Throughout the course of development, it seemed as though Marc Forester’s big-screen adaptation of World War Z was doomed for failure. Last-minute script changes, creative clashes, not to mention extensive reshoots cultivated a scenario as foreboding and seemingly insurmountable as the zombie apocalypse itself (well, sort of). Fast forward to the present day, however, and after amassing a staggering, wholly surprising $500 million at the global box office, you have a film that has defied the odds, and a sequel that hopes to do one better.
Or, rather, approach the same subject matter — Max Brook’s excellent, eponymous novel — from a different perspective. Granted, it’s an unusual tactic for a sequel to employ, but it’s one that writer Stephen Knight is angling for the World War Z sequel. In an interview with Indiewire, the Oscar-nominated scribe revealed the tidbit:
“I thought, why not? What fun,” says Knight of...
Or, rather, approach the same subject matter — Max Brook’s excellent, eponymous novel — from a different perspective. Granted, it’s an unusual tactic for a sequel to employ, but it’s one that writer Stephen Knight is angling for the World War Z sequel. In an interview with Indiewire, the Oscar-nominated scribe revealed the tidbit:
“I thought, why not? What fun,” says Knight of...
- 1/20/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Update: Get the most updated list of Oscar contending screenplays available for download here. We're up to 17 screenplays available for download as The Weinstein Co. bring us Graham Moore's adapted screenplay for The Imitation Game and Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski's original screenplay for Big Eyes, while A24 drops their first screenplay of the year, that being Stephen Knight's excellent original script for the single location feature Locke. Moore's Imitation Game screenplay currently sits atop my Best Adapted Screenplay predictions and I would love to see the Locke screenplay get some attention, but we'll see how things play out. Happy downloading and stay tuned, I'm sure there will be more soon. 20th Century Fox The Fault in Our Stars (Download the Script) Gone Girl (Download the Script) A24 Locke (Download the Script) Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Download the Script) Focus Features The BoxTrolls (Download...
- 12/3/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Cable network FX is developing a dramatic television series based on Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's From Hell, a graphic novel about Jack The Ripper. It was previously adapted into a 2001 feature film by 20th Century Fox that starred Johnny Depp, Heather Graham and Robbie Coltrane. It was directed by Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes. One of the film's producers, Don Murphy, will be an executive producer for the From Hell television series. He's the only major player from the film to be involved with the show. Children Of Men screenwriter David Arata will pen the adaptation. Moore and Campbell's From Hell was published from 1989 to 1996 and is 572 pages long. The comic was inspired by Stephen Knight's controversial theory that the Jack The Ripper murders were orchestrated by Freemasons and the British Royal Family to cover up a matter involving Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence. It is...
- 11/18/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Whether it’s fighting prison guards butt naked in Bronson or engaging in a phone conversation for an entire 90 minutes in Stephen Knight’s atypical thriller, Locke, it’s fair to say that Tom Hardy’s acting resume is as diverse as they come. However, looking to the future, it seems as though the British actor’s time in the romantic comedy genre are irrefutably over.
After his role in McG’s critically-derided This Means War — which pitted Hardy against fellow spy Chris Pine for the attention of Reese Witherspoon…yes, really — it appears his involvement in the 2012 flop was his first and last flirtation with the romcom in general.
Speaking with USA Today, the versatile actor spoke candidly about his mindset going forward:
“I love to do things I hadn’t done before,” said Hardy, before describing his experience making “This Means War.” “I didn’t understand how you...
After his role in McG’s critically-derided This Means War — which pitted Hardy against fellow spy Chris Pine for the attention of Reese Witherspoon…yes, really — it appears his involvement in the 2012 flop was his first and last flirtation with the romcom in general.
Speaking with USA Today, the versatile actor spoke candidly about his mindset going forward:
“I love to do things I hadn’t done before,” said Hardy, before describing his experience making “This Means War.” “I didn’t understand how you...
- 9/12/2014
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
One of the biggest Emmy snubs this year was Matthew Rhys from the Best Leading Actor in a Drama Series category. His equally chilling and compelling turn as Kgb agent Philip Jennings on The Americans was the high point of the show’s second season. However, he was passed over due to a packed TV landscape (and the inclusion of two True Detective actors in that category). Regardless, those looking to see Rhys scowl and seduce even more are in luck, as the actor is now attached to an untitled culinary film from director John Wells starring Bradley Cooper.
