Arriving in theaters five years after it was filmed (and three years after it was scheduled to premiere at Tiff), London Fields has as much baggage as its leading lady Nicola Six carries. Amber Heard’s sexy protagonist is a carefree manipulator of men, catching the attention of Samson Young (Billy Bob Thornton), a pulp novelist who arrives in London during a period of upheaval, trading his New York flat with a far more successful writer Mark Asprey (Jason Isaac). Adapted by the author of the original source material, Martin Amis with Roberta Hanley, this is a film that isn’t short on its exposition and style.
The feature film debut of Mathew Cullen, a successful music video director, London Fields knows what notes to play but not how they ought to come together. It’s either an erotically-charged noir that’s one big tease or a biting commentary on...
The feature film debut of Mathew Cullen, a successful music video director, London Fields knows what notes to play but not how they ought to come together. It’s either an erotically-charged noir that’s one big tease or a biting commentary on...
- 11/5/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Investor Blazepoint Limited underwrote recut.
Three years after it was pulled from the Toronto schedule, Martin Amis adaptation London Fields will finally get a Us release after the rights-holders said they had resolved its legal issues with Amber Heard.
Nicola Six Limited announced the development on Tuesday (September 5), adding that all legal disputes between the parties had ceased and that no party had made any payment in connection with the dismissal.
The film is now scheduled to open in the Us on October 26 on 600 screens through Gvn Releasing after Investor Blazepoint Limited underwrote a recut based on a cut previously delivered by director Matthew Cullen.
Three years after it was pulled from the Toronto schedule, Martin Amis adaptation London Fields will finally get a Us release after the rights-holders said they had resolved its legal issues with Amber Heard.
Nicola Six Limited announced the development on Tuesday (September 5), adding that all legal disputes between the parties had ceased and that no party had made any payment in connection with the dismissal.
The film is now scheduled to open in the Us on October 26 on 600 screens through Gvn Releasing after Investor Blazepoint Limited underwrote a recut based on a cut previously delivered by director Matthew Cullen.
- 9/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Based on the critically acclaimed 1989 Martin Amis novel of the same name, London Fields, the debut film from director Matthew Cullen, has had a problematic path to its theatrical release – and that’s putting it lightly.
As reported by Vulture, the assembly and release of London Fields was troubled from the beginning. After multiple director changes, Cullen finally put the project into production, with Amber Heard playing the prophetic femme fatale Nikola Six. Before its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015, Cullen moved to sue the film’s producers for unauthorized tampering with the film’s footage, ultimately impairing Cullen’s creative vision. Things only got messier when a lawsuit (and a countersuit) broke out between Heard and the producers over Heard’s contractual obligations she made for the film. With all things considered, its almost unbelievable that London Fields now has a theatrical release slated for later this summer.
As reported by Vulture, the assembly and release of London Fields was troubled from the beginning. After multiple director changes, Cullen finally put the project into production, with Amber Heard playing the prophetic femme fatale Nikola Six. Before its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015, Cullen moved to sue the film’s producers for unauthorized tampering with the film’s footage, ultimately impairing Cullen’s creative vision. Things only got messier when a lawsuit (and a countersuit) broke out between Heard and the producers over Heard’s contractual obligations she made for the film. With all things considered, its almost unbelievable that London Fields now has a theatrical release slated for later this summer.
- 6/5/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Amber Heard claims she is the victim of sexploitation due to the alleged unauthorized use of a nude body double in the film London Fields.
In November, Heard was sued for $10 million by London Fields producer Christopher Hanley and the production company Nicola Six for breach of contract after she allegedly failed to “perform certain acting services” — including in several nude scenes.
In the court documents obtained by People, Hanley also accuses Heard of failing to comply with her publicity contract by refusing to attend the 2015 Toronto Film Festival premiere of the film, which has yet to be released.
But Heard shot back on Thursday,...
In November, Heard was sued for $10 million by London Fields producer Christopher Hanley and the production company Nicola Six for breach of contract after she allegedly failed to “perform certain acting services” — including in several nude scenes.
In the court documents obtained by People, Hanley also accuses Heard of failing to comply with her publicity contract by refusing to attend the 2015 Toronto Film Festival premiere of the film, which has yet to be released.
