Myanna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Downton Abbey, White Heat), Matthew Goode (Stoker, Birdsong, A Single Man) and Ophelia Lovibond (8 Minutes Idle, No Strings Attached, Mr. Popper’s Penguins) star in The Poison Tree, a new psychological and atmospheric thriller produced by Stv Productions and GroupM Entertainment for ITV1, which will premiere on ITV1 on Monday December 10th at 9pm.
Based on the dark and captivating novel by Erin Kelly, The Poison Tree is a drama of human desires, betrayal and deception. The 2 x 60 minute episodes have been written by Emilia di Girolamo (EastEnders,Law & Order UK) and directed by Marek Losey.
Karen Clarke (MyAnna Buring) has spent twelve years waiting for her partner Rex (Matthew Goode) to be released from prison. Now he is free, she is looking forward to settling down to normal family life in their remote seaside cottage with their 11 year old daughter Alice, played by newcomer Hebe Johnson.
Based on the dark and captivating novel by Erin Kelly, The Poison Tree is a drama of human desires, betrayal and deception. The 2 x 60 minute episodes have been written by Emilia di Girolamo (EastEnders,Law & Order UK) and directed by Marek Losey.
Karen Clarke (MyAnna Buring) has spent twelve years waiting for her partner Rex (Matthew Goode) to be released from prison. Now he is free, she is looking forward to settling down to normal family life in their remote seaside cottage with their 11 year old daughter Alice, played by newcomer Hebe Johnson.
- 11/22/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Ophelia Lovibond (represented by Bwh) and Myanna Buring (represented by Ken McReddie Associates) will lead the cast in a new two-part drama for ITV The Poison Tree. The adaptation of Erin Kelly's novel is to be directed by Marek Losey.
Myanna stars in the psychological thriller as straight-laced university student Karen, drawn into the world of a bohemian orphan, Biba (played by Ophelia Lovibond), who lives in a crumbling mansion in Highgate with her brother Rex (Matthew Goode). She soon becomes entangled in the family’s history and the story culminates in a murder, which casts a shadow over Karen’s future.
27 year old Swedish-born Myanna was seen earlier this year in BBC Two drama series White Heat. She was also one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2011.
The cast also includes Ralph Brown, and nine year old Lucy Hutchinson (represented by A&J Management) plays Young Biba.
Myanna stars in the psychological thriller as straight-laced university student Karen, drawn into the world of a bohemian orphan, Biba (played by Ophelia Lovibond), who lives in a crumbling mansion in Highgate with her brother Rex (Matthew Goode). She soon becomes entangled in the family’s history and the story culminates in a murder, which casts a shadow over Karen’s future.
27 year old Swedish-born Myanna was seen earlier this year in BBC Two drama series White Heat. She was also one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2011.
The cast also includes Ralph Brown, and nine year old Lucy Hutchinson (represented by A&J Management) plays Young Biba.
- 8/1/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Director: Marek Losey. Review: Adam Wing. An absorbing thriller set against the backdrop of the Suffolk countryside, not exactly words we’re used to hearing but there you have it. How about the words ‘bird watching’ and ‘sociable plover’ combined with the phrases ‘must see movie’ and ‘macabre gem’? Thought not. Marek Losey has an uphill battle on his hands with The Hide, and even though success seems more unlikely than the sighting of that elusive bird, the movie itself remains a riveting drama that deserves your full attention. Roy Tunt (Alex MacQueen) is a quirky loner who spends his days in a ‘hide’ - a secluded seaside shelter where he watches and documents the many species of birds that pass over the shoreline. His only company is a short-wave radio, a portrait of ex-wife Sandra and his chicken paste sandwiches. One gloomy day, his meticulous routine is interrupted by...
- 9/7/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Breaking Glass Pictures.
Director: Marek Losey.
Writer: Tim Whitnall.
The Hide is one of these films where this reviewer would love to jump right into the spoilers. However, this would ruin the film for others. As background, The Hide was produced in 2008 on the Isle of Sheppey. Then, this title was released in the United Kingdom in 2009. Initially The Hide was a stageplay titled "The Sociable Plover" and now this material will find itself on DVD September 6th in North America, through Breaking Glass Pictures. This is a tense thriller. Starring Alex MacQueen as Roy and Phil Campbell as Dave, The Hide utilized the three unities of Aristotle, while providing some mysterious interplay between the two characters. There are only a very few film details that hamper the enjoyment of this film.
Roy is an ornithologist (bird watcher), who is...
Director: Marek Losey.
Writer: Tim Whitnall.
The Hide is one of these films where this reviewer would love to jump right into the spoilers. However, this would ruin the film for others. As background, The Hide was produced in 2008 on the Isle of Sheppey. Then, this title was released in the United Kingdom in 2009. Initially The Hide was a stageplay titled "The Sociable Plover" and now this material will find itself on DVD September 6th in North America, through Breaking Glass Pictures. This is a tense thriller. Starring Alex MacQueen as Roy and Phil Campbell as Dave, The Hide utilized the three unities of Aristotle, while providing some mysterious interplay between the two characters. There are only a very few film details that hamper the enjoyment of this film.
Roy is an ornithologist (bird watcher), who is...
- 8/12/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Breaking Glass Pictures will distribute Marek Losey's thriller, The Hide on DVD September 6th. This is a film from across the shores and this English film puts one loner and a mysterious man together and on the run from the police. Tragedy is the end result.