Matthew Rhys will play a character named – get this – Reece. (It is no wonder he got the part – perhaps it was written with the Brothers and Sisters star in mind.) Reece is a rival chef of Cooper’s Adam Jones. In the film, Jones is a two Michelin star chef in...
Matthew Rhys will play a character named – get this – Reece. (It is no wonder he got the part – perhaps it was written with the Brothers and Sisters star in mind.) Reece is a rival chef of Cooper’s Adam Jones. In the film, Jones is a two Michelin star chef in...
- 8/8/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
One doesn’t have to be an analyst or expert in all things cinema to note the decline of certain genres and niches within the film-making machine. While comic-book movies and superhero franchises have risen to soaring heights over the last fifteen years, we have seen a dramatic drop in other, classic outputs, seemingly to make way. A perfect example of this would be the procedural crime thriller, tales of murder investigation and corruption, a hallmark of hard boiled fiction from the 1970′s onwards that by now have tailed off. It says a lot that the most recent archetypal release from said field was last year’s Broken City, a box office and critical failure from highly rated scribe Stephen Knight. A production line that once gave us the likes of Chinatown, Serpico and Seven is now decrepit and seemingly unfit for purpose.
Not only is this genre starved, it...
Not only is this genre starved, it...
- 7/13/2014
- by Scott Patterson
- SoundOnSight
Stephen Garrett, Shine Pictures executive chairman and chairman of Shine's Kudos Film and TV, is leaving the company to look for other opportunities in scripted drama. Garrett, along with Kudos CEO Jane Featherstone, turned the indie British shingle into one of the U.K.'s hit-making TV powerhouses, boasting BBC series including Life on Mars, Hustle and Spooks on his production resume. Kudos also boasts a slew of movie productions made under Garrett’s watch as executive chairman of Shine Pictures, including David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, scripted by Stephen Knight, and Salmon Fishing in The Yemen, starring Ewan McGregor and
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- 4/2/2014
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brad Pitt must really like WWII flicks, because the actor is apparently interested in another movie involving the war. Deadline has learned Pitt may star in an untitled WWII romantic thriller for Graham King's Gk Films. Not much else is known about the film, but Stephen Knight (Eastern Promises, Locke) wrote the script, and they hope to land a big director for the project. Production on the film isn't suppose to start until early next year though, and nothing is set in...
- 4/2/2014
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
Watch the trailer A24 Films' "Locke" starring Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Tom Holland and Bill Milner. This joins the new poster we added recently for the film from helmer and scribe Stephen Knight ("Eastern Promises"). Ivan Locke (Hardy) has worked diligently to craft the life he has envisioned, dedicating himself to the job that he loves and the family he adores. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul. All taking place over the course of one absolutely riveting car ride, "Locke" is an exploration of how one decision can lead to the complete collapse of a life.
- 3/6/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Someone unfamiliar with the upcoming thriller Locke might be under the assumption that someone thought it was a good idea to make an immediate sequel to last year.s dud Getaway. But let those dark fears be quelled, as this is the sophomore directorial effort from Redemption.s Stephen Knight. What you may be able to tell from the film.s first trailer seen above is that this is as much Tom Hardy.s film as it is Knight.s, as Hardy.s Ivan Locke is the only character you see in the film. Note that this doesn.t mean he.s followed around by CGI cats or anything. It.s just him and his phone, and the many voices on the other end. I cannot wait to watch this flick, as word was very, very good after its debut at the Venice Film Festival last September. But such a...
- 2/19/2014
- cinemablend.com
125 years ago the streets of London were host to perhaps the most infamous series of murders in human history. Prostitutes were found mutilated with their organs removed, leading to sensational newspaper articles and mass speculation as to the identity of who would later become known as ‘Jack the Ripper’.
While the crimes have long since subsided, the mystery about who the killer was has not, with countless books being released and re-released positing various theories about who the Ripper may be. In this article I will examine 10 of the suspects to these crimes and the various reasons why they may or may not be seen as ‘the smoking gun’.
10. Sir William Gull & The Masonic Conspiracy
This is possibly the most well known theory thanks to the films From Hell and Murder by Decree as well as the connections the theory has to royalty, which have ensured many people know something about this idea.
While the crimes have long since subsided, the mystery about who the killer was has not, with countless books being released and re-released positing various theories about who the Ripper may be. In this article I will examine 10 of the suspects to these crimes and the various reasons why they may or may not be seen as ‘the smoking gun’.
