Exclusive: The starry packages keep on coming at the Cannes market.
The latest is comedy The Temptation Of Gracie, starring Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Andie MacDowell (Maid), Rupert Everett (My Policeman), Franco Nero (John Wick Chapter 2), Viola Prettejohn (The Crown), and Isabella Rossellini (La Chimera). More cast are set to join the ensemble.
Imrie will play Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, but who splashes out on a week’s cookery course at a beautiful castello in Italy. Unbeknownst to everyone, she is hiding an extraordinary secret. With her estranged workaholic daughter Carina (Fisher) and teenage granddaughter Anastasia (tbc) reluctantly in tow, the three women rediscover each other and the sensual delights of Italy. And Gracie starts to peel back the secret past she has not faced in over 40 years.
WestEnd Films has acquired international rights and is launching...
The latest is comedy The Temptation Of Gracie, starring Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Andie MacDowell (Maid), Rupert Everett (My Policeman), Franco Nero (John Wick Chapter 2), Viola Prettejohn (The Crown), and Isabella Rossellini (La Chimera). More cast are set to join the ensemble.
Imrie will play Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, but who splashes out on a week’s cookery course at a beautiful castello in Italy. Unbeknownst to everyone, she is hiding an extraordinary secret. With her estranged workaholic daughter Carina (Fisher) and teenage granddaughter Anastasia (tbc) reluctantly in tow, the three women rediscover each other and the sensual delights of Italy. And Gracie starts to peel back the secret past she has not faced in over 40 years.
WestEnd Films has acquired international rights and is launching...
- 5/15/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
English actress Daisy Ridley stormed the limelight as Rey in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh film in the Skywalker Saga. Upon reprising the role in 2017’s The Last Jedi and 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, the Londoner consolidated her claim to fame as a talented performer and a bonafide movie star. In between the Star Wars films, the British actress starred in Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express and Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia. Since then, she has portrayed Viola Eade in Chaos Walking, Helena Pelletier in The Marsh King’s Daughter, and produced Sometimes I Think About Dying. While...
- 11/12/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
There’s surprising news out of “Celebration,” the movable feast pep rally that the Star Wars franchise holds for itself. This year’s event is being held in London, and it opened with a bang as big as an exploding Death Star.
Daisy Ridley will return to the galaxy far, far away and reprise her role of Rey (sometimes called Rey Skywalker) in one of the upcoming Star Wars films. The untitled project is set 15 years after the events of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Ridley’s Rey will appear as Jedi master, teaching at a Jedi academy. It is unclear if she is the principal character or not.
Ridley herself appeared on stage with director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Lucasfilm big Kathleen Kennedy to the gasps of the assembled fans.
Welcome home, Daisy. #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/9wIpKdicbe
— Star Wars | #TheMandalorian is Now Streaming (@starwars) April 7, 2023
Since Star Wars...
Daisy Ridley will return to the galaxy far, far away and reprise her role of Rey (sometimes called Rey Skywalker) in one of the upcoming Star Wars films. The untitled project is set 15 years after the events of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Ridley’s Rey will appear as Jedi master, teaching at a Jedi academy. It is unclear if she is the principal character or not.
Ridley herself appeared on stage with director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Lucasfilm big Kathleen Kennedy to the gasps of the assembled fans.
Welcome home, Daisy. #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/9wIpKdicbe
— Star Wars | #TheMandalorian is Now Streaming (@starwars) April 7, 2023
Since Star Wars...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
‘All My Friends Hate Me’ and ‘The Almond And The Seahorse’ also won prizes.
Frances O’Connor’s Emily proved the big hit of the 33rd edition of Dinard Film Festival, the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema, for French audiences that closed on October 2.
Emily won the Golden Hitchcock for best film, with Emma Mackey receiving the award for best performance. The period drama also scooped the audience prize for best feature film. The film premiered at Toronto, and marks the directorial debut of actor O’Connor.
Sex Education star Mackey plays a rebellious version of Wuthering...
Frances O’Connor’s Emily proved the big hit of the 33rd edition of Dinard Film Festival, the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema, for French audiences that closed on October 2.
Emily won the Golden Hitchcock for best film, with Emma Mackey receiving the award for best performance. The period drama also scooped the audience prize for best feature film. The film premiered at Toronto, and marks the directorial debut of actor O’Connor.
Sex Education star Mackey plays a rebellious version of Wuthering...
- 10/3/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The festival celebrates UK independent cinema and runs September 28 - October 2.
Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin will screen at France’s Dinard Festival Of British Film (September 28 - October 2), with Sophie Hyde’s Good Luck To You, Leo Grande closing the event.
Both films will have their French premiere at the festival which is held on the coastal town of Dinard, France and celebrates independent cinema from the UK.
Scroll down for full line-up
McDonagh’s Ireland-set comedy drama recently premiered at Venice Film Festival and stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two lifelong friends hurtled into...
Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin will screen at France’s Dinard Festival Of British Film (September 28 - October 2), with Sophie Hyde’s Good Luck To You, Leo Grande closing the event.
Both films will have their French premiere at the festival which is held on the coastal town of Dinard, France and celebrates independent cinema from the UK.
Scroll down for full line-up
McDonagh’s Ireland-set comedy drama recently premiered at Venice Film Festival and stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two lifelong friends hurtled into...
- 9/8/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Jessie has a good reason for freaking out in the official trailer for Starstuck Season 2, which will release all six episodes on Thursday, March 24 on HBO Max.
In Season 1, the rom-com’s love-struck heroine (played by Rose Matafeo) decided to remain in London to a pursue a relationship with her movie star beau Tom (Nikesh Patel), rather than stick to her original plan of returning home to New Zealand.
More from TVLineThe Flight Attendant Sets April Release Date for Season 2 -- Watch TeaserThe Batman Eyes April HBO Max DebutTokyo Vice Trailer: Ken Watanabe Helps Ansel Elgort Navigate the Crime World's...
In Season 1, the rom-com’s love-struck heroine (played by Rose Matafeo) decided to remain in London to a pursue a relationship with her movie star beau Tom (Nikesh Patel), rather than stick to her original plan of returning home to New Zealand.
More from TVLineThe Flight Attendant Sets April Release Date for Season 2 -- Watch TeaserThe Batman Eyes April HBO Max DebutTokyo Vice Trailer: Ken Watanabe Helps Ansel Elgort Navigate the Crime World's...
- 3/16/2022
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
The fund has previously backed titles including ‘Censor’ and ‘The Colour Room’.
The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.
The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.
Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...
The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.
The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.
Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...
- 3/11/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sebastian de Souza, Eddie Marsan and Rich Sommer have boarded the Chloe Domont-directed finance world thriller opposite Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich.
The MRC and T-Street emerging filmmaker label movie, which Deadline first told you about, is already in production.
de Souza stars as Leo in Hulu and MRC Television’s The Great from Oscar-nominated Tony McNamara. Prior to this, he starred as Gareth in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Normal People, for Hulu and the BBC, directed by the Oscar-nominated Lenny Abrahamson. He was seen in the iconic role of Sandro Botticelli in the second season of Medici, opposite Sean Bean, Daniel Sharman and Bradley James on Netflix. Prior to this, he played a guest lead in the feature Pixie, opposite Alec Baldwin and Olivia Cooke, directed by Barnaby Thompson. He also played Edmund in Claire McCarthy’s feature Ophelia, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival,...
The MRC and T-Street emerging filmmaker label movie, which Deadline first told you about, is already in production.
de Souza stars as Leo in Hulu and MRC Television’s The Great from Oscar-nominated Tony McNamara. Prior to this, he starred as Gareth in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Normal People, for Hulu and the BBC, directed by the Oscar-nominated Lenny Abrahamson. He was seen in the iconic role of Sandro Botticelli in the second season of Medici, opposite Sean Bean, Daniel Sharman and Bradley James on Netflix. Prior to this, he played a guest lead in the feature Pixie, opposite Alec Baldwin and Olivia Cooke, directed by Barnaby Thompson. He also played Edmund in Claire McCarthy’s feature Ophelia, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
To celebrate the release of The Colour Room on Sky TV, we sat down with the stars of the film to talk about the inspiration and importance of ceramicist Clarice Cliff.
