Dame Twiggy has joined Auddy for the launch of the new season of her podcast, Tea with Twiggy. Each week, the 60s icon sits down for a nice cuppa with some of her closest friends for an intimate chat. Previous guests have included Joanna Lumley, Lynda La Plante, Elaine Paige, Gyles Brandreth, Christopher Biggins, and David Threlfall, Robert Lindsay and Myleene Klass.
- 5/4/2023
- by PodcastingToday
- Podcastingtoday
We’re bereft. Happy Valley has ended for good. No more Catherine and Clare having mugs of tea on the back step, no more Sgt Cawood dressed like RoboCop, no more Ryan, no more Tommy Lee Royce. It went out with a bang, but still we’re bereft. What could possibly fill that gap?
Luckily for fans, creator Sally Wainwright has a healthy back-catalogue including comedy At Home With the Braithwaites, Last Tango in Halifax, Unforgiven, Gentleman Jack and more, plus highwaywoman drama The Ballad of Renegade Nell coming this year to Disney+, so you could start there. And try the below, a hand-picked selection of great dramas – some crime, some not – that carry a flavour of Happy Valley’s brilliant writing, real-feeling characters and unforgettable performances.
Last Tango in Halifax
Stream on: BBC iPlayer (UK), Netflix (US)
Wainwright was inspired by her mother’s late-in-life love story to write this Bafta-winning 5-series BBC drama.
Luckily for fans, creator Sally Wainwright has a healthy back-catalogue including comedy At Home With the Braithwaites, Last Tango in Halifax, Unforgiven, Gentleman Jack and more, plus highwaywoman drama The Ballad of Renegade Nell coming this year to Disney+, so you could start there. And try the below, a hand-picked selection of great dramas – some crime, some not – that carry a flavour of Happy Valley’s brilliant writing, real-feeling characters and unforgettable performances.
Last Tango in Halifax
Stream on: BBC iPlayer (UK), Netflix (US)
Wainwright was inspired by her mother’s late-in-life love story to write this Bafta-winning 5-series BBC drama.
- 2/6/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
MangroveFor many, the entrance of Steve McQueen into television was expected—his mercurial career has encompassed video-art installations, music videos, shorts and award-winning feature films. Before the critical success of Small Axe (2020) and Uprising (2021), twin anthology series that navigate the lives and passions of London’s Caribbean and West Indian communities, McQueen had already directed the pilot episode of HBO’s TV series Codes of Conduct, and his fourth feature, Widows (2018), smartly transplanted Lynda La Plante’s 1980s mini-drama into present-day Chicago.McQueen is one of many working directors—David Fincher, Jane Campion, and Andrea Arnold, of recent years—whose careers have migrated from cinema to small-screen television. Switch between your streaming channels, and the volume of director-driven programs is extensive—and growing. In the past, the director-led format of television was far less common and expected, with the groundbreaking prestige series of Rainer Fassbinder, Krzysztof Kieślowski (Dekalog), and David Lynch...
- 11/8/2021
- MUBI
Investigation of a Citizen: Noyce Can’t Get in Formation with True Crime Chronicle
In 1943, Joan Crawford and John Wayne fought the Nazis. Christopher Reeve played a paralyzed cop (shortly before his actual paralysis) using his condition to hide his motive for wanting to kill his adulterous spouse Kim Cattrall in 1995. Annabella Sciorra suspected husband Scott Bakula of nefarious wrong doings in 2000. And then Lynda La Plante’s short lived 2009 series featured Kelly Reilly as a tenacious Detective Constable. What they have in common is they were all Above Suspicion, a title shared by the latest film from Hollywood studio expat Phillip Noyce, based on Joe Sharkey’s 2017 true crime novel about an undercover FBI agent who engaged in a sexual affair and then murdered his informant in 1988 Kentucky.…...
In 1943, Joan Crawford and John Wayne fought the Nazis. Christopher Reeve played a paralyzed cop (shortly before his actual paralysis) using his condition to hide his motive for wanting to kill his adulterous spouse Kim Cattrall in 1995. Annabella Sciorra suspected husband Scott Bakula of nefarious wrong doings in 2000. And then Lynda La Plante’s short lived 2009 series featured Kelly Reilly as a tenacious Detective Constable. What they have in common is they were all Above Suspicion, a title shared by the latest film from Hollywood studio expat Phillip Noyce, based on Joe Sharkey’s 2017 true crime novel about an undercover FBI agent who engaged in a sexual affair and then murdered his informant in 1988 Kentucky.…...
- 5/10/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
In today’s Global Bulletin, Netflix commissions Telugu-language anthology “Pitta Kathalu” in India and graphic novel adaptation “Heartstopper” in the U.K.; WarnerMedia announces HBO Max Latin America leadership roles ahead of the platform’s rollout in the territory; ITV Studios opens its Factual Pitch program; NewImages Festival strengthens its Xr alliances in Taiwan; and Filmzie launches its TV series programming.
Anthology
After 2020 Tamil-language anthology “Paava Kadhaigal,” Netflix India has teamed again with Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP and Ashi Dua’s Flying Unicorn Entertainment for Telugu-language anthology “Pitta Kathalu” (Short Stories).
Tharun Bhascker (“Pelli Choopulu”), B.V. Nandini Reddy (“Oh Baby”), Nag Ashwin (“Mahanati”) and Sankalp Reddy (“Antariksham 9000 kmph”) direct the four-part anthology film, which features stories about bold women.
The cast includes Lakshmi Manchu, Amala Paul, Shruti Haasan and Eesha Rebba as the leads and the film also stars Ashima Narwal, Jagapathi Babu, Satya Dev, Saanve Megghana and Sanjith Hegde.
Anthology
After 2020 Tamil-language anthology “Paava Kadhaigal,” Netflix India has teamed again with Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP and Ashi Dua’s Flying Unicorn Entertainment for Telugu-language anthology “Pitta Kathalu” (Short Stories).
Tharun Bhascker (“Pelli Choopulu”), B.V. Nandini Reddy (“Oh Baby”), Nag Ashwin (“Mahanati”) and Sankalp Reddy (“Antariksham 9000 kmph”) direct the four-part anthology film, which features stories about bold women.
The cast includes Lakshmi Manchu, Amala Paul, Shruti Haasan and Eesha Rebba as the leads and the film also stars Ashima Narwal, Jagapathi Babu, Satya Dev, Saanve Megghana and Sanjith Hegde.
- 1/20/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: CBS has assembled an all-star, all-female creative team for Cold Shoulder, a cop drama from two former broadcast network toppers-turned-producers, Nina Tassler and Gail Berman, Little Women producer Denise Di Novi, Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante and former CSI: New York showrunner Pam Veasey.
Written by Veasey, Cold Shoulder is based on the novel of the same name by La Plante. In it, after a police officer is unable to prevent the death of her partner in the line of duty, she seeks help from a fellow detective as she attempts to pick up the pieces of her broken life at home and on the force.
Veasey and La Plante executive produce alongside Tassler and Dinovi through their PatMa Productions; and Berman, now chairman of Fox Entertainment-owned SideCar, through her previous company, The Jackal Group. CBS Television Studios is the studio,
Tassler and Di Novi launched PatMa in 2018. Earlier this year,...
Written by Veasey, Cold Shoulder is based on the novel of the same name by La Plante. In it, after a police officer is unable to prevent the death of her partner in the line of duty, she seeks help from a fellow detective as she attempts to pick up the pieces of her broken life at home and on the force.
