Quebec Christmas hit Thanks For Everything among roster.
Montreal-based WaZabi Films is launching four titles at Efm including Generation 14plus selection Goddess Of The Fireflies and Frankel starring Berlinale international jury president Jeremy Irons.
Anick Poirier and Lorne Price’s team will be in Berlin introducing buyers to three other titles, having boarded Quebec Christmas hit Thanks For Everything (Merci Pour Tout), which is approaching $1m (C$1.3m), youth drama Flashwood, and Pascal Plante’s Nadia Butterfly, about a professional swimmer in her 20s facing retirement.
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s Goddess Of The Fireflies (La Déesse Des Mouches À Feu) is...
Montreal-based WaZabi Films is launching four titles at Efm including Generation 14plus selection Goddess Of The Fireflies and Frankel starring Berlinale international jury president Jeremy Irons.
Anick Poirier and Lorne Price’s team will be in Berlin introducing buyers to three other titles, having boarded Quebec Christmas hit Thanks For Everything (Merci Pour Tout), which is approaching $1m (C$1.3m), youth drama Flashwood, and Pascal Plante’s Nadia Butterfly, about a professional swimmer in her 20s facing retirement.
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s Goddess Of The Fireflies (La Déesse Des Mouches À Feu) is...
- 1/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Quebec Christmas hit Thanks For Everything among roster.
Montreal-based WaZabi Films is launching four titles at Efm including Generations 14+ selection Goddess Of The Fireflies and Frankel starring Berlinale international jury president Jeremy Irons.
Anick Poirier and Lorne Price’s team will be in Berlin introducing buyers to three other titles, having boarded Quebec Christmas hit Thanks For Everything (Merci Pour Tout), which is approaching $1m (C$1.3m), youth drama Flashwood, and Pascal Plante’s Nadia Butterfly, about a professional swimmer in her 20s facing retirement.
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s Goddess Of The Fireflies (La Déesse Des Mouches À Feu) is based...
Montreal-based WaZabi Films is launching four titles at Efm including Generations 14+ selection Goddess Of The Fireflies and Frankel starring Berlinale international jury president Jeremy Irons.
Anick Poirier and Lorne Price’s team will be in Berlin introducing buyers to three other titles, having boarded Quebec Christmas hit Thanks For Everything (Merci Pour Tout), which is approaching $1m (C$1.3m), youth drama Flashwood, and Pascal Plante’s Nadia Butterfly, about a professional swimmer in her 20s facing retirement.
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s Goddess Of The Fireflies (La Déesse Des Mouches À Feu) is based...
- 1/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Jeremy Irons, currently appearing in HBO’s “Watchmen” and an Oscar winner with “Reversal of Fortune,” is to star in and produce biopic “Frankel,” which WaZabi Films will be selling at next week’s Afm.
Irons plays horse trainer Sir Henry Cecil, who fought years of failure and illness to make Frankel the greatest champion racehorse of all time, unbeaten in all 14 starts, and bowing out with an emotional victory in front of a capacity crowd at the Champion Stakes at Ascot Racecourse.
Irons produces the film, which is expected to go into production in the spring, alongside Andrew Berg and John Sachs of Eclipse Films. It is written by Jim Piddock and directed by Ron Scalpello.
WaZabi will handle worldwide sales on the film, and will co-sell the U.S. with CAA. WaZabi co-presidents Anick Poirier and Lorne Price said they “immediately connected with the determination and resilience of the story.
Irons plays horse trainer Sir Henry Cecil, who fought years of failure and illness to make Frankel the greatest champion racehorse of all time, unbeaten in all 14 starts, and bowing out with an emotional victory in front of a capacity crowd at the Champion Stakes at Ascot Racecourse.
Irons produces the film, which is expected to go into production in the spring, alongside Andrew Berg and John Sachs of Eclipse Films. It is written by Jim Piddock and directed by Ron Scalpello.
