Movie adaptation of BBC teen magazine show Friday Download to begin shooting this week.
Friday Download, the BAFTA-winning kids TV show that begins its eighth series on Cbbc in the UK next month, is to be adapted for the big screen.
The Friday Download Movie will begin a four-week shoot on Sept 6, primarily in Wales, in and around Swansea.
It will be directed by John Henderson (The Borrowers) and the script has been written by Toby Davies, who has penned British TV series such as Yonderland, Crackanory and Sorry I’ve Got No Head.
Producers are Pilot Media directors Jules Elvins and Dan Shepherd (Chalet Girl, Mr Nice), and Jeremy Salsby of Saltbeef TV, who created the show.
The film has been fully financed by Great Point Media, run by producers Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi Jnr.
International sales will be handled by Genesis Film Sales.
The TV series, which launched in 2011, is a weekly magazine show that...
Friday Download, the BAFTA-winning kids TV show that begins its eighth series on Cbbc in the UK next month, is to be adapted for the big screen.
The Friday Download Movie will begin a four-week shoot on Sept 6, primarily in Wales, in and around Swansea.
It will be directed by John Henderson (The Borrowers) and the script has been written by Toby Davies, who has penned British TV series such as Yonderland, Crackanory and Sorry I’ve Got No Head.
Producers are Pilot Media directors Jules Elvins and Dan Shepherd (Chalet Girl, Mr Nice), and Jeremy Salsby of Saltbeef TV, who created the show.
The film has been fully financed by Great Point Media, run by producers Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi Jnr.
International sales will be handled by Genesis Film Sales.
The TV series, which launched in 2011, is a weekly magazine show that...
- 9/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A film adaptation of the BAFTA-winning BBC teen magazine show "Friday Download" begins filming this week.
The show begins its eighth series on Cbbc in the UK next month. The weekly magazine show features several segments (aka 'Downloads') fronted by a different presenter. Each download features information on a variety of subjects.
The film version sees the gang head off on a holiday, where they are drawn to a creepy old mansion in the middle of nowhere. Current presents Dionne Bromfield, Richard Wisker, Shannon Flynn, George Sear, Bobby Lockwood and past presenters Tyger Drew Honey and Louisa Connelly-Burnham are also attached to star.
The four week shoot on the film will take place primarily in Wales, in and around Swansea. John Henderson ("The Borrowers") helms from a script by Toby Davies, while Jeremy Salsby, Jules Elvins and Dan Shepherd will produce.
Source: Screen...
The show begins its eighth series on Cbbc in the UK next month. The weekly magazine show features several segments (aka 'Downloads') fronted by a different presenter. Each download features information on a variety of subjects.
The film version sees the gang head off on a holiday, where they are drawn to a creepy old mansion in the middle of nowhere. Current presents Dionne Bromfield, Richard Wisker, Shannon Flynn, George Sear, Bobby Lockwood and past presenters Tyger Drew Honey and Louisa Connelly-Burnham are also attached to star.
The four week shoot on the film will take place primarily in Wales, in and around Swansea. John Henderson ("The Borrowers") helms from a script by Toby Davies, while Jeremy Salsby, Jules Elvins and Dan Shepherd will produce.
Source: Screen...
- 9/3/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Penelope Wilton talks about the effect Downton Abbey's success has had on her career, the importance of actors listening to each other and why dressing up for premieres is her idea of hell
What first drew you to acting?
It's difficult to know: there was none in my childhood, but I was always fascinated by the theatre. I saw the original production of West Side Story when I was about 10, and felt like I was stepping into a whole other world.
What was your big breakthrough?
Meeting the director Stuart Burge: he gave me my first job, at Nottingham Playhouse. I'd been writing to agents and theatres for a year after drama school (1), and never had any replies. Then Stuart gave me a job on a children's theatre tour. After that, my life in the theatre built up gradually.
Stage or screen: which is more challenging?
Theatre for an actor,...
What first drew you to acting?
It's difficult to know: there was none in my childhood, but I was always fascinated by the theatre. I saw the original production of West Side Story when I was about 10, and felt like I was stepping into a whole other world.
What was your big breakthrough?
