Glenn Kendrick Ackermann will kick off worldwide sales in Cannes through his V International Media on the supernatural drama Can You Hear Me starring Peter Facinelli from The Twilight Saga.
Charlotte Radford, who starred alongside Daryl Hannah in The American Connection, also stars and wrote the screenplay.
The cast includes James Cosmo from Game Of Thrones, John Standing from The Crown, Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, and Jane Thorne from Night Train To Lisbon.
Simon Hunter, who helmed Mutant Chronicles, directs the story about the whirlwind romance and marriage between Annabel and Samuel, an American soldier who is severely wounded in the first World War.
Charlotte Radford, who starred alongside Daryl Hannah in The American Connection, also stars and wrote the screenplay.
The cast includes James Cosmo from Game Of Thrones, John Standing from The Crown, Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, and Jane Thorne from Night Train To Lisbon.
Simon Hunter, who helmed Mutant Chronicles, directs the story about the whirlwind romance and marriage between Annabel and Samuel, an American soldier who is severely wounded in the first World War.
- 4/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Glenn Kendrick Ackermann will kick off worldwide sales in Cannes through his V International Media on the supernatural drama Can You Hear Me starring Peter Facinelli from The Twilight Saga.
Charlotte Radford, who starred alongside Daryl Hannah in The American Connection, also stars and wrote the screenplay.
The cast includes James Cosmo from Game Of Thrones, John Standing from The Crown, Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, and Jane Thorne from Night Train To Lisbon.
Simon Hunter, who helmed Mutant Chronicles, directs the story about the whirlwind romance and marriage between Annabel and Samuel, an American soldier who is severely wounded in the first World War.
Charlotte Radford, who starred alongside Daryl Hannah in The American Connection, also stars and wrote the screenplay.
The cast includes James Cosmo from Game Of Thrones, John Standing from The Crown, Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, and Jane Thorne from Night Train To Lisbon.
Simon Hunter, who helmed Mutant Chronicles, directs the story about the whirlwind romance and marriage between Annabel and Samuel, an American soldier who is severely wounded in the first World War.
- 4/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Medieval movies have this uncanny ability to whisk us away to times of yore, where the clang of swords and the roar of battle cries are music to our ears. Yet, some of these cinematic time machines don’t quite make the history books of mainstream fame. But fear not, my fellow nostalgia-ridden movie buffs, for we’re about to embark on a quest to uncover 5 Epic Medieval Movies That Time Forgot (But We Didn’t). Our trusty steed for this journey? Storytelling prowess, production quality, and those fleeting moments when they brushed against cultural stardom. Ironclad 2011 Let’s talk mud and...
- 3/13/2024
- by Jane Wiggle
- TVovermind.com
As producers across the globe continue to feel the effects of inflation on their budgets, a growing number of European countries have been seeking to alleviate some of that budget squeeze as they battle it out to entice foreign projects to shoot on their home turf. One front runner in this race is Serbia, which has been quietly establishing itself as a trusted and attractive destination for global producers.
The Balkan country not only has one of the lowest production costs in Europe but offers a tried and tested 25% to 30% rebate on local spend, an established professional film crew, varied locations and a host of world class film studios that have seen the country fast become a sought-after destination for international productions to set up camp.
“We never really advertise our services in Serbia,” says producer Andjelka Vlaisavljevic, who is largely considered one of the early producers to lure Hollywood...
The Balkan country not only has one of the lowest production costs in Europe but offers a tried and tested 25% to 30% rebate on local spend, an established professional film crew, varied locations and a host of world class film studios that have seen the country fast become a sought-after destination for international productions to set up camp.
“We never really advertise our services in Serbia,” says producer Andjelka Vlaisavljevic, who is largely considered one of the early producers to lure Hollywood...
- 11/27/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The stars are remembering a legend.
On Friday, actor Alan Arkin passed away at age 89. The Oscar-winning “Little Miss Sunshine” star received tributes from his Hollywood colleagues on social media.
Read More: Alan Arkin, Oscar-Winning Actor And ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Star, Dead At 89
Arkin’s “Kominsky Method” co-star Michael Douglas shared a post in memory of the actor on Instagram.
“Today we lost a wonderful actor whose intelligence, sense of comedy and consummate professionalism over the past 70 years has left an indelible mark on our industry,” he wrote. “My experience of working with Alan were some of my most memorable. He will be deeply missed. Sincere condolences to his wife, Suzanne, and his family.”
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John Cusack, who worked with Arkin in “Grosse Point Blank”, recalled a particular moment from behind-the-scenes, sharing the story on Twitter.
“ At one point,...
On Friday, actor Alan Arkin passed away at age 89. The Oscar-winning “Little Miss Sunshine” star received tributes from his Hollywood colleagues on social media.
Read More: Alan Arkin, Oscar-Winning Actor And ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Star, Dead At 89
Arkin’s “Kominsky Method” co-star Michael Douglas shared a post in memory of the actor on Instagram.
“Today we lost a wonderful actor whose intelligence, sense of comedy and consummate professionalism over the past 70 years has left an indelible mark on our industry,” he wrote. “My experience of working with Alan were some of my most memorable. He will be deeply missed. Sincere condolences to his wife, Suzanne, and his family.”
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John Cusack, who worked with Arkin in “Grosse Point Blank”, recalled a particular moment from behind-the-scenes, sharing the story on Twitter.
“ At one point,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers for “Treasure Protectors,” the season finale of “National Treasure: Edge of History,” now streaming on Disney+.
In the first “National Treasure” movie, Nicolas Cage’s Ben Gates justifies stealing the Declaration of Independence by telling the authorities he is a treasure protector — but that was so 2004.
In the Disney+ spinoff series “National Treasure: Edge of History,” the latest threat to this country’s lost history is from treasure destroyers, specifically a group known as Cras Est Nostrum. This faction hunts down and destroys treasure to avoid the messy business of having to rewrite history.
Billie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her specific brand of brute force has been the group’s muscle this season in pursuing Montezuma’s Treasure, which she calls a “political powderkeg” if found. And in this week’s season finale, she deciphers the final clue by kidnapping Jess (Lisette Olivera) and her...
In the first “National Treasure” movie, Nicolas Cage’s Ben Gates justifies stealing the Declaration of Independence by telling the authorities he is a treasure protector — but that was so 2004.
In the Disney+ spinoff series “National Treasure: Edge of History,” the latest threat to this country’s lost history is from treasure destroyers, specifically a group known as Cras Est Nostrum. This faction hunts down and destroys treasure to avoid the messy business of having to rewrite history.
Billie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her specific brand of brute force has been the group’s muscle this season in pursuing Montezuma’s Treasure, which she calls a “political powderkeg” if found. And in this week’s season finale, she deciphers the final clue by kidnapping Jess (Lisette Olivera) and her...
- 2/8/2023
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video hasn’t yet renewed The Terminal List for season 2 yet, but series star Chris Pratt seems pretty confident that they’ll be back.
While speaking on Danger Close, the Ironclad podcast series hosted by The Terminal List author Jack Carr, Chris Pratt was asked whether a second season was in the works. “To the rabid fans of The Terminal List out there, you have nothing to worry about,” Pratt said. “We love you and appreciate your support. It’s our life’s mission to make sure you can come back to the well. We are working away.” Carr added, “There may be some cool stuff on the horizon being discussed.“
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Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, the first season of The Terminal List followed James Reece...
While speaking on Danger Close, the Ironclad podcast series hosted by The Terminal List author Jack Carr, Chris Pratt was asked whether a second season was in the works. “To the rabid fans of The Terminal List out there, you have nothing to worry about,” Pratt said. “We love you and appreciate your support. It’s our life’s mission to make sure you can come back to the well. We are working away.” Carr added, “There may be some cool stuff on the horizon being discussed.“
Related The Terminal List: Producer says critics hate it because there’s not enough “woke stuff shoved into it”
Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, the first season of The Terminal List followed James Reece...
