When Rebecca Ferguson revealed earlier this year that she had to stand up to an “idiot” co-star after they belittled her in front of the cast and crew – ultimately telling this unknown star to “f off” – a frenzy began in trying to figure out who the mystery was. Sadly, her overall point was missed by many in the process.
As Rebecca Ferguson told Jess Cagle (via The Hollywood Reporter), “The point of the interview wasn’t about finding the person — of course, people will be interested. But I was excited about the question, which was a very good question…Because the point was: Is there a point in your career where you were treated in a way where you changed your decision on — this is how I formulated it in myself — where you want change, or you will not accept it? And it was such a clear moment for me working with this person.
As Rebecca Ferguson told Jess Cagle (via The Hollywood Reporter), “The point of the interview wasn’t about finding the person — of course, people will be interested. But I was excited about the question, which was a very good question…Because the point was: Is there a point in your career where you were treated in a way where you changed your decision on — this is how I formulated it in myself — where you want change, or you will not accept it? And it was such a clear moment for me working with this person.
- 4/14/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Len Rowles, head of development at UK sales, finance and production outfit Protagonist Pictures, is joining environmentally-focused development fund Climate Spring as head of scripted, film and international.
Climate Spring was founded in 2020 by Lucy Stone, Josh Cockroft and James Durrant to offer development funding, editorial consultation, research and community building to climate-focused film and TV projects.
“The screen industries are uniquely placed to shine a light on the root causes of the climate crisis and illuminate existing and future solutions to inspire wide audiences,” said Rowles, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016.
At Protagonist, Rowles spearheaded the company’s...
Climate Spring was founded in 2020 by Lucy Stone, Josh Cockroft and James Durrant to offer development funding, editorial consultation, research and community building to climate-focused film and TV projects.
“The screen industries are uniquely placed to shine a light on the root causes of the climate crisis and illuminate existing and future solutions to inspire wide audiences,” said Rowles, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016.
At Protagonist, Rowles spearheaded the company’s...
- 4/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
Dune: Part Two star Rebecca Ferguson recently revealed that she was screamed at on the set of a film early in her career by a huge star. The actress mentioned that she later told the star to “F off” after the altercation and refused to work with them, which drew flack from the producers as the other actor was ‘Call Sheet No.1’.
While Ferguson did not reveal who the screamer was, the Internet has gone with speculations. The actress assured that it was neither Tom Cruise nor Hugh Jackman while Dwayne Johnson, her Hercules co-star seemingly cleared his name. A recent clip with Star Wars star Ewan McGregor showed Ferguson being extremely comfortable with the actor, clearing his name too.
Rebecca Ferguson Got Screamed At On Set By An A-Lister Rebecca Ferguson in Dune: Part Two
Swedish star Rebecca Ferguson has starred in many blockbusters in her career. Moving to...
While Ferguson did not reveal who the screamer was, the Internet has gone with speculations. The actress assured that it was neither Tom Cruise nor Hugh Jackman while Dwayne Johnson, her Hercules co-star seemingly cleared his name. A recent clip with Star Wars star Ewan McGregor showed Ferguson being extremely comfortable with the actor, clearing his name too.
Rebecca Ferguson Got Screamed At On Set By An A-Lister Rebecca Ferguson in Dune: Part Two
Swedish star Rebecca Ferguson has starred in many blockbusters in her career. Moving to...
- 2/29/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Update: Well, we can scratch Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson off the list of suspects (not that anyone really thought it was him). Rebecca Ferguson’s former co-star (from Hercules) hit X earlier today, posting: “Hate seeing this but love seeing her stand up to bullshit. Rebecca was my guardian angel sent from heaven on our set. I love that woman. I’d like to find out who did this.”
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Original Post:
Working with divas who think they’re better than the rest of the people on set can never be easy. Standing up to them must be even harder. But Rebecca Ferguson has done both, revealing that she was berated in front of the crew but retaliated by telling them to “f off.”
Speaking on Reign with Josh Smith, Rebecca Ferguson remembered, “I did a film with an absolute idiot of a co-star. This person would...
The list gets smaller…
Original Post:
Working with divas who think they’re better than the rest of the people on set can never be easy. Standing up to them must be even harder. But Rebecca Ferguson has done both, revealing that she was berated in front of the crew but retaliated by telling them to “f off.”
Speaking on Reign with Josh Smith, Rebecca Ferguson remembered, “I did a film with an absolute idiot of a co-star. This person would...
- 2/28/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
McCracken will still be involved with his long-gestating Alexander McQueen project.
After 23 years producing films in the UK, French mini-major Pathe will close its UK theatrical film distribution business by the end of 2023 to focus on the development and production of scripted TV series under managing director Faith Penhale.
Cameron McCracken, head of film at Pathe UK, is retiring but will remain involved with several ongoing projects at Pathe including a film about Alexander McQueen to be directed by Oliver Hermanus.
The roles of three key people are being made redundant: Lee Bye, long-time head of theatrical distribution and technical,...
After 23 years producing films in the UK, French mini-major Pathe will close its UK theatrical film distribution business by the end of 2023 to focus on the development and production of scripted TV series under managing director Faith Penhale.
Cameron McCracken, head of film at Pathe UK, is retiring but will remain involved with several ongoing projects at Pathe including a film about Alexander McQueen to be directed by Oliver Hermanus.
The roles of three key people are being made redundant: Lee Bye, long-time head of theatrical distribution and technical,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
The History® Channel brings history-shaping presidential legacies to life when The Presidential Legacy Collection: Theodore Roosevelt & Fdr arrives on DVD October 17 from Lionsgate. Executive producer and esteemed author Doris Kearns Goodwin brings her astute and thorough knowledge of the lives of two epochal presidents to bear on these acclaimed miniseries, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper. Starring Rufus Jones (TV’s “W1A”) as Theodore Roosevelt in both series, with Christian McKay portraying Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Alice Bounsall (The Lehman Trilogy) as Eleanor Roosevelt in the “Fdr” miniseries, The Presidential Legacy Collection: Theodore Roosevelt & Fdr will be available for the suggested retail prices of $14.98 for DVD.
Official Synopsis
Executive produced by world-renowned historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin along with Leonardo DiCaprio (the Theodore Roosevelt series) and Bradley Cooper (the Franklin Delano Roosevelt series), these acclaimed History® Channel miniseries explore the era-defining, indelible impact of two of America’s most iconic presidents.
Official Synopsis
Executive produced by world-renowned historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin along with Leonardo DiCaprio (the Theodore Roosevelt series) and Bradley Cooper (the Franklin Delano Roosevelt series), these acclaimed History® Channel miniseries explore the era-defining, indelible impact of two of America’s most iconic presidents.
- 9/10/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
Emma D’Arcy’s first-ever short film “The Talent”, which is still in post-production, has already been nominated for an award in the Best British category at next month’s Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Cardiff, Wales, where the winners will be announced.
The “House of the Dragon” star produced the 15-minute film, which they also star in as Tommy — “a transmasculine production assistant, assigned as a dogsbody to cater to the caffeine needs of the cast and crew working on a high-end car commercial,” as per Deadline.
Read More: Emma D’Arcy Says First Golden Globe Nod Came After They ‘Stopped Pretending’ To Present Female
“I was really excited to play Tommy,” D’Arcy told the outlet of their blue-streaked hair character in a written statement after they declined an interview due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. “He’s a beautifully sympathetic character, striving, fumbling, deeply self-conscious, constantly misstepping.
