Acclaimed British actor, writer and director Samantha Morton who was awarded a Fellowship at the Ee BAFTA Awards on Sunday has called for more investment in British cinema.
The award is the highest recognition given by BAFTA to an individual for their exceptional contribution to the film, games or television industry.
Addressing a press conference after accepting her award, Morton said: “We need more investment in British cinema. I’ve been saying this for years because we can’t just be a service industry for the wonderful Americans. They are amazing and thank God they come here and make movies and put us in as well, thank you. Like in France, we need our own quotas and we need to be making those investments.” Inward investment in the U.K. film and high-end TV industry was $4.22 billion in 2023, with the bulk of it coming from the U.S.
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The award is the highest recognition given by BAFTA to an individual for their exceptional contribution to the film, games or television industry.
Addressing a press conference after accepting her award, Morton said: “We need more investment in British cinema. I’ve been saying this for years because we can’t just be a service industry for the wonderful Americans. They are amazing and thank God they come here and make movies and put us in as well, thank you. Like in France, we need our own quotas and we need to be making those investments.” Inward investment in the U.K. film and high-end TV industry was $4.22 billion in 2023, with the bulk of it coming from the U.S.
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- 2/18/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
British actor, writer, and director Samantha Morton will be awarded the BAFTA Fellowship at next week’s Ee BAFTA Film Awards.
Born in Nottingham in 1977, Morton garnered international attention in 1997 with her performance in Carine Adler’s Under the Skin, earning her a BIFA nomination and the Boston Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award first for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and later for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan’s In America (2003).
Other notable film credits include work with directors such as Lynne Ramsay on Morvern Callar (2002), for which she won Best Performance, Toronto Film Critics Award and a BIFA for Best Actress; Steven Spielberg on Minority Report (2002); Michael Winterbottom on Code 46 (2003); Shekhar Kapur on The Golden Age (2007); Harmony Korine on Mister Lonely (2007); Anton Corbijn on Control, (2007), earning her a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Film Award nomination; Charlie Kaufman Synecdoche,...
Born in Nottingham in 1977, Morton garnered international attention in 1997 with her performance in Carine Adler’s Under the Skin, earning her a BIFA nomination and the Boston Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award first for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and later for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan’s In America (2003).
Other notable film credits include work with directors such as Lynne Ramsay on Morvern Callar (2002), for which she won Best Performance, Toronto Film Critics Award and a BIFA for Best Actress; Steven Spielberg on Minority Report (2002); Michael Winterbottom on Code 46 (2003); Shekhar Kapur on The Golden Age (2007); Harmony Korine on Mister Lonely (2007); Anton Corbijn on Control, (2007), earning her a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Film Award nomination; Charlie Kaufman Synecdoche,...
- 2/7/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Acclaimed British actor, writer and director Samantha Morton will be awarded a Fellowship at the upcoming Ee BAFTA Film Awards.
The award is the highest recognition given by BAFTA to an individual for their exceptional contribution to the film, games or television industry.
After earning plaudits in theater and television, Morton’s breakthrough film role was Carine Adler’s “Under the Skin (1997) that earned her a BIFA nomination and the Boston Film Critics Award for best actress. She has been Oscar nominated twice – for best supporting actress for Woody Allen’s “Sweet and Lowdown” (1999), and for best actress for Jim Sheridan’s “In America” (2003).
For her portrayal of child-murderer Myra Hindley in “Longford” (2006) Morton scored best actress nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and BAFTA Television Award, and won a Golden Globe. In 2009, she made her directorial debut with television film “The Unloved,” a semi-autobiographical film based in the British children’s care system,...
The award is the highest recognition given by BAFTA to an individual for their exceptional contribution to the film, games or television industry.
After earning plaudits in theater and television, Morton’s breakthrough film role was Carine Adler’s “Under the Skin (1997) that earned her a BIFA nomination and the Boston Film Critics Award for best actress. She has been Oscar nominated twice – for best supporting actress for Woody Allen’s “Sweet and Lowdown” (1999), and for best actress for Jim Sheridan’s “In America” (2003).
For her portrayal of child-murderer Myra Hindley in “Longford” (2006) Morton scored best actress nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and BAFTA Television Award, and won a Golden Globe. In 2009, she made her directorial debut with television film “The Unloved,” a semi-autobiographical film based in the British children’s care system,...
- 2/7/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Samantha Morton, the British actor (She Said, The Whale, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Walking Dead), writer (I Am…Kirsty) and director (The Unloved), will receive the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy’s highest honor.
She will be given the honor at the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, hosted by David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man), in London on Feb. 18.
“As a proud BAFTA member I am honored, profoundly humbled and grateful to BAFTA for giving me this award,” Morton said.
Anna Higgs, chair of BAFTA’s film committee, lauded her as “a mesmerizing storyteller with incredible range,” adding: “She has made an extraordinary impact on the British film industry – consistently shining a light on complex characters and championing underrepresented stories. On-and-off screen, she always works to break down societal barriers and change the make-up of the screen industries for the better – often against great odds.” She concluded:...
She will be given the honor at the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, hosted by David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man), in London on Feb. 18.
“As a proud BAFTA member I am honored, profoundly humbled and grateful to BAFTA for giving me this award,” Morton said.
Anna Higgs, chair of BAFTA’s film committee, lauded her as “a mesmerizing storyteller with incredible range,” adding: “She has made an extraordinary impact on the British film industry – consistently shining a light on complex characters and championing underrepresented stories. On-and-off screen, she always works to break down societal barriers and change the make-up of the screen industries for the better – often against great odds.” She concluded:...
- 2/7/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Upon its August 2023 premiere, the Amazon Prime Video original film “Red, White & Royal Blue” quickly gained a massive audience, a large portion of which reportedly created new subscriptions just so they could view it. Now, the two-hour adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s 2019 novel of the same name is set to embark on a 2024 TV awards run that, of course, won’t include the delayed 75th Emmys but could more than reasonably begin with the 81st Golden Globes. If it does make its way into the upcoming Best Limited Series/TV Movie lineup, it will be the first one-off film in seven years to earn Golden Globes recognition as a general program.
Directed and co-written by Tony winner Matthew López (“The Inheritance”), “Red, White & Royal Blue” stars Taylor Zakhar Perez (“The Kissing Booth” franchise) and Nicholas Galitzine (2021’s “Cinderella”) as two fictional world leaders’ offspring whose bitter rivalry unexpectedly evolves into a romance.
Directed and co-written by Tony winner Matthew López (“The Inheritance”), “Red, White & Royal Blue” stars Taylor Zakhar Perez (“The Kissing Booth” franchise) and Nicholas Galitzine (2021’s “Cinderella”) as two fictional world leaders’ offspring whose bitter rivalry unexpectedly evolves into a romance.
