Slow Horses actress Catherine McCormack is to star alongside Colin Firth in Sky and Peacock’s retelling of the 1988 terror attack on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
McCormack will play Jane Swire, the wife of Firth’s character Dr Jim Swire. The couple lost their daughter, Flora, in the disaster and the five-part series follows their search for justice.
Other cast includes Sam Troughton (Chernobyl) as Murray Guthrie, Mark Bonnar (Napoleon) as Roderick McGill, Andy Nyman (A Small Light) as Edwin Bollier, Ardalan Esmaili (Opponent) as Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, and Selwa Jghalef (Layers) as Aisha.
Lockerbie is a Comcast co-production between Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios. Scottish playwright David Harrower (Blackbird) is lead writer, with Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders) serving as lead director.
The Lockerbie air disaster killed 259 passengers and crew, and a further 11 residents lost their life as the plane came down over the quiet Scottish town.
McCormack will play Jane Swire, the wife of Firth’s character Dr Jim Swire. The couple lost their daughter, Flora, in the disaster and the five-part series follows their search for justice.
Other cast includes Sam Troughton (Chernobyl) as Murray Guthrie, Mark Bonnar (Napoleon) as Roderick McGill, Andy Nyman (A Small Light) as Edwin Bollier, Ardalan Esmaili (Opponent) as Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, and Selwa Jghalef (Layers) as Aisha.
Lockerbie is a Comcast co-production between Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios. Scottish playwright David Harrower (Blackbird) is lead writer, with Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders) serving as lead director.
The Lockerbie air disaster killed 259 passengers and crew, and a further 11 residents lost their life as the plane came down over the quiet Scottish town.
- 2/28/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Catherine McCormack has joined Colin Firth in Sky and Peacock’s upcoming limited series “Lockerbie,” about the 1988 flight disaster in which 259 passengers and crew members were killed.
The “Slow Horses” actor will play Jane Swire, the wife of Dr. Jim Swire (Firth). The Swires lost their daughter, Flora, in the terror attack on Pan Am Flight 103 and have been searching for justice ever since.
Sky and Peacock have also announced the rest of the cast, which includes Sam Troughton (“Chernobyl”) as Murray Guthrie, Mark Bonnar (“Napoleon”) as Roderick McGill, Andy Nyman (“A Small Light”) as Edwin Bollier, Ardalan Esmaili (“Opponent”) as Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and Selwa Jghalef (“Layers”) as Aisha.
“In the wake of the disaster and his daughter Flora’s death, Dr. Jim Swire is nominated spokesperson for the U.K. victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice,” the show’s official description states. “Traveling across continents and political divides,...
The “Slow Horses” actor will play Jane Swire, the wife of Dr. Jim Swire (Firth). The Swires lost their daughter, Flora, in the terror attack on Pan Am Flight 103 and have been searching for justice ever since.
Sky and Peacock have also announced the rest of the cast, which includes Sam Troughton (“Chernobyl”) as Murray Guthrie, Mark Bonnar (“Napoleon”) as Roderick McGill, Andy Nyman (“A Small Light”) as Edwin Bollier, Ardalan Esmaili (“Opponent”) as Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and Selwa Jghalef (“Layers”) as Aisha.
“In the wake of the disaster and his daughter Flora’s death, Dr. Jim Swire is nominated spokesperson for the U.K. victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice,” the show’s official description states. “Traveling across continents and political divides,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Catherine McCormack (Slow Horses, Temple) has joined Sky and Peacock original limited series Lockerbie to star opposite Colin Firth.
McCormack will play the role of Jane Swire, wife of Dr. Jim Swire who will be played by Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning star Firth (The King’s Speech, A Single Man, The Staircase). The couple lost daughter Flora in the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. The five-part series will explore their search for justice ever since.
Also joining the cast are Sam Troughton (Chernobyl) as Murray Guthrie, Mark Bonnar (Napoleon, Guilt) as Roderick McGill, Andy Nyman (A Small Light, Judy) as Edwin Bollier, Ardalan Esmaili (Opponent) as Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, and Selwa Jghalef (Layers) as Aisha.
In the attack, a Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit was destroyed by a bomb 38 minutes after take-off while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Parts...
McCormack will play the role of Jane Swire, wife of Dr. Jim Swire who will be played by Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning star Firth (The King’s Speech, A Single Man, The Staircase). The couple lost daughter Flora in the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. The five-part series will explore their search for justice ever since.
Also joining the cast are Sam Troughton (Chernobyl) as Murray Guthrie, Mark Bonnar (Napoleon, Guilt) as Roderick McGill, Andy Nyman (A Small Light, Judy) as Edwin Bollier, Ardalan Esmaili (Opponent) as Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, and Selwa Jghalef (Layers) as Aisha.
In the attack, a Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit was destroyed by a bomb 38 minutes after take-off while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Parts...
- 2/28/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Colin Firth will headline Lockerbie, a Sky drama about the real-life tragedy. Here are some details about the production…
Rightly or wrongly, the British television industry often uses true life tragedies as the basis for drama. As proven with Gwyneth Hughes’ brilliant Mr Bates And The Post Office, such dramas, when done right, can provoke discussion on a national scale.
The latest true-life tragedy to make its way to the screen is Lockerbie, which will chronicle the aftermath of the horrific events of the 21st December 1988, when a bomb caused Pam Am Flight 103 to crash over the Scottish town, killing 270 people.
Scottish playwright David Harrower, whose film Una, based on his play Blackbird, is well worth seeking out, will act as lead writer, with Maryam Hamidi writing an episode. They adapted their scripts from the book The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search For Justice, which Swire co-wrote with Peter Biddulph.
Rightly or wrongly, the British television industry often uses true life tragedies as the basis for drama. As proven with Gwyneth Hughes’ brilliant Mr Bates And The Post Office, such dramas, when done right, can provoke discussion on a national scale.
The latest true-life tragedy to make its way to the screen is Lockerbie, which will chronicle the aftermath of the horrific events of the 21st December 1988, when a bomb caused Pam Am Flight 103 to crash over the Scottish town, killing 270 people.
Scottish playwright David Harrower, whose film Una, based on his play Blackbird, is well worth seeking out, will act as lead writer, with Maryam Hamidi writing an episode. They adapted their scripts from the book The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search For Justice, which Swire co-wrote with Peter Biddulph.
- 1/24/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Colin Firth (Photo Credit: Mariano Vivanco)
Oscar winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) is attached to star in Lockerbie, a five-episode limited series set up at Sky and Peacock. Filming is expected to get underway soon, with Firth onboard to play a father who lost his daughter in the devastating December 1988 plane crash.
The series is based on multiple sources, including The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice by Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph. Colin Firth will star as Dr. Swire.
