British actor Julian Sands has gone missing while hiking in southern California.
The prolific film and TV star was reported missing by his wife, the writer Evgenia Citkowitz, after going hiking in the San Gabriel mountains on Friday 13 January. He is a keen hiker, who once described his happiest moment as “close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning”.
Authorities are carrying out an extensive search-and-rescue mission for the 65-year-old actor, though extreme weather conditions had caused delays and interruptions. His adult son, Henry, is assisting in the search with an experienced climber.
The search has entered its 11th day, with Sands’ family issuing a statement on Monday 23 January thanking authorities for their “heroic” efforts.
“His family are frantic with worry,” a close friend told The Independent.
Throughout his life, Sands appeared in more than 150 films and TV series, including several Oscar winners.
The West Yorkshire-born actor began...
The prolific film and TV star was reported missing by his wife, the writer Evgenia Citkowitz, after going hiking in the San Gabriel mountains on Friday 13 January. He is a keen hiker, who once described his happiest moment as “close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning”.
Authorities are carrying out an extensive search-and-rescue mission for the 65-year-old actor, though extreme weather conditions had caused delays and interruptions. His adult son, Henry, is assisting in the search with an experienced climber.
The search has entered its 11th day, with Sands’ family issuing a statement on Monday 23 January thanking authorities for their “heroic” efforts.
“His family are frantic with worry,” a close friend told The Independent.
Throughout his life, Sands appeared in more than 150 films and TV series, including several Oscar winners.
The West Yorkshire-born actor began...
- 1/24/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
Banijay’s UK CEO Lucinda Hicks is exiting after 12 years at the Europe-based production giant, with incoming Executive Chairman Patrick Holland set to take on her post.
Hicks has been CEO for two years, taking the post in 2020 after Banijay acquired her former company Endemol Shine Group.
Former BBC Director of Factual, Arts and Classical Music Patrick Holland will take on the CEO role in May. He will also become Executive Chairman following Peter Salmon’s exit, as previous reported.
Hicks and Salmon worked closely after the Banijay deal at the Peaky Blinders, MasterChef and Survivor company, helping it through the Covid pandemic, while bringing in the likes of Natalka Znak and Jon Swain to lead key production brands.
Prior to her CEO role, Hicks was COO of Endemol Shine UK, having joined the company when Endemol merged with Shine Group in 2015. Her roles have included Joint Managing Director of...
Hicks has been CEO for two years, taking the post in 2020 after Banijay acquired her former company Endemol Shine Group.
Former BBC Director of Factual, Arts and Classical Music Patrick Holland will take on the CEO role in May. He will also become Executive Chairman following Peter Salmon’s exit, as previous reported.
Hicks and Salmon worked closely after the Banijay deal at the Peaky Blinders, MasterChef and Survivor company, helping it through the Covid pandemic, while bringing in the likes of Natalka Znak and Jon Swain to lead key production brands.
Prior to her CEO role, Hicks was COO of Endemol Shine UK, having joined the company when Endemol merged with Shine Group in 2015. Her roles have included Joint Managing Director of...
- 4/4/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Lawrence Osborne, the Asia-based writer who has recently enjoyed a spate of film deals for his own novels, is poised to adapt Jon Swain’s Vietnam War-era memoir “River of Time.” Film rights to Swain’s book have been optioned by Indochina Productions for Osborne to script and executive produce.
Swain, an award-winning correspondent for the Sunday Times of London and Afp, went to South-East Asia, only 22 years old, having previously been in the Foreign Legion. Famously arriving in Pnomh Penh on the last flight out of Bangkok before the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia, Swain witnessed the Cambodian genocide. He covered Vietnam and Cambodia from 1970-1975, and became a key figure among the war correspondents based in the city.
The book, “River of Time” was released originally in 1997 and is Swain’s love song to a disappeared world, full of surprisingly influential culture. “The result is maybe the...
Swain, an award-winning correspondent for the Sunday Times of London and Afp, went to South-East Asia, only 22 years old, having previously been in the Foreign Legion. Famously arriving in Pnomh Penh on the last flight out of Bangkok before the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia, Swain witnessed the Cambodian genocide. He covered Vietnam and Cambodia from 1970-1975, and became a key figure among the war correspondents based in the city.
The book, “River of Time” was released originally in 1997 and is Swain’s love song to a disappeared world, full of surprisingly influential culture. “The result is maybe the...
