Channel 4 Puts 1,000 Hours Of Shows On YouTube
British broadcaster Channel 4 has signed a deal with YouTube to put 1,000 hours of programming on the Google-owned streaming platform. The agreement expands on an existing partnership between the companies and will allow Channel 4 to sell its own advertising around the show — a first-of-its-kind deal in the UK and Europe. Shows will begin rolling out this month and include 8 Out Of 10 Cats; Location, Location, Location; Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?, Sas: Who Dares Wins and The Dog House. Selected titles will be made available 30 days after their first broadcast on Channel 4 or younger sibling network E4. Channel 4 has been following a five-year ‘Future 4’ strategy to supercharge digital revenues, and its management believes today’s deal represents a “major step” in that process.
Sky Orders Children’s Authors Series ‘Wonderland’; Abacus Media Rights To Sell
Sky Arts has ordered four-part literary documentary series Wonderland.
British broadcaster Channel 4 has signed a deal with YouTube to put 1,000 hours of programming on the Google-owned streaming platform. The agreement expands on an existing partnership between the companies and will allow Channel 4 to sell its own advertising around the show — a first-of-its-kind deal in the UK and Europe. Shows will begin rolling out this month and include 8 Out Of 10 Cats; Location, Location, Location; Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?, Sas: Who Dares Wins and The Dog House. Selected titles will be made available 30 days after their first broadcast on Channel 4 or younger sibling network E4. Channel 4 has been following a five-year ‘Future 4’ strategy to supercharge digital revenues, and its management believes today’s deal represents a “major step” in that process.
Sky Orders Children’s Authors Series ‘Wonderland’; Abacus Media Rights To Sell
Sky Arts has ordered four-part literary documentary series Wonderland.
- 5/11/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Misbehavior
Celebrated British television director Philippa Lowthorpe is poised for her cinematic breakthrough with her sophomore film Misbehavior. Headlined by Keira Knightley, the 1970 period piece documents the happenings of London’s Miss World pageant, and finds a strong supporting cast in Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lesley Manville, Greg Kinnear, Jessie Buckley, Keeley Hawes and Rhys Ifans. Lowthorpe’s cinematic debut, Swallows and Amazons, was adapted from a 1930s adventure novel by Arthur Ransome. Her latest is produced by Suzanne Mackie from Left Bank Pictures.…...
Celebrated British television director Philippa Lowthorpe is poised for her cinematic breakthrough with her sophomore film Misbehavior. Headlined by Keira Knightley, the 1970 period piece documents the happenings of London’s Miss World pageant, and finds a strong supporting cast in Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lesley Manville, Greg Kinnear, Jessie Buckley, Keeley Hawes and Rhys Ifans. Lowthorpe’s cinematic debut, Swallows and Amazons, was adapted from a 1930s adventure novel by Arthur Ransome. Her latest is produced by Suzanne Mackie from Left Bank Pictures.…...
- 1/1/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The best festive films, from the classic It’s a Wonderful Life to modern favourites such as Up and Brooklyn, plus the creepy baby from Twilight and everything in between
Les Mis, Torvill and Dean, Luther: your complete Christmas TV guide
Swallows and Amazons
(Philippa Lowthorpe, 2016)
Arthur Ransome’s 1930 children’s classic about kids at play in the Lake District gets an added dose of adventure in this lovable adaptation. The four high-spirited offspring of mum Kelly Macdonald not only go mucking about on their boat but get caught up in a plot involving gruff Rafe Spall and sinister Andrew Scott. Cripes!
Saturday 15 December, 5pm, BBC Two
Ghostbusters
(Paul Feig, 2016)...
Les Mis, Torvill and Dean, Luther: your complete Christmas TV guide
Swallows and Amazons
(Philippa Lowthorpe, 2016)
Arthur Ransome’s 1930 children’s classic about kids at play in the Lake District gets an added dose of adventure in this lovable adaptation. The four high-spirited offspring of mum Kelly Macdonald not only go mucking about on their boat but get caught up in a plot involving gruff Rafe Spall and sinister Andrew Scott. Cripes!
Saturday 15 December, 5pm, BBC Two
Ghostbusters
(Paul Feig, 2016)...
- 12/15/2018
- by Paul Howlett and Phil Harrison
- The Guardian - Film News
Kelly Macdonald on working with Puzzle director Marc Turtletaub and Irrfan Khan, David Denman, Bubba Weiler, Austin Abrams, and Liv Hewson: "It's very much on the day, on set, I believe that's when it really begins for me." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the second half of my conversation with Kelly Macdonald at the Langham Hotel in New York we go from Natalia Smirnoff's Rompecabezas to Anna Karenina, Robinson Crusoe, and Philippa Lowthorpe's Swallows And Amazons based on the book by Arthur Ransome. Kelly's feelings about jigsaw puzzles are revealed: "I love them"; and she talks about her upcoming projects which include working again with The Child In Time director Julian Farino on a BBC and Netflix mini-series Giri/Haji, created by Joe Barton, and a Sherlock Holmes comedy directed by Etan Cohen, starring Will Ferrell and John C Reilly as Holmes and Watson with Ralph Fiennes, Hugh Laurie,...
In the second half of my conversation with Kelly Macdonald at the Langham Hotel in New York we go from Natalia Smirnoff's Rompecabezas to Anna Karenina, Robinson Crusoe, and Philippa Lowthorpe's Swallows And Amazons based on the book by Arthur Ransome. Kelly's feelings about jigsaw puzzles are revealed: "I love them"; and she talks about her upcoming projects which include working again with The Child In Time director Julian Farino on a BBC and Netflix mini-series Giri/Haji, created by Joe Barton, and a Sherlock Holmes comedy directed by Etan Cohen, starring Will Ferrell and John C Reilly as Holmes and Watson with Ralph Fiennes, Hugh Laurie,...
- 8/7/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Hello and welcome back to our roundup of news from across the industry. From stage to screens big and small, we’ve got you covered. It’s everything you need to know and all you can’t afford to miss. The Storyhouse Rep company will be casting soon.Storyhouse, the newly created theatre and arts venue for Chester, announced their 2018 season which includes Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” and Arthur Miller’s epic “The Crucible”. The new season also features an adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s book “Swallows and Amazons”. The venue opened their doors earlier in the year and had a successful first stage season that included homegrown productions and community theatre. The flexible 500-800 seat main house allows them to receive large and mid-scale touring shows too. Importantly, Storyhouse will be casting a rep company of 30 actors in the new year to perform the 2018 theatre season.
- 12/12/2017
- backstage.com
HanWay Films handles international sales.
Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured North American rights to Philippa Lowthorpe’s Swallows And Amazons.
