The Queen’s Gambit break-out Jacob Fortune-Lloyd is to star as Beatles manager Brian Epstein in biopic Midas Man.
As previously announced, filmmaker and acclaimed music director Jonas Akerlund (Lords Of Chaos) is directing and will have an input on the soundtrack.
The film will chart Epstein’s (aka Eppy) role in the cultural revolution and creative explosion of the 1960s, and his sizable yet often unheralded influence on pop music, and its colossal impact worldwide.
Shoot will take place at Twickenham Studios and on location in London, Liverpool, and the U.S. Dates have not yet been revealed.
Rising Brit actor Fortune-Lloyd, whose credits also include Wolf Hall and Medici, played chess prodigy-turned-journalist Townes, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, in Netflix’s hit series The Queen’s Gambit.
The film is being produced by Kevin Proctor and Perry Trevers at StudioPOW (Funny Cow) and Trevor Beattie and Jeremy Chatterton at Trevor Beattie Films...
As previously announced, filmmaker and acclaimed music director Jonas Akerlund (Lords Of Chaos) is directing and will have an input on the soundtrack.
The film will chart Epstein’s (aka Eppy) role in the cultural revolution and creative explosion of the 1960s, and his sizable yet often unheralded influence on pop music, and its colossal impact worldwide.
Shoot will take place at Twickenham Studios and on location in London, Liverpool, and the U.S. Dates have not yet been revealed.
Rising Brit actor Fortune-Lloyd, whose credits also include Wolf Hall and Medici, played chess prodigy-turned-journalist Townes, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, in Netflix’s hit series The Queen’s Gambit.
The film is being produced by Kevin Proctor and Perry Trevers at StudioPOW (Funny Cow) and Trevor Beattie and Jeremy Chatterton at Trevor Beattie Films...
- 4/16/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fresh from securing a directing gig on HBO/Sky drama Landscapers, actor and director Will Sharpe has signed with UTA.
Sharpe, who is replacing Alexander Payne in the four-part Sister-produced crime drama, has signed with the agency in all areas.
In addition to directing – he also helmed Channel 4 comedy Flowers that starred Olivia Colman – he is an actor and recently starred in Netflix/BBC drama Giri/Haji, where he played Rodney Yamaguchi, a charismatic half-Japanese, half-British rent boy and drug addict living in London.
On the feature side, he is currently in post-production on Louis Wain, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy. His first feature Black Pond, which he also co-wrote, came out in 2011 and he was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer category.
He will continue to represented by the UK’s Sue Latimer at Arg Talent...
Sharpe, who is replacing Alexander Payne in the four-part Sister-produced crime drama, has signed with the agency in all areas.
In addition to directing – he also helmed Channel 4 comedy Flowers that starred Olivia Colman – he is an actor and recently starred in Netflix/BBC drama Giri/Haji, where he played Rodney Yamaguchi, a charismatic half-Japanese, half-British rent boy and drug addict living in London.
On the feature side, he is currently in post-production on Louis Wain, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy. His first feature Black Pond, which he also co-wrote, came out in 2011 and he was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer category.
He will continue to represented by the UK’s Sue Latimer at Arg Talent...
- 10/12/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Will Sharpe, who starred in Netflix and BBC drama Giri/Haji and directed quirky British comedy Flowers, is taking over directing Olivia Colman drama series Landscapers.
Sharpe replaces Alexander Payne, who was initially set as the director of the HBO and Sky co-production, which is produced by Chernobyl producer Sister. The Descendants and Sideways director Payne was also set to exec produce the project, when it was commissioned last year, but will no longer be involved.
The drama, which is inspired by real events, tells the story of killers Susan and Christopher Edwards.
The series is set to shoot in early 2021. Given that the four-part series is in the advanced stages of pre-production, Sharpe’s relationship with both Sister and Colman will help him hit the ground running.
Sharpe starred in Giri/Haji, which was produced by Sister and exec produced by Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry, who exec produce Landscapers.
Sharpe replaces Alexander Payne, who was initially set as the director of the HBO and Sky co-production, which is produced by Chernobyl producer Sister. The Descendants and Sideways director Payne was also set to exec produce the project, when it was commissioned last year, but will no longer be involved.
The drama, which is inspired by real events, tells the story of killers Susan and Christopher Edwards.
The series is set to shoot in early 2021. Given that the four-part series is in the advanced stages of pre-production, Sharpe’s relationship with both Sister and Colman will help him hit the ground running.
Sharpe starred in Giri/Haji, which was produced by Sister and exec produced by Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry, who exec produce Landscapers.
- 10/9/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Rylance is taking a mulligan on his next project, signing on to play Maurice Flitcroft in a new film called “The Fantastic Flitcrofts” about the man who qualified for the British Open Golf Championship in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history.
Craig Roberts will direct the heart-warming true story about the dreamer and unrelenting optimist Flitcroft who became a folk hero after his disastrous performance. Simon Farnaby (“Paddington 2”) is writing the screenplay for “The Fantastic Flitcrofts” based on his book “The Phantom Of the Open” Farnaby co-wrote with Scott Murray.
If you want to know just how bad Flitcroft was, he didn’t have a handicap and instead merely posed as a professional. And when he managed to qualify, he shot a round of 121, or 49 over par. Other pros even demanded a refund of their entry fees for having to play alongside him, and he...
Craig Roberts will direct the heart-warming true story about the dreamer and unrelenting optimist Flitcroft who became a folk hero after his disastrous performance. Simon Farnaby (“Paddington 2”) is writing the screenplay for “The Fantastic Flitcrofts” based on his book “The Phantom Of the Open” Farnaby co-wrote with Scott Murray.
If you want to know just how bad Flitcroft was, he didn’t have a handicap and instead merely posed as a professional. And when he managed to qualify, he shot a round of 121, or 49 over par. Other pros even demanded a refund of their entry fees for having to play alongside him, and he...
- 6/19/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscar-winner Mark Rylance is set to make his big-screen comedy debut in The Fantastic Flitcrofts, a golf movie written by Paddington 2 scribe Simon Farnaby.
Bridge Of Spies and Dunkirk actor Rylance will play Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, who managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Craig Roberts, whose acting credits include Submarine and Red Oaks, is attached to direct, his third feature after Eternal Beauty and Just Jim. Farnaby has adapted the screenplay from the book The Phantom Of The Open, which he co-wrote with UK journo Scott Murray.
Cornerstone Films has boarded world sales rights and will present the project to buyers at next week’s Cannes virtual Marche.
The film is produced by Nichola Martin through Baby Cow Films (Powder Room), BAFTA Award...
Bridge Of Spies and Dunkirk actor Rylance will play Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, who managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Craig Roberts, whose acting credits include Submarine and Red Oaks, is attached to direct, his third feature after Eternal Beauty and Just Jim. Farnaby has adapted the screenplay from the book The Phantom Of The Open, which he co-wrote with UK journo Scott Murray.
Cornerstone Films has boarded world sales rights and will present the project to buyers at next week’s Cannes virtual Marche.
The film is produced by Nichola Martin through Baby Cow Films (Powder Room), BAFTA Award...
- 6/19/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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