- 6/26/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
English novelist Lawrence Osborne, acclaimed for his enigmatic thrillers set in exotic locales around the world, is set to write a big-screen adaptation of Jon Swain's cult Khmer Rouge memoir River of Time.
Osborne will executive produce the project alongside Nicholas Simon, CEO of Bangkok-based film company Indochina Productions. The partners, sharing a passion for the source material, approached Swain directly to option the film rights. The deal was closed ahead of this week's first-ever Virtual Cannes Market.
River of Time has been described as the quintessential memoir of the Vietnam War era, centered mostly on events in Cambodia and ...
Osborne will executive produce the project alongside Nicholas Simon, CEO of Bangkok-based film company Indochina Productions. The partners, sharing a passion for the source material, approached Swain directly to option the film rights. The deal was closed ahead of this week's first-ever Virtual Cannes Market.
River of Time has been described as the quintessential memoir of the Vietnam War era, centered mostly on events in Cambodia and ...
- 6/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
English novelist Lawrence Osborne, acclaimed for his enigmatic thrillers set in exotic locales around the world, is set to write a big-screen adaptation of Jon Swain's cult Khmer Rouge memoir River of Time.
Osborne will executive produce the project alongside Nicholas Simon, CEO of Bangkok-based film company Indochina Productions. The partners, sharing a passion for the source material, approached Swain directly to option the film rights. The deal was closed ahead of this week's first-ever Virtual Cannes Market.
River of Time has been described as the quintessential memoir of the Vietnam War era, centered mostly on events in Cambodia and ...
Osborne will executive produce the project alongside Nicholas Simon, CEO of Bangkok-based film company Indochina Productions. The partners, sharing a passion for the source material, approached Swain directly to option the film rights. The deal was closed ahead of this week's first-ever Virtual Cannes Market.
River of Time has been described as the quintessential memoir of the Vietnam War era, centered mostly on events in Cambodia and ...
- 6/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ITV has greenlit a BBC Studios-produced series about Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne. “Inside the Duchy” (working title) will follow the Prince of Wales over two one-hour episodes to mark his 50th year as the holder of the title of Duke of Cornwall.
The producers said the series will give an unprecedented insight into the workings of the Duchy, the royal estate given to Charles as the duke, which generates £20 million ($26 million) a year in income. A film crew was embedded with the prince and staff and tenants of the Duchy, capturing the running of the estate.
The cameras follow Charles in his capacity as a landlord, farmer, and custodian of the land. In exclusive interviews, he explains how the Duchy is run to reflect his belief that economic development works best in harmony with the natural world and local communities.
“We’re excited to have...
The producers said the series will give an unprecedented insight into the workings of the Duchy, the royal estate given to Charles as the duke, which generates £20 million ($26 million) a year in income. A film crew was embedded with the prince and staff and tenants of the Duchy, capturing the running of the estate.
The cameras follow Charles in his capacity as a landlord, farmer, and custodian of the land. In exclusive interviews, he explains how the Duchy is run to reflect his belief that economic development works best in harmony with the natural world and local communities.
“We’re excited to have...
- 4/24/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Studios has scored its first commission for British commercial broadcaster ITV – a documentary series featuring exclusive interviews with The Prince of Wales.
The production division of the public broadcaster is making Inside The Duchy (w/t) to celebrate his 50th year working as The Duke of Cornwall.
It comes as he is set to be depicted in season three of The Crown by God’s Own Country star Josh O’Connor.
The two-part doc series will explore The Duchy of Cornwall, an ancient Royal estate that covers more than 130,000 acres across 23 counties, touching coast, countryside and city. It also generates over £20M for the Prince, his family and his charities.
The film crew, from BBC Studios’ Unscripted Productions label, was embedded with the Duchy of Cornwall for a year, filming with the staff and tenants to capture every aspect of the day-to-day running of the estate whose properties include farms,...
The production division of the public broadcaster is making Inside The Duchy (w/t) to celebrate his 50th year working as The Duke of Cornwall.
It comes as he is set to be depicted in season three of The Crown by God’s Own Country star Josh O’Connor.
The two-part doc series will explore The Duchy of Cornwall, an ancient Royal estate that covers more than 130,000 acres across 23 counties, touching coast, countryside and city. It also generates over £20M for the Prince, his family and his charities.
The film crew, from BBC Studios’ Unscripted Productions label, was embedded with the Duchy of Cornwall for a year, filming with the staff and tenants to capture every aspect of the day-to-day running of the estate whose properties include farms,...
- 4/24/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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