The film, based on the classic 1930s novel by Arthur Ransome of the same name, stars Rafe Spall, Andrew Scott, and Kelly Macdonald.
Swallows And Amazons centres on four children on summer holiday who find adventure when the camp on an island in the middle of a lake. Andrea Gibb adapted the screenplay.
Harbour Pictures’ Nicholas Barton and BBC Films’ Joe Oppenheimer served as producers.
Swallows And Amazons is a Harbour Pictures Productions in association with HanWay Films, Studio Canal, BBC Films, BFI, Screen Yorkshire, Electric Shadow Company, and Maiden Investments.
“I believe it’s important to bring a good family film to the market, and that’s what I found in Swallows And Amazons,” Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, said. “The film has a talented cast, and I know...
Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured North American rights to Philippa Lowthorpe’s Swallows And Amazons.
The film, based on the classic 1930s novel by Arthur Ransome of the same name, stars Rafe Spall, Andrew Scott, and Kelly Macdonald.
Swallows And Amazons centres on four children on summer holiday who find adventure when the camp on an island in the middle of a lake. Andrea Gibb adapted the screenplay.
Harbour Pictures’ Nicholas Barton and BBC Films’ Joe Oppenheimer served as producers.
Swallows And Amazons is a Harbour Pictures Productions in association with HanWay Films, Studio Canal, BBC Films, BFI, Screen Yorkshire, Electric Shadow Company, and Maiden Investments.
“I believe it’s important to bring a good family film to the market, and that’s what I found in Swallows And Amazons,” Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, said. “The film has a talented cast, and I know...
- 4/26/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured the North American rights to director Philippa Lowthorpe's Swallows and Amazons, the film based on the classic 1930s children’s novel by Arthur Ransome. Rafe Spall (The Big Short) stars, along with Andrew Scott (Sherlock) and Kelly Macdonald (No Country for Old Men) in the tale four children who escape the summer tedium by camping on a remote lake island. As Goldwyn Films describes, “But when they arrive, they discover…...
- 4/26/2017
- Deadline
Author: Guest
To celebrate the release of Philippa Lowthorpe’s adaptation of Swallows and Amazons on Blu-ray and DVD we are privileged to have an inside view on the film’s production.
In this guest editorial screenwriter Andrea Gibb takes us on her journey bringing the beloved book to the big screen.
I first got involved with ‘Swallows and Amazons’ in 2007. Nick Barton, one of the producers, had seen my film ‘Dear Frankie’ and liked it. That had a child at the centre and, as the most important characters in ‘Swallows’ are the kids, Nick felt I could write them for the screen.
I hadn’t read the book as a child but the minute he gave it to me, I fell in love. I was struck by its power as an evocation of childhood and by the simple truth of its message; children love to play, explore and imagine.
To celebrate the release of Philippa Lowthorpe’s adaptation of Swallows and Amazons on Blu-ray and DVD we are privileged to have an inside view on the film’s production.
In this guest editorial screenwriter Andrea Gibb takes us on her journey bringing the beloved book to the big screen.
I first got involved with ‘Swallows and Amazons’ in 2007. Nick Barton, one of the producers, had seen my film ‘Dear Frankie’ and liked it. That had a child at the centre and, as the most important characters in ‘Swallows’ are the kids, Nick felt I could write them for the screen.
I hadn’t read the book as a child but the minute he gave it to me, I fell in love. I was struck by its power as an evocation of childhood and by the simple truth of its message; children love to play, explore and imagine.
- 12/16/2016
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Comforting British titles, first-rate Woody Allen, Ricky Gervais on the road again, and a slow-moving Zac Efron vehicle
In a year that has been generally short on nice things, on soft things, on comfortable things, Swallows and Amazons (StudioCanal, PG) settles on the screen like a gingham picnic blanket. It’s not new, and it falls some distance short of great, but Philippa Lowthorpe’s handsome, sun-warmed adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s Lake District larks is indubitably nice: populated with amiable kids mostly playing well with others, and facing only mild peril courtesy of a shoehorned-in spy plot. Its pleasures lie less in its plotting than in its cream-tea retro trappings. Where Paddington gently but cannily brought its cuddly literary source into the 21st century, this is an unabashed period piece, in outlook as well as in milieu. Quite what contemporary pre-teens make of the film’s inward-looking world, I...
In a year that has been generally short on nice things, on soft things, on comfortable things, Swallows and Amazons (StudioCanal, PG) settles on the screen like a gingham picnic blanket. It’s not new, and it falls some distance short of great, but Philippa Lowthorpe’s handsome, sun-warmed adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s Lake District larks is indubitably nice: populated with amiable kids mostly playing well with others, and facing only mild peril courtesy of a shoehorned-in spy plot. Its pleasures lie less in its plotting than in its cream-tea retro trappings. Where Paddington gently but cannily brought its cuddly literary source into the 21st century, this is an unabashed period piece, in outlook as well as in milieu. Quite what contemporary pre-teens make of the film’s inward-looking world, I...
- 12/11/2016
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
To mark the release of Swallows and amazons on 12th December, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray. Adapted from the classic children’s tale by Arthur Ransome, Swallows And Amazons tells the story of the Walker children, along with their mother (Kelly Macdonald – Brave, Anna Karenina), who embark on a summer […]
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- 12/5/2016
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rob Leane Nov 15, 2016
Which films are coming to disc this festive season? What on Earth do I buy for [insert friend’s name here]? We’ve got the answers...
Christmas comes this time each year, and, purely by coincidence, a lot of DVDs and Blu-rays just so happen to be released at the same sort of time. They fit rather well in stockings, don’t they? How convenient!
See related The Missing series 2: the writers on episode 5’s revelation The Missing series 2 episode 5 review: Das Vergessen The Missing series 2 episode 4 review: Statice The Missing series 2 episode 3 review: A Prison Without Walls
If, like me, you’ve a tendency to give and/or receive a few discs each yuletide, read on for our run-through of all the new goodies coming to home release formats this winter...
Out now Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders
One of the surprise treats of this year, Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders...
Which films are coming to disc this festive season? What on Earth do I buy for [insert friend’s name here]? We’ve got the answers...
Christmas comes this time each year, and, purely by coincidence, a lot of DVDs and Blu-rays just so happen to be released at the same sort of time. They fit rather well in stockings, don’t they? How convenient!
See related The Missing series 2: the writers on episode 5’s revelation The Missing series 2 episode 5 review: Das Vergessen The Missing series 2 episode 4 review: Statice The Missing series 2 episode 3 review: A Prison Without Walls
If, like me, you’ve a tendency to give and/or receive a few discs each yuletide, read on for our run-through of all the new goodies coming to home release formats this winter...
