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Camp, Trespass, Surprise, World Set Directors
18 May 2013 9:38 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Happy Camp Peter Webber ("Girl With a Pearl Earring") is attached to direct the noir thriller "Happy Camp" for Bedlam Productions. Playwright Zayd Dohrn penned the script. Shooting will begin in North America at the end of the year.
The movie follows a drug-addled former deputy sheriff searching for his missing daughter amongst the complex politics of a rural Californian logging community. Stella Nwimo will produce. [Source: THR]
Filmmaker Alexandre Aja ("Piranha 3D") has acquired film rights to American writer Laura Kasischke's bestselling novel "In a Perfect World". Charles Gillibert will produce.
The story revolves arounda newly-married, former flight attendant surviving life as a new stepmother to three children. Their lives are altered forever when a deadly flu epidemic breaks out.
Source: Screen Daily
Trespass
Brit director Clio Barnard ("The Selfish Giant") is set to write and direct an adaptation of Rose Tremain's novel "The Trespass" at Left Bank. »
- Garth Franklin
Cannes: Peter Webber to Direct 'Happy Camp'
17 May 2013 10:53 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Peter Webber (Girl With a Pearl Earring) is attached to direct noir thriller Happy Camp, a project being mounted by Bedlam Productions, Oscar winner Gareth Unwin's production banner. The movie follows a drug-addled former deputy sheriff searching for his missing daughter amongst the complex politics of a rural Californian logging community. Taking place just off-reservation, the story exists where several worlds collide, with drug dealers, Native Americans, and corrupt officials all coming to blows. Photos: What to Pack for Cannes in the Day and on the Carpet The project is the debut screenplay from playwright Zayd Dohrn and will be
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- Stuart Kemp
Cannes: Peter Webber Checks Into ‘Happy Camp’
17 May 2013 2:07 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Peter Webber, helmer of Girl With A Pearl Earring, Hannibal Rising and Emperor, has come attached to Bedlam Productions’ Happy Camp. The noir thriller is set to shoot in North America at the end of 2013. Scripted by Zayd Dohrn and produced by Stella Nwimo, Happy Camp follows a drug-addled former Deputy Sheriff, Cal, searching for his missing daughter amongst the complex politics of a rural Californian logging community. Taking place just off-reservation, the story exists where several worlds collide, with drug dealers, Native Americans, and corrupt officials all coming to blows. Meanwhile Cal grows increasingly desperate as he unearths a major conspiracy involving his daughter and a devastating forest fire rages, threatening to destroy the town of Happy Camp. »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
Arab Media Mavens Team Up for Global Content Creation
16 May 2013 1:38 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Egyptian billionaire entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris and Franco-Tunisian mogul Tarak Ben Ammar have formed a strategic partnership to produce and distribute a slate of films and TV content for international and Arab audiences with an initial $130 million in capital.
The collaboration in content creation between these two major Arab entrepreneurs follows Ben Ammar’s acquisition in December of Sawiris’ Egyptian TV network Ontv, a bastion of liberal-minded media in Egypt.
Coming at a time when the region is experiencing profound political and cultural turbulence, their production pact has far-reaching implications.
Interestingly, their money does not come from oil and both keep one foot in Europe and one in the Arab world. In keeping with that world view, their production will not only be in Arabic but also in English, Italian, French, Spanish and potentially other languages as well. The pair are in an expansive mode.
Under the deal, Sawiris is completing »
- Nick Vivarelli
Arab Media Mavens Team Up for Global Content Creation
16 May 2013 1:38 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Egyptian billionaire entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris and Franco-Tunisian mogul Tarak Ben Ammar have formed a strategic partnership to produce and distribute a slate of films and TV content for international and Arab audiences with an initial $130 million in capital.
The collaboration in content creation between these two major Arab entrepreneurs follows Ben Ammar’s acquisition in December of Sawiris’ Egyptian TV network Ontv, a bastion of liberal-minded media in Egypt.
Coming at a time when the region is experiencing profound political and cultural turbulence, their production pact has far-reaching implications.
Interestingly, their money does not come from oil and both keep one foot in Europe and one in the Arab world. In keeping with that world view, their production will not only be in Arabic but also in English, Italian, French, Spanish and potentially other languages as well. The pair are in an expansive mode.
Under the deal, Sawiris is completing »
- Nick Vivarelli
Special Feature: Action girls on film
14 May 2013 8:02 AM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
Fighting and driving enthusiasts (of both sexes) rejoice. The tyre-burning, high-speed Fast & Furious franchise is back once again with its latest offering, Fast & Furious 6 (hitting UK cinemas on 17 May). In this new franchise entry, Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) summons Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew to London in order to take on a team of mercenary drivers who have caused havoc across a dozen countries. Realising that Dom knows the only men and women in the world with the skills to get the job done, Agent Hobbs offers them all full pardons. High octane high-jinks consequently ensure. To celebrate the release of Fast & Furious 6, we've narrowed down our favourite action women in contemporary film.
