Exclusive: Outlander star Sam Heughan is to play Paul Newman in the untitled biopic of Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl.
Production wraps this week on the movie, which stars Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard) as American actress Neal and Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as her husband, the British children’s author Dahl.
Heughan has joined as screen icon Newman who co-starred with Neal in 1963 classic Hud, for which she won an Oscar and he was Oscar-nominated.
Formerly known as An Unquiet Life, the film charts the early 1960s period when Charlie And The Chocolate Factory author Dahl and Breakfast At Tiffany’s star Neal retreated to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The somewhat unlikely pair – an in-demand Hollywood actress and a burgeoning children’s author – find their relationship put to the test, and ultimately strengthened, by tragic events.
The Align and Goldcrest Features movie is being directed by...
Production wraps this week on the movie, which stars Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard) as American actress Neal and Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as her husband, the British children’s author Dahl.
Heughan has joined as screen icon Newman who co-starred with Neal in 1963 classic Hud, for which she won an Oscar and he was Oscar-nominated.
Formerly known as An Unquiet Life, the film charts the early 1960s period when Charlie And The Chocolate Factory author Dahl and Breakfast At Tiffany’s star Neal retreated to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The somewhat unlikely pair – an in-demand Hollywood actress and a burgeoning children’s author – find their relationship put to the test, and ultimately strengthened, by tragic events.
The Align and Goldcrest Features movie is being directed by...
- 12/17/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Untitled project will chronicle the author’s marriage to actress Patricia Neal.
Hugh Bonneville will play Roald Dahl in a new film exploring the novelist’s marriage to Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal.
London-based outfit Goldcrest Films are financing and will introduce the project to the market at Cannes.
Set at the beginning of the 1960s, the film explores Dahl’s struggles to write some of his most famous works and Neal’s return to acting with Hud (for which she won an Oscar).
An acclaimed British children’s author, Dahl’s works included James And The Giant Peach, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Matilda.
John Hay will direct from his own screenplay which he co-wrote with David Logan. The pair previously collaborated on the Emmy-winning TV drama Lost Christmas.
Currently untitled, their new project is based on Stephen Michael Shearer’s novel An Unquiet Life.
Elliot Jenkins is producing for Atticus Pictures and Pascal Degove will produce...
Hugh Bonneville will play Roald Dahl in a new film exploring the novelist’s marriage to Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal.
London-based outfit Goldcrest Films are financing and will introduce the project to the market at Cannes.
Set at the beginning of the 1960s, the film explores Dahl’s struggles to write some of his most famous works and Neal’s return to acting with Hud (for which she won an Oscar).
An acclaimed British children’s author, Dahl’s works included James And The Giant Peach, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Matilda.
John Hay will direct from his own screenplay which he co-wrote with David Logan. The pair previously collaborated on the Emmy-winning TV drama Lost Christmas.
Currently untitled, their new project is based on Stephen Michael Shearer’s novel An Unquiet Life.
Elliot Jenkins is producing for Atticus Pictures and Pascal Degove will produce...
- 5/11/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
From lord of the manor to the lord of children's literature.
Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Viceroy's House) is set to play Roald Dahl in an untitled biopic about the famed author of beloved novels such as Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Bfg.
Goldcrest Films, which is financing and co-producing the film alongside overseeing global sales and distribution, is set to introduce the project to buyers in Cannes. Atticus Pictures co-produces. Emmy-winning filmmaker John Hay (Lost Christmas) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with David Logan.
Billed as a bittersweet, comedic and heart-warming story of Academy Award-winning...
Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Viceroy's House) is set to play Roald Dahl in an untitled biopic about the famed author of beloved novels such as Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Bfg.
Goldcrest Films, which is financing and co-producing the film alongside overseeing global sales and distribution, is set to introduce the project to buyers in Cannes. Atticus Pictures co-produces. Emmy-winning filmmaker John Hay (Lost Christmas) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with David Logan.
Billed as a bittersweet, comedic and heart-warming story of Academy Award-winning...
- 5/11/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Actress to play WWII secret agent Vera Atkins; Paris-based sales agent Other Angle launching sales at the Afm.
Uma Thurman is set to play World War Two intelligence office Vera Atkins, who made it her mission to discover the fate of missing agents she had dispatched to Occupied France after the conflict, in John Hay’s upcoming drama Night and Fog.
Paris-based sales agent Other Angle is launching sales at the Afm on the production, which is set to shoot in Northern Ireland in 2015.