WaZabi will handle worldwide sales on the film, and will co-sell the U.S. with CAA. WaZabi co-presidents Anick Poirier and Lorne Price said they “immediately connected with the determination and resilience of the story.
- 10/29/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Sales slate includes Patrick Stewart pianist drama Coda.
WaZabi Films co-founders Anick Poirier and Lorne Price have added the latest hot title to their slate and will launch pre-sales at Afm next week on Frankel to star Jeremy Irons as the legendary racehorse trainer Sir Henry Cecil.
Irons, currently starring in the HBO hit Watchmen, will also produce the drama about the late postwar trainer who battled years of setbacks and illness and discovered a new lease on life when he worked with the titular British thoroughbred.
Cecil turned Frankel into a legend in the sport, undefeated in a 14-race...
WaZabi Films co-founders Anick Poirier and Lorne Price have added the latest hot title to their slate and will launch pre-sales at Afm next week on Frankel to star Jeremy Irons as the legendary racehorse trainer Sir Henry Cecil.
Irons, currently starring in the HBO hit Watchmen, will also produce the drama about the late postwar trainer who battled years of setbacks and illness and discovered a new lease on life when he worked with the titular British thoroughbred.
Cecil turned Frankel into a legend in the sport, undefeated in a 14-race...
- 10/28/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Eclipse Films is teaming with independent production company Gospel and specialist documentary distributor Dogwoof for a feature documentary about cricket legend Shane Warne. “Shane” will be produced by Eclipse, the feature arm of Eclipse Global Entertainment, and Gospel with Dogwoof handling worldwide theatrical sales. The three companies announced the project in Cannes on Wednesday where Dogwoof is introducing it to international buyers.
“Shane” will present an intimate portrayal of Warne, the retired Australian cricketer and larger-than-life character whose reputation on and off the green pitch saw his fame transcend cricket. As well as being widely considered as the greatest bowler of all time Warne’s personal struggles, including a drugs ban, a high-profile divorce, and tales of affairs with supermodels that made him a popular tabloid target, only proved to make him more relatable and popular with his fans.
“The word legend, like superstar, is much overused these days but...
“Shane” will present an intimate portrayal of Warne, the retired Australian cricketer and larger-than-life character whose reputation on and off the green pitch saw his fame transcend cricket. As well as being widely considered as the greatest bowler of all time Warne’s personal struggles, including a drugs ban, a high-profile divorce, and tales of affairs with supermodels that made him a popular tabloid target, only proved to make him more relatable and popular with his fans.
“The word legend, like superstar, is much overused these days but...
- 5/15/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Eclipse Films, Gospel teaming on doc Shane.
A feature documentary about Australian cricketing legend Shane Warne is being made by UK producers Eclipse Films (Finding Your Feet) and Gospel (Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story).
Dogwoof is representing global sales rights to the project, titled Shane, and is launching it to buyers here in Cannes.
Widely considered to be one of cricket’s greatest bowlers, spinner Warne took more than 1,000 wickets in his career, placing him behind onlu Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan in the all-time list. He also led a turbulent personal life, including a drug ban and a high-profile divorce.
A feature documentary about Australian cricketing legend Shane Warne is being made by UK producers Eclipse Films (Finding Your Feet) and Gospel (Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story).
Dogwoof is representing global sales rights to the project, titled Shane, and is launching it to buyers here in Cannes.
Widely considered to be one of cricket’s greatest bowlers, spinner Warne took more than 1,000 wickets in his career, placing him behind onlu Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan in the all-time list. He also led a turbulent personal life, including a drug ban and a high-profile divorce.
- 5/15/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville and Noel Clarke also star in the film.Show Fullscreen
Screen can unveil a first look at Sam Claflin in director Ron Scalpello’s London-set crime thriller The Corrupted.
Claflin stars as Liam McDonagh, an ex-con determined to rebuild his life after losing everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate.
Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville and Noel Clarke also star in the film.
The Exchange are selling worldwide rights in Cannes. Entertainment Film Distributors will release in the UK.