- 9/19/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
David Tennant took on one of his darkest roles to date when he played Dennis Nilsen – the notorious “Muswell Hill Murderer” who killed at least 12 young boys and men in North London from 1978 to 1983 – in ITV’s Des.
Tennant was the latest in a long line of actors to dramatise the lives of some of the world’s most prolific murderers – and it’s easy to see why such a part would be appealing. Playing a serial killer allows an actor to show their range and move away from being typecast. For those who’ve gone before them, such roles have been known to make a career, winning Oscars, Golden Globes and Baftas for those who take them on.
However, portraying serial killers obviously comes with its own set of challenges. These are people audiences know well, so do they mimic them word for word or do their own interpretation,...
Tennant was the latest in a long line of actors to dramatise the lives of some of the world’s most prolific murderers – and it’s easy to see why such a part would be appealing. Playing a serial killer allows an actor to show their range and move away from being typecast. For those who’ve gone before them, such roles have been known to make a career, winning Oscars, Golden Globes and Baftas for those who take them on.
However, portraying serial killers obviously comes with its own set of challenges. These are people audiences know well, so do they mimic them word for word or do their own interpretation,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Isobel Lewis and Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
I don’t believe I have any more power now than I did at 22,” says Samantha Morton. “And I didn’t have any power then.”
That’s a startling statement to process after watching the 45-year-old’s regal performance in The Serpent Queen, during which she wields power with terrifyingly casual control and cruel smirks, as heads roll on her command. She stars as Catherine de Medici, the Italian merchant’s daughter who became queen of France in 1547, gradually acquiring a reputation as one of the most brutal and calculating European rulers of the period.
The crisp and witty feminism of the new Starz series highlights the misogynistic myths that history has spun around the “Medici Bitch” (who wasn’t conventionally pretty or submissive and did not conceive a child in the first decade of her marriage). But it doesn’t patronise its heroine by attempting to reinvent her as a misunderstood goody.
That’s a startling statement to process after watching the 45-year-old’s regal performance in The Serpent Queen, during which she wields power with terrifyingly casual control and cruel smirks, as heads roll on her command. She stars as Catherine de Medici, the Italian merchant’s daughter who became queen of France in 1547, gradually acquiring a reputation as one of the most brutal and calculating European rulers of the period.
The crisp and witty feminism of the new Starz series highlights the misogynistic myths that history has spun around the “Medici Bitch” (who wasn’t conventionally pretty or submissive and did not conceive a child in the first decade of her marriage). But it doesn’t patronise its heroine by attempting to reinvent her as a misunderstood goody.
- 9/11/2022
- by Helen Brown
- The Independent - TV
This month, David Tennant will take on one of his darkest roles to date. In ITV’s Des, he plays Dennis Nilsen, the notorious “Muswell Hill Murderer” who killed at least 12 young boys and men in North London from 1978 to 1983.
Tennant is the latest in a long line of actors to dramatise the lives of some of the world’s most prolific murderers and it’s easy to see why such a part would be appealing. Playing a serial killer allows an actor to show their range and move away from being typecast. For those who’ve gone before them, such roles have been known to make a career, winning Oscars, Golden Globes and Baftas for those who take them on.
However, portraying serial killers obviously comes with its own set of challenges. These are people audiences know well, so do they mimic them word for word or do their own interpretation,...
Tennant is the latest in a long line of actors to dramatise the lives of some of the world’s most prolific murderers and it’s easy to see why such a part would be appealing. Playing a serial killer allows an actor to show their range and move away from being typecast. For those who’ve gone before them, such roles have been known to make a career, winning Oscars, Golden Globes and Baftas for those who take them on.
However, portraying serial killers obviously comes with its own set of challenges. These are people audiences know well, so do they mimic them word for word or do their own interpretation,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Isobel Lewis and Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
David Tennant took on one of his darkest roles to date when he played Dennis Nilsen – the notorious “Muswell Hill Murderer” who killed at least 12 young boys and men in North London from 1978 to 1983 – in ITV’s Des.
Tennant was the latest in a long line of actors to dramatise the lives of some of the world’s most prolific murderers – and it’s easy to see why such a part would be appealing. Playing a serial killer allows an actor to show their range and move away from being typecast. For those who’ve gone before them, such roles have been known to make a career, winning Oscars, Golden Globes and Baftas for those who take them on.
However, portraying serial killers obviously comes with its own set of challenges. These are people audiences know well, so do they mimic them word for word or do their own interpretation,...
Tennant was the latest in a long line of actors to dramatise the lives of some of the world’s most prolific murderers – and it’s easy to see why such a part would be appealing. Playing a serial killer allows an actor to show their range and move away from being typecast. For those who’ve gone before them, such roles have been known to make a career, winning Oscars, Golden Globes and Baftas for those who take them on.
However, portraying serial killers obviously comes with its own set of challenges. These are people audiences know well, so do they mimic them word for word or do their own interpretation,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Isobel Lewis and Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
The Whisperer war is upon us when Season Ten of The Walking Dead arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital) and DVD July 20 from Lionsgate. The Walking Dead Season Ten, containing 22 episodes, stars Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Christian Serratos, Golden Globe® winner and Academy Award®/Primetime Emmy® nominee Samantha Morton, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, The Walking Dead Season Ten Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the price of $80.99 and $70.98, respectively.
Blu-ray / DVD Special Features
In Memoriamaudio Commentaries
Official Synopsis
Winter has turned to spring, and the collected communities are grudgingly respecting the new borders imposed upon them by the ever-brutal Alpha. But having organized themselves into a militia-style fighting force, our group of survivors is prepared for battle – though they’re keenly aware that the Whisperers, and the horde of dead they mingle with, pose a threat unlike any they’ve ever faced. Paranoia, propaganda, secret agendas,...
Blu-ray / DVD Special Features
In Memoriamaudio Commentaries
Official Synopsis
Winter has turned to spring, and the collected communities are grudgingly respecting the new borders imposed upon them by the ever-brutal Alpha. But having organized themselves into a militia-style fighting force, our group of survivors is prepared for battle – though they’re keenly aware that the Whisperers, and the horde of dead they mingle with, pose a threat unlike any they’ve ever faced. Paranoia, propaganda, secret agendas,...
- 6/2/2021
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
The Walking Dead Season 10 Home Media Release: "The Whisperer war is upon us when Season Ten of “The Walking Dead” arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD July 20 from Lionsgate. “The Walking Dead” Season Ten, containing 22 episodes, stars Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Christian Serratos, Golden Globe® winner and Academy Award®/Primetime Emmy® nominee Samantha Morton, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, “The Walking Dead” Season Ten Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the price of $80.99 and $70.98, respectively.
Blu-ray / DVD Special Features
In Memoriam Audio Commentaries
Official Synopsis
Winter has turned to spring, and the collected communities are grudgingly respecting the new borders imposed upon them by the ever-brutal Alpha. But having organized themselves into a militia-style fighting force, our group of survivors is prepared for battle – though they’re keenly aware that the Whisperers, and the horde of dead they mingle with, pose a threat unlike any they’ve ever faced.