But Heard shot back on Thursday,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
It’s easy to understand the Hollywood logic behind developing sequels: If it does well, keep it going — and going, and going, with spin-offs flying in every direction long after the concept has been spread thin. But some projects are so antithetical to this approach that the very idea of the franchise approach registers as a vulgarity. So it goes with the ongoing attempts to turn Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers” into something more than a single movie.
First, it was going to be a sequel; now, it’s a “digital series,” again without the participation of the creative team behind the original. This needs to stop.
Three years ago, it was reported that Muse Prods., the company run by Chris and Roberta Hanley, was shopping around a followup to the 2012 project without the involvement of Korine or anyone else associated with the original. That included “Spring Breakers” star James Franco,...
First, it was going to be a sequel; now, it’s a “digital series,” again without the participation of the creative team behind the original. This needs to stop.
Three years ago, it was reported that Muse Prods., the company run by Chris and Roberta Hanley, was shopping around a followup to the 2012 project without the involvement of Korine or anyone else associated with the original. That included “Spring Breakers” star James Franco,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Simon Brew Dec 1, 2016
As a fresh lawsuit hits London Fields, how a long-completed film starring Amber Heard and Johnny Depp remains locked in limbo…
On Thursday 15th September 2015, some 14 months ago, the Guardian posted a review of a film called London Fields. An adaptation of the Martin Amis story of the same name, the movie was press screened for the Toronto Film Festival, and it’d be fair to say that the response to it was not favourable. The Guardian awarded the film two stars from its drawer, bemoaning “the lack of any sense of real meaning”.
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Other critics were broadly in line with the same view.
As a fresh lawsuit hits London Fields, how a long-completed film starring Amber Heard and Johnny Depp remains locked in limbo…
On Thursday 15th September 2015, some 14 months ago, the Guardian posted a review of a film called London Fields. An adaptation of the Martin Amis story of the same name, the movie was press screened for the Toronto Film Festival, and it’d be fair to say that the response to it was not favourable. The Guardian awarded the film two stars from its drawer, bemoaning “the lack of any sense of real meaning”.
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Other critics were broadly in line with the same view.
- 11/30/2016
- Den of Geek
The producers of London Fields have responded to the decision by Tiff top brass to pull the noir thriller ahead of Friday’s world premiere following allegations by the director.
“We are greatly disappointed that Tiff decided to pull the film from the festival,” the producers said in a statement.
“We have always loved launching our films here, but feel that in particular case there has been an ill-considered decision made against our rights.
“It’s the first time we have ever heard of a festival removing a movie from the festival due to it’s [sic] imagery being deemed too provocative.
“The timing and the content of the director’s lawsuit shows that it is a publicity stunt. The filing of [director] Mathew Cullen’s complaint violates the arbitration provisions of his own guild, the DGA.
“Sadly, Mathew can’t deal with the fact that he does not control the final cut of the movie.
“He was given...
“We are greatly disappointed that Tiff decided to pull the film from the festival,” the producers said in a statement.
“We have always loved launching our films here, but feel that in particular case there has been an ill-considered decision made against our rights.
“It’s the first time we have ever heard of a festival removing a movie from the festival due to it’s [sic] imagery being deemed too provocative.
“The timing and the content of the director’s lawsuit shows that it is a publicity stunt. The filing of [director] Mathew Cullen’s complaint violates the arbitration provisions of his own guild, the DGA.
“Sadly, Mathew can’t deal with the fact that he does not control the final cut of the movie.
“He was given...
- 9/17/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto Update: The film’s producers on Thursday afternoon responded to the decision by Tiff top brass to pull the noir thriller ahead of Friday’s world premiere following allegations by the director.
“We are greatly disappointed that Tiff decided to pull the film from the festival,” the producers said in a statement. “We have always loved launching our films here, but feel that in particular case there has been an ill-considered decision made against our rights.
“It’s the first time we have ever heard of a festival removing a movie from the festival due to it’s [sic] imagery being deemed too provocative.
“The timing and the content of the director’s lawsuit shows that it is a publicity stunt. The filing of [director] Mathew Cullen’s complaint violates the arbitration provisions of his own guild, the DGA. Sadly, Mathew can’t deal with the fact that he does not control the final cut of the movie...
“We are greatly disappointed that Tiff decided to pull the film from the festival,” the producers said in a statement. “We have always loved launching our films here, but feel that in particular case there has been an ill-considered decision made against our rights.