With a screenplay from Urban Hymn writer Nick Moorcroft, the film is being produced by Andrew Berg...
Screen can unveil a first look at Sam Claflin in director Ron Scalpello’s London-set crime thriller The Corrupted.
Claflin stars as Liam McDonagh, an ex-con determined to rebuild his life after losing everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate.
Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville and Noel Clarke also star in the film.
The Exchange are selling worldwide rights in Cannes. Entertainment Film Distributors will release in the UK.
With a screenplay from Urban Hymn writer Nick Moorcroft, the film is being produced by Andrew Berg...
- 5/8/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
A feel-good British comedy in the vein of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the new film Finding Your Feet finds its own feet by presenting light and engaging fare employing veteran English actors in ways we rarely get to see them on the big screen. As I say in my video review (click the link above to watch), in these dark times this is the kind of hopeful, mature entertainment that just might drag older adult audiences out to the movies.
Exotic Marigold Hotel and its 2015 sequel proved there was a sizable worldwide crowd out there craving this kind of thing, and though it breaks no new ground, this Richard Loncraine-directed piece fits the bill nicely and gives the wondrous Imelda Staunton a lovely leading role in which she proves again her mettle as one of our best.
Here she plays Lady Sandra Abbott, who, after 40 years of marriage...
Exotic Marigold Hotel and its 2015 sequel proved there was a sizable worldwide crowd out there craving this kind of thing, and though it breaks no new ground, this Richard Loncraine-directed piece fits the bill nicely and gives the wondrous Imelda Staunton a lovely leading role in which she proves again her mettle as one of our best.
Here she plays Lady Sandra Abbott, who, after 40 years of marriage...
- 3/28/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Noel Clarke has been added to the cast of Ron Scalpello’s crime thriller The Corrupted, which has begun principal photography at various locations around London.
Clarke (Brotherhood) joins an extensive cast of British talent that includes Sam Claflin, Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville, David Hayman and Naomi Ackie.
Directed by Scalpello (My Name Is Lenny) and written by Urban Hymn writer Nick Moorcroft, the film is being produced by Andrew Berg and John Sachs of Eclipse Films, Nik Bower of Riverstone Pictures and Laure Vaysse of Rep Crime.
Clarke (Brotherhood) joins an extensive cast of British talent that includes Sam Claflin, Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville, David Hayman and Naomi Ackie.
Directed by Scalpello (My Name Is Lenny) and written by Urban Hymn writer Nick Moorcroft, the film is being produced by Andrew Berg and John Sachs of Eclipse Films, Nik Bower of Riverstone Pictures and Laure Vaysse of Rep Crime.
- 3/16/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Roadside Attractions has picked up Richard Loncraine’s Finding Your Feet, partnering with Stage 6 Films for the pic's domestic distribution.
Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie and David Hayman star in the comedy, along with John Sessions and Joanna Lumley.
Finding Your Feet follows "Lady" Sandra Abbott (Staunton) as she discovers that her husband of 40 years is having an affair with her best friend and seeks refuge in London with her estranged older sister Bif.
Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard wrote the screenplay for the film, which was produced by Andrew Berg, John Sachs, Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft, James Spring and...
Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie and David Hayman star in the comedy, along with John Sessions and Joanna Lumley.
Finding Your Feet follows "Lady" Sandra Abbott (Staunton) as she discovers that her husband of 40 years is having an affair with her best friend and seeks refuge in London with her estranged older sister Bif.
Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard wrote the screenplay for the film, which was produced by Andrew Berg, John Sachs, Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft, James Spring and...
- 10/5/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Production is underway in London and Rome on Richard Loncraine’s British comedy ‘Finding Your Feet’.
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton in British comedy Finding Your Feet.
The film follows Lady Sandra Abbott (Staunton) who, after discovering that her husband of forty years is having an affair, takes up a community dance class with her sister, where she finds a new lease of both fun and romance.