Directed by Claire McCarthy, and based on a true story, The Colour Room revolves around Clarice, who rises through the ranks of the potteries to become one of the most critically and commercial acclaimed ceramic artist.
We spoke with stars Phoebe Dynevor and David Morrissey about bringing the world of pottery to the big screen, how tradition and sexism made it difficult for Clarice to breakthrough, and how interesting it was working with clay and ceramics.
The Colour Room is out on Sky now.
The post The Colour Room Interviews: David Morrissey & Phoebe Dynevor on the inspiration and fun of Clarice Cliff appeared first on HeyUGuys.
Directed by Claire McCarthy, and based on a true story, The Colour Room revolves around Clarice, who rises through the ranks of the potteries to become one of the most critically and commercial acclaimed ceramic artist.
We spoke with stars Phoebe Dynevor and David Morrissey about bringing the world of pottery to the big screen, how tradition and sexism made it difficult for Clarice to breakthrough, and how interesting it was working with clay and ceramics.
The Colour Room is out on Sky now.
The post The Colour Room Interviews: David Morrissey & Phoebe Dynevor on the inspiration and fun of Clarice Cliff appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 11/13/2021
- by Sarah Cook
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Phoebe Dynevor dazzles as the factory girl who became a celebrated ceramic artist in this rather too feelgood period drama
Clarice Cliff was the working-class girl who left school at 13 destined for a life of menial work in the Staffordshire potteries; instead she rose to become a celebrated ceramicist. Her journey from the factory floor is told in this entertaining feelgood period drama, a bright and upbeat film that perhaps comes over as just a bit strenuously cheerful in places. The director is Claire McCarthy and there is a lovely performance by Phoebe Dynevor (Daphne the debutante in Bridgerton), who brings a breezy mischief and stubborn defiance to Clarice, who we meet in her early 20s working as a “paintress” – hand-painting patterns on to the pottery.
Well, to hell with all that. Clarice sees no limits to her talent; she sets her sights on becoming a “modeller”, a more skilled role,...
Clarice Cliff was the working-class girl who left school at 13 destined for a life of menial work in the Staffordshire potteries; instead she rose to become a celebrated ceramicist. Her journey from the factory floor is told in this entertaining feelgood period drama, a bright and upbeat film that perhaps comes over as just a bit strenuously cheerful in places. The director is Claire McCarthy and there is a lovely performance by Phoebe Dynevor (Daphne the debutante in Bridgerton), who brings a breezy mischief and stubborn defiance to Clarice, who we meet in her early 20s working as a “paintress” – hand-painting patterns on to the pottery.
Well, to hell with all that. Clarice sees no limits to her talent; she sets her sights on becoming a “modeller”, a more skilled role,...
- 11/9/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
"The modern woman is forward-looking, not backward-looking." Sky Cinema in the UK has unveiled the official trailer for a biopic film titled The Colour Room, the latest from filmmaker Claire McCarthy. This hasn't played at any festivals, but will be debuting on Sky in the UK in November; no US date has been announced. The film is inspired by the life of history-making ceramicist Clarice Cliff. "Her pottery made history, her story broke every rule." This one stars Phoebe Dynevor (from "Bridgerton") as Clarice, "a working-class woman in the 1920s who bounces between jobs in different factories, constantly getting in trouble for not putting up with sexism and trying to push her creative ideas." She teams up with a factory, and then "fights to have her art recognised and for men to acknowledge that women can do whatever they put their minds to." Matthew Goode also co-stars, with David Morissey,...
- 10/13/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Members of the Australian Directors’ Guild have had the chance to hear from some of the country’s most established filmmakers over the past five months as part of the Adg-40 ‘First-Hand’ sessions.
Consisting of 40 weekly one-hour webinars fronted by industry mentors, the initiative is due to start again this week following a short break, with Claire McCarthy (The Turning) to share insights from her career on Thursday.
It comes after contributions from Gillian Armstrong, Rachel Perkins, Rolf de Heer, Samantha Lang, Corrie Chen, Ben Lawrence, Ana Kokkinos, Megan Riakos, Josephine Mackerras, Robert Connolly, Garth Davis, Sally Aitken, Jub Clerc, Kriv Stenders, Tom Zubrycki, Anna Broinowski, Peter Andrikidis, Jasmin Tarasin, and Glendyn Ivin.
The sessions are moderated by Adg strategy and development executive Ana Tiwary who is responsible for collating questions from those tuning in.
She has tried to focus on topics covering the practical aspects of directing that cannot be learned from a book,...
Consisting of 40 weekly one-hour webinars fronted by industry mentors, the initiative is due to start again this week following a short break, with Claire McCarthy (The Turning) to share insights from her career on Thursday.
It comes after contributions from Gillian Armstrong, Rachel Perkins, Rolf de Heer, Samantha Lang, Corrie Chen, Ben Lawrence, Ana Kokkinos, Megan Riakos, Josephine Mackerras, Robert Connolly, Garth Davis, Sally Aitken, Jub Clerc, Kriv Stenders, Tom Zubrycki, Anna Broinowski, Peter Andrikidis, Jasmin Tarasin, and Glendyn Ivin.
The sessions are moderated by Adg strategy and development executive Ana Tiwary who is responsible for collating questions from those tuning in.
She has tried to focus on topics covering the practical aspects of directing that cannot be learned from a book,...
- 9/6/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
“Bridgerton” breakout Phoebe Dynevor is attached to star and executive produce “Exciting Times,” a book-to-screen adaptation and romance series in development at Amazon Studios. Based on Irish author Naoise Dolan’s debut novel, “Exciting Times” centers on Ava, an Irish transplant teaching English grammar abroad to wealthy children. She becomes entangled in a love triangle with banker Julian and lawyer Edith.
The project is helmed by Black Bear Pictures (“The Imitation Game”), which optioned the rights to the book prior to its June 2020 release in the U.S. Author Dolan writes and executive produces alongside director Cooper Raiff, as well as Dynevor and Teddy Schwarzman, founder, president and CEO of Black Bear Pictures. Ben Stillman and Michael Heimler also executive produce via Black Bear Pictures.
Dynevor is currently slated to lead the Sky original feature flick “The Colour Room,” which centers on the rise to fame of Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff,...
The project is helmed by Black Bear Pictures (“The Imitation Game”), which optioned the rights to the book prior to its June 2020 release in the U.S. Author Dolan writes and executive produces alongside director Cooper Raiff, as well as Dynevor and Teddy Schwarzman, founder, president and CEO of Black Bear Pictures. Ben Stillman and Michael Heimler also executive produce via Black Bear Pictures.
Dynevor is currently slated to lead the Sky original feature flick “The Colour Room,” which centers on the rise to fame of Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedian, writer and actor Rose Matafeo’s romcom “Starstruck” has been greenlit for a second six-part series by HBO Max and the U.K.’s BBC Three.
Co-written by Matafeo, Alice Snedden and Nic Sampson, and produced by Avalon, the second season will continue the story of Jessie (Matafeo), a millennial living in East London juggling two dead end jobs and navigating the complications of becoming romantically involved with famous film star Tom, played by Nikesh Patel (Channel 4’s “Indian Summers”). Minnie Driver (“Modern Love”) will reprise her role as Tom’s agent Cath, while Russell Tovey (“Years and Years”) joins the cast.
The first season premieres on HBO Max on Thursday. It debuted recently on BBC Three and became the channel’s best performing new comedy of the year with over three million requests on streamer BBC iPlayer.
Matafeo said: “Thrilled that ‘Starstruck’ will be...
Co-written by Matafeo, Alice Snedden and Nic Sampson, and produced by Avalon, the second season will continue the story of Jessie (Matafeo), a millennial living in East London juggling two dead end jobs and navigating the complications of becoming romantically involved with famous film star Tom, played by Nikesh Patel (Channel 4’s “Indian Summers”). Minnie Driver (“Modern Love”) will reprise her role as Tom’s agent Cath, while Russell Tovey (“Years and Years”) joins the cast.