The feature is adapted from the Sarah Helm’s A Life in Secrets, telling the true story of Atkins, an intelligence officer for Special Operation Executive’s French Section who trained and dispatched hundreds of agents to Occupied France.
Jeremy Bolt and Elliot Jenkins of London and Los Angeles-based Impact Film and TV are producing. Long-time W.S. Anderson collaborator, Bolt’s credits include Event Horizon and the Resident Evil franchise.
British...
Uma Thurman is set to play World War Two intelligence office Vera Atkins, who made it her mission to discover the fate of missing agents she had dispatched to Occupied France after the conflict, in John Hay’s upcoming drama Night and Fog.
Paris-based sales agent Other Angle is launching sales at the Afm on the production, which is set to shoot in Northern Ireland in 2015.
The feature is adapted from the Sarah Helm’s A Life in Secrets, telling the true story of Atkins, an intelligence officer for Special Operation Executive’s French Section who trained and dispatched hundreds of agents to Occupied France.
Jeremy Bolt and Elliot Jenkins of London and Los Angeles-based Impact Film and TV are producing. Long-time W.S. Anderson collaborator, Bolt’s credits include Event Horizon and the Resident Evil franchise.
British...
- 11/5/2014
- ScreenDaily
Seasons greetings! We here at SciFi Mafia hope that your holiday season has been overflowing with sci-fi fantasy horror wonderfulness, and that you’re spending this special time with the people and/or characters you love.
We’re stepping away from our Mafia HQ keyboards for the holidays, but we’ll return on January 6th refreshed, renewed, and/or exhausted, and ready to bring you all of the sci-fi entertainment news and reviews that you’ve been waiting for.
In the meantime, here are some great geeky nerdy awesome holiday-themed pics we’ve picked up off the interwebs for your cheery enjoyment:
Father Christmas! #gogodididonyc @TwoPlaysInRep pic.twitter.com/9iu0O7xbKx
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) December 18, 2013
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We’re stepping away from our Mafia HQ keyboards for the holidays, but we’ll return on January 6th refreshed, renewed, and/or exhausted, and ready to bring you all of the sci-fi entertainment news and reviews that you’ve been waiting for.
In the meantime, here are some great geeky nerdy awesome holiday-themed pics we’ve picked up off the interwebs for your cheery enjoyment:
Father Christmas! #gogodididonyc @TwoPlaysInRep pic.twitter.com/9iu0O7xbKx
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) December 18, 2013
Via Comikaze Expo
Via Toy and Action Figure Museum
Via Disney D23
Via Doctor Who (Fb)
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Via Fantasy and Sci-Fi Rock My World
Via Fantasy and...
- 12/24/2013
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
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NBC is likely to lose money with tonight’s debut of The Sound of Music Live!, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Instead, they’re hoping the production will do well enough to sell plenty of DVDs and soundtracks (cast recording?) and to be broadcast in the years to come at Christmas time.
Yesterday, Ryan Murphy tweeted:
All The Glee Originals received invites today to be in our 100th episode! More to follow.
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) December 3, 2013
So far, Amber Riley, Harry Shum Jr., Mark Salling, Kristin Chenoweth and Heather Morris are returning, which prompted AfterEllen to suggest ways not to screw up the long-awaited return of Brittany S. Pierce.
HBO is turning to Weeds and Orange is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan for a period drama set during the Salem witch trials. Wgn America is also working on a drama set in Salem, it should be interesting to...
NBC is likely to lose money with tonight’s debut of The Sound of Music Live!, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Instead, they’re hoping the production will do well enough to sell plenty of DVDs and soundtracks (cast recording?) and to be broadcast in the years to come at Christmas time.
Yesterday, Ryan Murphy tweeted:
All The Glee Originals received invites today to be in our 100th episode! More to follow.
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) December 3, 2013
So far, Amber Riley, Harry Shum Jr., Mark Salling, Kristin Chenoweth and Heather Morris are returning, which prompted AfterEllen to suggest ways not to screw up the long-awaited return of Brittany S. Pierce.
HBO is turning to Weeds and Orange is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan for a period drama set during the Salem witch trials. Wgn America is also working on a drama set in Salem, it should be interesting to...