The “House of the Dragon” star produced the 15-minute film, which they also star in as Tommy — “a transmasculine production assistant, assigned as a dogsbody to cater to the caffeine needs of the cast and crew working on a high-end car commercial,” as per Deadline.
Read More: Emma D’Arcy Says First Golden Globe Nod Came After They ‘Stopped Pretending’ To Present Female
“I was really excited to play Tommy,” D’Arcy told the outlet of their blue-streaked hair character in a written statement after they declined an interview due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. “He’s a beautifully sympathetic character, striving, fumbling, deeply self-conscious, constantly misstepping.
- 9/8/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Exclusive: House of the Dragon star Emma D’Arcy has produced their first short film with production partner Ellen Spence (The Essex Serpent) at new shingle Second Name Productions.
The 15-minute movie, titled The Talent and barely out of post-production, has already been nominated in the Best British category at the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, sponsored by Film4 and Pinewood Studios. Winners will be revealed next month at the festival in Cardiff, Wales.
D’Arcy, who plays Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, takes on a character with no royal connections whatsoever in The Talent.
They play Tommy, described as a transmasculine production assistant, assigned as a dogsbody to cater to the caffeine needs of the cast and crew working on a high-end car commercial. “I was really excited to play Tommy,” D’Arcy told this column in a written statement (they declined...
The 15-minute movie, titled The Talent and barely out of post-production, has already been nominated in the Best British category at the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, sponsored by Film4 and Pinewood Studios. Winners will be revealed next month at the festival in Cardiff, Wales.
D’Arcy, who plays Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, takes on a character with no royal connections whatsoever in The Talent.
They play Tommy, described as a transmasculine production assistant, assigned as a dogsbody to cater to the caffeine needs of the cast and crew working on a high-end car commercial. “I was really excited to play Tommy,” D’Arcy told this column in a written statement (they declined...
- 9/7/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
New images from Kristin Scott Thomas’ North Star (formally My Mother’s Wedding), have dropped. The film will have its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and is the directorial debut for Thomas. She also co-wrote the screenplay with John Micklethwait.
The cast includes Academy award nominee Scarlett Johansson, BAFTA award nominee Sienna Miller, and Cannes Best Actress winner Emily Beecham, who play the sisters. Academy award nominee and BAFTA award-winner Scott Thomas plays Diana Frost, their mother.
North Star follows three sisters from very different walks of life return to their childhood home to celebrate a momentous event: the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana (Kristin Scott Thomas). As the weekend unfolds in unexpected ways, Katherine (Scarlett Johansson), a Captain in the Royal Navy; Victoria (Sienna Miller), a Hollywood star; and Georgina (Emily Beecham), a palliative nurse,...
The cast includes Academy award nominee Scarlett Johansson, BAFTA award nominee Sienna Miller, and Cannes Best Actress winner Emily Beecham, who play the sisters. Academy award nominee and BAFTA award-winner Scott Thomas plays Diana Frost, their mother.
North Star follows three sisters from very different walks of life return to their childhood home to celebrate a momentous event: the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana (Kristin Scott Thomas). As the weekend unfolds in unexpected ways, Katherine (Scarlett Johansson), a Captain in the Royal Navy; Victoria (Sienna Miller), a Hollywood star; and Georgina (Emily Beecham), a palliative nurse,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Carl Davis, an American-born conductor and composer who had lived in the UK since 1961, has died in Oxford. He was 86.
BAFTA-winner Davis composed music for more than 100 TV programs, created new scores for the concert performance of silent movies, and wrote many ballet and concert works.
He was best known for his work on hit BBC TV series Pride & Prejudice (1995), starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, and movies including The French Lieutenant’s Woman (for which he won a BAFTA), starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, and Florence Foster Jenkins, also starring Streep.
Davis, who was born in Brooklyn in 1936, also provided the original music for popular UK documentary history series The World at War (1973) for Thames Television and conducted the BBC’s theme song for their coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
In the late 1970s, Davis was commissioned to create music for a restored version of Abel Gance’s silent epic Napoleon.
BAFTA-winner Davis composed music for more than 100 TV programs, created new scores for the concert performance of silent movies, and wrote many ballet and concert works.
He was best known for his work on hit BBC TV series Pride & Prejudice (1995), starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, and movies including The French Lieutenant’s Woman (for which he won a BAFTA), starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, and Florence Foster Jenkins, also starring Streep.
Davis, who was born in Brooklyn in 1936, also provided the original music for popular UK documentary history series The World at War (1973) for Thames Television and conducted the BBC’s theme song for their coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
In the late 1970s, Davis was commissioned to create music for a restored version of Abel Gance’s silent epic Napoleon.
- 8/3/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren is Golda Meir, Israel’s first female Prime Minister, in the new trailer for Bleeker Street’s Golda.
Written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), Golda is a ticking-clock thriller – sharing the intensely dramatic events, high-stake responsibilities, and controversial decisions that Meir – also known as the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ – faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren), faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber), with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.
Camille Cottin plays Lou Kaddar, Golda’s long-time personal assistant, who stood beside her throughout the war.
When the film was announced...
Written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), Golda is a ticking-clock thriller – sharing the intensely dramatic events, high-stake responsibilities, and controversial decisions that Meir – also known as the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ – faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren), faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber), with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.
Camille Cottin plays Lou Kaddar, Golda’s long-time personal assistant, who stood beside her throughout the war.
When the film was announced...
- 7/25/2023
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hugh Grant is worried about the state of making movies. His complaints aren’t so much about the final products themselves, but the culture around them. His latest movie is a hit, but he’s looking for more than good business results out of his moviemaking experience.
The Love Actually actor thinks there’s been a cultural shift on movie sets. Actors don’t develop the same camaraderie they once did, nor the same romances According to Grant, there is a very simple habit to blame for this change.
Hugh Grant is a seasoned leading man Hugh Grant attends the Mexico City premiere of Paramount Pictures’ and eOne’s “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” I Antonio Torres/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
Grant would know if there has been a cultural shift on movie sets. The 62-year-old actor has been working in film since the 1982 whodunit Privileged. That Oxford University...
The Love Actually actor thinks there’s been a cultural shift on movie sets. Actors don’t develop the same camaraderie they once did, nor the same romances According to Grant, there is a very simple habit to blame for this change.
Hugh Grant is a seasoned leading man Hugh Grant attends the Mexico City premiere of Paramount Pictures’ and eOne’s “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” I Antonio Torres/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
Grant would know if there has been a cultural shift on movie sets. The 62-year-old actor has been working in film since the 1982 whodunit Privileged. That Oxford University...
- 4/15/2023
- by Agustin Mojica
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Israeli director Guy Nattiv has defended his casting of non-Jewish actress Helen Mirren as iconic Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in his biopic Golda, which world premieres at the Berlin Film Festival on Monday.
UK actress Maureen Lipman kicked off a debate around the issue in early 2022 when she publicly criticized the casting of Mirren in the role of Meir.
She said the stateswoman’s Jewishness was “integral” to her character and commented that Ben Kingsley would never have been cast to play Nelson Mandela. Mirren later said that Lipman had a point.
Talking at the film’s Berlin press conference, Nattiv said he had instinctively felt Mirren was right for the role from their very first meeting.
