Not every child with nascent paranormal abilities gets scooped up into Professor Xavier’s school for incipient X-Men. Some, like those in Eskil Vogt’s superbly atmospheric, deftly crafted horror “The Innocents,” live in massive Norwegian tower blocks — concrete jungles set in deep forests bathed in cool, endless Nordic summer sun — and hone their powers on rocks and deeply unfortunate cats. ; its most striking aspect may just be the empathy Vogt displays for his 7- to 11-year-old stars, and the extraordinary juvenile performances that empathy brings out.
The first glimmer of the supernatural is a tiny one: Blink and you’ll miss it. A bottle cap, dropped from a little girl’s fist, falls crookedly, zagging from where she stands to land a few feet away. The girl is Ida (Rakel Lenora Fløttum), a new arrival to this apartment complex, along with her parents (Ellen Dorrit Pedersen and Morten Svartveit...
The first glimmer of the supernatural is a tiny one: Blink and you’ll miss it. A bottle cap, dropped from a little girl’s fist, falls crookedly, zagging from where she stands to land a few feet away. The girl is Ida (Rakel Lenora Fløttum), a new arrival to this apartment complex, along with her parents (Ellen Dorrit Pedersen and Morten Svartveit...
- 7/11/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
As he set out on “The Worst Person in the World,” which premiered July 8 in competition at Cannes, director Joachim Trier wasn’t looking to expand what he informally calls the Oslo Trilogy.
Having worked stateside with 2015’s “Louder Than Bombs” and in genre with 2017’s “Thelma,” the Norwegian filmmaker just felt the need for a kind of soft reset.
“My co-writer Eskil [Vogt] and I wanted to go back to basics, back to the form we started out with — human stories, in this case about love,” Trier said. “And to embrace that sense of playfulness and musicality we had in previous films.
“But as we finished the script, and saw that [“Reprise” and “Oslo, August 31st” star Anders Danielsen Lie] and the city of Oslo would play major roles, we realized it would connect. We said, “Let’s not feel ashamed, let’s feel free to embrace this label as well.
Having worked stateside with 2015’s “Louder Than Bombs” and in genre with 2017’s “Thelma,” the Norwegian filmmaker just felt the need for a kind of soft reset.
“My co-writer Eskil [Vogt] and I wanted to go back to basics, back to the form we started out with — human stories, in this case about love,” Trier said. “And to embrace that sense of playfulness and musicality we had in previous films.
“But as we finished the script, and saw that [“Reprise” and “Oslo, August 31st” star Anders Danielsen Lie] and the city of Oslo would play major roles, we realized it would connect. We said, “Let’s not feel ashamed, let’s feel free to embrace this label as well.
- 7/9/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
A tribute to the Nordic film industry’s resilience, four Nordic titles have made it through to Cannes’ Official Selection. And unlike previous years, when Denmark or Sweden (Rüben Östlund) drew most of the worldwide attention, audiences should watch out for new and established voices from Norway, Finland and Iceland.
“Compartment No. 6”
Juho Kuosmanen’s sophomore feature marks Finland’s return to competition after a decade away (the previous Finnish film in competition was Aki Kaurismäki’s “Le Havre”). The Finnish director won Un Certain Regard back in 2016 with his black-and- white debut, “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki.” The story of a young Finnish student and a misanthropic Russian miner who share a journey along the Soviet Union’s trans-Siberian railway in the late 1980s, “Compartment No. 6” stars Seidi Haarla, one of the Berlinale’s 10 Shooting Stars.
“The Gravedigger’s Wife”
Finland makes history this year...
“Compartment No. 6”
Juho Kuosmanen’s sophomore feature marks Finland’s return to competition after a decade away (the previous Finnish film in competition was Aki Kaurismäki’s “Le Havre”). The Finnish director won Un Certain Regard back in 2016 with his black-and- white debut, “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki.” The story of a young Finnish student and a misanthropic Russian miner who share a journey along the Soviet Union’s trans-Siberian railway in the late 1980s, “Compartment No. 6” stars Seidi Haarla, one of the Berlinale’s 10 Shooting Stars.
“The Gravedigger’s Wife”
Finland makes history this year...
- 7/9/2021
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been a while, but for the first time since 2019, the Cannes Film Festival is officially happening on the Croisette. After being canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 Cannes Film Festival is happening right now on the French Riviera with a full slate of international features. Here’s everything to know about this year’s Cannes Film Festival, including the full lineup.
What movies are playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival?
The 2021 lineup at the Cannes Film Festival features new films from Wes Anderson, Sean Baker, Sean Penn, Leo Carax, and Tom McCarthy. But despite the usual vast pedigree of talent at Cannes, awards attention for the films that launch there is uncertain. Only twice have Palme d’Or winners subsequently won Best Picture at the Oscars (1955’s “Marty” and 2019’s “Parasite”) — although that data point could be rendered moot by the coronavirus pandemic. The...
What movies are playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival?
The 2021 lineup at the Cannes Film Festival features new films from Wes Anderson, Sean Baker, Sean Penn, Leo Carax, and Tom McCarthy. But despite the usual vast pedigree of talent at Cannes, awards attention for the films that launch there is uncertain. Only twice have Palme d’Or winners subsequently won Best Picture at the Oscars (1955’s “Marty” and 2019’s “Parasite”) — although that data point could be rendered moot by the coronavirus pandemic. The...
- 7/6/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” Leos Carax’s “Annette,” starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” with Frances McDormand and Timothée Chalamet, will provide star power at a 2021 Cannes Festival packed to overflowing with established and very often new European and world cinema arthouse talent.
The festival films will also drive much of Cannes’ business. Cannes’ business behemoth, a pre-sales market unveiling big indie projects — such as this year’s $60 million Vin Diesel vehicle “Muscle” — took place June 21-25 at the virtual Pre-Cannes Screenings.
“In some ways, Cannes this year has the opportunity to be the purest form of itself,” said Dylan Leiner at Sony Pictures Classics.
“Since the market was held virtually a couple of weeks before, festivalgoers will be able to focus on the programmed films almost exclusively without the distraction of a physical market, which so often favors splashy, large scale packages that grab headlines,...
