In “Back to Black,” Jack O’Connell’s Blake Fielder-Civil comes into the life of Amy Winehouse — played by an exceptional Marisa Abela — with seductive bravado, sweeping the singer off her feet on their first meeting in a London pub thanks to, among other things, a lip-synced rendition of the Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack”.
As the divisive biopic, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and released in the U.K. by StudioCanal this Friday (and in the U.S. by Focus Features on May 17), agonizingly portrays, the smitten pair quickly descend into violent self-destruction — a “toxic co-dependency” as Fielder-Civil later describes it in the film — fueled by alcoholism and drug abuse.
Many may question the ethics of picking at a tragic story that was heavily chronicled and sensationalized by the media in real-time during Winehouse’s final years. But for anyone who’s been tracking O’Connell’s career, the opportunity to...
As the divisive biopic, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and released in the U.K. by StudioCanal this Friday (and in the U.S. by Focus Features on May 17), agonizingly portrays, the smitten pair quickly descend into violent self-destruction — a “toxic co-dependency” as Fielder-Civil later describes it in the film — fueled by alcoholism and drug abuse.
Many may question the ethics of picking at a tragic story that was heavily chronicled and sensationalized by the media in real-time during Winehouse’s final years. But for anyone who’s been tracking O’Connell’s career, the opportunity to...
- 4/11/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Jack O’Connell may be about to be seen on screen in the Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black,” but the actor has also stepped behind the camera to shoot a video for another U.K. music icon, Paul Weller.
The Brit — who stars as Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s feature alongside Marisa Abela as the late, legendary singer — has made his directorial debut with the music video for “Nothing,” a track set to be part of Weller’s new album “66,” releasing in May.
“It was a good stroke of fortune,” O’Connell tells Variety. “Paul’s been a mate for a while and he’s got a bunch of new music coming out. He asked me to be in [a video] and I said, ‘Can I direct it instead?’ He obliged. And now we’ve edited it and cut it together.”
The collaboration isn’t the first project...
The Brit — who stars as Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s feature alongside Marisa Abela as the late, legendary singer — has made his directorial debut with the music video for “Nothing,” a track set to be part of Weller’s new album “66,” releasing in May.
“It was a good stroke of fortune,” O’Connell tells Variety. “Paul’s been a mate for a while and he’s got a bunch of new music coming out. He asked me to be in [a video] and I said, ‘Can I direct it instead?’ He obliged. And now we’ve edited it and cut it together.”
The collaboration isn’t the first project...
- 4/8/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
More reports of potential plot details and actors are emerging for Ryan Coogler’s upcoming vampire film, with Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo said to be in talks to star.
Details about director Ryan Coogler’s next film, due out in 2025, are still being kept secret – but that hasn’t stopped reports of casting deals and plot details from emerging. Most recently, it’s being reported that Jack O’Connell is in talks to star, with Deadline adding that he’ll be playing the villain.
Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter (via World Of Reel) writes that Delroy Lindo has also signed up to play an undisclosed role. The outlet also shares a few potential plot details: that the film will be “set in the Jim Crow-era South, and possibly involves both vampires and Southern traditional traditions.”
It’s also said that Michael B Jordan – Coogler’s long-time collaborator who’s been...
Details about director Ryan Coogler’s next film, due out in 2025, are still being kept secret – but that hasn’t stopped reports of casting deals and plot details from emerging. Most recently, it’s being reported that Jack O’Connell is in talks to star, with Deadline adding that he’ll be playing the villain.
Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter (via World Of Reel) writes that Delroy Lindo has also signed up to play an undisclosed role. The outlet also shares a few potential plot details: that the film will be “set in the Jim Crow-era South, and possibly involves both vampires and Southern traditional traditions.”
It’s also said that Michael B Jordan – Coogler’s long-time collaborator who’s been...
- 4/4/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Jack O’Connell (Ferrari) is in talks to star opposite Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler’s untitled event film for Warner Bros, sources tell Deadline.
While both the plot of the film and O’Connell’s role remain under wraps, we’re told it’s a period genre pic in which he’ll be playing the villain. Deadline was first to tell you about Warners’ acquisition of the project, following a heated bidding war.
The film brings Jordan and Coogler together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises, having first worked together on the acclaimed Sundance pic Fruitvale Station. It’s also the second project from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, after greenlighting the box office hit Creed III during their time at MGM.
Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian.
While both the plot of the film and O’Connell’s role remain under wraps, we’re told it’s a period genre pic in which he’ll be playing the villain. Deadline was first to tell you about Warners’ acquisition of the project, following a heated bidding war.
The film brings Jordan and Coogler together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises, having first worked together on the acclaimed Sundance pic Fruitvale Station. It’s also the second project from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, after greenlighting the box office hit Creed III during their time at MGM.
Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian.
- 4/3/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Night Manager star David Avery has joined the indie run by the director of buzzy BBC hit Dreaming Whilst Black to aid with a film and TV push.
David Avery joined Bluebird Pictures last year in an official capacity, having produced the company’s 2020 short Greasy Spoon.
Avery, who played Freddie Hamid in The Night Manager and has also starred in Starred Up, Gangs of London and Hanna, is helping with a fresh development slate as the company pivots focus to film and TV.
Bluebird was launched in 2017 by Dreaming director Joelle David but has in the main focused on running the World Cinema Festival. This festival has been placed on hiatus this year as David and Avery focus on their slate.
The slate, Bluebird’s first, features a dark comedy about motherhood and a comedy-thriller about how different cultures deal with death. Bluebird is also working with...
David Avery joined Bluebird Pictures last year in an official capacity, having produced the company’s 2020 short Greasy Spoon.
Avery, who played Freddie Hamid in The Night Manager and has also starred in Starred Up, Gangs of London and Hanna, is helping with a fresh development slate as the company pivots focus to film and TV.
Bluebird was launched in 2017 by Dreaming director Joelle David but has in the main focused on running the World Cinema Festival. This festival has been placed on hiatus this year as David and Avery focus on their slate.
The slate, Bluebird’s first, features a dark comedy about motherhood and a comedy-thriller about how different cultures deal with death. Bluebird is also working with...
- 1/24/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
American filmmaker Wes Anderson has directed the upcoming American anthology movie ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’. The movie is adapted from the same short story from Roald Dahl’s 1977 collection titled- ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More’.
The movie serves as the second movie adaptation of a Dahl work under the direction of Anderson, the first one being the 2009 stop-motion animated comedy film ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’.
The plot of the movie is divided into four parts that narrate the darkest and most sinister tales known of Roald Dahl. The cast members portray an array of characters in each of the four chapters leading to the primary Henry Sugar story.
When Will ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ be Released on Netflix? Entertainment Weekly
Netflix acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company for $686 million in September of 2021. On January 6, 2022, it was reported that Anderson was to write and...
The movie serves as the second movie adaptation of a Dahl work under the direction of Anderson, the first one being the 2009 stop-motion animated comedy film ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’.
The plot of the movie is divided into four parts that narrate the darkest and most sinister tales known of Roald Dahl. The cast members portray an array of characters in each of the four chapters leading to the primary Henry Sugar story.