- 9/21/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
In a world where mermaids are supposed to eat people, a human and a mermaid form an intimate bond that might just surpass traditional oceanic expectations in Jessi Sharon's The Sea in You. A modern-day twist of The Little Mermaid, Sharon's The Sea in You is now being crowdfunded by C. Spike Trotman and Iron Circus Comics, and we've been provided with a preview from the new graphic novel to share with Daily Dead readers!
Below, you can check out our preview pages and details on the crowdfunding campaign for The Sea in You. To learn more about how to support this new graphic novel, visit:
https://ironcircus.com/product/sea-in-you/
Press Release: Crowdfunding pioneer C. Spike Trotman and Iron Circus Comics are helming their latest independent crowdfunding campaign for The Sea In You, a whimsical dark fantasy retelling of The Little Mermaid which will upend everything you thought you...
Below, you can check out our preview pages and details on the crowdfunding campaign for The Sea in You. To learn more about how to support this new graphic novel, visit:
https://ironcircus.com/product/sea-in-you/
Press Release: Crowdfunding pioneer C. Spike Trotman and Iron Circus Comics are helming their latest independent crowdfunding campaign for The Sea In You, a whimsical dark fantasy retelling of The Little Mermaid which will upend everything you thought you...
- 6/2/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The third installment in Otava Heikkilä's Letters for Lucardo graphic novel series, Letters for Lucardo: The Silent Lord is now being crowdfunded by Spike Trotman and Iron Circus Comics, and we've been provided with an exclusive preview from the new graphic novel to share with Daily Dead readers!
Below, you can check out exclusive preview pages and details on the crowdfunding campaign for Letters for Lucardo: The Silent Lord, and to learn more about how to support this new graphic novel, visit Iron Circus Comics' official website!
Press Release: Crowdfunding pioneer Spike Trotman and Iron Circus Comics are helming their second-ever independent crowdfunding campaign for Letters For Lucardo: The Silent Lord, the third installment in the groundbreaking and popular LGBTQ erotica horror series from Otava Heikkilä. In this highly anticipated third installment of the erotically charged graphic novel series, the story takes a dark and foreboding turn as aristocratic vampire...
Below, you can check out exclusive preview pages and details on the crowdfunding campaign for Letters for Lucardo: The Silent Lord, and to learn more about how to support this new graphic novel, visit Iron Circus Comics' official website!
Press Release: Crowdfunding pioneer Spike Trotman and Iron Circus Comics are helming their second-ever independent crowdfunding campaign for Letters For Lucardo: The Silent Lord, the third installment in the groundbreaking and popular LGBTQ erotica horror series from Otava Heikkilä. In this highly anticipated third installment of the erotically charged graphic novel series, the story takes a dark and foreboding turn as aristocratic vampire...
- 4/5/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Bree Condon has signed with Apa for agency representation. The actress plays Kimberly Guilfoyle, former co-host of Fox News Channel’s The Five and current girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., in Lionsgate’s Jay Roach-directed drama Bombshell, in theaters in December.
Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow and Margot Robbie, the Oscar contender follows the women who rose up against the late Fox News chairman Roger Ailes amid sexual misconduct.
Condon’s credits include Warner Bros’ history-drama Ironclad, Tyler Perry’s drama series The Haves and Have Nots, ABC’s American Housewife, the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Lucifer on Fox.
Condon is also repped by McGowan Rodriguez Management.
Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow and Margot Robbie, the Oscar contender follows the women who rose up against the late Fox News chairman Roger Ailes amid sexual misconduct.
Condon’s credits include Warner Bros’ history-drama Ironclad, Tyler Perry’s drama series The Haves and Have Nots, ABC’s American Housewife, the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Lucifer on Fox.
Condon is also repped by McGowan Rodriguez Management.
- 11/7/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Industry veteran was formerly head of Content Film.
Jamie Carmichael
La-based international sales veteran Jamie Carmichael is stepping down from his role as president of film at Kew Media Group.
The long-time Content Film head is understood to be lining up another venture in the film and TV sector but details have yet to be confirmed.
Kew told Screen in a statement:
”Kew is further combining its film and television units. This allows for more cohesion and synergies across our sales and marketing teams and better positions the company for its growth and expansion. The new joint division will be led by Greg Phillips, President, Distribution. Jamie Carmichael, President of Film, has decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities.”
Recent titles on the Kew slate include Zach Fox and Omri Dorani’s teen comedy How To Get Girls, Bees Make Honey starring Alice Eve, comedy An Actor Prepares with Jeremy Irons and Jack Huston and sci-fi...
Jamie Carmichael
La-based international sales veteran Jamie Carmichael is stepping down from his role as president of film at Kew Media Group.
The long-time Content Film head is understood to be lining up another venture in the film and TV sector but details have yet to be confirmed.
Kew told Screen in a statement:
”Kew is further combining its film and television units. This allows for more cohesion and synergies across our sales and marketing teams and better positions the company for its growth and expansion. The new joint division will be led by Greg Phillips, President, Distribution. Jamie Carmichael, President of Film, has decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities.”
Recent titles on the Kew slate include Zach Fox and Omri Dorani’s teen comedy How To Get Girls, Bees Make Honey starring Alice Eve, comedy An Actor Prepares with Jeremy Irons and Jack Huston and sci-fi...
- 1/12/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
“Dunkirk” is finally upon us after months of anticipation, and it’s clear the long wait has been worth it. IndieWire has named the WWII epic the best movie Christopher Nolan has ever made and a certain Oscar contender in the months ahead. As audiences nationwide get to discover why the film is such a monumental war epic, questions as to who exactly is in the cast are bound to come up.
Read More: ‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Monumental War Epic Is The Best Film He’s Ever Made
Unlike Nolan’s recent star-driven efforts like “Inception” and “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk” features an eclectic mix of relative newcomers, Oscar winners and the director’s reliable collaborators. Getting a blend of known and unknown talent was crucial for Nolan, as including too many stars would’ve distracted from the urgent nature of the story. In following mostly fresh faces, Nolan is...
Read More: ‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Monumental War Epic Is The Best Film He’s Ever Made
Unlike Nolan’s recent star-driven efforts like “Inception” and “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk” features an eclectic mix of relative newcomers, Oscar winners and the director’s reliable collaborators. Getting a blend of known and unknown talent was crucial for Nolan, as including too many stars would’ve distracted from the urgent nature of the story. In following mostly fresh faces, Nolan is...
- 7/19/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: UK seller/distributor teams with financier to back director’s company Balkanic.
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (Kfd) has signed a multi-picture deal with financier, Head Gear Films, and director, Jonathan English’s (Ironclad) new production outfit, Balkanic.
Under the deal, Kfd will handle all-rights worldwide, with features being released in the UK by Kaleidoscope Entertainment.
Head Gear will fully finance the films. English will write and produce, and also direct the first feature, Drago: a car chase thriller set across the Balkans. Paul Hyett (Howl) is attached to direct the second project, Blood Feud.
Kaleidoscope’s Spencer Pollard and Michael Chapman, together with Head Gear’s Phil Hunt and Compton Ross, will serve as executive producers.
Drago is due to go into production in 2017 and is scheduled for release in 2018.
Head Gear recently helped close finance on Amma Asante’s Where Hands Touch, and has previously backed movies including Black Mass, War On Everyone and [link...
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (Kfd) has signed a multi-picture deal with financier, Head Gear Films, and director, Jonathan English’s (Ironclad) new production outfit, Balkanic.