The cast is rounded out by Celia Imrie (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), David Hayman (The Jackal), John Sessions (Mr Holmes) and Josie Lawrence (EastEnders).
Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the feature from a script by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft (Urban Hymn). John Sachs and Andrew Berg produce for Eclipse Films with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard for Powder Keg Pictures, James Spring for Fred Films, and Charlotte Walls for Catalyst Global Media.
Executive producers...
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton in British comedy Finding Your Feet.
The film follows Lady Sandra Abbott (Staunton) who, after discovering that her husband of forty years is having an affair, takes up a community dance class with her sister, where she finds a new lease of both fun and romance.
The cast is rounded out by Celia Imrie (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), David Hayman (The Jackal), John Sessions (Mr Holmes) and Josie Lawrence (EastEnders).
Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the feature from a script by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft (Urban Hymn). John Sachs and Andrew Berg produce for Eclipse Films with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard for Powder Keg Pictures, James Spring for Fred Films, and Charlotte Walls for Catalyst Global Media.
Executive producers...
- 12/12/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Cast assembles for silver dollar rom-com from director Richard Loncraine.
Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) are to join Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) in Richard Loncraine’s (Wimbledon) silver dollar rom-com Finding Your Feet.
Protagonist is handling sales on the package which was snapped up by eOne for UK, Canada and Australia/New Zealand in Cannes.
The film’s shoot is due to get underway in November and December 2016 in London’s Twickenham Studios and on location in Rome, Italy.
Also joining the cast is veteran film, TV and theatre actor David Hayman (Macbeth).
In Finding Their Feet, when ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend she seeks refuge in London with her estranged, older sister. Sandra is a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial dating...
Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) are to join Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) in Richard Loncraine’s (Wimbledon) silver dollar rom-com Finding Your Feet.
Protagonist is handling sales on the package which was snapped up by eOne for UK, Canada and Australia/New Zealand in Cannes.
The film’s shoot is due to get underway in November and December 2016 in London’s Twickenham Studios and on location in Rome, Italy.
Also joining the cast is veteran film, TV and theatre actor David Hayman (Macbeth).
In Finding Their Feet, when ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend she seeks refuge in London with her estranged, older sister. Sandra is a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial dating...
- 9/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Cast assembles for silver dollar rom-com sold by Protagonist.
Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) are to join Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) in Richard Loncraine’s (Wimbledon) silver dollar rom-com Finding Your Feet.
Protagonist is handling sales on the package which was snapped up by eOne for UK, Canada and Australia/New Zealand in Cannes.
The film’s shoot is due to get underway in November and December 2016 in London’s Twickenham Studios and on location in Rome, Italy.
Also joining the cast is veteran film, TV and theatre actor David Hayman (Macbeth).
In Finding Their Feet, when ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend she seeks refuge in London with her estranged, older sister. Sandra is a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial dating, free spirited...
Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) are to join Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) in Richard Loncraine’s (Wimbledon) silver dollar rom-com Finding Your Feet.
Protagonist is handling sales on the package which was snapped up by eOne for UK, Canada and Australia/New Zealand in Cannes.
The film’s shoot is due to get underway in November and December 2016 in London’s Twickenham Studios and on location in Rome, Italy.
Also joining the cast is veteran film, TV and theatre actor David Hayman (Macbeth).
In Finding Their Feet, when ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend she seeks refuge in London with her estranged, older sister. Sandra is a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial dating, free spirited...
- 9/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Richard Loncraine ("Five Flights Up," "My House in Umbria") is set to direct the romantic comedy-drama "Finding Your Feet" at Eclipse Films.
The story follows a middle-class, judgmental snob who finds her aspirational world turned upside down as she approaches retirement. Unable to deal with her predicament, she goes into exile with her estranged bohemian sister living in an inner-city project and a keen member of a senior citizens dance group.
Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard penned the script while the pair will produce alongside John Sachs and Andrew Berg. Filming begins in October on location in London and Venice.
Source: Variety...