The festival films will also drive much of Cannes’ business. Cannes’ business behemoth, a pre-sales market unveiling big indie projects — such as this year’s $60 million Vin Diesel vehicle “Muscle” — took place June 21-25 at the virtual Pre-Cannes Screenings.
“In some ways, Cannes this year has the opportunity to be the purest form of itself,” said Dylan Leiner at Sony Pictures Classics.
“Since the market was held virtually a couple of weeks before, festivalgoers will be able to focus on the programmed films almost exclusively without the distraction of a physical market, which so often favors splashy, large scale packages that grab headlines,...
- 7/6/2021
- by John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Broadcasting
Channel 4 and Sky in the U.K. have extended their pre-existing, long-term commercial partnership in a new multi-year agreement which, according to the companies, will facilitate greater opportunity for collaboration, commercial growth and innovation as broadcasting evolves going forward.
Under the terms of the new deal, Sky customers will have access to even more Channel 4 content as more than 1000 hours of All 4 — Channel 4’s VoD platform — exclusives are integrated into Sky’s current and future TV products. Channel 4 will benefit from under the new terms by opening avenues to new digital ad revenue streams which can support its Future4 strategy.
“When we set out our Future4 strategy last year, we made clear that securing strategic distribution partnerships would be a vital part of ensuring we can maximize our reach and impact with viewers in a digital age, grow our revenues and compete more effectively for the future,” said Alex Mahon,...
Channel 4 and Sky in the U.K. have extended their pre-existing, long-term commercial partnership in a new multi-year agreement which, according to the companies, will facilitate greater opportunity for collaboration, commercial growth and innovation as broadcasting evolves going forward.
Under the terms of the new deal, Sky customers will have access to even more Channel 4 content as more than 1000 hours of All 4 — Channel 4’s VoD platform — exclusives are integrated into Sky’s current and future TV products. Channel 4 will benefit from under the new terms by opening avenues to new digital ad revenue streams which can support its Future4 strategy.
“When we set out our Future4 strategy last year, we made clear that securing strategic distribution partnerships would be a vital part of ensuring we can maximize our reach and impact with viewers in a digital age, grow our revenues and compete more effectively for the future,” said Alex Mahon,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ launched a brand new trailer Monday for its upcoming adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s iconic sci-fi novel series Foundation. The futuristic space saga from showrunner/executive producer David S. Goyer (Krypton) will premiere Friday, Sept. 24 with its first three of 10 episodes, followed by one new installment every Friday.
The series follows Dr. Hari Seldon (Mad Men‘s Jared Harris) as he predicts the impending fall of the Galactic Empire. “He and a band of loyal followers venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to establish The Foundation in an attempt to rebuild and preserve the future of civilization,...
The series follows Dr. Hari Seldon (Mad Men‘s Jared Harris) as he predicts the impending fall of the Galactic Empire. “He and a band of loyal followers venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to establish The Foundation in an attempt to rebuild and preserve the future of civilization,...
- 6/28/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
In today’s Global Bulletin, ESPN scores Laliga rights for the next eight years; the U.K. government looks to unload Channel 4; Bavaria Fiction wraps principle shooting on its Netflix horror feature “The Privilege”; and London to get 1,575-seater theater.
Sports
In a Disney earnings call on Tuesday evening, it was announced that ESPN had picked up a raft of sports broadcast and streaming rights in the U.S., including the next eight seasons of Spain’s top soccer competition Laliga.
With all matches to be made available live and on demand via ESPN Plus, several of the higher-profile games will also air across ESPN networks each season and be covered on established ESPN programs such as Sports Center and ESPN Fc, among others. ESPN Plus will also host complimentary programming including match previews and highlight shows.
The deal includes both English and Spanish-language broadcast and streaming rights and...
Sports
In a Disney earnings call on Tuesday evening, it was announced that ESPN had picked up a raft of sports broadcast and streaming rights in the U.S., including the next eight seasons of Spain’s top soccer competition Laliga.
With all matches to be made available live and on demand via ESPN Plus, several of the higher-profile games will also air across ESPN networks each season and be covered on established ESPN programs such as Sports Center and ESPN Fc, among others. ESPN Plus will also host complimentary programming including match previews and highlight shows.
The deal includes both English and Spanish-language broadcast and streaming rights and...
- 5/14/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix announced Sunday that it is starting development on seven new shows that will be filmed in the U.K., with Andy Serkis, Rowan Atkinson and “1917” director Sam Mendes among the attached talent.
The shows will be developed by the streamer’s vice president of U.K. Original Series, Anne Mensah and will be produced alongside upcoming seasons of shows like “The Crown” and “Sex Education.”
“Setting up a team entirely based in the U.K. was always about being able to better connect to the fantastic program makers we have here — to provide a space for writers, producers, directors and actors that feels local, friendly and familiar but also provides talent the opportunity to make shows that will impact on a global scale. U.K.-made stories really do speak to the world,” Mensah said in a statement.
Among the upcoming projects are: “Man vs. Bee,” a slapstick...
The shows will be developed by the streamer’s vice president of U.K. Original Series, Anne Mensah and will be produced alongside upcoming seasons of shows like “The Crown” and “Sex Education.”
“Setting up a team entirely based in the U.K. was always about being able to better connect to the fantastic program makers we have here — to provide a space for writers, producers, directors and actors that feels local, friendly and familiar but also provides talent the opportunity to make shows that will impact on a global scale. U.K.-made stories really do speak to the world,” Mensah said in a statement.
Among the upcoming projects are: “Man vs. Bee,” a slapstick...
- 12/13/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Exclusive: AMC’s genre streaming service Shudder has picked up all rights to Brit supernatural chiller The Power for North America, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
The Power marks the feature directorial debut of writer-director Corinna Faith (The Innocents) and stars rising actress Rose Williams, whose credits include The CW’s Reign, Sky original Curfew, Netflix’s Medici and upcoming feature Mrs Harris Goes To Paris.
The 2018 Brit List script, in the spirit of The Woman in Black and The Others, is set in 1970s London during a period of blackouts. As striking miners switch off the power across Britain, a young nurse on her first day of duty is forced to work the night shift in a crumbling hospital where a dark presence is lurking in the walls.