Out now Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders
One of the surprise treats of this year, Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders...
- 11/11/2016
- Den of Geek
Arthur Ransome’s 1930 classic of bracing outdoor fun is brought to big-screen life
There’s something undeniably appealing about this non-threatening adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s 1930 children’s novel. On one hand, it’s as British as drizzle and buttered crumpets at tea-time; on the other, however, it has very little in common with the culturally diverse country in which we now live. The film taps into a particularly rich vein of nostalgia for what is a perceived to be a simpler time. It’s a salve to the conscience of any parent who feels that their smartphone-addicted kids are not getting their full quota of whittling, woodcraft and bracing outdoorsy fun. And it’s set in a world in which bunting flutters, cakes are baked and the baddies – foreigners, naturally – can be defeated by a spot of derring-do and determination, combined with some nifty sailing skills. Despite an incongruous...
There’s something undeniably appealing about this non-threatening adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s 1930 children’s novel. On one hand, it’s as British as drizzle and buttered crumpets at tea-time; on the other, however, it has very little in common with the culturally diverse country in which we now live. The film taps into a particularly rich vein of nostalgia for what is a perceived to be a simpler time. It’s a salve to the conscience of any parent who feels that their smartphone-addicted kids are not getting their full quota of whittling, woodcraft and bracing outdoorsy fun. And it’s set in a world in which bunting flutters, cakes are baked and the baddies – foreigners, naturally – can be defeated by a spot of derring-do and determination, combined with some nifty sailing skills. Despite an incongruous...
- 8/21/2016
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Behold a time before helicopter parenting, when children roamed free, ate cake for dinner, and played with fire. A delightfully old-fashioned treat. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Gather round, kiddies, and behold a time before videogames — before television, even — when children roamed free and were forced to relieve their boredom with nothing more than a couple of sticks and their imaginations… and they relished it. Gather round, parents, and marvel as a mother grants permission for her four children to go sailing and camping on their own recognizance, with no adult supervision at all, for days. Because, as that mother says, “I don’t want them frightened of the world,” so they have to learn how to deal with it on their own. Imagine that!
Not only...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Gather round, kiddies, and behold a time before videogames — before television, even — when children roamed free and were forced to relieve their boredom with nothing more than a couple of sticks and their imaginations… and they relished it. Gather round, parents, and marvel as a mother grants permission for her four children to go sailing and camping on their own recognizance, with no adult supervision at all, for days. Because, as that mother says, “I don’t want them frightened of the world,” so they have to learn how to deal with it on their own. Imagine that!
Not only...
- 8/18/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Mark Harrison Aug 1, 2016
Fed up of big blockbusters right now? Here are some smaller movie treats to be found in August in UK cinemas...
Around this time of the year, we like to shine a spotlight on the slightly smaller films coming out after most of the box office juggernauts have been and gone. But with each annual feature, we've noticed that the year is filling up with blockbusters more and more. The year's first comic book movie was February's Deadpool, a surprise box office smash and Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice got 2016's blockbuster season started much earlier than usual.
We're late enough in this elongated season that August will find the blockbuster schedule repeating itself - Ben Affleck's Batman will be back on screen for a cameo in DC Movies' Suicide Squad, Disney follows The Jungle Book with a live-action remake of Pete's Dragon, and Ricky Gervais...
Fed up of big blockbusters right now? Here are some smaller movie treats to be found in August in UK cinemas...
Around this time of the year, we like to shine a spotlight on the slightly smaller films coming out after most of the box office juggernauts have been and gone. But with each annual feature, we've noticed that the year is filling up with blockbusters more and more. The year's first comic book movie was February's Deadpool, a surprise box office smash and Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice got 2016's blockbuster season started much earlier than usual.
We're late enough in this elongated season that August will find the blockbuster schedule repeating itself - Ben Affleck's Batman will be back on screen for a cameo in DC Movies' Suicide Squad, Disney follows The Jungle Book with a live-action remake of Pete's Dragon, and Ricky Gervais...
- 7/28/2016
- Den of Geek
From the new film of Swallows and Amazons to Harry Potter, Britain is obsessed with a past that never existed. What is this endless Downtonisation all about?
Ron Howard had a theory about why the Us sitcom Happy Days was such a hit. The Oscar-winning director, who played Richie Cunningham in the show, argued that central to its appeal was that it was set in the 1950s, before Vietnam, drugs and hippies, when teenagers were civil to their elders. Happy Days – which ran from 1974 to 1984 – was, he told me, a return to lost innocence before Watergate. It put the 50s back into the 70s and made people happier.
The new film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s novel Swallows and Amazons, starring Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald and Andrew Scott, has a similar nostalgic function. It takes us back to 1935, a time before multicultural Britain, swinging London, gay marriages, gender fluidity, online...
Ron Howard had a theory about why the Us sitcom Happy Days was such a hit. The Oscar-winning director, who played Richie Cunningham in the show, argued that central to its appeal was that it was set in the 1950s, before Vietnam, drugs and hippies, when teenagers were civil to their elders. Happy Days – which ran from 1974 to 1984 – was, he told me, a return to lost innocence before Watergate. It put the 50s back into the 70s and made people happier.
The new film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s novel Swallows and Amazons, starring Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald and Andrew Scott, has a similar nostalgic function. It takes us back to 1935, a time before multicultural Britain, swinging London, gay marriages, gender fluidity, online...
- 7/25/2016
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
Children messing about in boats is not enough for this adaptation, which injects an adult espionage twist more Famous Five than Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome’s wholesome prewar classic of children’s literature is all about fresh-faced girls and boys sailing dinghies around the Lake District with no health-and-safety nonsense about flotation jackets. The 1930 novel is now given a good-natured, if self-conscious period adaptation that grafts on a new grownup plotline of treachery and derring-do, probably closer to Enid Blyton’s Famous Five or John Buchan.
It is as if the children’s innocent fantasy world of pirates and adventurers isn’t enough. The action must be ramped up. They have to get real baddies to vanquish, but this new and implausible line in melodrama is taken at the same pace and treated the same way as the children’s innocuous high-jinks. There is even a frankly bizarre and not...
Arthur Ransome’s wholesome prewar classic of children’s literature is all about fresh-faced girls and boys sailing dinghies around the Lake District with no health-and-safety nonsense about flotation jackets. The 1930 novel is now given a good-natured, if self-conscious period adaptation that grafts on a new grownup plotline of treachery and derring-do, probably closer to Enid Blyton’s Famous Five or John Buchan.
It is as if the children’s innocent fantasy world of pirates and adventurers isn’t enough. The action must be ramped up. They have to get real baddies to vanquish, but this new and implausible line in melodrama is taken at the same pace and treated the same way as the children’s innocuous high-jinks. There is even a frankly bizarre and not...