“I can tell it from my point of view as a director. When I met Helen in my house, I felt like I was meeting a family member, like an aunt. I...
UK actress Maureen Lipman kicked off a debate around the issue in early 2022 when she publicly criticized the casting of Mirren in the role of Meir.
She said the stateswoman’s Jewishness was “integral” to her character and commented that Ben Kingsley would never have been cast to play Nelson Mandela. Mirren later said that Lipman had a point.
Talking at the film’s Berlin press conference, Nattiv said he had instinctively felt Mirren was right for the role from their very first meeting.
“I can tell it from my point of view as a director. When I met Helen in my house, I felt like I was meeting a family member, like an aunt. I...
- 2/20/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Hugh Grant is primarily recognized for his portrayal of endearingly clumsy English romantic leads. It would be disrespectful to someone who is brilliant and has worked in other genres to label him as a “one-trick pony.” Both the Dungeons & Dragons remake and the next Guy Ritchie comedy, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, will include him in the near future. Let’s look at ten of his most memorable roles, some of which will inevitably be in rom-com. 10. Florence Foster Jenkins The biographical comedy Florence Foster Jenkins is a joy. Meryl Streep stars as the philanthropic New York billionaire Florence
The Top 10 Best Hugh Grant Movies...
The Top 10 Best Hugh Grant Movies...
- 12/6/2022
- by David Coulson
- TVovermind.com
The first look image from My Mother’s Wedding, the directorial debut from Kristin Scott Thomas, has been released. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, and Emily Beecham.
Principle photography on the film — which Scott Thomas co-wrote with John Micklethwait — has been completed. The film follows the story of three sisters who return to their childhood home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana. The three daughters now lead very different lives: Georgina, a palliative nurse; Victoria, a Hollywood star; and Katherine, a captain in the Royal Navy. Over the weekend, the family gathers to celebrate a new marriage, but mother and daughters alike are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests.
The cast includes Academy award nominee Scarlett Johansson, BAFTA award nominee Sienna Miller, and Cannes Best Actress winner Emily Beecham, who play the sisters. Academy award nominee and BAFTA award-winner Scott Thomas plays Diana Frost, their mother.
This marks the third time Scott Thomas and Johansson have played mother and daughter since 1998’s The Horse Whisperer.
“I have wanted to direct for a long time and it was thrilling to create this fictional family using my own childhood memories as a springboard,” said Kristin Scott Thomas. “Directing and acting with such talented actresses and reuniting with Scarlett Johansson has been exhilarating.”
The cast is filled out by BAFTA award nominee, Freida Pinto, Sindhu Vee, Joshua McGuire, Mark Stanley, Thibault de Montalembert and Samson Kayo.
Additional credits include director of photography Yves Belanger, BAFTA award-winning Production Designer Andrew McAlpine, Casting Director Lucy Bevan, Editor Gary Dollner, Costume Designer Sinead Kidao, and Academy award nominated Hair and Make-Up Designer Daniel Phillips.
CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing for the film, represents domestic rights.
Principle photography on the film — which Scott Thomas co-wrote with John Micklethwait — has been completed. The film follows the story of three sisters who return to their childhood home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana. The three daughters now lead very different lives: Georgina, a palliative nurse; Victoria, a Hollywood star; and Katherine, a captain in the Royal Navy. Over the weekend, the family gathers to celebrate a new marriage, but mother and daughters alike are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests.
The cast includes Academy award nominee Scarlett Johansson, BAFTA award nominee Sienna Miller, and Cannes Best Actress winner Emily Beecham, who play the sisters. Academy award nominee and BAFTA award-winner Scott Thomas plays Diana Frost, their mother.
This marks the third time Scott Thomas and Johansson have played mother and daughter since 1998’s The Horse Whisperer.
“I have wanted to direct for a long time and it was thrilling to create this fictional family using my own childhood memories as a springboard,” said Kristin Scott Thomas. “Directing and acting with such talented actresses and reuniting with Scarlett Johansson has been exhilarating.”
The cast is filled out by BAFTA award nominee, Freida Pinto, Sindhu Vee, Joshua McGuire, Mark Stanley, Thibault de Montalembert and Samson Kayo.
Additional credits include director of photography Yves Belanger, BAFTA award-winning Production Designer Andrew McAlpine, Casting Director Lucy Bevan, Editor Gary Dollner, Costume Designer Sinead Kidao, and Academy award nominated Hair and Make-Up Designer Daniel Phillips.
CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing for the film, represents domestic rights.
- 7/27/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham sit around the dinner table in this first-look image from My Mother’s Wedding, the directorial debut of Kristin Scott Thomas.
Principal photographer has now wrapped on the project, focusing on three romantically dysfunctional sisters trying to navigate their mother’s third wedding. Also part of the cast are the already announced Freida Pinto, plus new additions Sindhu Vee (Sex Education, Matilda), Joshua McGuire (Cheaters, Anatomy of a Scandal), Mark Stanley (Game of Thrones, Trigger Point), Thibault de Montalembert (Call My Agent, The King) and Samson Kayo (Bloods, The Bubble). Scott Thomas — who plays Johansson’s mother on screen for the third time since 1998’s The Horse Whisperer — is also reunited with her Four Weddings and a Funeral co-star James Fleet.
My Mother’s Wedding sees three sisters returning to their childhood home for a momentous...
Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham sit around the dinner table in this first-look image from My Mother’s Wedding, the directorial debut of Kristin Scott Thomas.
Principal photographer has now wrapped on the project, focusing on three romantically dysfunctional sisters trying to navigate their mother’s third wedding. Also part of the cast are the already announced Freida Pinto, plus new additions Sindhu Vee (Sex Education, Matilda), Joshua McGuire (Cheaters, Anatomy of a Scandal), Mark Stanley (Game of Thrones, Trigger Point), Thibault de Montalembert (Call My Agent, The King) and Samson Kayo (Bloods, The Bubble). Scott Thomas — who plays Johansson’s mother on screen for the third time since 1998’s The Horse Whisperer — is also reunited with her Four Weddings and a Funeral co-star James Fleet.
My Mother’s Wedding sees three sisters returning to their childhood home for a momentous...
- 7/27/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Murray and musician friends Jan Vogler and Vanessa Perez perform a sprightly investigation into civilisation with droll readings and awful singing (from him)
Maybe you had to be there. There is something extravagant and irresistible about the idea of an old-fashioned cultural evening of musical and spoken-word performance. Hollywood legend Bill Murray does the droll literary readings and occasionally some awful singing, and he’s joined musically by his friends: cellist Jan Vogler and violinist Mira Wang (married to Vogler), with Vanessa Perez on the piano. James Fenimore Cooper, Hemingway and James Thurber are among those being read and Gershwin and Schubert among those performed.
This is the filmed record of the final night of this show’s world tour on the Acropolis stage in Athens: their curated performance being a sprightly, tongue-in-cheek homage to civilisation itself. It’s an elegant, eccentric evening in many ways and maybe only Murray...
Maybe you had to be there. There is something extravagant and irresistible about the idea of an old-fashioned cultural evening of musical and spoken-word performance. Hollywood legend Bill Murray does the droll literary readings and occasionally some awful singing, and he’s joined musically by his friends: cellist Jan Vogler and violinist Mira Wang (married to Vogler), with Vanessa Perez on the piano. James Fenimore Cooper, Hemingway and James Thurber are among those being read and Gershwin and Schubert among those performed.
