Priyanka Chopra-Produced Doc Debuting On Prime Video India
Women of My Billion (Womb), a documentary about the forms of violence faced by women in India, will premiere exclusively on Prime Video India on May 3. Produced by Apoorva Bakshi and Monisha Thyagarajan’s Awedacious Originals in association with Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures, the documentary follows protagonist Srishti Bakshi on a walking pilgrimage across India – spanning 3,800 km over 240 days – to talk to women from various backgrounds about their struggles and dreams. “Women have borne the brunt of gender bias for far too long, enduring a silent struggle against entrenched social injustices that seek to suppress their voices. With Womb, the aim is to transcend these struggles – to be a beacon of hope,” said Chopra Jonas, Producer at Purple Pebble Pictures. “Womb is not merely a depiction of pain and suffering, but a rallying cry and call for solidarity and action.
Women of My Billion (Womb), a documentary about the forms of violence faced by women in India, will premiere exclusively on Prime Video India on May 3. Produced by Apoorva Bakshi and Monisha Thyagarajan’s Awedacious Originals in association with Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures, the documentary follows protagonist Srishti Bakshi on a walking pilgrimage across India – spanning 3,800 km over 240 days – to talk to women from various backgrounds about their struggles and dreams. “Women have borne the brunt of gender bias for far too long, enduring a silent struggle against entrenched social injustices that seek to suppress their voices. With Womb, the aim is to transcend these struggles – to be a beacon of hope,” said Chopra Jonas, Producer at Purple Pebble Pictures. “Womb is not merely a depiction of pain and suffering, but a rallying cry and call for solidarity and action.
- 4/25/2024
- by Max Goldbart, Hannah Abraham and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AGC Television is dropping a hot TV project into this week’s Series Mania market in Lille.
The Stone Quarry’s Zack Snyder (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), Deborah Snyder (Wonder Woman) and Wesley Coller (Rebel Moon) are among producers of French Foreign Legion series Until The Last One, whose pilot is being directed by Eli Snyder, most recently second unit director on his father’s Rebel Moon.
The series will follow a British deserter from the infamous French Foreign Legion who is found twenty years after fleeing the harsh reality of his mercenary service and forced back with the new recruits in the thick of danger. The series will chart the violence and the politics of the global hotspots where the Legion are sent to fight and the emotional stories and scars carried by its recruits.
The Foreign Legion is famed for its uniqueness as a military outfit,...
The Stone Quarry’s Zack Snyder (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), Deborah Snyder (Wonder Woman) and Wesley Coller (Rebel Moon) are among producers of French Foreign Legion series Until The Last One, whose pilot is being directed by Eli Snyder, most recently second unit director on his father’s Rebel Moon.
The series will follow a British deserter from the infamous French Foreign Legion who is found twenty years after fleeing the harsh reality of his mercenary service and forced back with the new recruits in the thick of danger. The series will chart the violence and the politics of the global hotspots where the Legion are sent to fight and the emotional stories and scars carried by its recruits.
The Foreign Legion is famed for its uniqueness as a military outfit,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Isaach De Bankolé (Godfather of Harlem), Phoebe Fox (The Great), Silvia Dionicio (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), and Coral Peña (For All Mankind) are the newest recurring cast members set for HBO’s Untitled Brad Ingelsby Task Force Project (working title).
De Bankolé will play Father Daniel Georges, the oldest and best friend of lead Mark Ruffalo’s FBI Agent Tom, who went to seminary with him. Fox portrays Tom’s biological daughter, Sara, who is deep in grief, with Dionicio as his adopted daughter, grappling with a family tragedy. Peña portrays Meg Coyle, the guidance counselor who works at Emily’s high school.
Others previously cast in the crime drama from the creator of Mare of Easttown include Tom Pelphrey as Robbie; Emilia Jones as Maeve; Thuso Mbedu as Aleah; Raúl Castillo as Cliff; Jamie McShane as Perry; Sam Keeley as Jayson; Fabien Frankel as Anthony; Alison Oliver as...
De Bankolé will play Father Daniel Georges, the oldest and best friend of lead Mark Ruffalo’s FBI Agent Tom, who went to seminary with him. Fox portrays Tom’s biological daughter, Sara, who is deep in grief, with Dionicio as his adopted daughter, grappling with a family tragedy. Peña portrays Meg Coyle, the guidance counselor who works at Emily’s high school.
Others previously cast in the crime drama from the creator of Mare of Easttown include Tom Pelphrey as Robbie; Emilia Jones as Maeve; Thuso Mbedu as Aleah; Raúl Castillo as Cliff; Jamie McShane as Perry; Sam Keeley as Jayson; Fabien Frankel as Anthony; Alison Oliver as...
- 3/19/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Back when it was all fields around here, TV show titles were in abundance. In the days when television used to be hand-stretched and sun-dried and made at a gentlemanly pace by artisanal methods, there were titles galore. Worzel Gummidge. Starsky and Hutch. Last of the Summer Wine. Distinct and descriptive titles milled around drinking holes, and all writers had to do was toss in a lasso and drag out a Sapphire & Steel or a Knight Rider.
But thanks to streaming, nowadays TV is made in windowless factories and injected with antibiotics and e-numbers. There can never be enough. Every streamer requires a chunky flow of television shows they can release all on the same day, not tell anybody about, and quickly delete for tax purposes before anybody watches them. And the first casualty? The titles.
The problem is, the glut has dried up the supply. Abstract nouns. Character names.
But thanks to streaming, nowadays TV is made in windowless factories and injected with antibiotics and e-numbers. There can never be enough. Every streamer requires a chunky flow of television shows they can release all on the same day, not tell anybody about, and quickly delete for tax purposes before anybody watches them. And the first casualty? The titles.
The problem is, the glut has dried up the supply. Abstract nouns. Character names.
- 3/18/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Paramount+ has given the green light to a new British thriller series called Curfew, which sees all men kept indoors in the evenings. More on it below.
Not to be confused with 2019’s dystopian action series of the same name, which aired on Sky, a new British series titled Curfew is heading to Paramount+.
As reported by Deadline, the streaming service has just greenlit the new British series, which explores a society in which all men are bound by a curfew from 7pm to 7am as laid out in the Women’s Safety Act.
However, when a woman is found brutally murdered at night and left at a Women’s Safety Centre, police officer Pamela Green is convinced it’s the work of a man. But with the curfew in place and ankle monitors tracking the movements of every male in the country, how could this be?
Sarah Parish is set to play Pamela,...
Not to be confused with 2019’s dystopian action series of the same name, which aired on Sky, a new British series titled Curfew is heading to Paramount+.
As reported by Deadline, the streaming service has just greenlit the new British series, which explores a society in which all men are bound by a curfew from 7pm to 7am as laid out in the Women’s Safety Act.
However, when a woman is found brutally murdered at night and left at a Women’s Safety Centre, police officer Pamela Green is convinced it’s the work of a man. But with the curfew in place and ankle monitors tracking the movements of every male in the country, how could this be?
Sarah Parish is set to play Pamela,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Paramount+ may have culled a wealth of international originals in the past couple of weeks but that hasn’t stopped it committing to a UK thriller series set in a world where men live under a strict nightly curfew.
Starring Sarah Parish, Doctor Who’s Mandip Gill, Mitchell Robertson and singer Alexandra Burke, Curfew is set in a society where all men live under ‘The Women’s Safety Act’, meaning they are bound by a strict curfew from 7Pm to 7Am every night, with their movements tracked by an ankle tag 24 hours a day. When a woman’s body is discovered, brutally murdered during curfew hours and left on the steps of the Women’s Safety Centre, veteran Police officer Pamela Green believes that a man is responsible. But in a world where men are bound by the curfew system, her theory is rejected.
Parish (Stay Close) plays lead investigator Pamela,...
