Now and local broadcaster Virgin Media Television, we’ve learned.
The pair will topline six-part drama The Vanishing Triangle, which goes into production later this year with a U.S.-UK-Ireland production set-up, and Eccho Rights attached as international distributor. The show is inspired on true events that shook Ireland in the 1990s, when several women disappeared. While the characters and events in the series are fictional, the producers have spoken to several of the real life victims’ families, and hope the show will keep their stories in the Irish public’s mind. The show title is regularly used in the Irish media to refer to the events, which began with the disappearance of American woman Annie McCarrick in 1993 and spiraled to involve many similar cases.
The pair will topline six-part drama The Vanishing Triangle, which goes into production later this year with a U.S.-UK-Ireland production set-up, and Eccho Rights attached as international distributor. The show is inspired on true events that shook Ireland in the 1990s, when several women disappeared. While the characters and events in the series are fictional, the producers have spoken to several of the real life victims’ families, and hope the show will keep their stories in the Irish public’s mind. The show title is regularly used in the Irish media to refer to the events, which began with the disappearance of American woman Annie McCarrick in 1993 and spiraled to involve many similar cases.
- 9/1/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: On the eve of the Efm in Berlin, Ivan Kavanagh’s supernatural horror Son, starring Halloween breakout Andi Matichak alongside Emile Hirsch and Luke David Blumm, has locked North American and UK distribution.
AMC Networks-owned genre streamer Shudder has taken all rights for the UK and Ireland, and has also picked up exclusive SVoD rights for North America, partnering with fellow AMC Networks-owned company Rlje which will handle the rest of domestic, encompassing theatrical, transactional VOD and digital, and home video.
Deadline first revealed the project back in November. The film, which is currently in production, is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.
AnneMarie Naughton is producing for Park Films (The...
AMC Networks-owned genre streamer Shudder has taken all rights for the UK and Ireland, and has also picked up exclusive SVoD rights for North America, partnering with fellow AMC Networks-owned company Rlje which will handle the rest of domestic, encompassing theatrical, transactional VOD and digital, and home video.
Deadline first revealed the project back in November. The film, which is currently in production, is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.
AnneMarie Naughton is producing for Park Films (The...
- 2/20/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Andi Matichak, who starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in the recent big-grossing Halloween reboot, and Emile Hirsch (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood) will lead the cast of Ivan Kavanagh’s horror feature Son.
Project is aiming for a January 2020 U.S. shoot. Altitude Films has boarded world sales rights and will launch at Afm next week.
Film is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.
Kavanagh also wrote the screenplay. He previously helmed western Never Grow Old with John Cusack and Hirsch, and psychological horror The Canal, which was bought by The Orchard.
Producers are Rene Bastian (Transamerica) for Belladonna Productions, AnneMarie Naughton (The Canal) of Park Films and Louis Tisné (Border) of Elastic Film.
Project is aiming for a January 2020 U.S. shoot. Altitude Films has boarded world sales rights and will launch at Afm next week.
Film is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.
Kavanagh also wrote the screenplay. He previously helmed western Never Grow Old with John Cusack and Hirsch, and psychological horror The Canal, which was bought by The Orchard.
Producers are Rene Bastian (Transamerica) for Belladonna Productions, AnneMarie Naughton (The Canal) of Park Films and Louis Tisné (Border) of Elastic Film.
- 11/1/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Alumni on film and TV programme include producers of The Lunchbox, Bullhead and The Book Of Negroes.
Film and TV drama co-production training programme Trans Atlantic Partners (Tap) has revelaed its 2016 line-up of 25 producers from across Europe, Canada, and the USA as well as India and South Africa.
Experts taking part in the scheme include producer René Bastian (Cold In July), Matthias Nitschke, senior vice president of business & legal affairs, Studiocanal, Germany, and producer Ilann Girard (Lebanon).
Tap provides case studies of successful trans-Atlantic projects, market intelligence, legal framework and information on sales and distribution. The programme is directed at producers at career mid-level who have produced at least one feature film or TV series.