We kick off our list with an actress who immediately springs to mind when we think of the ultimate female bad-ass, Michelle Rodriguez. Starting her career in hard-hitting boxing drama Girl Fight, Rodriguez blasted »
- CineVue UK
Stephen Graham Set To Star In ‘Orthodox’
22 March 2013 1:30 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Thn favourite, cult-legend and all-round top bloke Stephen Graham is set star in Orthodox, and we’ve just received news from Zeitgeist Films that principal photography has begun on their full-length feature. The synopsis first and then scroll down for more information on this really interesting and indie film project:
Benjamin, a man persecuted for his commitment to the Orthodox Jewish faith, is pushed towards the fringe of the religious community. Taking up boxing as a means of self-defence, he quickly finds himself out of his depth in a criminal underworld.
Shooting for 3 weeks in and around Newcastle, Orthodox is a product of the success of the short film of the same name written and directed by David Leon, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2012. Leon, winner of the Best Narrative Short award for his film Man And Boy at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, and Screen International’s 2012 ‘Star of Tomorrow, »
- Dan Bullock
Giveaway – Win Run Of Engagement Passes To See Tommy Lee Jones In Emperor In St. Louis
8 March 2013 3:08 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Matthew Fox (World War Z, Alex Cross, “Lost”) joins with Academy Award® winner Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln, No Country For Old Men, The Fugitive, Hope Springs), newcomer Eriko Hatsune and award-winning Japanese star Toshiyuki Nishida to bring to life the American occupation of Japan in the perilous and unpredictable days just after Emperor Hirohito’s World War II surrender. As General Douglas MacArthur (Jones) suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation, he assigns an expert in Japanese culture – and psychological warfare – General Bonner Fellers (Fox), to covertly investigate the looming question hanging over the country: should the Japanese Emperor, worshiped by his people but accused of war crimes, be punished or saved? Caught between the high-wire political intrigue of his urgent mission and his own impassioned search for the mysterious school teacher (Hatsune) who first drew him to Japan, Fellers can be certain only that the »
- Movie Geeks
Matthew Fox Talks Emperor, Working with Tommy Lee Jones, Surprises During Research, and More
7 March 2013 3:18 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Opening this weekend in limited release is director Peter Webber’s (Girl with a Pearl Earring) historical drama Emperor. The film takes place during the days following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II and stars Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur, the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces. Matthew Fox plays a leading Japanese expert on the staff of MacArthur who is tasked with deciding whether or not Emperor Hirohito should be tried as a war criminal. Fox’s mission becomes more complicated as he searches for a school teacher (Eriko Hatsune) who first drew him to Japan years before the war. For more on the film, watch these three clips and here's our interview with Jones. A few days ago, we got to speak with Fox. He talked about the research he did, collaborating with Peter Webber to »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Emperor | Review
7 March 2013 1:30 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Classroom Exercise: Webber’s Latest Historical Drama Dry and Sleepy
Arriving with all the subdued excitement of a vaguely written history textbook comes Peter Webber’s latest film, Emperor, which documents the true story of one man’s task to investigate Japan’s leader General Hirohito during America’s post World War II occupation under the control of General Douglas MacArthur. The task is to unveil just how responsible the Japanese leader was for reprehensible war crimes, the evidence to be used to decide how the Americans pardon or prosecute. While this sounds like a deliriously ripe scenario for intrigue and melodrama, Webber’s film contains neither, instead deciding to saddle it with a deadening war time romance, and rotating mechanically back and forth between a politically explosive scenario and lost love. While Webber is best known for his debut film, an adaptation of the novel The Girl With a Pearl Earring, »
- Nicholas Bell
Emperor Movie Review
6 March 2013 12:07 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Title: ‘Emperor’ Director: Peter Webber (‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’) Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox and Eriko Hatsune Officials contending with raw emotions and clashing agendas, as enemies vie to gain and exert international control, while also dealing with personal separation and loss, are characteristics often seen in war films. But in the first modern Hollywood film about the American occupation of Japan after World War II, ‘Emperor,’ strives to show how secret love and international mystery shows how trust between enemy countries do continue after the surrender of one of the countries. The new Peter Webber-helmed historical war drama not only chronicles America’s determined search for Japanese war [ Read More ]
The post Emperor Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com. »
- Karen Benardello
Tommy Lee Jones Talks Emperor, Surprises During Research, and More; Also Comments on His Next Directing Gig, The Homesman
5 March 2013 1:53 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Opening this weekend in limited release is director Peter Webber’s (Girl with a Pearl Earring) historical drama Emperor. The film takes place during the days following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II and stars Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur, the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces. Matthew Fox plays a leading Japanese expert on the staff of MacArthur who is tasked with deciding whether or not Emperor Hirohito should be tried as a war criminal. Fox’s mission becomes more complicated as he searches for a school teacher (Eriko Hatsune) who first drew him to Japan years before the war. For more on the film, watch these three clips. A few days ago, we got to speak with Jones. He talked about the research he did, what surprised him about MacArthur, collaborating with Peter Webber to make »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Margaret Hodge is wrong to accuse Ingenious Media of tax avoidance | Patrick McKenna
20 February 2013 10:06 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Our activities, including worldwide film production, are commercial, profit-driven and fully taxed by the UK exchequer
Ingenious is an investment and advisory firm employing some 200 people with operations spanning private equity, venture capital, corporate finance, asset management and alternative investments. We are the UK's largest independent investor in the creative industries. Margaret Hodge, the chair of the Commons public accounts committee, yesterday accused us of "exploiting a well-intentioned tax relief to try to get individuals to mitigate their taxes".