Starring Sarah Parish, Doctor Who’s Mandip Gill, Mitchell Robertson and singer Alexandra Burke, Curfew is set in a society where all men live under ‘The Women’s Safety Act’, meaning they are bound by a strict curfew from 7Pm to 7Am every night, with their movements tracked by an ankle tag 24 hours a day. When a woman’s body is discovered, brutally murdered during curfew hours and left on the steps of the Women’s Safety Centre, veteran Police officer Pamela Green believes that a man is responsible. But in a world where men are bound by the curfew system, her theory is rejected.
Parish (Stay Close) plays lead investigator Pamela,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cameras have rolled on The Ballad Of Hortensia, a body swap comedy from Premiere Entertainment set in El Salvador, starring Francisco Gattorno (Julian Schnabel’s Before Night Falls) and Helena Haro (Black Warrant).
Arturo Menendez (Malacrianza) is directing the pic from a screenplay by Javier Reyna, based on a story by Yudice and Menendez. Julio Yudice, best known in El Salvador for his satirical portrayal of an indigenous woman known as La Tenchis, also stars.
Plot follows the life of a narcissistic male comedian (Yudice) who wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident. The fantasy comedy is being produced by Elias Axume with Carlos Rincon and Lizzy Gonzalez serving as executive producers for Premiere Entertainment. Marvin Galeas is the associate producer.
The pic continues Premiere’s work in El Salvador, following Fireflies at El Mozote, a Salvadoran civil war epic co-produced with Bob Yari, which is in post-production and is in development. The company is also in development on the Salvadoran espionage thriller Curfew.
Lead Gattorno has been a fixture as a leading man in Mexican soap operas for over 25 years, with the latest being El Señor de los Cielos and La Desalmada. Haro is best known for her recurring role in the Amazon series El Juego de las Llaves and will be seen in the upcoming crime thriller Desert Dawn starring Kellan Lutz.
Premiere’s slate includes rom-com Plan B, starring Jon Heder; supernatural thriller Nefarious, which grossed $5.4Mm at the US box office; the action superhero Sri Asih, released on Disney+ in Asia; and murder mystery What Remains, starring Kellan Lutz and Anne Heche.
Arturo Menendez (Malacrianza) is directing the pic from a screenplay by Javier Reyna, based on a story by Yudice and Menendez. Julio Yudice, best known in El Salvador for his satirical portrayal of an indigenous woman known as La Tenchis, also stars.
Plot follows the life of a narcissistic male comedian (Yudice) who wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident. The fantasy comedy is being produced by Elias Axume with Carlos Rincon and Lizzy Gonzalez serving as executive producers for Premiere Entertainment. Marvin Galeas is the associate producer.
The pic continues Premiere’s work in El Salvador, following Fireflies at El Mozote, a Salvadoran civil war epic co-produced with Bob Yari, which is in post-production and is in development. The company is also in development on the Salvadoran espionage thriller Curfew.
Lead Gattorno has been a fixture as a leading man in Mexican soap operas for over 25 years, with the latest being El Señor de los Cielos and La Desalmada. Haro is best known for her recurring role in the Amazon series El Juego de las Llaves and will be seen in the upcoming crime thriller Desert Dawn starring Kellan Lutz.
Premiere’s slate includes rom-com Plan B, starring Jon Heder; supernatural thriller Nefarious, which grossed $5.4Mm at the US box office; the action superhero Sri Asih, released on Disney+ in Asia; and murder mystery What Remains, starring Kellan Lutz and Anne Heche.
- 11/16/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Ballad Of Hortensia to being production in El Salvador later this month.
Los Angeles-based production, financing, and sales company Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has brought on seasoned Mexican producer Sandro Halphen as it grows its Latin American business.
Mexico City-based Halphen, whose credits include Netflix Original Sin Hijos, will be responsible for building up Peg’s Spanish-language slate and assumes creative and overall production oversight of the company’s productions south of the border.
Already scheduled for production are Arturo Menendez’s (Malacrianza) body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia (La Balada de Hortensia), which is on track to...
Los Angeles-based production, financing, and sales company Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has brought on seasoned Mexican producer Sandro Halphen as it grows its Latin American business.
Mexico City-based Halphen, whose credits include Netflix Original Sin Hijos, will be responsible for building up Peg’s Spanish-language slate and assumes creative and overall production oversight of the company’s productions south of the border.
Already scheduled for production are Arturo Menendez’s (Malacrianza) body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia (La Balada de Hortensia), which is on track to...
- 11/16/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Ballad Of Hortensia to being production in El Salvador later this month.
Los Angeles-based production, financing, and sales company Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has brought on seasoned Mexican producer Sandro Halphen as it grows its Latin American business.
Mexico City-based Halphen, whose credits include Netflix Original Sin Hijos, will be responsible for building up Peg’s Spanish-language slate and assumes creative and overall production oversight of the company’s productions south of the border.
Already scheduled for production are Arturo Menendez’s (Malacrianza) body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia (La Balada de Hortensia), which is on track to...
Los Angeles-based production, financing, and sales company Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has brought on seasoned Mexican producer Sandro Halphen as it grows its Latin American business.
Mexico City-based Halphen, whose credits include Netflix Original Sin Hijos, will be responsible for building up Peg’s Spanish-language slate and assumes creative and overall production oversight of the company’s productions south of the border.
Already scheduled for production are Arturo Menendez’s (Malacrianza) body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia (La Balada de Hortensia), which is on track to...
- 11/16/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Small Axe star Malachi Kirby has boarded Disney+’s A Thousand Blows, the Victorian boxing period drama penned by Steven Knight and starring Stephen Graham.
Kirby, who also led the A+E remake of Roots, will play Hezekiah Moscow, Deadline understands. Along with best friend Alec Munroe, Hezekiah travels to London from Jamaica and finds himself thrust into the criminal underbelly of the capital’s thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene. As Hezekiah finds fortune and fame through the art of pugilism, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr, who sets about exploiting his talents to further her criminal enterprise. Alec Munroe’s casting is yet to be revealed.
The six-part show for Disney+ vertical Star and Hulu in the U.S. was one of the biggest budget projects to emerge from last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival and will see Graham play Sugar Goodson,...
Kirby, who also led the A+E remake of Roots, will play Hezekiah Moscow, Deadline understands. Along with best friend Alec Munroe, Hezekiah travels to London from Jamaica and finds himself thrust into the criminal underbelly of the capital’s thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene. As Hezekiah finds fortune and fame through the art of pugilism, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr, who sets about exploiting his talents to further her criminal enterprise. Alec Munroe’s casting is yet to be revealed.
The six-part show for Disney+ vertical Star and Hulu in the U.S. was one of the biggest budget projects to emerge from last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival and will see Graham play Sugar Goodson,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Egyptian filmmaker Amir Ramses, who has tackled controversial social and political themes including pedophilia in works such as “Curfew” and the doc “Jews of Egypt,” has been appointed director of the Cairo Film Festival.
The news that Ramses will head Cairo, which is the grande dame of Arab film events, follows shortly after prominent producer Mohamed Hefzy stepped down as Cairo fest president earlier this month.
Hefzy was replaced as fest president by veteran Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmy, 81, a local megastar, who is taking over the event’s presidency for the second time after a first term between 1998 to 2001.
Ramses, who was previously artistic director of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival between 2017 to 2021, is now expected to take on a broader role at Cairo extending beyond artistic director into a general manager position.
A graduate of Cairo’s Higher Institute of Cinema, Ramses cut his teeth as a film...
The news that Ramses will head Cairo, which is the grande dame of Arab film events, follows shortly after prominent producer Mohamed Hefzy stepped down as Cairo fest president earlier this month.
Hefzy was replaced as fest president by veteran Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmy, 81, a local megastar, who is taking over the event’s presidency for the second time after a first term between 1998 to 2001.
Ramses, who was previously artistic director of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival between 2017 to 2021, is now expected to take on a broader role at Cairo extending beyond artistic director into a general manager position.
A graduate of Cairo’s Higher Institute of Cinema, Ramses cut his teeth as a film...