This is the filmed record of the final night of this show’s world tour on the Acropolis stage in Athens: their curated performance being a sprightly, tongue-in-cheek homage to civilisation itself. It’s an elegant, eccentric evening in many ways and maybe only Murray...
- 3/22/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Doug Liman has found his next TV project, and it’s pretty timely. The Edge of Tomorrow director has signed on to helm a series adaptation of Bill Browder’s book Red Notice, which explores the author’s real-life fight against a corrupt Russian government under Vladimir Putin.
Browder is an American hedge fund manager who made his fortune in Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union, and Red Notice tells the story of his rise from nothing as he and his ragtag team battle and expose kleptocratic oligarchs, endemic corruption and the depravity of the Putin regime – culminating in a thriller as Browder faces off against the villainy of the Russian leader.
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice was published by Simon & Schuster in 2015 and has sold more than a million copies.
Liman will direct the eight-part series,...
Browder is an American hedge fund manager who made his fortune in Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union, and Red Notice tells the story of his rise from nothing as he and his ragtag team battle and expose kleptocratic oligarchs, endemic corruption and the depravity of the Putin regime – culminating in a thriller as Browder faces off against the villainy of the Russian leader.
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice was published by Simon & Schuster in 2015 and has sold more than a million copies.
Liman will direct the eight-part series,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s your first look at Helen Mirren in the role of Golda Meir, Israel’s first female Prime Minister, in Guy Natttiv’s biipic Golda, which is now shooting in London.
Written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), the film is a thriller that chronicles the high-stake responsibilities and controversial decisions that Meir – also known as the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ – faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
Embankment is handling sales rights and has secured deals on the pic for: Anz (Transmission), Italy (Leone), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Benelux (The Searchers), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Spain, Portugal & Latin America (Sun/Diamond), Cis & Baltics (Exponenta), Greece (Spentzos), South Africa (Film Finity), Israel (United King), Middle East (Front Row), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), India (Lionsgate) and Taiwan (Cai Chang).
As previously announced, Bleecker Street and ShivHans acquired U.S. rights to the film in a deal negotiated by ICM Independent and CAA Media Finance.
Written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), the film is a thriller that chronicles the high-stake responsibilities and controversial decisions that Meir – also known as the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ – faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
Embankment is handling sales rights and has secured deals on the pic for: Anz (Transmission), Italy (Leone), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Benelux (The Searchers), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Spain, Portugal & Latin America (Sun/Diamond), Cis & Baltics (Exponenta), Greece (Spentzos), South Africa (Film Finity), Israel (United King), Middle East (Front Row), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), India (Lionsgate) and Taiwan (Cai Chang).
As previously announced, Bleecker Street and ShivHans acquired U.S. rights to the film in a deal negotiated by ICM Independent and CAA Media Finance.
- 11/17/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Helen Mirren is former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in this first look for Guy Nattiv’s upcoming biopic Golda, which has now started shooting in London.
Camille Cottin — star of Netflix’s French hit Call My Agent — has also joined the cast of the film, written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins) and set during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, when Egypt, Syria and Jordan launched a surprise attack on Israel to reclaim territory lost during the Six-Day War in 1967. Described as a “ticking-clock thriller,” Golda charts the high-stakes responsibilities Meir faced and the controversial decision ...
Camille Cottin — star of Netflix’s French hit Call My Agent — has also joined the cast of the film, written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins) and set during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, when Egypt, Syria and Jordan launched a surprise attack on Israel to reclaim territory lost during the Six-Day War in 1967. Described as a “ticking-clock thriller,” Golda charts the high-stakes responsibilities Meir faced and the controversial decision ...
- 11/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Helen Mirren is former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in this first look for Guy Nattiv’s upcoming biopic Golda, which has now started shooting in London.
Camille Cottin — star of Netflix’s French hit Call My Agent — has also joined the cast of the film, written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins) and set during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, when Egypt, Syria and Jordan launched a surprise attack on Israel to reclaim territory lost during the Six-Day War in 1967. Described as a “ticking-clock thriller,” Golda charts the high-stakes responsibilities Meir faced and the controversial decision ...
Camille Cottin — star of Netflix’s French hit Call My Agent — has also joined the cast of the film, written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins) and set during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, when Egypt, Syria and Jordan launched a surprise attack on Israel to reclaim territory lost during the Six-Day War in 1967. Described as a “ticking-clock thriller,” Golda charts the high-stakes responsibilities Meir faced and the controversial decision ...
- 11/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Since the first Oscar for Best Actress was presented to Janet Gaynor at the 1929 ceremony, 77 different women have heard their names called on the big night, 14 of whom have won more than once. In 1982, Katharine Hepburn became the first, and to date only, individual to win four acting Oscars, all in the leading category. She held the record for most competitive acting nominations (12) from 1982 until Meryl Streep tied her in 2000, and then surpassed her in 2003. Streep currently holds the record for acting nominations with 21, 17 as a lead and four in supporting. However, it’s one of her contemporaries who is right behind Hepburn for most wins for Best Actress.
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At the 2021 ceremony, Frances McDormand won her third Best Actress trophy, having won every time she has been up in this category (she lost all three bids in supporting). A total...
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- 9/28/2021
- by Susan Pennington and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Bleecker Street and ShivHans have secured U.S. rights to Golda by Oscar-winning director Guy Nattiv’s (Skin), about Israel’s legendary and only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir.
Helen Mirren (The Queen) will star as “The Iron Lady of Israel.” The film shoots in October in Europe.
Written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), Golda is a ticking-clock thriller following the intensely dramatic events and controversial decisions Meir faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Her blend of tough leadership, plain speech and compassion, in impossible circumstances, would ultimately decide the fate of millions of lives.
Producer Michael Kuhn of Qwerty, says; “History recalls Meir gracefully accepted her role as political scapegoat for the Yom Kippur War – and, in revisiting her story, Golda intimately draws the cinema audience up-close and personal to a globally influential woman facing the pressure of saving her people and, in never shying away from her own failings,...
Helen Mirren (The Queen) will star as “The Iron Lady of Israel.” The film shoots in October in Europe.
Written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), Golda is a ticking-clock thriller following the intensely dramatic events and controversial decisions Meir faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Her blend of tough leadership, plain speech and compassion, in impossible circumstances, would ultimately decide the fate of millions of lives.
Producer Michael Kuhn of Qwerty, says; “History recalls Meir gracefully accepted her role as political scapegoat for the Yom Kippur War – and, in revisiting her story, Golda intimately draws the cinema audience up-close and personal to a globally influential woman facing the pressure of saving her people and, in never shying away from her own failings,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“Golda,” a drama about Israel’s only female prime minister and the “Iron Lady of Israel,” Golda Meir, was acquired by Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures. Helen Mirren stars in the biopic as Meir.
Guy Nattiv (“Skin”) is directing “Golda,” and the film will go into production this October in Europe. Bleecker Street and ShivHans acquired the U.S. rights. No release date plans were set.
“Golda” is a political thriller set during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 that follows Meir’s controversial decisions and responsibilities during that time. Nicholas Martin (“Florence Foster Jenkins”) wrote the screenplay.
