[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for The Gilded Age Season 2 Episode 4, “Duke It Out.”] Carrie Coon‘s Bertha Russell is fighting two battles in The Gilded Age Season 2: her public opera war with Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy) and her private battle with Enid Turner/Mrs. Winterton (Kelley Curran). Episode 4 proved she’s currently winning both. After a famous playwright came to town in Episode 3, the Manhattan elite were visited by the English Duke of Buckingham (Ben Lamb) in Episode 4, and the Russells and the Wintertons were both competing for the prize of his attention. The Wintertons knew the Duke from their time across the pond, but Bertha wouldn’t give her former lady’s maid — and would-be seductress of her husband, George (Morgan Spector) — the satisfaction of the public notoriety that would come with sitting next to him at dinner. She switched their name cards, which was enough to make Turner seethe across ...
- 11/20/2023
- TV Insider
The story of three women who embark on a European train-ride tour in honor of their dearly departed friend, “Off the Rails” is inevitably colored by the 2020 death of Kelly Preston, who delivers her final screen performance as a member of this sorrowful trio. Such sentimental circumstances, however, can’t overshadow the creakiness of Jules Williamson’s film, which despite its title Laughs, tears, healing and incessant Blondie songs are all part of its rickety package, none of which is likely to help it make inroads with audiences when it debuts in theaters and on VOD on Dec. 10.
A high tolerance for corniness and the sound of Debbie Harry’s voice are prerequisites for “Off the Rails,” whose tale swiftly reunites lonely Kate (Jenny Seagrove), motherly Liz (Sally Phillips) and discontent actress Cassie (Preston) for the funeral of their fourth musketeer, Anna. Following a service at which Anna’s mother (a cameoing Judi Dench) speaks,...
A high tolerance for corniness and the sound of Debbie Harry’s voice are prerequisites for “Off the Rails,” whose tale swiftly reunites lonely Kate (Jenny Seagrove), motherly Liz (Sally Phillips) and discontent actress Cassie (Preston) for the funeral of their fourth musketeer, Anna. Following a service at which Anna’s mother (a cameoing Judi Dench) speaks,...
- 12/13/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Kelly Preston’s final film role has been fondly remembered by husband John Travolta, who posted the trailer to Off The Rails on his Instagram.
“Off the Rails is Kelly’s last film,” Travolta wrote. “She was very proud of it and of all of the wonderful talent that she got to work with in it.”
Travolta’s 21-year-old daughter with Preston, Ella Travolta, shared three red heart emojis on the post.
Off The Rails, which premiered in theaters Friday, stars Jenny Seagrove, Sally Phillips, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Ben Miller, Franco Nero and Judi Dench. Preston plays an American named Cassie, one of three friends in their 50s on an adventure across Europe to celebrate their recently deceased friend’s last wish. The deceased leaves four train rickets for her friends on the condition that they take her teenage daughter with them.
Directed by Jules Williamson and written by Jordan Waller,...
“Off the Rails is Kelly’s last film,” Travolta wrote. “She was very proud of it and of all of the wonderful talent that she got to work with in it.”
Travolta’s 21-year-old daughter with Preston, Ella Travolta, shared three red heart emojis on the post.
Off The Rails, which premiered in theaters Friday, stars Jenny Seagrove, Sally Phillips, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Ben Miller, Franco Nero and Judi Dench. Preston plays an American named Cassie, one of three friends in their 50s on an adventure across Europe to celebrate their recently deceased friend’s last wish. The deceased leaves four train rickets for her friends on the condition that they take her teenage daughter with them.
Directed by Jules Williamson and written by Jordan Waller,...
- 7/25/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #194: How to Make Your IndieFilm & Develop Your Screenwriting Career with actor Jordan Waller,...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #194: How to Make Your IndieFilm & Develop Your Screenwriting Career with actor Jordan Waller,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Screen Media has bought all U.S. rights to the comedy-drama “Off the Rails,” starring the late Kelly Preston, Jenny Seagrove, Sally Phillips, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Ben Miller, Franco Nero and Judi Dench.