- 3/29/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Speakers Unveiled For Mip TV & Series Mania
HBO Max International Boss Johannes Larcher is to deliver a keynote address at this year’s Mip TV, while Series Mania has confirmed its lineup for later this month as the TV world gears up for the big markets. Larcher, who is responsible for driving the international rollout of the streamer, will discuss strategy and wider trends. Speaking on the second day of the market, he joins the likes of Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter, Sony’s Wayne Garvie and Kevin Mayer in the exclusive keynote list for the Cannes event. Meanwhile, Series Mania, which takes place in Lille next week, has confirmed the likes of WarnerMedia international boss Priya Dogra, Paramount President and CEO International Networks Raffaele Annecchino and Amazon Studios Europe Head Georgia Brown. Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition and Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age,...
HBO Max International Boss Johannes Larcher is to deliver a keynote address at this year’s Mip TV, while Series Mania has confirmed its lineup for later this month as the TV world gears up for the big markets. Larcher, who is responsible for driving the international rollout of the streamer, will discuss strategy and wider trends. Speaking on the second day of the market, he joins the likes of Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter, Sony’s Wayne Garvie and Kevin Mayer in the exclusive keynote list for the Cannes event. Meanwhile, Series Mania, which takes place in Lille next week, has confirmed the likes of WarnerMedia international boss Priya Dogra, Paramount President and CEO International Networks Raffaele Annecchino and Amazon Studios Europe Head Georgia Brown. Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition and Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age,...
- 3/14/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The star-studded cast of FX on Hulu’s Fleishman Is in Trouble continues to grow. The O.C.’s Adam Brody will join Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, and Claire Danes in the upcoming limited drama series, based on the book of the same name by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. The series will follow Eisenberg’s recently divorced Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg) as he dives into the world of online dating following his split from ex-wife Rachel (Danes). Just as things are looking up, Rachel mysteriously disappears, leaving Toby to handle their three kids by himself. Caplan will play Toby’s best friend Libby, whom he reconnects with following his divorce. Libby will also serve as the show’s narrator. Announced today, Brody will play Toby and Libby’s friend, Seth. Best known for his turn on the hit series The O.C., Brody’s recent television credits include StartUp, Curfew, fellow FX on Hulu series Mrs. America,...
- 1/28/2022
- TV Insider
You think it’s hard to predict the winners for the short film categories? Try predicting the nominees in those categories! It can be immensely frustrating to try and single out which titles the Academy will choose to nominate. Luckily Derbyites, we here at Gold Derby understand and are here to help you! With the recent reveal of this year’s shortlist and the categories now available to forecast in our predictions center, we can give you all the details about the 15 finalists for Best Live Action Short Film. Use this to help you single out which ones will actually score a nomination.
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run” – A woman from Kyrgyzstan who is kidnapped and forced to marry desires to be free.
“Censor of Dreams” – After The Censor has spent repeated nights helping to shape Yoko’s memories, The Censor and his team have one night where nothing goes how it was planned.
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run” – A woman from Kyrgyzstan who is kidnapped and forced to marry desires to be free.
“Censor of Dreams” – After The Censor has spent repeated nights helping to shape Yoko’s memories, The Censor and his team have one night where nothing goes how it was planned.
- 12/31/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Malachi Kirby (Small Axe, Roots) will be pulling double duty in Amazon Prime’s Anansi Boys series adaptation from writer/executive producer Neil Gaiman, our sister site Variety reports.
Kirby will play both Charlie Nancy and his brother, Spider. After Charlie’s estranged father, Mr. Nancy, dies, he discovers that his dad was the trickster god of stories, Anansi. He also learns that he has a brother, Spider, who makes Charlie’s life more interesting, but also more dangerous. As previously reported, Delroy Lindo (The Good Fight) will star as Anansi/Mr. Nancy.
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Kirby will play both Charlie Nancy and his brother, Spider. After Charlie’s estranged father, Mr. Nancy, dies, he discovers that his dad was the trickster god of stories, Anansi. He also learns that he has a brother, Spider, who makes Charlie’s life more interesting, but also more dangerous. As previously reported, Delroy Lindo (The Good Fight) will star as Anansi/Mr. Nancy.
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- 9/14/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
ShortsTV is presenting The Game Changers: Oscar Winning Shorts That Shaped Hollywood, a virtual theatrical event spotlighting four Oscar-winning short films selected for their roles in “changing storytelling expectations in Hollywood.”
The pics selected are Bear Story (Best Animation 2016), God of Love (Best Live Action 2011), Curfew (Best Live Action 2013) and Six Shooter (Best Live Action 2006). The screenings will be preceded by introductions from ShortsTV founder and CEO Carter Pilcher, who will talk about the films’ impact.
“These four short films breathed new life into storytelling,” Pilcher said. “Bear Story was the first ever Chilean film to win an Academy Award, God of Love reignited a love for black-and-white films, Curfew combined a wide variety of storytelling techniques to tackle difficult topics in an ultimately heartwarming tale, and Six Shooter introduced film audiences to Martin McDonagh’s brand of macabre humor. Each one represents the power of a single short film.
The pics selected are Bear Story (Best Animation 2016), God of Love (Best Live Action 2011), Curfew (Best Live Action 2013) and Six Shooter (Best Live Action 2006). The screenings will be preceded by introductions from ShortsTV founder and CEO Carter Pilcher, who will talk about the films’ impact.
“These four short films breathed new life into storytelling,” Pilcher said. “Bear Story was the first ever Chilean film to win an Academy Award, God of Love reignited a love for black-and-white films, Curfew combined a wide variety of storytelling techniques to tackle difficult topics in an ultimately heartwarming tale, and Six Shooter introduced film audiences to Martin McDonagh’s brand of macabre humor. Each one represents the power of a single short film.
- 7/16/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
London-based financier Anton has boarded “No Place Like Kill,” an action-packed crime thriller from Mat Newman with Sam Riley and Charles Dance attached to star. The film will be presented to international buyers by Anton at the Virtual Cannes Film Market later this month.
Set to start shooting at the end of the year in the U.K., “No Place Like Kill” will mark the directorial debut of Newman, a well-established editor who has worked with Nicolas Winding Refn on “Drive” and “Only God Forgives,” as well as Stefano Sollima’s “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” and “Without Remorse.”
Sunrise Films’ Rupert Preston and Moonage Pictures’ Matthew Read are producing. Charles Collier is an executive producer alongside Riley, Nigel Williams and Dance.
Newman co-wrote the script with his brother, Ben Newman. Set in Northern England, “No Place like Kill” follows a revenge-seeking mercenary and a police informant who are forced...
Set to start shooting at the end of the year in the U.K., “No Place Like Kill” will mark the directorial debut of Newman, a well-established editor who has worked with Nicolas Winding Refn on “Drive” and “Only God Forgives,” as well as Stefano Sollima’s “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” and “Without Remorse.”
Sunrise Films’ Rupert Preston and Moonage Pictures’ Matthew Read are producing. Charles Collier is an executive producer alongside Riley, Nigel Williams and Dance.
Newman co-wrote the script with his brother, Ben Newman. Set in Northern England, “No Place like Kill” follows a revenge-seeking mercenary and a police informant who are forced...
- 6/15/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Our official racetrack odds have “The Letter Room” ahead at the Oscars in the race for Best Live Action Short. But could another one of this year’s nominees sneak in and pull off an upset? Is one of them more of a traditional fit for the Oscars? Below, let’s take a closer look at all five of this year’s nominated short live-action films.
“Feeling Through” – A deep bond develops between an at-risk teen and a deaf-blind man who meet on the streets of New York City.
“The Letter Room” – After an officer at a prison is transferred to the mail room, he begins to find himself engrossed in the very private life of one of the prisoners. Stars Oscar Isaac.
“The Present” – A man, along with his young daughter, in the West Bank must navigate soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints in order to get his wife an anniversary present.
“Feeling Through” – A deep bond develops between an at-risk teen and a deaf-blind man who meet on the streets of New York City.