“It’s the first time we have ever heard of a festival removing a movie from the festival due to it’s [sic] imagery being deemed too provocative.
“The timing and the content of the director’s lawsuit shows that it is a publicity stunt. The filing of [director] Mathew Cullen’s complaint violates the arbitration provisions of his own guild, the DGA. Sadly, Mathew can’t deal with the fact that he does not control the final cut of the movie...
- 9/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
Updated: The producers on Thursday afternoon hit back after Tiff top brass pulled the noir thriller ahead of Friday’s world premiere following allegations from the director.
“We are greatly disappointed that Tiff decided to pull the film from the festival,” the producers said in a statement. “We have always loved launching our films here, but feel that in particular case there has been an ill-considered decision made against our rights.
“It’s the first time we have ever heard of a festival removing a movie from the festival due to it’s [sic] imagery being deemed too provocative.
“The timing and the content of the director’s lawsuit shows that it is a publicity stunt. The filing of [director] Mathew Cullen’s complaint violates the arbitration provisions of his own guild, the DGA. Sadly, Mathew can’t deal with the fact that he does not control the final cut of the movie.
“He was given...
“We are greatly disappointed that Tiff decided to pull the film from the festival,” the producers said in a statement. “We have always loved launching our films here, but feel that in particular case there has been an ill-considered decision made against our rights.
“It’s the first time we have ever heard of a festival removing a movie from the festival due to it’s [sic] imagery being deemed too provocative.
“The timing and the content of the director’s lawsuit shows that it is a publicity stunt. The filing of [director] Mathew Cullen’s complaint violates the arbitration provisions of his own guild, the DGA. Sadly, Mathew can’t deal with the fact that he does not control the final cut of the movie.
“He was given...
- 9/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
World premiere cancelled following allegations from director.
Update 18/09: ‘London Fields’ producers hit back after Toronto pulls film
Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) has pulled noir thriller London Fields from its line-up and cancelled tomorrow’s world premiere following reports that director Matthew Cullen had instigated legal action against the producers of the feature.
“We are greatly disappointed that Tiff decided to pull the film from the festival,” the producers said in a statement. “We have always loved launching our films here, but feel that in particular case there has been an ill-considered decision made against our rights.
“It’s the first time we have ever heard of a festival removing a movie from the festival due to it’s [sic] imagery being deemed too provocative.
“The timing and the content of the director’s lawsuit shows that it is a publicity stunt. The filing of [director] Mathew Cullen’s complaint violates the arbitration provisions of his own guild...
Update 18/09: ‘London Fields’ producers hit back after Toronto pulls film
Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) has pulled noir thriller London Fields from its line-up and cancelled tomorrow’s world premiere following reports that director Matthew Cullen had instigated legal action against the producers of the feature.
“We are greatly disappointed that Tiff decided to pull the film from the festival,” the producers said in a statement. “We have always loved launching our films here, but feel that in particular case there has been an ill-considered decision made against our rights.
“It’s the first time we have ever heard of a festival removing a movie from the festival due to it’s [sic] imagery being deemed too provocative.
“The timing and the content of the director’s lawsuit shows that it is a publicity stunt. The filing of [director] Mathew Cullen’s complaint violates the arbitration provisions of his own guild...
- 9/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
There is a cum-stained shelf in some odious basement that's reserved for cinematic cesspools like "London Fields." Considering the origin and nature of the film, that could very well be its intended destination. The eternal struggle of successfully adapting books for the screen is the attempt at aligning a particular directorial vision with the impregnable imagination of the reader. Pulpy and controversial novels like Martin Amis' dystopian "London Fields," where lust, love, and death get caught up in a perverse orgy of bondage and sleaze, might prove once and for all that some material is best left to fester in the imagination. Whatever director Matthew Cullen and writer Roberta Hanley have cooked up with this screen adaptation, it's nothing if not a debauched hodgepodge for the senses that dares you to abandon it at almost every turn. In some not-so-distant future (Amis' novel was written in 1989 and set in...
- 9/15/2015
- by Nikola Grozdanovic
- The Playlist
Available now On Demand, and from iTunes, Veronika Decides to Die has released a couple of new clips. The Sarah Michelle Gellar vehicle has a great supporting cast, including David Thewlis and Melissa Leo, and looks to be a mind-bending puzzle that actually works.