Screen Media plans to release the film in theaters and on demand in the first half of 2021. “Off the Rails” is one of the final roles for Preston, who died in July at the age of 57 after battling breast cancer. Metro International is handling foreign sales at the online American Film Market, which launches Monday.
“Off the Rails” is Jules Williamson’s feature directorial debut, inspired by Williamson’s own real-life events. Three friends, now in their 50s, recreate an interrail journey from their youth across Europe to fulfill the dying wish of their close friend — whose place is taken by her 18-year-old daughter. With lost passports, train strikes and romantic entanglements thrown their way, they must put...
Screen Media plans to release the film in theaters and on demand in the first half of 2021. “Off the Rails” is one of the final roles for Preston, who died in July at the age of 57 after battling breast cancer. Metro International is handling foreign sales at the online American Film Market, which launches Monday.
“Off the Rails” is Jules Williamson’s feature directorial debut, inspired by Williamson’s own real-life events. Three friends, now in their 50s, recreate an interrail journey from their youth across Europe to fulfill the dying wish of their close friend — whose place is taken by her 18-year-old daughter. With lost passports, train strikes and romantic entanglements thrown their way, they must put...
- 11/9/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The film was Preston’s final acting role before her death in June this year.
UK sales outfit Metro International has sealed several key deals for interrailing comedy Off The Rails, including for the US and Canada.
The film has sold to Screen Media Ventures in the US, with a release planned for Mothers’ Day 2021 (May 9).
Further sales include Canada (Vortex), Australia-New Zealand (Village Roadshow), Spain (DeaPlaneta) and South Africa (Empire Entertainment).
The film shot on location across Europe last year and completed post-production last month; it was the final acting role for US actress Kelly Preston before her death in July this year.
UK sales outfit Metro International has sealed several key deals for interrailing comedy Off The Rails, including for the US and Canada.
The film has sold to Screen Media Ventures in the US, with a release planned for Mothers’ Day 2021 (May 9).
Further sales include Canada (Vortex), Australia-New Zealand (Village Roadshow), Spain (DeaPlaneta) and South Africa (Empire Entertainment).
The film shot on location across Europe last year and completed post-production last month; it was the final acting role for US actress Kelly Preston before her death in July this year.
- 11/9/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
A snappily written Brit/Aussie co-production that happily juggles the humour of both cultures, Two Heads Creek is a fun frolic of a lightweight horror, pitching itself as a slightly rosier spin on the black comedy of Severance and The Cottage. And while it might not quite prove to be as laugh-out-loud memorable as either of the above, some well-placed heart and a focus on family helps to keep things sunny enough to weather the cringier stretches.
Things kick off in a decidedly racist post-Brexit Britain, with mismatched twins Annabelle (Kathryn Wilder) and Norman (Jordan Waller – who also wrote the script) cutting ties from their apparently false Polish routes, following the death of their adoptive mother. Craving more from their stunted lives (as a failed actor and struggling butcher respectively), the pair head Down Under in search of their long-lost birth mother, only to wash up in the off-grid Two...
Things kick off in a decidedly racist post-Brexit Britain, with mismatched twins Annabelle (Kathryn Wilder) and Norman (Jordan Waller – who also wrote the script) cutting ties from their apparently false Polish routes, following the death of their adoptive mother. Craving more from their stunted lives (as a failed actor and struggling butcher respectively), the pair head Down Under in search of their long-lost birth mother, only to wash up in the off-grid Two...
- 9/2/2020
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Aussie attitudes to immigration are the target of bloody satire in a horror-comedy that eventually gets stuck without a paddle
This is a horror comedy whose two constituent genres, like so much else in this style, cancel each other out: too funny to be scary and yet not funny enough to be funny. Two Heads Creek shows up like a would-be Ozploitation shocker and it’s lively enough, it hangs together and the anti-racist intentions are there. The screenwriter and star is Jordan Waller (who played Randolph Churchill in Darkest Hour).