“History recalls Meir gracefully accepted her role as political scape-goat for the Yom-Kippur War – and, in revisiting her story, ‘Golda’ intimately draws the cinema audience up-close and personal to a globally influential woman facing the pressure of saving her people and, in never shying away from her own failings, acting with the utmost humanity.
Guy Nattiv (“Skin”) is directing “Golda,” and the film will go into production this October in Europe. Bleecker Street and ShivHans acquired the U.S. rights. No release date plans were set.
“Golda” is a political thriller set during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 that follows Meir’s controversial decisions and responsibilities during that time. Nicholas Martin (“Florence Foster Jenkins”) wrote the screenplay.
“History recalls Meir gracefully accepted her role as political scape-goat for the Yom-Kippur War – and, in revisiting her story, ‘Golda’ intimately draws the cinema audience up-close and personal to a globally influential woman facing the pressure of saving her people and, in never shying away from her own failings, acting with the utmost humanity.
- 7/14/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Sparks, the long-running electro-pop duo featuring brothers Russell and Ron Mael, have released another duet between Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard from their upcoming film, Annette. “We Love Each Other So Much” straddles the line between Eurodisco and the melodrama of a Phantom of the Opera outtake, as Driver sings about “scoffing at logic” and Cotillard describes their union as “counterintuitive.” As with many Sparks songs, it builds from there.
The song follows the release of “So May We Start,” another song with Driver and Cotillard, that features in Annette,...
The song follows the release of “So May We Start,” another song with Driver and Cotillard, that features in Annette,...
- 6/28/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Wool, Hugh Howey’s best-selling trilogy of dystopian novels, is headed for the small screen.
The adaptation has snagged a series order at AppleTV+ and will star Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation and Fallout) as its lead. The story is set in a “ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep,” reads the official description. “There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.”
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The adaptation has snagged a series order at AppleTV+ and will star Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation and Fallout) as its lead. The story is set in a “ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep,” reads the official description. “There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.”
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- 5/20/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
London-based film sales and financing house Embankment Films has closed a major international deal for “Joyride,” starring Olivia Colman, who is Oscar nominated for Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” another of Embankment’s titles. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has bought “Joyride” for the world, excluding North America and U.K.
The deal comes as Embankment – led by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar – amps up its pre-sales slate, with the recent addition of Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to the cast of Zeller’s “The Son,” which sees Zeller reuniting with “The Father” co-writer Christopher Hampton, and news that Helen Mirren will play Israel’s legendary Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda,” directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, and produced by BAFTA winner Michael Kuhn (“Florence Foster Jenkins”).
“Joyride” is a feel-good, foul-mouthed fairy-tale centering on two lovable rogues. Joy, played by Colman, is pissed off. She’s got a baby...
The deal comes as Embankment – led by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar – amps up its pre-sales slate, with the recent addition of Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to the cast of Zeller’s “The Son,” which sees Zeller reuniting with “The Father” co-writer Christopher Hampton, and news that Helen Mirren will play Israel’s legendary Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda,” directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, and produced by BAFTA winner Michael Kuhn (“Florence Foster Jenkins”).
“Joyride” is a feel-good, foul-mouthed fairy-tale centering on two lovable rogues. Joy, played by Colman, is pissed off. She’s got a baby...
- 4/19/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Helen Mirren will star in a new biopic called “Golda” as Israel’s legendary and only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir.
Guy Nattiv, an Israeli director and Oscar winner for the short film “Skin,” will direct the film from a screenplay by “Florence Foster Jenkins” writer Nicholas Martin, who will also produce alongside Michael Kuhn.
“Golda” focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stake responsibilities and decisions that Meir – also known as the “Iron Lady of Israel” – faced during the Yom Kippur War. Here’s the full synopsis:
On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel’s holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan began a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Outnumbered and outgunned, Golda Meir confronts the immediate, clear and present danger of a ticking time bomb that she hoped never to face. Surrounded, isolated,...
Guy Nattiv, an Israeli director and Oscar winner for the short film “Skin,” will direct the film from a screenplay by “Florence Foster Jenkins” writer Nicholas Martin, who will also produce alongside Michael Kuhn.
“Golda” focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stake responsibilities and decisions that Meir – also known as the “Iron Lady of Israel” – faced during the Yom Kippur War. Here’s the full synopsis:
On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel’s holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan began a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Outnumbered and outgunned, Golda Meir confronts the immediate, clear and present danger of a ticking time bomb that she hoped never to face. Surrounded, isolated,...
- 4/6/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Oscar-winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) will portray Israel’s iconic and only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir, in new feature biopic Golda.
Produced by BAFTA-winner Michael Kuhn (Florence Foster Jenkins), Golda will be directed by Oscar-winner Guy Nattiv (Skin). Embankment will represent international sales with CAA Media Finance and ICM jointly handling the domestic rights.
Production is eyeing an October start.
The screenplay by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), who also produces, focuses on the dramatic and high-stakes decisions that Meir – also known as the “Iron Lady of Israel” – faced during the Yom Kippur War, which followed Egypt, Syria, and Jordan’s surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights in 1973.
The world’s fourth and Israel’s first and only woman to hold the office of Prime Minister, and the first of any country in the Middle East, Meir died of lymphoma in 1978, four years after resigning from office.
Produced by BAFTA-winner Michael Kuhn (Florence Foster Jenkins), Golda will be directed by Oscar-winner Guy Nattiv (Skin). Embankment will represent international sales with CAA Media Finance and ICM jointly handling the domestic rights.
Production is eyeing an October start.
The screenplay by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), who also produces, focuses on the dramatic and high-stakes decisions that Meir – also known as the “Iron Lady of Israel” – faced during the Yom Kippur War, which followed Egypt, Syria, and Jordan’s surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights in 1973.
The world’s fourth and Israel’s first and only woman to hold the office of Prime Minister, and the first of any country in the Middle East, Meir died of lymphoma in 1978, four years after resigning from office.
- 4/6/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Embankment will represent international sales, with CAA Media Finance and ICM jointly handling US rights.
Helen Mirren is to play Israel’s only female prime minister Golda Meir in Golda, from director Guy Nattiv.
Michael Kuhn is producing alongside Nicholas Martin, who is also writing the screenplay. Production is eyeing an early October start.
Embankment Films will represent international sales, with CAA Media Finance and ICM jointly handling US rights.
Nattiv won an Academy Award for his short Skin, which he developed into a full-length feature starring Jamie Bell and Vera Farmiga in 2018.
The plot of Golda focuses on the...
Helen Mirren is to play Israel’s only female prime minister Golda Meir in Golda, from director Guy Nattiv.
Michael Kuhn is producing alongside Nicholas Martin, who is also writing the screenplay. Production is eyeing an early October start.
Embankment Films will represent international sales, with CAA Media Finance and ICM jointly handling US rights.
Nattiv won an Academy Award for his short Skin, which he developed into a full-length feature starring Jamie Bell and Vera Farmiga in 2018.
The plot of Golda focuses on the...
- 4/6/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Helen Mirren is set to portray Israel’s only female prime minister Golda Meir in an upcoming biopic set during the Yom Kippur War.
Golda, from BAFTA-winning producer Michael Kuhn (Florence Foster Jenkins, The Duchess) and being directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, will focus on the 1973 conflict, when Egypt, Syria, and Jordan launched a surprise attack on Israel to reclaim territory lost during the Six-Day War in 1967, and the decisions made by Meir amid infighting from her all-male cabinet. Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins) wrote the screenplay and also produces.