- 7/24/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Here’s the brand new trailer for latest incarnation of Swallows And Amazons. The movie is based on the novel by Arthur Ransome and was turned into a film back in 1974. This 2016 version is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe has an all-star cast which includes Rafe Spall (Life of Pi, I Give it a Year), Andrew Scott (Sherlock, Spectre) […]
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- 6/16/2016
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Swallows and Amazons, which was filmed on location last summer in the Lake District, Yorkshire and Scotland, will be in cinemas from August 19th.
The team at Shaheen Baig Casting discovered six young newcomers to take on the roles of the Walker and Blackett children in the Lake District set adventure.
Dane Hughes plays John Walker, Orla Hill plays Susan Walker, Bobby McColloch as Roger Walker, and with Lily and Alfie Allen's half-sister 8 year old Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, the daughter of actors Keith Allen and Tamzin Malleson playing the the youngest, Tatty Walker.
The two Blackett sisters are to be played by Seren Hawkes as Nancy, and Hannah Jayne Thorp as Peggy.
The film stars Rafe Spall as Captain Flint, Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie and Boardwalk Empire's Kelly Macdonald as Mrs Blackett and Mrs Walker respectively, with Jessica Hynes and Harry Enfield as local farmers Mr and Mrs Jackson.
The team at Shaheen Baig Casting discovered six young newcomers to take on the roles of the Walker and Blackett children in the Lake District set adventure.
Dane Hughes plays John Walker, Orla Hill plays Susan Walker, Bobby McColloch as Roger Walker, and with Lily and Alfie Allen's half-sister 8 year old Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, the daughter of actors Keith Allen and Tamzin Malleson playing the the youngest, Tatty Walker.
The two Blackett sisters are to be played by Seren Hawkes as Nancy, and Hannah Jayne Thorp as Peggy.
The film stars Rafe Spall as Captain Flint, Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie and Boardwalk Empire's Kelly Macdonald as Mrs Blackett and Mrs Walker respectively, with Jessica Hynes and Harry Enfield as local farmers Mr and Mrs Jackson.
- 5/29/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Swallows and Amazons | Diy recessions | Infectious diseases | David Cameron’s Micra purchase | Bob Dylan’s birthday
When I read the Arthur Ransome books in the late 1950s Titty, while not a familiar name, had no other connotations, and certainly not for someone of my age (Titty’s family ‘furious’ over name change for Swallows and Amazons film, 25 May). Now, I suspect that any 10-year-old would hear it and snigger, which militates against the innocence that the Altounyan family are aiming to preserve. Given that the second letter of the name has to be a vowel, Tatty seems about the only plausible alternative, even if it does suggest a degree of dishevelment.
Henry Malt
Bythorn, Cambridgeshire
• There is a Diy recession that George Osborne has forgotten (Letters, 25 May; Report, 23 May). In 1988 Nigel Lawson cancelled mortgage interest relief at source for unmarried couples, but delayed its introduction for a year. This resulted...
When I read the Arthur Ransome books in the late 1950s Titty, while not a familiar name, had no other connotations, and certainly not for someone of my age (Titty’s family ‘furious’ over name change for Swallows and Amazons film, 25 May). Now, I suspect that any 10-year-old would hear it and snigger, which militates against the innocence that the Altounyan family are aiming to preserve. Given that the second letter of the name has to be a vowel, Tatty seems about the only plausible alternative, even if it does suggest a degree of dishevelment.
Henry Malt
Bythorn, Cambridgeshire
• There is a Diy recession that George Osborne has forgotten (Letters, 25 May; Report, 23 May). In 1988 Nigel Lawson cancelled mortgage interest relief at source for unmarried couples, but delayed its introduction for a year. This resulted...
- 5/25/2016
- by Letters
- The Guardian - Film News
Able seaman Titty Walker to be renamed ‘Tatty’ for BBC Films adaptation of the classic Arthur Ransome children’s novel
The family of the woman who inspired Titty in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons have hit out at plans to switch the dinghy-loving character’s name to “Tatty” in a new film adaptation.
BBC Films announced in 2011 that it was planning a new take on the classic Lake District-set children’s story, with the aim of capturing the imagination of the Harry Potter generation. The first movie in a planned series – Ransome wrote 12 books – will be in cinemas later this year.
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The family of the woman who inspired Titty in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons have hit out at plans to switch the dinghy-loving character’s name to “Tatty” in a new film adaptation.
BBC Films announced in 2011 that it was planning a new take on the classic Lake District-set children’s story, with the aim of capturing the imagination of the Harry Potter generation. The first movie in a planned series – Ransome wrote 12 books – will be in cinemas later this year.
Continue reading...
- 5/24/2016
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
It appears that the team behind the new Swallows And Amazons are taking a few liberties with Arthur Ransome’s story, adding a mysterious new secret agent character. And they’ve hired someone well used to being enigmatic – Sherlock’s own Moriarty, Andrew Scott.Ransome’s 1930 tome is set in the summer of 1929, and finds the Walker children (John, Susan, Titty - now called Tatty - and Roger) staying at a farm in the Lake District, during the school holidays. They sail a borrowed dinghy named Swallow and meet the Blackett children (Nancy and Peggy), who sail a dinghy named Amazon. The Walkers camp on an island in the lake while the Blacketts live in their house nearby. But there’s menace at large. A dark presence on the island - the Blacketts’ uncle James Turner, Aka 'Captain Flint’ - tests their skills of survival and the value of friendship,...
- 6/29/2015
- EmpireOnline
The Passing Season
"Sense8" and "Stargate Universe" hunk Brian J. Smith has signed on to star in Gabriel Long's indie drama "The Passing Season" which begins shooting this week in Rhode Island.
In the script by Long and Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Smith will play a pro hockey player whose career comes to an abrupt end. He returns to his hometown, reconnects with a group of high school friends. [Source: Deadline]
Snowfall
Billy Magnussen has scored one of the lead roles in John Singleton's drugs drama series "Snowfall" for FX. The story is set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the 1980s and its ultimate impact on the culture.
Magnussen will play one of three characters on a violent collision course. His is a wealthy family's black sheep who risks everything to become a player in the burgeoning cocaine trade. Filming begins this Summer. [Source: Deadline]
Swallows and Amazons...
"Sense8" and "Stargate Universe" hunk Brian J. Smith has signed on to star in Gabriel Long's indie drama "The Passing Season" which begins shooting this week in Rhode Island.