Related: She Dies Tomorrow review – hilarious, spine-tingling contagion horror...
This is a horror comedy whose two constituent genres, like so much else in this style, cancel each other out: too funny to be scary and yet not funny enough to be funny. Two Heads Creek shows up like a would-be Ozploitation shocker and it’s lively enough, it hangs together and the anti-racist intentions are there. The screenwriter and star is Jordan Waller (who played Randolph Churchill in Darkest Hour).
Related: She Dies Tomorrow review – hilarious, spine-tingling contagion horror...
- 9/2/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Humans are tribal by nature. It can be a source of joy; it also poses one of the biggest threats to our survival as a species as tensions develop between groups in an increasingly crowded world. Two Heads Creek opens with its focus on family as estranged siblings Norman (Jordan Waller) and Annabelle (Kathryn Wilder) reunite at their mother's funeral, held in the butcher's shop that she loved and that Norman has now inherited, attended by a stream of Polish-speaking relatives whom Annabelle has no idea how to interact with. It soon shifts gears to show a group of local teenagers hurling anti-Polish abuse (and worse) at the shop - a scene that feels all the more absurd because we have just learned that the siblings are not in fact ethnically Polish at all. They were adopted from Australia when they were too young to remember. Having lost one mother,...
- 8/30/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The gang's all here in Two Heads Creek Photo: FrightFest
A feisty little horror comedy about a brother and sister (Jordan Waller and Kathryn Wilder) who move from England to Australia to search for their birth mother after their adoptive mother dies, Two Heads Creek is one of the standouts in this year’s Frightfest line-up. It was written by Jordan himself, who tells me that he and producer Jayne Chard came up with the idea in her kitchen. A couple of weeks before the festival we had a chat about that day and about what came afterwards.
“It was basically the day after Brexit. I, like so many of us, woke up thinking ‘Christ! What the hell has happened?’ I could see that the characters who’d been playing in it were, well, horrific and comic at the same time. I’d always wanted to write something about inbreeding...
A feisty little horror comedy about a brother and sister (Jordan Waller and Kathryn Wilder) who move from England to Australia to search for their birth mother after their adoptive mother dies, Two Heads Creek is one of the standouts in this year’s Frightfest line-up. It was written by Jordan himself, who tells me that he and producer Jayne Chard came up with the idea in her kitchen. A couple of weeks before the festival we had a chat about that day and about what came afterwards.
“It was basically the day after Brexit. I, like so many of us, woke up thinking ‘Christ! What the hell has happened?’ I could see that the characters who’d been playing in it were, well, horrific and comic at the same time. I’d always wanted to write something about inbreeding...
- 8/28/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ahead of the UK premiere of Two Heads Creek, a playfully dark cannibal horror comedy, director Jesse O’Brien talks about the joys of cannibal karaoke, tackling immigration issues and filming in a haunted hotel.
How did Jordan Waller’s Two Heads Creek script end up in your hands and did you see it as more a family comedy than a cannibal gore-fest?
Producer Judd Tilyard and I were developing one of my own scripts, Inherit the Earth, which we thought would take a while to finance – and during that process he asked if I’d like to take a look at another script, which was then called Flesh and Blood. I read it with a sense of hesitation. Did I want my second film to be a cannibal horror comedy set in the outback? But from page one, Jordan Waller’s writing really leaped off the page. I knew immediately...
How did Jordan Waller’s Two Heads Creek script end up in your hands and did you see it as more a family comedy than a cannibal gore-fest?
Producer Judd Tilyard and I were developing one of my own scripts, Inherit the Earth, which we thought would take a while to finance – and during that process he asked if I’d like to take a look at another script, which was then called Flesh and Blood. I read it with a sense of hesitation. Did I want my second film to be a cannibal horror comedy set in the outback? But from page one, Jordan Waller’s writing really leaped off the page. I knew immediately...