Under the deal, Kfd will handle all-rights worldwide, with features being released in the UK by Kaleidoscope Entertainment.
Head Gear will fully finance the films. English will write and produce, and also direct the first feature, Drago: a car chase thriller set across the Balkans. Paul Hyett (Howl) is attached to direct the second project, Blood Feud.
Kaleidoscope’s Spencer Pollard and Michael Chapman, together with Head Gear’s Phil Hunt and Compton Ross, will serve as executive producers.
Drago is due to go into production in 2017 and is scheduled for release in 2018.
Head Gear recently helped close finance on Amma Asante’s Where Hands Touch, and has previously backed movies including Black Mass, War On Everyone and [link...
- 10/28/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mfi clocks new sales on Greece-set thriller.
Gaga Corporation has taken Japanese rights to UK director Jonathan English’s Athens-set action-thriller Dias, following its launch at the market.
The film, which is due to shoot in Athens this September, revolves around Athen’s elite police motorbike force, the Dias.
As previously announced, Paris-based Memento Film International (Mfi) also sold the production to Koch at the beginning of the market.
The film revolves around the city’s elite police motorbike force, the Dias, consisting of four-person squads travelling two-by-two on high-powered vehicles. The force was created in 2010 in response to a rise in petty and organised crime after the debt crisis threw the country into chaos.
The story will follow energetic young recruit Theo, who quickly becomes a pivotal member of the force as it presses on with its work of eradicating the city of violent crime gangs but in the end becomes their target too.[p...
Gaga Corporation has taken Japanese rights to UK director Jonathan English’s Athens-set action-thriller Dias, following its launch at the market.
The film, which is due to shoot in Athens this September, revolves around Athen’s elite police motorbike force, the Dias.
As previously announced, Paris-based Memento Film International (Mfi) also sold the production to Koch at the beginning of the market.
The film revolves around the city’s elite police motorbike force, the Dias, consisting of four-person squads travelling two-by-two on high-powered vehicles. The force was created in 2010 in response to a rise in petty and organised crime after the debt crisis threw the country into chaos.
The story will follow energetic young recruit Theo, who quickly becomes a pivotal member of the force as it presses on with its work of eradicating the city of violent crime gangs but in the end becomes their target too.[p...
- 5/18/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Athens-set thriller will shoot in September.
Koch Films Gmbh takes German-speaking rights on UK director Jonathan English’s [pictured] Athens-set action-thriller Dias, which is due to shoot in the Greek capital in September.
Paris-based Memento Film International (Mfi) is handling sales on the picture about Athen’s elite police motorbike force, the Dias, which was created in 2012 in response to a rise in petty and organised crime after the debt crisis threw the country into chaos.
“There are lots of reasons to be intrigued by Dias: First and foremost, it’s a fast paced, straightforward action film with cops on motorbikes, chasing their enemies in the streets of Athens,” said Koch Films director of acquisitions Moritz Peters.
The production marks a change of scene for English whose last two films Ironclad and sequel Ironclad: Battle For Blood, were set against the backdrop of medieval England.
It is a $4.5m (€4m) co-production between Athens-based View Master Films and Germany...
Koch Films Gmbh takes German-speaking rights on UK director Jonathan English’s [pictured] Athens-set action-thriller Dias, which is due to shoot in the Greek capital in September.
Paris-based Memento Film International (Mfi) is handling sales on the picture about Athen’s elite police motorbike force, the Dias, which was created in 2012 in response to a rise in petty and organised crime after the debt crisis threw the country into chaos.
“There are lots of reasons to be intrigued by Dias: First and foremost, it’s a fast paced, straightforward action film with cops on motorbikes, chasing their enemies in the streets of Athens,” said Koch Films director of acquisitions Moritz Peters.
The production marks a change of scene for English whose last two films Ironclad and sequel Ironclad: Battle For Blood, were set against the backdrop of medieval England.
It is a $4.5m (€4m) co-production between Athens-based View Master Films and Germany...
- 5/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Deal marks company’s first foray into the action genre; film set to shoot in Athens in September.
Paris-based Memento Film International (Mfi) will kick-start sales at Cannes on UK director Jonathan English’s Athens-set action-thriller Dias, which is due to shoot in the Greek capital in September.
The film revolves around the city’s elite police motorbike force, the Dias, consisting of four-person squads travelling two-by-two on high-powered vehicles. The force was created in 2010 in response to a rise in petty and organised crime after the debt crisis threw the country into chaos.
The story will follow energetic young recruit Theo, who quickly becomes a pivotal member of the force as it presses on with its work of eradicating the city of violent crime gangs but in the end becomes their target too.
“I was in Athens in 2013 and I saw the Dias units fly through the city,” said English...
Paris-based Memento Film International (Mfi) will kick-start sales at Cannes on UK director Jonathan English’s Athens-set action-thriller Dias, which is due to shoot in the Greek capital in September.
The film revolves around the city’s elite police motorbike force, the Dias, consisting of four-person squads travelling two-by-two on high-powered vehicles. The force was created in 2010 in response to a rise in petty and organised crime after the debt crisis threw the country into chaos.
The story will follow energetic young recruit Theo, who quickly becomes a pivotal member of the force as it presses on with its work of eradicating the city of violent crime gangs but in the end becomes their target too.
“I was in Athens in 2013 and I saw the Dias units fly through the city,” said English...
- 4/26/2016
- ScreenDaily
Paramount Music will release the 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi – Music from the Motion Picture digitally on January 15, 2016. The album features the film’s original score by Lorne Balfe (Terminator Genisys, Penguins Of Madagascar).
“The film is really about the soldiers’ ordeal and how they coped with the situation at hand,” said Balfe. “Michael (Bay) does a great job keeping the film from becoming political. The film is really here to honor the soldiers and the men and women who ultimately had to step up and do everything they could to save as many people as possible.”
From director Michael Bay, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi is the gripping true story of six elite ex-military operators assigned to protect the CIA who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.
“The film is really about the soldiers’ ordeal and how they coped with the situation at hand,” said Balfe. “Michael (Bay) does a great job keeping the film from becoming political. The film is really here to honor the soldiers and the men and women who ultimately had to step up and do everything they could to save as many people as possible.”
From director Michael Bay, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi is the gripping true story of six elite ex-military operators assigned to protect the CIA who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.
- 1/16/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here’s an exclusive look at the first five minutes of the action packed ‘Momentum’ which stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and James Purefoy (Ironclad) and Morgan Freeman. In the opening 5 minutes, we get to see a bank heist by what looks like futuristic beings with rather funky face masks. It’s a great teaser
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- 1/15/2016
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Script from Zodiac: Year Of The Snake and The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman writer.
La-based production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions are in development on writer Jayson Rothwell’s action-thriller script Shotgun Love.
Producers Nigel Thomas (The Numbers Station) and Rick Benattar (Ironclad) are aiming for a 2016 shoot on the project.
The story centres on a former black-ops agent who is hired by a ruthless lawyer to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend from a cartel, only to discover she does not want to be rescued and is on a secret mission to infiltrate the gang in order to avenge her family.
La-based writer Rothwell recently completed work on the reboot of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for Fox and Davis Entertainment while action script Zodiac: Year of the Snake was this month acquired by Le Vision Pictures USA.
Fledgling production team Benattar/Thomas, whose titles The Fixer and The Last Heist will be distributed by XLrator Media, recently...
La-based production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions are in development on writer Jayson Rothwell’s action-thriller script Shotgun Love.
Producers Nigel Thomas (The Numbers Station) and Rick Benattar (Ironclad) are aiming for a 2016 shoot on the project.
The story centres on a former black-ops agent who is hired by a ruthless lawyer to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend from a cartel, only to discover she does not want to be rescued and is on a secret mission to infiltrate the gang in order to avenge her family.