In the script by Long and Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Smith will play a pro hockey player whose career comes to an abrupt end. He returns to his hometown, reconnects with a group of high school friends. [Source: Deadline]
Snowfall
Billy Magnussen has scored one of the lead roles in John Singleton's drugs drama series "Snowfall" for FX. The story is set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the 1980s and its ultimate impact on the culture.
Magnussen will play one of three characters on a violent collision course. His is a wealthy family's black sheep who risks everything to become a player in the burgeoning cocaine trade. Filming begins this Summer. [Source: Deadline]
Swallows and Amazons...
- 6/29/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Filming is finally underway on the new Harbour Pictures/BBC Films adaptation of Arthur Ransome's classic novel Swallows and Amazons, after a long period in development.
(Pictured left are the The Walker children from the 1960s BBC adaptation – Simon West, Stephen Grendon, Suzanna Hamilton and Sophie Neville.)
The team at Shaheen Baig Casting have discovered six young newcomers to take on the roles of the Walker and Blackett children in the Lake District set adventure.
Dane Hughes will play John Walker, Orla Hill (a pupil at Anna Fiorentini Drama School who appeared in Song for Marion) will play Susan Walker, and Bobby McColloch as Roger Walker, with Lily and Alfie Allen's half-sister 8 year old Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, the daughter of actors Keith Allen and Tamzin Malleson playing the the youngest, Tatty Walker.
The two Blackett sisters are to be played by Seren Hawkes as Nancy, and Hannah Jayne Thorp as Peggy.
(Pictured left are the The Walker children from the 1960s BBC adaptation – Simon West, Stephen Grendon, Suzanna Hamilton and Sophie Neville.)
The team at Shaheen Baig Casting have discovered six young newcomers to take on the roles of the Walker and Blackett children in the Lake District set adventure.
Dane Hughes will play John Walker, Orla Hill (a pupil at Anna Fiorentini Drama School who appeared in Song for Marion) will play Susan Walker, and Bobby McColloch as Roger Walker, with Lily and Alfie Allen's half-sister 8 year old Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, the daughter of actors Keith Allen and Tamzin Malleson playing the the youngest, Tatty Walker.
The two Blackett sisters are to be played by Seren Hawkes as Nancy, and Hannah Jayne Thorp as Peggy.
- 6/24/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Principal photography underway in the UK on book adaptation.
Cast and crew have set sail for the big-screen adaptation of the film update of Arthur Ransome classic Swallows and Amazons.
Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Jessica Hynes (Shaun of the Dead) and Harry Enfield (Kevin and Perry Go Large) have joined Rafe Spall and Kelly Macdonald in Philippa Lowthorpe’s (Call the Midwife) feature debut, adapted by Andrea Gibb (Dear Frankie).
The Walker and Blackett children will be played by Dane Hughes, Orla Hill, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Bobby McCulloch, Seren Hawkes and Hannah Jayne Thorp.
Principal photography got underway in the Lake District on June 21.
Nick Barton of Harbour Pictures Productions, Nick O’Hagan, and BBC Films’ Joe Oppenheimer, are producers.
Swallows and Amazons follows four children dreaming of an escape from the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on a remote island in the middle of a vast...
Cast and crew have set sail for the big-screen adaptation of the film update of Arthur Ransome classic Swallows and Amazons.
Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Jessica Hynes (Shaun of the Dead) and Harry Enfield (Kevin and Perry Go Large) have joined Rafe Spall and Kelly Macdonald in Philippa Lowthorpe’s (Call the Midwife) feature debut, adapted by Andrea Gibb (Dear Frankie).
The Walker and Blackett children will be played by Dane Hughes, Orla Hill, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Bobby McCulloch, Seren Hawkes and Hannah Jayne Thorp.
Principal photography got underway in the Lake District on June 21.
Nick Barton of Harbour Pictures Productions, Nick O’Hagan, and BBC Films’ Joe Oppenheimer, are producers.
Swallows and Amazons follows four children dreaming of an escape from the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on a remote island in the middle of a vast...
- 6/24/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Kids young and old will probably have a dusty copy of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows And Amazons somewhere to hand. The childhood classic is wending its way to the big screen in a production that has just added Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie, Jessica Hynes, Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald and, more surprisingly, Harry Enfield to its ranks.Ransome’s 1930 tome is set in the summer of 1929, and finds the Walker children (John, Susan, Titty and Roger) staying at a farm in the Lake District, during the school holidays. They sail a borrowed dinghy named Swallow and meet the Blackett children (Nancy and Peggy), who sail a dinghy named Amazon. The Walkers camp on an island in the lake while the Blacketts live in their house nearby.But there’s menace at large. A dark presence on the island - the Blacketts’ mean uncle James Turner, Aka 'Captain Flint’ - tests...
- 6/24/2015
- EmpireOnline
Armando Iannucci is to work on a film adaptation of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield with the BBC.
The writer and director will team with producer Simon Blackwell on the movie, one of the new works announced as part of BBC Films' 25-year anniversary plans.
Iannucci previously worked with BBC Films on 2009 satire In the Loop.
Also announced is an adaptation of Julian Barnes' Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Sense of an Ending. Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) will direct the project, while playwright Nick Payne provides the screenplay.
As part of the anniversary season, Sophia Fiennes will also make the documentary Grace Jones - The Musical of My Life, taking a closer look at the career of the singer.
Ricky Gervais will also work with the BBC on Life on the Road. The film will find his character David Brent as a travelling salesman attempting to become a rock star.
The writer and director will team with producer Simon Blackwell on the movie, one of the new works announced as part of BBC Films' 25-year anniversary plans.
Iannucci previously worked with BBC Films on 2009 satire In the Loop.
Also announced is an adaptation of Julian Barnes' Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Sense of an Ending. Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) will direct the project, while playwright Nick Payne provides the screenplay.
As part of the anniversary season, Sophia Fiennes will also make the documentary Grace Jones - The Musical of My Life, taking a closer look at the career of the singer.
Ricky Gervais will also work with the BBC on Life on the Road. The film will find his character David Brent as a travelling salesman attempting to become a rock star.
- 3/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Armando Iannucci is to work on a film adaptation of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield with the BBC.
The writer and director will team with producer Simon Blackwell on the movie, one of the new works announced as part of BBC Films' 25-year anniversary plans.
Iannucci previously worked with BBC Films on 2009 satire In the Loop.
Also announced is an adaptation of Julian Barnes' Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Sense of an Ending. Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) will direct the project, while playwright Nick Payne provides the screenplay.
As part of the anniversary season, Sophia Fiennes will also make the documentary Grace Jones - The Musical of My Life, taking a closer look at the career of the singer.
Ricky Gervais will also work with the BBC on Life on the Road. The film will find his character David Brent as a travelling salesman attempting to become a rock star.
The writer and director will team with producer Simon Blackwell on the movie, one of the new works announced as part of BBC Films' 25-year anniversary plans.
