Exclusive: Equity and A Call to Spy writer, producer, and star Sarah Megan Thomas has signed on to direct Audrey’s Children, a biographical drama about healthcare hero Dr. Audrey Evans.
Julia Fisher Farbman, whose interview profile of Dr. Evans amassed 17M views, wrote the script. Casting for Dr. Evans will begin soon, we’re told. Production will begin in Philadelphia in October. Fisher Farbman and Thomas will produce.
Evans revolutionized treatment for Neuroblastoma, a deadly form of pediatric nerve cancer, and co-founded Ronald McDonald House Charities, an organization that provides housing and support to millions of families around the world.
In 1970, when 90% of children with Neuroblastoma die, the top U.S. children’s hospital recruits Dr. Evans – a brilliant, yet unconventional British oncologist who sports floral dresses instead of medical garb, sneaks lab animals into hospital rooms, and even talks to her patients about heaven. When Dr. Evans discovers...
Julia Fisher Farbman, whose interview profile of Dr. Evans amassed 17M views, wrote the script. Casting for Dr. Evans will begin soon, we’re told. Production will begin in Philadelphia in October. Fisher Farbman and Thomas will produce.
Evans revolutionized treatment for Neuroblastoma, a deadly form of pediatric nerve cancer, and co-founded Ronald McDonald House Charities, an organization that provides housing and support to millions of families around the world.
In 1970, when 90% of children with Neuroblastoma die, the top U.S. children’s hospital recruits Dr. Evans – a brilliant, yet unconventional British oncologist who sports floral dresses instead of medical garb, sneaks lab animals into hospital rooms, and even talks to her patients about heaven. When Dr. Evans discovers...
- 5/20/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: IFC Films has acquired North American rights to A Call to Spy, the feature directorial debut of Oscar nominated documentary producer Lydia Dean Pilcher about the unsung female heroes of WWII. IFC plans a fall release, Deadline has learned.
Produced, written by and starring Sarah Megan Thomas (Equity), who plays real-life American spy Virginia Hall, pic takes place at the onset of WWII when Winston Churchill ordered a new spy agency, the Special Operations Executive, to recruit and trains female spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. Soe’s “spymistress,” Vera Atkins (Stana Katic), recruits two unusual candidates: Hall, an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan (Radhika Atpe), a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Atkins, later became the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise.
Produced, written by and starring Sarah Megan Thomas (Equity), who plays real-life American spy Virginia Hall, pic takes place at the onset of WWII when Winston Churchill ordered a new spy agency, the Special Operations Executive, to recruit and trains female spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. Soe’s “spymistress,” Vera Atkins (Stana Katic), recruits two unusual candidates: Hall, an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan (Radhika Atpe), a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Atkins, later became the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise.
- 6/16/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A new “Battlefield” is on the way, and a vocal contingent of players are reeling from the sight of a woman in combat during World War II in the game’s reveal trailer. Stockholm-based developer Dice unveiled “Battlefield V,” the latest installment in EA’s flagship shooter franchise, on Wednesday, and a single female character in the marketing has drawn the ire of players who’d rather not see even a modicum of minority representation in their games.
Claiming that the game’s trailer appears “historically inaccurate,” would-be players in the comments section on YouTube and elsewhere are pretty transparent about their reasons for disliking the video.
Scroll through the litany of complaints about “political correctness” and #NotMyBattlefield hashtags, and you’ll find plenty that seems unfamiliar with women like sniper Lyudmila “Lady Death” Pavlichenko, Allied spy Virginia Hall, and the Soviet Air Force’s Night Witches.
Dice general manager...
Claiming that the game’s trailer appears “historically inaccurate,” would-be players in the comments section on YouTube and elsewhere are pretty transparent about their reasons for disliking the video.
Scroll through the litany of complaints about “political correctness” and #NotMyBattlefield hashtags, and you’ll find plenty that seems unfamiliar with women like sniper Lyudmila “Lady Death” Pavlichenko, Allied spy Virginia Hall, and the Soviet Air Force’s Night Witches.
Dice general manager...
- 5/25/2018
- by Alex Kane
- Variety Film + TV
What is Movie News After Dark? … um, it’s about movies. And it takes place after the sun goes down. We begin this evening with another new image from The Dark Knight Rises, one of several that worked their way onto the web today thanks to Entertainment Weekly. Unlike all the previously interesting shots from the film, this one does not involve Bane. It’s Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) standing in front of the bat-suit. I love that bat-suit. Over at Movies.com, one of my favorite non-fsr columns is Monika Bartyzel’s Girls on Film. One day I will still her and her column away from them. I doubt they’d mind, right? Anyway, this week’s topic is 5 Awe-Inspiring Women Perfect for Cinema, And Who Should Play Them. Bring on that Virginia Hall movie! “I’ve started to outline the sequel to McMullen. The twentieth anniversary will be in 2015, so my goal is to shoot...
- 1/13/2012
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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