Veasey and La Plante executive produce alongside Tassler and Dinovi through their PatMa Productions; and Berman, now chairman of Fox Entertainment-owned SideCar, through her previous company, The Jackal Group. CBS Television Studios is the studio,
Tassler and Di Novi launched PatMa in 2018. Earlier this year,...
- 12/17/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The writer’s office for true crime series “Dirty John” closed down after the first season, but ended up in the same space on the Universal lot for the second season. Showrunner Alexandra Cunningham set up her space for maximum comfort — including testing various couches before she found the one with the right “squishability” — as well as functionality. “Originally my [story] cards were hung on the other side of the room,” she says. But she had them moved to the wall her desk leaned against so she could just turn her head and look up to see her whole season come together.
Star Power
Directly across from Cunningham’s desk hangs the framed poster for the first season of “Dirty John,” featuring Eric Bana and Connie Britton. “Those two actors signed on before I had ever even written a stitch, which gives you a warm glow,” she says. Looking at the...
Star Power
Directly across from Cunningham’s desk hangs the framed poster for the first season of “Dirty John,” featuring Eric Bana and Connie Britton. “Those two actors signed on before I had ever even written a stitch, which gives you a warm glow,” she says. Looking at the...
- 6/3/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Don’t call Steve McQueen predictable. The British artist and director may have made three previous films that steered closer to the arthouse end of the market—Hunger, Shame and 12 Years a Slave—but Widows, an expansive heist movie he co-wrote with Gillian Flynn based on the 1980s TV show created by Lynda La Plante, doesn’t feel at all out of place when you consider the breadth of stories he has told to date. He saw the show when it aired, and 35 years later he has made it a rollercoaster ride through a corrupt city as four women struggle to survive.
When did you start thinking about this as a film?
I think I started to think about it as a film I wanted to do around 2012, which was when I was making 12 Years a Slave. I just loved the idea of these four women. I wanted to...
When did you start thinking about this as a film?
I think I started to think about it as a film I wanted to do around 2012, which was when I was making 12 Years a Slave. I just loved the idea of these four women. I wanted to...
- 12/19/2018
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Acorn TV is going global. The Svod service is launching in thirty new countries including Australia and India.
The service launched in the U.S. and Canada in 2011 before rolling out to twelve Latin American countries in 2018, will now be available across Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Venezuela, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua, Barbuda and Belize.
Available for $4.99 per month, the service is launching with a raft of UK titles including Martin Clunes’ Doc Martin, Daniel Craig’s Sword of Honour, The Bletchley Circle, Lynda La Plante’s The Commander and Above Suspicion, The Secret Agent, Traffik, Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Last Enemy as well as Irish drama Jack Taylor, Australian cop drama East West 101 and documentaries including Britain...
The service launched in the U.S. and Canada in 2011 before rolling out to twelve Latin American countries in 2018, will now be available across Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Venezuela, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua, Barbuda and Belize.
Available for $4.99 per month, the service is launching with a raft of UK titles including Martin Clunes’ Doc Martin, Daniel Craig’s Sword of Honour, The Bletchley Circle, Lynda La Plante’s The Commander and Above Suspicion, The Secret Agent, Traffik, Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Last Enemy as well as Irish drama Jack Taylor, Australian cop drama East West 101 and documentaries including Britain...
- 12/11/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Three years ago, Gillian Flynn was snubbed in Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars for her “Gone Girl” script, adapted from her own novel of the same name. She’s back in the running this year with another adaptation that could land her first Oscar nomination: “Widows.”
Flynn co-wrote the heist thriller with Steve McQueen, who also directed the film. Based on Lynda La Plante’s ’80s TV crime drama series of the same name, the movie follows the titular widows, led by Veronica (Viola Davis), who plot a heist to pay off crime boss Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry) after their criminal husbands are killed on a job. “Widows” is the second feature film Flynn has written following “Gone Girl.”
Though she was omitted at the Oscars, Flynn did receive Golden Globe and Writers Guild of America nominations for her “Gone Girl” screenplay, and even went home with the Critics’ Choice Award.
Flynn co-wrote the heist thriller with Steve McQueen, who also directed the film. Based on Lynda La Plante’s ’80s TV crime drama series of the same name, the movie follows the titular widows, led by Veronica (Viola Davis), who plot a heist to pay off crime boss Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry) after their criminal husbands are killed on a job. “Widows” is the second feature film Flynn has written following “Gone Girl.”
Though she was omitted at the Oscars, Flynn did receive Golden Globe and Writers Guild of America nominations for her “Gone Girl” screenplay, and even went home with the Critics’ Choice Award.
- 11/28/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
‘Robin Hood.’
Lionsgate’s $100 million Robin Hood reboot is shaping as one of the biggest busts of 2018 while See-Saw Films/Regency Enterprises’ female-led heist movie Widows had a respectable debut on the back of rave reviews.
Among the other openers last weekend, Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms mirrored its weak Us bow while the ethical and legal dilemma at the heart of Roadshow’s The Children Act proved too challenging for mainstream audiences.
Given the lacklustre new entries, takings for the top 20 titles unsurprisingly slumped by 16 per cent to $14.7 million, according to Numero.
Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald easily retained the top spot, commanding $4.2 million in its second weekend, elevating its total to $15.8 million.
The David Yates-directed adventure fantasy scripted by J.K. Rowling has hauled in $117 million in the Us and $322.6 million in the rest of the world, for a global total of $439.7 million.
Lionsgate’s $100 million Robin Hood reboot is shaping as one of the biggest busts of 2018 while See-Saw Films/Regency Enterprises’ female-led heist movie Widows had a respectable debut on the back of rave reviews.
Among the other openers last weekend, Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms mirrored its weak Us bow while the ethical and legal dilemma at the heart of Roadshow’s The Children Act proved too challenging for mainstream audiences.
Given the lacklustre new entries, takings for the top 20 titles unsurprisingly slumped by 16 per cent to $14.7 million, according to Numero.
Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald easily retained the top spot, commanding $4.2 million in its second weekend, elevating its total to $15.8 million.
The David Yates-directed adventure fantasy scripted by J.K. Rowling has hauled in $117 million in the Us and $322.6 million in the rest of the world, for a global total of $439.7 million.
- 11/26/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
More than five years ago, while finishing the Academy Award-winning “12 Years a Slave, ” director Steve McQueen told editor Joe Walker about a different project he had in mind: an adaptation of the hit ’80s British television drama “Widows” from crime writer Lynda La Plante.
The movie adaptation, co-written by McQueen and Gillian Flynn, is set in modern-day Chicago, where four women find themselves alone and unprotected after a heist gone wrong leaves their criminal husbands dead. Pressured to pay off their $2 million debt, the wives plan an all-or-nothing heist of their own to retake control of their lives.
Viewers are catapulted into the allegory with an opening that intercuts intimate moments among the married couples and a raging police chase from the point of view of an escaping van. On the surface there’s a lot of violence, but the movie also observes deep social issues, including entrenched political...
The movie adaptation, co-written by McQueen and Gillian Flynn, is set in modern-day Chicago, where four women find themselves alone and unprotected after a heist gone wrong leaves their criminal husbands dead. Pressured to pay off their $2 million debt, the wives plan an all-or-nothing heist of their own to retake control of their lives.