Iannucci previously worked with BBC Films on 2009 satire In the Loop.
Also announced is an adaptation of Julian Barnes' Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Sense of an Ending. Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) will direct the project, while playwright Nick Payne provides the screenplay.
As part of the anniversary season, Sophia Fiennes will also make the documentary Grace Jones - The Musical of My Life, taking a closer look at the career of the singer.
Ricky Gervais will also work with the BBC on Life on the Road. The film will find his character David Brent as a travelling salesman attempting to become a rock star.
- 3/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Ricky Gervais, James Marsh, Armando Iannucci films on slate.
BBC Films has revealed details of its upcoming slate, which includes new projects from Ricky Gervais, Armando Iannucci, James Marsh and Ritesh Batra.
The slate of projects was revealed during an event in London to celebrate the 25th birthday of BBC Films, whose first first theatrical production, Truly Madly Deeply, directed by Anthony Minghella, was released in 1990.
As previously reported, Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) will direct an adaptation of Julian Barnes’ Man Booker Prize winning novel The Sense of an Ending.
The adaptation is the debut screenplay of award-winning playwright Nick Payne and tells the story of Tony Webster, whose comfortable world is rocked to its foundations by the emergence of an explosive letter from his careless youth.
David Thompson will produce for Origin Pictures.
Rafe Spall is confirmed for Swallows and Amazons, a reinvention of Arthur Ransome’s classic. Written by Andrea Gibb, the film will...
BBC Films has revealed details of its upcoming slate, which includes new projects from Ricky Gervais, Armando Iannucci, James Marsh and Ritesh Batra.
The slate of projects was revealed during an event in London to celebrate the 25th birthday of BBC Films, whose first first theatrical production, Truly Madly Deeply, directed by Anthony Minghella, was released in 1990.
As previously reported, Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) will direct an adaptation of Julian Barnes’ Man Booker Prize winning novel The Sense of an Ending.
The adaptation is the debut screenplay of award-winning playwright Nick Payne and tells the story of Tony Webster, whose comfortable world is rocked to its foundations by the emergence of an explosive letter from his careless youth.
David Thompson will produce for Origin Pictures.
Rafe Spall is confirmed for Swallows and Amazons, a reinvention of Arthur Ransome’s classic. Written by Andrea Gibb, the film will...
- 3/25/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Den Of Geek Jul 20, 2016
Want to know what British films are coming out this month? Then look no further than our UK movie release calendar...
Welcome to our regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
22 July 2016
The Bfg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader
Details: An adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, this is a Us/UK/Canada co-production, but we're having it anyway.
K-Shop
Director: Dan Pringle
Cast: Ziad Abaza, Scot Williams, Darren Morfitt, Reece Noi
Details: The son of a kebab shop owner seeks revenge.
29 July 2016
The Intent
Director: Femi Oyeniran, Kalvadour Peterson
Cast: Dylan Duffus,...
Want to know what British films are coming out this month? Then look no further than our UK movie release calendar...
Welcome to our regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
22 July 2016
The Bfg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader
Details: An adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, this is a Us/UK/Canada co-production, but we're having it anyway.
K-Shop
Director: Dan Pringle
Cast: Ziad Abaza, Scot Williams, Darren Morfitt, Reece Noi
Details: The son of a kebab shop owner seeks revenge.
29 July 2016
The Intent
Director: Femi Oyeniran, Kalvadour Peterson
Cast: Dylan Duffus,...
- 9/12/2014
- Den of Geek
★★★★☆It's the ideal time for the rerelease of Bafta-nominated director Claude Whatham's Swallows and Amazons (1974) - the cinematic retelling of Arthur Ransome's classic children's adventure story. Not only is the film celebrating its 40th anniversary, but it's also the perfect celebration of those long summer holidays which seemingly last forever when you're young, and are remembered with nostalgia the older we get. The four Walker children (Stephen Grendon, Suzanna Hamilton, Sophie Neville and Simon West) go with their mother (Virginia McKenna) to spend their summer holidays in the Lake District. The adventures they have there make for a story as memorable as it is thrilling.
- 8/5/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
To mark the release of Swallows and Amazons 40th Anniversary Restoration on 14th July, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Arthur Ransome’s legendary children’s novel Swallows & Amazons was published in 1930 as the first part of what was to become a much-loved literary series. This beautifully filmed adaptation, written by renowned children’s playwright David Wood (whose latest adaptation The Tiger That Came To Tea opens in July at the Lyric Theatre), depicts the adventures of four children and their sailing boat Swallow.
Set in the Lake District in the1920’s, Swallows & Amazons follows the children (played by Simon West, Sophie Neville, Suzanna Hamilton and Stephen Grendon) whilst on summer holiday with their mother (Virginia McKenna, Sliding Doors, Born Free). During this trip the children are given permission to sail Swallow to nearby Wild Cat island to set up camp. However what they don’t...
Arthur Ransome’s legendary children’s novel Swallows & Amazons was published in 1930 as the first part of what was to become a much-loved literary series. This beautifully filmed adaptation, written by renowned children’s playwright David Wood (whose latest adaptation The Tiger That Came To Tea opens in July at the Lyric Theatre), depicts the adventures of four children and their sailing boat Swallow.
Set in the Lake District in the1920’s, Swallows & Amazons follows the children (played by Simon West, Sophie Neville, Suzanna Hamilton and Stephen Grendon) whilst on summer holiday with their mother (Virginia McKenna, Sliding Doors, Born Free). During this trip the children are given permission to sail Swallow to nearby Wild Cat island to set up camp. However what they don’t...
- 7/7/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Get ready for Swallows and Amazons remake! We’ve just learned that Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens is ready to lead a new big-screen version of Arthur Ransome’s well-known story! Previously adapted for the screen in 1974, the film will tell us the story of the Walker and the Blackett kids whose sailboats are dubbed Swallow and Amazon. Already sounds like a good old family pic… Producer Nick Barton, who stands behind this project, already revealed that they’re not remaking the film from the 1970s. The plan is to go right back to the original books and to be true to them. Here’s an official description...
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- 4/28/2013
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens is staying busy on the big screen now that his TV schedule is a little lighter than previously. He’s currently in talks to snatch the villain role in a new cinematic take on Swallows And Amazons.Arthur Ransome’s 1930 tome will be familiar to anyone who studied it at school or sat through previous adaptations (particularly the 1974 film). Set in the summer of 1929, it finds the Walker children (John, Susan, Titty and Roger) staying at a farm in the Lake District, during the school holidays. They sail a borrowed dinghy named Swallow and meet the Blackett children (Nancy and Peggy), who sail a dinghy named Amazon. The Walkers camp on an island in the lake while the Blacketts live in their house nearby.When the children meet, they agree to join forces against a common enemy: the Blacketts' uncle James Turner, whom they call...