The first season premieres on HBO Max on Thursday. It debuted recently on BBC Three and became the channel’s best performing new comedy of the year with over three million requests on streamer BBC iPlayer.
Matafeo said: “Thrilled that ‘Starstruck’ will be...
- 6/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Rose Matafeo’s millenial comedy Starstruck will be back for a second go-round. HBO Max has renewed the series, produced by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Breeders producer Avalon Television, for a second season. News of the pickup comes the same day as the season one debut on the WarnerMedia streaming service.
Created and written by Matafeo, along with co-writers Alice Sneddon and Nic Sampson, Starstruck follows Jessie (Matafeo), a millennial living in East London juggling two dead end jobs and navigating the complications of becoming romantically involved with famous film star Tom (Nikesh Patel), and follows the couple as they realize they can’t keep away from each other. The season two ensemble cast also includes Minnie Driver and Russell Tovey.
“Rose is an exciting talent whose international stardom is on the rise,’ said Jeniffer Kim, Senior Vice President of International Originals at HBO Max. “Working with...
Created and written by Matafeo, along with co-writers Alice Sneddon and Nic Sampson, Starstruck follows Jessie (Matafeo), a millennial living in East London juggling two dead end jobs and navigating the complications of becoming romantically involved with famous film star Tom (Nikesh Patel), and follows the couple as they realize they can’t keep away from each other. The season two ensemble cast also includes Minnie Driver and Russell Tovey.
“Rose is an exciting talent whose international stardom is on the rise,’ said Jeniffer Kim, Senior Vice President of International Originals at HBO Max. “Working with...
- 6/10/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky on Monday launched high-end TV series “Domina,” which examines Roman history through a female prism, toplining Kasia Smutniak as Livia Drusilla, the politically astute third wife of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius, who managed to exert great power at a time of crisis for the Roman Empire.
The Comcast-owned paybox is airing “Domina” in Italy and the U.K. on May 14, followed by playdates on Sky in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on June 3.
The epic costume drama — conceived and written by Simon Burke and lead-directed by Claire McCarthy — is set to bow in the U.S. on Epix June 6.
Smutniak in the lead is supported by an A-list international cast comprising Liam Cunningham who plays Livius, Livia’s father, and Isabella Rossellini playing Balbina, an early enemy.
The “Domina” cast also comprises Matthew McNulty (“Misfits”) as the future emperor Gaius, Christine Bottomley (“The End of the F***ing World”) as Scribonia,...
The Comcast-owned paybox is airing “Domina” in Italy and the U.K. on May 14, followed by playdates on Sky in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on June 3.
The epic costume drama — conceived and written by Simon Burke and lead-directed by Claire McCarthy — is set to bow in the U.S. on Epix June 6.
Smutniak in the lead is supported by an A-list international cast comprising Liam Cunningham who plays Livius, Livia’s father, and Isabella Rossellini playing Balbina, an early enemy.
The “Domina” cast also comprises Matthew McNulty (“Misfits”) as the future emperor Gaius, Christine Bottomley (“The End of the F***ing World”) as Scribonia,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Sky has debuted a new trailer for the upcoming historical drama series ‘Domina’, a series that brings to life the power struggles of Ancient Rome from a different perspective; that of the women.
The series follows the life and extraordinary rise of Livia Drusilla, who overcame adversity to become the most powerful woman in the world.
Kasia Smutniak plays Livia Drusilla, with the young Livia played by Nadia Parkes (The Spanish Princess). They are supported by an international stellar cast including Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) playing Livius, Livia’s father, and Colette Tchantcho (The Witcher) as Antigone, Livia’s best friend, ex-slave and closest ally.
The ensemble cast also includes Matthew McNulty, Christine Bottomley, Ben Batt, Enzo Cilenti, Claire Forlani and Alex Lanipekun. Isabella Rossellini makes an appearance as Balbina, an early enemy of Livia.
Created and written by Simon Burke with acclaimed Australian filmmaker Claire McCarthy as lead director,...
The series follows the life and extraordinary rise of Livia Drusilla, who overcame adversity to become the most powerful woman in the world.
Kasia Smutniak plays Livia Drusilla, with the young Livia played by Nadia Parkes (The Spanish Princess). They are supported by an international stellar cast including Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) playing Livius, Livia’s father, and Colette Tchantcho (The Witcher) as Antigone, Livia’s best friend, ex-slave and closest ally.
The ensemble cast also includes Matthew McNulty, Christine Bottomley, Ben Batt, Enzo Cilenti, Claire Forlani and Alex Lanipekun. Isabella Rossellini makes an appearance as Balbina, an early enemy of Livia.
Created and written by Simon Burke with acclaimed Australian filmmaker Claire McCarthy as lead director,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sky has debuted an exclusive first look image of ‘Bridgerton’ star Phoebe Dynevor as Clarice Cliff in the upcoming Sky Original film, ‘The Colour Room’, in which she stars alongside Matthew Goode.
Dynevor plays the character of Clarice Cliff, a vivacious young factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s. It follows her journey as a determined, working-class woman as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionises the workplace in the 20th century.
Also in news – Sam Mendes and Olivia Colman team up on new project ‘Empire of Light’
Her creativity and ambition drive her to move from factory to factory, despite the financial impact on the household she shares with her widowed mother Ann and youngest sister Dot. Bursting at the seams with ideas for colours and shapes, Clarice takes more and more dangerous risks – but she manages to stay one step ahead of the workhouse and...
Dynevor plays the character of Clarice Cliff, a vivacious young factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s. It follows her journey as a determined, working-class woman as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionises the workplace in the 20th century.
Also in news – Sam Mendes and Olivia Colman team up on new project ‘Empire of Light’
Her creativity and ambition drive her to move from factory to factory, despite the financial impact on the household she shares with her widowed mother Ann and youngest sister Dot. Bursting at the seams with ideas for colours and shapes, Clarice takes more and more dangerous risks – but she manages to stay one step ahead of the workhouse and...
- 4/8/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Phoebe Dynevor has swapped the corsets of Bridgerton for a trench coat for her latest role as Clarice Cliff, a pioneering ceramic artist who roared to prominence in the 1920s while working in Britain’s pottery industry.
Dynevor stars as Cliff in Sky’s original movie The Colour Room, and the Comcast-owned European broadcaster has released a first-look image of the actress in the drama, in which she features opposite Matthew Goode.
The Colour Room is produced by Caspian Films, Sky, and Creative England, while the feature is based on a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning script from Claire Peate. Ophelia helmer Claire McCarthy directs. Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts), and Luke Norris (Poldark).
Here’s the logline: “The Colour Room follows the journey of a determined, working class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionizes the workplace in the 20th century.
Dynevor stars as Cliff in Sky’s original movie The Colour Room, and the Comcast-owned European broadcaster has released a first-look image of the actress in the drama, in which she features opposite Matthew Goode.
The Colour Room is produced by Caspian Films, Sky, and Creative England, while the feature is based on a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning script from Claire Peate. Ophelia helmer Claire McCarthy directs. Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts), and Luke Norris (Poldark).
Here’s the logline: “The Colour Room follows the journey of a determined, working class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionizes the workplace in the 20th century.
- 4/8/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The new epic historical drama series stars Kasia Smutniak playing the role of Rome’s most powerful and influential empress, Livia Drusilla. A new epic historical drama series, entitled Domina, is set to air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service Now. The eight-episode production, created and penned by Simon Burke (the TV series Zen and Fortitude), with Australian filmmaker Claire McCarthy on board as lead director, will bring to life the power struggles of Ancient Rome from a different perspective: that of the women. In detail, the story follows Livia Drusilla’s journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential empress, driven by a deep desire to avenge her father and secure power for her sons. Livia and her peers navigate their way through a brutal society by means of strategy, conspiracy,...
As production ramps up for kick-off on the Sky Original movie ‘The Colour Room’ it’s announced that both ‘Bridgerton’ star Phoebe Dynevor and the always wonderful Matthew Goode have joined the cast.