Embankment, which was behind current Oscar- and BAFTA-tipped hit The ...
Golda, from BAFTA-winning producer Michael Kuhn (Florence Foster Jenkins, The Duchess) and being directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, will focus on the 1973 conflict, when Egypt, Syria, and Jordan launched a surprise attack on Israel to reclaim territory lost during the Six-Day War in 1967, and the decisions made by Meir amid infighting from her all-male cabinet. Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins) wrote the screenplay and also produces.
Embankment, which was behind current Oscar- and BAFTA-tipped hit The ...
Helen Mirren is set to portray Israel’s only female prime minister Golda Meir in an upcoming biopic set during the Yom Kippur War.
Golda, from BAFTA-winning producer Michael Kuhn (Florence Foster Jenkins, The Duchess) and being directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, will focus on the 1973 conflict, when Egypt, Syria, and Jordan launched a surprise attack on Israel to reclaim territory lost during the Six-Day War in 1967, and the decisions made by Meir amid infighting from her all-male cabinet. Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins) wrote the screenplay and also produces.
Embankment, which was behind current Oscar- and BAFTA-tipped hit The ...
Golda, from BAFTA-winning producer Michael Kuhn (Florence Foster Jenkins, The Duchess) and being directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, will focus on the 1973 conflict, when Egypt, Syria, and Jordan launched a surprise attack on Israel to reclaim territory lost during the Six-Day War in 1967, and the decisions made by Meir amid infighting from her all-male cabinet. Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins) wrote the screenplay and also produces.
Embankment, which was behind current Oscar- and BAFTA-tipped hit The ...
Updated with producer’s statement, 9.50 Am Pt: Florence Foster Jenkins producers Pathe and Qwerty Films have issued a response to Monday’s court verdict that saw opera singer Julia Kogan granted a co-writer credit on the movie and compensation.
“We regret that Julia Kogan’s dispute with Nick Martin over authorship of the screenplay for Florence Foster Jenkins could not be resolved out of court,” they said. “Nick believed that he was the sole author of the screenplay and the court found that Pathé and Qwerty had no reason to doubt his word.
“The judge also found that in the circumstances there was no criticism of Pathé or Qwerty for the fact that Julia had not been accorded a co-author credit on the film’s release. As requested by the court, the credits that appear on the Internet Movie Database are being amended to state that the screenplay was written...
“We regret that Julia Kogan’s dispute with Nick Martin over authorship of the screenplay for Florence Foster Jenkins could not be resolved out of court,” they said. “Nick believed that he was the sole author of the screenplay and the court found that Pathé and Qwerty had no reason to doubt his word.
“The judge also found that in the circumstances there was no criticism of Pathé or Qwerty for the fact that Julia had not been accorded a co-author credit on the film’s release. As requested by the court, the credits that appear on the Internet Movie Database are being amended to state that the screenplay was written...
- 1/11/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated The U.K.’s Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Ipec) has ruled that Julia Kogan be formally recognized as joint author of the film “Florence Foster Jenkins.”
Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, the 2016 film told the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite not having the best singing voice. It scored best actress Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Streep and supporting actor Golden Globe and BAFTA nods for Grant.
Kogan, an opera singer and writer, claimed that she made significant contributions to several aspects of the screenplay based on the life of Florence Foster Jenkins, including the original idea, the characters, the story and the dialogue, which was written during her romantic relationship with screenwriter Nicholas Martin (“Midsomer Murders”). She maintained that the process of writing the screenplay was a creative collaboration...
Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, the 2016 film told the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite not having the best singing voice. It scored best actress Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Streep and supporting actor Golden Globe and BAFTA nods for Grant.
Kogan, an opera singer and writer, claimed that she made significant contributions to several aspects of the screenplay based on the life of Florence Foster Jenkins, including the original idea, the characters, the story and the dialogue, which was written during her romantic relationship with screenwriter Nicholas Martin (“Midsomer Murders”). She maintained that the process of writing the screenplay was a creative collaboration...
- 1/11/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Julia Kogan victorious in retrial against her former partner and credited screenwriter Nicholas Martin.
Opera singer Julia Kogan has won a court battle over the authorship of Florence Foster Jenkins and will now receive a co-writing credit on the 2016 film.
Nicholas Martin previously claimed sole credit on the Stephen Frears comedy-drama, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, and won a copyright dispute against Kogan – his ex-girlfriend – over its writing in 2017.
But a retrial at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Ipec) has today ruled that Kogan was a joint author of the screenplay for the film, which took more than $49m...
Opera singer Julia Kogan has won a court battle over the authorship of Florence Foster Jenkins and will now receive a co-writing credit on the 2016 film.
Nicholas Martin previously claimed sole credit on the Stephen Frears comedy-drama, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, and won a copyright dispute against Kogan – his ex-girlfriend – over its writing in 2017.
But a retrial at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Ipec) has today ruled that Kogan was a joint author of the screenplay for the film, which took more than $49m...
- 1/11/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
“1917” cinematographer Roger Deakins, “Phantom Thread” actor Lesley Manville and “Line of Duty” creator Jed Mercurio are among those in the arts named in Britain’s New Year honors list.
Deakins, Oscar winner for “1917” and “Blade Runner 2049,” and Oscar nominated for 13 other movies, has been made a Knight Bachelor for his services to film. He was previously a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Cbe).
Manville, who was Oscar nominated for “Phantom Thread” and plays Princess Margaret in the fifth and sixth seasons of Netflix series “The Crown,” has been made a Cbe for services to drama and charity.
Mercurio has been accorded the honor Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to television drama. Also receiving an OBE is Dan Dark, former senior vice president and managing director, Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, and currently executive vice president,...
Deakins, Oscar winner for “1917” and “Blade Runner 2049,” and Oscar nominated for 13 other movies, has been made a Knight Bachelor for his services to film. He was previously a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Cbe).
Manville, who was Oscar nominated for “Phantom Thread” and plays Princess Margaret in the fifth and sixth seasons of Netflix series “The Crown,” has been made a Cbe for services to drama and charity.
Mercurio has been accorded the honor Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to television drama. Also receiving an OBE is Dan Dark, former senior vice president and managing director, Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, and currently executive vice president,...
- 12/31/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Roger Deakins, the Oscar-winning 1917 cinematographer, has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honors list as the British monarch celebrated the careers of behind the scenes talent in the film and TV industry.
Deakins was honored for his services to film, marking a glittering career in which he has won two Oscars and five BAFTAs for an illustrious rollcall of credits that includes Blade Runner 2049, True Grit, No Country for Old Men, and James Bond feature Skyfall.
Others honored by Queen Elizabeth II include Bodyguard and Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio, who was awarded an OBE for his services to television drama. Mercurio has recently wrapped Season 6 of Line Of Duty for BBC One.
Dan Dark, EVP of worldwide studio operations at Warner Bros., was also handed an OBE for his services to the UK film business. Dark relocated from London to LA earlier this year and...
Deakins was honored for his services to film, marking a glittering career in which he has won two Oscars and five BAFTAs for an illustrious rollcall of credits that includes Blade Runner 2049, True Grit, No Country for Old Men, and James Bond feature Skyfall.
Others honored by Queen Elizabeth II include Bodyguard and Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio, who was awarded an OBE for his services to television drama. Mercurio has recently wrapped Season 6 of Line Of Duty for BBC One.