- 8/18/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Kathryn Wilder, Gary Sweet, Stephen Hunter, Jordan Waller, Kevin Harrington, Don Bridges, Helen Dallimore, Madekaine Nunn, Anna Tolputt, Danxia Yang, Rob Sheean, David Adlam, Kasha Bajor | Written by Jordan Waller | Directed by Jesse O’Brien
After the death of their adoptive mother, shy butcher Norman and his drama queen twin sister Annabelle leave the UK and adventure to Australia in search of their biological mother, but the local townsfolk of Two Heads Creek are hiding a dark secret… but aren’t they all when it comes to small towns in horror movies?
Australia and New Zealand have a fine tradition of mixing comedy and horror to superb effect. Be it the early work of Peter Jackson such as Bad Taste and Brain Dead, or more recent efforts such as Primal and The Loved Ones, horror from down under always seems to walk a very fine line be laughs and scares,...
After the death of their adoptive mother, shy butcher Norman and his drama queen twin sister Annabelle leave the UK and adventure to Australia in search of their biological mother, but the local townsfolk of Two Heads Creek are hiding a dark secret… but aren’t they all when it comes to small towns in horror movies?
Australia and New Zealand have a fine tradition of mixing comedy and horror to superb effect. Be it the early work of Peter Jackson such as Bad Taste and Brain Dead, or more recent efforts such as Primal and The Loved Ones, horror from down under always seems to walk a very fine line be laughs and scares,...
- 7/1/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Two Heads Creek New Official Trailer! June 23rd Release Date! This summer just got a little hotter! As reported by ComingSoon.net, genre label The Horror Collective will be releasing the UK/Australian horror-comedy Two Heads Creek on June 23rd, 2020. The film will be coming to VOD and On Demand platforms. Written by Jordan Waller, Two …
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- 5/29/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Two Heads Creek is a horror comedy from the minds of Jesse O'Brien (Alien Arrival) and Jordan Waller. In the film, a brother and sister search for the birthplace of their biological mother. Leaving the United Kingdom behind for Australia, these siblings find something strange - in the Outback. Two Heads Creek had its World Premiere in October of 2019, at Monster Fest. Now, this title has been picked up by the Horror Collective for a future U.S. release (Deadline). Starring Kathryn Wilder ("Frontier"), Jordan Waller and Helen Dallimore, a trailer for the film is available here, along with the U.S. artwork. Director O'Brien has talked about the film at a few festivals. He introduces the film as "irreverent, kooky, quirky, horror-comedy, very much more comedy than horror (Supanova)." A lot of that comedy comes from the interactions between characters Norman (Waller) and Annabelle (Wilder). O'Brien also mentions the...
- 3/24/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Exclusive: Shaked Berenson and Jonathan Barkan’s genre distribution label The Horror Collective has acquired the North American distribution rights to the Jesse O’Brien-directed horror-comedy Two Heads Creek. The pic is slated for a summer release.
Written by Jordan Waller, who also stars in the UK-Australian film alongside Kathryn Wilder, Two Heads Creek follows a timid butcher and his drama-queen twin sister as they venture off to Australia in search of their birth mother. While there, they are among seemingly tolerant townsfolk but little do they know, they are hiding a dark, meaty secret.
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“Making Two Heads Creek was a horror fan’s dream,...
Written by Jordan Waller, who also stars in the UK-Australian film alongside Kathryn Wilder, Two Heads Creek follows a timid butcher and his drama-queen twin sister as they venture off to Australia in search of their birth mother. While there, they are among seemingly tolerant townsfolk but little do they know, they are hiding a dark, meaty secret.
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“Making Two Heads Creek was a horror fan’s dream,...
- 3/17/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Jordan Waller in ‘Two Heads Creek.’
Producers Brett Thornquest, Steven Matusko and Mat Graham have launched Entertainment Advocate, an Australian distribution company with the aim of handling a limited number of Oz, Us and UK titles each year.