The film is based on the rise to fame of legendary Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, played by Dynevor. Goode takes on the role of Colley Shorter.
The film follows the journey of a determined, working-class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionises the workplace in the 20th century. Clarice Cliff (Dynevor) is a vivacious young factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s. Her creativity and ambition drives her to move from factory to factory, despite the financial impact on the household she shares with her widowed mother Ann (Kerry Fox) and youngest sister Dot (Darci Shaw). Bursting at the seams with ideas for colours and shapes, Clarice takes more...
The film is based on the rise to fame of legendary Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, played by Dynevor. Goode takes on the role of Colley Shorter.
The film follows the journey of a determined, working-class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionises the workplace in the 20th century. Clarice Cliff (Dynevor) is a vivacious young factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s. Her creativity and ambition drives her to move from factory to factory, despite the financial impact on the household she shares with her widowed mother Ann (Kerry Fox) and youngest sister Dot (Darci Shaw). Bursting at the seams with ideas for colours and shapes, Clarice takes more...
- 3/17/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The film depicts acclaimed ceramic artist Clarice Cliff.
Phoebe Dynevor, star of hit Netflix series Bridgerton, will make her feature film debut in Claire McCarthy’s The Colour Room opposite Matthew Goode, with filming getting underway at the end of March in England.
The title is a Sky Original film co-produced by Sky, the UK’s Caspian Films and Creative England. It is written by Claire Peate, who won the Bafta Rocliffe film award for her script in 2016.
Dynevor will play the real-life figure of Clarice Cliff, a factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s who revolutionized the 20th century workplace,...
Phoebe Dynevor, star of hit Netflix series Bridgerton, will make her feature film debut in Claire McCarthy’s The Colour Room opposite Matthew Goode, with filming getting underway at the end of March in England.
The title is a Sky Original film co-produced by Sky, the UK’s Caspian Films and Creative England. It is written by Claire Peate, who won the Bafta Rocliffe film award for her script in 2016.
Dynevor will play the real-life figure of Clarice Cliff, a factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s who revolutionized the 20th century workplace,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Phoebe Dynevor, star of Netflix’s global smash “Bridgerton,” plays the lead in Sky original “The Colour Room.”
The film charts the rise to fame of Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, played by Dynevor. Cliff, a determined, working class woman in the 1920s, broke the glass ceiling and revolutionized the workplace in the 20th century, while becoming one of the greatest Art Deco designers.
The cast also includes Matthew Goode (“The Imitation Game”), David Morrissey (“The Walking Dead”), Darci Shaw (“Judy”), Kerry Fox (“Rare Beasts”) and Luke Norris (“Poldark”).
The film will be directed by Claire McCarthy (“The Luminaries”) and is written by Claire Peate, winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe new writing showcase in 2016.
“The Colour Room” will start production later this month in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham and will be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema later this year.
“I am so excited to be joining the cast of ‘The Colour Room,...
The film charts the rise to fame of Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, played by Dynevor. Cliff, a determined, working class woman in the 1920s, broke the glass ceiling and revolutionized the workplace in the 20th century, while becoming one of the greatest Art Deco designers.
The cast also includes Matthew Goode (“The Imitation Game”), David Morrissey (“The Walking Dead”), Darci Shaw (“Judy”), Kerry Fox (“Rare Beasts”) and Luke Norris (“Poldark”).
The film will be directed by Claire McCarthy (“The Luminaries”) and is written by Claire Peate, winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe new writing showcase in 2016.
“The Colour Room” will start production later this month in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham and will be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema later this year.
“I am so excited to be joining the cast of ‘The Colour Room,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Phoebe Dynevor is to lead Sky original movie The Colour Room alongside Matthew Goode, marking her first major role since headlining Netflix’s record-breaking Regency-era drama Bridgerton.
Dynevor will play Clarice Cliff, a pioneering ceramic artist who roared to prominence in the 1920s while working in Britain’s Stoke-on-Trent pottery industry. The Colour Room is produced by Caspian Films, Sky, and Creative England, while the feature is based on a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning script from Claire Peate. Ophelia helmer Claire McCarthy directs.
Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts), and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham, while the film will be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema later this year.
Here’s the logline: “The Colour Room follows the journey of a determined, working class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the...
Dynevor will play Clarice Cliff, a pioneering ceramic artist who roared to prominence in the 1920s while working in Britain’s Stoke-on-Trent pottery industry. The Colour Room is produced by Caspian Films, Sky, and Creative England, while the feature is based on a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning script from Claire Peate. Ophelia helmer Claire McCarthy directs.
Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts), and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham, while the film will be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema later this year.
Here’s the logline: “The Colour Room follows the journey of a determined, working class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the...
- 3/17/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Phoebe Dynevor, recently seen as Daphne Bridgerton in Netflix’s hit period drama series Bridgerton, is to star alongside Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game) in the Sky original film The Colour Room.
Directed by Claire McCarthy (Ophelia) from a script by Claire Peate, the film — a co-production from Sky, Caspian Films and Creative England — will tell the story of famed British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, to be played by Dynevor.
Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts) and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in the ...
Directed by Claire McCarthy (Ophelia) from a script by Claire Peate, the film — a co-production from Sky, Caspian Films and Creative England — will tell the story of famed British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, to be played by Dynevor.
Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts) and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in the ...
- 3/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Phoebe Dynevor, recently seen as Daphne Bridgerton in Netflix’s hit period drama series Bridgerton, is to star alongside Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game) in the Sky original film The Colour Room.
Directed by Claire McCarthy (Ophelia) from a script by Claire Peate, the film — a co-production from Sky, Caspian Films and Creative England — will tell the story of famed British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, to be played by Dynevor.
Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts) and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in the ...
Directed by Claire McCarthy (Ophelia) from a script by Claire Peate, the film — a co-production from Sky, Caspian Films and Creative England — will tell the story of famed British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, to be played by Dynevor.
Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts) and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in the ...
- 3/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Luminaries Trailers — BBC and Starz‘s The Luminaries (2020) TV mini-series trailers has been released. The Luminaries trailers stars Eve Hewson, Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Ewen Leslie, Marton Csokas, Callan Mulvey, and Michael Sheasby. Crew Claire McCarthy directed The Luminaries. Eleanor Catton wrote the screenplays for the TV mini-series. David Long created the [...]
Continue reading: The Luminaries Trailers: Eve Hewson & Himesh Patel’s Fates are Linked During a Gold Rush in Starz’s 2020 TV Mini-series...
Continue reading: The Luminaries Trailers: Eve Hewson & Himesh Patel’s Fates are Linked During a Gold Rush in Starz’s 2020 TV Mini-series...
- 1/22/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The Luminaries, the British/New Zealand drama starring The Knick’s Eve Hewson and Sin City’s Eva Green, has been picked up by Starz.
The premium network will premiere the six-part series, which is based on Eleanor Catton’s book, on Sunday, February 14 at 9:30 p.m. after Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham. You can watch a trailer below.
The series follows defiant young adventurer Anna Wetherell (Hewson) who has sailed from Britain to New Zealand to begin a new life. There she meets Emery Staines (Himesh Patel), an encounter that triggers a strange kind of magic that neither can explain. As they fall in love, driven together and apart by fateful coincidence, these star-crossed lovers begin to wonder: do we make our fortunes, or do our fortunes make us?
Eva Green plays Lydia Wells, Marton Csokas (Into the Badlands) stars as Francis Carver and...
The premium network will premiere the six-part series, which is based on Eleanor Catton’s book, on Sunday, February 14 at 9:30 p.m. after Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham. You can watch a trailer below.
The series follows defiant young adventurer Anna Wetherell (Hewson) who has sailed from Britain to New Zealand to begin a new life. There she meets Emery Staines (Himesh Patel), an encounter that triggers a strange kind of magic that neither can explain. As they fall in love, driven together and apart by fateful coincidence, these star-crossed lovers begin to wonder: do we make our fortunes, or do our fortunes make us?