Meeting the director Stuart Burge: he gave me my first job, at Nottingham Playhouse. I'd been writing to agents and theatres for a year after drama school (1), and never had any replies. Then Stuart gave me a job on a children's theatre tour. After that, my life in the theatre built up gradually.
Stage or screen: which is more challenging?
Theatre for an actor,...
- 11/20/2013
- by Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
The Hobbit is finally upon us, and with it, the next step (or misstep) in tentpole movies – 48 Frames Per Second. Even before the film is released, we’re hearing complaints – the most common being that it looks like video and that it causes motion sickness – while exhibitors haven’t exactly embraced the technology with relatively few daring to show the film in its native format. Is all this criticism fair? Or will we be seeing exhibitors clamouring over one another to offer next year’s instalment of the film in High Frame Rate?
Before we get any further into the arguments for and against the technology, it’s probably worth exploring a bit of the science behind it.
When we look at an object, we don’t see all of it. Our eyes scan around it in tiny, imperceptible movements, building up a picture through persistence of vision. These tiny eye movements,...
Before we get any further into the arguments for and against the technology, it’s probably worth exploring a bit of the science behind it.
When we look at an object, we don’t see all of it. Our eyes scan around it in tiny, imperceptible movements, building up a picture through persistence of vision. These tiny eye movements,...
- 12/13/2012
- by Ben Mortimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
British screenwriter Richard Carpenter has died at the age of 78.
Carpenter, best known as the creator of kids' TV series Catweazle, passed away after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.
He worked as an actor in the 1960s, before going on to write all 26 episodes of 1970s cult show Catweazle, for which he scooped a Writers Guild award for Best Children's TV Drama Script.
Carpenter went on to write the 1980s TV show Robin of Sherwood, which starred Michael Praed and then Sir Sean Connery's son Jason in the title role.
His credits also include work on The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Famous Five, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, and a TV adaptation of The Borrowers.
Carpenter was honoured with a Children's Bafta award in 2000.
Carpenter, best known as the creator of kids' TV series Catweazle, passed away after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.
He worked as an actor in the 1960s, before going on to write all 26 episodes of 1970s cult show Catweazle, for which he scooped a Writers Guild award for Best Children's TV Drama Script.
Carpenter went on to write the 1980s TV show Robin of Sherwood, which starred Michael Praed and then Sir Sean Connery's son Jason in the title role.
His credits also include work on The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Famous Five, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, and a TV adaptation of The Borrowers.
Carpenter was honoured with a Children's Bafta award in 2000.
- 3/1/2012
- WENN
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Can “Catweazle” find an audience in the States?
We’re going to find out soon enough, as a planned adaptation of the popular book and television series, which earned huge U.K. audiences and spread its influence over more than 50 countries, is moving forward, according to THR.
The series, created by Richard Carpenter, centered around a crotchety old wizard named Catweazle, who accidentally travels back to 1969 and, with the help of a young boy named Carrot, tries to figure out how to get home.
THR reports that BAFTA winner John Henderson (“The Borrowers”) will direct the feature for
Intandem Films.
Intandem director Andrew Brown described Catweazle as “a classic and timeless ‘fish out of water’ story and will be a delightful, modern family romp.”
More on “Catweazle” casting and release dates as they develop.
Follow Hollywood News on Twitter for up-to-date news information.
Hollywood News,...
Hollywoodnews.com: Can “Catweazle” find an audience in the States?
We’re going to find out soon enough, as a planned adaptation of the popular book and television series, which earned huge U.K. audiences and spread its influence over more than 50 countries, is moving forward, according to THR.
The series, created by Richard Carpenter, centered around a crotchety old wizard named Catweazle, who accidentally travels back to 1969 and, with the help of a young boy named Carrot, tries to figure out how to get home.
THR reports that BAFTA winner John Henderson (“The Borrowers”) will direct the feature for
Intandem Films.
Intandem director Andrew Brown described Catweazle as “a classic and timeless ‘fish out of water’ story and will be a delightful, modern family romp.”
More on “Catweazle” casting and release dates as they develop.
Follow Hollywood News on Twitter for up-to-date news information.
Hollywood News,...
- 12/20/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
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