When Will ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ be Released on Netflix? Entertainment Weekly
Netflix acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company for $686 million in September of 2021. On January 6, 2022, it was reported that Anderson was to write and...
- 10/15/2023
- by Suvechchha Saha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Neon is climbing into the passenger seat of Michael Mann’s Ferrari, a new film from the celebrated director starring Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz. Ferrari looks to premiere at the Venice Film Festival at the end of August, with Neon acquiring the rights in North America in a competitive situation. According to Deadline, Ferrari is racing into theaters on Christmas Day 2023. STX Entertainment, who helped get the film onto the pavement, is actively involved with all the Neon negotiations (which are still being determined as of this posting). STX set up and provided most of the financing to produce the movie. With Robert Simonds, Sam Brown, and Noah Fogelson executive producing, Ferrari will be distributed internationally through STX Entertainment and its partners.
“Michael Mann, one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema, was moved by the power of this intensely dramatic story to persist for years...
“Michael Mann, one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema, was moved by the power of this intensely dramatic story to persist for years...
- 7/10/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Dale worked at Independent Entertainment for 10 years
Daniel Dale, Independent Entertainment’s former head of acquisitions and development, passed away last month at the age of 42.
Dale first joined Independent in 2005 in a junior role before being quickly promoted to work on all of the company’s development projects as well as acquisitions for the international side of the business.
In development and production, Dale worked on the films We Need To Talk About Kevin; Mr Nice; New Town Killers; The Sea and The Falling among many others.
Some of the titles he helped to acquire include London To Brighton...
Daniel Dale, Independent Entertainment’s former head of acquisitions and development, passed away last month at the age of 42.
Dale first joined Independent in 2005 in a junior role before being quickly promoted to work on all of the company’s development projects as well as acquisitions for the international side of the business.
In development and production, Dale worked on the films We Need To Talk About Kevin; Mr Nice; New Town Killers; The Sea and The Falling among many others.
Some of the titles he helped to acquire include London To Brighton...
- 3/31/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: We’re not quite done yet with the European Film Market packages, with a nice one coming together at the eleventh hour as Oscar winner Riz Ahmed and Baby Driver star Lily James have been set to lead thriller Relay for director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water).
Pic is being produced by Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise), Sigma’s Gillian Berrie (Outlaw King) and Mackenzie, and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game).
Black Bear International is launching the project at the EFM in Berlin, which as a whole has drawn a strong lineup of pre-sale projects. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will co-rep domestic on this one.
In Relay, Sound of Metal and Venom star Ahmed will play Tom, a world class “fixer” who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He...
Pic is being produced by Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise), Sigma’s Gillian Berrie (Outlaw King) and Mackenzie, and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game).
Black Bear International is launching the project at the EFM in Berlin, which as a whole has drawn a strong lineup of pre-sale projects. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will co-rep domestic on this one.
In Relay, Sound of Metal and Venom star Ahmed will play Tom, a world class “fixer” who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He...
- 2/17/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
When D.H. Lawrence’s final novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was widely published for the first time in 1960 (other versions circulated in 1928 and 1929), the book ignited a firestorm that eventually led to an obscenity trial (won by its publisher) and massive sales. Decades later, the novel remains a source of titillation for many (including those who turned it into dozens of R- and X-rated films and TV series), even if its reputation has generally faded into “It’s smutty, right?” It is, of course, so much more.
When Penguin Books was prosecuted under the UK’s Obscene Publications Act 1959, it wasn’t just the book’s language (including the repeated use of many “unprintable” four-letter words) or the explicit sex scenes. Lawrence’s also lovers dared to cross class lines in a time when that was a shocking act of its own. In this latest adaptation, , much of that drama has been flattened.
When Penguin Books was prosecuted under the UK’s Obscene Publications Act 1959, it wasn’t just the book’s language (including the repeated use of many “unprintable” four-letter words) or the explicit sex scenes. Lawrence’s also lovers dared to cross class lines in a time when that was a shocking act of its own. In this latest adaptation, , much of that drama has been flattened.
- 9/3/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Gotham Film & Media Institute on Monday has selected the films and series for its Project Market, a slate which IndieWire can exclusively reveal. Taking place during September’s Gotham Week at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the annual sales and development forum connects creators to distributors, financiers, and other industry decision-makers. It offers a look ahead at what could become the next buzzy films; “Moonlight” and “American Factory” are recent Oscar winners that were launched at past Project Market events.
This year’s lineup includes 65 fiction features and series, 60 nonfiction features and series, and 17 audio projects in various stages of development or production, including new projects from the producers of “Dopesick,” “Pose,” and “Sorry to Bother You.” For the first time since the pandemic, the annual event will include both in-person and virtual participation. In-person meetings run September 17-23, while virtual meetings will be held September 22-23.
“Being able...
This year’s lineup includes 65 fiction features and series, 60 nonfiction features and series, and 17 audio projects in various stages of development or production, including new projects from the producers of “Dopesick,” “Pose,” and “Sorry to Bother You.” For the first time since the pandemic, the annual event will include both in-person and virtual participation. In-person meetings run September 17-23, while virtual meetings will be held September 22-23.
“Being able...
- 8/1/2022
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Longtime Independent Film Company MD Andrew Orr has joined Comcast-owned Sky as Head Of Original Film.
Orr will be working on the pay-tv broadcaster’s development slate and strategy as well as acting as commissioner on a number of projects alongside Julia Stuart, Director of Original Film, and Laura Grange, Commissioning Manager, Original Film. He will also be working with James Newton on content partnerships.
Orr, who will be in Cannes this week for Sky, spent almost 17 years at UK sales and production firm Independent, selling movies including Moon, Starred Up, Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, Hallam Foe, London To Brighton and Adulthood. He was an executive producer on movies including We Need to Talk About Kevin, Mr Nice, The Falling and Out of Blue.
In more recent years Orr segued to a role as executive producer and developed the company’s first TV slate. Prior to Independent he was at The Works,...
Orr will be working on the pay-tv broadcaster’s development slate and strategy as well as acting as commissioner on a number of projects alongside Julia Stuart, Director of Original Film, and Laura Grange, Commissioning Manager, Original Film. He will also be working with James Newton on content partnerships.
Orr, who will be in Cannes this week for Sky, spent almost 17 years at UK sales and production firm Independent, selling movies including Moon, Starred Up, Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, Hallam Foe, London To Brighton and Adulthood. He was an executive producer on movies including We Need to Talk About Kevin, Mr Nice, The Falling and Out of Blue.
In more recent years Orr segued to a role as executive producer and developed the company’s first TV slate. Prior to Independent he was at The Works,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
HanWay Films have picked up comedy drama “Sweet Sue” from newcomer Leo Leigh with sales set to commence at the European Film Market in Berlin.
Buyers will also be treated to footage at the market. A first look image of “White Line’s” Maggie O’Neill, who plays the starring role of Sue, is above.
In “Sweet Sue”, which wrapped production Dec. 2021, O’Neill plays a woman who embarks on a relationship with a mysterious biker called Ron after meeting at a funeral. But Ron’s son Anthony, a social media influencer who also has his own dance troupe, is more than she bargained for.
