Production due to start in September.
Jeff Goldblum has joined Asa Butterfield in the cast of Tony Hagger’s spy comedy The Liar, adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Stephen Fry.
Shooting on the film will begin in Cambridge and London in late September, produced by Guy de Beaujeu for the UK’s Fluidity Films.
The film is a spy comedy detailing the irreverent life of a young man as negotiates school and then Cambridge University.
Goldblum will play a mysterious English professor at Cambridge, who may be looking to recruit the protagonist (played by Butterfield) as a spy.
Jeff Goldblum has joined Asa Butterfield in the cast of Tony Hagger’s spy comedy The Liar, adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Stephen Fry.
Shooting on the film will begin in Cambridge and London in late September, produced by Guy de Beaujeu for the UK’s Fluidity Films.
The film is a spy comedy detailing the irreverent life of a young man as negotiates school and then Cambridge University.
Goldblum will play a mysterious English professor at Cambridge, who may be looking to recruit the protagonist (played by Butterfield) as a spy.
- 8/4/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Jeff Goldblum has signed up to star opposite Asa Butterfield in The Liar, a film adaptation of Stephen Fry’s semi-autobiographical novel that will shoot in the UK next month.
Goldblum will play Cambridge don Donald Trefusis in the pic, which will be directed by Tony Hagger, who also penned the adaptation. Fluidity Films’ Guy de Beaujeu (Journey’s End) is producing. Metro International Entertainment is handling world sales.
Story is an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age spy caper detailing the reckless, irreverent life of Adrian Healey as he negotiates school and Cambridge university. It is at Cambridge that Adrian meets the mysterious professor of English Trefusis, who may or may not be a spy and may or may not have recruited Adrian.
“I hiccupped with delight when I heard that Jeff Goldblum had accepted the role of Donald Trefusis,” Stephen Fry told Deadline. “That uniquely perfect mixture of authority, eccentricity, intelligence, humour...
Goldblum will play Cambridge don Donald Trefusis in the pic, which will be directed by Tony Hagger, who also penned the adaptation. Fluidity Films’ Guy de Beaujeu (Journey’s End) is producing. Metro International Entertainment is handling world sales.
Story is an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age spy caper detailing the reckless, irreverent life of Adrian Healey as he negotiates school and Cambridge university. It is at Cambridge that Adrian meets the mysterious professor of English Trefusis, who may or may not be a spy and may or may not have recruited Adrian.
“I hiccupped with delight when I heard that Jeff Goldblum had accepted the role of Donald Trefusis,” Stephen Fry told Deadline. “That uniquely perfect mixture of authority, eccentricity, intelligence, humour...
- 8/3/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
On March 26 1969, on a quiet country road outside Biloxi, Mississippi, John Kennedy Toole took his own life. Aged just 31, the literary professor and author left behind two unpublished novels. Over the course of the next decade, Toole’s grieving mother Thelma dedicated her life to ensuring the second of these, “A Confederacy Of Dunces,” found publication. Eventually, she succeeded, and the New Orleans-set picaresque tale of slovenly philosopher and medievalist Ignatius J. Reilly went on to sell over two million copies and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981, making Toole one of only three writers to win the prize posthumously.
Almost as much as the book itself, readers were intrigued by the unique journey the novel took to publication, with a flamboyant yet grief-stricken mother dedicating what remained of her life to ensuring her son’s genius was recognized by the world.
Inevitably, with such a successful novel and such a compelling lead character,...
Almost as much as the book itself, readers were intrigued by the unique journey the novel took to publication, with a flamboyant yet grief-stricken mother dedicating what remained of her life to ensuring her son’s genius was recognized by the world.
Inevitably, with such a successful novel and such a compelling lead character,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Nathan O'Hagan
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Asa Butterfield should have been shooting Season 3 of Sex Education when he sat down with Deadline last month, but like so many other things, the Netflix hit series has been put on ice by coronavirus. His loss was our gain.
Netflix has a hopeful August shoot date, but in the meantime, London-based Butterfield has been occupying himself reading scripts, building a videogame, devouring Mad Men, and writing his first TV script. Perhaps it’s no surprise that a man who has been busy all of his life has remained productive during lockdown.
Butterfield has been on our screens since he was eight years old, starting out on British TV shows like Ashes To Ashes, he soon found himself leading two features in the shape of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. Since then, he has worked with the likes of Harrison Ford on Ender’s Game...
Netflix has a hopeful August shoot date, but in the meantime, London-based Butterfield has been occupying himself reading scripts, building a videogame, devouring Mad Men, and writing his first TV script. Perhaps it’s no surprise that a man who has been busy all of his life has remained productive during lockdown.
Butterfield has been on our screens since he was eight years old, starting out on British TV shows like Ashes To Ashes, he soon found himself leading two features in the shape of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. Since then, he has worked with the likes of Harrison Ford on Ender’s Game...
- 6/30/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
If you've been analyzing True Detective season three frame by frame like we have, chances are you've noticed a familiar face. No, we're not referring to Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. We're actually talking about one of our favorite breakout stars, Brandon Flynn.