The two training modules take place in Munich (June 24 – 29) and Halifax, Canada (September 12– 18) where Tap producers will also participate in the Atlantic Film Festival’s Strategic Partners international co-production market.
Previous alumni of the scheme include Guneet Monga (The Lunchbox), [link...
Film and TV drama co-production training programme Trans Atlantic Partners (Tap) has revelaed its 2016 line-up of 25 producers from across Europe, Canada, and the USA as well as India and South Africa.
Experts taking part in the scheme include producer René Bastian (Cold In July), Matthias Nitschke, senior vice president of business & legal affairs, Studiocanal, Germany, and producer Ilann Girard (Lebanon).
Tap provides case studies of successful trans-Atlantic projects, market intelligence, legal framework and information on sales and distribution. The programme is directed at producers at career mid-level who have produced at least one feature film or TV series.
The two training modules take place in Munich (June 24 – 29) and Halifax, Canada (September 12– 18) where Tap producers will also participate in the Atlantic Film Festival’s Strategic Partners international co-production market.
Previous alumni of the scheme include Guneet Monga (The Lunchbox), [link...
- 6/22/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
On the eve of the Us release, the UK genre specialist Jinga Films has licensed Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror to a number of territories including a deal with Kaleidoscope for the UK and Ireland.
In other deals, the Rupert Evans starrer has gone to Rialto for Australia and New Zealand, Universum for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and Brunchmate for Korea.
Deals closed previously in Singapore (Red Pictures), Malaysia (Yellow Brick), Middle East (Falcon) and Benelux (A-Film).
Former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra Steve Oram and youngster Calum Heath also star in the tale of a camera archivist haunted by early film footage. Ivan Kavanagh wrote and directed the film.
Park Films’ AnneMarie Naughton produced the Ireland-uk co-production.
The Canal debuts in the Us on October 10 through The Orchard on 20 screens.
“The Canal is an extraordinarily well crafted frightener which explores the grey area between psychological and supernatural horror” said Jinga’s Julian Richards.
“We...
In other deals, the Rupert Evans starrer has gone to Rialto for Australia and New Zealand, Universum for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and Brunchmate for Korea.
Deals closed previously in Singapore (Red Pictures), Malaysia (Yellow Brick), Middle East (Falcon) and Benelux (A-Film).
Former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra Steve Oram and youngster Calum Heath also star in the tale of a camera archivist haunted by early film footage. Ivan Kavanagh wrote and directed the film.
Park Films’ AnneMarie Naughton produced the Ireland-uk co-production.
The Canal debuts in the Us on October 10 through The Orchard on 20 screens.
“The Canal is an extraordinarily well crafted frightener which explores the grey area between psychological and supernatural horror” said Jinga’s Julian Richards.
“We...
- 10/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Terry McMahon’s Patrick’s Day and Gerard Barrett’s Glassland have jointly picked up the Best Irish Feature Award at the Galway Film Fleadh, which closed last night (July 13).
The annual awards ceremony took place before the screening of the festival’s closing film An Bronntanas.
Patrick’s Day world premiered at SXSW earlier this year. It tells the story of a schizophrenic young man (Moe Dunford) who tries to build a relationship with a flight attendant. Barrett’s follow up to Pilgrim Hill stars Toni Collette, Jack Reynor and Will Poulter and centres around alcoholism.
The festival’s Galway Hooker Awards were given to Irish actor Brenda Fricker, whose latest film A Long Way From Home was screened during t festival, and to animation powerhouse Brown Bag Films in recognition of their success as Irish animators on the international stage, including such successes as Doc McStuffins and two Oscar-nominated shorts.
In other awards...
The annual awards ceremony took place before the screening of the festival’s closing film An Bronntanas.
Patrick’s Day world premiered at SXSW earlier this year. It tells the story of a schizophrenic young man (Moe Dunford) who tries to build a relationship with a flight attendant. Barrett’s follow up to Pilgrim Hill stars Toni Collette, Jack Reynor and Will Poulter and centres around alcoholism.