Tony Pitts (“Rogue One”) plays Ron in the film while Harry Trevaldwyn, who is set to appear on the upcoming U.K. adaptation of “Call My Agent,” takes on the role of Anthony.
Joining them are Nick Holder (“London Road”), Anna Calder-Marshall (“Last Christmas”), Paul Hilton...
Buyers will also be treated to footage at the market. A first look image of “White Line’s” Maggie O’Neill, who plays the starring role of Sue, is above.
In “Sweet Sue”, which wrapped production Dec. 2021, O’Neill plays a woman who embarks on a relationship with a mysterious biker called Ron after meeting at a funeral. But Ron’s son Anthony, a social media influencer who also has his own dance troupe, is more than she bargained for.
Tony Pitts (“Rogue One”) plays Ron in the film while Harry Trevaldwyn, who is set to appear on the upcoming U.K. adaptation of “Call My Agent,” takes on the role of Anthony.
Joining them are Nick Holder (“London Road”), Anna Calder-Marshall (“Last Christmas”), Paul Hilton...
- 1/20/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Jack O’Connell is known for going to physical extremes to show the vulnerability of violent men. But what does masculinity really mean to him?
Are you here to see man?” asks a Spanish waiter as I walk through the café garden, and points towards the table just beyond the loos where Jack O’Connell stands, his hand raised in a solemn hello. Yes I say. Yes I am.
To sit in the dark and watch Jack O’Connell’s work, from the very earliest characters he played through to self-destructive lad Cook in teen drama Skins and the boy incarcerated with his dad in prison drama Starred Up, followed by a squaddie in Northern Ireland in the Troubles film ’71, is to watch a slow portrait of contemporary masculinity. What O’Connell does, with his eyes and voice, and careful violence, is show the vulnerability beneath his characters’ cracked shells,...
Are you here to see man?” asks a Spanish waiter as I walk through the café garden, and points towards the table just beyond the loos where Jack O’Connell stands, his hand raised in a solemn hello. Yes I say. Yes I am.
To sit in the dark and watch Jack O’Connell’s work, from the very earliest characters he played through to self-destructive lad Cook in teen drama Skins and the boy incarcerated with his dad in prison drama Starred Up, followed by a squaddie in Northern Ireland in the Troubles film ’71, is to watch a slow portrait of contemporary masculinity. What O’Connell does, with his eyes and voice, and careful violence, is show the vulnerability beneath his characters’ cracked shells,...
- 9/5/2021
- by Eva Wiseman
- The Guardian - Film News
FX on Hulu’s “Under the Banner of Heaven” has rounded out its cast with 11 additions to the limited series starring previously announced leads Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
Sam Worthington, Denise Gough, Wyatt Russell, Billy Howle, Gil Birmingham, Adelaide Clemens, Rory Culkin, Seth Numrich, Chloe Pirrie, Sandra Seacat and Christopher Heyerdahl have all joined the show inspired by Jon Krakauer’s bestselling nonfiction book “Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith,” FX Networks revealed Thursday.
Created by Dustin Lance Black, FX’s TV series version of the book follows a devout detective whose faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into Lds fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Worthington has been cast as Ron Lafferty, Gough is playing Dianna Lafferty, Russell has the part of Dan Lafferty, Howle is Allen Lafferty,...
Sam Worthington, Denise Gough, Wyatt Russell, Billy Howle, Gil Birmingham, Adelaide Clemens, Rory Culkin, Seth Numrich, Chloe Pirrie, Sandra Seacat and Christopher Heyerdahl have all joined the show inspired by Jon Krakauer’s bestselling nonfiction book “Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith,” FX Networks revealed Thursday.
Created by Dustin Lance Black, FX’s TV series version of the book follows a devout detective whose faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into Lds fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Worthington has been cast as Ron Lafferty, Gough is playing Dianna Lafferty, Russell has the part of Dan Lafferty, Howle is Allen Lafferty,...
- 8/26/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Jack O’Connell and Matthew Duckett have joined Golden Globe Winner Emma Corrin in Lady Chatterley’s Lover for Sony’s 3000 Pictures and Netflix. This will be the first film to be produced under the new partnership where Sony Pictures will offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make for streaming. The deal was announced in April and part of that deal allowed Sony to offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make directly for streaming or decides later to license for streaming, and Netflix has committed to make a number of those films over the course of the deal. Sources say that while Sony will not distribute the film, Netflix can still choose to have it run theatrically if they please for an awards qualifying run given Elizabeth Gabler, who runs 3000 Pictures, track record with award season pics.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover...
Lady Chatterley’s Lover...
- 8/18/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Director David Mackenzie is heading to FX to helm a new crime series after making a string of feature films such as the robbery thriller “Hell or High Water,” the Scottish historical epic “The Outlaw King,” and the prison drama “Starred Up.”
Read More: David Mackenzie Talks Re-Editing ‘Outlaw King,’ Shrugs Off ‘Braveheart’ Comparisons, & Thinks Theaters Are Overrated [Interview]
A report from Variety has revealed that Mackenzie will bring his extensive directing experience to FX’s “Under The Banner of Heaven” with actors Andrew Garfield (“Red Riding 1974,” “The Social Network“) and Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People,” “War of The Worlds“) taking key roles on the project.
Continue reading ‘Hell Or High Water’s David Mackenzie To Direct Andrew Garfield & Daisy Edgar-Jones In FX Crime Series ‘Under The Banner Of Heaven’ at The Playlist.
Read More: David Mackenzie Talks Re-Editing ‘Outlaw King,’ Shrugs Off ‘Braveheart’ Comparisons, & Thinks Theaters Are Overrated [Interview]
A report from Variety has revealed that Mackenzie will bring his extensive directing experience to FX’s “Under The Banner of Heaven” with actors Andrew Garfield (“Red Riding 1974,” “The Social Network“) and Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People,” “War of The Worlds“) taking key roles on the project.
Continue reading ‘Hell Or High Water’s David Mackenzie To Direct Andrew Garfield & Daisy Edgar-Jones In FX Crime Series ‘Under The Banner Of Heaven’ at The Playlist.
- 6/25/2021
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones will star in the FX on Hulu limited series “Under the Banner of Heaven,” Variety has learned.
The series hails from write Dustin Lance Black and is based on the Jon Krakauer novel of the same name. In the series, a devout detective’s faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into Lds fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Garfield will star as Pyre, an Lds elder who is committed to his Church and family but begins to question some of the Church’s teachings through his contact with a suspected murderer. Edgar-Jones stars as Brenda, a young faithful Mormon who is the victim of a brutal murder.
Black created the series and will serve as an executive producer along with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Samie Kim Falvey and Anna Culp for Imagine Television.
The series hails from write Dustin Lance Black and is based on the Jon Krakauer novel of the same name. In the series, a devout detective’s faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into Lds fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Garfield will star as Pyre, an Lds elder who is committed to his Church and family but begins to question some of the Church’s teachings through his contact with a suspected murderer. Edgar-Jones stars as Brenda, a young faithful Mormon who is the victim of a brutal murder.