La-based writer Rothwell recently completed work on the reboot of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for Fox and Davis Entertainment while action script Zodiac: Year of the Snake was this month acquired by Le Vision Pictures USA.
Fledgling production team Benattar/Thomas, whose titles The Fixer and The Last Heist will be distributed by XLrator Media, recently...
- 11/10/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: La production outfit takes rights to Iraq war story.
Fledgling La-based film and TV production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions, headed by UK executive Nigel Thomas (Killing Bono) and Us producer Rick Benattar (Ironclad), has bought rights to Iraq war book Sniper One.
The producers are aiming to move the film into production in 2016.
Written by former British soldier Sgt. Dan Mills, the account tells the true story of a British sniper unit sent into Iraq only to find themselves engaged in a full scale combat operation against overwhelming odds.
The men were besieged for six months, vastly outnumbered and with little help of rescue.
The book was brought to Benattar/Thomas by Tom Hopper, best known for his role as Billy Bones in Black Sails, who recently starred in the Benattar/Thomas feature The Fixer, which just wrapped principal photography in Ireland.
Hopper will serve as co-producer on the project as will Dan Mills.
Thomas [pictured...
Fledgling La-based film and TV production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions, headed by UK executive Nigel Thomas (Killing Bono) and Us producer Rick Benattar (Ironclad), has bought rights to Iraq war book Sniper One.
The producers are aiming to move the film into production in 2016.
Written by former British soldier Sgt. Dan Mills, the account tells the true story of a British sniper unit sent into Iraq only to find themselves engaged in a full scale combat operation against overwhelming odds.
The men were besieged for six months, vastly outnumbered and with little help of rescue.
The book was brought to Benattar/Thomas by Tom Hopper, best known for his role as Billy Bones in Black Sails, who recently starred in the Benattar/Thomas feature The Fixer, which just wrapped principal photography in Ireland.
Hopper will serve as co-producer on the project as will Dan Mills.
Thomas [pictured...
- 11/7/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: La production outfit takes rights to Iraq war story.
Fledgling La-based film and TV production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions, headed by UK executive Nigel Thomas (Killing Bono) and Us producer Rick Benattar (Ironclad), has bought rights to Iraq war novel Sniper One.
The producers are aiming to move the film into production in 2016.
Written by former British soldier Sgt. Dan Mills, the novel tells the true story of a British sniper unit sent into Iraq only to find themselves engaged in a full scale combat operation against overwhelming odds.
The men were besieged for six months, vastly outnumbered and with little help of rescue.
The book was brought to Benattar/Thomas by Tom Hopper, best known for his role as Billy Bones in Black Sails, who recently starred in the Benattar/Thomas feature The Fixer, which just wrapped principal photography in Ireland.
Hopper will serve as co-producer on the project as will Dan Mills.
Thomas [pictu...
Fledgling La-based film and TV production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions, headed by UK executive Nigel Thomas (Killing Bono) and Us producer Rick Benattar (Ironclad), has bought rights to Iraq war novel Sniper One.
The producers are aiming to move the film into production in 2016.
Written by former British soldier Sgt. Dan Mills, the novel tells the true story of a British sniper unit sent into Iraq only to find themselves engaged in a full scale combat operation against overwhelming odds.
The men were besieged for six months, vastly outnumbered and with little help of rescue.
The book was brought to Benattar/Thomas by Tom Hopper, best known for his role as Billy Bones in Black Sails, who recently starred in the Benattar/Thomas feature The Fixer, which just wrapped principal photography in Ireland.
Hopper will serve as co-producer on the project as will Dan Mills.
Thomas [pictu...
- 11/7/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
XLrator Media has acquired North American rights from Arclight Films to the Dutch historical epic that premiered in Berlin earlier this year.
The distributor will release Admiral via its Turbo action label in early 2016.
Roel Reiné directed and Klaas de Jong produced the 17th century-set story that takes place during the Anglo-Dutch naval wars and centres on Holland’s Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Charles Dance, Rutger Hauer and Frank Lammers star.
“Admiral is a dazzling film of epic proportions with larger-than-life naval battles that haven’t been seen since Master And Commander,” said XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon.
“Audiences will be blown away by the amazing cinematography and action set-pieces, coupled with stunning performances from the entire cast. As proven by the huge success of the Game Of Thrones series and our own recent Ironclad films, action fans have a huge appetite for exciting content based on historical facts and themes.
“Admiral is a unique...
The distributor will release Admiral via its Turbo action label in early 2016.
Roel Reiné directed and Klaas de Jong produced the 17th century-set story that takes place during the Anglo-Dutch naval wars and centres on Holland’s Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Charles Dance, Rutger Hauer and Frank Lammers star.
“Admiral is a dazzling film of epic proportions with larger-than-life naval battles that haven’t been seen since Master And Commander,” said XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon.
“Audiences will be blown away by the amazing cinematography and action set-pieces, coupled with stunning performances from the entire cast. As proven by the huge success of the Game Of Thrones series and our own recent Ironclad films, action fans have a huge appetite for exciting content based on historical facts and themes.
“Admiral is a unique...
- 6/9/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Former Molinare exec, Ironclad producer launch UK company.
Former Molinare head of business Richard Conway and producer Andrew Curtis (Ironclad, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson) are in Cannes with new UK-based production outfit Essential Film and Development.
Backed by Mike Campbell, the entrepreneur behind Strand Vci and Mvp Home Entertainment, the company is looking to take a minimum of three medium to large budget features into production within the next three years.
According to company owners, the outfit has both development funds and access to production funding via interests in China.
The first film on the slate is underdog drama What’s Going On, written by Nick Bain & Cordel DeBardeLaben. Essential is hoping to shoot the film in France and Canada in 2016 with packaging currently underway.
Conway said: “Development funding these days is rare but particularly rare when they come with a clear path to independent production funding. Mike’s ambitions are very much aligned with our...
Former Molinare head of business Richard Conway and producer Andrew Curtis (Ironclad, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson) are in Cannes with new UK-based production outfit Essential Film and Development.
Backed by Mike Campbell, the entrepreneur behind Strand Vci and Mvp Home Entertainment, the company is looking to take a minimum of three medium to large budget features into production within the next three years.
According to company owners, the outfit has both development funds and access to production funding via interests in China.
The first film on the slate is underdog drama What’s Going On, written by Nick Bain & Cordel DeBardeLaben. Essential is hoping to shoot the film in France and Canada in 2016 with packaging currently underway.
Conway said: “Development funding these days is rare but particularly rare when they come with a clear path to independent production funding. Mike’s ambitions are very much aligned with our...
- 5/15/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Metrodome inks Us deal on werewolf thriller.
Alchemy has picked up Us rights from Metrodome International to werewolf thriller Howl.
The deal was negotiated by Caroline Couret-Delègue of Metrodome and Samantha Fabin from Alchemy.
The Paul Hyett-directed (The Seasoning House) feature, starring Ed Speleers (Downton Abbey), Shauna Macdonald (Ripper Street) and Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers), tells the story of a midnight train stranded in a forest and attacked by a terrifying pack of werewolves.
Special makeup effects guru Hyett has worked on titles including The Descent, The Woman in Black and Ironclad.
The film is produced by Ed King and Martin Gentles for Starchild Productions. Script comes from Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler (Me & My Monsters). Lee Brazier executive produces for Av Pictures.
Metrodome International will screen the film to the international market for the first time in Cannes.
Also on the sales agent’s Cannes slate is supernatural horror Thea, currently in production...
Alchemy has picked up Us rights from Metrodome International to werewolf thriller Howl.
The deal was negotiated by Caroline Couret-Delègue of Metrodome and Samantha Fabin from Alchemy.