“The Letter Room” – After an officer at a prison is transferred to the mail room, he begins to find himself engrossed in the very private life of one of the prisoners. Stars Oscar Isaac.
“The Present” – A man, along with his young daughter, in the West Bank must navigate soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints in order to get his wife an anniversary present.
- 4/6/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Is there anything harder than predicting who will win the short film categories at the Oscars? Yes there is and it’s predicting who will get nominated for the short film categories at the Oscars! Well, my fellow Derbyites, we here at Gold Derby are here to help. With the shortlist revealed for all the short film categories and the categories now available to forecast in our predictions center, we’re giving you all the details about the 10 finalists for Best Live Action Short Film. You can use this cheat sheet summary to help you single out which ones will have the edge to score a nomination.
“Bittu” – Two girls in a close friendship find their relationship overtaken when they are accidentally poisoned at school.
“Da Yie” – Two kids are taken on a life-altering trip by a stranger.
“Feeling Through” – A deep bond develops between an at-risk teen and a...
“Bittu” – Two girls in a close friendship find their relationship overtaken when they are accidentally poisoned at school.
“Da Yie” – Two kids are taken on a life-altering trip by a stranger.
“Feeling Through” – A deep bond develops between an at-risk teen and a...
- 2/17/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Other winners included Russian drama ‘Conference’ and Egyptian documentary ‘Lift Like A Girl’.
Ben Sharrock’s UK drama Limbo was awarded three top prizes at the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) on Thursday, including the Golden Pyramid for best film.
The asylum seeker drama, which received a Cannes 2020 label and world premiered at Toronto, also won the Henry Barakat award for best artistic contribution and the Fipresci critics award. It follows a best film win at the Macao international film festival in China earlier this week.
The 47th edition of the festival, which took place as a physical event in the Egyptian capital,...
Ben Sharrock’s UK drama Limbo was awarded three top prizes at the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) on Thursday, including the Golden Pyramid for best film.
The asylum seeker drama, which received a Cannes 2020 label and world premiered at Toronto, also won the Henry Barakat award for best artistic contribution and the Fipresci critics award. It follows a best film win at the Macao international film festival in China earlier this week.
The 47th edition of the festival, which took place as a physical event in the Egyptian capital,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
British film “Limbo,” a wry refugee drama, directed by Edinburgh-born director Ben Sharrock and produced by Spain’s Irune Gurtubai, won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the Cairo Film Festival on Thursday.
Told in a pleasing deadpan style, “Limbo” recounts the story of a Syrian musician, played by the BIFA nominated rising star Amir El-Masry, who is placed on a Scottish island when awaiting his request for asylum to be processed. The film, which recently picked up the top prize at the Macau Film Festival, also picked up Cairo’s Henry Barakat Award for best artistic contribution. The film, sold by Protagonist Pictures and staged by Caravan Cinema and presented by Film 4, Screen Scotland and BFI, also took home the Fipresci award.
Russian director Alexander Sokurov was president of the seven-person jury, featuring German director Burhan Qurbani, Egyptian producer Gaby Khoury, Mexican actress Naian Gonzalez Norvind, Brazilian director Karim Ainouz,...
Told in a pleasing deadpan style, “Limbo” recounts the story of a Syrian musician, played by the BIFA nominated rising star Amir El-Masry, who is placed on a Scottish island when awaiting his request for asylum to be processed. The film, which recently picked up the top prize at the Macau Film Festival, also picked up Cairo’s Henry Barakat Award for best artistic contribution. The film, sold by Protagonist Pictures and staged by Caravan Cinema and presented by Film 4, Screen Scotland and BFI, also took home the Fipresci award.
Russian director Alexander Sokurov was president of the seven-person jury, featuring German director Burhan Qurbani, Egyptian producer Gaby Khoury, Mexican actress Naian Gonzalez Norvind, Brazilian director Karim Ainouz,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Kaleem Aftab
- Variety Film + TV
The festival is one of the last physical film events to take place in 2020.
Running a socially-distanced film festival in one of the most populous cities in the world was never going to be straightforward.
Add in the rumour of a royal procession to celebrate the transfer of 22 3,000-year-old mummies to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, that would bring city centre traffic to a standstill, and the organisers of the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) were facing logistical challenges on another scale entirely.
In the end, the procession of mummies was delayed until after the festival closes today...
Running a socially-distanced film festival in one of the most populous cities in the world was never going to be straightforward.
Add in the rumour of a royal procession to celebrate the transfer of 22 3,000-year-old mummies to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, that would bring city centre traffic to a standstill, and the organisers of the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) were facing logistical challenges on another scale entirely.
In the end, the procession of mummies was delayed until after the festival closes today...
- 12/10/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: AMC’s genre streaming service Shudder has picked up all rights to Brit supernatural chiller The Power for North America, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
The Power marks the feature directorial debut of writer-director Corinna Faith (The Innocents) and stars rising actress Rose Williams, whose credits include The CW’s Reign, Sky original Curfew, Netflix’s Medici and upcoming feature Mrs Harris Goes To Paris.
The 2018 Brit List script, in the spirit of The Woman in Black and The Others, is set in 1970s London during a period of blackouts. As striking miners switch off the power across Britain, a young nurse on her first day of duty is forced to work the night shift in a crumbling hospital where a dark presence is lurking in the walls.
Producers are Matthew James Wilkinson (Yesterday) and Rob Watson (Italian Studies). Brit electro artist Elizabeth Bernholz, better known by her stage name Gazelle Twin,...
The Power marks the feature directorial debut of writer-director Corinna Faith (The Innocents) and stars rising actress Rose Williams, whose credits include The CW’s Reign, Sky original Curfew, Netflix’s Medici and upcoming feature Mrs Harris Goes To Paris.
The 2018 Brit List script, in the spirit of The Woman in Black and The Others, is set in 1970s London during a period of blackouts. As striking miners switch off the power across Britain, a young nurse on her first day of duty is forced to work the night shift in a crumbling hospital where a dark presence is lurking in the walls.
Producers are Matthew James Wilkinson (Yesterday) and Rob Watson (Italian Studies). Brit electro artist Elizabeth Bernholz, better known by her stage name Gazelle Twin,...
- 12/7/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
While it may seem a bit odd that the artistic director of the El Gouna Film Festival is world premiering his new film, “Curfew,” at the Cairo International Film Festival, the director in question Amir Ramses says it makes perfect sense. “There was no way I would consider El Gouna for my film because it’s a direct conflict of interest,” he says. “I have a strong bond with Cairo Film Festival, and I don’t consider that we are competing with each other; one way or another we are completing Cairo and Cairo is completing us.”
Ramses has been artist director at El Gouna since its inception in 2017, and this is the first time he has helmed a movie since then. Early in his career, Ramses was prolific, making a handful of films in quick succession. His documentary, “Jews of Egypt,” and ensemble narrative, “Cairo Time,” were invited to festivals around the world.
Ramses has been artist director at El Gouna since its inception in 2017, and this is the first time he has helmed a movie since then. Early in his career, Ramses was prolific, making a handful of films in quick succession. His documentary, “Jews of Egypt,” and ensemble narrative, “Cairo Time,” were invited to festivals around the world.
- 12/1/2020
- by Kaleem Aftab
- Variety Film + TV
The Cairo Film Festival kicks off its 42nd edition Wednesday as a mostly physical event with the Middle East premiere of Florian Zeller’s adaptation of his hit stage play “The Father,” for which co-writer Christopher Hampton and actor Rufus Sewell are expected in attendance.
“I think it’s one of the best films of the year,” fest president Mohamed Hefzy tells Variety. “We felt that the way the subject (dementia) is treated is extremely humane and very cinematic,” he added, noting that “Father” is a great opener since it is “a very accessible film for a broader audience.”