Black created the series and will serve as an executive producer along with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Samie Kim Falvey and Anna Culp for Imagine Television.
- 6/24/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Max Winkler’s “Jungleland” is a throwback to the kind of character-driven, road movies that Hollywood hasn’t made much since the glory days of the 1970s moviemaking.
It’s the story of two drifter brothers who are so desperate to escape their dead-end lives that they accept an offer to ferry a young woman (Jessica Barden) across the country to a degenerate criminal. The film, which opens Friday, stars Jack O’Connell as Walter “Lion” Kaminsky, a bare-knuckle boxer, and Charlie Hunnam as Stanley Kaminsky, his corner-man and manager, who is better at plunging the family into debt than scoring big paydays.
On the eve of the film’s release, Winkler spoke to Variety about the movies that inspired “Jungleland,” why “King Arthur” convinced him to cast Hunnam as the down-and-out Stanley, and his go-for-broke effort to score the rights to a Bruce Springsteen song.
What drew you to this story?...
It’s the story of two drifter brothers who are so desperate to escape their dead-end lives that they accept an offer to ferry a young woman (Jessica Barden) across the country to a degenerate criminal. The film, which opens Friday, stars Jack O’Connell as Walter “Lion” Kaminsky, a bare-knuckle boxer, and Charlie Hunnam as Stanley Kaminsky, his corner-man and manager, who is better at plunging the family into debt than scoring big paydays.
On the eve of the film’s release, Winkler spoke to Variety about the movies that inspired “Jungleland,” why “King Arthur” convinced him to cast Hunnam as the down-and-out Stanley, and his go-for-broke effort to score the rights to a Bruce Springsteen song.
What drew you to this story?...
- 11/6/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
For some, he will always be Pukey Nicholls, the troubled skinhead from Shane Meadows’ This Is England. For other equally early adopters across the pond, he’s James “Cookie Monster” Cook in the British teen show Skins. Maybe you discovered him in the intense prison drama Starred Up, standing toe to toe with Ben Mendelsohn, or first noticed him as the lead in Unbroken, Angelina Jolie’s biopic on lost-at-sea Olympian Louis Zamperini that was supposed to kick Jack O’Connell up the A-list. Oh, and the wounded outlaw in Netflix’s Western miniseries Godless?...
- 11/6/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Credits from those selected include ‘Bodyguard’, ‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’.
Bafta has named 21 actors for the latest edition of its Elevate scheme, aimed at supporting those from under-represented groups in progressing to the next stage of their career.
Those selected include Anjli Mohindra, whose breakthrough role was as would-be terrorist Nadia in the BBC’s Bodyguard last year.
Also chosen is Anthony Welsh, whose film credits include Starred Up, Journeyman, and The Personal History Of David Copperfield, with TV roles in Fleabag and Pure.
Micky McGregor is also among those selected and has credits including Ken Loach’s I,...
Bafta has named 21 actors for the latest edition of its Elevate scheme, aimed at supporting those from under-represented groups in progressing to the next stage of their career.
Those selected include Anjli Mohindra, whose breakthrough role was as would-be terrorist Nadia in the BBC’s Bodyguard last year.
Also chosen is Anthony Welsh, whose film credits include Starred Up, Journeyman, and The Personal History Of David Copperfield, with TV roles in Fleabag and Pure.
Micky McGregor is also among those selected and has credits including Ken Loach’s I,...
- 10/8/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Control, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh to make feature directorial debut.
UK actor Jack O’Connell is in advanced talks to star as Happy Mondays lead singer Shaun Ryder in the musical biopic Twisting My Melon, which Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios is introducing to buyers at Tiff.
Agc will fully finance and co-produce the project, based on Ryder’s autobiography of the same name that charts his life and role in ushering in the “Madchester” sound in the late 1980s and early 1990s that embraced hedonism and rave culture. O’Connell will perform Happy Mondays songs in the film.
UK actor Jack O’Connell is in advanced talks to star as Happy Mondays lead singer Shaun Ryder in the musical biopic Twisting My Melon, which Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios is introducing to buyers at Tiff.
Agc will fully finance and co-produce the project, based on Ryder’s autobiography of the same name that charts his life and role in ushering in the “Madchester” sound in the late 1980s and early 1990s that embraced hedonism and rave culture. O’Connell will perform Happy Mondays songs in the film.
- 9/6/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno, Conor Swindells, Will Kemp, and Tommy McDonnell.
Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) and Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) have been signed to star in UK thriller Barbarians, which started shooting this week in Surrey and is the feature directing debut of Charlie Dorfman, who also wrote the script.
The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno (The Affair), newcomer Ines Spiridonov, Conor Swindells (Sex Education), Will Kemp (Reign), and Tommy McDonnell (Starred Up).
Rheon, Cullen and Swindells were Screen Stars of Tomorrow in 2010, 2011 and 2017 respectively.
Director Dorfman has worked as an executive producer on the...
Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) and Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) have been signed to star in UK thriller Barbarians, which started shooting this week in Surrey and is the feature directing debut of Charlie Dorfman, who also wrote the script.
The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno (The Affair), newcomer Ines Spiridonov, Conor Swindells (Sex Education), Will Kemp (Reign), and Tommy McDonnell (Starred Up).
Rheon, Cullen and Swindells were Screen Stars of Tomorrow in 2010, 2011 and 2017 respectively.
Director Dorfman has worked as an executive producer on the...
- 8/8/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno, Conor Swindells, Will Kemp, and Tommy McDonnell.
Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) and Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) have been signed to star in UK thriller Barbarians, which started shooting this week in Surrey.
The project is the feature directing debut of Charlie Dorfman, who also wrote the script and is chairman of one of the film’s financiers, Media Finance Capital (Mfc).
The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno (The Affair), newcomer Ines Spiridonov, Conor Swindells (Sex Education), Will Kemp (Reign), and Tommy McDonnell (Starred Up).
Rheon, Cullen and Swindells were Screen Stars of Tomorrow in 2010, 2011 and 2017 respectively.
Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) and Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) have been signed to star in UK thriller Barbarians, which started shooting this week in Surrey.
The project is the feature directing debut of Charlie Dorfman, who also wrote the script and is chairman of one of the film’s financiers, Media Finance Capital (Mfc).
The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno (The Affair), newcomer Ines Spiridonov, Conor Swindells (Sex Education), Will Kemp (Reign), and Tommy McDonnell (Starred Up).
Rheon, Cullen and Swindells were Screen Stars of Tomorrow in 2010, 2011 and 2017 respectively.
- 8/8/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former Nightflyers star David Ajala is boarding CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery as a new series regular for the upcoming third season of the sci-fi drama. Ajala, the biggest new cast addition for next season, will play a new character, Cleveland Booker (aka Book). He will be introduced Saturday during the Star Trek Universe panel at the San Diego Comic-Con. He will join on stage Discovery star Sonequa Martin-Green and executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise and Heather Kadin.
Smart and capable, Ajala’s Book has a natural charisma and devil-may-care attitude that tends to get him into trouble as often as it gets him out. You can see him in character in the photo above.