Producers are Matthew James Wilkinson (Yesterday) and Rob Watson (Italian Studies). Brit electro artist Elizabeth Bernholz, better known by her stage name Gazelle Twin,...
The Power marks the feature directorial debut of writer-director Corinna Faith (The Innocents) and stars rising actress Rose Williams, whose credits include The CW’s Reign, Sky original Curfew, Netflix’s Medici and upcoming feature Mrs Harris Goes To Paris.
The 2018 Brit List script, in the spirit of The Woman in Black and The Others, is set in 1970s London during a period of blackouts. As striking miners switch off the power across Britain, a young nurse on her first day of duty is forced to work the night shift in a crumbling hospital where a dark presence is lurking in the walls.
Producers are Matthew James Wilkinson (Yesterday) and Rob Watson (Italian Studies). Brit electro artist Elizabeth Bernholz, better known by her stage name Gazelle Twin,...
- 12/7/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The writer/director of Host talks about some of his favorite cinematic hauntings.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Psycho (1960)
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966)
Hard Times (1975)
High And Low (1963)
Host (2020)
Tenet (2020)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)
Ring (1998)
Sleepers (1996)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Haunting (1963)
The Sound Of Music (1965)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Vertigo (1958)
Rear Window (1954)
Ghostwatch (1992)
The Innkeepers (2011)
The Innocents (1961)
Burn Witch Burn a.k.a. Night of the Eagle (1962)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Lake Mungo (2008)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Death Sentence (2007)
Dead Silence (2007)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Unbreakable (2000)
Other Notable Items
Akira Kurosawa
Christopher Nolan
Nicholas Roeg
Hiroyuki Sanada
Kevin Bacon
Robert De Niro
Robert Wise
Val Lewton
Orson Welles
The American Cinematheque
James Olson
David Wayne
James Stewart
Tfh Guru Ti West
Richard Linklater
Jack Clayton
Freddie Francis
Deborah Kerr
Mike Flanagan
The Haunting Of Hill House TV series (2018)
Truman Capote
Peter Wyngarde
The Avengers...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Psycho (1960)
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966)
Hard Times (1975)
High And Low (1963)
Host (2020)
Tenet (2020)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)
Ring (1998)
Sleepers (1996)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Haunting (1963)
The Sound Of Music (1965)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Vertigo (1958)
Rear Window (1954)
Ghostwatch (1992)
The Innkeepers (2011)
The Innocents (1961)
Burn Witch Burn a.k.a. Night of the Eagle (1962)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Lake Mungo (2008)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Death Sentence (2007)
Dead Silence (2007)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Unbreakable (2000)
Other Notable Items
Akira Kurosawa
Christopher Nolan
Nicholas Roeg
Hiroyuki Sanada
Kevin Bacon
Robert De Niro
Robert Wise
Val Lewton
Orson Welles
The American Cinematheque
James Olson
David Wayne
James Stewart
Tfh Guru Ti West
Richard Linklater
Jack Clayton
Freddie Francis
Deborah Kerr
Mike Flanagan
The Haunting Of Hill House TV series (2018)
Truman Capote
Peter Wyngarde
The Avengers...
- 9/8/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
It’s been far too long since Mike Flanagan and Netflix teamed to liven up the spooky season with The Haunting of Hill House in 2018. Now, two years later, the Hill House legacy is finally set to continue with The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Netflix today released a first look trailer at the Hill House follow-up and revealed that all nine episodes will be arriving on October 9. Give the trailer a look below, preferably with the lights dimmed and some candles lit.
How refreshing it is to be back in the spooky world of… “The Haunting of” franchise? It’s never been clear what we’re going to call this thing should it continue on after Hill House and Bly Manor. For now, however, we are very much in the world of Bly Manor. Just as The Haunting of Hill House was based on the works of Shirley Jackson, Bly...
Netflix today released a first look trailer at the Hill House follow-up and revealed that all nine episodes will be arriving on October 9. Give the trailer a look below, preferably with the lights dimmed and some candles lit.
How refreshing it is to be back in the spooky world of… “The Haunting of” franchise? It’s never been clear what we’re going to call this thing should it continue on after Hill House and Bly Manor. For now, however, we are very much in the world of Bly Manor. Just as The Haunting of Hill House was based on the works of Shirley Jackson, Bly...
- 8/31/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The Haunting of Bly Manor, the spiritual successor season to the hit 2018 Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House, has finally started to stir, making proverbial noises in the night with the reveal of a fall release window. Moreover, Netflix has released the very first images from the anthology iteration.
After nearly a year since the last real update, which left viewers wondering if the show had become another pandemic-pushed production, Netflix revealed that The Haunting of Bly Manor will premiere on the streaming platform this fall on a date to be revealed. In keeping with its ghostly motif, the season will manifest as an adaptation of Henry James’s 1898 gothic horror novella, The Turn of the Screw, a tale set in a creepy English manor, focused on the ordeal of governess hired to care for two young children seemingly possessed by ghosts. Check out the official images just below.
After nearly a year since the last real update, which left viewers wondering if the show had become another pandemic-pushed production, Netflix revealed that The Haunting of Bly Manor will premiere on the streaming platform this fall on a date to be revealed. In keeping with its ghostly motif, the season will manifest as an adaptation of Henry James’s 1898 gothic horror novella, The Turn of the Screw, a tale set in a creepy English manor, focused on the ordeal of governess hired to care for two young children seemingly possessed by ghosts. Check out the official images just below.
- 8/24/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
The Haunting of Bly Manor — as in Netflix’s follow-up to the super-unsettling The Haunting of Hill House — will happen this fall, the streamer announced via the release of a poster on Monday.
Based on Henry James’ gothic horror novella The Turn of the Screw, which is set at a old country mansion, The Haunting of Bly Manor marks an all-new chapter in TV franchise creator Mike Flanagan’s anthology series. (The Turn of the Screw has already inspired a slew of adaptations, most notably a 1950 Broadway play and the 1961 movie The Innocents.)
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Based on Henry James’ gothic horror novella The Turn of the Screw, which is set at a old country mansion, The Haunting of Bly Manor marks an all-new chapter in TV franchise creator Mike Flanagan’s anthology series. (The Turn of the Screw has already inspired a slew of adaptations, most notably a 1950 Broadway play and the 1961 movie The Innocents.)