The socially-distanced opening ceremony of the grande dame of the Arab world’s fests will take place in the Cairo Opera House’s open-air theater, which is being called The We Theater, where other expected attendees will include Russian master Alexander Sokurov (“Russian Ark”), who is presiding over this year’s main jury,...
“I think it’s one of the best films of the year,” fest president Mohamed Hefzy tells Variety. “We felt that the way the subject (dementia) is treated is extremely humane and very cinematic,” he added, noting that “Father” is a great opener since it is “a very accessible film for a broader audience.”
The socially-distanced opening ceremony of the grande dame of the Arab world’s fests will take place in the Cairo Opera House’s open-air theater, which is being called The We Theater, where other expected attendees will include Russian master Alexander Sokurov (“Russian Ark”), who is presiding over this year’s main jury,...
- 12/1/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Prominent Middle East satellite pay TV and streaming service Orbit Showtime Network (Osn) is launching an Osn Originals unit as part of new plans to double its investment in Arabic content with the stated goal that Arabic acquisitions and originals should account for 25% of its total content by 2021.
The Dubai-based company’s move follows the launch of its Osn Streaming service in April, when Osn also inked a landmark long-term deal with Disney. This comprised distribution of Disney Plus content exclusively across the Middle East and North Africa, where Disney Plus has not launched.
The Osn Originals label includes Fremantle-produced “No Man’s Land,” about the Syrian Kurd Ypj women’s militia push back against Isis (a Hulu original in the U.S.), and Egyptian feature film “Curfew,” directed by Amir Ramses (“Jews of Egypt”) that will soon world premiere at the Cairo Film Festival.
Osn CEO Patrick Tillieux spoke...
The Dubai-based company’s move follows the launch of its Osn Streaming service in April, when Osn also inked a landmark long-term deal with Disney. This comprised distribution of Disney Plus content exclusively across the Middle East and North Africa, where Disney Plus has not launched.
The Osn Originals label includes Fremantle-produced “No Man’s Land,” about the Syrian Kurd Ypj women’s militia push back against Isis (a Hulu original in the U.S.), and Egyptian feature film “Curfew,” directed by Amir Ramses (“Jews of Egypt”) that will soon world premiere at the Cairo Film Festival.
Osn CEO Patrick Tillieux spoke...
- 11/18/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Jasmila Žbanic’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?” won the El Gouna Star for best narrative film at the El Gouna Film Festival, carrying a $50,000 prize. The film’s star, Jasna Duricic, also took home the best actress award, for her startling eponymous turn. Based on a true story, the 1995-set drama tells the story of a Un translator attempting to save the lives of her husband and son after the Army of Republic Srpska takes over the city of Srebrenica.
Other winners announced by jury president Peter Webber at the striking new open-air Festival Plaza included Ali Suliman as best actor for his turn as a Palestinian trying to reunite with his family in Ameen Nayfeh’s “200 Meters,” a film which also won the Cinema for Humanity Audience Award. Hilal Baydarov’s “In Between Dying” won the Netpac Award for best Asian film.
Other big winners on the night included...
Other winners announced by jury president Peter Webber at the striking new open-air Festival Plaza included Ali Suliman as best actor for his turn as a Palestinian trying to reunite with his family in Ameen Nayfeh’s “200 Meters,” a film which also won the Cinema for Humanity Audience Award. Hilal Baydarov’s “In Between Dying” won the Netpac Award for best Asian film.
Other big winners on the night included...
- 10/31/2020
- by Kaleem Aftab
- Variety Film + TV
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Ifcr) calls for his release of the producer in jail since May.
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) has sounded the alarm for Egyptian producer Moataz Abdelwahab, following his continued imprisonment in Cairo.
Producing under the banner of Team One Productions, Abdelwahab’s recent credits include Tamer Ezzat’s musical drama When We’re Born, which world premiered at the El Gouna Film Festival last year, and also played at Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival.
He was arrested last May on charges of “partnering with a terrorist organisation” and “spreading false...
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) has sounded the alarm for Egyptian producer Moataz Abdelwahab, following his continued imprisonment in Cairo.
Producing under the banner of Team One Productions, Abdelwahab’s recent credits include Tamer Ezzat’s musical drama When We’re Born, which world premiered at the El Gouna Film Festival last year, and also played at Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival.
He was arrested last May on charges of “partnering with a terrorist organisation” and “spreading false...
- 10/29/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Festival pushes back dates by two weeks to ensure proper hygiene measures are in place.
The Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) has pushed back the dates of its 42nd edition by two weeks to December 2 to 10, in order to ensure that health procedures and measures Covid-19 hygiene measures are properly in place.
Linked to this, the third edition of its Cairo Industry Days industry programme will now take place December 4 to 7, and its the Cairo Film Connection project co-financing event, featuring new projects from Yousry Nasrallah and Kaouther Ben Hania, will unfold December 5 to 7.
“We never gave up hope,” said festival president Mohamed Hefzy.
The Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) has pushed back the dates of its 42nd edition by two weeks to December 2 to 10, in order to ensure that health procedures and measures Covid-19 hygiene measures are properly in place.
Linked to this, the third edition of its Cairo Industry Days industry programme will now take place December 4 to 7, and its the Cairo Film Connection project co-financing event, featuring new projects from Yousry Nasrallah and Kaouther Ben Hania, will unfold December 5 to 7.
“We never gave up hope,” said festival president Mohamed Hefzy.
- 10/5/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
“Last Call” is a movie about a man in need of an intervention. Not David, who misdials the suicide hotline and gets a janitor named Beth — who’s working late at the local community college — instead, but director Gavin Michael Booth, who has fallen for the fad of shooting an entire feature in a single take — or a double take, in this case. Booth films both sides of this high-stakes phone conversation simultaneously, then crowds them into the same frame, so audiences can watch this miserable melodrama play out in real time.
Someone should step in and stop inexperienced directors from pulling this sort of stunt, especially when masked as some kind of statement, the way Booth does. I don’t mean to trivialize suicide by suggesting that “Last Call” doesn’t take the subject seriously. It’s just that Booth has chosen a technique that calls attention to itself...
Someone should step in and stop inexperienced directors from pulling this sort of stunt, especially when masked as some kind of statement, the way Booth does. I don’t mean to trivialize suicide by suggesting that “Last Call” doesn’t take the subject seriously. It’s just that Booth has chosen a technique that calls attention to itself...
- 9/18/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
“Mangrove,” directed by BAFTA and Oscar winner Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”), will open the 64th edition of the British Film Institute London Film Festival.
Written by McQueen and Alastair Siddons, “Mangrove” is one of five films that make up the “Small Axe” anthology. Set from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, the films each tell a different story involving London’s West Indian community. Other films in the “Small Axe” anthology are “Lovers Rock,” “Education,” “Alex Wheatle” and “Red, White and Blue.”
Marking 50 years since the events depicted in the film, “Mangrove” tells the true story of the Mangrove 9, the group of Black activists who clashed with London police during a protest march in 1970 and their highly publicized trial that followed.
The cast includes Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”), Shaun Parkes (“Lost in Space”), Malachi Kirby (“Curfew”), Rochenda Sandall (“Line of Duty”), Jack Lowden (“The Long Song”), Sam Spruell...
Written by McQueen and Alastair Siddons, “Mangrove” is one of five films that make up the “Small Axe” anthology. Set from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, the films each tell a different story involving London’s West Indian community. Other films in the “Small Axe” anthology are “Lovers Rock,” “Education,” “Alex Wheatle” and “Red, White and Blue.”
Marking 50 years since the events depicted in the film, “Mangrove” tells the true story of the Mangrove 9, the group of Black activists who clashed with London police during a protest march in 1970 and their highly publicized trial that followed.
The cast includes Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”), Shaun Parkes (“Lost in Space”), Malachi Kirby (“Curfew”), Rochenda Sandall (“Line of Duty”), Jack Lowden (“The Long Song”), Sam Spruell...
- 8/24/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
U.K. broadcaster BBC One has released a punchy trailer for “Mangrove,” one of five films from the “Small Axe” anthology by Oscar and BAFTA winner Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”).