David Harrower (Blackbird) is confirmed as the lead writer, and BAFTA Award winner Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders) is the lead director. Executive producers include Harrower, Liz Trubridge, Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Oskar Slingerland, Sky Studios’ Sam Hoyle, and Carnival Films’ Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant.
“On 21st December 1988, 259 passengers and crew were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie 38 minutes after take-off, with a further 11 residents...
Oscar winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) is attached to star in Lockerbie, a five-episode limited series set up at Sky and Peacock. Filming is expected to get underway soon, with Firth onboard to play a father who lost his daughter in the devastating December 1988 plane crash.
The series is based on multiple sources, including The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice by Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph. Colin Firth will star as Dr. Swire.
David Harrower (Blackbird) is confirmed as the lead writer, and BAFTA Award winner Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders) is the lead director. Executive producers include Harrower, Liz Trubridge, Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Oskar Slingerland, Sky Studios’ Sam Hoyle, and Carnival Films’ Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant.
“On 21st December 1988, 259 passengers and crew were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie 38 minutes after take-off, with a further 11 residents...
- 1/23/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Colin Firth will star as a grieving father in Sky and Peacock’s true-life drama series Lockerbie.
The The King’s Speech and A Single Man actor has signed on to play Dr Jim Swire, a man who tragically lost his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on December 21, 1988. Swire and his wife, Pam, have doggedly pursued justice ever since.
Sky and Peacock’s limited series, a five-part Comcast co-production between Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios, has also brought on Scottish playwright David Harrower as lead writer. Maryam Hamidi (Vigil) is guest writer on an episode, while Otto Bathurst is lead director. Jim Loach (Save Me) will also direct an episode.
The Lockerbie air disaster killed 259 passengers and crew, and a further 11 residents lost their life as the plane came down over the quiet Scottish town.
The The King’s Speech and A Single Man actor has signed on to play Dr Jim Swire, a man who tragically lost his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on December 21, 1988. Swire and his wife, Pam, have doggedly pursued justice ever since.
Sky and Peacock’s limited series, a five-part Comcast co-production between Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios, has also brought on Scottish playwright David Harrower as lead writer. Maryam Hamidi (Vigil) is guest writer on an episode, while Otto Bathurst is lead director. Jim Loach (Save Me) will also direct an episode.
The Lockerbie air disaster killed 259 passengers and crew, and a further 11 residents lost their life as the plane came down over the quiet Scottish town.
- 1/23/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Colin Firth will lead the upcoming Sky and Peacock original series “Lockerbie,” about the 1988 flight disaster in which 259 passengers and crew members were killed.
On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland 38 minutes after take-off. In addition to the 259 casualties on board the flight, a further 11 residents died as the plane came down over the quiet town. The Oscar-winning actor will portray Dr. Jim Swire, who tragically lost his daughter Flora in the event and has worked with his wife, Jane, to seek justice for the victims’ families ever since.
“In the wake of the disaster and his daughter Flora’s death, Dr. Jim Swire (Firth), is nominated spokesperson for the U.K. victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice,” the show’s official description states. “Traveling across continents and political divides, Jim embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardizes his stability, family and life,...
On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland 38 minutes after take-off. In addition to the 259 casualties on board the flight, a further 11 residents died as the plane came down over the quiet town. The Oscar-winning actor will portray Dr. Jim Swire, who tragically lost his daughter Flora in the event and has worked with his wife, Jane, to seek justice for the victims’ families ever since.
“In the wake of the disaster and his daughter Flora’s death, Dr. Jim Swire (Firth), is nominated spokesperson for the U.K. victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice,” the show’s official description states. “Traveling across continents and political divides, Jim embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardizes his stability, family and life,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, A Single Man, The Staircase) will star in the upcoming original limited event series Lockerbie about the December 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 for Comcast’s Peacock and Sky.
In the attack, a Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit was destroyed by a bomb 38 minutes after take-off while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Parts of the aircraft crashed into a residential area, killing an additional 11 people.
Firth will portray Dr. Jim Swire, who lost his daughter Flora in the event.
“In the wake of the disaster and his daughter Flora’s death, Dr. Jim Swire (Firth), is nominated spokesperson for the U.K. victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice,” says a plot description for the series. “Traveling across continents and political divides, Jim embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardizes his stability,...
In the attack, a Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit was destroyed by a bomb 38 minutes after take-off while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Parts of the aircraft crashed into a residential area, killing an additional 11 people.
Firth will portray Dr. Jim Swire, who lost his daughter Flora in the event.
“In the wake of the disaster and his daughter Flora’s death, Dr. Jim Swire (Firth), is nominated spokesperson for the U.K. victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice,” says a plot description for the series. “Traveling across continents and political divides, Jim embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardizes his stability,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
All Arts’ upcoming non-fiction feature “Manhattan Theatre Club, a Home for Artists” will explore the 50-year history of one of the most impactful off-Broadway theaters in New York. Helmed by the club’s very own Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove, the film stitches together archival footage and photos and interviews with stars like Laura Linney, Edie Falco, Sam Waterston and Sarah Jessica Parker.
“Through their stewardship of Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have left an indelible mark on the theatrical landscape for decades to come,” said Joe Harrell, executive producer of All Arts, a Wnet group streaming platform and broadcast channel based in New York. “Their story champions the vital role of nonprofit theaters in allowing artists to take risks, explore innovative ideas and challenge conventions.”
The Manhattan Theatre Club was founded in 1970 at Stage 73 but took off under the guidance of Meadow as artistic director and Grove as executive producer.
“Through their stewardship of Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have left an indelible mark on the theatrical landscape for decades to come,” said Joe Harrell, executive producer of All Arts, a Wnet group streaming platform and broadcast channel based in New York. “Their story champions the vital role of nonprofit theaters in allowing artists to take risks, explore innovative ideas and challenge conventions.”
The Manhattan Theatre Club was founded in 1970 at Stage 73 but took off under the guidance of Meadow as artistic director and Grove as executive producer.
- 9/13/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s Global Bulletin, ViacomCBS licenses “The Stand” globally, Jonty Claypole steps down as BBC director of arts, Compact Pictures divides its production business, Saloon Media joins BriteSpark East on “World’s Most Scenic River Journeys” and Leonine Studios hires Patrick Phelan as the company’s new director of world sales.
Licensing
ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group has licensed the nine-episode series adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” in more than 100 markets globally. Key deals include Starzplay for much of Europe, HBO Nordic, HBO Portugal, M-net in Africa, Cosmote TV in Greece, Síminn in Iceland, Wavve and Tcast Co., Ltd in Korea, Amediateka in Russia, Israel’s Yes and Voot Select in India.