Viewers are catapulted into the allegory with an opening that intercuts intimate moments among the married couples and a raging police chase from the point of view of an escaping van. On the surface there’s a lot of violence, but the movie also observes deep social issues, including entrenched political...
- 11/21/2018
- by Daron James
- Variety Film + TV
Even though Lynda La Plante’s original “Widows” TV show was set in London, Steve McQueen knew he needed Chicago to bring his 2018 adaptation to life. “London wasn’t it. London had moved on,” McQueen said. “I wanted a contemporary place, a modern city, and Chicago seemed to be that place. Politics, race, corruption, policing, gender, all those things, it was all there, in Chicago.”
Between McQueen’s new film and “The Chi,” Lena Waithe’s award-winning Showtime drama, the Windy City is having a moment. Both utilize the city’s history and personality in ways that speak directly to its struggles and distinctions, and remind us just how relevant Chicago is to the country and beyond.
“From microscope to telescope,” McQueen said. “You’re focusing on Chicago, but really, you’re telling a story about where we are in the world. You could be talking about, to a certain extent,...
Between McQueen’s new film and “The Chi,” Lena Waithe’s award-winning Showtime drama, the Windy City is having a moment. Both utilize the city’s history and personality in ways that speak directly to its struggles and distinctions, and remind us just how relevant Chicago is to the country and beyond.
“From microscope to telescope,” McQueen said. “You’re focusing on Chicago, but really, you’re telling a story about where we are in the world. You could be talking about, to a certain extent,...
- 11/19/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
There's been a lot of hype surrounding the new heist movie from Steve McQueen and our favorite thriller writer Gillian Flynn. Aside from the top-notch director and screenwriter, the cast of Widows is almost too good to be true.
Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, and Cynthia Erivo bring new meaning to the phrase "girl gang," as they play grieving widows forced to repay their husbands' debts after they're killed during a heist. In addition to those amazing ladies, the film also stars Liam Neeson, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, and Colin Farrell.
The film is already raking up praise from the critics, earning a 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. With all this attention on the movie, we couldn't help but wonder if this is the last we'll see of this storyline.
Details on a sequel film have been pretty scarce, but if we take a look at the origin of the film,...
Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, and Cynthia Erivo bring new meaning to the phrase "girl gang," as they play grieving widows forced to repay their husbands' debts after they're killed during a heist. In addition to those amazing ladies, the film also stars Liam Neeson, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, and Colin Farrell.
The film is already raking up praise from the critics, earning a 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. With all this attention on the movie, we couldn't help but wonder if this is the last we'll see of this storyline.
Details on a sequel film have been pretty scarce, but if we take a look at the origin of the film,...
- 11/17/2018
- by Hannah Abrams
- Popsugar.com
You may know Elizabeth Debicki from “The Great Gatsby” (2013), AMC’s limited series “The Night Manager” (2016) or most likely, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017), as Ayesha, the gold-skinned High Priestess of the Sovereign. But now she is stealing the show in “Widows,” which could help her steal a spot in the Best Supporting Actress Oscar lineup.
Time and time again we’ve seen the academy recognize performers for breakthrough roles. For instance:
1. Timothée Chalamet: nominated for Best Actor for “Call Me By Your Name” (2017)
2. Daniel Kaluuya: nominated for Best Actor for “Get Out” (2017)
3. Lucas Hedges: nominated for Best Supporting Actor for “Manchester By the Sea” (2016)
4. Ruth Negga: nominated for Best Actress for “Loving” (2016)
5. Brie Larson: won Best Actress for “Room” (2015)
6. Alicia Vikander: won Best Supporting Actress for “The Danish Girl” (2015)
7. Felicity Jones: nominated for Best Actress for “The Theory of Everything” (2014)
8. Eddie Redmayne...
Time and time again we’ve seen the academy recognize performers for breakthrough roles. For instance:
1. Timothée Chalamet: nominated for Best Actor for “Call Me By Your Name” (2017)
2. Daniel Kaluuya: nominated for Best Actor for “Get Out” (2017)
3. Lucas Hedges: nominated for Best Supporting Actor for “Manchester By the Sea” (2016)
4. Ruth Negga: nominated for Best Actress for “Loving” (2016)
5. Brie Larson: won Best Actress for “Room” (2015)
6. Alicia Vikander: won Best Supporting Actress for “The Danish Girl” (2015)
7. Felicity Jones: nominated for Best Actress for “The Theory of Everything” (2014)
8. Eddie Redmayne...
- 11/17/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
A heist film isn’t what you might expect from an actor and a director both in their Oscar followups. Filmmaker Steve McQueen won Best Picture for “12 Years a Slave” (2013), which was the first film from a black director ever to win the top prize. And Viola Davis won Best Supporting Actress for “Fences” (2016) on her third nomination, which made her the most nominated black actress in history. Now they have joined forces for “Widows,” an action thriller about women desperate to pay off the debts of their criminal husbands, who just went out in a literal blaze of glory after a job gone bad. So how does it compare to their Oscar-winning work?
Quite well, as it turns out. As of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 86 based on 44 reviews, and on Rotten Tomatoes it’s rated 92% fresh based on 186 reviews. The Tomatometer critics consensus says...
Quite well, as it turns out. As of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 86 based on 44 reviews, and on Rotten Tomatoes it’s rated 92% fresh based on 186 reviews. The Tomatometer critics consensus says...
- 11/16/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Originally based on the popular UK television series from the 1980s created by Lynda La Plante, Widows is directed, co-written, and produced by British filmmaker Steve McQueen, whose 12 Years a Slave won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture. McQueen's films, including Hunger, a historical drama about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, and Shame, a drama about a sex addict coming to terms with his traumatic past, are always concerned with pain and suffering. McQueen's latest, the heist-thriller Widows set in Chicago, is an entertaining departure from his signature brand of Criterion Collection-ready misery porn, but still finds time to explore grief and despair with his characters, amidst the explosions and shoot-outs. McQueen's Widows stars Viola Davis as Veronica Rawlins, an upper-class woman who must pick up the pieces of her life after her career criminal husband, Harry (played by Liam Neeson), dies one night during a botched heist. Veronica is...
- 11/15/2018
- by Adam Frazier
- firstshowing.net
Robert Blair Nov 14, 2018
Whoever said two wrongs don’t make a right never went to film school...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
There is beauty in the simplicity of a time-honored concept in film. Longstanding cinematic tropes can act as the perfect conduit for some much-needed escapism from the dizzying nature of our day-to-day lives.
Based on the most conventional premise that he’s approached in his career to date, Steve McQueen’s Widows fulfills this criterion of familiarity via the revenge genre. Familiarity here though, doesn’t equal compromise or artistic complacency. In typically subversive fashion, and in keeping with his courageous filmography, this star-studded thriller builds on Lynda La Plante’s drama series of the same name to chart the plight of four bereaved women who refuse to be persecuted for their husbands’ ill-fated deeds. Injected with healthy doses of social commentary that raise pertinent issues around feminism,...
Whoever said two wrongs don’t make a right never went to film school...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
There is beauty in the simplicity of a time-honored concept in film. Longstanding cinematic tropes can act as the perfect conduit for some much-needed escapism from the dizzying nature of our day-to-day lives.