- 4/7/2013
- EmpireOnline
Downton Abbey’s loss may be the film industry’s gain. EW has confirmed that ex-Matthew Crawley Dan Stevens is in negotiations to star in Swallows and Amazons, producer Nick Barton’s upcoming adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s children’s book. Another film based on the novel was released in 1974.
The story, first published in 1930, follows a group of six children — the four Walkers, John, Susan, Titty, and Roger, and the two Blacketts, Nancy and Peggy — who meet one summer and unite against a common enemy: the Blacketts’ uncle James Turner, a withdrawn writer whom the children dub Captain Flint...
The story, first published in 1930, follows a group of six children — the four Walkers, John, Susan, Titty, and Roger, and the two Blacketts, Nancy and Peggy — who meet one summer and unite against a common enemy: the Blacketts’ uncle James Turner, a withdrawn writer whom the children dub Captain Flint...
- 4/5/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside Movies
Swallows and Amazons
Dan Stevens ("Downton Abbey") will star in adaptation of Arthur Ransome's classic 1930 children's book "Swallows and Amazons". Stevens will be playing Uncle James in the project which begins shooting this Summer.
The book is the first in a series about the Walker children who set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat Island. Their days are disturbed by the Blackett sisters, the fierce Amazon pirates. The Swallows and Amazons decide to battle it out. [Source: The Sun]
Anchorman: The Legend Continues
Nicole Kidman has reportedly shot an uncredited cameo role in the highly anticipated comedy sequel "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" in Atlanta.
Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson have also reportedly shot call roles in the film which includes roles for Greg Kinnear, Harrison Ford and Kristen Wiig alongside the returning regulars. [Source: THR
Brand New-u
Lachlan Nieboer ("Downton Abbey") and Nora-Jane Noone ("The Descent") have signed to star in...
Dan Stevens ("Downton Abbey") will star in adaptation of Arthur Ransome's classic 1930 children's book "Swallows and Amazons". Stevens will be playing Uncle James in the project which begins shooting this Summer.
The book is the first in a series about the Walker children who set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat Island. Their days are disturbed by the Blackett sisters, the fierce Amazon pirates. The Swallows and Amazons decide to battle it out. [Source: The Sun]
Anchorman: The Legend Continues
Nicole Kidman has reportedly shot an uncredited cameo role in the highly anticipated comedy sequel "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" in Atlanta.
Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson have also reportedly shot call roles in the film which includes roles for Greg Kinnear, Harrison Ford and Kristen Wiig alongside the returning regulars. [Source: THR
Brand New-u
Lachlan Nieboer ("Downton Abbey") and Nora-Jane Noone ("The Descent") have signed to star in...
- 4/4/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Yep "Downton Abbey" fans, Dan Stevens is gone and he ain't coming back. The actor who exited the hit show with great fanfare at the end of last year has landed pretty nicely on his feet in Hollywood with roles in the upcoming Julian Assange flick "The Fifth Estate" and the Liam Neeson thriller "A Walk In The Tombstones" but now he's gearing up for something a little closer to home. The Sun actually has a legit report, revealing that the actor will star in adaptation of the British children's classic book "Swallows & Amazons." Published in 1930, and written by Arthur Ransome, the book is the first in a series (franchise!) about the Walker children and their various adventures, and in their first outing, they cross paths with pirates! Here's a synopsis of the book: The Walker children -- also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger...
- 4/4/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Dan Stevens has reportedly signed up to star in a new adaptation of Swallows and Amazons.
The former Downton Abbey star will appear as James Turner - also known as Captain Flint - in the new production, reports The Sun.
Producer Nick Barton's project - a collaboration with Harbour Pictures and BBC Films - will start filming in the UK this summer.
Arthur Ransome's classic children's novel follows the lives of the Walker and Blackett children one summer. The last film version was released in 1974, while Neil Hannon produced a musical version in 2010.
Barton said: "We have gone right back to the original books. The reason I wanted to do this film was that I read all of the books when I was a child and loved them."
The original 1930 novel is centred around the group of children and their adventures, including pirates and exploring fantastical islands.
Dan Stevens...
The former Downton Abbey star will appear as James Turner - also known as Captain Flint - in the new production, reports The Sun.
Producer Nick Barton's project - a collaboration with Harbour Pictures and BBC Films - will start filming in the UK this summer.
Arthur Ransome's classic children's novel follows the lives of the Walker and Blackett children one summer. The last film version was released in 1974, while Neil Hannon produced a musical version in 2010.
Barton said: "We have gone right back to the original books. The reason I wanted to do this film was that I read all of the books when I was a child and loved them."
The original 1930 novel is centred around the group of children and their adventures, including pirates and exploring fantastical islands.
Dan Stevens...
- 4/4/2013
- Digital Spy
Calling all young sailors and budding actors
The child casting directors behind movies such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Atonement, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Wrath of the Titans are looking for boys and girls aged between 7-13 years for the roles of the Swallows – John, Susan, Titty and Roger – and the Amazons – Nancy and Peggy Blackett in the new film version of Swallows & Amazons, based on the original book by Arthur Ransome.
No previous acting experience is necessary, and no specific standard of sailing is required.
They are looking for:
Boy aged 7 (Amateur sailor, happy to be on & in the water) Boy aged 13 (Good, competent sailor) Girls aged 9, 11 & 13 (Interested in sailing, happy to be on & in the water)
If you’re interested please email a picture, age, height, where you are based, plus any queries to swallowsandamazons2013@gmail.com
Filming is set to take place this Summer (2013) in the UK.
The child casting directors behind movies such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Atonement, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Wrath of the Titans are looking for boys and girls aged between 7-13 years for the roles of the Swallows – John, Susan, Titty and Roger – and the Amazons – Nancy and Peggy Blackett in the new film version of Swallows & Amazons, based on the original book by Arthur Ransome.
No previous acting experience is necessary, and no specific standard of sailing is required.
They are looking for:
Boy aged 7 (Amateur sailor, happy to be on & in the water) Boy aged 13 (Good, competent sailor) Girls aged 9, 11 & 13 (Interested in sailing, happy to be on & in the water)
If you’re interested please email a picture, age, height, where you are based, plus any queries to swallowsandamazons2013@gmail.com
Filming is set to take place this Summer (2013) in the UK.
- 3/11/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
London, Oct 17: Jrr Tolkien's letter to fellow writer Arthur Ransome has revealed that the author was worried about the sales of his epic fantasy novel 'The Hobbit.'