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- 8/24/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Despite the delays caused by the industry-wide Covid-19 shutdown, A Discovery of Witches fans had been crossing their fingers for a late 2020 release date for series two. That’s not quite going to happen, but the wait isn’t going to be much longer. On August the 6th, Sky confirmed on Twitter that the new series will arrive in January 2021.
Here’s the official Tweet confirming the news:
Confirmed: #ADiscoveryOfWitches Series 2. January 2021.
Matthew and Diana will be timewalking on to #SkyOne and @Nowtv in the UK, following soon after on @sundance_now & @Shudder in the US.
Be prepared… pic.twitter.com/f8XvvgDPxc
— Sky TV (@skytv) August 6, 2020
The second series will have two more episodes than the first, bringing the total to 10, five of which were directed by Farren Blackburn, whose back catalogue features a healthy number of supernatural titles including atmospheric Netflix fantasy The Innocents, as well as Marvel’s Daredevil,...
Here’s the official Tweet confirming the news:
Confirmed: #ADiscoveryOfWitches Series 2. January 2021.
Matthew and Diana will be timewalking on to #SkyOne and @Nowtv in the UK, following soon after on @sundance_now & @Shudder in the US.
Be prepared… pic.twitter.com/f8XvvgDPxc
— Sky TV (@skytv) August 6, 2020
The second series will have two more episodes than the first, bringing the total to 10, five of which were directed by Farren Blackburn, whose back catalogue features a healthy number of supernatural titles including atmospheric Netflix fantasy The Innocents, as well as Marvel’s Daredevil,...
- 8/7/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
With the Emmy Awards nominations set for Tuesday, it is a good time to back at a few of the greatest Emmy-winning and Emmy-nominated performances from some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Ingrid Bergman, “The Turn of the Screw” (1959)
The Oscar-winning Swedish actress certainly ended the 1950s on a different note than she began the decade. After making her U.S. film debut opposite Leslie Howard in 1939’s “Intermezzo,” Bergman became one of the top Hollywood stars earning her first Oscar for 1944’s “Gaslight.” Married with a young daughter, she shocked the U.S. when she had an affair and became pregnant by famed Italian director Roberto Rossellini during the production of “Stromboli.” She was even denounced in Congress for her affair. The couple did marry, have three children including actress Isabella Rossellini and made several films together before they divorced in 1957. All was forgiven by 1956 when she won...
Ingrid Bergman, “The Turn of the Screw” (1959)
The Oscar-winning Swedish actress certainly ended the 1950s on a different note than she began the decade. After making her U.S. film debut opposite Leslie Howard in 1939’s “Intermezzo,” Bergman became one of the top Hollywood stars earning her first Oscar for 1944’s “Gaslight.” Married with a young daughter, she shocked the U.S. when she had an affair and became pregnant by famed Italian director Roberto Rossellini during the production of “Stromboli.” She was even denounced in Congress for her affair. The couple did marry, have three children including actress Isabella Rossellini and made several films together before they divorced in 1957. All was forgiven by 1956 when she won...
- 7/24/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
As the wave of J-horror was slowly dying down with the last of the Us-American remakes making their way to the cinemas, of course, other film industries wanted to get their hands on the commercial opportunities. However, apart from copying the usual formula, adding a creepy, long-haired girl as the monster and relying on the early 2000s skepticism towards modern technology, others wanted to go different ways. One of those examples is Leste Chen’s 2005 effort “The Heirloom”, or “Zhai bian” which is its original title, that tells a story defined mostly by the use of an uncanny atmosphere, dread and impressive visuals. Even though the film has its narrative flaws, the overall outcome is quite interesting as it points at a tradition of horror that goes as far back the stories of a family curse, which lie at the heart of “Fall of the House of Usher” and other...
- 6/30/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Apple TV+ on Monday released a teaser trailer for its adaptation of sci-fi icon Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels.
Opening the two-and-a-half minute video above, showrunner and executive producer David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight, Batman Begins) shares a glimpse into the making of the epic saga, which chronicles (per Apple TV+’s terse summary) “a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.” (Were the story that simple!) The final 1:45, though, serves as a proper teaser trailer, introducing characters, the premise and whiz-bang visual effects.
More...
Opening the two-and-a-half minute video above, showrunner and executive producer David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight, Batman Begins) shares a glimpse into the making of the epic saga, which chronicles (per Apple TV+’s terse summary) “a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.” (Were the story that simple!) The final 1:45, though, serves as a proper teaser trailer, introducing characters, the premise and whiz-bang visual effects.
More...
- 6/22/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The UK sales outfit will be introducing the project to buyers at the Cannes virtual Marche.
Bankside Films has taken worldwide sales to UK writer-director Stacey Gregg’s feature debut Here Before starring Andrea Riseborough.
The UK sales outfit will be introducing the project and showing a promo to buyers at the Cannes virtual Marche running June 22-26. It has released a first look image [see above].
Here Before is in post-production after shooting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and stars Riseborough with Jonjo O’Neill, Martin McCann, Eileen O’Higgins, and newcomer Niamh Dornan.
Gregg’s previous work as a theatre and television writer-director...
Bankside Films has taken worldwide sales to UK writer-director Stacey Gregg’s feature debut Here Before starring Andrea Riseborough.
The UK sales outfit will be introducing the project and showing a promo to buyers at the Cannes virtual Marche running June 22-26. It has released a first look image [see above].
Here Before is in post-production after shooting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and stars Riseborough with Jonjo O’Neill, Martin McCann, Eileen O’Higgins, and newcomer Niamh Dornan.
Gregg’s previous work as a theatre and television writer-director...
- 6/11/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Executive producer Willow Grylls has been appointed as co-chief executive officer of New Pictures, whose output includes “The Missing” and “Catherine the Great,” working alongside existing CEO Charlie Pattinson. Elaine Pyke also takes on a new role as creative director.
Grylls joined Pattinson and George Faber’s Company Pictures when it was set up, working initially in film development as well as business affairs. She then became a producer and series producer for television commencing with Martina Cole’s “The Take” for Sky One, starring Tom Hardy. She co-founded New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke in 2013, executive producing across New Pictures output and specifically “The Missing,” “The Missing II” for BBC One/Starz, “Rellik” for BBC One/Cinemax, and “Requiem” for BBC One/Netflix.