Based on the most conventional premise that he’s approached in his career to date, Steve McQueen’s Widows fulfills this criterion of familiarity via the revenge genre. Familiarity here though, doesn’t equal compromise or artistic complacency. In typically subversive fashion, and in keeping with his courageous filmography, this star-studded thriller builds on Lynda La Plante’s drama series of the same name to chart the plight of four bereaved women who refuse to be persecuted for their husbands’ ill-fated deeds. Injected with healthy doses of social commentary that raise pertinent issues around feminism,...
- 11/14/2018
- Den of Geek
Plenty of posh European directors make a breakout movie but fail the transition to a commercial Hollywood picture. Oscar-winning British filmmaker Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) is defying the odds by fashioning a smart hybrid genre movie that combines his sophisticated sensibility with an accessible, aspirational story that’s enriching and fun. What’s harder to gauge: Where does “Widows” fall on the awards spectrum?
The Fox movie wowed critics and audiences at its Toronto debut and played the international fall festival circuit, winding up at AFI Fest before it opens wide November 16. Impeccably crafted by such Oscar perennials as McQueen and Denis Villeneuve’s go-to editor Joe Walker, composer Hans Zimmer, production designer Adam Stockhausen, and lead actress Viola Davis, the ensemble movie is a crowdpleaser nourished by its provocative gender-bending plot and social realism. It could be a factor in several Oscar categories.
Back in 1983, McQueen was...
The Fox movie wowed critics and audiences at its Toronto debut and played the international fall festival circuit, winding up at AFI Fest before it opens wide November 16. Impeccably crafted by such Oscar perennials as McQueen and Denis Villeneuve’s go-to editor Joe Walker, composer Hans Zimmer, production designer Adam Stockhausen, and lead actress Viola Davis, the ensemble movie is a crowdpleaser nourished by its provocative gender-bending plot and social realism. It could be a factor in several Oscar categories.
Back in 1983, McQueen was...
- 11/12/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Plenty of posh European directors make a breakout movie but fail the transition to a commercial Hollywood picture. Oscar-winning British filmmaker Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) is defying the odds by fashioning a smart hybrid genre movie that combines his sophisticated sensibility with an accessible, aspirational story that’s enriching and fun. What’s harder to gauge: Where does “Widows” fall on the awards spectrum?
The Fox movie wowed critics and audiences at its Toronto debut and played the international fall festival circuit, winding up at AFI Fest before it opens wide November 16. Impeccably crafted by such Oscar perennials as McQueen and Denis Villeneuve’s go-to editor Joe Walker, composer Hans Zimmer, production designer Adam Stockhausen, and lead actress Viola Davis, the ensemble movie is a crowdpleaser nourished by its provocative gender-bending plot and social realism. It could be a factor in several Oscar categories.
Back in 1983, McQueen was...
The Fox movie wowed critics and audiences at its Toronto debut and played the international fall festival circuit, winding up at AFI Fest before it opens wide November 16. Impeccably crafted by such Oscar perennials as McQueen and Denis Villeneuve’s go-to editor Joe Walker, composer Hans Zimmer, production designer Adam Stockhausen, and lead actress Viola Davis, the ensemble movie is a crowdpleaser nourished by its provocative gender-bending plot and social realism. It could be a factor in several Oscar categories.
Back in 1983, McQueen was...
- 11/12/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen is eyeing a musical as one of his next projects.
The director, who is promoting Viola Davis-fronted crime drama Widows, which opens this month, told British current affairs series The Andrew Marr Show, “I want to do a musical. I want to make myself happy. Right now, [the world] is dark, it’s heavy, there’s no ifs, buts, maybes about it, it’s so unsure and uncertain and I think I need to shake off the blues and make us all happy.”
It would mark a new direction for the director and Turner Prize-award winning artist, who has previously directed films such as historical drama Hunger and sex addiction feature Shame. His latest feature Widows is released in the UK on November 6 and in the U.S. on November 16. The drama, which McQueen wrote with Gone Girl’s Gillian Flynn, is based on Lynda La Plante’s 1983 ITV series.
The director, who is promoting Viola Davis-fronted crime drama Widows, which opens this month, told British current affairs series The Andrew Marr Show, “I want to do a musical. I want to make myself happy. Right now, [the world] is dark, it’s heavy, there’s no ifs, buts, maybes about it, it’s so unsure and uncertain and I think I need to shake off the blues and make us all happy.”
It would mark a new direction for the director and Turner Prize-award winning artist, who has previously directed films such as historical drama Hunger and sex addiction feature Shame. His latest feature Widows is released in the UK on November 6 and in the U.S. on November 16. The drama, which McQueen wrote with Gone Girl’s Gillian Flynn, is based on Lynda La Plante’s 1983 ITV series.
- 11/4/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
A dream cast, led by Viola Davis on Oscar-worthy form, have a field day in McQueen’s inspired reworking of Lynda La Plante’s 80s TV drama
“Our lives are in danger; our husbands aren’t coming back; we’re on our own”. Transposing Lynda La Plante’s groundbreaking TV series from 80s London to present-day Chicago, this latest from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen is an empowering, electrifying thriller with an ensemble cast to die for.
Co-scripted by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, it follows a disparate group of women who are forced to pick up the criminal baton from their recently deceased husbands. Intelligent, engrossing and fiercely emotional (without resort to sentimentality), Widows is a sinewy treat that seamlessly intertwines close-up character studies, big-picture politics and audaciously reimagined heist-movie riffs.
“Our lives are in danger; our husbands aren’t coming back; we’re on our own”. Transposing Lynda La Plante’s groundbreaking TV series from 80s London to present-day Chicago, this latest from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen is an empowering, electrifying thriller with an ensemble cast to die for.
Co-scripted by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, it follows a disparate group of women who are forced to pick up the criminal baton from their recently deceased husbands. Intelligent, engrossing and fiercely emotional (without resort to sentimentality), Widows is a sinewy treat that seamlessly intertwines close-up character studies, big-picture politics and audaciously reimagined heist-movie riffs.
- 11/4/2018
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
After showing us “How to Get Away with Murder,” Viola Davis is now trying to get away with a heist in “Widows.” But can the crime thriller get away with a Best Picture Oscar nomination?
Based on Lynda La Plante’s ’80s British TV series of the same name, “Widows,” which opens Nov. 16, is directed by Steve McQueen, who co-wrote the script with Gillian Flynn. The story is set in contemporary Chicago, where four armed robbers are killed in a failed heist attempt, forcing their widows to team up to finish the job. Veronica Rawlins (Davis), the wife of robber Harry (Liam Neeson), quickly comes to learn from crime boss Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry) that her late husband owes him $2 million. If the sum is not paid within the next few weeks, it will be the beginning of the end for Veronica.
“Widows” marks McQueen’s anticipated return to...
Based on Lynda La Plante’s ’80s British TV series of the same name, “Widows,” which opens Nov. 16, is directed by Steve McQueen, who co-wrote the script with Gillian Flynn. The story is set in contemporary Chicago, where four armed robbers are killed in a failed heist attempt, forcing their widows to team up to finish the job. Veronica Rawlins (Davis), the wife of robber Harry (Liam Neeson), quickly comes to learn from crime boss Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry) that her late husband owes him $2 million. If the sum is not paid within the next few weeks, it will be the beginning of the end for Veronica.
“Widows” marks McQueen’s anticipated return to...