The second season of Star Trek: Discovery launched in January with the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery joining forces with Captain Christopher Pike to investigate seven red signals and the...
Smart and capable, Ajala’s Book has a natural charisma and devil-may-care attitude that tends to get him into trouble as often as it gets him out. You can see him in character in the photo above.
The second season of Star Trek: Discovery launched in January with the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery joining forces with Captain Christopher Pike to investigate seven red signals and the...
- 7/20/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack O’Connell is a British-Irish actor best known for his roles in the films Starred Up, Unbroken and Money Monster. He recently starred in Trial by Fire, a controversial biopic about an American sentenced to the death penalty in 2004. Jack O’Connell Bio: Early Life, Family, Education Jack O’Connell was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, […]
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- 7/10/2019
- by Jen Curran
- Uinterview
Total of 842 people from 59 countries invited by AMPAS.
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited 842 people from 59 countries to join its membership.
The strong cohort of international film names includes two producers of Cold War, the directors of Dogman, Stan & Ollie, and I Am Not A Witch, and various executives from different facets of the industry.
International executives invited include Eric Lagesse of French sales and distribution outfit Pyramide Films, London-based Netflix development and acquisitions executive Funa Maduka, Michele Halberstadt of French distribution and sales outfit Arp Selection, Lebanese producer and distributor Georges Schoucair of Abbout Productions,...
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited 842 people from 59 countries to join its membership.
The strong cohort of international film names includes two producers of Cold War, the directors of Dogman, Stan & Ollie, and I Am Not A Witch, and various executives from different facets of the industry.
International executives invited include Eric Lagesse of French sales and distribution outfit Pyramide Films, London-based Netflix development and acquisitions executive Funa Maduka, Michele Halberstadt of French distribution and sales outfit Arp Selection, Lebanese producer and distributor Georges Schoucair of Abbout Productions,...
- 7/3/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Peter Mullan plays golfer Tom Morris Photo: Courtesy of Edinburgh Film Festival
Peter Mullan, long considered to be one of the most important figures in the Scottish film industry, was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week, it has been announced. The star of films like The Vanishing and Tyrannosaur, and director of Neds, is one of the latest crop of stars to join the Oscar-voting body, alongside younger Scot Jack O'Connell, who burst onto screens in 2013 with Starred Up.
Other actors invited to join the Academy this year include Lady Gaga, who took home this year's Best Original Song Oscar and was praised for her performance in A Star Is Born, Elizabeth Moss of The Handmaid's Tale, Rocketman's Jamie Bell, veteran actor Kenneth Cranham and young Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland.
The directors' category saw invitations for Out Of Blue's Carol Morley and Stan & Ollie's.
Peter Mullan, long considered to be one of the most important figures in the Scottish film industry, was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week, it has been announced. The star of films like The Vanishing and Tyrannosaur, and director of Neds, is one of the latest crop of stars to join the Oscar-voting body, alongside younger Scot Jack O'Connell, who burst onto screens in 2013 with Starred Up.
Other actors invited to join the Academy this year include Lady Gaga, who took home this year's Best Original Song Oscar and was praised for her performance in A Star Is Born, Elizabeth Moss of The Handmaid's Tale, Rocketman's Jamie Bell, veteran actor Kenneth Cranham and young Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland.
The directors' category saw invitations for Out Of Blue's Carol Morley and Stan & Ollie's.
- 7/2/2019
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
This year, the motion picture academy made history by inviting an equal number of women and men to join. In all, 842 film professionals were invited to become part of the organization that hands out the Oscars. Compare this intake to the totals of the previous five years: a record 928 in 2018; 774 in 2017; 683 in 2016; 322 in 2015; and 271 in 2014.
While Academy Awards nominees are automatically eligible for consideration, the rest of the candidates must go through a fairly cumbersome process. A candidate must meet certain branch specific requirements before even being eligible.
For example, actors must “have a minimum of three theatrical feature film credits, in all of which the roles played were scripted roles, one of which was released in the past five years, and all of which are of a caliber that reflect the high standards of the Academy.” For writers, directors and producers they need have just two of these credits.
While Academy Awards nominees are automatically eligible for consideration, the rest of the candidates must go through a fairly cumbersome process. A candidate must meet certain branch specific requirements before even being eligible.
For example, actors must “have a minimum of three theatrical feature film credits, in all of which the roles played were scripted roles, one of which was released in the past five years, and all of which are of a caliber that reflect the high standards of the Academy.” For writers, directors and producers they need have just two of these credits.
- 7/2/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 842 new members in their annual effort to bring in new blood to the organization that hands out the Oscars. This is down from the 928 members invited last year, but 50% of this year’s number are women, inching closer to the goal of creating an even playing field between female and male members. It marks an 7% increase in female members from 2015 to an overall 32% of the entire organization.
A total of 29% of the new class revealed Monday are people of color, marking an 8% increase in that statistic since 2015. Among the new invitees, 21 are already Oscar winners and 82 are past Oscar nominees.
New members among the acting branch include recent Best Song winner Lady Gaga, who is also being invited to the music branch; Sterling K. Brown; Claire Foy; and actors ranging in age from 23-year-old Spider-Man Tom Holland to the (shamefully) never-nominated legendary French star,...
A total of 29% of the new class revealed Monday are people of color, marking an 8% increase in that statistic since 2015. Among the new invitees, 21 are already Oscar winners and 82 are past Oscar nominees.
New members among the acting branch include recent Best Song winner Lady Gaga, who is also being invited to the music branch; Sterling K. Brown; Claire Foy; and actors ranging in age from 23-year-old Spider-Man Tom Holland to the (shamefully) never-nominated legendary French star,...
- 7/1/2019
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Cameron Todd Willingham burned his three daughters alive, at least according to the state of Texas, which sentenced him to death in 1992. In the decades since, Willingham’s trial has been relitigated in the court of public opinion by the New Yorker, whose evisceration of testimony by arson experts gives “Trial by Fire” its title. The case has also become a cause célèbre for justice advocates sifting through convictions to find a case where the American government executed an innocent man — Willingham was put to death in 2004 — a travesty they would take all the way to the Supreme Court.
Edward Zwick’s take on the tragedy is a linear biopic, a film more comfortable with time stamps than in burning down the judicial system. “Trial by Fire” opens two days before Christmas in Corsicana, Texas, as 23-year-old Willingham (Jack O’Connell) flees his flaming house, barefoot, shirtless and screaming for...
Edward Zwick’s take on the tragedy is a linear biopic, a film more comfortable with time stamps than in burning down the judicial system. “Trial by Fire” opens two days before Christmas in Corsicana, Texas, as 23-year-old Willingham (Jack O’Connell) flees his flaming house, barefoot, shirtless and screaming for...
- 5/15/2019
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
A perpetually alarming issue that merits interminable outrage, wrongful convictions are not news in this country. Innocent people accused of a crime, or at least individuals not dutifully proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, face a voracious system where circumstantial variables sway the law more than facts do.