Blu-ray / DVD Special Features
In Memoriam Audio Commentaries
Official Synopsis
Winter has turned to spring, and the collected communities are grudgingly respecting the new borders imposed upon them by the ever-brutal Alpha. But having organized themselves into a militia-style fighting force, our group of survivors is prepared for battle – though they’re keenly aware that the Whisperers, and the horde of dead they mingle with, pose a threat unlike any they’ve ever faced.
- 6/1/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
‘The Walking Dead’ Actress Samantha Morton to Star as Catherine de Medici in Starz’s ‘Serpent Queen’
Samantha Morton, who played the villainous Alpha on “The Walking Dead,” will star as the nefarious Catherine de Medici in Starz’s new series “The Serpent Queen,” the premium cable channel said Wednesday.
Based on the book “Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda,” the eight-episode TV series
is “a cunning account of one of the most influential women ever to wear a crown,” per Starz. “Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to conceive. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else,...
Based on the book “Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda,” the eight-episode TV series
is “a cunning account of one of the most influential women ever to wear a crown,” per Starz. “Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to conceive. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Actor and filmmaker to receive honour at the 2020 Baftas.
Actor and filmmaker Andy Serkis is to receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema award at the 2020 Bafta film awards.
Serkis is best known for his pioneering performance capture work, portraying Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit films as well as the lead role of Caesar in the Planet of the Apes franchise.
But he has more recently moved into directing with Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle and Breathe. He is currently directing Venom 2, starring Tom Hardy.
In 2011, Serkis founded performance capture company The Imaginarium, with producer Jonathan Cavendish,...
Actor and filmmaker Andy Serkis is to receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema award at the 2020 Bafta film awards.
Serkis is best known for his pioneering performance capture work, portraying Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit films as well as the lead role of Caesar in the Planet of the Apes franchise.
But he has more recently moved into directing with Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle and Breathe. He is currently directing Venom 2, starring Tom Hardy.
In 2011, Serkis founded performance capture company The Imaginarium, with producer Jonathan Cavendish,...
- 1/23/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Inkheart’s Iain Softley to direct based on Flann O’Brien short story.
Jason Isaacs, Colin Morgan and Jim Broadbent will star in UK-Ireland black comedy The Dead Spit Of Kelly, which Myriad Pictures has introduced to worldwide buyers here.
Iain Softley will direct from Johnny Ferguson’s adaptation of the short story by Irish writer Flann O’Brien about a taxidermist (Morgan) who kills his cruel boss (Isaacs) and uses his skills to wear the dead man’s skin and live a double life.
The film is a co-production between Grand Pictures (Dark Lies The Island) and Forthcoming Films...
Jason Isaacs, Colin Morgan and Jim Broadbent will star in UK-Ireland black comedy The Dead Spit Of Kelly, which Myriad Pictures has introduced to worldwide buyers here.
Iain Softley will direct from Johnny Ferguson’s adaptation of the short story by Irish writer Flann O’Brien about a taxidermist (Morgan) who kills his cruel boss (Isaacs) and uses his skills to wear the dead man’s skin and live a double life.
The film is a co-production between Grand Pictures (Dark Lies The Island) and Forthcoming Films...
- 11/8/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
AMC’s hit series “The Walking Dead” has one of the largest casts on television. Impressive considering how many characters are ripped apart by hungry walkers each season. However, no actor past or present has ever garnered an Emmy nomination for their work in this apocalyptic saga. That could change with the introduction of Samantha Morton to the Season 9 cast.
Anticipation for Morton’s debut has been high since the day she was announced. That’s because comic fans have salivated at the thought of the big bad Alpha being translated for the screen. Alpha is the leader of a devastating group known as The Whisperers. This clan lives in the wild among the dead, wearing walker skin masks to disguise themselves. This twist alone makes the group a terrifying threat, but it is the sadistic nature of their leader Alpha that sets The Whisperers apart.
See‘The Walking Dead...
Anticipation for Morton’s debut has been high since the day she was announced. That’s because comic fans have salivated at the thought of the big bad Alpha being translated for the screen. Alpha is the leader of a devastating group known as The Whisperers. This clan lives in the wild among the dead, wearing walker skin masks to disguise themselves. This twist alone makes the group a terrifying threat, but it is the sadistic nature of their leader Alpha that sets The Whisperers apart.
See‘The Walking Dead...
- 3/1/2019
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Marigo Kehoe leaves to pursue transatlantic opportunities.
Left Bank Pictures co-founder Marigo Kehoe has stepped down after 11 years with The Crown producer.
The executive, who served as managing director, is leaving the Sony Pictures Television-owned business to pursue other interests in the Us and UK.
Kehoe formed the indie in 2007 with chief executive Andy Harries.
The pair previously worked at Granada, where Kehoe was head of production for drama, comedy, factual drama and film, with credits including Life Begins, Longford, The Street, The Deal and Dirty Filthy Love.
Kehoe’s film credits include Pierrepoint and The Queen.
Left Bank...
Left Bank Pictures co-founder Marigo Kehoe has stepped down after 11 years with The Crown producer.
The executive, who served as managing director, is leaving the Sony Pictures Television-owned business to pursue other interests in the Us and UK.
Kehoe formed the indie in 2007 with chief executive Andy Harries.
The pair previously worked at Granada, where Kehoe was head of production for drama, comedy, factual drama and film, with credits including Life Begins, Longford, The Street, The Deal and Dirty Filthy Love.
Kehoe’s film credits include Pierrepoint and The Queen.
Left Bank...
- 3/15/2018
- by Manori Ravindran Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
British media regulator Ofcom on Tuesday unveiled the addition of four non-executive directors to the board of U.K. public service broadcaster Channel 4, including The King's Speech director Tom Hooper.
The Oscar winner's films also include The Danish Girl and Les Miserables. His first professional short, Painted Faces, aired on Channel 4 in 1992.
"His film and television work has received a number of industry awards and nominations, including Emmys and Golden Globes for Elizabeth I and Longford, both of which he directed for Channel 4," the announcement also said.
Also named to Channel 4 board roles were Uzma Hasan, a producer...
The Oscar winner's films also include The Danish Girl and Les Miserables. His first professional short, Painted Faces, aired on Channel 4 in 1992.
"His film and television work has received a number of industry awards and nominations, including Emmys and Golden Globes for Elizabeth I and Longford, both of which he directed for Channel 4," the announcement also said.
Also named to Channel 4 board roles were Uzma Hasan, a producer...