After attempting suicide, Veronika attempts suicide, but wakes up in a privately-funded psychiatric hospital. Apparently a place with some unusual practices, it looks as though the director of the institution (Thewlis) is attempting to turn Veronika around, and get her to want to live, despite the ironic twist that it looks like she only has a few weeks to live anyway.
It’s not your usual “trapped in a psych ward” film, and this is a cast that should be able to get something interesting out of just about any idea.
Take a look at the new clips below, and don’t forget the trailer.
Let me know what you think?...
After attempting suicide, Veronika attempts suicide, but wakes up in a privately-funded psychiatric hospital. Apparently a place with some unusual practices, it looks as though the director of the institution (Thewlis) is attempting to turn Veronika around, and get her to want to live, despite the ironic twist that it looks like she only has a few weeks to live anyway.
It’s not your usual “trapped in a psych ward” film, and this is a cast that should be able to get something interesting out of just about any idea.
Take a look at the new clips below, and don’t forget the trailer.
Let me know what you think?...
- 1/20/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Earlier this week, James Franco got a lot of people buzzing when he publicly called out the producers of Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, a sequel to the Harmony Korine-directed cult hit. The actor alleged that the follow-up was not being done with Korine’s permission and denounced it on his Instagram page, saying it would be “a terrible film.” Now, producers Chris and Robert Hanley of Muse Productions, and Jordan Gertner of Hero Productions, all three of whom are collaborating with Wild Bunch on Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, are firing back.
Speaking exclusively with Variety about the subject, the trio didn’t pull any punches in dissing Franco for his comments. Referencing the actor’s long track record of sequels or reimaginings, including Oz the Great and Powerful, Spider-Man and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Chris Hanley had none too kind words for Franco:
“Franco...
Speaking exclusively with Variety about the subject, the trio didn’t pull any punches in dissing Franco for his comments. Referencing the actor’s long track record of sequels or reimaginings, including Oz the Great and Powerful, Spider-Man and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Chris Hanley had none too kind words for Franco:
“Franco...
- 5/17/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
While audiences who loved "Spring Breakers" are no doubt thrilled with news that the film is getting a sequel, original star James Franco is none too pleased.
Franco and "Spring Breakers 2" producers have been engaged in a public war of words since the sequel was first announced, with both sides slinging pretty harsh zingers at the other. Franco's beef lies with producers' choice to move forward with a follow-up without the involvement of director Harmony Korine, who Franco said was the creative visionary behind the 2012 first film. He released the following rant on Instagram:
Statement About Spring Breakers 2: This is not being done with Harmony Korine or my consent. The original was wholly Harmony's creation and these producers are capitalizing on that innovative film to make money on a weak sequel. I want everyone to know that whoever is involved in the sequel is jumping on board a poison ship.
Franco and "Spring Breakers 2" producers have been engaged in a public war of words since the sequel was first announced, with both sides slinging pretty harsh zingers at the other. Franco's beef lies with producers' choice to move forward with a follow-up without the involvement of director Harmony Korine, who Franco said was the creative visionary behind the 2012 first film. He released the following rant on Instagram:
Statement About Spring Breakers 2: This is not being done with Harmony Korine or my consent. The original was wholly Harmony's creation and these producers are capitalizing on that innovative film to make money on a weak sequel. I want everyone to know that whoever is involved in the sequel is jumping on board a poison ship.
- 5/16/2014
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Johnny Depp is set to cameo in Matthew Cullen's crime thriller "London Fields".
An adaptation of Martin Amis' 1989 novel, the story revolves around a promiscuous psychic (Amber Heard) who meets her fate, as foretold by her visions, by going to a seedy London pub.
Billy Bob Thornton and Jim Sturgess also star, while Amis adapted the screenplay with Roberta Hanley. Filming began last month in London.
Depp has reportedly already shot his scenes, filming them during down time to his commitments to shoot Rob Marshall's "Into the Woods" and David Koepp's "Mortdecai".
Source: THR...
An adaptation of Martin Amis' 1989 novel, the story revolves around a promiscuous psychic (Amber Heard) who meets her fate, as foretold by her visions, by going to a seedy London pub.
Billy Bob Thornton and Jim Sturgess also star, while Amis adapted the screenplay with Roberta Hanley. Filming began last month in London.