This failure of justice resulting in lives lost to unearned sentences is so pervasive that countless movies (both scripted and non-fiction) populate their own subgenre chock-full of these dispiriting cases. In “Trial by Fire,” the latest fiction adapted from real-life tragedy, despair is amplified by the state of Texas’ fondness of fatal reprisal and right-leaning attitudes.
Translated into screenplay form by Geoffrey Fletcher (“Precious”) from David Grann’s identically titled article for The New Yorker, director Edward Zwick’s tremendously cast but inadequately realized drama details how Cameron Todd Willingham went from being a lousy husband (yet loving father) to getting branded...
This failure of justice resulting in lives lost to unearned sentences is so pervasive that countless movies (both scripted and non-fiction) populate their own subgenre chock-full of these dispiriting cases. In “Trial by Fire,” the latest fiction adapted from real-life tragedy, despair is amplified by the state of Texas’ fondness of fatal reprisal and right-leaning attitudes.
Translated into screenplay form by Geoffrey Fletcher (“Precious”) from David Grann’s identically titled article for The New Yorker, director Edward Zwick’s tremendously cast but inadequately realized drama details how Cameron Todd Willingham went from being a lousy husband (yet loving father) to getting branded...
- 5/14/2019
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Roadside Attractions has released the trailer for “Trial by Fire,” which finds Jack O’Connell back in prison — onscreen, that is. The “Starred Up” and “Unbroken” star teams up with Laura Dern in Edward Zwick’s based-on-fact drama about a death-row inmate and an unlikely ally who did her utmost to exonerate him. Watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis: “‘Trial by Fire’ is the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond between an imprisoned death row inmate (Jack O’Connell) and a mother of two from Houston (Laura Dern) who, though facing staggering odds, fights mightily for his freedom. Cameron Todd Willingham, a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee with a violent streak and a criminal record, is convicted of arson-related triple homicide in 1992. During his 12 years on death row, Elizabeth Gilbert, an improbable ally, uncovers questionable methods and illogical conclusions in his case, and battles with the state...
Here’s the synopsis: “‘Trial by Fire’ is the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond between an imprisoned death row inmate (Jack O’Connell) and a mother of two from Houston (Laura Dern) who, though facing staggering odds, fights mightily for his freedom. Cameron Todd Willingham, a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee with a violent streak and a criminal record, is convicted of arson-related triple homicide in 1992. During his 12 years on death row, Elizabeth Gilbert, an improbable ally, uncovers questionable methods and illogical conclusions in his case, and battles with the state...
- 4/6/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Godless star Jack O’Connell is to star in the BBC’s adaptation of The North Water. Deadline understands that the British actor will play the lead role of Patrick Sumner in the series, which is written and directed by Lean on Pete and 45 Years’ Andrew Haigh, and produced by Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films.
O’Connell’s Sumner is a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with murderous psychopath Henry Drax, played by Colin Farrell. Sumner is in search of redemption, and his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
The series, which is being produced as three hour-long episodes and a 90-minute finale, is set in Hull and the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s. It is an adaptation...
O’Connell’s Sumner is a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with murderous psychopath Henry Drax, played by Colin Farrell. Sumner is in search of redemption, and his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
The series, which is being produced as three hour-long episodes and a 90-minute finale, is set in Hull and the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s. It is an adaptation...
- 4/5/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Film4 executive Sam Lavender, who oversaw films including The Favourite and The Lobster, has joined Simon Maxwell’s Endeavor-backed drama production company Motive Pictures.
Lavender, who was a Senior Commissioning Editor at the Channel 4 film division, will join Motive Pictures as Executive Producer. He will work closely with The First and Electric Dreams commissioner Maxwell to build a slate of high-end drama projects for the UK, U.S. and international markets.
As well as the Yorgos Lanthimos duo, Lavender worked on Bart Layton’s American Animals, Michael Pearce’s Beast, Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete and 45 Years, David Mackenzie’s Starred Up and Yann Demange’s ’71.
He also developed Slumdog Millionaire, Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Steve McQueen’s Shame starring Michael Fassbender. He is currently completing Justin Kurzel’s The True History of The Kelly Gang starring George Mackay and Russell Crowe,...
Lavender, who was a Senior Commissioning Editor at the Channel 4 film division, will join Motive Pictures as Executive Producer. He will work closely with The First and Electric Dreams commissioner Maxwell to build a slate of high-end drama projects for the UK, U.S. and international markets.
As well as the Yorgos Lanthimos duo, Lavender worked on Bart Layton’s American Animals, Michael Pearce’s Beast, Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete and 45 Years, David Mackenzie’s Starred Up and Yann Demange’s ’71.
He also developed Slumdog Millionaire, Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Steve McQueen’s Shame starring Michael Fassbender. He is currently completing Justin Kurzel’s The True History of The Kelly Gang starring George Mackay and Russell Crowe,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Motive Pictures, the new Endeavor Content-backed U.K. banner from former Channel 4 executive Simon Maxwell, has made its first major hire.
Sam Lavender, currently a senior commissioning editor at Film4, has joined the startup as executive producer and will work closely with Maxwell to build a slate of high-end drama projects for the U.K., U.S. and international markets.
Over 14 years at Film4, Lavender counts among his production credits the likes of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite and The Lobster, Bart Layton’s American Animals, Michael Pearce’s Beast, Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete and 45 Years, David Mackenzie’s Starred Up and ...
Sam Lavender, currently a senior commissioning editor at Film4, has joined the startup as executive producer and will work closely with Maxwell to build a slate of high-end drama projects for the U.K., U.S. and international markets.
Over 14 years at Film4, Lavender counts among his production credits the likes of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite and The Lobster, Bart Layton’s American Animals, Michael Pearce’s Beast, Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete and 45 Years, David Mackenzie’s Starred Up and ...
- 3/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A couple of weeks ago, The Hollywood Reporter relayed word that Matt Reeves and Warner Bros. have yet to meet with actors in preparation for the upcoming DC flick The Batman, but according to a self-declared “rumor” reported by Geeks WorldWide, the studio may at least have a wish list of stars they’d like to see as the next Caped Crusader.
Earlier this month, ex-Batman Ben Affleck seemingly confirmed the old rumor that Warner is on the lookout for a younger actor to fill his shoes, and sure enough, the five names that Gww lists are all in the 26 to 29 age range. First of all, you have Jack Reynor from Macbeth and Transformers: Age of Extinction. Then there’s Alexander Ludwig from The Hunger Games and Vikings. After that is Starred Up’s Jack O’Connell, a regular fixture on these rumored shortlists. But if you’re looking...
Earlier this month, ex-Batman Ben Affleck seemingly confirmed the old rumor that Warner is on the lookout for a younger actor to fill his shoes, and sure enough, the five names that Gww lists are all in the 26 to 29 age range. First of all, you have Jack Reynor from Macbeth and Transformers: Age of Extinction. Then there’s Alexander Ludwig from The Hunger Games and Vikings. After that is Starred Up’s Jack O’Connell, a regular fixture on these rumored shortlists. But if you’re looking...