“The Stand” unspools in a post-apocalyptic version of a world torn asunder by plague and a mystic fight between good and evil. Its high profile cast includes Alexander Skarsgård, Whoopi Goldberg, James Marsden and Odessa Young.
Licensing
ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group has licensed the nine-episode series adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” in more than 100 markets globally. Key deals include Starzplay for much of Europe, HBO Nordic, HBO Portugal, M-net in Africa, Cosmote TV in Greece, Síminn in Iceland, Wavve and Tcast Co., Ltd in Korea, Amediateka in Russia, Israel’s Yes and Voot Select in India.
“The Stand” unspools in a post-apocalyptic version of a world torn asunder by plague and a mystic fight between good and evil. Its high profile cast includes Alexander Skarsgård, Whoopi Goldberg, James Marsden and Odessa Young.
- 12/7/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Watch Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless—Ok, watch it again—and it is impossible not to be struck by the mysterious, stunning, enigmatic Jean Seberg. Here was an actor clearly destined for icon status, a Midwesterner with a European sensibility and piercing onscreen intelligence. Offscreen, Seberg was a woman under siege by the American government, and this tumultuous period of her life—the late 1960s and early 1970s—is covered in Benedict Andrews’s fascinating, ultimately disappointing and oddly shaped Seberg. Starring the ever-splendid Kristen Stewart, a gifted actor who captures Seberg’s look and grace, the film is a watchable failure.
Plaguing it is a startling lack of context. The film opens with a rather startling yet metaphorically obvious re-creation of the burning of Joan of Arc in Otto Preminger’s Saint Joan. The audience is quickly plunged directly into Seberg’s post-Breathless, post-Saint Joan life without any greater sense...
Plaguing it is a startling lack of context. The film opens with a rather startling yet metaphorically obvious re-creation of the burning of Joan of Arc in Otto Preminger’s Saint Joan. The audience is quickly plunged directly into Seberg’s post-Breathless, post-Saint Joan life without any greater sense...
- 9/8/2019
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
“Who is Jean Seberg?” a reporter asks the eponymous movie star midway through “Seberg,” attempting to close a puffy promotional interview for “Paint Your Wagon” with some semblance of personal insight. She doesn’t get to answer, as Seberg’s publicist swiftly calls time on the question: “Let’s just keep it about the movie,” he instructs. It’s one of many moments in Benedict Andrews’ slick, diverting portrait in which Seberg is shown to be treated as a product, a pawn or a patsy, handled by men in their own best interests rather than hers. And yet “Seberg” does something a little similar to that protective publicist: Every time it threatens to truly pierce the psyche of its subject, played with typically intriguing, elusory intelligence by Kristen Stewart, the more ordinary mechanics of the movie she’s serving get in the way.
In fairness, those mechanics are more movie-ish...
In fairness, those mechanics are more movie-ish...
- 8/30/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Helena Howard is breaking out in a major way with her unconventional new film “Madeline’s Madeline,” in which she plays a member of an experimental improv group. Her feature film debut, Howard’s performance in “Madeline’s Madeline” has earned her nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Gotham Awards.
Howard recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing writer Sam Eckmann about the unique way she was cast in “Madeline’s Madeline,” working with director Josephine Decker and why she was surprised when she saw the final cut of the film. Watch the exclusive webchat above and read the complete interview transcript below.
SEEIndependent Spirit Awards nominations 2019: Full list of Spirit nominees in all categories
Gold Derby: Helena Howard, this film “Madeline’s Madeline” is such an incredible, fascinating experimental film about a young teenager involved in this physical theater troupe and this your actual film debut. How...
Howard recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing writer Sam Eckmann about the unique way she was cast in “Madeline’s Madeline,” working with director Josephine Decker and why she was surprised when she saw the final cut of the film. Watch the exclusive webchat above and read the complete interview transcript below.
SEEIndependent Spirit Awards nominations 2019: Full list of Spirit nominees in all categories
Gold Derby: Helena Howard, this film “Madeline’s Madeline” is such an incredible, fascinating experimental film about a young teenager involved in this physical theater troupe and this your actual film debut. How...
- 2/23/2019
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“It attacks your senses,” declares Helena Howard of “Madeline’s Madeline.” The young actress made her film debut in Josephine Decker’s experimental movie, and the role has generated ample buzz for Howard, including nominations from the Gotham Awards and Independent Spirit Awards.
Howard plays the titular Madeline, a young girl dealing with unspecified mental health issues and finds a vital outlet in acting. She is the youngest member of an experimental physical theater company, under the direction of a revered director Evangeline (Molly Parker). Evangeline mines the pain of her new muse Madeline to create her newest work, fueling tensions between the teen and her mother Regina (Miranda July).
SEEIndependent Spirit Awards nominations 2019: Full list of Spirit nominees in all categories
Director Josephine Decker discovered Howard at a teen arts festival and approached the actress after a moving performance of a monologue from David Harrower’s “Blackbird.” Not...
Howard plays the titular Madeline, a young girl dealing with unspecified mental health issues and finds a vital outlet in acting. She is the youngest member of an experimental physical theater company, under the direction of a revered director Evangeline (Molly Parker). Evangeline mines the pain of her new muse Madeline to create her newest work, fueling tensions between the teen and her mother Regina (Miranda July).
SEEIndependent Spirit Awards nominations 2019: Full list of Spirit nominees in all categories
Director Josephine Decker discovered Howard at a teen arts festival and approached the actress after a moving performance of a monologue from David Harrower’s “Blackbird.” Not...
- 12/17/2018
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: UK-based Eon Productions has hired theater, film and TV producer Patrick Daly to oversee production and development of the company’s theatrical projects.
Eon, best known in the film world for its longstanding production of James Bond movies, has been a big player on Broadway and the West End in recent seasons with involvement in, among others, Once and The Band’s Visit, both Tony Award winners for best musical.
Daly will serve as Eon’s Overseeing Consultant in charge of production and development across all theatrical projects. He will continue to run his own company, Caledonia Productions, launched last year to produce and develop a slate of upcoming stage and screen projects.
Prior to launching Caledonia, Daly was Vice President/Producer at Jean Doumanian Productions for 12 years.
“We are incredibly lucky to now have Patrick on board to oversee our theater projects,” said Eon producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
Eon, best known in the film world for its longstanding production of James Bond movies, has been a big player on Broadway and the West End in recent seasons with involvement in, among others, Once and The Band’s Visit, both Tony Award winners for best musical.
Daly will serve as Eon’s Overseeing Consultant in charge of production and development across all theatrical projects. He will continue to run his own company, Caledonia Productions, launched last year to produce and develop a slate of upcoming stage and screen projects.