She achieved further success recently with critically successful ITV drama “White House Farm,” which gained a consolidated 8 million viewers, becoming one of the most successful dramas on the channel this year.
Grylls joined Pattinson and George Faber’s Company Pictures when it was set up, working initially in film development as well as business affairs. She then became a producer and series producer for television commencing with Martina Cole’s “The Take” for Sky One, starring Tom Hardy. She co-founded New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke in 2013, executive producing across New Pictures output and specifically “The Missing,” “The Missing II” for BBC One/Starz, “Rellik” for BBC One/Cinemax, and “Requiem” for BBC One/Netflix.
She achieved further success recently with critically successful ITV drama “White House Farm,” which gained a consolidated 8 million viewers, becoming one of the most successful dramas on the channel this year.
- 5/27/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: New Pictures, the All3Media-backed drama producer behind series such as HBO’s Catherine The Great and Starz’ The Spanish Princess, has restructured its top team.
Willow Grylls has been named Co-CEO alongside Charlie Pattinson, while Elaine Pyke has been named Creative Director.
Grylls was one of the co-founders of New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke. She has exec produced series including BBC/Starz drama The Missing, BBC/Cinemax drama Rellik and BBC/Netflix drama Requiem. She was recently involved in White House Farm, the ITV drama that scored over 8M viewers in the UK earlier this year and will air on HBO Max later this year, and is exec producing three-part drama Des starring David Tennant.
Elaine Pyke, who was also a co-founder of the company, has exec produced series including Netflix’s The Innocents and Channel 4 drama Indian Summers. Prior to New Pictures, she was head...
Willow Grylls has been named Co-CEO alongside Charlie Pattinson, while Elaine Pyke has been named Creative Director.
Grylls was one of the co-founders of New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke. She has exec produced series including BBC/Starz drama The Missing, BBC/Cinemax drama Rellik and BBC/Netflix drama Requiem. She was recently involved in White House Farm, the ITV drama that scored over 8M viewers in the UK earlier this year and will air on HBO Max later this year, and is exec producing three-part drama Des starring David Tennant.
Elaine Pyke, who was also a co-founder of the company, has exec produced series including Netflix’s The Innocents and Channel 4 drama Indian Summers. Prior to New Pictures, she was head...
- 5/27/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In times such as these, it can already be unnerving to know we shouldn’t leave the house. Perhaps that’s why it’s the perfect (or scariest?) time for a movie where the horror is within the home. Indeed, the original subject du jour of campfire yarns everywhere—a haunted house ghost story—is getting an intriguing new entry via Natalie Erika James’ Relic.
The film, which made waves in January at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, appears to be steeped in the Gothic tradition of journeying into the unknown and an undead past. That at least is what it might seem like to Kay (Emily Mortimer), the adult child of the elderly Edna (Robyn Nevin). One day that mother vanished into the night, and it’s the disappearance of her mother that brings Kay and her own daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) back to their family’s decaying...
The film, which made waves in January at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, appears to be steeped in the Gothic tradition of journeying into the unknown and an undead past. That at least is what it might seem like to Kay (Emily Mortimer), the adult child of the elderly Edna (Robyn Nevin). One day that mother vanished into the night, and it’s the disappearance of her mother that brings Kay and her own daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) back to their family’s decaying...
- 5/21/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
The writer/director of Tigers Are Not Afraid takes us through some of her most formative cinematic experiences.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
The Innocents (1961)
Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
The Goonies (1985)
Gremlins (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ravenous (1999)
Raw (2016)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Macario (1960)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Lake Mungo (2008)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Happy Feet (2006)
Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)
Babe (1995)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2014)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Blade Runner (1982)
Casablanca (1942)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Terrified a.k.a. Aterrados (2017)
Terrified (1963)
Gates of the Night (1946)
Other Notable Items
Rome TV series (2005-2007)
Jack Clayton
Ray Bradbury
Jonathan Pryce
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney
Shudder
Richard Donner
Steven Spielberg
The Donner Party
Antonia Bird
Guy Pearce
Robert Carlyle
Once Upon A Time TV series (2011-2018)
Julia Ducournau
Roberto Gavaldón
Gabriel Figueroa
The Criterion Channel
“The Third Guest” short story by B. Traven (1953)
The Haunting of Hill House...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
The Innocents (1961)
Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
The Goonies (1985)
Gremlins (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ravenous (1999)
Raw (2016)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Macario (1960)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Lake Mungo (2008)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Happy Feet (2006)
Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)
Babe (1995)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2014)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Blade Runner (1982)
Casablanca (1942)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Terrified a.k.a. Aterrados (2017)
Terrified (1963)
Gates of the Night (1946)
Other Notable Items
Rome TV series (2005-2007)
Jack Clayton
Ray Bradbury
Jonathan Pryce
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney
Shudder
Richard Donner
Steven Spielberg
The Donner Party
Antonia Bird
Guy Pearce
Robert Carlyle
Once Upon A Time TV series (2011-2018)
Julia Ducournau
Roberto Gavaldón
Gabriel Figueroa
The Criterion Channel
“The Third Guest” short story by B. Traven (1953)
The Haunting of Hill House...
- 5/12/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
"Why us? It's not our job." Studiocanal France has unveiled the first trailer for a new film titled Police, also going under the title Night Shift, the latest from French filmmaker Anne Fontaine. This just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this week, and is opening in France in April, but still has no other dates set yet. Virginie, Erik, and Aristide are police officers in Paris. All three try to keep their personal & emotional lives together while dealing with daily incidents of violence in homes and on the streets. One night, they are given an unusual mission: drive a migrant to the airport for unspecified reasons. Along the way to the airport they make an unexpected decision. Starring Omar Sy, Virginie Efira, Grégory Gadebois, and Payman Maadi. An intriguing French drama to watch out for. Here's the festival promo trailer for Anne Fontaine's Police (aka Night Shift), from Berlinale's...