- 12/5/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Feb. 8 the winners of the first-ever International Emmy Kids Awards, created to recognize excellence in children’s television programming that was originally produced and aired outside of the U.S., at a ceremony in New York City.The winning programs came from Argentina, Japan, Norway, and the United Kingdom.“Junior High School Diaries: Harmony of Two,” a Japanese drama series that depicts real-life struggles and teenage experiences at a fictional school, was named best series. Preschool category winner “El Jardín de Clarilú,” from Argentina, follows Clarilu and her loyal dog Pencil as they follow clues to figure out the anonymous author of a mysterious letter.The awards for animation and TV movie or mini-series both went to U.K. productions: “The Amazing World of Gumball” was crowned best kids’ animation, while urban fairy tale “Lost Christmas,” with Eddie Izzard, took home the honor for TV movie.
- 2/11/2013
- backstage.com
The winners of the 1st International Emmy Kids Awards were announced tonight in New York City with honorees representing the United Kingdom, Japan Argentina, and Norway. The UK led the way with three awards: Factual for Newsround: My Autism And Me; Animation for The Amazing World Of Gumball; and TV Movie/Mini-Series for Lost Christmas. The Series award came from Japan for Junior High School Diaries: Harmony Of Two. Click over for the complete list of winners and descriptions. Kids: Series Junior High School Diaries: Harmony Of Two Nhk (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) Japan Executive Producer: Masahiro Takizawa Producer: Hisamaro Furuta Director: Hiroki Hayashi Writer: Mikio Sawada Principal Cast: Keisuke Toyoda, Aguri Onishi Junior High School Diaries: Harmony of Two is a drama series set in a fictional school. Each episode depicts real-life school struggles and teenage experiences. Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment Energy Survival Fabelaktiv / Nrk Norway Executive Producers: Arild...
- 2/9/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Digital Spy presents a list of winners from the Broadcast Awards 2013 below:
Best Children's Programme
The Gruffalo's Child
Horrible Histories
Incredible Edibles
Lost Christmas
Newsround - Autism and Me - Winner!
Postcode
Best Comedy Programme
Cardinal Burns - Winner!
Fresh Meat
Hunderby
Mrs Brown's Boys
Rev
Twenty Twelve
Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Roadtrip
The Chase - Winner!
Loose Women
Moving On
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Secret Dealers
Best Documentary Programme
7/7 One Day in London - Winner!
Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
Lifers
Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice
Proud and Prejudiced
Best Documentary Series
24 Hours in A&E
Educating Essex - Winner!
Frozen Planet
Our War
The Secret History of Our Streets
The Tube
Best Drama Series or Serial
Call the Midwife
Line of Duty
Parade's End
Scott and Bailey
This Is England '88
Top Boy - Winner!
Best Children's Programme
The Gruffalo's Child
Horrible Histories
Incredible Edibles
Lost Christmas
Newsround - Autism and Me - Winner!
Postcode
Best Comedy Programme
Cardinal Burns - Winner!
Fresh Meat
Hunderby
Mrs Brown's Boys
Rev
Twenty Twelve
Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Roadtrip
The Chase - Winner!
Loose Women
Moving On
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Secret Dealers
Best Documentary Programme
7/7 One Day in London - Winner!
Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
Lifers
Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice
Proud and Prejudiced
Best Documentary Series
24 Hours in A&E
Educating Essex - Winner!
Frozen Planet
Our War
The Secret History of Our Streets
The Tube
Best Drama Series or Serial
Call the Midwife
Line of Duty
Parade's End
Scott and Bailey
This Is England '88
Top Boy - Winner!
- 1/31/2013
- Digital Spy
Digital Spy presents a list of winners from the Broadcast Awards 2013 below: Best Children's Programme
The Gruffalo's Child
Horrible Histories
Incredible Edibles
Lost Christmas
Newsround - Autism and Me - Winner!
Postcode
Best Comedy Programme
Cardinal Burns - Winner!
Fresh Meat
Hunderby
Mrs Brown's Boys
Rev
Twenty Twelve Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Roadtrip
The Chase - Winner!
Loose Women
Moving On
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Secret Dealers
Best Documentary Programme
7/7 One Day in London - Winner!
Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
Lifers
Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice
Proud and Prejudiced Best Documentary Series
24 Hours in A&E
Educating Essex - Winner!
Frozen (more)...
The Gruffalo's Child
Horrible Histories
Incredible Edibles
Lost Christmas
Newsround - Autism and Me - Winner!
Postcode
Best Comedy Programme
Cardinal Burns - Winner!