- 12/12/2017
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Northern Irish politicians make an intriguing cinematic pairing, but there are even more fiery duos that film could fictionalise
Nick Hamm’s new film The Journey tells of the decades-long enmity, followed by the highly surprising friendship, between Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness as they laboured towards the Anglo-Irish agreement. It slots neatly into a favourite mini-genre of mine, mostly cornered by screenwriter Peter Morgan, who has made half a career of creating dramatic face-offs between real-life figures with diametrically opposed worldviews: Lord Longford and Myra Hindley (Longford); Brian Clough and Don Revie (The Damned United) and James Hunt and Niki Lauda (Rush). Other film-makers have taken up the format, too, in My Week With Marilyn, The King’s Speech and now The Journey.
Related: How Paisley and McGuinness's journey to peace ended at Venice film festival
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Nick Hamm’s new film The Journey tells of the decades-long enmity, followed by the highly surprising friendship, between Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness as they laboured towards the Anglo-Irish agreement. It slots neatly into a favourite mini-genre of mine, mostly cornered by screenwriter Peter Morgan, who has made half a career of creating dramatic face-offs between real-life figures with diametrically opposed worldviews: Lord Longford and Myra Hindley (Longford); Brian Clough and Don Revie (The Damned United) and James Hunt and Niki Lauda (Rush). Other film-makers have taken up the format, too, in My Week With Marilyn, The King’s Speech and now The Journey.
Related: How Paisley and McGuinness's journey to peace ended at Venice film festival
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- 5/1/2017
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: British thriller Monochrome is set to market premiere at the London Screenings this month.
UK genre specialists Devilworks has acquired worldwide rights to Monochrome, Thomas Lawes’ thriller starring 2013 Screen Star of Tomorrow Cosmo Jarvis (The Naughty Room), Jo Woodcock (Dorian Gray) James Cosmo (Braveheart, Game Of Thrones) and Lee Boardman (Longford).
The film tells the story of a female serial killer who targets the wealthy. Cosmo’s detective tracks her down using special abilities granted to him by his neurological condition synaesthesia, which confuses his senses, allowing him to hear colours and see sounds.
Suzie Norton is producing the project for Birmingham-based Electric Flix.
Monochrome is set to receive a market premiere at the London Screenings later this month.
Devilworks has also acquired international rights (excluding UK, Germany, Australia, Nz, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) to documentary Welcome To Leith, which premiered at Sundance 2015 and went on to pick up awards at HotDocs...
UK genre specialists Devilworks has acquired worldwide rights to Monochrome, Thomas Lawes’ thriller starring 2013 Screen Star of Tomorrow Cosmo Jarvis (The Naughty Room), Jo Woodcock (Dorian Gray) James Cosmo (Braveheart, Game Of Thrones) and Lee Boardman (Longford).
The film tells the story of a female serial killer who targets the wealthy. Cosmo’s detective tracks her down using special abilities granted to him by his neurological condition synaesthesia, which confuses his senses, allowing him to hear colours and see sounds.
Suzie Norton is producing the project for Birmingham-based Electric Flix.
Monochrome is set to receive a market premiere at the London Screenings later this month.
Devilworks has also acquired international rights (excluding UK, Germany, Australia, Nz, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) to documentary Welcome To Leith, which premiered at Sundance 2015 and went on to pick up awards at HotDocs...
- 6/6/2016
- ScreenDaily
Will "The Last Panthers" score an Emmy nomination for Best Limited Series? The six-part crime thriller is inspired by the true story of the international jewel thieves known as the Pink Panthers. It premieres on SundanceTV on April 13. Watch the trailer above. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Emmy Predictions International intrigue has certainly been a winning formula for the network, with three earlier offerings all earning Emmy program prizes. So we should take "The Last Panthers" seriously as a contender, especially given its strong pedigree. It stars a pair of Oscar-nominees: Samantha Morton and John Hurt. Morton has one previous Emmy bid, for Tom Hooper's HBO telefilm "Longford" in 2007, while veteran Hurt is aiming for his first ever Emmy bid. The TV academy loves movie stars who move to the small screen, though there's no shortage of t...
- 4/7/2016
- Gold Derby
Starz has acquired exclusive U.S. premium rights to Close To The Enemy, a six-episode original miniseries written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff (Dancing On The Edge) with Helen Flint (Longford), Hilary Bevan Jones (Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot) and Colin Callender (Wolf Hall) serving as executive producers. It’s slated to premiere on BBC Two in the UK and Starz in the U.S. in 2016. Set in a bomb-damaged London hotel during the aftermath of World War II, thriller Close To The…...
- 9/14/2015
- Deadline TV
London – Golden Globe-winning producer Helen Flint has exited U.K. film and TV production banner Company Pictures to start her own indie label. Flint is setting up Little Island Productions after eight years as head of production at Company Pictures where her résumé boasts the Golden Globe-winning HBO and Channel Four co-production Longford, directed by Tom Hooper from a script by Peter Morgan and starring Jim Broadbent and Samantha Morton. Photos: 81 of Fall TV's Biggest Stars: THR's Exclusive Portraits Alex Protherough, Flint's deputy at Company Pictures has also joined Lip as production executive. The startup
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- 9/30/2013
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In 2011 that film was Oscar winner The King's Speech. Now he is Oscar-tipped again for Les Misérables. Here the 'tough guy' director, who made his first film while still at school, talks about the epic he sees as a timeless 'anthem for the dispossessed'
It was almost two years ago that I first met Tom Hooper. He was with Colin Firth, and their film, The King's Speech – which Hooper directed and in which Firth starred – was weeks away from winning its Oscars. It was a heady occasion. An excitable Hooper did most of the talking (Firth detests interviews) and the film – about the struggle George VI had with his speech impediment when he came to the throne in 1936 – became the unlikely winner that delighted everyone who saw it: an impossible act to follow.
And yet, today, Hooper is attempting to trump it on an epic scale. He has taken on...
It was almost two years ago that I first met Tom Hooper. He was with Colin Firth, and their film, The King's Speech – which Hooper directed and in which Firth starred – was weeks away from winning its Oscars. It was a heady occasion. An excitable Hooper did most of the talking (Firth detests interviews) and the film – about the struggle George VI had with his speech impediment when he came to the throne in 1936 – became the unlikely winner that delighted everyone who saw it: an impossible act to follow.
And yet, today, Hooper is attempting to trump it on an epic scale. He has taken on...
- 12/30/2012
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
Tom Hooper, the director of intimate character studies like the Oscar-winning The King's Speech, the HBO miniseries "John Adams" and the TV drama "Longford," would not seem the sort of chap likely to make a sprawling adaptation of a beloved Broadway musical.
"I've always had an epic filmmaker within me clamoring to get out," explains the British director.
That much becomes clear in Hooper's new film, Les Misérables. From the musical based on Victor Hugo's novel, the film is an enormous, star-studded affair overlaid on a French revolution canvas yet painted with a naturalistic brush.