Eva Green plays Lydia Wells, Marton Csokas (Into the Badlands) stars as Francis Carver and...
- 1/19/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
British-New Zealand miniseries “The Luminaries” will get its stateside debut on Starz in February, the pay TV channel said Tuesday.
Starring Eve Hewson, Himesh Patel and Eva Green, “The Luminaries” will premiere Sunday, Feb. 14 at 9:30 p.m., following the debut of “Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham.”
Per Starz, “The Luminaries” tells an epic story of love, murder and revenge, as men and women travelled across the world to make their fortunes. It is a 19th century tale of adventure and mystery, set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush.
Along with the premiere date news, Starz released the trailer for the six-episode limited series, which you can view above.
Here’s the official description for “The Luminaries,” which is based on Eleanor Catton’s novel of the same name: The story follows...
Starring Eve Hewson, Himesh Patel and Eva Green, “The Luminaries” will premiere Sunday, Feb. 14 at 9:30 p.m., following the debut of “Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham.”
Per Starz, “The Luminaries” tells an epic story of love, murder and revenge, as men and women travelled across the world to make their fortunes. It is a 19th century tale of adventure and mystery, set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush.
Along with the premiere date news, Starz released the trailer for the six-episode limited series, which you can view above.
Here’s the official description for “The Luminaries,” which is based on Eleanor Catton’s novel of the same name: The story follows...
- 1/19/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Winners for the 2020 New Zealand Television Awards were announced today, with the event becoming of the few physical screen award ceremonies to be held during the pandemic.
The Luminaries, produced by Southern Light Films and Working Title TV, was the big winner in the drama craft categories with multiple wins including Best Script: Drama for Eleanor Catton, who adapted her Man Booker Prize-winning book for television, Best Director: Drama for Claire McCarthy, Best Cinematographer: Drama for Denson Baker, Best Production Design for Felicity Abbott and Daniel Birt, Best Costume Design for Edward K. Gibbon, Best Makeup Design for Jane O’Kane and Best Post Production Design for Alana Cotton. Lead actor Himesh Patel, who played Emery Staines in the series, won the award for Best Actor.
Taika Waititi, Paul Yates, Jemaine Clement won the Best Comedy award for season 2 of their Wellington Paranormal, while Yates also won Best Script: Comedy for the same program.
The Luminaries, produced by Southern Light Films and Working Title TV, was the big winner in the drama craft categories with multiple wins including Best Script: Drama for Eleanor Catton, who adapted her Man Booker Prize-winning book for television, Best Director: Drama for Claire McCarthy, Best Cinematographer: Drama for Denson Baker, Best Production Design for Felicity Abbott and Daniel Birt, Best Costume Design for Edward K. Gibbon, Best Makeup Design for Jane O’Kane and Best Post Production Design for Alana Cotton. Lead actor Himesh Patel, who played Emery Staines in the series, won the award for Best Actor.
Taika Waititi, Paul Yates, Jemaine Clement won the Best Comedy award for season 2 of their Wellington Paranormal, while Yates also won Best Script: Comedy for the same program.
- 11/18/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sebastian De Souza, who is a series regular on the new Hulu period comedy, The Great, has signed with Anonymous Content for representation.
De Souza stars opposite Fanning and Nicholas Hoult in The Great, created by Oscar-nominated writer Tony McNamara. The show chronicles a genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia and follows the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great.
De Souza also guest-starred in another critically acclaimed Hulu series, Normal People, based on the bestselling novel by Sally Rooney. Other credits include Medici on Netflix, the Channel 4 series Skins, ABC’s Recovery Road, and Showtime’s The Borgias. He’s currently developing a YA television show for Disney.
Up next for De Souza on the film side is Pixie, the Barnaby Thompson-directed feature in which he appears alongside Alec Baldwin and Olivia Cooke, set to be released later this year. He previously co-starred...
De Souza stars opposite Fanning and Nicholas Hoult in The Great, created by Oscar-nominated writer Tony McNamara. The show chronicles a genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia and follows the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great.
De Souza also guest-starred in another critically acclaimed Hulu series, Normal People, based on the bestselling novel by Sally Rooney. Other credits include Medici on Netflix, the Channel 4 series Skins, ABC’s Recovery Road, and Showtime’s The Borgias. He’s currently developing a YA television show for Disney.
Up next for De Souza on the film side is Pixie, the Barnaby Thompson-directed feature in which he appears alongside Alec Baldwin and Olivia Cooke, set to be released later this year. He previously co-starred...
- 10/30/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
When Fti was consolidated into Screenwest back in 2017, the annual Wa Screen Awards disappeared with it.
However, Revelation Perth International Film Festival director Richard Sowada has sought to bring them back, giving the state’s industry an awards platform for the first time in nearly five years.
Newly dubbed the Western Australian Screen Culture Awards, the event will bookend Revelation in mid-December.
Sowada has somewhat reimagined the honours, with a focus on innovation and achievement. Categories span all screen genres, from shorts, features and docos, through to VR/Ar, games, moving image art and installation.
The aim is to recognise the extraordinary growth and current vibracy of the Western Australian industry; Sowada posits that when he started Revelation back in 1997, Wa produced a feature film every three years.
“Over the years, particularly in the last six years or so, it’s exploded,” he tells If.
“There’s an enormous amount of work coming out,...
However, Revelation Perth International Film Festival director Richard Sowada has sought to bring them back, giving the state’s industry an awards platform for the first time in nearly five years.
Newly dubbed the Western Australian Screen Culture Awards, the event will bookend Revelation in mid-December.
Sowada has somewhat reimagined the honours, with a focus on innovation and achievement. Categories span all screen genres, from shorts, features and docos, through to VR/Ar, games, moving image art and installation.
The aim is to recognise the extraordinary growth and current vibracy of the Western Australian industry; Sowada posits that when he started Revelation back in 1997, Wa produced a feature film every three years.
“Over the years, particularly in the last six years or so, it’s exploded,” he tells If.
“There’s an enormous amount of work coming out,...
- 10/23/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
As a novel, The Luminaries is structurally ornate. The Booker Prize-winner is 832 pages long and divided into 12 parts – one for each sign of the zodiac, each systematically decreasing in length according to the pattern of a waning moon. There are celestial charts, and at the head of each chapter is a 19th century-style precis of events to come.
The book’s slippery story about fortune-hunters, opium, con tricks, shipwrecks and a murder trial is told from multiple perspectives, leaving readers unsure of who or what to trust. By the end, the plot – about a dead man on New Zealand’s South Island during the West Coast Gold Rush of 1866 – comes deliberately unravelled in your hands.
All of which makes the idea of a TV adaptation total madness. A story told on such shifting sands would be incomprehensible on screen. Translated literally, Eleanor Catton’s formal devices would give us 12 episodes,...
The book’s slippery story about fortune-hunters, opium, con tricks, shipwrecks and a murder trial is told from multiple perspectives, leaving readers unsure of who or what to trust. By the end, the plot – about a dead man on New Zealand’s South Island during the West Coast Gold Rush of 1866 – comes deliberately unravelled in your hands.
All of which makes the idea of a TV adaptation total madness. A story told on such shifting sands would be incomprehensible on screen. Translated literally, Eleanor Catton’s formal devices would give us 12 episodes,...
- 6/19/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Eva Green watched Once Upon A Time In The West while filming The Luminaries in New Zealand, and although she was seven thousand miles away from Utah, she need only have stepped out on-set to feel like she was entering a world similar to the one created by the great Sergio Leone.
The Working Title Television adaptation of Eleanor Catton’s novel of the same name premieres on BBC One this Sunday, and it certainly delivers a Western fix — albeit in the dustbowl of New Zealand’s Hokitika and with strong, complicated female leads portrayed by Casino Royale actress Green and Eve Hewson, star of The Knick and Bono’s daughter.
Set against the backdrop of the Kiwi gold rush in 1865, Hewson plays the swashbuckling Anna Wetherell, who sails from Britain to New Zealand to begin a new life. She discovers a dangerous world, where shipwreck, murder, greed, blackmail, and betrayal conspire against her,...
