The reading will star Celia Keenan-Bolger as 'Kate Quin,' Laura Benanti as 'Samantha Stewart,' Merritt Wever as 'Holly Caplan,' Lisa Joyce as 'Muffet Dinicola,' Aya Cash as 'Rita Altabel,' Lisa Kron as 'Mrs. Plumm,' Jenni Barber as 'Susie Friend,' Tracee Chimoas 'Carter,' and Cristin Milioti as 'Leilah,' with Byron Jennings as 'The Male Voice' andMelissa Ross as 'Narrator Stage Directions'.
- 4/11/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
A new series of 'Foyle's War' is to begin shooting in Ireland later this year, it has been confirmed. UK-based Eleventh Hour Films will produce the new series alongside Irish co-production partners Octagon Films. Jill Green, founder of Eleventh Hour Films, will executive produce alongside Ronan Flynn of Octagon. The series will be produced by British producer Jeremy Gilt, who has previously executive produced 'Ballykissangel' in Ireland. The new series, the eighth from creator Anthony Horowitz, will once again see actor Michael Kitchen reprise the role of detective chief superintendent Christopher Foyle with Honeysuckle Weeks (The Wicker Tree) expected to return to the role of Samantha Stewart. Horowitz will write the first and third film with David Kane set to pen the second film.
- 7/31/2012
- IFTN
The Wicker Tree has 'jokey bits, sex and a very horrific ending', says returning director Robin Hardy, who admits to schadenfreude at Hollywood remake's failure
Though it was the victim of a takeover at its film company when it was first released in 1973, and earned its director Robin Hardy just £5,000, The Wicker Man has become a cult classic.
The story of a Scottish policeman investigating the disappearance of a girl among a pagan community in the Highlands, it has inspired an academic conference, a musical, several parodies, "singalong" screenings across the country, songs by Pulp and Iron Maiden and a disastrous 2006 remake directed by Neil Labute and starring Nicolas Cage.
In 2010 the Guardian listed it as the fourth greatest horror film of all time. Now, 39 years on, Hardy has released The Wicker Tree, which revisits the territory he explored to such disturbing effect. Having played at some festivals in the Us last year,...
Though it was the victim of a takeover at its film company when it was first released in 1973, and earned its director Robin Hardy just £5,000, The Wicker Man has become a cult classic.
The story of a Scottish policeman investigating the disappearance of a girl among a pagan community in the Highlands, it has inspired an academic conference, a musical, several parodies, "singalong" screenings across the country, songs by Pulp and Iron Maiden and a disastrous 2006 remake directed by Neil Labute and starring Nicolas Cage.
In 2010 the Guardian listed it as the fourth greatest horror film of all time. Now, 39 years on, Hardy has released The Wicker Tree, which revisits the territory he explored to such disturbing effect. Having played at some festivals in the Us last year,...
- 4/2/2012
- by Alex Needham
- The Guardian - Film News
Foyle's War will return with a new series, ITV has confirmed. The three new two-hour films will be set shortly after the end of World War Two, the broadcaster revealed today. Michael Kitchen will return as Foyle, who will take on a new role as a Senior Intelligence Officer and become immersed in the world of espionage. The stories are all said to be based on true stories from 1946 onwards. "It's great to be wanted and a pleasure to be back," Kitchen said. Honeysuckle Weeks is expected to reprise her role as Samantha Stewart, while writer Anthony Horowitz will return to pen the scripts. "I have returned to Foyle's (more)...
- 2/23/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
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