- 3/6/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
With the most recent draft for Matt Reeves’ The Batman said to have been finished late last year, it sure seems like things are finally starting to fall into place for the Caped Crusader’s first standalone film in the Dceu. And while details on the plot and almost everything else still haven’t been divulged, we do know of at least one major villain that the project will be introducing into the franchise.
Sources close to We Got This Covered revealed last week that Oswald Cobblepot, aka the Penguin, will be one of the main antagonists in the Dark Knight’s next feature. The character’s involvement was a popular rumor that persisted throughout most of last year and even drew the attention of celebrities like Josh Gad, who more or less launched his own social media campaign in a bid to land the part. And though we can...
Sources close to We Got This Covered revealed last week that Oswald Cobblepot, aka the Penguin, will be one of the main antagonists in the Dark Knight’s next feature. The character’s involvement was a popular rumor that persisted throughout most of last year and even drew the attention of celebrities like Josh Gad, who more or less launched his own social media campaign in a bid to land the part. And though we can...
- 1/19/2019
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Though official announcements for Matt Reeves’ The Batman have been few and far between for the past year, it’s long been rumored that the Caped Crusader’s upcoming solo movie will serve as the Dceu debut for Oswald Cobblepot, aka the Penguin, and in the wake of Reeves handing in his second draft for the script, it’s very much looking like this is the case.
What’s more, a new report from Heroic Hollywood has relayed intel that The Batman will feature another major villain whose identity remains under wraps. So until we receive further news on the matter, fans are free to present their theories and fan art on this unknown antagonist.
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What’s more, a new report from Heroic Hollywood has relayed intel that The Batman will feature another major villain whose identity remains under wraps. So until we receive further news on the matter, fans are free to present their theories and fan art on this unknown antagonist.
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- 1/14/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Though the rumor emerged in October that Jack O’Connell of Starred Up and Unbroken fame was being eyed to replace Ben Affleck as the lead of The Batman, the idea was quickly cast into doubt by reports to the contrary, and with little evidence in recent months to back up the claim, most DC fans have since let the idea go.
Nonetheless, according to sources close to We Got This Covered, O’Connell is still the top choice for the title role in Matt Reeves’ film. While the casting has yet to be confirmed, it’s said that both Warner Bros. and Reeves think the actor’s right for the part, and if they don’t land O’Connell, they’re at least likely to go with someone aged 25-30. What’s more, it’s believed that whoever the studio ends up casting, the choice will be announced around May or June.
Nonetheless, according to sources close to We Got This Covered, O’Connell is still the top choice for the title role in Matt Reeves’ film. While the casting has yet to be confirmed, it’s said that both Warner Bros. and Reeves think the actor’s right for the part, and if they don’t land O’Connell, they’re at least likely to go with someone aged 25-30. What’s more, it’s believed that whoever the studio ends up casting, the choice will be announced around May or June.
- 1/13/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
City of God (Fernando Meirelles)
For any number of reasons, crime sagas that earn a Goodfellas comparison would not strike the average viewer as a prime candidate. Yet Fernando Meirelles, not nearly as good ever since, gives a story of Brazilian debauchery its human core in the form of a young, ambitious, wholly relatable boy evolving into manhood under what, we’re led to feel, are the worst conditions known to man. That we’ll likely never know many (or all) of the situations that play out herein makes City of God’s reverberations an even greater miracle. – Nick N.
Where to Stream: Netflix
The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
The Departed is,...
City of God (Fernando Meirelles)
For any number of reasons, crime sagas that earn a Goodfellas comparison would not strike the average viewer as a prime candidate. Yet Fernando Meirelles, not nearly as good ever since, gives a story of Brazilian debauchery its human core in the form of a young, ambitious, wholly relatable boy evolving into manhood under what, we’re led to feel, are the worst conditions known to man. That we’ll likely never know many (or all) of the situations that play out herein makes City of God’s reverberations an even greater miracle. – Nick N.
Where to Stream: Netflix
The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
The Departed is,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
David Mackenzie‘s latest film, “Outlaw King,” is a life-long passion project for the Scottish director of “Hell or High Water” and “Starred Up.” The new Netflix film takes place during the medieval years of the early 14th century and recounts the story of Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine), brother of William Wallace (who was made famous by Mel Gibson in the film “Braveheart“), who went from being king to an outlaw after murdering the high-ranking son of a powerful monarch.
Continue reading David Mackenzie Talks Re-Editing ‘Outlaw King,’ Shrugs Off ‘Braveheart’ Comparisons, & Thinks Theaters Are Overrated [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading David Mackenzie Talks Re-Editing ‘Outlaw King,’ Shrugs Off ‘Braveheart’ Comparisons, & Thinks Theaters Are Overrated [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 11/9/2018
- by Jordan Ruimy
- The Playlist
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
Blindspotting is a mess that is likely to lessen in your mind as soon as it’s over, even if you may be utterly absorbed in it in the moment (which I often was). A lot of it is provocation which belies a lack of a real message, or story turns that feel unearned even in the heightened context the movie establishes. But there is undeniable craft here, and an impossible-to-ignore signal that everyone involved in the project deserves attention going forward. What does work is strong, sometimes powerful. – Dan S. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon, iTunes, Google
Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu...
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
Blindspotting is a mess that is likely to lessen in your mind as soon as it’s over, even if you may be utterly absorbed in it in the moment (which I often was). A lot of it is provocation which belies a lack of a real message, or story turns that feel unearned even in the heightened context the movie establishes. But there is undeniable craft here, and an impossible-to-ignore signal that everyone involved in the project deserves attention going forward. What does work is strong, sometimes powerful. – Dan S. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon, iTunes, Google
Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu...
- 11/9/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Many know the tale of William Wallace, the Scottish knight who was a prominent leader in the First War of Scottish Independence, as portrayed by Mel Gibson in a wee film called Braveheart. Now, picture Wallace’s severed head hung from a monument in the town square. This is the atmosphere of Outlaw King, an epic set against the backdrop of a crippled Scotland itching for justice. Positioned as a long-gestating passion project for Scotsman helmer David Mackenzie, Outlaw King is a sincere war picture with ferocious violence and an inconsistent but righteously beating heart.
It’s 1304. King Edward I of England proclaims himself as Lord Paramount of Scotland, and Scottish nobility across the land are drawn into a reluctant agreement to pay taxes and kneel to a King crowned through coercion and war. Prominent among these taxed families is Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine), who is soon compelled into...
It’s 1304. King Edward I of England proclaims himself as Lord Paramount of Scotland, and Scottish nobility across the land are drawn into a reluctant agreement to pay taxes and kneel to a King crowned through coercion and war. Prominent among these taxed families is Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine), who is soon compelled into...
- 11/7/2018
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Outlaw King
Chris Pine stars in David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King. Check out the new trailer below.
Robert the Bruce’s (Chris Pine) life is transformed from defeated noble to king to outlaw as he struggles to reclaim medieval Scotland from occupation. Ambushed and reduced to a handful of supporters, Robert
resolves himself to strike back against King Edward of England’s mighty army. Robert is among the Scottish nobles having to submit to the occupying English King, Edward (Stephen Dillane). In a further move to ensure stability a marriage between Robert and Elizabeth de Burgh, (Florence Pugh) the daughter of Edward’s ally, is arranged.