Aug. 9 marks the 50th anniversary of the day in 1970 when 150 protesters of West Indian, African and South Asian heritage in Notting Hill, West London, marched to local police stations in protest of police harassment in their communities, including the Mangrove restaurant. Nine protest leaders were arrested and charged with incitement to riot: Frank Crichlow, Darcus Howe, Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Barbara Beese, Rupert Boyce, Rhodan Gordon, Anthony Innis, Rothwell Kentish and Godfrey Millett. The group later became known as the ‘Mangrove 9.’
“It was a march necessitated by relentless police brutality in Notting Hill,” said McQueen. “To commemorate the bravery of these community activists and the nine who went on to be acquitted of incitement to riot with the judge citing ‘evidence of racial hatred,...
Aug. 9 marks the 50th anniversary of the day in 1970 when 150 protesters of West Indian, African and South Asian heritage in Notting Hill, West London, marched to local police stations in protest of police harassment in their communities, including the Mangrove restaurant. Nine protest leaders were arrested and charged with incitement to riot: Frank Crichlow, Darcus Howe, Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Barbara Beese, Rupert Boyce, Rhodan Gordon, Anthony Innis, Rothwell Kentish and Godfrey Millett. The group later became known as the ‘Mangrove 9.’
“It was a march necessitated by relentless police brutality in Notting Hill,” said McQueen. “To commemorate the bravery of these community activists and the nine who went on to be acquitted of incitement to riot with the judge citing ‘evidence of racial hatred,...
- 8/7/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Following his crime thriller Widows, Steve McQueen is returning this year with a project of great ambition and scope. Small Axe, an anthology series from BBC and Amazon Prime Video, is made up of five new feature films, each one directed and co-written by the 12 Years a Slave helmer. While it was revealed that two of the films were originally set to premiere as part of the Cannes Film Festival 2020 lineup, it’s now been announced where they will make their world premieres, along with another film in the anthology.
Film at Lincoln Center’s New York Film Festival has unveiled that one of the films in the anthology, Lovers Rock (pictured below), will be the Opening Night film of the 58th edition, while two others––Mangrove and Red, White and Blue (pictured above)––will premiere in the festival’s Main Slate. Set from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s,...
Film at Lincoln Center’s New York Film Festival has unveiled that one of the films in the anthology, Lovers Rock (pictured below), will be the Opening Night film of the 58th edition, while two others––Mangrove and Red, White and Blue (pictured above)––will premiere in the festival’s Main Slate. Set from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s,...
- 8/3/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The September 2020 lineup of The Criterion Collection has been unveiled, and it’s a packed one. Leading the list is Claire Denis’s masterpiece Beau travail, which has finally received a new 4K digital restoration and features a conversation between the director and Barry Jenkins, and much more.
The third edition of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is also getting a release, featuring films from Brazil (Pixote), Cuba (Lucía), Indonesia (After the Curfew), Iran (Downpour), Mauritania (Soleil Ô), and Mexico (Dos monjes). David Lynch’s second feature The Elephant Man will get the Criterion treatment as well with a new 4K restoration, plus a special feature lineup featuring Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from their book Room to Dream.
The full-length, four-hour restored cut of Francesco Rosi’s Christ Stopped at Eboli will also be arriving in September. Lastly, a pair of crime drama classics from Jules Dassin...
The third edition of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is also getting a release, featuring films from Brazil (Pixote), Cuba (Lucía), Indonesia (After the Curfew), Iran (Downpour), Mauritania (Soleil Ô), and Mexico (Dos monjes). David Lynch’s second feature The Elephant Man will get the Criterion treatment as well with a new 4K restoration, plus a special feature lineup featuring Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from their book Room to Dream.
The full-length, four-hour restored cut of Francesco Rosi’s Christ Stopped at Eboli will also be arriving in September. Lastly, a pair of crime drama classics from Jules Dassin...
- 6/15/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
“12 Years a Slave” and “Shame” director Steve McQueen has dedicated his pair of Cannes-selected films to George Floyd.
McQueen’s films “Mangrove” and “Lovers Rock” — both part of the director’s BBC-commissioned “Small Axe” anthology, consisting of five feature-length stories — have been selected for Cannes, which revealed its line-up today despite not going ahead with a physical festival this year.
“I dedicate these films to George Floyd and all the other black people that have been murdered, seen or unseen, because of who they are, in the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere,” said McQueen. “‘If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.’ Black Lives Matter.”
McQueen’s comments come the same day as a massive protest was staged in London’s Hyde Park for the Black Lives Matter movement. “Star Wars” actor John Boyega, who will also appear in one of the “Small Axe” films,...
McQueen’s films “Mangrove” and “Lovers Rock” — both part of the director’s BBC-commissioned “Small Axe” anthology, consisting of five feature-length stories — have been selected for Cannes, which revealed its line-up today despite not going ahead with a physical festival this year.
“I dedicate these films to George Floyd and all the other black people that have been murdered, seen or unseen, because of who they are, in the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere,” said McQueen. “‘If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.’ Black Lives Matter.”
McQueen’s comments come the same day as a massive protest was staged in London’s Hyde Park for the Black Lives Matter movement. “Star Wars” actor John Boyega, who will also appear in one of the “Small Axe” films,...
- 6/3/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
New U.K. production company Three Little Birds Pictures has been launched by actor-director Philip Barantini, financial controller Samantha Warham and talent representative Sara Sehdev.
The London and Liverpool-based company’s first co-production, Barantini-helmed “Boiling Point,” stars British talent including “The Irishman” and “Save Me’s” Stephen Graham, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge’s” Hannah Walters, “The A Word’s” Vinette Robinson, “Pennyworth” and “Jamestown’s” Jason Flemyng, “Gangs of London’s” Ray Panthaki, and “Curfew’s” Malachi Kirby.
The feature, about a talented head chef wrangling his team on the busiest day of the year, was one of the last productions to finish shooting in the U.K. prior to the coronavirus lockdown. It is based on the Bifa-nominated short of the same name, and is produced with Ascendant Films, Burton Fox Films and Graham/Walters’ company Matriarch.
Projects in development for Three Little Birds Pictures include “Children of the Wild,...
The London and Liverpool-based company’s first co-production, Barantini-helmed “Boiling Point,” stars British talent including “The Irishman” and “Save Me’s” Stephen Graham, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge’s” Hannah Walters, “The A Word’s” Vinette Robinson, “Pennyworth” and “Jamestown’s” Jason Flemyng, “Gangs of London’s” Ray Panthaki, and “Curfew’s” Malachi Kirby.
The feature, about a talented head chef wrangling his team on the busiest day of the year, was one of the last productions to finish shooting in the U.K. prior to the coronavirus lockdown. It is based on the Bifa-nominated short of the same name, and is produced with Ascendant Films, Burton Fox Films and Graham/Walters’ company Matriarch.
Projects in development for Three Little Birds Pictures include “Children of the Wild,...
- 5/7/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
CoronavirusThe public initiative will see 28 actors going live on Sunday from their respective Instagram pages for 30 minutes each, from 7 am to 9 pm.Tnm StaffIn a show of solidarity with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for a ‘Janata Curfew’ on Sunday, actors from Tollywood have launched a public initiative dubbed ‘Mana Andhari Kosam’ (For all of us). As part of the initiative, 28 actors will be going live on their respective Instagram pages for 30 minutes each, over a span of 14 hours, from 7 am to 9 pm. This includes prominent film personalities like Navdeep, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet, Manchu Manoj, Rahul Ramakrishna, Allari Naresh, Anasuya, Sushanth, Rahul Ravindra, Shriya Saran and Sudheer Babu, to name a few. The initiative was kicked off by Lakshmi Manchu at 7 am and is scheduled to end at 8.30 pm with a live by Rana Daggubati. The organisers of the event said that there may also be a few...
