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Peter Safran picks up Born Again Ben novel by Rob Sprackling
10 October 2012 6:19 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Peter Safran has acquired film rights to the book soon to be published by Can of Worms Enterprises. Author Rob Sprackling, who scripted Gnomeo & Juliet, wrote Born Again Ben which tells of an 11 year-old bully hit by a bus and born again as a cockroach. Variety reports that the deal was announced today by UTA, made on behalf of Gemma Hirst of Gemma Hirst Associates in the UK. Other titles from Sprackling include "Why I Did Not Eat My Father," "Danger Mouse" and "Green Monkey." »
Peter Safran picks up Born Again Ben novel by Rob Sprackling
10 October 2012 6:19 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Peter Safran has acquired film rights to the book soon to be published by Can of Worms Enterprises. Author Rob Sprackling, who scripted Gnomeo & Juliet, wrote Born Again Ben which tells of an 11 year-old bully hit by a bus and born again as a cockroach. Variety reports that the deal was announced today by UTA, made on behalf of Gemma Hirst of Gemma Hirst Associates in the UK. Other titles from Sprackling include "Why I Did Not Eat My Father," "Danger Mouse" and "Green Monkey." »
Great British Cast Announced for Mariah Mundi & the Midas Box – Aneurin Banard in Lead Role
13 April 2012 4:06 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Yesterday I got to meet ad interview new upcoming talent, Aneurin Banard for his new movie, Elfie Hopkins where he plays a geek opposite non-geek Jamie Winstone (it’ll go live next week). I then get home only to find that the man who I tipped for great things has been cast in this brand new movie opposite the likes of Michael Sheen, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, Ioan Gruffudd and Keeley Hawes. Aneurin will play the lead in this latest film called Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box which is based on the teen adventure series by G.P. Taylor.
Exciting news for him and we look forward to seeing more info from it when it’s released. In the meantime though, here’s the press release with all the ins and outs that you need to know!
Aneurin Barnard Joins A Stellar Cast In The Highly Anticipated Film Adaptation Of »
- David Sztypuljak
Michael Sheen May Join Teen Thriller Mariah Mundi And The Midas Box
9 February 2012 9:37 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Across the pond the Ya adaption craze continues with London's Entertainment Motion Pictures' plan to produce a teen thriller based on G.P. Taylor's Victorian-set fantasy-thriller Mariah Mundi and The Midas Box. Jonathan Newman, who wrote and directed the Mandy Moore/Martin Freeman rom-com Swinging with the Finkels will helm the adventure, which follows the journey of a teen boy who discovers a mysterious box in the basement of the opulent Prince Regent, where he's employed. Writing team Rob Sprackling and John Smith (Gnomeo & Juliet) and Gavin Scott (Small Soldiers) have been tasked with translating the first book in Taylor's optioned trilogy into a family-friendly romp, which Newman's described as a mix of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter. While that is a preposterous amount of hype to level on Mariah Mundi and The Midas Box, the project is at least »
Michael Sheen Lines Up Starring Roles In ‘Mariah Mundi & the Midas Box’ and ‘The Quiet Ones’
9 February 2012 6:15 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
We can’t yet determine how these two endeavors will turn out, but Michael Sheen is moving away from Twilight and Jesus Henry Christ. For that alone, this is an improvement.
Anyway, Variety informs us that the Welsh actor is in talks for Mariah Mundi & the Midas Box, a film version of G.P. Taylor‘s children’s novel that Jonathan Newman has been tapped to direct. Sam Neill, Lena Headey, and Ioan Gruffud are also being eyed for the Victorian London-set story that tell of “a 15-year-old boy, Mariah Mundi, whose world is torn apart by the disappearance of his parents, then the kidnapping of younger brother by unknown assailants.”
Sheen will play an “Indiana Jones-ish adventurer, Captain Charity, [with whom] he sets off in pursuit, arriving at the Prince Regent, a hotel hiding a fantastical underworld.” Dr. Grant will appear as “an arch villain,” Sarah Connor “his witch-seductress,” the main »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
"Rango" Wins Big at Annie Awards! "Transformers," "Planet of the Apes" Receive Kudos! Check Out Complete List of Winners!
5 February 2012 9:19 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Jennifer Yuh Nelson's "Kung Fu Panda 2" dominated the Annie Awards nominations, but the International Animated Film Society decided to give its highest honor -- the Best Animated Feature award -- to Gore Verbinski's "Rango." Both films are from DreamWorks Animation and they still have to duke it out at the upcoming Oscars in the Best Animated Feature Film category.
Besides the Best Animated trophy, "Rango" also collected awards for Best Editing and Writing. But Nelson, the first woman to direct a feature film animation from a major Hollywood production company, won the Directing in a Feature Production award! Yay! (Check out my interview with Jennifer Yuh Nelson for "Kung Fu Panda 2" right here)
The Annie Awards winners were announced yesterday at the UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, »
- Manny
Rango, Bill Nighy, Jennifer Yuh Nelson: Annie Awards Animated Feature Winners
5 February 2012 1:08 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Gore Verbinski's Rango, voiced by Johnny Depp Production Categories Best Animated Feature A Cat in Paris Arrugas (Wrinkles) Arthur Christmas Cars 2 Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots * Rango Rio The Adventures of Tintin Best Animated Special Production Adventure Time: Thank You Batman: Year One Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas * Kung Fu Panda: Secret of the Masters Prey 2 Star Tours Best Animated Short Subject * Adam and Dog I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat La Luna (Notes on) Biology Paths of Hate Sunday The Ballad of Nessie The Girl and the Fox Wild Life and Studio Gds Individual Achievement Categories Animated Effects in an Animated Production Can Yuksel, Puss In Boots Chase Cooper, Rango Dan Lund, Winnie The Pooh Dave Tidgewell, Kung Fu Panda 2 Eric Froemling, Cars 2 Jason Mayer, Kung Fu Panda 2 Joel Aron, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Jon Reisch, »
- Steve Montgomery
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