- 11/3/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Anyone wondering why Steve McQueen adapted an ’80s British TV series “Widows” for America’s increasingly desolate multiplexes instead of its vast landscape of serialized remakes … well, let him tell you.
“The first series was it,” McQueen told IndieWire, implying that Lynda La Plante’s 12-episode series told that story as well as possible for TV, before adding his second reason: “I’m not so keen on TV.”
McQueen may be the last man standing when it comes to filmmakers who find themselves seduced by serialized storytelling. He’s not having it, arguing that the rising demand for content has oversaturated the TV market and driven quality down.
“TV had its moment,” McQueen said. “It’s fodder now, isn’t it? It’s fodder. […] There was a moment in the ’90s or early 2000s when it was amazing. And now it’s just, ‘Get stuff done. We need stuff.’ I...
“The first series was it,” McQueen told IndieWire, implying that Lynda La Plante’s 12-episode series told that story as well as possible for TV, before adding his second reason: “I’m not so keen on TV.”
McQueen may be the last man standing when it comes to filmmakers who find themselves seduced by serialized storytelling. He’s not having it, arguing that the rising demand for content has oversaturated the TV market and driven quality down.
“TV had its moment,” McQueen said. “It’s fodder now, isn’t it? It’s fodder. […] There was a moment in the ’90s or early 2000s when it was amazing. And now it’s just, ‘Get stuff done. We need stuff.’ I...
- 10/25/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Viola Davis recently received her third Oscar nomination and first win for the period drama film “Fences”. Her two other noms were for “Doubt” and “The Help”. This year, if Davis receives a fourth bid for starring in the heist thriller “Widows” (watch the trailer), she would make history as the most nominated black actress in Oscar history.
Seetiff 2018: Steve McQueen’s heist thriller ‘Widows’ wows critics, Viola Davis steals the show
At the moment, she shares the title with Octavia Spencer, also a three-time nominee. Her bids were for her supporting performances in “The Help”, “Hidden Figures” and “The Shape of Water”. Next in line with two nominations would be Whoopi Goldberg – nominated for her lead performance in “The Color Purple” (1985) and supporting role in “Ghost” (1990), which she won for.
“Widows” is based on the 80s British TV crime drama of the same name, which was written by Lynda La Plante.
Seetiff 2018: Steve McQueen’s heist thriller ‘Widows’ wows critics, Viola Davis steals the show
At the moment, she shares the title with Octavia Spencer, also a three-time nominee. Her bids were for her supporting performances in “The Help”, “Hidden Figures” and “The Shape of Water”. Next in line with two nominations would be Whoopi Goldberg – nominated for her lead performance in “The Color Purple” (1985) and supporting role in “Ghost” (1990), which she won for.
“Widows” is based on the 80s British TV crime drama of the same name, which was written by Lynda La Plante.
- 10/16/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
The 2018 BFI London Film Festival kicked off on October 10 with Steve McQueen‘s “Widows.” This is the British director’s first film since “12 Years a Slave,” which won the Best Picture Oscar four years ago. McQueen lost Best Director to Alfonso Cuaron (“Gravity”) who also returns to the race this year with “Roma,” which will screen later in the festival.
The tone of “Widows” is serious throughout, and the pacing of the plot is thoughtful rather than the raciness you might expect from a ‘heist’ film. You have to concentrate, however, more than you may expect with a film of this genre. It’s not the definition of an ‘easy watch,’ but, then again, it’s not trying to be. Think of McQueen’s new film as a thriller with a brain. At the press screening, there were a couple of audible gasps made in key places which, no doubt,...
The tone of “Widows” is serious throughout, and the pacing of the plot is thoughtful rather than the raciness you might expect from a ‘heist’ film. You have to concentrate, however, more than you may expect with a film of this genre. It’s not the definition of an ‘easy watch,’ but, then again, it’s not trying to be. Think of McQueen’s new film as a thriller with a brain. At the press screening, there were a couple of audible gasps made in key places which, no doubt,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
In Widows critically acclaimed British director Steve McQueen takes on the heist genre with fantastic results. It is an accomplished film in which everything is as you would want it to be and more. Based on an early 80s British TV series written by Lynda La Plante for ITV, McQueen’s hotly anticipated fourth feature is a ballsy and unabashedly mainstream crime caper which might surprise those who are more attuned to his earlier and more socially engaged output, but which is nevertheless one of most gripping and beautifully acted films of the year so far.
Left with nowhere to turn to after the violent death of her husband Harry (Liam Neeson) in a deadly failed robbery, Veronica (Viola Davis) finds herself at the mercy of ruthless criminal Jatemme Manning (Daniel Kaluuya) who will stop at nothing to recover the money stolen by Harry and his associates. Money which was...
Left with nowhere to turn to after the violent death of her husband Harry (Liam Neeson) in a deadly failed robbery, Veronica (Viola Davis) finds herself at the mercy of ruthless criminal Jatemme Manning (Daniel Kaluuya) who will stop at nothing to recover the money stolen by Harry and his associates. Money which was...
- 10/10/2018
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Viola Davis leads a bereaved crew into the urban underworld in this sardonic and stylishly old-fashioned crime caper, which kicks off the 2018 London film festival
Viola Davis’s contemptuous stare has the force of a double-barrelled shotgun in this blistering thriller from Steve McQueen. Rocking a sleek belted trenchcoat rather than conventional widow’s weeds, Davis leads a blue-chip cast in McQueen’s cracking reboot of Lynda La Plante’s Thatcher-era Brit TV drama about bereaved women taking over a planned robbery from their criminal menfolk killed on an abortive job.
It’s a violent heist movie, a twisty neo-noir and an old-school municipal graft drama with something of Robert Rossen’s 1949 picture All the King’s Men. It has the urban cynicism and male toxicity we saw in McQueen’s sex addiction nightmare Shame but his signature alienated long takes are in evidence just once in Widows, when a...
Viola Davis’s contemptuous stare has the force of a double-barrelled shotgun in this blistering thriller from Steve McQueen. Rocking a sleek belted trenchcoat rather than conventional widow’s weeds, Davis leads a blue-chip cast in McQueen’s cracking reboot of Lynda La Plante’s Thatcher-era Brit TV drama about bereaved women taking over a planned robbery from their criminal menfolk killed on an abortive job.
It’s a violent heist movie, a twisty neo-noir and an old-school municipal graft drama with something of Robert Rossen’s 1949 picture All the King’s Men. It has the urban cynicism and male toxicity we saw in McQueen’s sex addiction nightmare Shame but his signature alienated long takes are in evidence just once in Widows, when a...
- 10/10/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
From Steve McQueen doing Lynda La Plante to Alfonso Cuarón’s return to childhood, our chief film critic selects the highlights of this year’s festival
After his Oscar-winning drama 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen boldly takes a new tack with this much-acclaimed heist thriller based on Lynda La Plante’s 1980s TV drama. Viola Davis leads a cracking cast, leading an all-female crew finishing the job their dead husbands left undone.
After his Oscar-winning drama 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen boldly takes a new tack with this much-acclaimed heist thriller based on Lynda La Plante’s 1980s TV drama. Viola Davis leads a cracking cast, leading an all-female crew finishing the job their dead husbands left undone.
- 10/10/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Steve McQueen makes his most commercial movie ever with Widows, but the heist has real sting from the bigger ideas on its mind.