10. Sir William Gull & The Masonic Conspiracy
This is possibly the most well known theory thanks to the films From Hell and Murder by Decree as well as the connections the theory has to royalty, which have ensured many people know something about this idea.
- 12/11/2013
- by Vectron44
- Obsessed with Film
TWC takes Us rights to British drama starring Cillian Murphy.
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the television and Svod distribution rights for the Us to British drama series Peaky Blinders.
The deal includes the first three seasons with an option to acquire further seasons.
The gangster drama is set in 1920s Birmingham and its volative boss Tommy Shelby, played Cillian Murphy, best known for roles in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and Inception.
Other cast include Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, Joe Cole, Annabelle Wallis, Paul Anderson, Iddo Goldberg and Charlie Creed-Miles.
Commissioned by the BBC, the series was created by Stephen Knight and is produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions.
Knight wrote the screenplays for Stephen Frears’ Dirty Pretty Things and David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises, and also wrote and directed thrillers Redemption (aka Hummingbird), starring Jason Statham, and the upcoming Locke, starring Tom Hardy.
TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein said: “We have always...
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the television and Svod distribution rights for the Us to British drama series Peaky Blinders.
The deal includes the first three seasons with an option to acquire further seasons.
The gangster drama is set in 1920s Birmingham and its volative boss Tommy Shelby, played Cillian Murphy, best known for roles in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and Inception.
Other cast include Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, Joe Cole, Annabelle Wallis, Paul Anderson, Iddo Goldberg and Charlie Creed-Miles.
Commissioned by the BBC, the series was created by Stephen Knight and is produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions.
Knight wrote the screenplays for Stephen Frears’ Dirty Pretty Things and David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises, and also wrote and directed thrillers Redemption (aka Hummingbird), starring Jason Statham, and the upcoming Locke, starring Tom Hardy.
TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein said: “We have always...
- 11/4/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Review Tom French 4 Oct 2013 - 13:00
Peaky Blinders takes an uncharacteristic dip in quality for its fourth episode. Here's Tom's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Even the best of dramas is bound to have a mis-step every now and again, and while the fourth episode of Peaky Blinders is the weakest yet, there was still plenty to enjoy.
The driving force of the episode is the escalation of tension between the Peaky Blinders gang, and their growing number of adversaries - be it the Lee family, Freddy Thorne or Chief Inspector Campbell. At times, the way that the stakes increase works very well. At other times, not so much.
The development of the relationship between Tommy and Grace is handled well. Great writing by Steven Knight teases the viewer into thinking Tommy is aware of Grace's deception, only to twist in another direction and make us think he is oblivious to her wiles.
Peaky Blinders takes an uncharacteristic dip in quality for its fourth episode. Here's Tom's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Even the best of dramas is bound to have a mis-step every now and again, and while the fourth episode of Peaky Blinders is the weakest yet, there was still plenty to enjoy.
The driving force of the episode is the escalation of tension between the Peaky Blinders gang, and their growing number of adversaries - be it the Lee family, Freddy Thorne or Chief Inspector Campbell. At times, the way that the stakes increase works very well. At other times, not so much.
The development of the relationship between Tommy and Grace is handled well. Great writing by Steven Knight teases the viewer into thinking Tommy is aware of Grace's deception, only to twist in another direction and make us think he is oblivious to her wiles.
- 10/4/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Pawn Sacrifice, the Bobby Fischer film that seems to have been taking longer to get going than the average game of chess, finally is starting filming next month in Montreal, and it has added two quality new members to its cast: Peter Sarsgaard and Liev Schreiber.
Toby Maguire is the one who has been working on getting this going for some time now, and he’s set to star as Fischer. At one point David Fincher was supposed to direct, but now Ed Zwick is set to take the helm, directing off a script by Stephen Knight. In addition to starring in the film Maguire is also producing under his Material Pictures banner.
Bobby Fischer is certainly the most famous of all American chess masters. In fact, I’d bet he’s the only one the majority of Americans can name. His notoriety is well-deserved, as he was the youngest...
Toby Maguire is the one who has been working on getting this going for some time now, and he’s set to star as Fischer. At one point David Fincher was supposed to direct, but now Ed Zwick is set to take the helm, directing off a script by Stephen Knight. In addition to starring in the film Maguire is also producing under his Material Pictures banner.