- 3/22/2020
- by Nitin
- The News Minute
CoronavirusThe public initiative will see 28 actors going live on Sunday from their respective Instagram pages for 30 minutes each, from 7 am to 9 pm.Tnm StaffIn a show of solidarity with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for a ‘Janata Curfew’ on Sunday, actors from Tollywood have launched a public initiative dubbed ‘Mana Andhari Kosam’ (For all of us). As part of the initiative, 28 actors will be going live on their respective Instagram pages for 30 minutes each, over a span of 14 hours, from 7 am to 9 pm. This includes prominent film personalities like Navdeep, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet, Manchu Manoj, Rahul Ramakrishna, Allari Naresh, Anasuya, Sushanth, Rahul Ravindra, Shriya Saran and Sudheer Babu, to name a few. The initiative was kicked off by Lakshmi Manchu at 7 am and is scheduled to end at 8.30 pm with a live by Rana Daggubati. The organisers of the event said that there may also be a few...
- 3/22/2020
- by Nitin
- The News Minute
Actor Stephen Graham’s first project under his newly launched production banner, “Boiling Point,” has rounded out its cast with “Military Wives” actor Jason Flemyng and a host of others.
The actor, whose credits include film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and Sky Atlantic series “Save Me,” will be joined by Taz Skylar, Ray Panthaki and Malachi Kirby.
They joined previously announced cast members, including Graham and Vinette Robinson.
As revealed by Variety, “Boiling Point” will see Graham playing a head chef navigating the relentless pressure of his kitchen. Production began on the film this week.
The “Irishman” actor formed Matriarch with his partner, actor Hannah Walters, with a remit of providing a platform to underrepresented voices and stories out of the U.K.
“Boiling Point” is a feature-length version of the eponymous short film starring Graham, which was nominated for Best British Short at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards.
The actor, whose credits include film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and Sky Atlantic series “Save Me,” will be joined by Taz Skylar, Ray Panthaki and Malachi Kirby.
They joined previously announced cast members, including Graham and Vinette Robinson.
As revealed by Variety, “Boiling Point” will see Graham playing a head chef navigating the relentless pressure of his kitchen. Production began on the film this week.
The “Irishman” actor formed Matriarch with his partner, actor Hannah Walters, with a remit of providing a platform to underrepresented voices and stories out of the U.K.
“Boiling Point” is a feature-length version of the eponymous short film starring Graham, which was nominated for Best British Short at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards.
- 3/10/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Production is underway on Season 2 of Epix’s Pennyworth, and with that comes the announcement of several cast additions to the Batman prequel series.
English actor James Purefoy, whose many TV credits include Rome, The Following and Hap and Leonard, has joined the Season 2 cast in the role of Captain Gulliver Troy, Alfie’s former Sas Captain. Gulliver Troy is described as a “charismatic, cultured brute and a powerful man of appetites – whether that be drink, women or danger.”
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English actor James Purefoy, whose many TV credits include Rome, The Following and Hap and Leonard, has joined the Season 2 cast in the role of Captain Gulliver Troy, Alfie’s former Sas Captain. Gulliver Troy is described as a “charismatic, cultured brute and a powerful man of appetites – whether that be drink, women or danger.”
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- 2/26/2020
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Charter Communications’ Spectrum Originals has boarded British crime medical thriller Temple.
The company’s original content division is to air the Mark Strong-fronted drama, which was originally commissioned by Sky in the UK, later this spring.
This comes after Comcast-backed platform Sky renewed the show, which is based on Norwegian scripted format Valkryien, for a second season. Spectrum is set to be more involved in the second season of the show, which is produced by Hera Pictures.
The show tells the story of Daniel Milton, played by Strong, a respected surgeon who finds himself drawn into the underground world of doomsday preppers and bank robbers when he tries to save his wife’s life, by setting up an illicit clinic with obsessive yet surprisingly resourceful misfit Lee (Daniel Mays), in the vast network of tunnels beneath Temple tube station in London. They are soon joined by Anna...
The company’s original content division is to air the Mark Strong-fronted drama, which was originally commissioned by Sky in the UK, later this spring.
This comes after Comcast-backed platform Sky renewed the show, which is based on Norwegian scripted format Valkryien, for a second season. Spectrum is set to be more involved in the second season of the show, which is produced by Hera Pictures.
The show tells the story of Daniel Milton, played by Strong, a respected surgeon who finds himself drawn into the underground world of doomsday preppers and bank robbers when he tries to save his wife’s life, by setting up an illicit clinic with obsessive yet surprisingly resourceful misfit Lee (Daniel Mays), in the vast network of tunnels beneath Temple tube station in London. They are soon joined by Anna...
- 1/19/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Ramy Youssef’s spiritual journey will resume this spring, when the critically acclaimed Ramy returns for Season 2.
Hulu has confirmed that the semi-autobiographical comedy — which earned Youssef a Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Comedy or Musical — will drop all 10 episodes on Friday, May 29.
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As previously reported, Season 2 will feature two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali in an as-yet-unspecified role. The new episodes will follow the...
Hulu has confirmed that the semi-autobiographical comedy — which earned Youssef a Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Comedy or Musical — will drop all 10 episodes on Friday, May 29.
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As previously reported, Season 2 will feature two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali in an as-yet-unspecified role. The new episodes will follow the...
- 1/17/2020
- TVLine.com
“California here we come, right back where we started from’… unfortunately for Fox the opening lines of The O.C. theme tune will not come true this year.
Fox entertainment boss Michael Thorn told Deadline that the youth-skewing, sun-soaked soap “will not happen”.
“The O.C. will not happen despite my deep passion for it to come back. No one is available, unfortunately. I would be lying if I said ‘I didn’t ask’ every June,” he added.
The drama, which was created by Gossip Girl’s Josh Schwartz, ran for four season on Fox between 2003 and 2007. Produced by Warner Bros TV in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision and College Hill Pictures, the show centred around Ryan Atwood, played by Ben McKenzie, a troubled but gifted young man who is adopted by Peter Gallagher’s Sandy Cohen and Kelly Rowan’s Kirsten Cohen. He and his foster brother Seth, played by Adam Brody,...
Fox entertainment boss Michael Thorn told Deadline that the youth-skewing, sun-soaked soap “will not happen”.
“The O.C. will not happen despite my deep passion for it to come back. No one is available, unfortunately. I would be lying if I said ‘I didn’t ask’ every June,” he added.
The drama, which was created by Gossip Girl’s Josh Schwartz, ran for four season on Fox between 2003 and 2007. Produced by Warner Bros TV in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision and College Hill Pictures, the show centred around Ryan Atwood, played by Ben McKenzie, a troubled but gifted young man who is adopted by Peter Gallagher’s Sandy Cohen and Kelly Rowan’s Kirsten Cohen. He and his foster brother Seth, played by Adam Brody,...
- 1/8/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
If trying to predict the winners of the short film categories at the Oscars is tough, trying to accurately predict the five shorts that get nominated in each of those categories can be downright excruciating. Well Derbyites, we’re here to help! Now that we’ve seen which films made the Oscar shortlist for those categories and you can make your predictions about them in our predictions center, we want to give you the details about the 10 finalists for Best Live Action Short Film. You can use these cheat sheet summaries to help you pinpoint which shorts will have the edge to get nominated at the 2020 Oscars.
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“Brotherhood” – Mohamed is deeply shaken and suspicious when his estranged eldest son Malek returns home from Syria to rural Tunisia with a mysterious young wife in tow.
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“Brotherhood” – Mohamed is deeply shaken and suspicious when his estranged eldest son Malek returns home from Syria to rural Tunisia with a mysterious young wife in tow.
- 12/22/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Rising star Mike Beckingham will star in “Waltzing With Brando” alongside Billy Zane, who plays a “Godfather”-era Marlon Brando in the upcoming movie.
Beckingham, younger brother of actor, writer and producer Simon Pegg, will play Bernard Judge in the comedic feature, which is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Judge was an idealistic L.A. architect selected by Brando and tasked with building the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a tiny Tahitian island that had been thought uninhabitable.