The Working Title Television adaptation of Eleanor Catton’s novel of the same name premieres on BBC One this Sunday, and it certainly delivers a Western fix — albeit in the dustbowl of New Zealand’s Hokitika and with strong, complicated female leads portrayed by Casino Royale actress Green and Eve Hewson, star of The Knick and Bono’s daughter.
Set against the backdrop of the Kiwi gold rush in 1865, Hewson plays the swashbuckling Anna Wetherell, who sails from Britain to New Zealand to begin a new life. She discovers a dangerous world, where shipwreck, murder, greed, blackmail, and betrayal conspire against her,...
- 6/18/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Hotel Mumbai’.
Nick Matthews was named Australian cinematographer of the year for his work on director Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai at the annual Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) National Awards on Saturday night.
In addition, he collected the Gold Tripod for features budgeted above $2 million with Denson Baker receiving an award of distinction in that category for Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia.
In the awards presented online, Dion Beebe, Roger Lanser and John Wheeler were inducted into the Hall of Fame and the Ron Windon Award went to Robb Shaw-Velzen.
For features budgeted below $2 million Joshua Flavell received the Gold Tripod for David Barker’s Pimped and Chris Bland got the award of distinction for Heath Davis’ Locusts.
Among the other honorees, Zoe White won the drama series or telefeatures prize for The Handmaid’s Tale and Katie Milwright took the dramatised documentaries gong for Matthew Sleeth’s Guilty, which chronicles the final...
Nick Matthews was named Australian cinematographer of the year for his work on director Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai at the annual Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) National Awards on Saturday night.
In addition, he collected the Gold Tripod for features budgeted above $2 million with Denson Baker receiving an award of distinction in that category for Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia.
In the awards presented online, Dion Beebe, Roger Lanser and John Wheeler were inducted into the Hall of Fame and the Ron Windon Award went to Robb Shaw-Velzen.
For features budgeted below $2 million Joshua Flavell received the Gold Tripod for David Barker’s Pimped and Chris Bland got the award of distinction for Heath Davis’ Locusts.
Among the other honorees, Zoe White won the drama series or telefeatures prize for The Handmaid’s Tale and Katie Milwright took the dramatised documentaries gong for Matthew Sleeth’s Guilty, which chronicles the final...
- 5/17/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Zak Hilditch, Alison James and infant.
Expat Australian filmmakers in Los Angeles and London are coping as best they can through the Covid-19 pandemic, including supporting each other.
Zak Hilditch was gearing up to shoot Airborne (formerly Celestial Blue), a prescient thriller about a mid-flight pandemic, in Bulgaria mid-year, produced by Liz Kearney and Ross Dinerstein, backed by Xyz Films.
“Like everything else, it’s all a huge grey area as to whether that’s even remotely feasible,” he tells If. Alexandra Daddario is attached to play a flight attendant who struggles to contain the infected passengers and against the odds land the aircraft safely.
Zak’s wife Alison James, who signed with Wme and Grandview after directing the short Judas Collar, is focused on writing and developing her own projects and collaborating with others in the Us and Australia.
I Am Mother’s Grant Sputore and his wife moved...
Expat Australian filmmakers in Los Angeles and London are coping as best they can through the Covid-19 pandemic, including supporting each other.
Zak Hilditch was gearing up to shoot Airborne (formerly Celestial Blue), a prescient thriller about a mid-flight pandemic, in Bulgaria mid-year, produced by Liz Kearney and Ross Dinerstein, backed by Xyz Films.
“Like everything else, it’s all a huge grey area as to whether that’s even remotely feasible,” he tells If. Alexandra Daddario is attached to play a flight attendant who struggles to contain the infected passengers and against the odds land the aircraft safely.
Zak’s wife Alison James, who signed with Wme and Grandview after directing the short Judas Collar, is focused on writing and developing her own projects and collaborating with others in the Us and Australia.
I Am Mother’s Grant Sputore and his wife moved...
- 4/1/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Erik Thomson (Photo: Alex Vaughan).
In a perfect world Erik Thomson would have just wrapped filming of Amazon Prime’s Back to the Rafters and have started pre-production on the ABC dramedy Yes, Chef!
Stateless star Fayssal Bazzi would be preparing to go to the Us to meet with agents and producers and looking forward to the May release of Paul Ireland’s Measure or Measure, in which he co-stars with Hugo Weaving.
After roles in Amazon Studios’ historical drama The Underground Railroad and the BBC and Netflix serial-killer drama The Serpent, Damon Herriman was set to star in a film in New Zealand.
Roz Hammond was getting ready to perform alongside Lachy Hulme in director Tyran Parke’s stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at Her Majesty’s in May.
All of that is now on hold, of course, curtailed by the Covid-19 crisis.
In a perfect world Erik Thomson would have just wrapped filming of Amazon Prime’s Back to the Rafters and have started pre-production on the ABC dramedy Yes, Chef!
Stateless star Fayssal Bazzi would be preparing to go to the Us to meet with agents and producers and looking forward to the May release of Paul Ireland’s Measure or Measure, in which he co-stars with Hugo Weaving.
After roles in Amazon Studios’ historical drama The Underground Railroad and the BBC and Netflix serial-killer drama The Serpent, Damon Herriman was set to star in a film in New Zealand.
Roz Hammond was getting ready to perform alongside Lachy Hulme in director Tyran Parke’s stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at Her Majesty’s in May.
All of that is now on hold, of course, curtailed by the Covid-19 crisis.
- 3/30/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Joseph Baxter Feb 17, 2020
Netflix’s I Am Not Okay with This stars It’s Sophia Lillis as an angsty teen who discovers that she has telekinetic powers.
I Am Not Okay with This may sound like a contemporary PSA shown in a mandatory Hr meeting, but it’s actually a teen-aimed Netflix television series adapting a graphic novel from Charles Forsman, the writer behind the comic source material for the streaming giant’s subversive coming-of-age series, The End of the F***ing World.
Sophia Lillis continues to parlay momentum from It and It Chapter Two, starring here as Sydney, a 15-year-old who’s already dealing with a lot of issues – grief over her war casualty father, hormonal crises and a case of body image dysmorphia – when her problems exponentially increase to supernatural levels upon the discovery that she possesses telekinetic powers; the thing is, she can’t quite control said powers,...
Netflix’s I Am Not Okay with This stars It’s Sophia Lillis as an angsty teen who discovers that she has telekinetic powers.
I Am Not Okay with This may sound like a contemporary PSA shown in a mandatory Hr meeting, but it’s actually a teen-aimed Netflix television series adapting a graphic novel from Charles Forsman, the writer behind the comic source material for the streaming giant’s subversive coming-of-age series, The End of the F***ing World.
Sophia Lillis continues to parlay momentum from It and It Chapter Two, starring here as Sydney, a 15-year-old who’s already dealing with a lot of issues – grief over her war casualty father, hormonal crises and a case of body image dysmorphia – when her problems exponentially increase to supernatural levels upon the discovery that she possesses telekinetic powers; the thing is, she can’t quite control said powers,...
- 2/17/2020
- Den of Geek
Lead produced by Working Title Television, distributed internationally by Fremantle and coming soon to BBC Two, period thriller “The Luminaries” has initiated a global roll-out, closing pre-sales to Australia, France, Russia, Poland and Greece.
Given the freshness of the sales, the identity of the buying broadcaster partners remains to be revealed soon. Pre-sales to more European territories “are coming up as we speak,” Jens Richter, Fremantle International CEO, told Variety.
Starring Eve Hewson, Eva Green and Himesh Patel (“The Aeronauts,” “EastEnders”), the six-part series adapts the novel of the same title, which made its then 27-year-old author, Eleanor Catton, the youngest ever winner of the Man Booker Price.
An 800-page doorstopper adventure set during the 1860s’ gold rush on New Zealand’s wild West Coast, the book played with Victorian novel conventions in a mix of romance, crime and melodrama which Catton termed a celebration of the joy of reading.