Fresh Meat
Hunderby
Mrs Brown's Boys
Rev
Twenty Twelve Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Roadtrip
The Chase - Winner!
Loose Women
Moving On
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Secret Dealers
Best Documentary Programme
7/7 One Day in London - Winner!
Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
Lifers
Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist's Story: Her Master's Voice
Proud and Prejudiced Best Documentary Series
24 Hours in A&E
Educating Essex - Winner!
Frozen (more)...
- 1/31/2013
- by By Christian Tobin
- Digital Spy
Ketchup Entertainment has acquired the action thriller Vehicle 19, which stars The Fast And The Furious topliner Paul Walker, Naima McLean, Gys de Villiers, Leyla Haidarian, and Tshepo Maseko. It was directed by Retribution‘s Mukunda Michael Dewil. Ryan Haidarian and Peter Safran produced and Walker and Eddie Mbalo are exec producers. Walker plays a recent parolee who unwittingly picks up the wrong rental vehicle after a long flight. He soon realizes that he is the target of an entire police force after discovering the tied-up female “passenger” in the trunk. Pic will be released in June. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Mukunda and Paul. We are looking forward to launching this movie across multiple platforms, and believe this high-adrenaline thriller will be embraced by audiences everywhere,” says Gareth West, Ketchup Entertainment’s CEO. UTA’s Rena Ronson made the deal with West and Ketchup...
- 1/23/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Britain's Got Talent and BBC drama Call the Midwife are among the shows competing for gongs at the 2013 Broadcast Awards. The industry event's full list of nominations have been announced today and also include Line of Duty, This is England 88 and Celebrity Juice. The Broadcast Awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on January 30, 2013. Broadcast Awards 2013 - Nominations in full: Best Children's Programme
The Gruffalo's Child
Horrible Histories
Incredible Edibles
Lost Christmas
Newsround - Autism and Me
Postcode
Best Comedy Programme
Cardinal Burns
Fresh Meat
Hunderby
Mrs Brown's Boys
Rev
Twenty Twelve Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Roadtrip
The Chase
Loose Women
Moving On
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Secret Dealers
Best (more)...
The Gruffalo's Child
Horrible Histories
Incredible Edibles
Lost Christmas
Newsround - Autism and Me
Postcode
Best Comedy Programme
Cardinal Burns
Fresh Meat
Hunderby
Mrs Brown's Boys
Rev
Twenty Twelve Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Roadtrip
The Chase
Loose Women
Moving On
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Secret Dealers
Best (more)...
- 11/21/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Award Winning Casting Director Suzanne Smith who has won Emmys for Band Of Brothers & The Pacific and has cast wonderful children in Horrid Henry, Stig Of The Dump, Lost Christmas (nominated for an International Emmy and a Childrens BAFTA 2012) is looking for two boys for leading roles in an Independent Feature Film Christ The Lord based on the novel Christ The Lord: Out Of Egypt By Anne Rice
Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637493/
For 1492 Pictures
Producers: Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe.
Storyline: Tells the story of Jesus Christ at the age of 7/8 as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth during the turbulent times of the First Century. Our story follows the young Jesus as he starts to understand his real identity.
Shooting Dates: March 6th to end of May 2013 – shooting Rome and Matera, Italy. There will be a 2-...
Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637493/
For 1492 Pictures
Producers: Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe.
Storyline: Tells the story of Jesus Christ at the age of 7/8 as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth during the turbulent times of the First Century. Our story follows the young Jesus as he starts to understand his real identity.
Shooting Dates: March 6th to end of May 2013 – shooting Rome and Matera, Italy. There will be a 2-...
- 10/23/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Congratulations to Khalil Madovi who has been nominated for Best Performer in the 2012 British Academy Children's Awards.
14 year old rapper and actor Khalil is a Screenterrier success story after seeing the original casting call for a role in a new Cbbc series on the Screenterrier blog.
The 4 O'Clock Club has also been nominated for Best Comedy, where it is up against stiff competition from Horrible Histories, Sorry I've Got No Head and Diddy Movies.
The final series of Tracy Beaker Returns, starring Dani Harmer who is currently featuring in Strictly Come Dancing, is up for Best Drama. Also nominated for the Drama award are Postcode, Lost Christmas and Roy.
The British Academy Children's Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 25 November at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
14 year old rapper and actor Khalil is a Screenterrier success story after seeing the original casting call for a role in a new Cbbc series on the Screenterrier blog.