Prior to launching Caledonia, Daly was Vice President/Producer at Jean Doumanian Productions for 12 years.
“We are incredibly lucky to now have Patrick on board to oversee our theater projects,” said Eon producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
- 10/19/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: David Mackenzie has heard the people.
Coming away from the opening night Tiff premiere of his Netflix epic Outlaw King, the filmmaker has cut 20 minutes from the movie before its Oct. 17 debut at the London Film Festival, spurred by the Toronto audience response.
A passion project for the Hell or High Water Scottish-director, Outlaw King tells the story about Scottish King Robert the Bruce (played by Chris Pine reteaming with Mackenzie post Hohw), William Wallace’s successor (of Braveheart fame), who went from being the wealthiest man in the Highlands to being a murderer to being made King to being an outlaw to slowly winning back the crown. The pic takes place during the course of a riveting period of Bruce’s life between 1304 to 1307 whereby he squared off with Edward I, the English sovereign, and unified a splintered Scotland.
After being in post-production since January, Mackenzie, in an...
Coming away from the opening night Tiff premiere of his Netflix epic Outlaw King, the filmmaker has cut 20 minutes from the movie before its Oct. 17 debut at the London Film Festival, spurred by the Toronto audience response.
A passion project for the Hell or High Water Scottish-director, Outlaw King tells the story about Scottish King Robert the Bruce (played by Chris Pine reteaming with Mackenzie post Hohw), William Wallace’s successor (of Braveheart fame), who went from being the wealthiest man in the Highlands to being a murderer to being made King to being an outlaw to slowly winning back the crown. The pic takes place during the course of a riveting period of Bruce’s life between 1304 to 1307 whereby he squared off with Edward I, the English sovereign, and unified a splintered Scotland.
After being in post-production since January, Mackenzie, in an...
- 9/23/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Two years ago, director David Mackenzie got a career best performance out of Chris Pine in the Oscar nominated Hell or High Water. Easily the best film of that year, it was a total surprise, in the best way possible. The filmmaker and the actor had never hit those levels before, making the thought of a second collaboration rather tantalizing. Well, it has happened. Yesterday, a Trailer dropped for Outlaw King, the newest film from Mackenzie, with Pine in the juicy lead role. It’s one of the big Netflix releases for 2018, even getting a theatrical release. You can see the first real look at the flick below, but first, as always…some discussion. This film is a biographical drama with some big action moments, at least judging by what we’ve seen so far. IMDb lists the plot as such: “A true David v Goliath story of how the...
- 8/21/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Revenge can tear at the soul and be used as a weapon, but it can also make for some rousing trailer fodder, as we see here in this new promo for Netflix’s Outlaw King.
The trailer gives a first extended look at the film that will debut as the Opening Night Film of the Toronto Film Festival Thursday, Sept. 6.
Directed by David Mackenzie, Outlaw King stars Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce, who, says the Netflix summary, “transforms from defeated nobleman to outlaw hero during the oppressive occupation of medieval Scotland by Edward I of England. Despite grave consequences, Robert seizes the Scottish crown and rallies an impassioned group of men to fight back against the mighty army of the tyrannical King and his volatile son, the Prince of Wales.”
You might remember R-the-b from 1995’s Braveheart, where he was played by Angus Macfadyen to Mel Gibson’s William Wallace.
The trailer gives a first extended look at the film that will debut as the Opening Night Film of the Toronto Film Festival Thursday, Sept. 6.
Directed by David Mackenzie, Outlaw King stars Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce, who, says the Netflix summary, “transforms from defeated nobleman to outlaw hero during the oppressive occupation of medieval Scotland by Edward I of England. Despite grave consequences, Robert seizes the Scottish crown and rallies an impassioned group of men to fight back against the mighty army of the tyrannical King and his volatile son, the Prince of Wales.”
You might remember R-the-b from 1995’s Braveheart, where he was played by Angus Macfadyen to Mel Gibson’s William Wallace.
- 8/20/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
At a time when movie theaters are shaking your seats, spraying you with water, and adding numbers and X’s to enhance your film-going experience, Josephine Decker is here to remind them that sometimes making a great movie is more than enough. In Madeline’s Madeline, the writer-director delivers her most exhilarating work to date as she tells the story of Madeline (Helena Howard) a teenager who wants to become the star of her drama class. Surrendering to the idea of truly becoming someone else, the young woman also finds herself in the midst of a battle of sorts between the two women in her life, her sometimes neglectful mother Regina (Miranda July) and her acting teacher Evangeline (Molly Parker).
Even though the film has elements that make one think of Carrie, Superstar, Persona and myriad other works, it is by its very nature so undefinable that all one can...
Even though the film has elements that make one think of Carrie, Superstar, Persona and myriad other works, it is by its very nature so undefinable that all one can...
- 8/10/2018
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
Whitney director reveals he is juggling three potential projects to shoot next.
Kevin Macdonald, the UK director of Whitney, is now working on a feature version of Simon McBurney’s play The Encounter for Film4.
It is the true story of photographer Lorne McIntyre who made a celebrated 1969 journey into the remotest parts of Brazil where he encountered the ‘cat people’ of the Amazon’s Javari Valley.
”I want to try to do it with a combination of documentary and drama,” Macdonald explained.
McBurney based his play, which was staged in both London and on Broadway, on the book ‘The...
Kevin Macdonald, the UK director of Whitney, is now working on a feature version of Simon McBurney’s play The Encounter for Film4.
It is the true story of photographer Lorne McIntyre who made a celebrated 1969 journey into the remotest parts of Brazil where he encountered the ‘cat people’ of the Amazon’s Javari Valley.
”I want to try to do it with a combination of documentary and drama,” Macdonald explained.
McBurney based his play, which was staged in both London and on Broadway, on the book ‘The...
- 6/26/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Whitney director reveals he is juggling three potential projects to shoot next.
Kevin Macdonald, the UK director of Whitney, is now working on a feature version of Simon McBurney’s play The Encounter for Film4.
It is the true story of photographer Lorne McIntyre who made a celebrated 1969 journey into the remotest parts of Brazil where he encountered the ‘cat people’ of the Amazon’s Javari Valley.
”I want to try to do it with a combination of documentary and drama,” Macdonald explained.
McBurney based his play, which was staged in both London and on Broadway, on the book ‘The...
Kevin Macdonald, the UK director of Whitney, is now working on a feature version of Simon McBurney’s play The Encounter for Film4.
It is the true story of photographer Lorne McIntyre who made a celebrated 1969 journey into the remotest parts of Brazil where he encountered the ‘cat people’ of the Amazon’s Javari Valley.