In most heist movies, the thrill is from making the score, beating the house. With Steve McQueen and Gillian Flynn’s Widows, there is no victory over the system; there’s simply breaking even, and maybe gaining on a little on the side. When trapped in a rigged system, this can be triumph enough. The tonal distinction is all the difference in placing the movie apart from so many of its genre peers and, in its better moments, achieving a kind brutal authenticity that is more rewarding than anything found in an overstuffed briefcase.
Adapted from a Lynda La Plante miniseries, McQueen’s approach to Widows is by far his most mainstream and commercial effort to date after somber journeys into despair like 12 Years a Slave and Shame,...
In most heist movies, the thrill is from making the score, beating the house. With Steve McQueen and Gillian Flynn’s Widows, there is no victory over the system; there’s simply breaking even, and maybe gaining on a little on the side. When trapped in a rigged system, this can be triumph enough. The tonal distinction is all the difference in placing the movie apart from so many of its genre peers and, in its better moments, achieving a kind brutal authenticity that is more rewarding than anything found in an overstuffed briefcase.
Adapted from a Lynda La Plante miniseries, McQueen’s approach to Widows is by far his most mainstream and commercial effort to date after somber journeys into despair like 12 Years a Slave and Shame,...
- 9/14/2018
- Den of Geek
The creatively rich, diverse lineup of British films at the Toronto Film Festival — headlined by David Mackenzie’s historical epic “Outlaw King,” Wash Westmoreland’s costume drama “Colette” and Steve McQueen’s crime thriller “Widows,” among others — suggests that the ambitions of the country’s film folks remain high, even while the challenges they face continue to mount.
In many ways “Widows” is an example of what is right about the British scene. The movie offered creative progression for the director, both in terms of scale and a move into a new area, a U.S.-set genre pic. This was, in large part, made possible through the first-look deal the film’s U.K. production company, SeeSaw Films, has with New Regency, which allowed it to secure the rights to the source material — Lynda La Plante’s 1983 TV series of the same name.
Not many U.K. producers have such deep-pocketed backers,...
In many ways “Widows” is an example of what is right about the British scene. The movie offered creative progression for the director, both in terms of scale and a move into a new area, a U.S.-set genre pic. This was, in large part, made possible through the first-look deal the film’s U.K. production company, SeeSaw Films, has with New Regency, which allowed it to secure the rights to the source material — Lynda La Plante’s 1983 TV series of the same name.
Not many U.K. producers have such deep-pocketed backers,...
- 9/11/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The 12 Years a Slave Oscar-winner turns an 80s Lynda La Plante miniseries into a muscular, ferociously entertaining crowd-pleaser packed with superb performances
As far as unlikely film news goes, word that artist-turned-director Steve McQueen would be following his heart-wrenching best picture Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave with a remake of Lynda La Plante’s ITV miniseries Widows was up there with Werner Herzog playing a villain opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher. McQueen’s work to date, also including his exceptional debut Hunger, about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, and 2008’s Shame, a devastating drama about sex addiction, has been tough, serious-minded and unavoidably humourless. La Plante's unapologetically pulpy crime novels and shows have always courted a wider audience with potboiler plots, audacious twists and feisty female characters.
Related: The Hate U Give review – Amandla Stenberg shines in tough teen movie with radical bent...
As far as unlikely film news goes, word that artist-turned-director Steve McQueen would be following his heart-wrenching best picture Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave with a remake of Lynda La Plante’s ITV miniseries Widows was up there with Werner Herzog playing a villain opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher. McQueen’s work to date, also including his exceptional debut Hunger, about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, and 2008’s Shame, a devastating drama about sex addiction, has been tough, serious-minded and unavoidably humourless. La Plante's unapologetically pulpy crime novels and shows have always courted a wider audience with potboiler plots, audacious twists and feisty female characters.
Related: The Hate U Give review – Amandla Stenberg shines in tough teen movie with radical bent...
- 9/9/2018
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Early in “Widows,“ Steve McQueen’s stylish new adaptation of Lynda La Plante’s British miniseries, two Chicago politicians talk over the stakes of their upcoming special election. One is the current alderman, Tom Mulligan (Robert Duvall), the other is his son Jack (Colin Farrell), angling to take over his dad’s seat, who warns that if they can’t crush an outsider candidate, “we won’t have a pot to piss in.” His father, referencing a pricey piece of modern art the younger man has just finished showing off, retorts, “Says the man with the $50,000 piece of wallpaper.”
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“It’s art,” corrects his son.
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“It’s art,” corrects his son.
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- 9/9/2018
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Steve McQueen’s Widows, which premieres Saturday in Toronto, has its roots in 1980s British TV.
It was originally a six-part ITV series that in 1983 was a major breakthrough for writer Lynda La Plante. (She’s best known stateside for creating Prime Suspect, for which Helen Mirren won two Emmys playing the London detective Jane Tennison.) Tough women are a signature characteristic of her writing.
The plot of Widows has four women carrying out a bank robbery that their husbands, now deceased, had planned but bungled. The series has taken a while to get to the big screen.
For 20 years,...
It was originally a six-part ITV series that in 1983 was a major breakthrough for writer Lynda La Plante. (She’s best known stateside for creating Prime Suspect, for which Helen Mirren won two Emmys playing the London detective Jane Tennison.) Tough women are a signature characteristic of her writing.
The plot of Widows has four women carrying out a bank robbery that their husbands, now deceased, had planned but bungled. The series has taken a while to get to the big screen.
For 20 years,...
Steve McQueen’s Widows, which premieres Saturday in Toronto, has its roots in 1980s British TV.
It was originally a six-part ITV series that in 1983 was a major breakthrough for writer Lynda La Plante. (She’s best known stateside for creating Prime Suspect, for which Helen Mirren won two Emmys playing the London detective Jane Tennison.) Tough women are a signature characteristic of her writing.
The plot of Widows has four women carrying out a bank robbery that their husbands, now deceased, had planned but bungled. The series has taken a while to get to the big screen.
For 20 years,...
It was originally a six-part ITV series that in 1983 was a major breakthrough for writer Lynda La Plante. (She’s best known stateside for creating Prime Suspect, for which Helen Mirren won two Emmys playing the London detective Jane Tennison.) Tough women are a signature characteristic of her writing.
The plot of Widows has four women carrying out a bank robbery that their husbands, now deceased, had planned but bungled. The series has taken a while to get to the big screen.
For 20 years,...
Set for a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Widows marks the return of Steve McQueen, five years after his multiple Oscar-winner 12 Years a Slave. The star-studded crime drama, based on the British television series, features a script co-written by Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn, and now 20th Century Fox has released a new trailer.
Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson, the film follows four widows who come together to finish a robbery after their crooked husbands are killed on the job.
“I remember seeing Lynda La Plante’s TV show Widows at 13 years old. The idea that these women achieved something no one thought they had the capability of doing left a big impression on me, especially at a time...
Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson, the film follows four widows who come together to finish a robbery after their crooked husbands are killed on the job.
“I remember seeing Lynda La Plante’s TV show Widows at 13 years old. The idea that these women achieved something no one thought they had the capability of doing left a big impression on me, especially at a time...
- 8/15/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The summer is slowly coming to a close and football, very sadly, isn’t coming home – yet. But while there are still many sunshine treats on the horizon for us in the UK, including Mission: Impossible – Fallout and Ant-Man & The Wasp, focus will soon switch to awards season which begins in earnest in August and September with both the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.