Given the freshness of the sales, the identity of the buying broadcaster partners remains to be revealed soon. Pre-sales to more European territories “are coming up as we speak,” Jens Richter, Fremantle International CEO, told Variety.
Starring Eve Hewson, Eva Green and Himesh Patel (“The Aeronauts,” “EastEnders”), the six-part series adapts the novel of the same title, which made its then 27-year-old author, Eleanor Catton, the youngest ever winner of the Man Booker Price.
An 800-page doorstopper adventure set during the 1860s’ gold rush on New Zealand’s wild West Coast, the book played with Victorian novel conventions in a mix of romance, crime and melodrama which Catton termed a celebration of the joy of reading.
- 2/10/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sebastian De Souza (Medici: Masters of Florence) is set as a series regular opposite Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult in Hulu comedy series The Great, from Civic Center Media in association with Mrc Television.
Created, written and executive produced by Oscar-nominated writer Tony McNamara (The Favourite), The Great chronicles a genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia and follows the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great. Fanning is Catherine, with The Favourite alum Hoult also starring alongside Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge and Sacha Shawan.
De Souza plays Leo, a charming, witty, country aristocrat who falls in love with Catherine (Elle Fanning).
The series is executive produced by Marian Macgowan, Thruline’s Josh Kesselman and Ron West, Echo Lake’s Brittany Kahan Ward, Doug Mankoff and Andrew Spaulding, Elle Fanning, Mark Winemaker and Matt Shakman. Civic Center Media produces in association with Mrc Television.
Created, written and executive produced by Oscar-nominated writer Tony McNamara (The Favourite), The Great chronicles a genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia and follows the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great. Fanning is Catherine, with The Favourite alum Hoult also starring alongside Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge and Sacha Shawan.
De Souza plays Leo, a charming, witty, country aristocrat who falls in love with Catherine (Elle Fanning).
The series is executive produced by Marian Macgowan, Thruline’s Josh Kesselman and Ron West, Echo Lake’s Brittany Kahan Ward, Doug Mankoff and Andrew Spaulding, Elle Fanning, Mark Winemaker and Matt Shakman. Civic Center Media produces in association with Mrc Television.
- 2/4/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When Daisy Ridley was cast to play Rey in 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” she vaulted from the quiet anonymity of a young working actor in the United Kingdom to sudden global mega-fame as the star of one of the most anticipated movies of the century.
Since then, she reprised her role in Rian Johnson’s 2017 sequel “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and J.J. Abrams’ upcoming “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” the conclusion to the Skywalker saga. Unlike her co-stars, however, Ridley has only made two other films in between: Kenneth Branagh’s whodunit “Murder on the Orient Express” and Claire McCarthy’s revisionist “Hamlet” reimagining, “Ophelia.”
Now that her time in the “Star Wars” universe is likely coming to a close, Ridley is ready to start her next chapter. The 27-year-old actor spoke with Variety about what her life and career might look like after living...
Since then, she reprised her role in Rian Johnson’s 2017 sequel “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and J.J. Abrams’ upcoming “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” the conclusion to the Skywalker saga. Unlike her co-stars, however, Ridley has only made two other films in between: Kenneth Branagh’s whodunit “Murder on the Orient Express” and Claire McCarthy’s revisionist “Hamlet” reimagining, “Ophelia.”
Now that her time in the “Star Wars” universe is likely coming to a close, Ridley is ready to start her next chapter. The 27-year-old actor spoke with Variety about what her life and career might look like after living...
- 12/9/2019
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
“Babyteeth” director Shannon Murphy is to helm a television adaptation of prize-winning dramatic novel “The Strays.” The series is set up as an Australia-u.K. co-venture, involving See Pictures and Apogee Pictures.
Beatrix Christian is set as the lead writer of the six-part series. She describes the story as “an incendiary device beautifully disguised as a girl’s memoir and it is absolutely current. It explores a frightening blind spot in the worldview of people who are otherwise progressive.”
Inspired by the Heide Circle, and written by Emily Bitto, “The Strays” explores what happens when a violent act lost in the past of a subversive group of artists is linked to the death of a young woman in the present day. One of those involved must decide whether to expose a now-influential member of the establishment in order to prevent further tragedy.
“Babyteeth,” which competed at the Venice Film Festival,...
Beatrix Christian is set as the lead writer of the six-part series. She describes the story as “an incendiary device beautifully disguised as a girl’s memoir and it is absolutely current. It explores a frightening blind spot in the worldview of people who are otherwise progressive.”
Inspired by the Heide Circle, and written by Emily Bitto, “The Strays” explores what happens when a violent act lost in the past of a subversive group of artists is linked to the death of a young woman in the present day. One of those involved must decide whether to expose a now-influential member of the establishment in order to prevent further tragedy.
“Babyteeth,” which competed at the Venice Film Festival,...
- 11/27/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Claire McCarthy’s refreshing reimagining of Ophelia grants personal autonomy and vivacity to one of literature’s most recognisable and one-dimensional tragic figures. For the final 20 minutes. Unfortunately, Ophelia is an hour and 46 minutes long. What a tragedy!
Lisa Klein’s Ya novel is the foundation for McCarthy’s Shakespearean story and Rey star Daisy Riley plays the eponymous hero. Fine ingredients for an inspiring teen drama. And this Ophelia certainly has heroic potential – even as a small child – cavorting through Elsinore Castle like she owns the place and speaking up before the royal court, defying the 14th-century diktat that girls should be ornamental rather than opinionated.
Something about the scruffy, cheeky little girl charms Queen Gertrude (Naomi Watts) and she takes the child under her wing, hosing her down and training her up so she may evolve into a lady of the court. By the time Hamlet (George MacKay) encounters her,...
Lisa Klein’s Ya novel is the foundation for McCarthy’s Shakespearean story and Rey star Daisy Riley plays the eponymous hero. Fine ingredients for an inspiring teen drama. And this Ophelia certainly has heroic potential – even as a small child – cavorting through Elsinore Castle like she owns the place and speaking up before the royal court, defying the 14th-century diktat that girls should be ornamental rather than opinionated.
Something about the scruffy, cheeky little girl charms Queen Gertrude (Naomi Watts) and she takes the child under her wing, hosing her down and training her up so she may evolve into a lady of the court. By the time Hamlet (George MacKay) encounters her,...
- 11/22/2019
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Terry Norris and Benedict Hardie in ‘Judy & Punch.’
After portraying a succession of dastardly or less than noble characters in films and TV series, Benedict Hardie welcomed the chance to play someone with at least a few redeeming qualities in Judy & Punch.
In Mirrah Foulkes’ brutal, dark re-interpretation of the puppet play which opens in Australian cinemas on Thursday via Madman Entertainment, he plays Constable Derrick.
The lone cop in the wryly-named inland town of Seaside, Derrick struggles to maintain law and order as Damon Herriman’s narcissistic Punch causes mayhem after his much-abused wife Judy (Mia Wasikowska) vanishes.
“It was such a pleasure to make that film,” he tells If. “The script was like nothing any of us has read. Derrick becomes an emotional touchstone for the audience as an outsider looking at this mad world.
“He’s a quiet, meek and gentle soul who hopes for the...
After portraying a succession of dastardly or less than noble characters in films and TV series, Benedict Hardie welcomed the chance to play someone with at least a few redeeming qualities in Judy & Punch.
In Mirrah Foulkes’ brutal, dark re-interpretation of the puppet play which opens in Australian cinemas on Thursday via Madman Entertainment, he plays Constable Derrick.
The lone cop in the wryly-named inland town of Seaside, Derrick struggles to maintain law and order as Damon Herriman’s narcissistic Punch causes mayhem after his much-abused wife Judy (Mia Wasikowska) vanishes.
“It was such a pleasure to make that film,” he tells If. “The script was like nothing any of us has read. Derrick becomes an emotional touchstone for the audience as an outsider looking at this mad world.
“He’s a quiet, meek and gentle soul who hopes for the...