Depp has reportedly already shot his scenes, filming them during down time to his commitments to shoot Rob Marshall's "Into the Woods" and David Koepp's "Mortdecai".
Source: THR...
- 10/30/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Film version of Martin Amis' 1991 novel currently shooting in the UK capital will see a small role for Pirates of Caribbean star
• London Fields film shoot gets under way
• Interview: Martin Amis
Johnny Depp is to make a cameo appearance in the upcoming film adaptation of Martin Amis's classic novel of urban disintegration, London Fields, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Depp, who is reported to be in a relationship with the film's lead Amber Heard, has already filmed his scenes for the crime thriller, which has been shooting in the capital for a month. Commercials and music video director Mathew Cullen makes his feature film debut on the project, the screenplay for which has been written by Amis himself, along with Roberta Hanley.
London Fields is set in 1999 and also stars Billy Bob Thornton and Jim Sturgess. Like Amis's 1989 novel, it centres on clairvoyant "murderee" Nicola Six (Heard...
• London Fields film shoot gets under way
• Interview: Martin Amis
Johnny Depp is to make a cameo appearance in the upcoming film adaptation of Martin Amis's classic novel of urban disintegration, London Fields, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Depp, who is reported to be in a relationship with the film's lead Amber Heard, has already filmed his scenes for the crime thriller, which has been shooting in the capital for a month. Commercials and music video director Mathew Cullen makes his feature film debut on the project, the screenplay for which has been written by Amis himself, along with Roberta Hanley.
London Fields is set in 1999 and also stars Billy Bob Thornton and Jim Sturgess. Like Amis's 1989 novel, it centres on clairvoyant "murderee" Nicola Six (Heard...
- 10/30/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Long gestating Martin Amis adaptation starts shooting, with Katy Perry promo director Matthew Cullen on board
• Read our 2001 interview with Martin Amis
It has languished in Hollywood purgatory for well over a decade while directors of the calibre of David Cronenberg, Michael Winterbottom and Shekhar Kapur have come and gone. But Martin Amis's most celebrated novel, London Fields, is finally due to begin shooting today in the British capital with a high-profile cast that includes Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton and Jim Sturgess.
Guillermo del Toro protege Mathew Cullen will make his feature film debut on the project after cutting his teeth on commercials and music videos, as well as overseeing the prologue for the Mexican film-maker's current blockbuster Pacific Rim. The big screen version, the screenplay for which Amis has written himself with Roberta Hanley, does not look to have diverted too far from the 1989 novel. It centres...
• Read our 2001 interview with Martin Amis
It has languished in Hollywood purgatory for well over a decade while directors of the calibre of David Cronenberg, Michael Winterbottom and Shekhar Kapur have come and gone. But Martin Amis's most celebrated novel, London Fields, is finally due to begin shooting today in the British capital with a high-profile cast that includes Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton and Jim Sturgess.
Guillermo del Toro protege Mathew Cullen will make his feature film debut on the project after cutting his teeth on commercials and music videos, as well as overseeing the prologue for the Mexican film-maker's current blockbuster Pacific Rim. The big screen version, the screenplay for which Amis has written himself with Roberta Hanley, does not look to have diverted too far from the 1989 novel. It centres...
- 9/10/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Martin Amis’ novel London Fields has, like so much of his work, proved a real challenge to get on the screen. Fields has been in the works since at least the year 2000, when the rights were first purchased. Now in a surprise twist, it’s being shot with Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard, Jim Sturgess and Theo James in the lead roles.Ads man Matthew Cullen is the director who has finally wrangled it into production, working from an adaptation by Amis himself and Roberta Hanley. Heard plays femme fatale Nicola, possessed of unusual beauty and hypnotic magnetism. Mysterious and clairvoyant, she sets a plan in motion to fulfil the prophecy of her own murder.Caught up in Nicola’s plan are a terminally ill writer (Thornton), a lowly street hustler (Sturgess) and an unhappily married banker (James), who become intertwined in a love triangle that unfolds in the grimy...
- 9/9/2013
- EmpireOnline
Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, Jim Sturgess, and Theo James are all set to star in Mathew Cullen's adaptation of Martin Amis' futuristic murder mystery novel "London Fields".
Amis and Roberta Hanley adapted the script in which Heard plays a hypnotic and clairvoyant femme fatale in London's underworld who sets a plan in motion to fulfil the prophecy of her own murder.