Dan Dark, EVP of worldwide studio operations at Warner Bros., was also handed an OBE for his services to the UK film business. Dark relocated from London to LA earlier this year and...
- 12/31/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC has set a date for the series bow of its zombie spinoff The Walking Dead: Beyond World for April, and AMC Networks also revealed a number of other premiere dates during its panel today at the TCA winter press tour. Read details below.
The Walking Dead: Beyond World will begin stalking on Sunday, April 12. Elsewhere, the fourth season of Ride with Norman Reedus, starring the Walking Dead regular, will get its motor running March 8, and the three-part drama Quiz — about the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheating scandal in the UK — will buzz in Wednesday, May 27, on AMC.
BBC America had set the Season 3 premiere of its Emmy-nominated drama Killing Eve for spring, and today it narrowed that down to April but gave no specific date.
Also today, IFC set a March 18 date for the fourth and final season of its Hank Azaria baseball comedy Brockmire, and February...
The Walking Dead: Beyond World will begin stalking on Sunday, April 12. Elsewhere, the fourth season of Ride with Norman Reedus, starring the Walking Dead regular, will get its motor running March 8, and the three-part drama Quiz — about the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheating scandal in the UK — will buzz in Wednesday, May 27, on AMC.
BBC America had set the Season 3 premiere of its Emmy-nominated drama Killing Eve for spring, and today it narrowed that down to April but gave no specific date.
Also today, IFC set a March 18 date for the fourth and final season of its Hank Azaria baseball comedy Brockmire, and February...
- 1/16/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
by Cláudio Alves
Remember when Meryl Streep received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2017 Golden Globes? Her speech was one for the ages, full of good humor, pathos and a riveting call to arms. So titanic was this acceptance speech that, to this day, I believe that it's what secured a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Florence Foster Jenkins. The performance did get a lot of precursor love, but growing Streep fatigue and a stacked race seemed like indicators of an incoming snub. Then, the Golden Globes happened, right at the end of Oscar voting, and it all changed.
Her speech saved her campaign, even though that wasn't the intention of the gesture, and turned her into a lock many didn't see coming until nomination morning arrived. This year, Tom Hanks might follow in Streep's steps…...
Remember when Meryl Streep received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2017 Golden Globes? Her speech was one for the ages, full of good humor, pathos and a riveting call to arms. So titanic was this acceptance speech that, to this day, I believe that it's what secured a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Florence Foster Jenkins. The performance did get a lot of precursor love, but growing Streep fatigue and a stacked race seemed like indicators of an incoming snub. Then, the Golden Globes happened, right at the end of Oscar voting, and it all changed.
Her speech saved her campaign, even though that wasn't the intention of the gesture, and turned her into a lock many didn't see coming until nomination morning arrived. This year, Tom Hanks might follow in Streep's steps…...
- 1/8/2020
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
A war of words has developed between Hugh Grant and UK politician Sajid Javid over a handshake snub.
In an interview with Es Magazine published today, Javid, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, claimed that Grant had refused to shake his hand when the two met at the recent London premiere of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.
In the story, Javid calls the actor “incredibly rude” and claims Grant is part of an “elite” who “look down on working class people no matter what station they reach in life.”
Florence Foster Jenkins actor Grant hit back on his Twitter account this morning with his own version of events, publishing a series of quotes that came via a spokesperson. (See the tweets below.) His posts stated that the altercation was over Javid’s treatment of the victims of phone-hacking, which he cited as “borderline contemptuous.”
“Grant had a different version of events.
In an interview with Es Magazine published today, Javid, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, claimed that Grant had refused to shake his hand when the two met at the recent London premiere of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.
In the story, Javid calls the actor “incredibly rude” and claims Grant is part of an “elite” who “look down on working class people no matter what station they reach in life.”
Florence Foster Jenkins actor Grant hit back on his Twitter account this morning with his own version of events, publishing a series of quotes that came via a spokesperson. (See the tweets below.) His posts stated that the altercation was over Javid’s treatment of the victims of phone-hacking, which he cited as “borderline contemptuous.”
“Grant had a different version of events.
- 10/31/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar-winning duo Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren will play husband and wife in Roger Michell’s art heist comedy movie The Duke for Pathé.
I can reveal that the film is officially greenlighted and will shoot in January 2020. The script by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman is based on the real-life story of 60-year-old taxi driver Kempton Bunton who, in 1961, stole a Goya painting from the National Gallery in London.
Bunton sent a ransom note saying he would only return the picture on condition that the UK government agreed to provide free TV for the elderly. However, it turned out he was spinning a web of lies, with the full story not emerging for another 50 years. The incident was the first, and still only, theft in the National Gallery’s history.
Producers on the project are Nicky Bentham (Moon) for her UK banner Neon Films with Pathé,...
I can reveal that the film is officially greenlighted and will shoot in January 2020. The script by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman is based on the real-life story of 60-year-old taxi driver Kempton Bunton who, in 1961, stole a Goya painting from the National Gallery in London.
Bunton sent a ransom note saying he would only return the picture on condition that the UK government agreed to provide free TV for the elderly. However, it turned out he was spinning a web of lies, with the full story not emerging for another 50 years. The incident was the first, and still only, theft in the National Gallery’s history.
Producers on the project are Nicky Bentham (Moon) for her UK banner Neon Films with Pathé,...
- 10/29/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory) is joining Oscar-nominee Adam Driver and Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard in Leos Carax’s (Holy Motors) musical romance Annette.
Shoot is underway on Carax’s first English-language film, which is set against the backdrop of Los Angeles. Pic will follow star-crossed lovers: a stand-up comedian (Driver) and a modern opera star (Cotillard), with both Driver and Cotillard doing their own singing. Florence Foster Jenkins star Helberg will take the role of ‘The Conductor’.
The on-off project will bring together U.S. rock band Sparks, which has scripted the movie and is composing original songs, and celebrated music producer Marius de Vries, known for his work on La La Land, Bohemian Rhapsody and Moulin Rouge, who will serve as executive music producer.
Producing are Charles Gillibert’s (Personal Shopper) CG Cinema, Driver and Paul-Dominique Vacharasinthu (The Jesus Rolls) of Tribus P Films.
Amazon Studios will distribute in the U.
Shoot is underway on Carax’s first English-language film, which is set against the backdrop of Los Angeles. Pic will follow star-crossed lovers: a stand-up comedian (Driver) and a modern opera star (Cotillard), with both Driver and Cotillard doing their own singing. Florence Foster Jenkins star Helberg will take the role of ‘The Conductor’.
The on-off project will bring together U.S. rock band Sparks, which has scripted the movie and is composing original songs, and celebrated music producer Marius de Vries, known for his work on La La Land, Bohemian Rhapsody and Moulin Rouge, who will serve as executive music producer.
Producing are Charles Gillibert’s (Personal Shopper) CG Cinema, Driver and Paul-Dominique Vacharasinthu (The Jesus Rolls) of Tribus P Films.
Amazon Studios will distribute in the U.
- 10/9/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Audiences have been used to seeing Hugh Grant star in a number of films on the big screen for decades, but he took a chance on television for Amazon Prime's A Very English Scandal. He explains to The Hollywood Reporter Drama Actor Roundtable how "pure snobbery" stood in his way of the medium.