The banner’s debut release, Two Heads Creek, a macabre, irreverent horror comedy directed by Jesse O’Brien, opened last weekend after premiering at Monster Fest.
While the weekend gross was a modest $14,000 including festival screenings, Matusko, who is partnered with Thornquest in Eclectik Vision, tells If: “We understand the business and will approach distribution with a producer’s mindset rather than a distributor’s.
“We are not looking to outbid larger distribution companies but we want to work with other Australian producers and also to release select films from the UK and Us.”
Graham was one of the producers on Eclectik Vision’s Infini and The Osiris Child, both directed by Shane Abbess.
Producers Brett Thornquest, Steven Matusko and Mat Graham have launched Entertainment Advocate, an Australian distribution company with the aim of handling a limited number of Oz, Us and UK titles each year.
The banner’s debut release, Two Heads Creek, a macabre, irreverent horror comedy directed by Jesse O’Brien, opened last weekend after premiering at Monster Fest.
While the weekend gross was a modest $14,000 including festival screenings, Matusko, who is partnered with Thornquest in Eclectik Vision, tells If: “We understand the business and will approach distribution with a producer’s mindset rather than a distributor’s.
“We are not looking to outbid larger distribution companies but we want to work with other Australian producers and also to release select films from the UK and Us.”
Graham was one of the producers on Eclectik Vision’s Infini and The Osiris Child, both directed by Shane Abbess.
- 11/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
berlinBen Miller, Franco Nero also cast; Metro doing sales.
Kelly Preston, Jenny Seagrove and Sally Phillips will lead the cast of Off The Rails, a UK comedy-drama from production outfit Bill Kenwright Films. Metro Films has boarded international sales and is talking to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips has also been cast in the film, making her feature debut after breaking out in Sky Atlantic series Fortitude. She is joined by UK comedy actor Ben Miller and Italian actor Franco Nero.
Set to begin principal photography on February 17 in Mallorca, Barcelona and London,...
Kelly Preston, Jenny Seagrove and Sally Phillips will lead the cast of Off The Rails, a UK comedy-drama from production outfit Bill Kenwright Films. Metro Films has boarded international sales and is talking to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips has also been cast in the film, making her feature debut after breaking out in Sky Atlantic series Fortitude. She is joined by UK comedy actor Ben Miller and Italian actor Franco Nero.
Set to begin principal photography on February 17 in Mallorca, Barcelona and London,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Network: PBS. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: January 15, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Jenna Coleman, Nell Hudson, Tommy Knight, Daniela Holtz, Adrian Schiller, Jordan Waller, Tom Hughes, Ferdinand Kingsley, Margaret Clunie, David Oakes, Nigel Lindsay, Catherine Flemming, Anna Wilson-Jones, Alex Jennings, Bebe Cave, Diana Rigg, Tilly Steele, Leo Suter, Eve Myles, Rufus Sewell, Paul Rhys, and Peter Bowles. TV show description: A historical drama from creator Daisy Goodwin, the Victoria TV show centers on Queen Victoria (Coleman). The series kicks in 1837, as the 18 year-old ascends to the British throne. At the outset of her reign, Victoria grows close to...
- 1/6/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
There are times when the prognostication world anoints a presumed Oscar winner, only to have the film or the performance fall flat when actually seen. Then, there are other times when the movie or performer meets expectations and the victor should begin writing up their speech for the Academy Awards. More often than not, the former winds up being true. Gary Oldman is a case of the latter, as his turn in Darkest Hour is 100% going to win him the Oscar for Best Actor. It’s just a done deal, Academy wise. Beginning its theatrical run today, it’s also a quality biopic that’s more than simply shameless awards bait. The film is a look at British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Oldman), how he came to power during the early days of World War II, and his agonizing decision over whether to negotiate with Hitler or fight on. The...
- 11/22/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
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