Her web entangles a terminally ill writer (Thornton), a street hustler (Sturgess) and an unhappily married banker (James). The writer convinces her to let him document her manipulations in a book.
Chris Hanley, Jordan Gertner and Geyer Kosinski will produce. Production gets underway today in London ahead of a late 2014 release.
Source: Deadline...
Amis and Roberta Hanley adapted the script in which Heard plays a hypnotic and clairvoyant femme fatale in London's underworld who sets a plan in motion to fulfil the prophecy of her own murder.
Her web entangles a terminally ill writer (Thornton), a street hustler (Sturgess) and an unhappily married banker (James). The writer convinces her to let him document her manipulations in a book.
Chris Hanley, Jordan Gertner and Geyer Kosinski will produce. Production gets underway today in London ahead of a late 2014 release.
Source: Deadline...
- 9/9/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Production is getting underway today in London on an adaptation of the Martin Amis novel London Fields. Mathew Cullen makes his feature directing debut on the adaptation of the futuristic murder mystery that Amis adapted with Roberta Hanley. Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, Jim Sturgess, and Theo James are starring. Heard plays the ultimate eternal sexual femme fatale, possessed of unusual beauty and hypnotic magnetism. Mysterious and clairvoyant, she sets a plan in motion to fulfill the prophecy of her own murder. Caught up in Nicola’s plan are a terminally ill writer (Thornton), a lowly street hustler (Sturgess) and an unhappily married banker (James), who become intertwined in a love triangle that unfolds in the grimy underbelly of London. Samson convinces Nicola to let him document her manipulations in a book she says will be his literary masterpiece but only she knows who the tale will end and who her killer will be.
- 9/9/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
London Fields, which centres on a woman who arranges her death, to be helmed by Indian director of Elizabeth
Despite his often-professed love for cinema, film versions of Martin Amis novels have had a difficult history. The movie of Money never materialised, ending up as a TV series instead; Dead Babies and The Rachel Papers were both derided on release, and the London Fields adaptation has been in limbo for more than a decade.
But, with a new director on board, it looks as though a cinematic version of London Fields could be on the cards. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter website at the Film Bazaar in Goa, a market backed by the Indian government, Shekhar Kapur, the director of Bandit Queen, said: "I'm looking forward to this project because I've never directed a murder mystery."
London Fields, published in 1989, centres on the ambiguous figure of Nicola Six, the "murderee...
Despite his often-professed love for cinema, film versions of Martin Amis novels have had a difficult history. The movie of Money never materialised, ending up as a TV series instead; Dead Babies and The Rachel Papers were both derided on release, and the London Fields adaptation has been in limbo for more than a decade.
But, with a new director on board, it looks as though a cinematic version of London Fields could be on the cards. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter website at the Film Bazaar in Goa, a market backed by the Indian government, Shekhar Kapur, the director of Bandit Queen, said: "I'm looking forward to this project because I've never directed a murder mystery."
London Fields, published in 1989, centres on the ambiguous figure of Nicola Six, the "murderee...
- 11/30/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
TORONTO -- Kate Bosworth will play the title role in Emily Young's feature adaptation of Paulo Coelho's best-seller "Veronika Decides to Die" for Das Films, Palm Star Entertainment and Muse Films.
In the drama, written for the screen by Larry Gross ("We Don't Live Here Anymore") and Roberta Hanley ("Woundings"), Bosworth will play a woman who wakes up in a mental institution after a failed suicide attempt. She discovers that she has a weakened heart and only days to live. The film follows her recovery as she finds true love and a newfound will to survive.
"Veronika" will be produced and financed by Das head Sriram Das and Muse owner Chris Hanley, and executive produced by Palm Star CEO Kevin Frakes. Principal photography begins this winter in New York. Velvet Octopus will serve as the film's sales company.
"Veronika" is the first project out of the gate for Das Films, founded this spring by Das and home to 15 pending projects.
In the drama, written for the screen by Larry Gross ("We Don't Live Here Anymore") and Roberta Hanley ("Woundings"), Bosworth will play a woman who wakes up in a mental institution after a failed suicide attempt. She discovers that she has a weakened heart and only days to live. The film follows her recovery as she finds true love and a newfound will to survive.