The film poster for the release is almost colourless, while the tagline suggests "no crime stays hidden forever." Receiving good reviews thus far, The Hide is for film fans with a desire for mystery. Check this one out in a fews days, through Breaking Glass Picture's sister company, Vicious Circle Films. More release details are below.
The synopsis for The Hide is here:
"Roy Tunt is a quirky loner who spends his days in a 'hide' – a secluded seaside shelter where he watches and documents the many species of birds that pass over the shoreline. One gloomy day, his meticulous routine is interrupted by the arrival of David,...
The film poster for the release is almost colourless, while the tagline suggests "no crime stays hidden forever." Receiving good reviews thus far, The Hide is for film fans with a desire for mystery. Check this one out in a fews days, through Breaking Glass Picture's sister company, Vicious Circle Films. More release details are below.
The synopsis for The Hide is here:
"Roy Tunt is a quirky loner who spends his days in a 'hide' – a secluded seaside shelter where he watches and documents the many species of birds that pass over the shoreline. One gloomy day, his meticulous routine is interrupted by the arrival of David,...
- 7/14/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The latest acquisition by Breaking Glass Pictures’ Vicious Circle Films is The Hide all the way from good old Blighty. In fact it is set not too far from where I lived as a wee lad, although I believe it was filmed elsewhere. Still, this looks quite interesting from the preview. Film Four and Ica Films handled its distribution in the UK when it was released there in 2009. The Hide stars Alex MacQueen, who Us viewers might recognize from BBC America’s very funny The Inbetweeners and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margeret, which screened on IFC’s channel, and relative newcomer Philip Campbell.
July 13, 2011 – Philadelphia, Pa — Breaking Glass Pictures’ Vicious Circle Films label will release director Marek Losey’s “The Hide” on DVD September 6. The taut thriller follows a lonesome birdwatcher who encounters a man on the run while in the isolated mudflats of Suffolk.
Synopsis: Roy Tunt...
July 13, 2011 – Philadelphia, Pa — Breaking Glass Pictures’ Vicious Circle Films label will release director Marek Losey’s “The Hide” on DVD September 6. The taut thriller follows a lonesome birdwatcher who encounters a man on the run while in the isolated mudflats of Suffolk.
Synopsis: Roy Tunt...
- 7/14/2011
- by Jude
- The Liberal Dead
Breaking Glass Pictures’ Vicious Circle Films label will release director Marek Losey’s The Hide on DVD September 6th. The taut thriller follows a lonesome birdwatcher who encounters a man on the run while in the isolated mudflats of Suffolk.
Synopsis: Roy Tunt (Alex MacQueen) is a quirky loner who spends his days in a “hide” – a secluded seaside shelter where he watches and documents the many species of birds that pass over the shoreline. One gloomy day his meticulous routine is interrupted by the arrival of David (Phil Campbell), a mysterious man on the run from the police. Though Roy is at first hostile toward the intruder, the two men gradually let their guards down and find themselves engaged in deep discussion through which they form a strange bond. But as the police draw near, both Roy and David unleash their dark sides, and the escalating tension pushes them to a tragic conclusion.
Synopsis: Roy Tunt (Alex MacQueen) is a quirky loner who spends his days in a “hide” – a secluded seaside shelter where he watches and documents the many species of birds that pass over the shoreline. One gloomy day his meticulous routine is interrupted by the arrival of David (Phil Campbell), a mysterious man on the run from the police. Though Roy is at first hostile toward the intruder, the two men gradually let their guards down and find themselves engaged in deep discussion through which they form a strange bond. But as the police draw near, both Roy and David unleash their dark sides, and the escalating tension pushes them to a tragic conclusion.
- 7/14/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Alex MacQueen scores a hat-trick, and the zest of youth that has nothing on the teachers
Hat-trick hero
It's a feat even Zelig couldn't pull off. English actor Alex MacQueen is not just appearing in Woody Allen's latest release, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (as publisher Malcolm Dodds) – he also has cameos in two other British films that hit the screens last Friday. He pops up in Chalet Girl, as a lecherous hedge-fund manager getting an embarrassing ski-sunglasses tan. Plus he makes the final cut in one scene of Adam Deacon's Anuvahood, playing a posh man living in a big house opposite the west London council estate where the action takes place.
Appearing in three films in a single week is possibly a record for a British actor. There must be a multiplex somewhere showing all three and it may seem that MacQueen is there in person,...
Hat-trick hero
It's a feat even Zelig couldn't pull off. English actor Alex MacQueen is not just appearing in Woody Allen's latest release, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (as publisher Malcolm Dodds) – he also has cameos in two other British films that hit the screens last Friday. He pops up in Chalet Girl, as a lecherous hedge-fund manager getting an embarrassing ski-sunglasses tan. Plus he makes the final cut in one scene of Adam Deacon's Anuvahood, playing a posh man living in a big house opposite the west London council estate where the action takes place.
Appearing in three films in a single week is possibly a record for a British actor. There must be a multiplex somewhere showing all three and it may seem that MacQueen is there in person,...
- 3/20/2011
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
"Confined Spaces" is the theme of the new issue of Electric Sheep. "The concept of strangers engaging in a combative, yet subtly humorous, game of psychological cat-and-mouse in an enclosed location is by no means new, but with its barely concealed class warfare, Marek Losey's debut feature The Hide makes for a particularly British addition to a rapidly growing sub-genre." And that's John Berra's way in. He's got a map.
- 5/6/2010
- MUBI
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.