The film, which has been nominated for four Golden Globes, has returned Hooper to the thick of the Oscar race two years after the Academy Awards' coronation of The King's Speech. A few months after that film won best picture and best director for Hooper, he was onto Les Miz, spending the "capital," he says,...
"I've always had an epic filmmaker within me clamoring to get out," explains the British director.
That much becomes clear in Hooper's new film, Les Misérables. From the musical based on Victor Hugo's novel, the film is an enormous, star-studded affair overlaid on a French revolution canvas yet painted with a naturalistic brush.
The film, which has been nominated for four Golden Globes, has returned Hooper to the thick of the Oscar race two years after the Academy Awards' coronation of The King's Speech. A few months after that film won best picture and best director for Hooper, he was onto Les Miz, spending the "capital," he says,...
- 12/21/2012
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
New York -- Tom Hooper, the director of intimate character studies like the Oscar-winning "The King's Speech," the HBO miniseries "John Adams" and the TV drama "Longford," would not seem the sort of chap likely to make a sprawling adaptation of a beloved Broadway musical.
"I've always had an epic filmmaker within me clamoring to get out," explains the British director.
That much becomes clear in Hooper's new film, "Les Miserables." From the musical based on Victor Hugo's novel, the film is an enormous, star-studded affair overlaid on a French revolution canvas yet painted with a naturalistic brush.
The film, which has been nominated for four Golden Globes, has returned Hooper to the thick of the Oscar race two years after the Academy Awards' coronation of "The King's Speech." A few months after that film won best picture and best director for Hooper, he was onto "Les Miz," spending the "capital,...
"I've always had an epic filmmaker within me clamoring to get out," explains the British director.
That much becomes clear in Hooper's new film, "Les Miserables." From the musical based on Victor Hugo's novel, the film is an enormous, star-studded affair overlaid on a French revolution canvas yet painted with a naturalistic brush.
The film, which has been nominated for four Golden Globes, has returned Hooper to the thick of the Oscar race two years after the Academy Awards' coronation of "The King's Speech." A few months after that film won best picture and best director for Hooper, he was onto "Les Miz," spending the "capital,...
- 12/21/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Director Tom Hooper and composer Mychael Danna will both be honored at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) on Jan. 5. Hooper, whose Les Miserables has already been nominated for four Golden Globe awards, including best picture, and four SAG Award nominations, will receive the Sonny Bono Visionary Award at the annual film festival. Hooper won an Academy Award for directing the 2010 Oscar-winning film, The King’s Speech. Hooper has also worked on several award-winning HBO projects throughout his career, including John Adams, Longford and Elizabeth I. His other work includes The Damned United, Red
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- 12/18/2012
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Les Miserables" Director Tom Hooper and composer Mychael Danna will be honored at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. Hooper is set to get the Sonny Bono Visionary Award while Danna will receive the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing. Both will join previous announced honorees -- the cast of Argo, Richard Gere, Sally Field, Helen Hunt, Helen Mirren, Naomi Watts and Robert Zemeckis. The Festival runs January 3-14.
(Watch my fun interview with Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables" right here, "Les Miserables" movie review)
Here's the complete press release:
Palm Springs, CA (December 18, 2012) . The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Academy Award®-winning director Tom Hooper with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award and Mychael Danna with the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing. Presented by Cartier, the Awards Gala will be held Saturday, January 5, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Hosted by Mary Hart,...
(Watch my fun interview with Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables" right here, "Les Miserables" movie review)
Here's the complete press release:
Palm Springs, CA (December 18, 2012) . The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Academy Award®-winning director Tom Hooper with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award and Mychael Danna with the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing. Presented by Cartier, the Awards Gala will be held Saturday, January 5, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Hosted by Mary Hart,...
- 12/18/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Peter Morgan has an impressive CV as a writer. The Deal, The Queen, Frost/Nixon, Hereafter, The Other Boleyn Girl, Longford, The Last King of Scotland, very strong work all round.
It turns out he put in some of the ground work on the next Bond film, having worked on a treatment which, due to the shenanigans at MGM, has ended up being taken on and developed by John Logan, among others. In his own words:-
“I wrote a treatment for it and I believe, I haven’t read the final script, but I believe the core idea of the final script is that. But what then happened was the whole MGM bankruptcy thing happened. And by [the time it was sorted], I was completely snowed under with other stuff, and Sam had a good relationship with John Logan, and I said ‘Look, I can’t do anything with it.’ It’s sad, but what can you do?...
It turns out he put in some of the ground work on the next Bond film, having worked on a treatment which, due to the shenanigans at MGM, has ended up being taken on and developed by John Logan, among others. In his own words:-
“I wrote a treatment for it and I believe, I haven’t read the final script, but I believe the core idea of the final script is that. But what then happened was the whole MGM bankruptcy thing happened. And by [the time it was sorted], I was completely snowed under with other stuff, and Sam had a good relationship with John Logan, and I said ‘Look, I can’t do anything with it.’ It’s sad, but what can you do?...
- 10/15/2011
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Andy Serkis says he finds no difference between 'performance capture' and acting. We should take this as a grave warning
The lavish and reckless absurdity of the new film Rise of the Planet of the Apes will do nothing to restrain the cult of Andy Serkis. But nor will it help us negotiate the difference (and the profound resemblance) between what is now called "performance-capture technology" and the thing we once called acting. After all, moving film projected for an audience was, from the outset, a new technological power that recorded and preserved the look and gestures of actors for people who could not see them on stage. The studio we now think of as Paramount was once renowned for distributing rather limited prints of "Famous Players".
What Serkis has been pioneering for a few years now is nothing I understand fully in a technological sense. But it is something...
The lavish and reckless absurdity of the new film Rise of the Planet of the Apes will do nothing to restrain the cult of Andy Serkis. But nor will it help us negotiate the difference (and the profound resemblance) between what is now called "performance-capture technology" and the thing we once called acting. After all, moving film projected for an audience was, from the outset, a new technological power that recorded and preserved the look and gestures of actors for people who could not see them on stage. The studio we now think of as Paramount was once renowned for distributing rather limited prints of "Famous Players".
What Serkis has been pioneering for a few years now is nothing I understand fully in a technological sense. But it is something...
- 8/11/2011
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
San Diego -- When the filmmakers behind "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" settled on virtual simians rather than people in monkey suits for their lower primates, their first casting task became obvious: get Andy.
British actor Andy Serkis has emerged as a master of the art of creating characters in the digital realm of performance capture. He's been the emotional backbone of the great ape in "King Kong" and Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings," creatures that are completed by visual-effects artists layering computer animation over his raw performance.
Serkis, a 20-year veteran of stage and live-action screen roles, has become best-known for his performance-capture characters, which now include a super-intelligent chimpanzee in the "Apes" prequel, opening Friday, along with a key part in this December's "The Adventures of Tintin," from Steven Spielberg and "Kong" and "Lord of the Rings" creator Peter Jackson.
