Exclusive: The Quiet One, the feature doc about former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, has had its European premiere pulled by the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
The film, which is directed by Oliver Murray, was due to screen at the British documentary festival, held in the northern UK city, on June 7. Wyman, who was the bass guitarist in the (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction rockers between 1962 and 1992, was also due to appear in conversation with director Murray at the festival.
The festival confirmed to Deadline that it had cancelled the screening and the event. It is thought that the decision came after the festival received a number complaints on social media about screening the film about Wyman, particularly regarding his previous relationship with Mandy Smith, who he started dating when she was 13 and he was 47. They married when she was 18 and divorced a few years later.
The film is set to...
The film, which is directed by Oliver Murray, was due to screen at the British documentary festival, held in the northern UK city, on June 7. Wyman, who was the bass guitarist in the (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction rockers between 1962 and 1992, was also due to appear in conversation with director Murray at the festival.
The festival confirmed to Deadline that it had cancelled the screening and the event. It is thought that the decision came after the festival received a number complaints on social media about screening the film about Wyman, particularly regarding his previous relationship with Mandy Smith, who he started dating when she was 13 and he was 47. They married when she was 18 and divorced a few years later.
The film is set to...
- 3/23/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kill Your Friends author and screenwriter John Niven has become attached to pen the screenplay for Berlin Bromley, a coming-of-age comedy/drama based on the memoir of Bertie Marshall. Marshall was one of the Bromley Contingent, followers of the Sex Pistols, that also included Siouxsie Sioux, Billy Idol and Steve Severin. Charlotte Arden is producing the film with Peter Dunphy as exec producer for Gizmo Films (Mad To Be Normal, Funny Cow). Neal Moore is exec…...
- 2/28/2018
- Deadline
Filming under way on Entertainment One’s 1970s-set comedy drama.
Production on Funny Cow, which stars Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything, Shameless) as a stand-up comedienne, has begun in Yorkshire.
The comedy drama, directed by Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint), follows the rise to stardom of Peake’s character in 1970s northern England and is filming on location in Yorkshire for four weeks.
Paddy Considine (Hot Fuzz) and Stephen Graham (This Is England) co-star in the film, which features music by ex-Longpigs frontman and Mercury award-nominated solo artist Richard Hawley and Grammy Award winner Corinne Bailey Rae.
War Horse and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story writer Tony Pitts penned the script and has an acting role.
Kevin Proctor from Pow Films and Mark Vennis from Moviehouse Entertainment are producing, with Entertainment One releasing in the UK and Moviehouse Entertainment handling intrernational sales.
The film is executive produced by Peter Dunphy and Charlotte Arden of Gizmo Films and Norman Merry...
Production on Funny Cow, which stars Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything, Shameless) as a stand-up comedienne, has begun in Yorkshire.
The comedy drama, directed by Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint), follows the rise to stardom of Peake’s character in 1970s northern England and is filming on location in Yorkshire for four weeks.
Paddy Considine (Hot Fuzz) and Stephen Graham (This Is England) co-star in the film, which features music by ex-Longpigs frontman and Mercury award-nominated solo artist Richard Hawley and Grammy Award winner Corinne Bailey Rae.
War Horse and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story writer Tony Pitts penned the script and has an acting role.
Kevin Proctor from Pow Films and Mark Vennis from Moviehouse Entertainment are producing, with Entertainment One releasing in the UK and Moviehouse Entertainment handling intrernational sales.
The film is executive produced by Peter Dunphy and Charlotte Arden of Gizmo Films and Norman Merry...
- 1/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
Double Dutch International (Ddi) President, Jason Moring, announced that his sales company has acquired the worldwide sales rights for "Metanoia" and attached "Harry Potter" actor Michael Gambon to the project.
"Metanoia" stars David Tennant ("Harry Potter," "Doctor Who," "Broadchurch"), Elisabeth Moss ( " Mad Men," "Queen of Earth"), will be directed by Robert Mullan, produced by Charlotte Arden and Harriet Hammond, and executive produced by Phin Glynn and Peter Dunphy.
The film is a co-production between Gizmo Films and Bad Penny Productions. "Metanoia" chronicles the world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist Rd Laing's efforts to create a safe haven for people diagnosed with psychosis and schizophrenia. He was known for advocating the medical use of LSD, still legal at the time, and argued for the breaking down of divisions between patients and doctors.
The movie is currently in pre-production and is set to shoot in January."The story of Rd Laing in incredibly captivating. To have Michael come onboard to compliment David and Elisabeth is a testament to the fascination of Laing himself, " said Jason Moring from Ddi. ...
"Metanoia" stars David Tennant ("Harry Potter," "Doctor Who," "Broadchurch"), Elisabeth Moss ( " Mad Men," "Queen of Earth"), will be directed by Robert Mullan, produced by Charlotte Arden and Harriet Hammond, and executive produced by Phin Glynn and Peter Dunphy.
The film is a co-production between Gizmo Films and Bad Penny Productions. "Metanoia" chronicles the world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist Rd Laing's efforts to create a safe haven for people diagnosed with psychosis and schizophrenia. He was known for advocating the medical use of LSD, still legal at the time, and argued for the breaking down of divisions between patients and doctors.
The movie is currently in pre-production and is set to shoot in January."The story of Rd Laing in incredibly captivating. To have Michael come onboard to compliment David and Elisabeth is a testament to the fascination of Laing himself, " said Jason Moring from Ddi. ...
- 9/14/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Double Dutch International (Ddi) announced in Toronto it has acquired worldwide sales to the biopic and attached Michael Gambon to join David Tennant on the cast.
Elisabeth Moss also stars in Metanoia with former Doctor Who Tenant (pictured) in the lead as the infamous Scottish psychiatrist Rd Laing who advocated the medical use of LSD.
Robert Mullan is scheduled to commence shooting in January and Charlotte Arden and Harriet Hammond produce. Phin Glynn and Peter Dunphy are executive producers on the Gizmo Films and Bad Penny Productions film.
“The story of Rd Laing in incredibly captivating,” said Ddi president Jason Moring. “To have Michael come on board to compliment David and Elisabeth is a testament to the fascination of Laing himself.”...
Elisabeth Moss also stars in Metanoia with former Doctor Who Tenant (pictured) in the lead as the infamous Scottish psychiatrist Rd Laing who advocated the medical use of LSD.
Robert Mullan is scheduled to commence shooting in January and Charlotte Arden and Harriet Hammond produce. Phin Glynn and Peter Dunphy are executive producers on the Gizmo Films and Bad Penny Productions film.
“The story of Rd Laing in incredibly captivating,” said Ddi president Jason Moring. “To have Michael come on board to compliment David and Elisabeth is a testament to the fascination of Laing himself.”...
- 9/12/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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