Bobby Fischer is certainly the most famous of all American chess masters. In fact, I’d bet he’s the only one the majority of Americans can name. His notoriety is well-deserved, as he was the youngest...
- 9/25/2013
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
Peter Sarsgaard ("Lovelace") and Liev Schreiber ("Ray Donovan") are in negotiations to star in the long-gestating Bobby Fischer biopic "Pawn Sacrifice" at Mica Entertainment.
Ed Zwick directs the Cold War-era project which stars Tobey Maguire as Fischer, the youngest grand master in the history of chess and a young man prone to unpredictable outbursts.
In 1972, he became the first American to reach the finals and engaged in a showdown against the seemingly invincible Soviet master Boris Spassky (Schreiber).
Sargaard plays a priest who became a close confidant of Fischer. Stephen Knight penned the script.
Maguire, Zwick and Gail Katz are producing, and shooting begins in Montreal next month.
Source: THR...
Ed Zwick directs the Cold War-era project which stars Tobey Maguire as Fischer, the youngest grand master in the history of chess and a young man prone to unpredictable outbursts.
In 1972, he became the first American to reach the finals and engaged in a showdown against the seemingly invincible Soviet master Boris Spassky (Schreiber).
Sargaard plays a priest who became a close confidant of Fischer. Stephen Knight penned the script.
Maguire, Zwick and Gail Katz are producing, and shooting begins in Montreal next month.
Source: THR...
- 9/24/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Peter Sarsgaard and Liev Schreiber are in negotiations to star opposite Tobey Maguire in the long-gestating Bobby Fischer drama Pawn Sacrifice. For years, Maguire has been developing the Cold War-era project, which has attracted a number of potential directors including David Fincher. Ed Zwick is onboard to direct the film, which will begin filming in Montreal next month. Stephen Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) wrote the screenplay. Fischer, who will be played by Maguire, became a pop culture icon as the youngest grand master in the history of chess, also known for his unpredictable outbursts. In 1972, after a record-
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- 9/24/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 57th BFI London Film Festival line-up has officially been revealed, and it is led by a slew of incredibly promising films, many of which have already been buzzing on the festival circuit, and a number of which will be making their debuts here in London.
As previously announced, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips will open the festival next month, and John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks will close it, book-ending the festival with Tom Hanks leading two highly prominent, Oscar-primed movies.
Stephen Frears’ Philomena was also previously announced as the Lff American Express Gala, with The Epic of Everest announced as the Lff Archive Gala.
And leading the line-up alongside them this year will be some of the most Oscar-buzzed movies of 2013, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (in 3D), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem,...
As previously announced, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips will open the festival next month, and John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks will close it, book-ending the festival with Tom Hanks leading two highly prominent, Oscar-primed movies.
Stephen Frears’ Philomena was also previously announced as the Lff American Express Gala, with The Epic of Everest announced as the Lff Archive Gala.
And leading the line-up alongside them this year will be some of the most Oscar-buzzed movies of 2013, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (in 3D), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem,...
- 9/4/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If you like the courtroom dramas of John Grisham or the espionage of John LeCarre, you may dig the new political thriller Closed Circuit. It begins with a bang – during the opening credits, the screen is broken into an increasing number of closed circuit camera displays trained on an outdoor London marketplace. A truck explodes killing 120 people. One member of the suspected terrorist cell survives: Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto), who’s promptly arrested and jailed. Preparations begin for the trial but there’s a hitch: the government will use classified evidence to prosecute Erdogan, evidence so super top secret that neither he nor his lawyers can be allowed to see it. Hence the need for the Attorney General (Jim Broadbent) to appoint Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) as Special Advocate, an additional government-approved defense lawyer, one who has clearance to see classified evidence and who can argue for its full disclosure...
- 8/28/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – Stephen Knight, the writer of brilliant scripts for “Eastern Promises” & “Dirty Pretty Things,” makes his directorial debut with “Redemption,” opening today in limited release, starring Jason Statham in a role that proves that he has more dramatic range than he’s usually asked to display.