He's playing Gollum again in Jackson's "The Hobbit,...
British actor Andy Serkis has emerged as a master of the art of creating characters in the digital realm of performance capture. He's been the emotional backbone of the great ape in "King Kong" and Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings," creatures that are completed by visual-effects artists layering computer animation over his raw performance.
Serkis, a 20-year veteran of stage and live-action screen roles, has become best-known for his performance-capture characters, which now include a super-intelligent chimpanzee in the "Apes" prequel, opening Friday, along with a key part in this December's "The Adventures of Tintin," from Steven Spielberg and "Kong" and "Lord of the Rings" creator Peter Jackson.
He's playing Gollum again in Jackson's "The Hobbit,...
- 8/2/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
It’s easy to become blinded by the shine from its multiple awards but the Blu-ray and DVD release of The King’s Speech is an opportunity to enjoy Tom Hooper’s excellent film again, and it’s an opportunity well worth taking.
The film tells the story of the ascension of King George VI to the throne and the painful maturation of the man’s public persona and its key ingredient, the voice of a King. The central relationship between Firth’s King George and Geoffrey Rush’s unorthodox Australian speech leads the film from the 1925 closing speech of the British Empire Exhibition to the rousing speech to the nation on the outbreak of War. It is a rich tale, told with impeccable pacing, focus and is something of a triumph for a relatively low budget British independent film.
It may have been decried as Oscar bait on its release,...
The film tells the story of the ascension of King George VI to the throne and the painful maturation of the man’s public persona and its key ingredient, the voice of a King. The central relationship between Firth’s King George and Geoffrey Rush’s unorthodox Australian speech leads the film from the 1925 closing speech of the British Empire Exhibition to the rousing speech to the nation on the outbreak of War. It is a rich tale, told with impeccable pacing, focus and is something of a triumph for a relatively low budget British independent film.
It may have been decried as Oscar bait on its release,...
- 5/9/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Justin Chadwick, the director of The Other Boleyn Girl, has only worked in television before and, sadly, you can tell. The movie has things that work better than others, but ultimately it falls down because it cannot find a cinematic way of telling its story. By ‘cinematic’ here I do not mean visual, as actually the movie is rather nicely shot, albeit on digital. But it needed to find a way to sustain its drama on an emotional level for two hours and it doesn’t figure it out; it’s too episodic, skimming through the historical facts it is (loosely) based on without finding a dramatic thread to hold it together.
Four years after it’s theatrical release, The Other Boleyn Girl was released on Blu-ray this week.
This may, for all I know, be a problem with Philippa Gregory’s popular novel on which it is based, which I have not read.
Four years after it’s theatrical release, The Other Boleyn Girl was released on Blu-ray this week.
This may, for all I know, be a problem with Philippa Gregory’s popular novel on which it is based, which I have not read.
- 3/24/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
British director defeats David Fincher and other Hollywood heavyweights to take Oscar with royal tale
Follow our Oscars 2011 live coverage here
He may have lost out in the Bafta race, but Tom Hooper has come good at the Academy Awards, where he won the best director Oscar.
Hooper was one of 12 Academy Award nominations for The King's Speech, and he was up against major Hollywood heavyweights – the Coen brothers, David Fincher, David O Russell and Darren Aronofsky – but The King's Speech's irresistible momentum swept him towards the top prize.
Hooper, 38, worked his way through the ranks of British TV programme-making before establishing himself with the two-part Love in a Cold Climate in 2001. He went on to direct Prime Suspect 6, Elizabeth I and the award-winning Longford, starring Jim Broadbent.
Before The King's Speech, his best known feature film was The Damned United, the story of Brian Clough's ill-fated reign as Leeds United manager.
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He may have lost out in the Bafta race, but Tom Hooper has come good at the Academy Awards, where he won the best director Oscar.
Hooper was one of 12 Academy Award nominations for The King's Speech, and he was up against major Hollywood heavyweights – the Coen brothers, David Fincher, David O Russell and Darren Aronofsky – but The King's Speech's irresistible momentum swept him towards the top prize.
Hooper, 38, worked his way through the ranks of British TV programme-making before establishing himself with the two-part Love in a Cold Climate in 2001. He went on to direct Prime Suspect 6, Elizabeth I and the award-winning Longford, starring Jim Broadbent.
Before The King's Speech, his best known feature film was The Damned United, the story of Brian Clough's ill-fated reign as Leeds United manager.
- 2/28/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
British helmer Tom Hooper's winning streak should continue well past tomorrow's night date at the Oscars. With The King's Speech, he might have produced one of the best films about a British Royal -- which is quite an impressive accomplishment when you consider that the Monarch's history is longer than film history. Hooper and writer David Seidler tap into a story so rich and complex that we should be thankful that no one attempted to bring it to screen beforehand. I sat down with the filmmaker before the Oscar nominations were announced. Yama Rahimi: I was first introduced to your work with Longford (2006) which in turn drove me to check out your 2008 outing The Damned United. I was wondering how do you go about choosing your projects? Tom Hooper: That film is very well loved but hardly made any money at Us box office. The King's Speech...
- 2/26/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Tom Hooper may not pick up the award for best director but Academy Awards matter less to such a high achiever, says Catherine Shoard
The odds are that Tom Hooper won't be named best director this Sunday. What that will make him, by default, is the year's most discreet. For although the cast, composer and writer of The King's Speech seem shoo-ins – and the film itself may well win best picture – Hooper himself looks likely to lose out.
An insult? Was he really the one thing that let the side down? No: it's a compliment. Hooper has helmed an awards-gorger of a movie, an underdog the size of a bus that's steamrollered the competition into submission, and no one really noticed there was a driver. A story in last week's Evening Standard said that "Peter Hooper" was irked by accusations of historical inaccuracy. This is the man behind the biggest Britflick in years.
The odds are that Tom Hooper won't be named best director this Sunday. What that will make him, by default, is the year's most discreet. For although the cast, composer and writer of The King's Speech seem shoo-ins – and the film itself may well win best picture – Hooper himself looks likely to lose out.
An insult? Was he really the one thing that let the side down? No: it's a compliment. Hooper has helmed an awards-gorger of a movie, an underdog the size of a bus that's steamrollered the competition into submission, and no one really noticed there was a driver. A story in last week's Evening Standard said that "Peter Hooper" was irked by accusations of historical inaccuracy. This is the man behind the biggest Britflick in years.
- 2/25/2011
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
In terms of catapulting yourself onto the A-list, there are few better ways of doing it than by directing a huge commercial success that's nominated for more Oscars than any other film this year. Two years ago, 38-year-old British director Tom Hooper was, for the most part, a well-regarded TV director; one mostly forgotten feature credit to his name (the South African drama "Red Dust," with Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor), but mostly acclaimed TV dramas like "Longford," "John Adams," "Prime Suspect" and the Helen Mirren vehicle "Elizabeth I,"…...
