Exclusive: Lily James (Disney’s Cinderella) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games) are circling to star in Lone Scherfig’s Their Finest Hour And A Half. James, currently filming Burr Steer’s Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, is one of Britain’s hottest young actresses and is also attached to the plum role of Natasha in The Weinstein Company’s War And Peace miniseries.
Their Finest Hour And A Half, based on Lissa Evans’ 2009 novel that was nominated for Britain’s prestigious Orange literary prize, follows the misadventures of a British movie crew trying to make a patriotic film to boost morale after the Blitz during World War II. TV writer Gabby Chiappe is adapting. Principal photography is set for summer 2015.
The prestige picture is being produced by Wild Gaze’s Amanda Posey (A Long Way Down) and longtime associate Stephen Wooley (Byzantium) through his Number 9 Films. The pair previously...
Their Finest Hour And A Half, based on Lissa Evans’ 2009 novel that was nominated for Britain’s prestigious Orange literary prize, follows the misadventures of a British movie crew trying to make a patriotic film to boost morale after the Blitz during World War II. TV writer Gabby Chiappe is adapting. Principal photography is set for summer 2015.
The prestige picture is being produced by Wild Gaze’s Amanda Posey (A Long Way Down) and longtime associate Stephen Wooley (Byzantium) through his Number 9 Films. The pair previously...
- 10/24/2014
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Director Hunt Dies
Filmmaker Paul Hunt has died at the age of 67.
The producer and director passed away on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack in Redondo Beach, California, according to Variety.com.
Hunt's first job was making surfboards, and his career in Hollywood began after he landed the role of a surfer in the 1964 movie North Swell.
He then stepped behind the camera for The Psychedelics in 1966, and went on to helm films including California Country, Fusion, You, Merlin and The Harem Bunch.
Hunt also worked with Orson Welles from 1970 until the Citizen Kane director's death in 1985, teaming up to make The Other Side of the Wind, which was never finished.
The filmmaker also distributed underground movies through his firm Canyon Films.
The producer and director passed away on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack in Redondo Beach, California, according to Variety.com.
Hunt's first job was making surfboards, and his career in Hollywood began after he landed the role of a surfer in the 1964 movie North Swell.
He then stepped behind the camera for The Psychedelics in 1966, and went on to helm films including California Country, Fusion, You, Merlin and The Harem Bunch.
Hunt also worked with Orson Welles from 1970 until the Citizen Kane director's death in 1985, teaming up to make The Other Side of the Wind, which was never finished.
The filmmaker also distributed underground movies through his firm Canyon Films.
- 9/16/2011
- WENN
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