- 11/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The last 30 minutes of David Lynch’s 2001 brain-bending masterpiece “Mulholland Drive” offer up a harrowing free-fall into a woman’s unraveling psyche — thanks to a mesmerizing performance by Naomi Watts, who subtly shifts from wide-eyed credulity to broken-down hysteria and back again, as the gravity of her character’s situation comes into shattering focus.
In a clip below that has recently surfaced on Twitter, watch as Watts gives a master class in wordless acting during a pivotal scene where her character, who is at this point Diane Selwyn, realizes she’s being dumped by not only her director (Justin Theroux), but also her would-be girlfriend (Laura Elena Harring). As it takes place in the film, the whole scene is excruciating to watch — and no doubt one of the most uncomfortably real depictions of a mind processing a breakup ever.
Naomi Watts gets applause from David Lynch and crew for her powerful non-verbal acting performance pic.
In a clip below that has recently surfaced on Twitter, watch as Watts gives a master class in wordless acting during a pivotal scene where her character, who is at this point Diane Selwyn, realizes she’s being dumped by not only her director (Justin Theroux), but also her would-be girlfriend (Laura Elena Harring). As it takes place in the film, the whole scene is excruciating to watch — and no doubt one of the most uncomfortably real depictions of a mind processing a breakup ever.
Naomi Watts gets applause from David Lynch and crew for her powerful non-verbal acting performance pic.
- 8/25/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Actor Tom Felton shared a photograph of him giving guitar lessons to his "Harry Potter" co-star Emma Watson here.
Felton, who essayed Draco Malfoy in the popular "Harry Potter" franchise, took to his Instagram to share the photograph, where he is seen teaching Watson how to place her fingers on the guitar strings.
Also Read:?Emma Watson sets up her own helpline
He captioned the image: "Quick learner".
On the acting front, Watson is currently busy with "Little Women", a coming-of-age period drama film directed by Greta Gerwig. It is the eighth feature film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.
The film also stars Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Timoth?e Chalamet, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep.
Felton was seen in "Ophelia" directed by Claire McCarthy.
Felton, who essayed Draco Malfoy in the popular "Harry Potter" franchise, took to his Instagram to share the photograph, where he is seen teaching Watson how to place her fingers on the guitar strings.
Also Read:?Emma Watson sets up her own helpline
He captioned the image: "Quick learner".
On the acting front, Watson is currently busy with "Little Women", a coming-of-age period drama film directed by Greta Gerwig. It is the eighth feature film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.
The film also stars Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Timoth?e Chalamet, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep.
Felton was seen in "Ophelia" directed by Claire McCarthy.
- 8/20/2019
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Sundance 2018 title Ophelia has been picked up for UK and Ireland distribution by Blue Finch Film Releasing.
U.S. sales outfit Covert struck the deal on the title, which was released by IFC in North America earlier this year. The UK deal was closed between Jim Harvey on behalf of Covert and Mike Chapman for Blue Finch.
A retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from Ophelia’s perspective, pic stars Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, George MacKay and Tom Felton.
Claire McCarthy directs from Semi Chellas’ script, based on the novel by Lisa Klein. Producers are Daniel Bobker, Sarah Curtis, Ehren Kruger, and Paul Hanson in association with Freebury Productions Limited. Funding came from Ingenious Media and Bert Marcus Film.
Fledgling outfit Blue Finch plans to release the film later this year with a theatrical component. The distributor’s first theatrical title, Charming, is currently on release. Movies on...
U.S. sales outfit Covert struck the deal on the title, which was released by IFC in North America earlier this year. The UK deal was closed between Jim Harvey on behalf of Covert and Mike Chapman for Blue Finch.
A retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from Ophelia’s perspective, pic stars Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, George MacKay and Tom Felton.
Claire McCarthy directs from Semi Chellas’ script, based on the novel by Lisa Klein. Producers are Daniel Bobker, Sarah Curtis, Ehren Kruger, and Paul Hanson in association with Freebury Productions Limited. Funding came from Ingenious Media and Bert Marcus Film.
Fledgling outfit Blue Finch plans to release the film later this year with a theatrical component. The distributor’s first theatrical title, Charming, is currently on release. Movies on...
- 8/15/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The new "Hamlet" historical romantic feature "Ophelia", now playing, is directed by Claire McCarthy and adapted by Semi Chellas, based on the novel by Lisa Klein, starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen and George MacKay:
"...as a rebellious and motherless child, 'Ophelia' (Ridley) is taken into 'Elsinore Castle' by 'Queen Gerturde' (Watts) as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections of the young 'Prince Hamlet' (MacKay).
"A passionate romance kindles between the two in secret as the kingdom is on the brink of war amidst its own political intrigue and betrayal.
"When Hamlet's father is murdered and the prince's wits begin to unravel into an insatiable quest for vengeance, Ophelia sharply navigates the rules of power in Denmark all while struggling to choose between her true love and her own life..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ophelia"...
"...as a rebellious and motherless child, 'Ophelia' (Ridley) is taken into 'Elsinore Castle' by 'Queen Gerturde' (Watts) as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections of the young 'Prince Hamlet' (MacKay).
"A passionate romance kindles between the two in secret as the kingdom is on the brink of war amidst its own political intrigue and betrayal.
"When Hamlet's father is murdered and the prince's wits begin to unravel into an insatiable quest for vengeance, Ophelia sharply navigates the rules of power in Denmark all while struggling to choose between her true love and her own life..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ophelia"...
- 7/2/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
This weekend, Sony Pictures Classics launches Alex Holmes’ Toronto ’18 premiere Maiden. The company was bullish about the doc’s prospects at the title’s New York premiere hosted by awards maven Peggy Siegal.
IFC Films is heading out with a day and date release of Ophelia, a modern-language re-imagining of Hamlet told from Ophelia’s Pov, starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts and Clive Owen. Greenwich Entertainment is opening Locarno Film Festival prize-winner Three Peaks, looking to take advantage of the dearth of new dramas, while KimStim is bowing the provocative social satire The Plagiarists in New York.
Other limited releases heading to theaters this weekend include Euphoria with Alicia Vikander, Eva Green and Charlotte Rampling via Freestyle Releasing and Lionsgate Home Entertainment as well as Vertical Entertainment’s The Last Whistle. ArtAffects, meanwhile, is opening its faith-centered The Other Side Of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith in over two hundred locations Friday.
IFC Films is heading out with a day and date release of Ophelia, a modern-language re-imagining of Hamlet told from Ophelia’s Pov, starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts and Clive Owen. Greenwich Entertainment is opening Locarno Film Festival prize-winner Three Peaks, looking to take advantage of the dearth of new dramas, while KimStim is bowing the provocative social satire The Plagiarists in New York.
Other limited releases heading to theaters this weekend include Euphoria with Alicia Vikander, Eva Green and Charlotte Rampling via Freestyle Releasing and Lionsgate Home Entertainment as well as Vertical Entertainment’s The Last Whistle. ArtAffects, meanwhile, is opening its faith-centered The Other Side Of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith in over two hundred locations Friday.
- 6/28/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Steven Berkoff is no stranger to the limelight. At 81 the actor, playwright and theatre director shows no sign of slowing down. Currently he is working on a one man, one act play based on the recent #MeToo allegations against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. But his most recent film, a perilous journey through some of Shakespeare’s most notorious creations, shows that there is much more for the ‘enfant terrible’ still to say.
This confrontational aspect is crucial to the man’s work. Indeed, it has served him well enough to earn him the nick name of one of the ‘bad boys of British theatre’, a moniker which endeared him to Hollywood casting agents in the ’70s and ’80s. On screen he has fought James Bond, John Rambo and Axel Foley, on stage he has brought his brash physicality to many of the great roles, notably his work adapting Shakespeare.
This confrontational aspect is crucial to the man’s work. Indeed, it has served him well enough to earn him the nick name of one of the ‘bad boys of British theatre’, a moniker which endeared him to Hollywood casting agents in the ’70s and ’80s. On screen he has fought James Bond, John Rambo and Axel Foley, on stage he has brought his brash physicality to many of the great roles, notably his work adapting Shakespeare.
- 6/27/2019
- by Michael Walsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.