The story follows a middle-class, judgmental snob who finds her aspirational world turned upside down as she approaches retirement. Unable to deal with her predicament, she goes into exile with her estranged bohemian sister living in an inner-city project and a keen member of a senior citizens dance group.
Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard penned the script while the pair will produce alongside John Sachs and Andrew Berg. Filming begins in October on location in London and Venice.
Source: Variety...
- 5/26/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Wimbledon director most recently made 5 Flights Up starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton.
Richard Loncraine has signed on to direct romantic comedy Finding Your Feet, centred on a woman whose life is turned upside-down as she enters retirement.
The film is written by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft (Urban Hymn, St. Trinian’s) and is produced by Dashishah Global Film Production, Eclipse Films and Powder Keg Pictures.
The shoot is scheduled to start in October on location in London and Venice. Regular Loncraine collaborator Irene Lamb is casting.
Loncraine, perhaps best known for directing Ian McKellen in Richard III (1995) and romcom Wimbledon (2004), most recently made 5 Flights Up, starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton, which was released in the Us earlier this month, distributed by Focus.
Finding Your Feet follows a middle class, judgmental snob who finds her aspirational world turned upside down as she approaches retirement. Unable to deal with the “shame” of her predicament she goes...
Richard Loncraine has signed on to direct romantic comedy Finding Your Feet, centred on a woman whose life is turned upside-down as she enters retirement.
The film is written by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft (Urban Hymn, St. Trinian’s) and is produced by Dashishah Global Film Production, Eclipse Films and Powder Keg Pictures.
The shoot is scheduled to start in October on location in London and Venice. Regular Loncraine collaborator Irene Lamb is casting.
Loncraine, perhaps best known for directing Ian McKellen in Richard III (1995) and romcom Wimbledon (2004), most recently made 5 Flights Up, starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton, which was released in the Us earlier this month, distributed by Focus.
Finding Your Feet follows a middle class, judgmental snob who finds her aspirational world turned upside down as she approaches retirement. Unable to deal with the “shame” of her predicament she goes...
- 5/26/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Shirley Henderson, Letitia Wright, Isabella Laughland star; Metro International to sell.
Shoot is underway in London on Michael Caton-Jones drama Urban Hymn, Nick Moorcroft’s (St. Trinian’s) script about the relationship between a young female offender and a determined social worker during the 2011 UK summer riots.
Shirley Henderson (Southcliffe) will star opposite Screen Star of Tomorrow Letitia Wright (Top Boy, My Brother The Devil) and Isabella Laughland (Now Is Good).
Additional cast includes Ian Hart, Steven Mackintosh and musician and activist Billy Bragg.
The coming of age story set in south-west London follows a wayward teen with a talent for singing who becomes torn between her loyalties towards an inspiring, unconventional care worker and her possessive and volatile best friend.
Caton-Jones commented: “I’m tremendously excited with the potential of Urban Hymn. Nick Moorcroft’s heartbreakingly beautiful screenplay perfectly captures a tale of hope and humanity and examines the transcendental nature of music in a cold...
Shoot is underway in London on Michael Caton-Jones drama Urban Hymn, Nick Moorcroft’s (St. Trinian’s) script about the relationship between a young female offender and a determined social worker during the 2011 UK summer riots.
Shirley Henderson (Southcliffe) will star opposite Screen Star of Tomorrow Letitia Wright (Top Boy, My Brother The Devil) and Isabella Laughland (Now Is Good).
Additional cast includes Ian Hart, Steven Mackintosh and musician and activist Billy Bragg.
The coming of age story set in south-west London follows a wayward teen with a talent for singing who becomes torn between her loyalties towards an inspiring, unconventional care worker and her possessive and volatile best friend.
Caton-Jones commented: “I’m tremendously excited with the potential of Urban Hymn. Nick Moorcroft’s heartbreakingly beautiful screenplay perfectly captures a tale of hope and humanity and examines the transcendental nature of music in a cold...
- 9/22/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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