The picture is based upon Judge’s memoir, which recounts his relationship with Brando and his work with the enigmatic star on the designs for the would-be island getaway.
British actor Beckingham’s credits include horror pic “Redwood” and supernatural movie “Black Site.” In 2020 he will be seen in “The Host,” with Derek Jacobi and Dutch actor Maryam Hassouni, and British sci-fi film “G-Loc” alongside Stephen Moyer...
Beckingham, younger brother of actor, writer and producer Simon Pegg, will play Bernard Judge in the comedic feature, which is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Judge was an idealistic L.A. architect selected by Brando and tasked with building the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a tiny Tahitian island that had been thought uninhabitable.
The picture is based upon Judge’s memoir, which recounts his relationship with Brando and his work with the enigmatic star on the designs for the would-be island getaway.
British actor Beckingham’s credits include horror pic “Redwood” and supernatural movie “Black Site.” In 2020 he will be seen in “The Host,” with Derek Jacobi and Dutch actor Maryam Hassouni, and British sci-fi film “G-Loc” alongside Stephen Moyer...
- 12/19/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Downton Abbey and Baby Driver star Lily James is to front an Emily Mortimer-penned and directed adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel The Pursuit of Love for BBC One.
The British public broadcaster has ordered a three-part series based on the 1945 book from BBC Studios-backed Moonage Pictures and Open Book, the Charles Collier-founded joint venture between BBC Studios, Original Talent and Tavistock Wood.
The Pursuit of Love is the first book in a trilogy about an upper-class English family between the First and Second World Wars. The comedy deals with issues of growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric.
The Pursuit of Love follows the travails of the Radlett family, focusing on Linda, the most beautiful and wayward Radlett daughter, played by James, who falls first for a stuffy Tory politician, then an ardent Communist, and finally a French duke named Fabrice,...
The British public broadcaster has ordered a three-part series based on the 1945 book from BBC Studios-backed Moonage Pictures and Open Book, the Charles Collier-founded joint venture between BBC Studios, Original Talent and Tavistock Wood.
The Pursuit of Love is the first book in a trilogy about an upper-class English family between the First and Second World Wars. The comedy deals with issues of growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric.
The Pursuit of Love follows the travails of the Radlett family, focusing on Linda, the most beautiful and wayward Radlett daughter, played by James, who falls first for a stuffy Tory politician, then an ardent Communist, and finally a French duke named Fabrice,...
- 12/9/2019
- by Peter White and Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Night Manager star Tom Hollander and The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl are to star in BBC One’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel Us.
The four-part series has finally begun filming after being initially commissioned in 2016. Wanderlust’s Nick Payne was initially attached to write but the adaptation is now being handled by original author Nicholls, who wrote Patrick Melrose, himself.
The cast is rounded out by Saskia Reeves (Luther), Tom Taylor (The Dark Tower), Iain De Caestecker (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and Thaddea Graham (Curfew).
The series is produced by Doctor Foster producer Drama Republic and Bandstand Productions, which is run by Hollander and Hannah Pescod.
Hollander plays Douglas Petersen, who is blindsided when his wife Connie, played by Reeves, tells him that she’s not sure she wants to be married to him anymore. Agreeing to still go on their planned family grand tour of Europe,...
The four-part series has finally begun filming after being initially commissioned in 2016. Wanderlust’s Nick Payne was initially attached to write but the adaptation is now being handled by original author Nicholls, who wrote Patrick Melrose, himself.
The cast is rounded out by Saskia Reeves (Luther), Tom Taylor (The Dark Tower), Iain De Caestecker (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and Thaddea Graham (Curfew).
The series is produced by Doctor Foster producer Drama Republic and Bandstand Productions, which is run by Hollander and Hannah Pescod.
Hollander plays Douglas Petersen, who is blindsided when his wife Connie, played by Reeves, tells him that she’s not sure she wants to be married to him anymore. Agreeing to still go on their planned family grand tour of Europe,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Are you keeping up with the first season of the Curfew TV show on Spectrum? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Curfew is cancelled or renewed for season two. Spectrum Originals and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the Curfew season one episodes. We invite you to rate them for us here.
A Spectrum dystopia action drama, Curfew stars Sean Bean, Billy Zane, Miranda Richardson, Adrian Lester, Adam Brody, Phoebe Fox, Malachi Kirby, Harriet Walter, Michael Biehn, Robert Glenister, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Rose Williams, Elijah Rowen, Andi Osho, Ike Bennett, Jason Thorpe, and Guz Khan. It unfolds in the near future, where a virus has devastated the UK. Chafing at the...
A Spectrum dystopia action drama, Curfew stars Sean Bean, Billy Zane, Miranda Richardson, Adrian Lester, Adam Brody, Phoebe Fox, Malachi Kirby, Harriet Walter, Michael Biehn, Robert Glenister, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Rose Williams, Elijah Rowen, Andi Osho, Ike Bennett, Jason Thorpe, and Guz Khan. It unfolds in the near future, where a virus has devastated the UK. Chafing at the...
- 6/25/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“L.A’s Finest” is coming back for Season 2 on Spectrum Originals.
Stars Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba made the announcement Friday during the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
A spinoff of the “Bad Boys” film series, “L.A.’s Finest” featured Union reprising her role as Syd Burnett from 2003’s “Bad Boys II.” Now an Lapd detective, Syd is paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna (Alba), a working mom with an equally complex past. Taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles while skirting the rules, and speed limits, Syd and Nancy become a force to be reckoned with – on the streets, and in each other’s lives.
Also Read: Cameron Britton to Play Richard Jewell in Season 2 of 'Manhunt'
Zach Gilford, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson also star. The first season premiered on May 13; all 13 episodes will be available for Spectrum...
Stars Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba made the announcement Friday during the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
A spinoff of the “Bad Boys” film series, “L.A.’s Finest” featured Union reprising her role as Syd Burnett from 2003’s “Bad Boys II.” Now an Lapd detective, Syd is paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna (Alba), a working mom with an equally complex past. Taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles while skirting the rules, and speed limits, Syd and Nancy become a force to be reckoned with – on the streets, and in each other’s lives.
Also Read: Cameron Britton to Play Richard Jewell in Season 2 of 'Manhunt'
Zach Gilford, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson also star. The first season premiered on May 13; all 13 episodes will be available for Spectrum...
- 6/14/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
In today’s roundup, Michelle Obama will appear on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and HBO released the first look at “Succession” Season 2.
Casting
The Urban Movie Channel (Umc) series “Stuck With You” has recast the role of Luvell with Timon Kyle Durrett, taking over for Thomas Q. Jones. Durrett and Tammy Townsend will now star together as an unhappily married celebrity couple that struggles with being the face of relationship goals in the spotlight, while living two separate lives behind closed doors. The series hails from writer and director Patricia Cuffie-Jones.
Geena Davis will appear in five of the 10 episodes in the third season of “Glow.” Season three follows the women wrestlers as they take their show to Las Vegas. Davis will play Sandy Devereaux St. Clair, the former showgirl turned entertainment director of the Fan-Tan Hotel and Casino. See a first look photo of Davis from the show below.
Casting
The Urban Movie Channel (Umc) series “Stuck With You” has recast the role of Luvell with Timon Kyle Durrett, taking over for Thomas Q. Jones. Durrett and Tammy Townsend will now star together as an unhappily married celebrity couple that struggles with being the face of relationship goals in the spotlight, while living two separate lives behind closed doors. The series hails from writer and director Patricia Cuffie-Jones.
Geena Davis will appear in five of the 10 episodes in the third season of “Glow.” Season three follows the women wrestlers as they take their show to Las Vegas. Davis will play Sandy Devereaux St. Clair, the former showgirl turned entertainment director of the Fan-Tan Hotel and Casino. See a first look photo of Davis from the show below.
- 6/10/2019
- by Dano Nissen
- Variety Film + TV
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