”I want to try to do it with a combination of documentary and drama,” Macdonald explained.
McBurney based his play, which was staged in both London and on Broadway, on the book ‘The...
- 6/26/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Whitney director reveals he is juggling three potential projects to shoot next.
Kevin Macdonald, the UK director of Whitney, is now working on a feature version of Simon McBurney’s play The Encounter for Film4.
It is the true story of photographer Lorne McIntyre who made a celebrated 1969 journey into the remotest parts of Brazil where he encountered the ‘cat people’ of the Amazon’s Javari Valley.
” I want to try to do it with a combination of documentary and drama,” Macdonald explained.
McBurney based his play, which was staged in both London and on Broadway, on the book ‘The...
Kevin Macdonald, the UK director of Whitney, is now working on a feature version of Simon McBurney’s play The Encounter for Film4.
It is the true story of photographer Lorne McIntyre who made a celebrated 1969 journey into the remotest parts of Brazil where he encountered the ‘cat people’ of the Amazon’s Javari Valley.
” I want to try to do it with a combination of documentary and drama,” Macdonald explained.
McBurney based his play, which was staged in both London and on Broadway, on the book ‘The...
- 6/26/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald, whose latest film Whitney bowed in Cannes to critical acclaim, has teamed up with British network Channel 4 on a drama series based around the 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland, bombing and the alleged conspiracy around it, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The filmmaker — whose credits include The Last King of Scotland and the Academy Award-winning documentary One Day in September, about the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics — has been working on a project about the terrorist attack for some time alongside playwright David Harrower.
Last year, it was reported that the project would be a ...
The filmmaker — whose credits include The Last King of Scotland and the Academy Award-winning documentary One Day in September, about the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics — has been working on a project about the terrorist attack for some time alongside playwright David Harrower.
Last year, it was reported that the project would be a ...
Author: Competitions
To mark the release of Una on 8th January, we’ve been given 5 sets of the theatrical poster and film on Blu-ray to give away.
Based on David Harrower’s celebrated, Olivier Award-winning play Blackbird, Benedict Andrews’ Una stars the Oscar-nominated Rooney Mara (Carol, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Emmy-nominated Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom, Starred Up, Star Wars: Rogue One), following a young woman’s journey to reclaim her past.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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To mark the release of Una on 8th January, we’ve been given 5 sets of the theatrical poster and film on Blu-ray to give away.
Based on David Harrower’s celebrated, Olivier Award-winning play Blackbird, Benedict Andrews’ Una stars the Oscar-nominated Rooney Mara (Carol, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Emmy-nominated Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom, Starred Up, Star Wars: Rogue One), following a young woman’s journey to reclaim her past.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The Small Print
Open to UK residents only The competition will close 11th January 2018 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at random from entries received No cash alternative is available
The usual T&Cs can be found here. Good Luck!
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- 1/1/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As the scandal continues to unfold around Harvey Weinstein, “Una” is an eerily timely drama about the collision of sex and power. And today we have an exclusive clip from the explosive film.
Starring Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, and Riz Ahmed, and based on the play by David Harrower, the story follows a troubled young woman who confronts a man from her past with whom she shares a dark secret.
Continue reading ‘Una’ Clip: Ben Mendelsohn Declares His Love [Exclusive] at The Playlist.
Starring Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, and Riz Ahmed, and based on the play by David Harrower, the story follows a troubled young woman who confronts a man from her past with whom she shares a dark secret.
Continue reading ‘Una’ Clip: Ben Mendelsohn Declares His Love [Exclusive] at The Playlist.
- 10/12/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Una Swen Releasing Director: Benedict Andrews Written by: David Harrower based on his play “Blackbird” Cast: Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Tobias Menzies, Indira Varma, Tara Fitzgerald, Riz Ahmed Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 9/26/17 Opens: October 13, 2017 If you were a 27-year-old woman who had carried on a Lolita-style affair with a man 15 […]
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- 10/9/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Breaking the Taboo: Andrews’ Courageous Analysis of an Agonizing Affair
A young woman confronts her predator after an interval of fifteen years in the taut drama Una, adapted for the screen by Scottish playwright David Harrower from his own critically praised theatre production Blackbird.
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A young woman confronts her predator after an interval of fifteen years in the taut drama Una, adapted for the screen by Scottish playwright David Harrower from his own critically praised theatre production Blackbird.
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- 10/6/2017
- by Emre Caglayan
- IONCINEMA.com
Turning a play into a movie is often tricky business; there’s a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t risk to the undertaking. Based on Blackbird, by Scottish playwright David Harrower, Una somehow avoids neither of the seemingly antithetical, even mutually exclusive pitfalls of moving a story from stage to screen. A…
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- 10/6/2017
- by A.A. Dowd
- avclub.com
Una (Rooney Mara) hides a photo of him under a flap of carpet in the corner of her bedroom. The photo is new — it’s been freshly torn from the pages of a trade magazine — but the bedroom is not. It’s the same bedroom that belonged to her when she was a kid, the same bedroom she slept in when she was 13 and one of her dad’s 40-year-old friends started flirting with her at a barbecue in the backyard. It’s the same bedroom she returned home to after that man stole her away on a trip down the coast of England, the morally dubious couple pretending to be father and daughter as they made their ill-fated break for the border. She never moved out, never grew up. Her body matured to adulthood, but the rest of her was frozen in time, the girl fractured like the face of a broken watch.
- 10/6/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Ray (Ben Mendelsohn) runs a British manufacturing plant; he's also a pedophile who seduced a neighbor, named Una, when he was 40 and she was only 13. When the now-adult young woman (an emotionally raw Rooney Mara) pays the older man a surprise visit at his workplace, there are 15 years of silence and recrimination between them. Behind the glass walls of Ray's office, the two stalk each other like caged animals. "I'm not like one of those people," he says, mentioning that he did four years in jail for his criminal behavior,...
- 10/6/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Benedict Andrews' Una star Rooney Mara on Ben Mendelsohn's Ray: "She can't take her eyes off of him." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Benedict Andrews' harrowing debut feature Una, screenplay by David Harrower, based on his play Blackbird (on Broadway with Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels), stars Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn and Ruby Stokes with Riz Ahmed and Tara Fitzgerald. The costumes are by Steven Noble (Danny Boyle's T2 Trainspotting, Jonathan Glazer's Under The Skin and Mark Romanek and Alex Garland's adaptation of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, announced today).
Una (as in either the one and only or the first of many) is a young woman (Rooney Mara) who as a teenager (played by Ruby Stokes) was the victim of a sex offender. A decade and a half after the trial that sent him, Ray (Ben Mendelsohn) to prison,...