In his letter to the 'Swallows and Amazons' author, Tolkien said that he would send a revised edition to Ransome "if there is a reprint," adding that "sales are not very great," the BBC reported.
The letter, forms part of a collection of Tolkien's writing held at the University of Leeds - where the great author taught.
But.
In his letter to the 'Swallows and Amazons' author, Tolkien said that he would send a revised edition to Ransome "if there is a reprint," adding that "sales are not very great," the BBC reported.
The letter, forms part of a collection of Tolkien's writing held at the University of Leeds - where the great author taught.
But.
- 10/17/2012
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
Just Henry
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By Kieran Kinsella
Michelle Magorian is one of Britain’s most popular authors and it is no surprise that some of her finest works have been dramatized on TV. Inspector Morse actor John Thaw was among the stars who brought Goodnight Mr Tom to life in 1998 and on Sunday 18 December, fans of Michelle’s work can see Just Henry on ITV. As with Goodnight Mr Tom, ITV have spared no expense in assembling an all-star line up for Just Henry that includes Sheila Hancock, Dean Andrews and Elaine Cassidy. Michelle very kindly agreed to talk to Best British TV about the book, the show and her other work.
As a writer do you feel nervous about allowing someone else to bring your book to life in the form of a TV Show?...
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Michelle Magorian is one of Britain’s most popular authors and it is no surprise that some of her finest works have been dramatized on TV. Inspector Morse actor John Thaw was among the stars who brought Goodnight Mr Tom to life in 1998 and on Sunday 18 December, fans of Michelle’s work can see Just Henry on ITV. As with Goodnight Mr Tom, ITV have spared no expense in assembling an all-star line up for Just Henry that includes Sheila Hancock, Dean Andrews and Elaine Cassidy. Michelle very kindly agreed to talk to Best British TV about the book, the show and her other work.
As a writer do you feel nervous about allowing someone else to bring your book to life in the form of a TV Show?...
- 12/15/2011
- by admin
When Mark Hall's death was announced, one of Britain's leading animation businesses put a message on Twitter: "Deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend Mark Hall. Our company would not be here without him." Hall neither founded that business nor took any part in it. But its directors learned their trade under his unique guidance and inspiration, and never forgot it.
In his long professional life, Mark had two consistent passions. One was for filming stories by great children's writers, in ways which would respect and amplify the original work. The other was for teaching the craft and technique of animated film. The company he founded with Brian Cosgrove was born in the 1960s, when UK animation was a failing cottage industry and even Disney was in the doldrums. So they daringly built their team of film-makers from scratch, bringing new young recruits out of art colleges...
In his long professional life, Mark had two consistent passions. One was for filming stories by great children's writers, in ways which would respect and amplify the original work. The other was for teaching the craft and technique of animated film. The company he founded with Brian Cosgrove was born in the 1960s, when UK animation was a failing cottage industry and even Disney was in the doldrums. So they daringly built their team of film-makers from scratch, bringing new young recruits out of art colleges...
- 11/20/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Arthur Ransome's beloved books could be the next big children's film franchise, as BBC plans to ramp up the action and reality
It's being billed as a "white-knuckle-ride action adventure" that could capture the imagination of the Harry Potter generation. The BBC is to adapt Arthur Ransome's beloved children's tale Swallows and Amazons with the aim of launching a series of films.
Set in the Lake District, Ransome's 1930 tale centres on two sailing-mad groups of children who encounter each other one summer during the school holidays. They make camp on an island and enjoy fishing, exploring, swimming and the fruits of "piracy" including grog (ginger beer and lemonade).
Head of BBC Films, Christine Langan, said Ransome's book presented a world far from today's health and safety obsessed society.
"This story is from the pre-health and safety generation," she said. "Modern parenting is fraught and complicated – worrying about what...
It's being billed as a "white-knuckle-ride action adventure" that could capture the imagination of the Harry Potter generation. The BBC is to adapt Arthur Ransome's beloved children's tale Swallows and Amazons with the aim of launching a series of films.
Set in the Lake District, Ransome's 1930 tale centres on two sailing-mad groups of children who encounter each other one summer during the school holidays. They make camp on an island and enjoy fishing, exploring, swimming and the fruits of "piracy" including grog (ginger beer and lemonade).
Head of BBC Films, Christine Langan, said Ransome's book presented a world far from today's health and safety obsessed society.
"This story is from the pre-health and safety generation," she said. "Modern parenting is fraught and complicated – worrying about what...
- 5/17/2011
- by Harry Potter, Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
The BBC plans to adapt Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons for the big screen. The adaptation was one of many announced at the Cannes Film Festival. Christine Langan, head of BBC Films, told the Daily Mail: "This story is from [a] pre-health and safety generation. Modern parenting is fraught and complicated - worrying about what sort of society we live in. "There is a danger we are physically infantilising our children. There is a sense of freedom in the book and a sense of innocence that people perhaps miss. The film is very timely." (more)...
- 5/17/2011
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
Secret Intelligence Service's first authorised history aims to debunk James Bond 'licence to kill' myth
The authors Graham Greene, Arthur Ransome, Somerset Maugham, Compton Mackenzie and Malcolm Muggeridge, and the philosopher Aj "Freddie" Ayer, all worked for MI6, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service admitted for the first time today . They are among the many exotic characters who agreed to spy for Britain, mainly during wartime, who appear in a the first authorised history of MI6. The book even reveals that the intelligence agency's deputy chief, Claude Dansey, was seduced by "Robbie" Ross, said to have been Oscar Wilde's first lover.
It describes the antics of Ecclesiastic, mistress of a German Abwehr military intelligence officer in Lisbon run by "Klop" Ustinov, Peter Ustinov's father. It also tells the story of how a Dutch MI6 agent, Peter Tazelaar, was put ashore on a beach near the casino at Schevening, The Hague,...
The authors Graham Greene, Arthur Ransome, Somerset Maugham, Compton Mackenzie and Malcolm Muggeridge, and the philosopher Aj "Freddie" Ayer, all worked for MI6, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service admitted for the first time today . They are among the many exotic characters who agreed to spy for Britain, mainly during wartime, who appear in a the first authorised history of MI6. The book even reveals that the intelligence agency's deputy chief, Claude Dansey, was seduced by "Robbie" Ross, said to have been Oscar Wilde's first lover.
It describes the antics of Ecclesiastic, mistress of a German Abwehr military intelligence officer in Lisbon run by "Klop" Ustinov, Peter Ustinov's father. It also tells the story of how a Dutch MI6 agent, Peter Tazelaar, was put ashore on a beach near the casino at Schevening, The Hague,...
- 9/21/2010
- by Richard Norton-Taylor
- The Guardian - Film News
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