The Paul Hyett-directed (The Seasoning House) feature, starring Ed Speleers (Downton Abbey), Shauna Macdonald (Ripper Street) and Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers), tells the story of a midnight train stranded in a forest and attacked by a terrifying pack of werewolves.
Special makeup effects guru Hyett has worked on titles including The Descent, The Woman in Black and Ironclad.
The film is produced by Ed King and Martin Gentles for Starchild Productions. Script comes from Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler (Me & My Monsters). Lee Brazier executive produces for Av Pictures.
Metrodome International will screen the film to the international market for the first time in Cannes.
Also on the sales agent’s Cannes slate is supernatural horror Thea, currently in production...
- 5/14/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
If we wanted a sensible police drama, we wouldn't be watching The Following. Where has all the craziness gone, asks Ron?
This review contains spoilers.
1.7 The Hunt
One of the best things about The Following is that it is set in a world with an infinite supply of serial killers. That's also one of the worst things about The Following, as it lends itself to laziness. Whenever one of the killers we know is in trouble, well, we just have that person turn to someone in his network of murderer pals to help him solve his problem. When it's someone like Arthur Strauss reaching out to one of his many students, it makes sense. We've seen Strauss at work training other killers, we know he's got hundreds of students committing thousands of murders, and it makes sense that they'd be willing to stick their neck out to help the man...
This review contains spoilers.
1.7 The Hunt
One of the best things about The Following is that it is set in a world with an infinite supply of serial killers. That's also one of the worst things about The Following, as it lends itself to laziness. Whenever one of the killers we know is in trouble, well, we just have that person turn to someone in his network of murderer pals to help him solve his problem. When it's someone like Arthur Strauss reaching out to one of his many students, it makes sense. We've seen Strauss at work training other killers, we know he's got hundreds of students committing thousands of murders, and it makes sense that they'd be willing to stick their neck out to help the man...
- 4/8/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Mia Wasikowska’s Madame Bovary Sells For Radiant Films
Radiant Films International has completed multiple sales deals in territories worldwide for Madame Bovary starring Mia Wasikowska including all French-speaking rights to Jour2Fête and Italy to Paco Pictures. Additional sales include Benelux to A-Film, Scandinavia to Svensk Filmindustri and Portugal to Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais, Latin America to Swen, Australia to Transmission Films, South Korea to Noori Pictures, Turkey to Aqua Pinema, Middle East to Gulf Film, Greece to Odeon and Iceland to Myndform. Radiant is handling all foreign sales on the project which they are actively selling at Efm.
The Solution Boards Tokyo Vice Starring Daniel Radcliffe
The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international rights to Tokyo Vice, produced by John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. The Solution’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson will exec produce and present to buyers at the Efm. UTA is representing Us rights. Adam Kassan is also producing.
Radiant Films International has completed multiple sales deals in territories worldwide for Madame Bovary starring Mia Wasikowska including all French-speaking rights to Jour2Fête and Italy to Paco Pictures. Additional sales include Benelux to A-Film, Scandinavia to Svensk Filmindustri and Portugal to Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais, Latin America to Swen, Australia to Transmission Films, South Korea to Noori Pictures, Turkey to Aqua Pinema, Middle East to Gulf Film, Greece to Odeon and Iceland to Myndform. Radiant is handling all foreign sales on the project which they are actively selling at Efm.
The Solution Boards Tokyo Vice Starring Daniel Radcliffe
The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international rights to Tokyo Vice, produced by John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. The Solution’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson will exec produce and present to buyers at the Efm. UTA is representing Us rights. Adam Kassan is also producing.
- 2/7/2015
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Exclusive: XLrator Media will co-produce, release in the Us and oversee international distribution on three action-thrillers.
XLrator will co-produce, release in the Us and oversee international distribution on the slate.
Gordon is one of a small coterie of savvy low-overhead players in Us distribution who want to build a sustainable model for films and avoid ‘statement buys’ that are liable to run out of steam after the first window.
The move comes hot on the heels of a similar pact on sci-fi thrillers that XLrator struck with New Artists Alliance.
Michael Hurst’s time-travel story Paradox kicks off the Rnr slate and will commence shooting in spring for a 2016 release.
Rick Benattar, who runs Rnr with Nigel Thomas and Robert Menzies, produced Ironclad and Ironclad: Battle For Blood, both of which XLrator released in North America.
“We see this as an opportunity to expand our relationship with our existing partners like Netflix and Amazon and with some...
XLrator will co-produce, release in the Us and oversee international distribution on the slate.
Gordon is one of a small coterie of savvy low-overhead players in Us distribution who want to build a sustainable model for films and avoid ‘statement buys’ that are liable to run out of steam after the first window.
The move comes hot on the heels of a similar pact on sci-fi thrillers that XLrator struck with New Artists Alliance.
Michael Hurst’s time-travel story Paradox kicks off the Rnr slate and will commence shooting in spring for a 2016 release.
Rick Benattar, who runs Rnr with Nigel Thomas and Robert Menzies, produced Ironclad and Ironclad: Battle For Blood, both of which XLrator released in North America.
“We see this as an opportunity to expand our relationship with our existing partners like Netflix and Amazon and with some...
- 2/7/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Geffen Playhouse announces its production of The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy Discord. Written by Scott Carter, executive producer and writer for Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect and Real Time, this whip-smart philosophical comedy features Larry Cedar Deadwood, PBS's Square One TV, David Melville Travel Channel Lawrence of America, film Ironclad and Armin Shimerman Quark on Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Associate Artistic Director at The Antaeus Company and will be again helmed by director, Matt August Broadway How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Discord began previews on October 7 with the press opening tonight, October 15. The closing date is currently scheduled for November 16.
- 10/15/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Geffen Playhouse announces its production of The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy Discord. Written by Scott Carter, executive producer and writer for Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect and Real Time, this whip-smart philosophical comedy features Larry Cedar Deadwood, PBS's Square One TV, David Melville Travel Channel Lawrence of America, film Ironclad and Armin Shimerman Quark on Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Associate Artistic Director at The Antaeus Company and will be again helmed by director, Matt August Broadway How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Discord begins previews tonight, October 7 with the press opening on October 15. The closing date is currently scheduled for November 16.
- 10/7/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
After last week’s news about Netflix securing The Blacklist for a record fee, a similar story came to light this week concerning the pre Batman prequel series Gotham. Now rather than getting it day and date after Us broadcast as per Breaking Bad and From Dusk Till Dawn, Gotham’s entire run will just arrive on Netflix after it’s finished its TV broadcast. Worse news is that this means you have to wait for Channel 5 to get their finger out and schedule it on one of their three channels and then muck it around the schedule just to confuse you further and for it to finish its run there. Kind of takes the wind out the sails doesn’t it? I wouldn’t expect to see Gotham on Netflix until this time next year at best but we will see.
In better news David Wain’s relatively well...
In better news David Wain’s relatively well...
- 9/8/2014
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mercy's for Picts!
Ironclad: Battle for Blood picks up where the original, bizarrely well-cast Ironclad (2011) left off and goes in another, astonishingly similar direction. Guy (Tom Austen), the battle-scarred Aeneas of the Rochester siege, has given up on the idea of honor and now beats people to death for money. Even when his cousin, Hubert (Tom Rhys Harries), needs him to help defend his family's castle against marauding Scots, he still demands to get paid. Guy also brings along his buddy Berenger (David Caves), a sadistic executioner (Andy Beckwith), and a lunatic murderess (Twinnie Lee Moore). This film bears such a striking likeness to the plot developments in Ironclad but without the vague political implications that it's almost as if they went to Jonathan English and asked if he could do roughly the same thing but with less money. His answer was "Yes, yes I can. But only if I...