Benedict Andrews' harrowing debut feature Una, screenplay by David Harrower, based on his play Blackbird (on Broadway with Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels), stars Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn and Ruby Stokes with Riz Ahmed and Tara Fitzgerald. The costumes are by Steven Noble (Danny Boyle's T2 Trainspotting, Jonathan Glazer's Under The Skin and Mark Romanek and Alex Garland's adaptation of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, announced today).
Una (as in either the one and only or the first of many) is a young woman (Rooney Mara) who as a teenager (played by Ruby Stokes) was the victim of a sex offender. A decade and a half after the trial that sent him, Ray (Ben Mendelsohn) to prison,...
- 10/5/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
- 10/4/2017
- by Emily Yoshida
- Vulture
A woman tracks down the man who abused her when she was 13, in a disquieting adaptation of David Harrower’s play Blackbird – with a neat, nauseous twist
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn bring a controlled intensity and force – and even a twisted kind of chemistry – to this disturbing if structurally flawed movie, perhaps inspired by key final sequences from Lolita, and adapted by David Harrower from his own much- admired 2005 play Blackbird.
Mara is Una, a young woman who, when she was 13, was seduced and abused by a middle-aged neighbour, who finally abandoned her in a seaside guesthouse. This was Ray, played by Mendelsohn. Now, as an adult, she has tracked him down to the gigantic Amazon-style factory warehouse where, after his imprisonment, he has risen under a changed name to middle-management level. Does she want revenge? Closure? Or does she even, in some desolate and damaged sense, want to declare her undiminished love?...
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn bring a controlled intensity and force – and even a twisted kind of chemistry – to this disturbing if structurally flawed movie, perhaps inspired by key final sequences from Lolita, and adapted by David Harrower from his own much- admired 2005 play Blackbird.
Mara is Una, a young woman who, when she was 13, was seduced and abused by a middle-aged neighbour, who finally abandoned her in a seaside guesthouse. This was Ray, played by Mendelsohn. Now, as an adult, she has tracked him down to the gigantic Amazon-style factory warehouse where, after his imprisonment, he has risen under a changed name to middle-management level. Does she want revenge? Closure? Or does she even, in some desolate and damaged sense, want to declare her undiminished love?...
- 8/30/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
After bringing three films to Tiff last year, Rooney Mara’s fall is a light one as Mary Magdalene was recently moved to Easter 2018. Rather, her only film this season is one of those aforementioned Tiff premieres. Una, starring Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, and Riz Ahmed, is a dramatic thriller about two people forced to revisit a passionate yet illicit relationship they had years ago. Coming from Australian theater director Benedict Andrews, marking his debut, it’ll arrive in the U.S. this October and now a new trailer has landed.
We said in our review, “The debut feature from theater veteran Benedict Andrews, Una is an astonishing success. Anchored by two exhilarating performances from Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, the film is also harsh, moving, and extraordinarily riveting, one of the more unsettling works to play the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and undoubtedly among the most provocative.”
Check out the trailer below.
We said in our review, “The debut feature from theater veteran Benedict Andrews, Una is an astonishing success. Anchored by two exhilarating performances from Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, the film is also harsh, moving, and extraordinarily riveting, one of the more unsettling works to play the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and undoubtedly among the most provocative.”
Check out the trailer below.
- 8/30/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
After a strong run on last year’s festival circuit — including premieres at Telluride, Tiff, London, and Sydney — Benedict Andrews’ acclaimed “Una” has lined up its official theatrical release date. Swen Releasing will open the film in New York City on October 6 and Los Angeles on October 13 before rolling out nationwide, when it will enter the fall fray with strong word of mouth and a daring plotline.
Read More‘Una’ Trailer: Rooney Mara Confronts the Past — and Ben Mendelsohn — in Tense Drama
Described in IndieWire’s Telluride Film Festival review as “a story of sexual abuse that vibrates with the anxious uncertainty of a survivor, a dialogue-driven drama that simmers with the combustible suspense of a Tarantino movie,” the film stars Rooney Mara in the title role, playing a young woman who decides to pay a visit to the (much) older man (Ben Mendelsohn) with whom she had a sexual...
Read More‘Una’ Trailer: Rooney Mara Confronts the Past — and Ben Mendelsohn — in Tense Drama
Described in IndieWire’s Telluride Film Festival review as “a story of sexual abuse that vibrates with the anxious uncertainty of a survivor, a dialogue-driven drama that simmers with the combustible suspense of a Tarantino movie,” the film stars Rooney Mara in the title role, playing a young woman who decides to pay a visit to the (much) older man (Ben Mendelsohn) with whom she had a sexual...
- 8/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
If one thought Rooney Mara being haunted by a white sheet was a tough sell, one of her other dramas is having a tougher time getting to audiences. Una, starring Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, and Riz Ahmed, is a dramatic thriller about two people forced to revisit a passionate yet illicit relationship they had years ago.
Coming from Australian theater director Benedict Andrews, marking his debut, it was finally picked up the relatively unknown Swen and Eammon Films for a release here. While it was thought it would get a summer or fall release, there’s been no word. In the meantime, we have a new trailer and poster from Thunderbird Releasing, who will release it in the United Kingdom in just over a month.
We said in our review, “The debut feature from theater veteran Benedict Andrews, Una is an astonishing success. Anchored by two exhilarating performances from Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn,...
Coming from Australian theater director Benedict Andrews, marking his debut, it was finally picked up the relatively unknown Swen and Eammon Films for a release here. While it was thought it would get a summer or fall release, there’s been no word. In the meantime, we have a new trailer and poster from Thunderbird Releasing, who will release it in the United Kingdom in just over a month.
We said in our review, “The debut feature from theater veteran Benedict Andrews, Una is an astonishing success. Anchored by two exhilarating performances from Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn,...
- 7/22/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Author: Zehra Phelan
Ben Mendelsohn and Rooney Mara share an intriguing past in the recently released trailer for the upcoming Una, which you can watch below.
Related: Tiff 2016 Una Review
Based on the stage play by David Harrower and directed by Australian stage and filmmaker, Benedict Andrews, Una tells the story of this women who is played by Rooney Mara, as she becomes reacquainted with her past which saw her fall in love with a much older man, Ray (Ben Mendelsohn) and embarks on an affair which subsequently saw him imprisoned.
The trailer brings her life full circle, after seeing his picture in a magazine she begins to track him down resurfacing old wounds for the both of them. Ray’s new life, along with his wife and child, begins to spiral out of control as Una plagues his very existence threatening both his new life and her sanity.
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Ben Mendelsohn and Rooney Mara share an intriguing past in the recently released trailer for the upcoming Una, which you can watch below.