"Veronika" will be produced and financed by Das head Sriram Das and Muse owner Chris Hanley, and executive produced by Palm Star CEO Kevin Frakes. Principal photography begins this winter in New York. Velvet Octopus will serve as the film's sales company.
"Veronika" is the first project out of the gate for Das Films, founded this spring by Das and home to 15 pending projects.
- 9/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WOUNDINGS
A terrific cast, including the newly hot Guy Pearce ("Memento"), Jonathan Schaech, Emily Lloyd, Ray Winstone and even Twiggy, is the main point of interest in this futuristic thriller about a remote island in wartime populated by soldiers whose emotional and sexual needs are taken care of by women imported for that purpose. While writer-director Roberta Hanley, adapting a play by Jeff Noon, displays real imagination and a powerfully bleak visual style, she's less effective in terms of narrative and characterization, and the film's anti-war message is blunted by a meandering plot line involving the strained relationships that develop among three couples. The acting is first-rate, with strong turns by Schaech as an aggressive officer and a sexy Lloyd as a new recruit who's more than a match for him.
TEA CAKES OR CANNOLI
Probably the only movie you're ever going to see featuring Abe Vigoda in a leading romantic role, Francine Pelligrino's comedy-drama, set in the North End of Boston, depicts the romantic travails of several generations of an Italian family. Joey (Conor Dublin), a hunky 16-year-old, is torn between a local Italian girl and the blueblood debutante who offers sexual and societal upgrading. His mother has a similar choice between her unfaithful boyfriend and the loyal local baker. Meanwhile, Joey's dying grandfather (Vigoda) is reunited with his childhood sweetheart. Although the film is sweet, it suffers from amateurish acting and helming, and the stereotypical dialogue and characterizations are often wince-inducing. And while Vigoda is undeniably touching as the aging romantic, lead actor Dublin looks at least 10 years too old for his role.
MOURNING GLORY
As its punning title might suggest, this debut feature from writer-director Barrett Esposito is too obvious. The tale of two brothers, one of whose moral code is shattered when the other one is senselessly murdered, the film displays an admirable seriousness and sense of purpose, and Bill Sage and Jon Abrahams deliver strong and charismatic performances in the leading roles. But this low-budget effort suffers from a heavy-handed screenplay that sacrifices subtlety for sensation. What is meant to be a gritty morality tale too often comes across as patent melodrama.
A terrific cast, including the newly hot Guy Pearce ("Memento"), Jonathan Schaech, Emily Lloyd, Ray Winstone and even Twiggy, is the main point of interest in this futuristic thriller about a remote island in wartime populated by soldiers whose emotional and sexual needs are taken care of by women imported for that purpose. While writer-director Roberta Hanley, adapting a play by Jeff Noon, displays real imagination and a powerfully bleak visual style, she's less effective in terms of narrative and characterization, and the film's anti-war message is blunted by a meandering plot line involving the strained relationships that develop among three couples. The acting is first-rate, with strong turns by Schaech as an aggressive officer and a sexy Lloyd as a new recruit who's more than a match for him.
TEA CAKES OR CANNOLI
Probably the only movie you're ever going to see featuring Abe Vigoda in a leading romantic role, Francine Pelligrino's comedy-drama, set in the North End of Boston, depicts the romantic travails of several generations of an Italian family. Joey (Conor Dublin), a hunky 16-year-old, is torn between a local Italian girl and the blueblood debutante who offers sexual and societal upgrading. His mother has a similar choice between her unfaithful boyfriend and the loyal local baker. Meanwhile, Joey's dying grandfather (Vigoda) is reunited with his childhood sweetheart. Although the film is sweet, it suffers from amateurish acting and helming, and the stereotypical dialogue and characterizations are often wince-inducing. And while Vigoda is undeniably touching as the aging romantic, lead actor Dublin looks at least 10 years too old for his role.
MOURNING GLORY
As its punning title might suggest, this debut feature from writer-director Barrett Esposito is too obvious. The tale of two brothers, one of whose moral code is shattered when the other one is senselessly murdered, the film displays an admirable seriousness and sense of purpose, and Bill Sage and Jon Abrahams deliver strong and charismatic performances in the leading roles. But this low-budget effort suffers from a heavy-handed screenplay that sacrifices subtlety for sensation. What is meant to be a gritty morality tale too often comes across as patent melodrama.
- 5/15/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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