In October, our own film festival returns with the 62nd BFI London Film Festival due to start and today the opening film has been announced – and it’s a cracker. The American Express Opening Gala sees Oscar Winner Steve McQueen return with his latest film, Widows. The premiere will take place in London’s Leicester Square on Wednesday, October 10th.
Co-written by McQueen and best-selling novelist and screenwriter Gillian Flynn and starring Academy Award®- winner Viola Davis, Widows is a complex thriller about a group...
In October, our own film festival returns with the 62nd BFI London Film Festival due to start and today the opening film has been announced – and it’s a cracker. The American Express Opening Gala sees Oscar Winner Steve McQueen return with his latest film, Widows. The premiere will take place in London’s Leicester Square on Wednesday, October 10th.
Co-written by McQueen and best-selling novelist and screenwriter Gillian Flynn and starring Academy Award®- winner Viola Davis, Widows is a complex thriller about a group...
- 7/12/2018
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Steve McQueen’s contemporary Chicago thriller “Widows”, starring Viola Davis, will open the 62nd BFI London Film Festival. The international premiere will take place on Wednesday October 10 at the Cineworld, Leicester Square, after its stateside fall film festival debut, likely Telluride or New York.
Adapted by McQueen and novelist-screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) from Lynda La Plante’s 80s UK television thriller, “Widows” is about a group of women who share a debt left behind by their dead criminal husbands. The film costars Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, and Jacki Weaver with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson.
“This is scintillatingly rich storytelling from a magnificent filmmaker,” stated BFI London Film Festival Artistic Director Tricia Tuttle, “probing issues around race, class and gender, while always delivering immense style and crackingly sharp thrills.”
From Twentieth Century Fox, Regency Enterprises and See-Saw Films in association with Film4, “Widows...
Adapted by McQueen and novelist-screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) from Lynda La Plante’s 80s UK television thriller, “Widows” is about a group of women who share a debt left behind by their dead criminal husbands. The film costars Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, and Jacki Weaver with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson.
“This is scintillatingly rich storytelling from a magnificent filmmaker,” stated BFI London Film Festival Artistic Director Tricia Tuttle, “probing issues around race, class and gender, while always delivering immense style and crackingly sharp thrills.”
From Twentieth Century Fox, Regency Enterprises and See-Saw Films in association with Film4, “Widows...
- 7/12/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Steve McQueen’s contemporary Chicago thriller “Widows”, starring Viola Davis, will open the 62nd BFI London Film Festival. The international premiere will take place on Wednesday October 10 at the Cineworld, Leicester Square, after its stateside fall film festival debut.
Adapted by McQueen and novelist-screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) from Lynda La Plante’s 80s UK television thriller, “Widows” is about a group of women who share a debt left behind by their dead criminal husbands. The film costars Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, and Jacki Weaver with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson.
“This is scintillatingly rich storytelling from a magnificent filmmaker,” said BFI London Film Festival Artistic Director Tricia Tuttle in an official statement, “probing issues around race, class and gender, while always delivering immense style and crackingly sharp thrills.”
From Twentieth Century Fox, Regency Enterprises and See-Saw Films in association with Film4, “Widows” is...
Adapted by McQueen and novelist-screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) from Lynda La Plante’s 80s UK television thriller, “Widows” is about a group of women who share a debt left behind by their dead criminal husbands. The film costars Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, and Jacki Weaver with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson.
“This is scintillatingly rich storytelling from a magnificent filmmaker,” said BFI London Film Festival Artistic Director Tricia Tuttle in an official statement, “probing issues around race, class and gender, while always delivering immense style and crackingly sharp thrills.”
From Twentieth Century Fox, Regency Enterprises and See-Saw Films in association with Film4, “Widows” is...
- 7/12/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Steve McQueen’s Widows has been set as the opening night gala of the BFI London Film Festival which kicks off October 10 in the British capital. From 20th Century Fox, Regency Enterprises and See-Saw Films, the modern-day thriller is co-written by the Oscar-winning director with Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn and unites a group of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo star.
This is billed as the “international premiere” suggesting the movie may debut earlier at one of the fall festivals. The film is based on the eponymous TV series by Lynda La Plante and has McQueen producing together with Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Arnon Milchan.
Crime, passion and corruption frame the story. After their husbands die, Veronica (Davis), Alice (Debicki), Linda (Rodriguez) and Belle (Erivo) are forced to...
This is billed as the “international premiere” suggesting the movie may debut earlier at one of the fall festivals. The film is based on the eponymous TV series by Lynda La Plante and has McQueen producing together with Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Arnon Milchan.
Crime, passion and corruption frame the story. After their husbands die, Veronica (Davis), Alice (Debicki), Linda (Rodriguez) and Belle (Erivo) are forced to...
- 7/12/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The BFI London Film Festival has set Steve McQueen’s heist movie “Widows” as its opening night gala film. The movie packs a star-power punch for Lff’s opening, with a cast that includes Oscar winner Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Debicki, and “Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya.
The film follows the wives of a gang of armed robbers who are killed in a failed heist attempt, leaving their widows to finish the job. Set in modern-day Chicago, it is based upon a London-set miniseries from Lynda La Plante that captured viewers’ imaginations when it was aired on ITV in the early 1980s.
McQueen directed and produced “Widows,” his first feature since Academy Award-winning “12 Years a Slave.” He co-wrote the script with “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn.
“I am absolutely delighted that ‘Widows’ will be opening this year’s BFI London Film Festival,” McQueen said. “Watching the U.K.
The film follows the wives of a gang of armed robbers who are killed in a failed heist attempt, leaving their widows to finish the job. Set in modern-day Chicago, it is based upon a London-set miniseries from Lynda La Plante that captured viewers’ imaginations when it was aired on ITV in the early 1980s.
McQueen directed and produced “Widows,” his first feature since Academy Award-winning “12 Years a Slave.” He co-wrote the script with “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn.
“I am absolutely delighted that ‘Widows’ will be opening this year’s BFI London Film Festival,” McQueen said. “Watching the U.K.
- 7/12/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
It will be the international premiere of the Chicago-set crime thriller.
The international premiere of Steve McQueen’s thriller Widows, starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo, will open the BFI London Film Festival on October 10.
Widows, based on Lynda La Plante’s TV series of the same name, is co-written by McQueen with Gillian Flynn, the novelist of the best-selling ’Gone Gir’l. McQueen has also produced the film with See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman and Arnon Milchan. It is backed by 20th Century Fox and New Regency Enterprises with Film4. Fox will release...
The international premiere of Steve McQueen’s thriller Widows, starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo, will open the BFI London Film Festival on October 10.
Widows, based on Lynda La Plante’s TV series of the same name, is co-written by McQueen with Gillian Flynn, the novelist of the best-selling ’Gone Gir’l. McQueen has also produced the film with See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman and Arnon Milchan. It is backed by 20th Century Fox and New Regency Enterprises with Film4. Fox will release...
- 7/12/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Widows Trailer
Steve McQueen‘s Widows (2018) movie trailer stars Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, and Brian Tyree Henry. Widows‘ plot synopsis: based on the book by Lynda La Plante, “Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal [...]
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Steve McQueen‘s Widows (2018) movie trailer stars Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, and Brian Tyree Henry. Widows‘ plot synopsis: based on the book by Lynda La Plante, “Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal [...]