Related: Tiff 2016 Una Review
Based on the stage play by David Harrower and directed by Australian stage and filmmaker, Benedict Andrews, Una tells the story of this women who is played by Rooney Mara, as she becomes reacquainted with her past which saw her fall in love with a much older man, Ray (Ben Mendelsohn) and embarks on an affair which subsequently saw him imprisoned.
The trailer brings her life full circle, after seeing his picture in a magazine she begins to track him down resurfacing old wounds for the both of them. Ray’s new life, along with his wife and child, begins to spiral out of control as Una plagues his very existence threatening both his new life and her sanity.
Una...
- 7/21/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Una” doesn’t have a stateside release date, but it does have a new trailer ahead of its imminent arrival in UK theaters. Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn star in Benedict Andrews’ adaptation of David Harrower’s play “Blackbird,” which marks the theater director’s silver-screen debut. Watch the trailer (which first premiered courtesy of The Independent) below and wonder when the recently launched U.S. wing of Latin American distributor Swen will release it here.
Read More‘Una’ Exclusive Clip: Watch Rooney Mara Hunt Down Ben Mendelsohn In One Of The Fall’s Most Exciting Films Mara and Mendelsohn’s characters encounter one another for the first time in years after an abusive sexual relationship in the film, which screened at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals last fall. Andrews’ theater work includes productions of “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “The Seagull,” among others. Read MoreFirst Look: Rooney Mara...
Read More‘Una’ Exclusive Clip: Watch Rooney Mara Hunt Down Ben Mendelsohn In One Of The Fall’s Most Exciting Films Mara and Mendelsohn’s characters encounter one another for the first time in years after an abusive sexual relationship in the film, which screened at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals last fall. Andrews’ theater work includes productions of “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “The Seagull,” among others. Read MoreFirst Look: Rooney Mara...
- 7/20/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The drama is based on acclaimed David Harrower play Blackbird...
- 7/20/2017
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
'Transformers: The Last Knight'..
Moviegoers in Australia and internationally increasingly are showing signs of fatigue with the never-ending procession of Hollywood franchises.
The latest examples: The underwhelming debuts of the fifth film in the Transformers series and the third edition of Cars.
That coupled with the fast-sinking Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and The Mummy reboot indicates studios should spend more money on original content and less on tiring franchises.
The top 20 titles collectively minted $17 million last weekend, down 5 per cent on the previous frame, according to Numero..
Of the new independent releases, A Quiet Passion and Hindi drama Tubelight registered well while Una was Ok and McLaren tanked.
Paramount.s Transformers: The Last Knight rang up $4.46 million from 285 locations and $4.7 million with previews. That.s way down on the $8.8 million debut of Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014, which finished up with $26.9 million.
Michael Bay.s bombastic action-adventure starring Mark Wahlberg,...
Moviegoers in Australia and internationally increasingly are showing signs of fatigue with the never-ending procession of Hollywood franchises.
The latest examples: The underwhelming debuts of the fifth film in the Transformers series and the third edition of Cars.
That coupled with the fast-sinking Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and The Mummy reboot indicates studios should spend more money on original content and less on tiring franchises.
The top 20 titles collectively minted $17 million last weekend, down 5 per cent on the previous frame, according to Numero..
Of the new independent releases, A Quiet Passion and Hindi drama Tubelight registered well while Una was Ok and McLaren tanked.
Paramount.s Transformers: The Last Knight rang up $4.46 million from 285 locations and $4.7 million with previews. That.s way down on the $8.8 million debut of Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014, which finished up with $26.9 million.
Michael Bay.s bombastic action-adventure starring Mark Wahlberg,...
- 6/26/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Latin American distributor Swen has established a Us theatrical distribution arm and acquired its first film, Benedict Andrews’ Una.
Swen has partnered with Eammon Films to handle the theatrical release and Vision Films on all ancillary.
The plan is to release the film theatrically in summer or early autumn.
Una will mark the first in a slate of 2017 releases between Swen, Eammon Films and Vision Films. WestEnd brokered the Una deal with Swen.
Swen Group founder Murray Lipnik said, “We are very excited to be entering the Us market and have a great team in place to bring this acclaimed film to audiences across the country.”
Rob Lynch of Eammon Films added, “I am thrilled and honoured to be working with Swen. Una is an incredible film with absolute bravura direction by Benedict Andrews and flat out extraordinary and riveting performances by Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn.”
Vision Films managing director and CEO Lise Romanoff said, “[link...
Swen has partnered with Eammon Films to handle the theatrical release and Vision Films on all ancillary.
The plan is to release the film theatrically in summer or early autumn.
Una will mark the first in a slate of 2017 releases between Swen, Eammon Films and Vision Films. WestEnd brokered the Una deal with Swen.
Swen Group founder Murray Lipnik said, “We are very excited to be entering the Us market and have a great team in place to bring this acclaimed film to audiences across the country.”
Rob Lynch of Eammon Films added, “I am thrilled and honoured to be working with Swen. Una is an incredible film with absolute bravura direction by Benedict Andrews and flat out extraordinary and riveting performances by Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn.”
Vision Films managing director and CEO Lise Romanoff said, “[link...
- 1/20/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ben Mendelsohn has made quite a name for himself playing villains, criminals, deadbeats, and other unsavory types in everything from Animal Kingdom to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story over the past few years. But Una may give him his most unsettling role yet. Directed by Benedict Andrews from a script by David Harrower (who also wrote the play it’s […]
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The post ‘Una’ Trailer: In Which Ben Mendelsohn Plays an Even Worse Human Being Than Usual appeared first on /Film.
- 1/4/2017
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
“Una” earned largely favorable reviews upon screening at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals last fall, but as of yet Benedict Andrews’ film starring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn has yet to find a stateside distributor. The wonders of the internet being what they are, Americans can nevertheless get a sense of the Australian theater director’s silver-screen debut thanks to a new trailer occasioned by the movie’s imminent release in Singapore. Watch it below.
Read More: ‘Una’ Exclusive Clip: Watch Rooney Mara Hunt Down Ben Mendelsohn In One Of The Fall’s Most Exciting Films
Mara and Ben play two characters who encounter one another years after a sexually abusive relationship that no one in his new life knows about. “Una” is based on David Harrower’s play “Blackbird,” which the playwright adapted on his lonesome. Andrews has previously directed stage productions of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “The...
Read More: ‘Una’ Exclusive Clip: Watch Rooney Mara Hunt Down Ben Mendelsohn In One Of The Fall’s Most Exciting Films
Mara and Ben play two characters who encounter one another years after a sexually abusive relationship that no one in his new life knows about. “Una” is based on David Harrower’s play “Blackbird,” which the playwright adapted on his lonesome. Andrews has previously directed stage productions of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “The...