- 2/28/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jack Clayton’s masterpiece, one of the greatest cinematic ghost stories, is ill-served by this lowbrow trailer that sells it like a cheap Eurotrash import. Although not a commercial success at the time, it has since been hailed as one of the best British films of the 1960s, with a powerhouse performance by Deborah Kerr as the frightened, possibly deranged governess. Her chilling charges are played by Martin Stephens (Village of the Damned) and, in her film debut at 11 years of age, Pamela Franklin.
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- 2/28/2020
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Studiocanal has pre-sold French auteur Anne Fontaine’s “Night Shift” to most international territories ahead of its world premiere in the gala section of the Berlin Film Festival.
“Night Shift” has been acquired for Benelux (Athena) Switzerland (Frenetic), Spain (Dea Planeta), Italy (Leone), Portugal (Lusomundo), Romania (Prorom), Ex Yugoslavia (Megacom), Cis (Top Film), Turkey (Filmarti), Gulf countries (Selim Ramia), South Korea (First Run), Hong Kong (A Really Good Film Company), Taiwan (Moviecloud) and Indonesia (Pt Prima).
In “Night Shift,” Fontaine delved into the world of three French officers, Virginie, Erik and Aristide, who are assigned to drive a migrant (Payman Maadi) back to the border for unspecified reasons. On their way to the airport, Virginie discovers the prisoner will be sentenced to death if he goes back to his country and starts to question their mission.
Set over the course of 24 hours, the film explores the perspective of each character...
“Night Shift” has been acquired for Benelux (Athena) Switzerland (Frenetic), Spain (Dea Planeta), Italy (Leone), Portugal (Lusomundo), Romania (Prorom), Ex Yugoslavia (Megacom), Cis (Top Film), Turkey (Filmarti), Gulf countries (Selim Ramia), South Korea (First Run), Hong Kong (A Really Good Film Company), Taiwan (Moviecloud) and Indonesia (Pt Prima).
In “Night Shift,” Fontaine delved into the world of three French officers, Virginie, Erik and Aristide, who are assigned to drive a migrant (Payman Maadi) back to the border for unspecified reasons. On their way to the airport, Virginie discovers the prisoner will be sentenced to death if he goes back to his country and starts to question their mission.
Set over the course of 24 hours, the film explores the perspective of each character...
- 2/25/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless” — so begins Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, an 1898 novella that’s the closest thing to a template for every haunted house story to thrill and chill you. If you’ve seen the 1961 classic The Innocents, or really any movie featuring spooky mansions where things that go bump in the night and your psyche, then you know the basics. Floria Sigismondi’s The Turning updates James’ tale to the early ’90s (one of the first things we hear is...
- 1/24/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Don Kaye Jan 24, 2020
Director Floria Sigismondi and star Mackenzie Davis on why The Turning’s century-old source material is still relevant.
In 1898, British-American author Henry James published The Turn of the Screw, a novella about a governess who begins to believe that the two young children she has been hired to care for have come under the influence of malignant spirits. The book is considered one of the great ghost stories, as well as a literary landmark, thanks to its subtle yet escalating sense of inescapable dread and the ambiguous, unreliable nature of its narrative, which calls everything in the story into question.
Naturally, the book has been adapted many times and in several mediums, including stage plays, an opera, a ballet, TV productions and films. The most famous is arguably The Innocents, a 1961 movie starring Deborah Kerr as the governess that remains one of the most chilling horror films ever made.
Director Floria Sigismondi and star Mackenzie Davis on why The Turning’s century-old source material is still relevant.
In 1898, British-American author Henry James published The Turn of the Screw, a novella about a governess who begins to believe that the two young children she has been hired to care for have come under the influence of malignant spirits. The book is considered one of the great ghost stories, as well as a literary landmark, thanks to its subtle yet escalating sense of inescapable dread and the ambiguous, unreliable nature of its narrative, which calls everything in the story into question.
Naturally, the book has been adapted many times and in several mediums, including stage plays, an opera, a ballet, TV productions and films. The most famous is arguably The Innocents, a 1961 movie starring Deborah Kerr as the governess that remains one of the most chilling horror films ever made.
- 1/24/2020
- Den of Geek
So far, the 2020 box office rebound is real. Time will tell. But early signs remain positive, with this weekend continuing to build on the 12% increase to date over the same period in 2019. Last year the weekend between King Birthday and the Super Bowl took in $105 million. This year has a shot at $125 million, which would be close to a 20% improvement.
If so, thriller “The Turning” (Universal) and action comedy “The Gentlemen” (Stx) will play a minor role in that result, along with the calendar, once again. For distributors setting release dates, the second weekend box-office can be as important as the first. With the Super Bowl looming, opening now is risky.
Fortunately current titles should make up the slack, with newbies doing better than last year, when the combined gross of long-forgotten “The Kid Who Would Be King” and “Serenity” totaled under $12 million. At best, new entries could double that number.
If so, thriller “The Turning” (Universal) and action comedy “The Gentlemen” (Stx) will play a minor role in that result, along with the calendar, once again. For distributors setting release dates, the second weekend box-office can be as important as the first. With the Super Bowl looming, opening now is risky.
Fortunately current titles should make up the slack, with newbies doing better than last year, when the combined gross of long-forgotten “The Kid Who Would Be King” and “Serenity” totaled under $12 million. At best, new entries could double that number.
- 1/23/2020
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Ever since #MeToo opened the world’s eyes to the horrors of toxic masculinity, horror filmmakers — particularly female ones — have been finding increasingly creative ways to imbue their work with fears unique to women. This past year alone, both Jennifer Kent’s “The Nightingale” and Sophia Takal’s “Black Christmas” used rape-revenge tropes as plot points, though to vastly different degrees of success.
In her stylish if not entirely bone-chilling new movie “The Turning,” director Floria Sigismondi shrewdly updates Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw” to haunt her young protagonist with unwanted male attention and obsession. Updating the story that inspired Jack Clayton’s 1961 classic “The Innocents,” which followed the text more closely,
The film’s opening hews closely enough to the original novella, as the fresh-faced Kate (Mackenzie Davis) accepts an unusual position as governess for absurdly wealthy orphan Flora (Brooklynn Prince), who lives in an extravagant manor home.