With Statham’s best performance since “The Bank Job,” “Redemption” nearly works. It’s one of those truly frustrating films in that there are numerous scenes & moments that work but Knight can’t quite fashion them into a whole that’s not a disappointment. But he comes damn close.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Joey Jones (Statham) participated in something horrible in his time in the service. He’s shattered with Ptsd to the degree that he even has hallucinations (one involving hummingbirds, which contributed to the film’s superior, original title, “Hummingbird,” when it was released overseas) and has taken to life on the street. He drowns his trauma in booze,...
With Statham’s best performance since “The Bank Job,” “Redemption” nearly works. It’s one of those truly frustrating films in that there are numerous scenes & moments that work but Knight can’t quite fashion them into a whole that’s not a disappointment. But he comes damn close.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Joey Jones (Statham) participated in something horrible in his time in the service. He’s shattered with Ptsd to the degree that he even has hallucinations (one involving hummingbirds, which contributed to the film’s superior, original title, “Hummingbird,” when it was released overseas) and has taken to life on the street. He drowns his trauma in booze,...
- 6/28/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Stephen Knight, the writer of brilliant scripts for “Eastern Promises” & “Dirty Pretty Things,” makes his directorial debut with “Redemption,” opening today in limited release, starring Jason Statham in a role that proves that he has more dramatic range than he’s usually asked to display. With Statham’s best performance since “The Bank Job,” “Redemption” nearly works. It’s one of those truly frustrating films in that there are numerous scenes & moments that work but Knight can’t quite fashion them into a whole that’s not a disappointment. But he comes damn close.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Joey Jones (Statham) participated in something horrible in his time in the service. He’s shattered with Ptsd to the degree that he even has hallucinations (one involving hummingbirds, which contributed to the film’s superior, original title, “Hummingbird,” when it was released overseas) and has taken to life on the street. He drowns his trauma in booze,...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Joey Jones (Statham) participated in something horrible in his time in the service. He’s shattered with Ptsd to the degree that he even has hallucinations (one involving hummingbirds, which contributed to the film’s superior, original title, “Hummingbird,” when it was released overseas) and has taken to life on the street. He drowns his trauma in booze,...
- 6/28/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A while back David Cronenberg dropped the bombshell news that there were plans for an Eastern Promises sequel, Stephen Knight was already writing a script, and there was even some interest from Focus Features in getting it made. Instantly, fans of slicked back hair, tattoos, and vodka shot grimaces rejoiced at the possibility all over the world. But “script being written” is a long way from “actually being made” in the life of a potential project, so how’s the progress on this one going these days? Turns out, pretty dang good. Vulture is reporting that not only is the first film’s star, Viggo Mortensen, looking like he’s ready to come back and make the sequel, but French actor extraordinaire Vincent Cassel is currently in negotiations to return as well. Mortensen and Cassel teaming up for anything has to be seen as great news. Report that they’re working together on a straight-to-video Gone Fishin...
- 6/8/2012
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The Director of Swedish vampire tale Let The Right One In is next to tackle a big-screen adaptation of the children's fantasy novel Larklight.
Tomas Alfredson will direct the Di Novi Pictures production for Warner Bros, according to The Hollywood Reporter's HeatVision blog.
Philip Reeve's 2006 steampunk story is set in a Victorian-era alternative universe where mankind has been exploring the solar system since the time of Isaac Newton.
It revolves around brother and sister Art and Myrtle Mumby, who live in a mansion called Larklight, which orbits the moon.
They find themselves joining forces with a band of space pirates to save the solar system from destruction by a mad professor.
It's worth adding here that the studio bought the rights to the novel in 2006 and Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age) was attached to direct; he was also writing the screenplay with Stephen Knight (Shutter Island, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader...
Tomas Alfredson will direct the Di Novi Pictures production for Warner Bros, according to The Hollywood Reporter's HeatVision blog.
Philip Reeve's 2006 steampunk story is set in a Victorian-era alternative universe where mankind has been exploring the solar system since the time of Isaac Newton.
It revolves around brother and sister Art and Myrtle Mumby, who live in a mansion called Larklight, which orbits the moon.
They find themselves joining forces with a band of space pirates to save the solar system from destruction by a mad professor.
It's worth adding here that the studio bought the rights to the novel in 2006 and Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age) was attached to direct; he was also writing the screenplay with Stephen Knight (Shutter Island, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader...