Ironclad: Battle for Blood picks up where the original, bizarrely well-cast Ironclad (2011) left off and goes in another, astonishingly similar direction. Guy (Tom Austen), the battle-scarred Aeneas of the Rochester siege, has given up on the idea of honor and now beats people to death for money. Even when his cousin, Hubert (Tom Rhys Harries), needs him to help defend his family's castle against marauding Scots, he still demands to get paid. Guy also brings along his buddy Berenger (David Caves), a sadistic executioner (Andy Beckwith), and a lunatic murderess (Twinnie Lee Moore). This film bears such a striking likeness to the plot developments in Ironclad but without the vague political implications that it's almost as if they went to Jonathan English and asked if he could do roughly the same thing but with less money. His answer was "Yes, yes I can. But only if I...
- 9/4/2014
- by Jason Ratigan
- JustPressPlay.net
Directed by Jonathan English with Michelle Fairley, Roxanne McKee, Danny Webb.
Ironclad: Battle For Blood is a sequel to Ironclad which was released in 2011. I have not seen the first film but based on what is on view in Battle for Blood it would be worth seeking out. Ironclad: Battle for Blood is a different type of historical war movie. There are no fancy sword moves, no spell casting wizards or dragons running amok. What we have here is a serious version of the type of thing Monty Python used to do, especially in their movie about the Holy Grail, showing what life in the middle ages was really like. Dirty, dangerous, ignorant, short and brutish.
Opening titles tell us that in the 12th Century England had laid waste to Scotland and then withdrawn. Scottish clans raided estates and castles all over the northern part of England in retaliation.
We...
Ironclad: Battle For Blood is a sequel to Ironclad which was released in 2011. I have not seen the first film but based on what is on view in Battle for Blood it would be worth seeking out. Ironclad: Battle for Blood is a different type of historical war movie. There are no fancy sword moves, no spell casting wizards or dragons running amok. What we have here is a serious version of the type of thing Monty Python used to do, especially in their movie about the Holy Grail, showing what life in the middle ages was really like. Dirty, dangerous, ignorant, short and brutish.
Opening titles tell us that in the 12th Century England had laid waste to Scotland and then withdrawn. Scottish clans raided estates and castles all over the northern part of England in retaliation.
We...
- 7/11/2014
- by Sam Moffitt
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Rocket | Under The Skin | The Zero Theorem | Suzanne | Veronica Mars | Need For Speed | Plot For Peace
The Rocket (12A)
(Kim Mordaunt, 2013, Aus/Thai/Laos) Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, Bunsri Yindi. 96 mins
Children are often the best ambassadors for world cinema and so it proves here, in a Laos-set tale that's sympathetic but never condescending. The story centres on a displaced boy burdened by a perceived "curse". But it's told with documentary-like conviction and distinctly local details, from James Brown-worshipping war vets to the unexploded ordnance littering the landscape.
Under The Skin (15)
(Jonathan Glazer, 2013, UK) Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan. Krystof Hádek. 108 mins
Glazer's delectably mystifying sci-fi makes Glasgow look like another planet – as seen through the eyes of Johansson's alien seductress, on the prowl for unsuspecting males. It sounds like a highbrow Species, but the imagery and sustained strangeness put it in a realm of its own.
The Zero Theorem (15)
(Terry Gilliam,...
The Rocket (12A)
(Kim Mordaunt, 2013, Aus/Thai/Laos) Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, Bunsri Yindi. 96 mins
Children are often the best ambassadors for world cinema and so it proves here, in a Laos-set tale that's sympathetic but never condescending. The story centres on a displaced boy burdened by a perceived "curse". But it's told with documentary-like conviction and distinctly local details, from James Brown-worshipping war vets to the unexploded ordnance littering the landscape.
Under The Skin (15)
(Jonathan Glazer, 2013, UK) Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan. Krystof Hádek. 108 mins
Glazer's delectably mystifying sci-fi makes Glasgow look like another planet – as seen through the eyes of Johansson's alien seductress, on the prowl for unsuspecting males. It sounds like a highbrow Species, but the imagery and sustained strangeness put it in a realm of its own.
The Zero Theorem (15)
(Terry Gilliam,...
- 3/15/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Ironclad: Battle for Blood hits UK cinema screens today and we got to sit down with actor Tom Austen to talk about his character ‘Guy’. In the interview we hear about what it was about Ironclad 2 which he liked so much, what he thought of playing opposite Game of Thrones star Michelle Fairley and how he tried to avoid mimicking James Purefoy’s performance in the original movie.
Ironclad: Battle for Blood is released in UK cinemas today. If you haven’t seen the first movie and want a quick catch up, head this way!
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HeyUGuys: What first attracted you to the project?
Tom Austen: To be honest it was the first thing that came along that was out and out action. I’d been working in Paris for about 7 months playing a cop in the modern day so a lot of guns and procedural stuff. I was really...
Ironclad: Battle for Blood is released in UK cinemas today. If you haven’t seen the first movie and want a quick catch up, head this way!
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HeyUGuys: What first attracted you to the project?
Tom Austen: To be honest it was the first thing that came along that was out and out action. I’d been working in Paris for about 7 months playing a cop in the modern day so a lot of guns and procedural stuff. I was really...
- 3/14/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Writer-director Jonathan English got surprisingly lucky with the first Ironclad (2011) film, as it offered a thrilling/shocking blood thirst of video-gaming proportions, as well as an impressive cast, including Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox, Derek Jacobi, Charles Dance and the dashing James Purefoy. Still set in the harsh surroundings of 13th Century Britain, post the Great Siege of Rochester Castle, the second film, Ironclad 2: Battle For Blood, seems to have switched target audience, with a more youthful cast of mainly TV actors.
After the De Vesci castle home comes under attack from a band of marauding Celts, resulting in a critical body wound for the master of the house, Gilbert De Vesci (David Rintoul), his son Hubert (Tom Rhys Harries) is tasked with fetching his battle-scarred cousin, Guy (Tom Austen) to defend their ancestral home. But the bitter Guy comes at a price and with a band of reprobates in tow,...
After the De Vesci castle home comes under attack from a band of marauding Celts, resulting in a critical body wound for the master of the house, Gilbert De Vesci (David Rintoul), his son Hubert (Tom Rhys Harries) is tasked with fetching his battle-scarred cousin, Guy (Tom Austen) to defend their ancestral home. But the bitter Guy comes at a price and with a band of reprobates in tow,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Wamg is giving away 5 DVDs of the new action thriller Wicked Blood.
The film stars Abigail Breslin (August: Osage County, Little Miss Sunshine, Haunter) Alexa Vega (Spy Kids, Machete Kills) Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings, GoldenEye, Age of Heroes) James Purefoy (“The Following,” John Carter, Ironclad) and Lew Temple (“The Walking Dead”, Lawless, Unstoppable).
It’s the ultimate endgame, as “Breaking Bad” meets “Justified” in the new action thriller Wicked Blood!
Backed by an all-star cast, Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin is Hannah – a teenage girl desperate to free her family from the corrupt Southern underworld of violence, guns, meth and biker gangs that surrounds them. A chess-wiz, Hannah lives with her older sister, Amber (Alexa Vega), and her drug-addicted Uncle Donny (Lew Temple) and they all live in fear of “Uncle Frank” (Sean Bean) Stinson, who runs the powerful crime organization in a ruthless manner.
But when...
The film stars Abigail Breslin (August: Osage County, Little Miss Sunshine, Haunter) Alexa Vega (Spy Kids, Machete Kills) Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings, GoldenEye, Age of Heroes) James Purefoy (“The Following,” John Carter, Ironclad) and Lew Temple (“The Walking Dead”, Lawless, Unstoppable).