The festival’s Galway Hooker Awards were given to Irish actor Brenda Fricker, whose latest film A Long Way From Home was screened during t festival, and to animation powerhouse Brown Bag Films in recognition of their success as Irish animators on the international stage, including such successes as Doc McStuffins and two Oscar-nominated shorts.
In other awards...
- 7/14/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
The Galway Film Fleadh announced today the five nominees for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award. They are: producer, Anne Marie Naughton for "The Canal;" actor, Moe Dunford for "Patrick's Day;" director, Niall Heery for "Gold;" actor, Tara Breathnach for "A Nightingale Falling;" and actor, Dara Devaney for "An Bronntanas." The winner will be announced at the closing night awards ceremony, which takes place in the Town Hall Theatre. The new premieres announced are for "Patrick's Day," "Gold," "A Nightingale Falling" and "The Canal." - Directed by Terry McMahon, "Patrick's Day" follows the story of Patrick (Moe Dunford), a warm-hearted 26-year-old virgin schizophrenic, who falls in love with a soon-to-be alcoholic air-hostess, Karen. - A shocking journey into the unknown, Ivan Kavanagh's "The Canal" follows a family slowly growing a part due to suspected infidelity and nightmares of an evil presence that might live within their house. - Ifta-winning Niall Heery's new.
- 6/16/2014
- by Oliver MacMahon
- Indiewire
Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror [pictured] premiered at Tribeca.
UK genre specialist Jinga Films has added The Canal to its Cannes slate.
Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror premiered at Tribeca, where it was picked up by The Orchard for Us distribution under its Shock Till You Drop label.
The Irish/UK co-production follows a film archivist driven insane by old newsreel footage which reveales that hist home was the scene of a brutal murder. It stars Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra and Steve Oram.
Jinga’s Julian Richards commented: “We are very pleased to add The Canal to our Cannes line up. There has been a lot of buzz about this film since its screening at Tribeca and we are confident it will become one of the key genre titles of 2014.”
“I’m thrilled to have Jinga represent the film internationally. They are a perfect fit for The Canal,” added producer AnneMarie Naughton.
Jinga’s Cannes...
UK genre specialist Jinga Films has added The Canal to its Cannes slate.
Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror premiered at Tribeca, where it was picked up by The Orchard for Us distribution under its Shock Till You Drop label.
The Irish/UK co-production follows a film archivist driven insane by old newsreel footage which reveales that hist home was the scene of a brutal murder. It stars Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra and Steve Oram.
Jinga’s Julian Richards commented: “We are very pleased to add The Canal to our Cannes line up. There has been a lot of buzz about this film since its screening at Tribeca and we are confident it will become one of the key genre titles of 2014.”
“I’m thrilled to have Jinga represent the film internationally. They are a perfect fit for The Canal,” added producer AnneMarie Naughton.
Jinga’s Cannes...
- 5/13/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The Orchard has taken North American rights from Xyz Films to Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror in a rare on-site acquisition at this year’s Tribeca.
The Canal premiered at Tribeca this week and will go through The Orchard’s horror label, Shock Till You Drop.
Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Steve Oram star in the Ireland-uk co-production.
AnneMarie Naughton produced the haunted house story for Park Films.
Video Services Corp has taken North American rights on all platforms for Happy Slapping, the feature that shot entirely on smartphones. Jonathan Gross of Vsc brokered the deal with Christos Sourligas of One Man Band Films and plans a spring 2014 release.
The Canal premiered at Tribeca this week and will go through The Orchard’s horror label, Shock Till You Drop.
Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Steve Oram star in the Ireland-uk co-production.
AnneMarie Naughton produced the haunted house story for Park Films.
Video Services Corp has taken North American rights on all platforms for Happy Slapping, the feature that shot entirely on smartphones. Jonathan Gross of Vsc brokered the deal with Christos Sourligas of One Man Band Films and plans a spring 2014 release.