- 1/2/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The distribution landscape continues to evolve, with a healthy mixture of new players and stalwarts, and yet every year there are great movies that slip through the cracks. For the most part, movies that gain serious traction on the festival circuit find their way to various American buyers and usually wind up with some kind of home.
While ambitious newcomers like A24 and Amazon Studios continue to up their game while veterans such as Sony Pictures Classics keep rolling along, even they have limits to the kind of content they can gamble on.
Read More: The 25 Best Movie Moments of 2016, According to IndieWire Critic David Ehrlich
Usually, the movies that struggle to find homes aren’t ignored so much as they’re deemed non-commercial or risky. Distributors often shy away from the prospects of a “difficult” movie simply because they can’t imagine a trailer for it, or because it...
While ambitious newcomers like A24 and Amazon Studios continue to up their game while veterans such as Sony Pictures Classics keep rolling along, even they have limits to the kind of content they can gamble on.
Read More: The 25 Best Movie Moments of 2016, According to IndieWire Critic David Ehrlich
Usually, the movies that struggle to find homes aren’t ignored so much as they’re deemed non-commercial or risky. Distributors often shy away from the prospects of a “difficult” movie simply because they can’t imagine a trailer for it, or because it...
- 12/7/2016
- by David Ehrlich and Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
We present our red carpet interviews from the premiere of Una, directed by Benedict Andrews, direct from the 2016 London Film Festival (LFF2016) in the Embankment Garden Cinema. The screening was attended by director Benedict Andrews, screenwriter David Harrower, producers Jean Doumanian and Patrick Daly and actors Ben Mendelsohn, Tobias Menzies and Tara Fitzgerald. The […]
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- 10/10/2016
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Crime drama marks Olivier award-winning playwright David Harrower’s second feature.
John McKay’s Compact Pictures and Scotland/Us based production outfit Synchronicity Films are teaming to develop 9 Deaths, the next feature from Una screenwriter David Harrower.
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn-starring Una [pictured] premiered at Telluride and will have a competition debut at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival. Benedict Andrews directed the sex abuse drama from Scottish playwright Harrower’s debut feature script, an adaptation of his own play Blackbird, which garnered him an Olivier award.
Harrower’s second feature, 9 Deaths, follows the son of a local crime family who must choose between leading his clan in an escalated gang war and his freedom. The film will be comprised of nine segments, in each of which a character will die.
Weekend co-producer Claire Mundell will produce for Synchronicity and John McKay will produce for Compact. The pair are re-teaming after collaborating on 2013 Karen Gillan-starring...
John McKay’s Compact Pictures and Scotland/Us based production outfit Synchronicity Films are teaming to develop 9 Deaths, the next feature from Una screenwriter David Harrower.
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn-starring Una [pictured] premiered at Telluride and will have a competition debut at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival. Benedict Andrews directed the sex abuse drama from Scottish playwright Harrower’s debut feature script, an adaptation of his own play Blackbird, which garnered him an Olivier award.
Harrower’s second feature, 9 Deaths, follows the son of a local crime family who must choose between leading his clan in an escalated gang war and his freedom. The film will be comprised of nine segments, in each of which a character will die.
Weekend co-producer Claire Mundell will produce for Synchronicity and John McKay will produce for Compact. The pair are re-teaming after collaborating on 2013 Karen Gillan-starring...
- 9/22/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival was another dense program filled with lots of new films in need of distribution. Fortunately, many of the highlights — from awards season heavyweights like “Jackie,” which went to Fox Searchlight, to smaller-scale crowdpleasers like “Tramps,” a Netflix acquisition — are guaranteed to find audiences beyond the Tiff arena. And most buyers agreed that this was, generally speaking, a pretty healthy year. Nevertheless, as the festival came to a conclusion, several great movies in the lineup remained homeless. Here are some of the ones that IndieWire wants to bring to the attention of all the buyers out there. We hope they’re paying attention.
See MoreThe 2016 IndieWire Tiff Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
“Boundaries”
With her underrated debut film “Sarah Prefers to Run,” Chloé Robichaud made one of the best coming-of-age stories in recent years. For her follow-up, the Québécois writer-director widened her focus,...
See MoreThe 2016 IndieWire Tiff Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
“Boundaries”
With her underrated debut film “Sarah Prefers to Run,” Chloé Robichaud made one of the best coming-of-age stories in recent years. For her follow-up, the Québécois writer-director widened her focus,...
- 9/19/2016
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Una attempts to distinguish itself from the substantial pack of films that attack similar themes by way of director Benedict Andrews’ morally distorting lens and David Harrower’s emotionally labyrinthian adaptation of his Tony Award winning source material, Blackbird. The film’s ability to refrain from getting tripped-up by overly respecting its subject matter to a fault is its most invaluable asset. In order for this story and its hefty, yet delicate topic to leave the necessary unflinching and unforgettable impression, one mustn’t be afraid to toe the line. For Harrower, Andrews the rest of the cast and crew, blurring the divide was child’s play, even if it meant stomping on a few heels along the way.
The film’s indelible visuals, shocking narrative and impassioned characters scream with the creative skill and wisdom of a battle-hardened veteran behind the camera, surely not the work expected from a first time director.
The film’s indelible visuals, shocking narrative and impassioned characters scream with the creative skill and wisdom of a battle-hardened veteran behind the camera, surely not the work expected from a first time director.
- 9/19/2016
- by Joseph Falcone
- We Got This Covered
Theatre director Benedict Andrews presents his first feature film – adapting David Harrower’s harrowing play Blackbird, about a young woman confronting the man who sexually abused her when 13 years old. Our first introduction to the eponymous lead is when she’s having sex in what appears to be a public toilet – instantly telling […]
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- 9/15/2016
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“It’s a long story.” So says Una, a young woman with a going-nowhere office job and an emotionally devastated past, when asked about her relationship with Peter — the man she knew as Ray. Indeed it is a long story — a morally complex and cruelly realistic one, too. The debut feature from theater veteran Benedict Andrews, Una is an astonishing success. Anchored by two exhilarating performances from Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, the film is also harsh, moving, and extraordinarily riveting, one of the more unsettling works to play the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and undoubtedly among the most provocative.
Una is based on David Harrower’s play Blackbird, an acclaimed drama that has starred such acting heavyweights as Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams. Yet the roles of Una and Peter / Ray now seem owned by Mara and Mendelsohn. The storyline — a woman in her twenties confronts the man who...
Una is based on David Harrower’s play Blackbird, an acclaimed drama that has starred such acting heavyweights as Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams. Yet the roles of Una and Peter / Ray now seem owned by Mara and Mendelsohn. The storyline — a woman in her twenties confronts the man who...
- 9/11/2016
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
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