It’s the ultimate endgame, as “Breaking Bad” meets “Justified” in the new action thriller Wicked Blood!
Backed by an all-star cast, Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin is Hannah – a teenage girl desperate to free her family from the corrupt Southern underworld of violence, guns, meth and biker gangs that surrounds them. A chess-wiz, Hannah lives with her older sister, Amber (Alexa Vega), and her drug-addicted Uncle Donny (Lew Temple) and they all live in fear of “Uncle Frank” (Sean Bean) Stinson, who runs the powerful crime organization in a ruthless manner.
But when...
- 3/5/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here’s your first look at The Devil’S Harvest starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper and Terence Stamp.
Principal photography wrapped on director George Mendeluk’s epic romance in Kiev on January 30th.
Shot on location in Ukraine and London, The Devil’S Harvest is an action-packed, dramatic tale of love and the importance of family, set against the backdrop of political upheaval in 1930s Ukraine. Yuri (Max Irons) is an artistic soul born into a family of Cossack warriors, who struggles to win the approval of his grandfather Ivan (Terence Stamp), father Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and the heart of Natalka (Samantha Barks.) Yuri finds his life changed forever with the invasion of the Red Army and the subsequent persecution of his family and fellow countrymen as Stalin’s regime of terror extends across Eastern Europe.
The Devil’S Harvest also features Tamer Hassan (Dracula), Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen...
Principal photography wrapped on director George Mendeluk’s epic romance in Kiev on January 30th.
Shot on location in Ukraine and London, The Devil’S Harvest is an action-packed, dramatic tale of love and the importance of family, set against the backdrop of political upheaval in 1930s Ukraine. Yuri (Max Irons) is an artistic soul born into a family of Cossack warriors, who struggles to win the approval of his grandfather Ivan (Terence Stamp), father Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and the heart of Natalka (Samantha Barks.) Yuri finds his life changed forever with the invasion of the Red Army and the subsequent persecution of his family and fellow countrymen as Stalin’s regime of terror extends across Eastern Europe.
The Devil’S Harvest also features Tamer Hassan (Dracula), Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen...
- 2/5/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Ironclad” director Jonathan English apparently had such a blast chronicling the siege of an English castle by bad guys in the first movie that he’s decided to do it again in a sequel, “Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood.” It looks and feels like the same plot, with a bunch of new people gathered in a castle being attacked by crazy barbarian types. The only difference seems to be the first movie had Paul Giamatti and James Purefoy in the cast, and this time things look decidedly lower budgeted. On the plus side, “Ironclad: Battle for Blood” does feature two actresses from “Game of Thrones,” so there’s that. Anyways, get your first look at the battle for the blood. It certainly looks like everyone gets their fill. Travelling back to the dark, brutal past of 13-century England, Ironclad: Battle For Blood plunges us headlong into one of the most...
- 1/31/2014
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Exclusive: Content will commence sales here on The Nightmare, the latest genre title from its Preferred Film & TV joint venture with producer Ross Dinerstein and Kevin Iwashina.
Rodney Ascher of Room 237 fame will direct the horror documentary about victims of sleep paralysis who experience demonic visions. Ascher himself has personal experience of such visions.
Dinerstein and Iwashina are producing alongside Glen Zipper, whose credits include the Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated.
Content’s Jamie Carmichael (pictured) serves as executive producer and will kick off pre-sales with his team at the Afm this week. Iwashina and Carmichael represent North American sales.
“We’ve assembled a great team with Rodney, Kevin, and Glen and are going to collectively break new ground with this film,” said Dinerstein.
”Room 237 was a mind-bendingly brilliant movie,” said Carmichael. “Rodney has a piercing intellect and a unique cinematic vision for horror. We can’t wait to follow him down this new supernatural wormhole.”
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Rodney Ascher of Room 237 fame will direct the horror documentary about victims of sleep paralysis who experience demonic visions. Ascher himself has personal experience of such visions.
Dinerstein and Iwashina are producing alongside Glen Zipper, whose credits include the Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated.
Content’s Jamie Carmichael (pictured) serves as executive producer and will kick off pre-sales with his team at the Afm this week. Iwashina and Carmichael represent North American sales.
“We’ve assembled a great team with Rodney, Kevin, and Glen and are going to collectively break new ground with this film,” said Dinerstein.
”Room 237 was a mind-bendingly brilliant movie,” said Carmichael. “Rodney has a piercing intellect and a unique cinematic vision for horror. We can’t wait to follow him down this new supernatural wormhole.”
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- 11/6/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Well it finally happened; Now TV added a superb catch up/live option for their TV channels including Sky Atlantic, Living, Fox and even UK Gold! So now for just £4.99 a month you can get shows like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Hannibal and Eastbound and Down as they happen or whenever you want.
Considering that the movies package is now just £8.99 a month and the TV is £4.99 on top of this, it becomes clear that this is probably going to place them as the major contender now and Lovefilm/Amazon and Netflix need to start cranking out those exclusive series’ with major names pretty fast.
The term “All sewn up” comes to mind.
The Guilt Trip (2012)
This light comedy with Seth Rogen as a put upon entrepreneur and Barbara Streisand as his overbearing mother is worlds away from other comedy Rogen has been in before. It’s more...
Considering that the movies package is now just £8.99 a month and the TV is £4.99 on top of this, it becomes clear that this is probably going to place them as the major contender now and Lovefilm/Amazon and Netflix need to start cranking out those exclusive series’ with major names pretty fast.
The term “All sewn up” comes to mind.
The Guilt Trip (2012)
This light comedy with Seth Rogen as a put upon entrepreneur and Barbara Streisand as his overbearing mother is worlds away from other comedy Rogen has been in before. It’s more...
- 11/5/2013
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Word has rolled into our offices that The Banshee Chapter (review) has scored itself some distro across the pond, and with it have come some new images.
From the Press Release
Newly formed Intense Distribution and 101 Films are pleased to announce they have acquired the UK rights to the acclaimed horror/thriller Banshee Chapter, written and directed by Blair Erickson and starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (‘Dexter’, ‘Sleepy Hollow’) and Michael McMillian (‘True Blood’).
The film focuses on Anne Roland (Katia Winter), a young journalist with an appetite for controversy, as she follows the trail of a strange government research chemical that might have caused the death of her close friend (Michael McMillian). After tracing the substance to the desert ranch of an infamous retired novelist (Ted Levine), she’s drawn into an experience of terror and frightening entities that she cannot escape. The events...
From the Press Release
Newly formed Intense Distribution and 101 Films are pleased to announce they have acquired the UK rights to the acclaimed horror/thriller Banshee Chapter, written and directed by Blair Erickson and starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (‘Dexter’, ‘Sleepy Hollow’) and Michael McMillian (‘True Blood’).
The film focuses on Anne Roland (Katia Winter), a young journalist with an appetite for controversy, as she follows the trail of a strange government research chemical that might have caused the death of her close friend (Michael McMillian). After tracing the substance to the desert ranch of an infamous retired novelist (Ted Levine), she’s drawn into an experience of terror and frightening entities that she cannot escape. The events...
- 10/23/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We’ve seen Nicolas Cage lose his shit. Not just on the big screen, but with an infamous compilation of Cage’s finest moments of insanity. The only question is: why hasn’t Paul Giamatti gotten a video of his own? His performance in Ironclad alone would provide enough content. That’s just one example in a long line of Giamatti’s more bizarro choices — choices that Giamatti is proud to be able to make. As for his newest film, Phil Morrison’s All is Bright, Giamatti is fairly grounded as Dennis, an ex-con who heads to New York to sell Christmas trees with his old partner in crime Rene (Paul Rudd). All is Bright is a New Yorker dramedy with two Canadians at the center of it. We discussed the film, along with a wide range of topics, with Paul Giamatti at its press day: Do you enjoy discussing your work? [Laughs] It...