In her stylish if not entirely bone-chilling new movie “The Turning,” director Floria Sigismondi shrewdly updates Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw” to haunt her young protagonist with unwanted male attention and obsession. Updating the story that inspired Jack Clayton’s 1961 classic “The Innocents,” which followed the text more closely,
The film’s opening hews closely enough to the original novella, as the fresh-faced Kate (Mackenzie Davis) accepts an unusual position as governess for absurdly wealthy orphan Flora (Brooklynn Prince), who lives in an extravagant manor home.
- 1/23/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Director Floria Sigismondi’s “The Turning” is like the alt-rock cousin of author Henry James’ novella “The Turn of the Screw.” From its grunge-infused soundtrack and period setting to its fiery feminist overtones, this is an ambitious contemporary take on the iconic, claustrophobic thriller. Concerning two young orphans who psychologically torment their caretaker in a spooky, sprawling mansion, it comes across as a fuzzy, frayed adaptation courtesy of a gimmicky, ambiguous climax that undermines the journey. Lacking spine-tingling dread, taut tension, and the deservingly provocative ending needed to make its modern sentiments land, this re-imagining is less than a classic.
Bubbly teacher Kate (Mackenzie Davis) has taken a position at Bly Manor as governess for 7-year-old Flora (Brooklynn Prince), who’s suffering from trauma associated with the death of her parents outside the gates of the palatial estate. The family’s former live-in nanny, Miss Jessel (Denna Thomsen), abruptly left...
Bubbly teacher Kate (Mackenzie Davis) has taken a position at Bly Manor as governess for 7-year-old Flora (Brooklynn Prince), who’s suffering from trauma associated with the death of her parents outside the gates of the palatial estate. The family’s former live-in nanny, Miss Jessel (Denna Thomsen), abruptly left...
- 1/23/2020
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
Henry James’s novella “The Turn of the Screw” has inspired many screen adaptations, most notably Jack Clayton’s “The Innocents,” which starred Deborah Kerr, and a live TV version with Ingrid Bergman that was directed by John Frankenheimer. In the early ’70s, Marlon Brando headlined a memorably nasty prequel called “The Nightcomers,” and movies from this story have been made all over the world. You have to go out of your way to screw up this material.
“The Turning” is an adaptation of “The Turn of the Screw” that takes place in 1994; we hear over the radio that Kurt Cobain has just committed suicide as we meet our heroine Kate (Mackenzie Davis), a cheerful, slightly nerdy woman who has just received a job as a nanny to an orphaned young girl and boy. In most versions of this story, the governess goes to meet the uncle of these orphans,...
“The Turning” is an adaptation of “The Turn of the Screw” that takes place in 1994; we hear over the radio that Kurt Cobain has just committed suicide as we meet our heroine Kate (Mackenzie Davis), a cheerful, slightly nerdy woman who has just received a job as a nanny to an orphaned young girl and boy. In most versions of this story, the governess goes to meet the uncle of these orphans,...
- 1/23/2020
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
If you read my piece on The Innocents from last October, then you know that I’m a pretty big fan of both Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw as well as Jack Clayton’s timeless 1961 adaptation, which means that I am the prime audience for Floria Sigismondi’s new take on this classic tale, The Turning. And for the most part, I really enjoyed what Sigismondi as well as screenwriters Carey and Chad Hayes were able to bring to the table here, with Floria’s visual flair adding a lot to the material, and a trio of strong performances from the film’s lead actors: Mackenzie Davis, Brooklynn Prince, and Finn Wolfhard.
Where The Turning ended up falling a bit short for me was in its finale, where the pieces of the narrative’s puzzle don’t quite all lock together in the film’s final moments. But overall,...
Where The Turning ended up falling a bit short for me was in its finale, where the pieces of the narrative’s puzzle don’t quite all lock together in the film’s final moments. But overall,...
- 1/23/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Throughout her decades-spanning career, director Floria Sigismondi has given us a slew of iconic music videos—The Beautiful People and Tourniquet for Marilyn Manson, Little Wonder for David Bowie, Sweet Surrender for Sarah McLachlan, Blue Orchid for The White Stripes, Supermassive Black Hole for Muse, to name just a few—she also directed The Runaways, plus a handful of television episodes, and now she’s set to celebrate the release of The Turning, which is her adaptation of Henry James’ timeless story, The Turn of the Screw.
During the press day for The Turning, Daily Dead spoke with Sigismondi about why she wanted to take on this iconic tale, and her decision to modernize the story by setting the film during the 1990s. Floria also discussed the challenges of taking on a well-known story like The Turn of the Screw as well as some of the stylistic choices she made for the film’s visuals.
During the press day for The Turning, Daily Dead spoke with Sigismondi about why she wanted to take on this iconic tale, and her decision to modernize the story by setting the film during the 1990s. Floria also discussed the challenges of taking on a well-known story like The Turn of the Screw as well as some of the stylistic choices she made for the film’s visuals.
- 1/22/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Arriving in theaters this weekend is director Floria Sigismondi’s The Turning, a modernized adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw. The story is centered around Kate (Mackenzie Davis), who has been hired to be a caretaker to two children named Flora (Brooklynn Prince) and Miles (Finn Wolfhard), but when she arrives to their familial estate, Kate begins to realize that things aren’t exactly what they seem, and they all might be in danger from the ghosts of the past, both literal and figurative.
During a recent press day for the film, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Davis, who kicked all kinds of ass in Terminator: Dark Fate last year, about the daunting challenges of taking on this classic tale for modern audiences. Davis also discussed her character Kate, collaborating with Sigismondi, and how this story explores the dangers and lasting effects of not dealing with trauma.
During a recent press day for the film, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Davis, who kicked all kinds of ass in Terminator: Dark Fate last year, about the daunting challenges of taking on this classic tale for modern audiences. Davis also discussed her character Kate, collaborating with Sigismondi, and how this story explores the dangers and lasting effects of not dealing with trauma.
- 1/20/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The Innocents
Eskil Vogt, the Dp for Joachim Trier’s films, should have his sophomore directorial effort The Innocents ready for a major film festival in 2020. Shot by Sturla Brandth Grovlen and is produced by Mer Film’s Maria Ekerhovd, Mark Lwoff, and Misha Jaari. Vogt’s 2014 directorial debut Blind premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenwriting – World Dramatic award.…...