- 2/24/2011
- The Playlist
After yesterday’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival Directors Panel, I had the opportunity to chat in the Lobero Theatre’s green room for about 15 minutes with one of the six panelists, Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech”). The 38-year-old TV-turned-film director was the surprise winner of the DGA Award last month, and — based on that prize’s long history of correlating with the best director Oscar — it seems likely that he will be taking the stage at the Kodak Theatre in three weeks, as well. Still, even the biggest of film buffs know relatively little about him, so I set out to learn as much as I could during our brief time together.
Over the course of our conversation, we discussed…
his early moviegoing experiences/directorial inspirations (“Ironically, I got my film education from television”) his early work/lessons learned as a TV director for the BBC, for which...
Over the course of our conversation, we discussed…
his early moviegoing experiences/directorial inspirations (“Ironically, I got my film education from television”) his early work/lessons learned as a TV director for the BBC, for which...
- 2/7/2011
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
I feel all tingly inside, Roomies — and that’s not just my body responding to that Swanson I ate for breakfast. Frankly, it’s because TV shows are coming back from their breaks (a.k.a. the cold, dark months of TV hell), and there’s a lot to be pumped about.
First up this week, we have Castle scoop, info on Detroit 1-8-7 (Save It!), and what you can look forward to from Pawnee (besides a sunnier life in general) now that Parks is back. There’s also casting bit on Smallville, Chuck Ep Chris Fedak responds to our cries for justice,...
First up this week, we have Castle scoop, info on Detroit 1-8-7 (Save It!), and what you can look forward to from Pawnee (besides a sunnier life in general) now that Parks is back. There’s also casting bit on Smallville, Chuck Ep Chris Fedak responds to our cries for justice,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
The King’s Speech opens on Jan 7. Towards the premiere, recall the last official interview with Tom Hooper, director of the story of George VI’s fight against his stutter – has shown its not likely beginnings.
Hooper finds himself in a position of great advantage. As director of The King’s Speech, one of the most critically valued movies of this awards season, he has a strong possibility of winning an Oscar in February. And thus become one of the leading film directors in his country. A Londoner with youthful appearance, soft hair and a self-assured look, Hooper, 38, started narrating not likely beginnings of The King’s Speech.
This British film is about a stammer suffered by King George VI, widely known as Bertie before ascending the throne. Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue made progress in Bertie’s stammer where others did not succeed. But when his brother Edward abdicated...
Hooper finds himself in a position of great advantage. As director of The King’s Speech, one of the most critically valued movies of this awards season, he has a strong possibility of winning an Oscar in February. And thus become one of the leading film directors in his country. A Londoner with youthful appearance, soft hair and a self-assured look, Hooper, 38, started narrating not likely beginnings of The King’s Speech.
This British film is about a stammer suffered by King George VI, widely known as Bertie before ascending the throne. Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue made progress in Bertie’s stammer where others did not succeed. But when his brother Edward abdicated...
- 1/3/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
The King's Speech, which opens on Friday and is tipped for Oscar honours, concerns the terrible struggle George VI had with his speech impediment when he came to the throne in 1936. Colin Firth, in a rare interview, and director Tom Hooper talk about the making of this deeply moving film
On the face of it, an entire film devoted to the subject of a speech impediment sounds risky – even when one learns that the stammer is a royal one, belonging to King George VI. Yet The King's Speech has got off to a tremendous and triumphantly unjittery start. It has been feted in the Us, crowned at the British Independent Film awards – as best British film (with honours for its actors and for David Seidler, who wrote the screenplay) – and has most recently won seven nominations for the Golden Globe awards. It now seems certain that Colin Firth will be...
On the face of it, an entire film devoted to the subject of a speech impediment sounds risky – even when one learns that the stammer is a royal one, belonging to King George VI. Yet The King's Speech has got off to a tremendous and triumphantly unjittery start. It has been feted in the Us, crowned at the British Independent Film awards – as best British film (with honours for its actors and for David Seidler, who wrote the screenplay) – and has most recently won seven nominations for the Golden Globe awards. It now seems certain that Colin Firth will be...
- 1/3/2011
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
Tom Hooper’s film The King’s Speech is out in UK cinemas on the 7th of January and is the perfect way to start your cinematic year.
Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush take the lead in the story of King George VI’s reluctant ascension to the throne and the crucial relationship he strikes up with speech therapist Lionel Logue to tame the stammer which threatens to undermine his presence as King as he is thrust before his subjects under intense public scrutiny at a point in history when the people need a monarch to lead.
I had the chance to sit down with Hooper who was very keen to play up the collaborative nature of the film’s development, including his work with Firth and Rush on the all important central relationship and how this creative partnership extended beyond the filming. Hooper’s humility and considered opinion of...
Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush take the lead in the story of King George VI’s reluctant ascension to the throne and the crucial relationship he strikes up with speech therapist Lionel Logue to tame the stammer which threatens to undermine his presence as King as he is thrust before his subjects under intense public scrutiny at a point in history when the people need a monarch to lead.
I had the chance to sit down with Hooper who was very keen to play up the collaborative nature of the film’s development, including his work with Firth and Rush on the all important central relationship and how this creative partnership extended beyond the filming. Hooper’s humility and considered opinion of...
- 1/3/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Tom is such a great stickler for what is the most authentic and interesting truth rather than "Hollywooding" historical events," actor Geoffrey Rush said without hesitation. The “authentic and interesting truths” he referred to were the professional and personal relationships between King George VI, or "Bertie, (Colin Firth)" and the Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Rush) who cured Bertie of his stammer in time for a major radio address about England declaring war on Germany. Tom would be London native Tom Hooper, director of The Damned United and TV dramas John Adams and Longford.
- 1/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Tom is such a great stickler for what is the most authentic and interesting truth rather than "Hollywooding" historical events," actor Geoffrey Rush said without hesitation. The “authentic and interesting truths” he referred to were the professional and personal relationships between King George VI, or "Bertie, (Colin Firth)" and the Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Rush) who cured Bertie of his stammer in time for a major radio address about England declaring war on Germany. Tom would be London native Tom Hooper, director of The Damned United and TV dramas John Adams and Longford.
- 1/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Gold Rush With The Philarmonic Orchestra, London
What better time than now for a juxtaposition of high culture and hard-bitten poverty? Charlie Chaplin's prospecting adventure is best remembered for its "dancing bread rolls" routine, but it's a heartmelting portrait of cold, tough times, greatly informed by Chaplin's own lean years in London. We're not down to eating boiled shoe just yet, but it should resonate with our belt-tightened era – especially when it's presented in the nice, warm Royal Festival Hall, backed by the Philharmonia Orchestra. Working to Chaplin's own notes, this is conductor Carl Davis's reconstruction of the score for the original 1925 version, reinstating scenes cut for a 1942 version.