- 10/4/2013
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A trailer has come screaming in for elevated horror film The Banshee Chapter from producer Zachary Quinto, and we have every pixel of it here for your perusal. Elevated and otherwise. Man, we hate labels. Just watch the trailer, damn it.
From the Press Release
XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”), XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced.
The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Banshee Chapter centers...
From the Press Release
XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”), XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced.
The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Banshee Chapter centers...
- 7/26/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
"The Seasoning House" arrives on DVD Blu-ray 12th August and is a must-own for fans of revenge thrillers at their best. Click here to read our french "The Seasoning House" movie review. Directed by special-effects maestro Paul Hyett ("The Woman In Black", "Eden Lake", "The Descent"), the film was highly anticipated and didn't disappoint when it premiered at last year's Frightfest, where it was described as “nerve shredding” and “exceptional.” Starring talented British newcomer Rosie Day ("Ironclad 2") in the lead role of captive Angel, and with support from Sean Pertwee ("Dog Soldiers", "Wild Bill") Kevin Howarth ("The Last Horror Movie", "Gallowwalker") and Anna Walton ("Hellboy 2", "Mutant Chronicles") "The Seasoning House" is a dark, gripping exploration of a...
- 7/19/2013
- www.ohmygore.com/
With Mutant Chronicles director Simon Hunter currently in pre-production on the apocalyptic vampire/zombie feature Last Blood, we caught up with Vincent Guastini, head of V.G.P Effects & Design Studio, who’s been tasked with delivering the flick’s special makeup effects, to get the skinny.
"I'm very excited about working with Simon,” said Guastini of the Last Blood director. “I'm a huge Mutant Chronicles fan, and during our Skype design meetings for Last Blood, we immediately started coming up with fresh ideas for the looks for the vampires and zombies. I have some pretty ‘out there’ ideas so we'll see after more locked in meetings this week with Simon, but he has an open mind and did say, ‘Lets do something never seen before.’”
Based on the Keenspot graphic novel of the same name, Last Blood follows a small group of human survivors of a zombie apocalypse, who...
"I'm very excited about working with Simon,” said Guastini of the Last Blood director. “I'm a huge Mutant Chronicles fan, and during our Skype design meetings for Last Blood, we immediately started coming up with fresh ideas for the looks for the vampires and zombies. I have some pretty ‘out there’ ideas so we'll see after more locked in meetings this week with Simon, but he has an open mind and did say, ‘Lets do something never seen before.’”
Based on the Keenspot graphic novel of the same name, Last Blood follows a small group of human survivors of a zombie apocalypse, who...
- 5/28/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
XLrator Media has been busy in the early going at Cannes, snapping up the U.S. rights to Ironclad: Battle For Blood, a medieval action film, with Game Of Thrones’ Michelle Fairley in the cast.
17 May 2013, Cannes – Content announced today that Ironclad: Battle For Blood has sold extensively. XLrator Media has acquired all Us rights while international territories sold include: UK (Warner Bros), France (Metropolitan), Germany (Square One), Australia (Transmission), Benelux (Dutch Film Works), Canada (Mongrel), Japan (Nettai Museum), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Cis and Baltic States (Zao West), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Bowline), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Portugal (Lusomundo), Middle East (Gulf Film), Scandinavia (NonStop), South Korea (Linetree Entertainment), Turkey (Mediamax) and plane and ships (Jaguar).
Content is handling the worldwide rights to the film which was written and directed by Jonathan English (Ironclad), who co-wrote with Steven McDool. Ironclad: Battle For Blood stars Michelle Fairly (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1,...
17 May 2013, Cannes – Content announced today that Ironclad: Battle For Blood has sold extensively. XLrator Media has acquired all Us rights while international territories sold include: UK (Warner Bros), France (Metropolitan), Germany (Square One), Australia (Transmission), Benelux (Dutch Film Works), Canada (Mongrel), Japan (Nettai Museum), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Cis and Baltic States (Zao West), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Bowline), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Portugal (Lusomundo), Middle East (Gulf Film), Scandinavia (NonStop), South Korea (Linetree Entertainment), Turkey (Mediamax) and plane and ships (Jaguar).
Content is handling the worldwide rights to the film which was written and directed by Jonathan English (Ironclad), who co-wrote with Steven McDool. Ironclad: Battle For Blood stars Michelle Fairly (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1,...
- 5/17/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
There's nothing like news of a vicious and bloody war to get the old red stuff pumping in the afternoon, and that's just what we're gonna get once Ironclad: Battle For Blood makes its way to U.S. shores via XLrator Media.
From the Press Release
Content announced today that Ironclad: Battle For Blood has sold extensively. XLrator Media has acquired all Us rights while international territories sold include: UK (Warner Bros), France (Metropolitan), Germany (Square One), Australia (Transmission), Benelux (Dutch Film Works), Canada (Mongrel), Japan (Nettai Museum), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Cis and Baltic States (Zao West), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Bowline), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Portugal (Lusomundo), Middle East (Gulf Film), Scandinavia (NonStop), South Korea (Linetree Entertainment), Turkey (Mediamax), and plane and ships (Jaguar).
Content is handling the worldwide rights to the film, which was written and directed by Jonathan English (Ironclad), who co-wrote with Steven McDool. Ironclad: Battle For Blood...
From the Press Release
Content announced today that Ironclad: Battle For Blood has sold extensively. XLrator Media has acquired all Us rights while international territories sold include: UK (Warner Bros), France (Metropolitan), Germany (Square One), Australia (Transmission), Benelux (Dutch Film Works), Canada (Mongrel), Japan (Nettai Museum), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Cis and Baltic States (Zao West), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Bowline), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Portugal (Lusomundo), Middle East (Gulf Film), Scandinavia (NonStop), South Korea (Linetree Entertainment), Turkey (Mediamax), and plane and ships (Jaguar).
Content is handling the worldwide rights to the film, which was written and directed by Jonathan English (Ironclad), who co-wrote with Steven McDool. Ironclad: Battle For Blood...
- 5/17/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Well this is a surprise. I didn’t even know they were making a sequel to the 2011 medieval siege film “Ironclad” starring James Purefoy (“The Following”) and Kate Mara. But they are, and Jonathan English, who co-wrote/directed the first film, is doing the honors again for the sequel, “Ironclad: Battle for Blood”. “Battle for Blood” will star “Game of Thrones” alums Michelle Fairly and Roxanne McKee, with Danny Webb: Ironclad: Battle For Blood is a hellacious ride featuring the ultra-violent medieval action that has characterized this epic series. With a new battleground and a new enemy, one of the few survivors of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights a brutal battle to protect his family’s estate from fierce Celtic raiders. Ironclad: Battle For Blood promises to deliver the same ferocious, adrenaline-filled action and gory kills that defined Ironclad. That synopsis doesn’t exactly say who the...
- 5/17/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
XLRator Media, the company behind The Thompsons, John Carpenter’S The Ward and countless others, has nabbed the U.S. rights to Blair Erickson’s 3D horror film The Banshee Chapter, starring Ted Levine, Katia Winter and Michael McMillian. Read on for the press release.
Los Angeles, CA (April, 2013) — XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”). XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced the deal today.
The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
Los Angeles, CA (April, 2013) — XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”). XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced the deal today.
The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 4/15/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Zachary Quinto's producing gig for his Before the Door Pictures production company, the elevated horror film The Banshee Chapter, has scored itself some distribution; and we have the details for you right here. Dig it!
From the Press Release
XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”). XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced the deal today.
The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Banshee Chapter centers on a...
From the Press Release
XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”). XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced the deal today.
The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Banshee Chapter centers on a...
- 4/15/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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