- 4/25/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Following the recent world premiere of The Canal at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Orchard and Shock Till You Drop have acquired rights to distribute the movie in the Us and Canada:
“New York, NY — April 25, 2014 — The Orchard, a pioneering independent music, film and video distribution company and top-ranked McN, has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to writer/director Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror feature, “The Canal.” The film, which premiered globally at this week’s 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, will be released through The Orchard’s horror film brand, Shock Till You Drop. It stars Rupert Evans and Antonia Campbell-Hughes, with Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Steve Oram.
“We’re excited to release the film through an innovative film distributor like The Orchard who is focused on digital releasing with a theatrical campaign, creative online marketing and sales transparency,” said AnneMarie Naughton, Producer at Park Films. “Their passion...
“New York, NY — April 25, 2014 — The Orchard, a pioneering independent music, film and video distribution company and top-ranked McN, has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to writer/director Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror feature, “The Canal.” The film, which premiered globally at this week’s 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, will be released through The Orchard’s horror film brand, Shock Till You Drop. It stars Rupert Evans and Antonia Campbell-Hughes, with Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Steve Oram.
“We’re excited to release the film through an innovative film distributor like The Orchard who is focused on digital releasing with a theatrical campaign, creative online marketing and sales transparency,” said AnneMarie Naughton, Producer at Park Films. “Their passion...
- 4/25/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Writer/director Ivan Kavanagh's psychological horror film "The Canal," which recently had its world premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, has been acquired by independent music, film and video distribution company The Orchard for all U.S. and Canadian rights. "The Canal," starring Rupert Evans and Antonia Campbell-Hughes, will be released through the company's horror film brand Shock Till You Drop. The film follows the life of a family who moves into a period house by the canal as David, the head of the family, becomes consumed by suspicions of infidelity and visions of an evil presence. "We're excited to release the film through an innovative film distributor like The Orchard who is focused on digital releasing with a theatrical campaign, creative online marketing and sales transparency,” said AnneMarie Naughton, Producer at Park Films. “Their passion and strong commitment to securing the film was clear from the outset and...
- 4/25/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
The Orchard, a pioneering independent music, film and video distribution company and top-ranked McN, has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to writer/director Ivan Kavanagh.s psychological horror feature, The Canal . The film, which premiered globally at this week.s 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, will be released through The Orchard.s horror film brand, Shock Till You Drop . It stars Rupert Evans and Antonia Campbell-Hughes, with Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Steve Oram. "We're excited to release the film through an innovative film distributor like The Orchard who is focused on digital releasing with a theatrical campaign, creative online marketing and sales transparency," said AnneMarie Naughton, Producer at Park Films. "Their passion and strong commitment to...
- 4/25/2014
- Comingsoon.net
The Irish Film Institute will host exclusive screenings of Irish writer, director and editor Ivan Kavanagh's award-winning 'The Fading Light' from March 12th to 18th. The screenings will be run as part of the Institute's ongoing commitment to new Irish film. The film walked away with honours for both Best Irish Film and Best Actor (for Patrick O'Donnell) from the 2010 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival's. A study of a family in crisis, Ivan Kavanagh's fifth feature, produced by AnneMarie Naughton (Tara Road), is an intense affair where two estranged daughters return home to a dying mother and become reacquainted with a house of difficult memories. Their brother, played by Patrick O'Donnell is disabled and dependent, he faces an uncertain future and his predicament tests the sisters' affection and empathy. The turmoil created by the approach of death intensifies the relationships, and an already fragmented family slides towards disintegration.
- 3/11/2010
- IFTN
Principal photography has begun on the low budget feature film, 'The Fading Light', directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Tin Can Man) and produced by AnneMarie Naughton of Park Films. 'The Fading Light' centres on a dying woman who when is visited by her two daughters, long repressed family secrets, that have devastated their lives, rise to the surface. Ivan's previous film, 'Our Wonderful Home' is currently showing in the Dublin Film Festival. Ivan's previous film, 'Our Wonderful Home' is currently showing in the Dublin Film Festival. Dop for the shoot is Colin Downey who previously has worked with Kavanagh on 'Our Wonderful Home' and is shooting on the Red camera.
- 2/5/2009
- IFTN
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