Royal Festival Hall, SE1, Mon
The King's Speech & Tom Hooper, Nationwide
Arriving on a swell of awards buzz and critical adulation, this humane tale of royal awkwardness is sure to clean up with the home crowd, but to make sure,...
What better time than now for a juxtaposition of high culture and hard-bitten poverty? Charlie Chaplin's prospecting adventure is best remembered for its "dancing bread rolls" routine, but it's a heartmelting portrait of cold, tough times, greatly informed by Chaplin's own lean years in London. We're not down to eating boiled shoe just yet, but it should resonate with our belt-tightened era – especially when it's presented in the nice, warm Royal Festival Hall, backed by the Philharmonia Orchestra. Working to Chaplin's own notes, this is conductor Carl Davis's reconstruction of the score for the original 1925 version, reinstating scenes cut for a 1942 version.
Royal Festival Hall, SE1, Mon
The King's Speech & Tom Hooper, Nationwide
Arriving on a swell of awards buzz and critical adulation, this humane tale of royal awkwardness is sure to clean up with the home crowd, but to make sure,...
- 1/1/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
In roles large and small, in theater and onscreen, Jim Broadbent is a masterful actor. Thanks to impeccable credentials—training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, rising up through Britain's National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and continuing to ply his craft from his days in Britain's repertory system through today—he is superb in every role he takes on.Imprinting his work with his characteristic mix of truthfulness and colorful details, whether appearing in period comedies or wrenching dramas, he can play an astonishing variety of characters. The kinetic manager in "Moulin Rouge!" and the devastated husband in "Iris" reflect only two of the many extremes of his work. The straight-and-narrow judge in "Vera Drake" gives smooth way to Bridget Jones' placidly patient dad. And Broadbent deftly leaps from portraying a star in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway" to playing the Duke of...
- 12/30/2010
- backstage.com
Please Note: The following rankings and remarks reflect my personal opinions and do/will not in any way impact my projections or analysis on this site, wherein I strive above all else to correctly forecast what will happen, not what I believe should happen. My demonstrated ability to do that over the years is what has led most of you to my site, and any failure to do that will undoubtedly lead you away from it, so you can rest assured that I mean it when I say that one has/will have no bearing on the other.
Scott Feinberg’s Top 10 Films of 2010
1. “The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, PG-13, trailer)
I distinctly remember sitting in a movie theater over the summer when the first teaser for “the Facebook movie” began playing, prompting groans and snickering all around me — stuff along the lines of, “What’s it gonna be about? A server crashing?...
Scott Feinberg’s Top 10 Films of 2010
1. “The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, PG-13, trailer)
I distinctly remember sitting in a movie theater over the summer when the first teaser for “the Facebook movie” began playing, prompting groans and snickering all around me — stuff along the lines of, “What’s it gonna be about? A server crashing?...
- 12/27/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Since its debut at the Telluride Film Festival, “The King’s Speech” has collected numerous accolades for the film, its director Tom Hooper, and the filmmaker’s illustrious cast. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter have been recognized by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, to name but a few.
Yet, there’s one nod Hooper has not received: A vote of confidence from the royal family.
“We still don’t even know if the Queen has watched ‘The Queen,’” Hooper told me during a recent one-on-one interview. “And that was five years ago, Sadly, I think it’s unlikely that I will get to find out whether she’s watched this or not. But if you or another member of the press ever do find out, please ring me up.”
As Hooper...
Hollywoodnews.com: Since its debut at the Telluride Film Festival, “The King’s Speech” has collected numerous accolades for the film, its director Tom Hooper, and the filmmaker’s illustrious cast. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter have been recognized by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, to name but a few.
Yet, there’s one nod Hooper has not received: A vote of confidence from the royal family.
“We still don’t even know if the Queen has watched ‘The Queen,’” Hooper told me during a recent one-on-one interview. “And that was five years ago, Sadly, I think it’s unlikely that I will get to find out whether she’s watched this or not. But if you or another member of the press ever do find out, please ring me up.”
As Hooper...
- 12/22/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
So, although most of you probably still haven't seen this wonderful film yet, I'm going to keep talking about it because it deserves the attention. When TWC, who picked up The King's Speech at Sundance, debuted the official poster, the entire movie community went crazy with frustration at how terrible it looked. We featured the official UK quad poster because it was actually pretty good, but after all the complaining, TWC finally put out a brand new poster on Yahoo. Alas, it's just an "online" poster, but it's a huge improvement, and I actually like it. It's simple yet has strong visuals and actually fits the film. Check this poster out below! Story of the man who became King George VI and overcame a dreaded stutter with the help of a friend. The King's Speech is directed by Emmy winning British filmmaker Tom Hooper, of Red Dust, Longford, the John Adams...
- 12/3/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
There are few directors who have gained as much credibility for their ability to bring history to life than Tom Hooper, who having won an Emmy for his direction on the 2005 HBO movie "Elizabeth I," starring Helen Mirren, followed it up with "Longford" and the HBO mini-series "John Addams," both which also received numerous awards. Having been a mainstay on HBO for many years, Hooper's first theatrical feature The Damned United , starring Michael Sheen and Tim Spall, about controversial football manager Brian Clough, did well over in England but barely made a mark Stateside. Even so, it's likely Hooper's reputation for riveting historic filmmaker will reach a new pinnacle with his latest film, The King's Speech . In fact, based on the amount of buzz...
- 11/24/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Director Tom Hooper angry at classification for swearing scene
Bad language when used therapeutically by the royal family is not that awful, the British Board of Film Classification decided today as it abruptly downgraded its classification for a movie depicting George VI's battle with his stammer.
The King's Speech, a funny and moving film that tells the story of the monarch's vocal difficulties, had been given a 15 rating, much to the annoyance of its director.
The film has its UK premiere at the London Film Festival tonight and its actors and directors spoke of their bafflement at the rating, given because of a comic scene in which the then Duke of York is encouraged to swear as part of his speech therapy.
The film's director, Tom Hooper, best known for Longford on TV and movie The Damned United, said he could not understand the logic.
"My head is in my hands about it,...
Bad language when used therapeutically by the royal family is not that awful, the British Board of Film Classification decided today as it abruptly downgraded its classification for a movie depicting George VI's battle with his stammer.
The King's Speech, a funny and moving film that tells the story of the monarch's vocal difficulties, had been given a 15 rating, much to the annoyance of its director.
The film has its UK premiere at the London Film Festival tonight and its actors and directors spoke of their bafflement at the rating, given because of a comic scene in which the then Duke of York is encouraged to swear as part of his speech therapy.
The film's director, Tom Hooper, best known for Longford on TV and movie The Damned United, said he could not understand the logic.
"My head is in my hands about it,...
- 10/21/2010
- by Mark Brown, Owen Bowcott
- The Guardian - Film News
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