An uncomfortable peace is it seems the only way forward which Robert and his family reluctantly accept as he and the feisty Elizabeth get to know each other. But crippling taxes, relentless force, men and boys
being coerced under obligations of the feudal system...
Chris Pine stars in David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King. Check out the new trailer below.
Robert the Bruce’s (Chris Pine) life is transformed from defeated noble to king to outlaw as he struggles to reclaim medieval Scotland from occupation. Ambushed and reduced to a handful of supporters, Robert
resolves himself to strike back against King Edward of England’s mighty army. Robert is among the Scottish nobles having to submit to the occupying English King, Edward (Stephen Dillane). In a further move to ensure stability a marriage between Robert and Elizabeth de Burgh, (Florence Pugh) the daughter of Edward’s ally, is arranged.
An uncomfortable peace is it seems the only way forward which Robert and his family reluctantly accept as he and the feisty Elizabeth get to know each other. But crippling taxes, relentless force, men and boys
being coerced under obligations of the feudal system...
- 10/25/2018
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
David Mackenzie is embracing his Scottish roots to deliver the gut-wrenching historical drama promised, just a little shorter than advertised. Of “Starred Up” and “Hell or High Water” fame, Mackenzie teams up once again with Chris Pine for the Netflix original “Outlaw King.”
Shortly into the film’s grand tour of the festival circuit, the reviews were already coming back a little…mixed.
Continue reading ‘Outlaw King’: David Mackenzie’s Improved, Recut ‘Braveheart’-Esque Drama Gets A New Trailer at The Playlist.
Shortly into the film’s grand tour of the festival circuit, the reviews were already coming back a little…mixed.
Continue reading ‘Outlaw King’: David Mackenzie’s Improved, Recut ‘Braveheart’-Esque Drama Gets A New Trailer at The Playlist.
- 10/25/2018
- by Margaret Kennedy
- The Playlist
Is Jack O’Connell destined to become the next Batman?
That’s what the folks over at That Hashtag Show believe, as their sources tell them that Warner Bros. is eyeing the actor to play Bruce Wayne in The Batman. Of course, there’s no been confirmation from the studio on this just yet, but truth be told, ever since it was revealed that Ben Affleck had checked himself into a rehab facility, we’ve come to expect a changing of the guard – it’s really a question of when, rather than if, at this point.
Already, Kit Harington and Ryan Gosling have been ruled out, while Star Wars alum Oscar Isaac is seemingly no longer in contention for the much sought after role, either. That means Matt Reeves is still searching for his new Batman, especially since Affleck appears closer to the exit door than ever before.
Never-Before-Seen Justice...
That’s what the folks over at That Hashtag Show believe, as their sources tell them that Warner Bros. is eyeing the actor to play Bruce Wayne in The Batman. Of course, there’s no been confirmation from the studio on this just yet, but truth be told, ever since it was revealed that Ben Affleck had checked himself into a rehab facility, we’ve come to expect a changing of the guard – it’s really a question of when, rather than if, at this point.
Already, Kit Harington and Ryan Gosling have been ruled out, while Star Wars alum Oscar Isaac is seemingly no longer in contention for the much sought after role, either. That means Matt Reeves is still searching for his new Batman, especially since Affleck appears closer to the exit door than ever before.
Never-Before-Seen Justice...
- 10/8/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Following the underground 2016 hit, The Intent, the brand new prequel, The Intent 2: The Come Up will release in cinemas on September 21. To celebrate the release, we are giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the World Premiere.
Starring Bet nominee Ghetts, Mobo and Bet winners Krept & Konan, rap star Fekky, dancehall artist Popcaan, BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, Ashley Chin, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Dylan Duffus, takes the crew to Jamaica.
The Intent 2: The Come Up centres on Jay (Ghetts) who has big dreams; but his ambitions are crippled by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster). Jay sets about laying the foundations for his own organised crime ring with the help of Mustafa (Adam Deacon). Things are going well until Beverley discovers his disloyalty, and an ill-fated robbery in North London and a trip to Jamaica tears the crew apart.
Starring Bet nominee Ghetts, Mobo and Bet winners Krept & Konan, rap star Fekky, dancehall artist Popcaan, BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, Ashley Chin, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Dylan Duffus, takes the crew to Jamaica.
The Intent 2: The Come Up centres on Jay (Ghetts) who has big dreams; but his ambitions are crippled by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster). Jay sets about laying the foundations for his own organised crime ring with the help of Mustafa (Adam Deacon). Things are going well until Beverley discovers his disloyalty, and an ill-fated robbery in North London and a trip to Jamaica tears the crew apart.
- 9/14/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
David Mackenzie’s follow-up to Hell or High Water gives us screams, scowls and rolling vistas – but precious little depth
Only the manliest of men make the cut for David Mackenzie’s films. The director recently trained his camera on hardened prison inmates for Starred Up and cud-chewing cowpokes in the Academy-feted Hell or High Water, two perspectives on the responsibilities and sacrifices that life thrusts on guys’ guys making their way in the world. So he’s right at home in the medieval era, where the warriors wear stony faces caked with blood and grime.
Mackenzie tackles his homeland’s early 14th-century origins for Outlaw King, a massive-scale account of nobleman-turned-King of Scots Robert the Bruce’s quest to restore sovereignty and freedom to his subjects. He and his countrymen’s efforts to beat back the English goliath tread the same battle lines as everything from Braveheart to 300, but...
Only the manliest of men make the cut for David Mackenzie’s films. The director recently trained his camera on hardened prison inmates for Starred Up and cud-chewing cowpokes in the Academy-feted Hell or High Water, two perspectives on the responsibilities and sacrifices that life thrusts on guys’ guys making their way in the world. So he’s right at home in the medieval era, where the warriors wear stony faces caked with blood and grime.
Mackenzie tackles his homeland’s early 14th-century origins for Outlaw King, a massive-scale account of nobleman-turned-King of Scots Robert the Bruce’s quest to restore sovereignty and freedom to his subjects. He and his countrymen’s efforts to beat back the English goliath tread the same battle lines as everything from Braveheart to 300, but...
- 9/7/2018
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
“Fire doesn’t destroy evidence,” one of the arson experts testifies in court. “Fire creates evidence.” That it does. But what if the evidence it creates is misinterpreted by the people who are entrusted to understand it? What if the experts are clouded by confirmation biases, hampered by outdated investigative methods, and complicit in a judicial system that disproportionally targets the poor? And what if — as a direct result of those other what ifs — an innocent man was executed for murdering his own children? In Texas, which executes more than five times as many people as any other state, those aren’t exactly hypothetical questions.
A clumsy prison drama that’s baked into a compelling argument against the death penalty, Ed Zwick’s “Trial by Fire” dramatizes the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was wrongly convicted of burning his house down with his three young daughters inside on...
A clumsy prison drama that’s baked into a compelling argument against the death penalty, Ed Zwick’s “Trial by Fire” dramatizes the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was wrongly convicted of burning his house down with his three young daughters inside on...
- 9/2/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
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