Continue reading: Widows (2018) Movie Trailer: Viola Davis & Others Take Up Their Husbands’ Criminal Business
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- 6/5/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Regency Enterprises and 20th Century Fox have dropped the first, explosive trailer for Steve McQueen’s Widows. The modern-day thriller is co-written by the Oscar-winning director with Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn and unites a group of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo star. Check out the first look above.
Crime, passion and corruption frame the story that’s based on the book by Lynda La Plante. After their husbands die, Veronica (Davis), Alice (Debicki), Linda (Rodriguez) and Belle (Erivo) are forced to take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. The best thing they have going for themselves, as Davis’ Veronica notes, is “no one thinks we have the balls to pull this off.”
Widows also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell,...
Crime, passion and corruption frame the story that’s based on the book by Lynda La Plante. After their husbands die, Veronica (Davis), Alice (Debicki), Linda (Rodriguez) and Belle (Erivo) are forced to take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. The best thing they have going for themselves, as Davis’ Veronica notes, is “no one thinks we have the balls to pull this off.”
Widows also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell,...
- 6/4/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The heist movie has been a tried-and-true subgenre since the early days of filmmaking, but if there’s one filmmaker in today’s Hollywood that can put a unique spin on it, that would certainly be Steve McQueen. Six years after his multiple Oscar-winner 12 Years a Slave, the director is back with Widows, based on the British television series, featuring a script co-written by Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn.
Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson, the film follows four widows who come together to finish a robbery after their crooked husbands are killed on the job. Ahead of a November release, the first trailer has now landed.
“I remember seeing Lynda La Plante’s TV show Widows at 13 years old. The idea that...
Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson, the film follows four widows who come together to finish a robbery after their crooked husbands are killed on the job. Ahead of a November release, the first trailer has now landed.
“I remember seeing Lynda La Plante’s TV show Widows at 13 years old. The idea that...
- 6/4/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Following up his Oscar-winning drama 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen is switching things up and going genre with his next feature: the crime drama Widows. Based on the British television series, featuring a script co-written by Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn, the film boasts one of the year’s best casts, including Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Daniel Kaluuya, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, and Liam Neeson.
Although it doesn’t debut until November, the first trailer will arrive this Monday, and ahead of that, the first images have landed for the story about four widows who come together to finish a robbery after their crooked husbands are killed on the job.
“I remember seeing Lynda La Plante’s TV show Widows at 13 years old. The idea that these women achieved something no one thought they had the capability of doing left a big impression on me,...
Although it doesn’t debut until November, the first trailer will arrive this Monday, and ahead of that, the first images have landed for the story about four widows who come together to finish a robbery after their crooked husbands are killed on the job.
“I remember seeing Lynda La Plante’s TV show Widows at 13 years old. The idea that these women achieved something no one thought they had the capability of doing left a big impression on me,...
- 6/1/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
New projects from Damien Chazelle, Barry Jenkins likely to be among contenders.
The 2018 awards race officially closed on Sunday, with the curtain coming down as Fox Searchlight’s The Shape Of Water triumphed at the Oscars.
While the 2019 race may feel like a distant prospect, the recent Sundance and Berlin festivals have kick-started murmurings about potential contenders, and already talk is turning to which releases could be leading the conversation come next year’s awards season.
Below, Screen runs down 12 of the early-run candidates.
First Man (Universal Pictures)
Despite La La Land having best picture snatched away by Moonlight at the 2017 Oscars,...
The 2018 awards race officially closed on Sunday, with the curtain coming down as Fox Searchlight’s The Shape Of Water triumphed at the Oscars.
While the 2019 race may feel like a distant prospect, the recent Sundance and Berlin festivals have kick-started murmurings about potential contenders, and already talk is turning to which releases could be leading the conversation come next year’s awards season.
Below, Screen runs down 12 of the early-run candidates.
First Man (Universal Pictures)
Despite La La Land having best picture snatched away by Moonlight at the 2017 Oscars,...
- 3/6/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Network: PBS. Episodes: Ongoing (two hours). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: June 24, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Stefanie Martini, Sam Reid, Blake Harrison, Alun Armstrong, Ruth Sheen, Jessica Gunning, Andrew Brooke, Nick Sidi, Geraldine Somerville, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Nancy Carroll, Rosie Day, Lex Shrapnel, Jay Taylor, Jacob James Beswick, Joshua Hill, Daniel Ezra, Tommy McDonnell, and Jordan Long. TV show description: A prequel to the Helen Mirren police drama, and adapted from the Lynda La Plante novel Tennison, the Prime Suspect: Tennison TV show airs on ITV in UK as Prime Suspect: 1973. The series centers on Jane Tennison (Martini) in the early days of her...
- 6/26/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Twenty-five years ago, Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) debuted on Masterpiece’s “Prime Suspect,” a show which dug into the sexism that still exists on modern police forces. Now that Mirren has retired the character, Masterpiece has dipped back into that well by turning back the clock.
Based on the book “Tennison” by author Lynda La Plante, who had created the character, “Prime Suspect: Tennison” stars Stefanie Martini (“Doctor Thorne,” “Emerald City”) as Jane Tennison, who is at this point a Wpc — Woman Police Constable — in 1973. Jane is just starting out with the Metropolitan Police Force, and has to prove herself even more in a man’s world that mainly values her as a glorified secretary, who can tend to their busy tasks in between her other duties. She gets her chance with her first murder investigation into the killing of a young woman.
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Based on the book “Tennison” by author Lynda La Plante, who had created the character, “Prime Suspect: Tennison” stars Stefanie Martini (“Doctor Thorne,” “Emerald City”) as Jane Tennison, who is at this point a Wpc — Woman Police Constable — in 1973. Jane is just starting out with the Metropolitan Police Force, and has to prove herself even more in a man’s world that mainly values her as a glorified secretary, who can tend to their busy tasks in between her other duties. She gets her chance with her first murder investigation into the killing of a young woman.
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- 6/25/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Rob Leane Jun 22, 2017
Prime Suspect 1973 will be remembered as a one-series wonder, as ITV opts not to renew it...
Prime Suspect 1973, essentially, has been cancelled. ITV has announced its decision not to press ahead with a second series, despite having nothing but nice things to say about the show, its performance and its ratings.
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The series, as you surely already know, is a prequel to the Helen Mirren-starring Prime Suspect, which ran on and off from 1991 to 2006. The prequel show is based on a novel entitled Tennison, which was penned by the original series' scribe Lynda La Plante.
Regarding the decision not to press ahead with Prime Suspect 1973 series 2, an ITV spokesperson said this to Digital Spy...
"We are grateful to...
Prime Suspect 1973 will be remembered as a one-series wonder, as ITV opts not to renew it...
Prime Suspect 1973, essentially, has been cancelled. ITV has announced its decision not to press ahead with a second series, despite having nothing but nice things to say about the show, its performance and its ratings.
See related Preacher season 2 "gets more and more gory" Preacher episode 10 review: Call And Response 50 upcoming comic book TV shows, and when to expect them
The series, as you surely already know, is a prequel to the Helen Mirren-starring Prime Suspect, which ran on and off from 1991 to 2006. The prequel show is based on a novel entitled Tennison, which was penned by the original series' scribe Lynda La Plante.
Regarding the decision not to press ahead with Prime Suspect 1973 series 2, an ITV spokesperson said this to Digital Spy...
"We are grateful to...
- 6/22/2017
- Den of Geek
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