- 10/8/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The portrayal of Robin Hood's love interest has long excited the interest of scholars. In Ridley Scott's new version, Cate Blanchett liberates the heroine from her traditional role
A climactic and violent scene towards the end of Robin Hood, the new Ridley Scott film, features the hero, played by Russell Crowe, fighting at the water's edge. Curious about the identity of an unknown warrior battling beside him, Robin lifts the visor on the warrior's helmet. The limpid blue-grey eyes of Cate Blanchett stare back at him. Meet Maid Marian in a fresh and spirited, 21st century incarnation.
Far from remaining locked inside her castle chamber, the Marian of Scott's imagination will be seen swinging her sword alongside the Merry Men across cinema screens from 14 May. Whether Blanchett's Marian is fighting her enemies or arguing with the male authority figures around her, the screenplay of this new take on the...
A climactic and violent scene towards the end of Robin Hood, the new Ridley Scott film, features the hero, played by Russell Crowe, fighting at the water's edge. Curious about the identity of an unknown warrior battling beside him, Robin lifts the visor on the warrior's helmet. The limpid blue-grey eyes of Cate Blanchett stare back at him. Meet Maid Marian in a fresh and spirited, 21st century incarnation.
Far from remaining locked inside her castle chamber, the Marian of Scott's imagination will be seen swinging her sword alongside the Merry Men across cinema screens from 14 May. Whether Blanchett's Marian is fighting her enemies or arguing with the male authority figures around her, the screenplay of this new take on the...
- 5/3/2010
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Ridley Scott claims his new film starring Russell Crowe will be the most historically accurate ever. But what do we actually know about the real outlaw and his merrie men?
In pictures: men in tights from Errol Flynn to Russell Crowe
'Robin Hood was almost certainly a pedestrian," David Crook, the retired former assistant keeper of public records at the Public Record Office, tells me over tea one afternoon at his home in Grantham. Robin, in other words, had no horse. This is significant, because, as I settle down to try to unravel the eight centuries of myth and legend that have accreted around the outlaw, I am looking at a still from the new Ridley Scott movie, which will open the Cannes film festival on 12 May. Russell Crowe – looking the spit of Maximus, the hero of Gladiator, with cropped hair, bloodied cheek and an expression of furious determination – is astride a horse.
In pictures: men in tights from Errol Flynn to Russell Crowe
'Robin Hood was almost certainly a pedestrian," David Crook, the retired former assistant keeper of public records at the Public Record Office, tells me over tea one afternoon at his home in Grantham. Robin, in other words, had no horse. This is significant, because, as I settle down to try to unravel the eight centuries of myth and legend that have accreted around the outlaw, I am looking at a still from the new Ridley Scott movie, which will open the Cannes film festival on 12 May. Russell Crowe – looking the spit of Maximus, the hero of Gladiator, with cropped hair, bloodied cheek and an expression of furious determination – is astride a horse.
- 4/14/2010
- by Stephen Moss
- The Guardian - Film News
As much as I enjoy edgy filmmaker David Cronenberg’s violent Russian mafia yarn “Eastern Promises”, I never really spent a lot of time contemplating what happened beyond the end credits. After all, it’s exactly not the sort of film that cries out for a sequel. Be that as it may, Deadline is reporting that producer Paul Webster and Focus Features hope to have “Eastern Promises 2″ up and running later this year. Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, and writer Stephen Knight are set to return. As much as I’d like to speculate about the specifics of the storyline, there’s really only one question that demands an answer: Will there be another naked fight sequence inside a Turkish bathhouse? It might be an incredibly uncomfortable scene to watch, but it’s all sorts of badass.
- 3/27/2010
- by Todd
- Beyond Hollywood
In Part 2 of tMF's 50 Essential Foreign Films, we're listing down our UK Top 10. This means the list is not limited to English films and include movies which essentially are either about the whole United Kingdom or predominantly so or about someone from London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast or from any other places in the UK.
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- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera?...
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- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera?...
- 9/5/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
In Part 2 of tMF's 50 Essential Foreign Films, we're listing down our UK Top 10. This means the list is not limited to English films and include movies which essentially are either about the whole United Kingdom or predominantly so or about someone from London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast or from any other places in the UK.
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- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera?...
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- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera?...
- 9/5/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
In Part 2 of tMF's 50 Essential Foreign Films, we're listing down our UK Top 10. This means the list is not limited to English films and include movies which essentially are either about the whole United Kingdom or predominantly so or about someone from London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast or from any other places in the UK.
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- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera?...
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- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera?...
- 9/5/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
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