The 4 O'Clock Club has also been nominated for Best Comedy, where it is up against stiff competition from Horrible Histories, Sorry I've Got No Head and Diddy Movies.
The final series of Tracy Beaker Returns, starring Dani Harmer who is currently featuring in Strictly Come Dancing, is up for Best Drama. Also nominated for the Drama award are Postcode, Lost Christmas and Roy.
The British Academy Children's Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 25 November at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
- 10/23/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Lightfields is a compelling supernatural drama set on a remote farm on the Suffolk coast, coming to ITV The story follows three families who each live in Lightfields farmhouse at different time periods (1944, 1975 and 2012) and who are linked by a spine chilling presence: the ghost of a teenage girl who died in mysterious and tragic circumstances.
Ultimately, there is the chance for resolution for all of the characters in Lightfields, the living as well as the dead. The story culminates in 2012, when an elderly visitor to the B&B finally reveals the truth behind that fateful night in 1944...circumstances.
Dakota Blue Richards (represented by Arg), plays worldly teenager, Eve who arrives as an evacuee from London with her little sister. She becomes friends fresh young country girl, Lucy, who lives and works on the farm with her 9 year old brother, Pip. 18 year old Dakota, who starred as Frankie in the latest generation of Skins,...
Ultimately, there is the chance for resolution for all of the characters in Lightfields, the living as well as the dead. The story culminates in 2012, when an elderly visitor to the B&B finally reveals the truth behind that fateful night in 1944...circumstances.
Dakota Blue Richards (represented by Arg), plays worldly teenager, Eve who arrives as an evacuee from London with her little sister. She becomes friends fresh young country girl, Lucy, who lives and works on the farm with her 9 year old brother, Pip. 18 year old Dakota, who starred as Frankie in the latest generation of Skins,...
- 9/5/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Wild at Heart. ITV
B Van Heusen
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ITV’s popular drama Wild at Heart will return to the network for a seventh season that will premiere on 8 January at 8.30 p.m. Stephen Tompkinson, Dawn Steele and Hayley Mills resume their roles and joining them in the cast will be Downton Abbey star Robert Bathurst. He takes on the role of Ed Lynch who is billed as a business savvy vet with five years experience working in South Africa. Ed is Danny’s (Stephen Tompkinson) new boss and his business acumen does not mesh well with Danny’s ideology and it does not take long for the duo to fall out with one another.
Wild at Heart was created by Ashley Pharoah (Life on Mars) and 2012 will be a big year for him as Eternal Law...
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ITV’s popular drama Wild at Heart will return to the network for a seventh season that will premiere on 8 January at 8.30 p.m. Stephen Tompkinson, Dawn Steele and Hayley Mills resume their roles and joining them in the cast will be Downton Abbey star Robert Bathurst. He takes on the role of Ed Lynch who is billed as a business savvy vet with five years experience working in South Africa. Ed is Danny’s (Stephen Tompkinson) new boss and his business acumen does not mesh well with Danny’s ideology and it does not take long for the duo to fall out with one another.
Wild at Heart was created by Ashley Pharoah (Life on Mars) and 2012 will be a big year for him as Eternal Law...
- 12/21/2011
- by admin
Eddie Izzard
Peter Kinsella
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Based in Manchester, this enthralling fantasy stars Eddie Izzard – the stand-up comedian and actor known for his transvestitism, who, in real life a couple of years ago, and with no previous running form, completed 43 marathons in 51 days for the Sport Relief charity.
Not so surprising, then, that in Lost Christmas he is a man with extraordinary powers. Simply by grasping someone’s hand, he can find items that they have lost, and put things right in their lives. From a missing dog to a wedding bangle, and a rare book worth £40,000, he uses his super powers to track down things which people thought had gone from their grasp forever. All he asks in return, is that they play the game in life.
But what are we to make of this somewhat trampish yet mystical individual,...
Peter Kinsella
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Based in Manchester, this enthralling fantasy stars Eddie Izzard – the stand-up comedian and actor known for his transvestitism, who, in real life a couple of years ago, and with no previous running form, completed 43 marathons in 51 days for the Sport Relief charity.
Not so surprising, then, that in Lost Christmas he is a man with extraordinary powers. Simply by grasping someone’s hand, he can find items that they have lost, and put things right in their lives. From a missing dog to a wedding bangle, and a rare book worth £40,000, he uses his super powers to track down things which people thought had gone from their grasp forever. All he asks in return, is that they play the game in life.