Not so. While it is true that individuals investing in films receive tax relief, they do so in accordance with the purpose of the legislation and not in some other inappropriate way. We have never been in the business of tax avoidance. All our activities are commercial, profit-driven and taxable. In the year ending April 2012, Ingenious posted £35m profits on which we paid £8m in UK corporation tax.
The UK's creative »
- Patrick McKenna
Check out first poster for 'Emperor' with Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox -- Exclusive
7 February 2013 6:00 AM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Tommy Lee Jones is following up his role as Rep. Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln with a performance as another curmudgeonly historical figure, this time as General Douglas MacArthur in the days following Japan’s World War II surrender. Jones brings the polarizing general to life in Emperor, set to open in theaters March 8. Here EW debuts the poster for the historical drama.
The darkly elegant poster features Jones in the background and co-star Matthew Fox in the foreground, with title text that incorporates the rising sun of the Japanese flag. Check it out below:
Emperor chronicles MacArthur’s mission to »
- Emily Rome
Girl With The Pearl Earring: what's the story behind the famous painting?
25 January 2013 1:47 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
One of the most famous paintings in the world is also one of the most mysterious. Tell us what you think really happened
Johannes Vermeer's The Girl with The Pearl Earring, otherwise known as The "Mona Lisa of the North" – one of the most famous and mysterious marvels of the art world – is back in the Us for the first time since 1995, when it caused a sensation in Washington DC.
Gallery owners say they're expecting a stampede of visitors, when the painting begins its Us tour tomorrow, Saturday, at the de Young/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exactly why the painting is the source of such fascination is difficult to explain, since very little is known about the painter and even less about his subject. Experts say the mystery is part of its allure. "Sometimes the questions are more intriguing because they can't be answered," Melissa Buron, assistant curator »
- Ruth Spencer
Tommy Lee Jones Shows Off Swagger In Historical Drama Emperor
17 January 2013 2:25 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
"Let's show them some good old-fashioned American swagger." While I like to imagine this is what Tommy Lee Jones says to himself before he steps onto any movie set ever, it's actually a line he delivers as General Douglas MacArthur in the World War II historical drama Emperor. We got a first look at the feature helmed by Peter Webber (Girl With A Pearl Earring) in a short but strong clip last fall, as Emperor was set to make its screen at the Gala Presentation of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. Now as this ambitious post-war movie gears up for its spring release, we've got a full trailer that's got plenty of salty American swagger, plus loads of intrigue. Check it out below, thanks to Yahoo: Penned by Vera Blasi (Tortilla Soup) and David Klass (Walking Tall), Emperor centers on General Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox), an American soldier tasked »
Emperor Trailer - WWII Film with Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox
17 January 2013 1:45 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Here's the first trailer for a new WWII film called Emperor that stars Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox. The movie was directed by Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring), and the story is based on the real life events set during the final days of the war after the Japanese surrendered. Here's the synopsis...
Inspired by true events, is an epic story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur (Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces, a leading Japanese expert, General Bonner Fellers (Fox) is charged with reaching a decision of historical importance: should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal?
The movie will be released in theaters on March 8th. It looks »
- Joey Paur
Emperor Trailer: Matthew Fox Returns to an Island With Tommy Lee Jones
17 January 2013 12:15 PM, PST | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
“We have to go back to the island, Tommy Lee Jones’s character,” Matthew Fox’s character might say, referring to Japan. Based on a true story, Fox plays Japan expert General Bonner Fellers, who works with General Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) after World War II to determine if America should punish the emperor of Japan for war crimes. Emperor was directed by Girl With a Pearl Earring and Hannibal Rising director Peter Webber. No release date is set yet, but be on the lookout, people who’ve really been craving to see Jack on a plane again. »
- Jesse David Fox
Tommy Lee Jones & Matthew Fox Go to War In First Trailer For ‘Emperor’
17 January 2013 9:51 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Premiering during a late slot at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, the latest drama from Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring, Hannibal Rising) seemed to go mostly unnoticed. Starring Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox, Roadside Attractions is now gearing up for a spring release and we’ve got the first trailer. Playing General Douglas MacArthur, Jones seems to [...] »
- Jack Cunliffe
The First Trailer for Emperor starring Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox
17 January 2013 9:31 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Here’s the first trailer released for Emperor which sees Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox appear as World War II officers following the surrender of the Japanese and are tasked with finding out what role the Emperor of Japan played in WWII. The trailer looks brilliant and has made it onto my mud see list for 2013. The synopsis gives us more of an insight into what we can expect. It’s directed by Peter Webber ( Hannibal Rising, Girl with a Pearl Earring) and was shot in both New Zealand and Japan.
Starring Matthew Fox (World War Z, I, Alex Cross, Lost) and Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln, Men in Black 3), Emperor, inspired by true events, is an epic story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur »
- David Sztypuljak
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