"I'd done a film with Stephen Frears, Florence Foster Jenkins, and I was having dinner with him and he said, "What are you doing next?' I said, 'I've got a thing,' He said, 'No, no, no, no. I'm going to ...
"I'd done a film with Stephen Frears, Florence Foster Jenkins, and I was having dinner with him and he said, "What are you doing next?' I said, 'I've got a thing,' He said, 'No, no, no, no. I'm going to ...
Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren and two-time Golden Globe-winner Donald Sutherland star in the adventurous drama The Leisure Seeker, debuting on DVD and digital July 10 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Michael Zadoorian, Italian director Paolo Virzì’s (Like Crazy) first English language film tells the story of John (Sutherland) and Ella Spencer (Mirren) as they embark on one last road trip from Boston to the Hemingway House in the Florida Keys in their trusty recreational vehicle. The Leisure Seeker also stars Christian McKay (Florence Foster Jenkins) and Janel Moloney (“The West Wing”).
The DVD release of The Leisure Seeker includes two exclusive featurettes. Fans will spend an evening with acting icons Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland as they reflect on their craft, their complex roles and their on-screen collaboration in a lively and candid Q&A “In Conversation with Helen Mirren & Donald Sutherland.” “The Making...
The DVD release of The Leisure Seeker includes two exclusive featurettes. Fans will spend an evening with acting icons Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland as they reflect on their craft, their complex roles and their on-screen collaboration in a lively and candid Q&A “In Conversation with Helen Mirren & Donald Sutherland.” “The Making...
- 7/11/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We trawl the streaming services for this year’s Oscar-nominated films – and two female actors neglected by the Academy
It’s the Academy Awards on 26 February, and while the Oscars’ extreme bias towards late prestige releases means you still have to head to the cinema to do most of your pre-ceremony catch-up, a handful of nominees can be accessed from your couch. I’ve already enthused about scrappy underdog best picture nominee Hell or High Water, which is available on the usual on-demand channels; ditto Captain Fantastic and Florence Foster Jenkins. Netflix can hook you up with Yorgos Lanthimos’s wicked dating satire The Lobster, a pleasingly against-the-grain screenplay nominee, and Ava DuVernay’s stirring, Bafta-winning civil rights doc 13th. Head to Curzon Home Cinema, meanwhile, to check out Tanna, a rapturously shot Vanuatuan tribal romance that is very much the dark horse in the foreign-language race, and for a mere £2.20, Gianfranco Rosi’s sparse,...
It’s the Academy Awards on 26 February, and while the Oscars’ extreme bias towards late prestige releases means you still have to head to the cinema to do most of your pre-ceremony catch-up, a handful of nominees can be accessed from your couch. I’ve already enthused about scrappy underdog best picture nominee Hell or High Water, which is available on the usual on-demand channels; ditto Captain Fantastic and Florence Foster Jenkins. Netflix can hook you up with Yorgos Lanthimos’s wicked dating satire The Lobster, a pleasingly against-the-grain screenplay nominee, and Ava DuVernay’s stirring, Bafta-winning civil rights doc 13th. Head to Curzon Home Cinema, meanwhile, to check out Tanna, a rapturously shot Vanuatuan tribal romance that is very much the dark horse in the foreign-language race, and for a mere £2.20, Gianfranco Rosi’s sparse,...
- 2/25/2017
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
“La La Land,” “Hidden Figures” and “Doctor Strange” have won the feature film awards from the Costume Designers Guild, which were handed out on Tuesday night in Beverly Hills, California. “La La Land” won in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category, while “Hidden Figures” won in Excellence in Period Film and “Doctor Strange” won in Excellence in Fantasy Film. “La La Land” is the only Cdg winner also nominated for the costume-design Oscar, along with “Allied,” “Jackie,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and “Florence Foster Jenkins.” Also Read: What We've Learned About the Oscars Race From the Guild Awards The Cdg.
- 2/22/2017
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The 19th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards were handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton. Oscar noms leader La La Land took home the trophy for Excellence in Contemporary Film, with Hidden Figures earning the Period Film Award and Doctor Strange winning Fantasy Film. The Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design leaned heavily on period pics this year, with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them facing off against Florence Foster Jenkins, Jackie and Allied, the only…...
- 2/22/2017
- Deadline
The 19th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards were handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton. Oscar noms leader La La Land took home the trophy for Excellence in Contemporary Film, with Hidden Figures earning the Period Film Award and Doctor Strange winning Fantasy Film. The Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design leaned heavily on period pics this year, with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them facing off against Florence Foster Jenkins, Jackie and Allied, the only…...
- 2/22/2017
- Deadline TV
After a year of flops, executive committee takes helm at the studio.
After weeks of speculation, the studio’s chairman and CEO is on his way out after a disastrous 2016 at the box office, insiders say.
Brad Grey’s tenure at Paramount Pictures had been on shaky ground after a string of releases crashed and burned and now control of the studio is reportedly in the hands of an interim cabal of senior executives until a replacement is found.
The operating committee is understood to comprise Amy Powell, the highly regarded head of TV and digital, film chief Marc Evans, COO Andrew Gumpert, and marketing and distribution supremo Megan Colligan.
The group covers all aspects of the studio and has been given oversight by Bob Bakish, who was appointed CEO of parent company Viacom in December after vice-chairman Shari Redstone and her father Sumner Redstone called off a possible Viacom-CBS merger.
Grey assumed...
After weeks of speculation, the studio’s chairman and CEO is on his way out after a disastrous 2016 at the box office, insiders say.
Brad Grey’s tenure at Paramount Pictures had been on shaky ground after a string of releases crashed and burned and now control of the studio is reportedly in the hands of an interim cabal of senior executives until a replacement is found.
The operating committee is understood to comprise Amy Powell, the highly regarded head of TV and digital, film chief Marc Evans, COO Andrew Gumpert, and marketing and distribution supremo Megan Colligan.
The group covers all aspects of the studio and has been given oversight by Bob Bakish, who was appointed CEO of parent company Viacom in December after vice-chairman Shari Redstone and her father Sumner Redstone called off a possible Viacom-CBS merger.
Grey assumed...
- 2/21/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
As Goldie Hawn once put it, Hollywood has only three roles for women: Ingénue, District Attorney and “Driving Miss Daisy”. The fact of the matter is, too many strong talents see the pool of good parts unfairly dry up once they reach middle age, and short of radically reshaping the American film industry (I’m for that, too!), might I suggest this temporary stop-gap – might they consider learning French?
While it doesn’t reach the heady highs of last year’s festival hit “Things To Come,” Martin Provost’s “The Midwife” once again proves that French filmmakers know how to treat actresses of a certain age. Offering plum roles to Catherines Frot and Catherine Deneuve, “The Midwife” is a minor-key crowd pleaser about friendship, forgiveness and rolling with the punches.
Single mother Claire (Catherine Frot) lives a lonely, vampiric existence in the suburbs of Paris. She sleeps days and works nights,...
While it doesn’t reach the heady highs of last year’s festival hit “Things To Come,” Martin Provost’s “The Midwife” once again proves that French filmmakers know how to treat actresses of a certain age. Offering plum roles to Catherines Frot and Catherine Deneuve, “The Midwife” is a minor-key crowd pleaser about friendship, forgiveness and rolling with the punches.
Single mother Claire (Catherine Frot) lives a lonely, vampiric existence in the suburbs of Paris. She sleeps days and works nights,...
- 2/15/2017
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
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