Our beloved reformed bad boy from 13 Reasons Why has been popping up in the third season of the crime show, and we think there's a possibility he might be around for a few more episodes. Flynn plays Ryan Peters, a teenage boy who hangs with a troublesome crowd. On the day Julie and Will Purcell go missing, witness testimony reveals Peters and his two friends crossed paths with the two children. Following the children's disappearance, Peters is brought in for questioning, and he is interrogated about his Black Sabbath T-shirt (to determine his interest in the occult). While Flynn is only listed in the first two episodes of True Detective on IMDb,...
Our beloved reformed bad boy from 13 Reasons Why has been popping up in the third season of the crime show, and we think there's a possibility he might be around for a few more episodes. Flynn plays Ryan Peters, a teenage boy who hangs with a troublesome crowd. On the day Julie and Will Purcell go missing, witness testimony reveals Peters and his two friends crossed paths with the two children. Following the children's disappearance, Peters is brought in for questioning, and he is interrogated about his Black Sabbath T-shirt (to determine his interest in the occult). While Flynn is only listed in the first two episodes of True Detective on IMDb,...
- 1/21/2019
- by Hannah Abrams
- Popsugar.com
UK CEO of Studiocanal to open 10th edition of industry event.
Danny Perkins, UK CEO of Studiocanal, will deliver this year’s keynote address at the tenth Production Finance Market (Pfm).
Opening the market on October 12, Perkins will offer some 200 producers, financiers and Lff industry delegates insight into his work overseeing the production and distribution of theatrical and home entertainment releases, including Paddington, The Imitation Game, The Hurt Locker and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Taking place as part of the 60th BFI London Film Festival, the Pfm involves two days of intensive ‘speed dating’ sessions for international producers and financiers who are seeking to ink deals, get films made and identify future business partners.
Potential investors at this year’s Pfm include Bac Films, Bankside Films, Embankment Films, Entertainment One, Lionsgate, Mubi, the National Bank of Canada, Pacific Mercantile Bank and Universal Pictures He Content Group, while titles hoping to secure further finance include the The Liar (A-z Films...
Danny Perkins, UK CEO of Studiocanal, will deliver this year’s keynote address at the tenth Production Finance Market (Pfm).
Opening the market on October 12, Perkins will offer some 200 producers, financiers and Lff industry delegates insight into his work overseeing the production and distribution of theatrical and home entertainment releases, including Paddington, The Imitation Game, The Hurt Locker and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Taking place as part of the 60th BFI London Film Festival, the Pfm involves two days of intensive ‘speed dating’ sessions for international producers and financiers who are seeking to ink deals, get films made and identify future business partners.
Potential investors at this year’s Pfm include Bac Films, Bankside Films, Embankment Films, Entertainment One, Lionsgate, Mubi, the National Bank of Canada, Pacific Mercantile Bank and Universal Pictures He Content Group, while titles hoping to secure further finance include the The Liar (A-z Films...
- 9/27/2016
- ScreenDaily
In the 1990s, while he was still blossoming into the flower of National Treasure he is currently, Stephen Fry turned his attention to a series of novels. The Liar was published first, an account of a public schoolboy whose proficiency in the fibbing department opens up a marvellous fictional world of espionage. Fry also dabbled
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- 9/24/2015
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stephen Fry's new audiobook has become an online bestseller in just one day.
The British writer and funnyman's The Dongle of Donald Trefusis was released as a download through iTunes.com on Tuesday and it's already topping charts around the globe.
In a day, it shot into the top five Top Albums in iTunes' UK and New Zealand stores, and it's already currently the number one spoken word album in United States iTunes' store.
With The Dongle of Donald Trefusis, Fry reprises a favourite character from his novel The Liar, which he wrote almost 20 years ago.
The British writer and funnyman's The Dongle of Donald Trefusis was released as a download through iTunes.com on Tuesday and it's already topping charts around the globe.
In a day, it shot into the top five Top Albums in iTunes' UK and New Zealand stores, and it's already currently the number one spoken word album in United States iTunes' store.
With The Dongle of Donald Trefusis, Fry reprises a favourite character from his novel The Liar, which he wrote almost 20 years ago.
- 5/28/2009
- WENN
Stephen Fry is to star in a movie adaptation of his own book The Liar, according to ScreenDaily. Published in 1991, Fry's debut novel centres on Adrian Healey, the titular liar who unreliably narrates the story and struggles to declare his love for Hugo Cartwright. Skins actor Nicholas Hoult has been cast as Adrian, while Fry will play his uncle. Sir Ian McKellen is also among the cast. First-time feature helmer Tony Hagger will produce and direct the movie (more)...
- 5/22/2009
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Stephen Fry will bring his novel, The Liar to the big screen with himself in a starring role, Screen International reports. One of Britain's most beloved comedians, Fry wrote The Liar in 1991 and will executive produce the big-screen adaptation. The titular "liar" is Adrian Healey, who narrates the book and is responsible for several erroneous passages in it -- we learn that he's lying to the reader as well as other characters. It's a tale of the unrequited love of his life and meanders from his days in public school through his life as an adult. Fry will play...
- 5/22/2009
- Rotten Tomatoes
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