LONDON -- Alastair Mackenzie, James Pearson and Charles Mnene have joined Dougray Scott in the cast of writer-director Richard Jobson's Scottish-set thriller New Town Killers.
Mackenzie (The Edge Of Love), Pearson (Control) and Mnene (Chromophobia) appear alongside Scott in the tale of two high-flying financial whiz kids who get their kicks hunting people on the margins of society.
Jobson, whose directorial debut, 16 Years of Alcohol, garnered plaudits on the international film festival circuit, has begun shooting in Edinburgh. He is producing with Luc Roeg of Independent.
Executive producers are Michael Robinson and Andrew Orr of Independent, Paul Martin and his banner Str8jacket Creations, Carole Sheridan at Scottish Screen and Sheryl Crown at government-backed agency Screen East
The film is backed by Independent, Str8jacket Creations, Scottish Screen and the Screen East Content Investment Fund in association with LipSync and the Glasgow Film Office.
Independent is handling worldwide sales.
Mackenzie (The Edge Of Love), Pearson (Control) and Mnene (Chromophobia) appear alongside Scott in the tale of two high-flying financial whiz kids who get their kicks hunting people on the margins of society.
Jobson, whose directorial debut, 16 Years of Alcohol, garnered plaudits on the international film festival circuit, has begun shooting in Edinburgh. He is producing with Luc Roeg of Independent.
Executive producers are Michael Robinson and Andrew Orr of Independent, Paul Martin and his banner Str8jacket Creations, Carole Sheridan at Scottish Screen and Sheryl Crown at government-backed agency Screen East
The film is backed by Independent, Str8jacket Creations, Scottish Screen and the Screen East Content Investment Fund in association with LipSync and the Glasgow Film Office.
Independent is handling worldwide sales.
- 3/31/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Film funding agency Scottish Screen said Thursday that chief executive Steve McIntyre plans to step down from the post when his contract ends in August. McIntyre has been with Scottish Screen for six-and-a-half years, first as head of production and development and in his current position for the past three years. A spokeswoman for Scottish Screen said McIntyre, who could not be reached, has not disclosed his plans. Advertising for a new chief executive will begin immediately. Scottish Screen, partly funded by United Kingdom lottery funds, is one of the most successful funding organizations in Britain with such credits as Young Adam, Morvern Callar, 16 Years of Alcohol and Dear Frankie.
- 6/25/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Dirty Pretty Things, which centers on an illegal Nigerian immigrant working as a night porter in a London hotel, walked off with the lion's share of this year's British Independent Film Awards. Things, directed by Stephen Frears, scooped up four nods at Tuesday night at London's Hammersmith Palais. The film picked up gongs for best British film and best director, screenplay (Steve Knight) and actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Olivia Williams received the best actress award for her role in The Heart of Me, beating out competition from her co-star Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Ashfield (This Little Life), Samantha Morton (In America) and Tilda Swinton (Young Adam). In the supporting actor category, Susan Lynch scored an award for her role in Richard Jobson's directorial debut, 16 Years of Alcohol.
- 11/5/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- The Heart of Me co-stars Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams will compete against each other for the best actress nod at the sixth annual British Independent Film Awards. Also nominated in the category, according to organizers Tuesday, are Kate Ashfield for This Little Life, Samantha Morton for In America, and Tilda Swinton for Young Adam. The prize is one of 17 awards to be presented Nov. 4 in a ceremony at the Hammersmith Palais. Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty Things leads the charge with seven nominations while 16 Years of Alcohol, directed by first-timer Richard Jobson and Gregor Jordan's Buffalo Soldiers picked up five nominations each. Dirty Pretty Things and Buffalo Soldiers will compete with 28 Days Later, Magdalene Sisters and Young Adam for this year's best British independent film crown.
- 9/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LOCARNO, Switzerland -- Scottish director-producer-writer Richard Jobson plans to put on his producer hat for The Night Before Christmas as his next film project. Jobson, who on Thursday jetted into Locarno for the film festival here to support the world premiere of Sixteen Years of Alcohol, said Christmas was written by Edinburgh-born playwright Anthony Neilson, who will also direct the movie. Neilson last directed the popular festival title The Debt Collector, starring Billy Connolly. Jobson said the project's £400,000 ($647,061) budget is fully financed, but he remained tight-lipped on the details because "it is like a jigsaw puzzle, and I don't want any of the pieces to fall out."...
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