"The rich are very different from you and me." F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said this with an apparently envy and longing to be rich. And there is a idea that most people want to be rich - but really, most people just want to be confortable. And you know why? The rich are horrifying. We're seeing this explored more as human civilization races towards all-out apocalypse, but it's probably always been true. Humans don't have the mental and emotional capacity for dealing with being so powerful (which is part-and-parcel with wealth) that they can do anything. And the cult that develops around this wealth and power is passed from generation to generation. The Hole in the Fence, Juaquin del Paso's sophomore feature, does not hold...
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- 5/24/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Peaky Blinders and Gangs of London star Joe Cole has been cast as lead in real-time BBC thriller series Nightsleeper.
He’ll play opposite Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) in the drama, which is from Nick Leather. Filming is underway in Glasgow, Scotland.
The BBC first announced the show in December, as we reported here. Set on a sleeper train from the Glasgow to London, the real-time drama follows a government agency desperately trying to intervene as events rapidly escalate onboard. Two strangers (Cole and Roach) are forced to work together to save the lives of disparate group of passengers, as the train hurtles towards “what might quite literally be its final destination.”
Also starring are Alex Ferns (The Devil’s Hour), Sharon Small (The Bay), James Cosmo (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), David Threlfall (Shameless), Daniel Cahill (The Control Room), Lois Chimimba...
He’ll play opposite Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) in the drama, which is from Nick Leather. Filming is underway in Glasgow, Scotland.
The BBC first announced the show in December, as we reported here. Set on a sleeper train from the Glasgow to London, the real-time drama follows a government agency desperately trying to intervene as events rapidly escalate onboard. Two strangers (Cole and Roach) are forced to work together to save the lives of disparate group of passengers, as the train hurtles towards “what might quite literally be its final destination.”
Also starring are Alex Ferns (The Devil’s Hour), Sharon Small (The Bay), James Cosmo (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), David Threlfall (Shameless), Daniel Cahill (The Control Room), Lois Chimimba...
- 4/23/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Ferguson regularly found herself compared to Princess Diana as a senior member of the royal family. Married to Prince Andrew for 10 years, Sarah has a unique take on her relationship with the late Princess of Wales. She compared herself to Princess Diana by calling her “a beautiful sister-in-law” to Sarah’s “enthusiastic puppy.”
Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana at Trooping the Color in 1991 | Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson’s friendship
Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana’s close friendship started before they became members of the royal family. The two women were fourth cousins, descended from William Cavendish, the fourth Duke of Devonshire.
Per Town & Country, Sarah, and Diana knew of one another for years. However, they only became close after reconnecting in 1980 when Diana was 19, and Sarah was 21. They had many of the same friends.
Sarah attended Diana’s wedding to then-Prince Charles.
Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana at Trooping the Color in 1991 | Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson’s friendship
Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana’s close friendship started before they became members of the royal family. The two women were fourth cousins, descended from William Cavendish, the fourth Duke of Devonshire.
Per Town & Country, Sarah, and Diana knew of one another for years. However, they only became close after reconnecting in 1980 when Diana was 19, and Sarah was 21. They had many of the same friends.
Sarah attended Diana’s wedding to then-Prince Charles.
- 4/12/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Miles Teller has signed on to star in and executive produce “The Gorge” for “The Black Phone” director Scott Derrickson.
The film, which has been described as a high-action, genre-bending love story, will see the “Top Gun: Maverick” star reteam with one of the blockbuster’s producers, Skydance Media.
Derrickson is coming off of the smash success of “The Black Phone,” which has raked in over 155 million at the global box office. He will direct from a spec script penned by “The Tomorrow War” writer Zach Dean.
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Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ Adds Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver and Archie Madekwe
David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger will produce for Skydance, alongside Crooked Highway’s Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, and Sherryl Clark. Dean, Adam Kolbrenner and Greg Goodman will also produce.
“The Gorge” is the latest addition to Skydance’s stacked live-action action feature slate, which also includes...
The film, which has been described as a high-action, genre-bending love story, will see the “Top Gun: Maverick” star reteam with one of the blockbuster’s producers, Skydance Media.
Derrickson is coming off of the smash success of “The Black Phone,” which has raked in over 155 million at the global box office. He will direct from a spec script penned by “The Tomorrow War” writer Zach Dean.
Also Read:
Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ Adds Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver and Archie Madekwe
David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger will produce for Skydance, alongside Crooked Highway’s Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, and Sherryl Clark. Dean, Adam Kolbrenner and Greg Goodman will also produce.
“The Gorge” is the latest addition to Skydance’s stacked live-action action feature slate, which also includes...
- 8/25/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: UTA has signed Academy Award-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy for worldwide representation in all areas.
Kennedy has directed and produced more than 30 features, and runs Moxie Films with her husband and partner, writer-producer Mark Bailey. She is currently directing a feature documentary for Alexander Rodnyansky’s Ar Content which examines the parallels between the refugee crisis of 1939—which saw the western world refusing to take German Jews fleeing Nazi Germany—and the international community’s treatment of refugees today. She is also producing the film, which is currently in production, alongside Rodnyansky, Bailey, Judy Korin and Rosanne Korenberg.
Kennedy most recently helmed and produced the upcoming feature documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing for Netflix. The film, which focuses on the two tragic Boeing 737-Max crashes of 2018 and 2019, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and will...
Kennedy has directed and produced more than 30 features, and runs Moxie Films with her husband and partner, writer-producer Mark Bailey. She is currently directing a feature documentary for Alexander Rodnyansky’s Ar Content which examines the parallels between the refugee crisis of 1939—which saw the western world refusing to take German Jews fleeing Nazi Germany—and the international community’s treatment of refugees today. She is also producing the film, which is currently in production, alongside Rodnyansky, Bailey, Judy Korin and Rosanne Korenberg.
Kennedy most recently helmed and produced the upcoming feature documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing for Netflix. The film, which focuses on the two tragic Boeing 737-Max crashes of 2018 and 2019, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and will...
- 2/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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