But what are we to make of this somewhat trampish yet mystical individual,...
- 12/18/2011
- by admin
Eddie Izzard's Christmas film has been a long time coming, first announced back in 2009. But the original new family drama Lost Christmas finally hits our screens on BBC1 Sunday 18th December at 5.30pm.
Starring Eddie Izzard, Jason Flemyng and Larry Mills, Lost Christmas is an urban fairytale from the backstreets of Manchester. It is Christmas Eve and everyone is getting ready for the big day; everyone that is, except Anthony, a strange, enigmatic being who wakes up in the street, not knowing where he is or what he's here to do. But Anthony has a remarkable ability: the power to find the lost... But is Anthony's ability real, or just an illusion?
The characters he helps include a young boy who lost his parents in a car crash, a couple who lost their child, and a man, played by Jason Flemyng, who has lost the book he used to read to his daughter.
Starring Eddie Izzard, Jason Flemyng and Larry Mills, Lost Christmas is an urban fairytale from the backstreets of Manchester. It is Christmas Eve and everyone is getting ready for the big day; everyone that is, except Anthony, a strange, enigmatic being who wakes up in the street, not knowing where he is or what he's here to do. But Anthony has a remarkable ability: the power to find the lost... But is Anthony's ability real, or just an illusion?
The characters he helps include a young boy who lost his parents in a car crash, a couple who lost their child, and a man, played by Jason Flemyng, who has lost the book he used to read to his daughter.
- 12/4/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Great Expectations co. BBC
N Conrad
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The BBC have revealed that the network’s much anticipated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Great Expectations will premiere on 27 December at 9.00 p.m. X-Files actress Gillian Anderson takes on the role of Miss Havisham and Ray Winstone plays Magwitch. Poirot star David Suchet is also in the cast and he is becoming something of a regular fixture on the BBC after his recent appearance in Hidden. Frances Barber, Claire Rushbrook and Douglas Booth are the other notables among the cast. PBS have confirmed that Gillian Anderson will be attending press events in the United States during the new year related to Great Expectations which means that U.S. based fans of British TV should be able to see the drama on the network some time during 2012.
In other scheduling news,...
N Conrad
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The BBC have revealed that the network’s much anticipated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Great Expectations will premiere on 27 December at 9.00 p.m. X-Files actress Gillian Anderson takes on the role of Miss Havisham and Ray Winstone plays Magwitch. Poirot star David Suchet is also in the cast and he is becoming something of a regular fixture on the BBC after his recent appearance in Hidden. Frances Barber, Claire Rushbrook and Douglas Booth are the other notables among the cast. PBS have confirmed that Gillian Anderson will be attending press events in the United States during the new year related to Great Expectations which means that U.S. based fans of British TV should be able to see the drama on the network some time during 2012.
In other scheduling news,...
- 11/30/2011
- by admin
BBC Christmas 2011
R Feeney
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The BBC have revealed more details about their 2011 Christmas line up. Details of the Doctor Who special and the Borrowers have already been announced but the network have now confirmed that Great Expectations will air this Christmas rather than next year. The adaptation stars X-Files actress Gillian Anderson alongside Poirot star David Suchet.
Only Fools and Horses funny man David Jason returns to BBC1 in a comedy show called The Royal Bodyguard. Stephen Fry is set to star in the Victorian era sit-com The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff and Jennifer Saunders et al return to the Beeb in two new episodes of Absolutely Fabulous.
Luther actor Steven Mackintosh, Eddie Izzard and Geoffrey Palmer will appear in a modern day Manchester based fairytale called Lost Christmas. Meanwhile, All Creatures Great and Small...
R Feeney
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The BBC have revealed more details about their 2011 Christmas line up. Details of the Doctor Who special and the Borrowers have already been announced but the network have now confirmed that Great Expectations will air this Christmas rather than next year. The adaptation stars X-Files actress Gillian Anderson alongside Poirot star David Suchet.
Only Fools and Horses funny man David Jason returns to BBC1 in a comedy show called The Royal Bodyguard. Stephen Fry is set to star in the Victorian era sit-com The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff and Jennifer Saunders et al return to the Beeb in two new episodes of Absolutely Fabulous.
Luther actor Steven Mackintosh, Eddie Izzard and Geoffrey Palmer will appear in a modern day Manchester based fairytale called Lost Christmas. Meanwhile, All Creatures Great and Small...
- 11/21/2011
- by admin
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