Eskil Vogt, the Dp for Joachim Trier’s films, should have his sophomore directorial effort The Innocents ready for a major film festival in 2020. Shot by Sturla Brandth Grovlen and is produced by Mer Film’s Maria Ekerhovd, Mark Lwoff, and Misha Jaari. Vogt’s 2014 directorial debut Blind premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenwriting – World Dramatic award.…...
- 1/2/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Druk
Denmark’s Thomas Vinterberg reunites with most of the crew from his 2012 drama The Hunt for a drama about binge drinking, Druk (Next Round), which will star Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Susse Wold, Helene Reingaard Neumann and Maria Bonnevie. Sisse Graum Jorgensen and Kasper Dissing are producing, while the project is being lensed by Sturla Brandth Grovlen. One of the iconic Dogme 95 founders, whose Celebration won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, Vinterberg has dabbled in several languages and genres.…...
Denmark’s Thomas Vinterberg reunites with most of the crew from his 2012 drama The Hunt for a drama about binge drinking, Druk (Next Round), which will star Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Susse Wold, Helene Reingaard Neumann and Maria Bonnevie. Sisse Graum Jorgensen and Kasper Dissing are producing, while the project is being lensed by Sturla Brandth Grovlen. One of the iconic Dogme 95 founders, whose Celebration won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, Vinterberg has dabbled in several languages and genres.…...
- 1/1/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
In the fall of ‘64, while Hollywood was gently satirizing the battle of the sexes with Send Me No Flowers and What a Way to Go!, Europe was at work in the trenches, peppering art houses with piercing dramas like François Truffaut‘s The Soft Skin and André Cayatte’s dual release, Anatomy of a Marriage: My Nights With Francoise and My Days with Jean-Marc (“One Ticket Admits You to Both Theaters”). Perhaps most unforgiving of all was Jack Clayton’s The Pumpkin Eater starring Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch and James Mason.
Bancroft plays Jo Armitage, a fragile beauty who responds to her husband’s infidelities by getting pregnant. Finch is Jake, a screenwriter whose recent success has emboldened him to walk on the wild side thereby provoking Jo to over-crowd the nursery. Mason is, once again, the odd man out, the deceptively genial husband of one of Jake’s conquests.
Bancroft plays Jo Armitage, a fragile beauty who responds to her husband’s infidelities by getting pregnant. Finch is Jake, a screenwriter whose recent success has emboldened him to walk on the wild side thereby provoking Jo to over-crowd the nursery. Mason is, once again, the odd man out, the deceptively genial husband of one of Jake’s conquests.
- 12/17/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Gregg’s feature debut will be in production for four weeks in and around Northern Ireland’s capital. Northern Irish filmmaker Stacey Gregg, best known for her work as a writer for the TV series Little Birds, Rivera and The Innocents, is finally working on her feature debut, a thriller entitled Here Before. Principal photography started last week and will continue for about a month in and around Belfast. The movie was provided with development funding by Northern Ireland Screen and the iFeatures scheme, run by Creative England with support from the BFI, BBC Films and ScreenSkills. It is the first film from the initiative’s fifth slate of funding to move to the production stage. The story, penned by the director herself, centres on a bereaved mother (played by Andrea Riseborough), who begins to question her life after new neighbours move in next door. The cast also features actors Jonjo O’Neill (The.
“Foundation,” the upcoming Apple TV Plus series based on the Isaac Asimov novel series of the same name, is building up its cast.
Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann, and Cassian Bilton have all been cast as series regulars. They join previously announced leads Lee Pace and Jared Harris.
The series chronicles the epic saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.
Llobell will star as Gaal, a mathematical genius from a rural, repressed planet. The role will mark Llobell’s second credited onscreen appearance. She will next be seen in the film “Voyagers” opposite Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, and Lily Rose-Depp.
Harvey will play Salvor, the protective and intuitive warden of a remote outer planet. Harvey’s recent credits include the 2019 miniseries version of “Les Misérables” as well as the film “Fighting With My Family.
Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann, and Cassian Bilton have all been cast as series regulars. They join previously announced leads Lee Pace and Jared Harris.
The series chronicles the epic saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.
Llobell will star as Gaal, a mathematical genius from a rural, repressed planet. The role will mark Llobell’s second credited onscreen appearance. She will next be seen in the film “Voyagers” opposite Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, and Lily Rose-Depp.
Harvey will play Salvor, the protective and intuitive warden of a remote outer planet. Harvey’s recent credits include the 2019 miniseries version of “Les Misérables” as well as the film “Fighting With My Family.
- 12/4/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Lou Llobell (Voyagers), Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann (Sense8) and Cassian Bilton (A Devil’s Harmony) are set as series regulars in Foundation, Apple’s upcoming drama series starring Jared Harris and Lee Pace that’s based on Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel trilogy.
The 10-episode series from David S. Goyer, Josh Friedman and Skydance Television chronicles the epic saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.
Llobell will play Gaal, a mathematical genius from a rural, repressed planet. Harvey will portray Salvor, the protective and intuitive warden of a remote outer planet. Birn will play Demerzel the enigmatic aide to the Emperor of the Galaxy (Pace). Mann will portray Brother Dusk, the eldest living member of the ruling family. Bilton will play Brother Dawn,...
The 10-episode series from David S. Goyer, Josh Friedman and Skydance Television chronicles the epic saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.
Llobell will play Gaal, a mathematical genius from a rural, repressed planet. Harvey will portray Salvor, the protective and intuitive warden of a remote outer planet. Birn will play Demerzel the enigmatic aide to the Emperor of the Galaxy (Pace). Mann will portray Brother Dusk, the eldest living member of the ruling family. Bilton will play Brother Dawn,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Quibi has put into development Turn Of the Screw, a modern take on Henry James’ supernatural thriller, from Alexandra McNally (Under the Dome), Josh Berman and Sony Pictures Television, where McNally and Berman’s Osprey Productions are under overall deals.
A twisty Gothic soap reimagined for modern times, the series follows a young Mexican-American nanny who is hired to care for the two children at their summer home on an idyllic island in the Pacific Northwest. It seems like the perfect job, but things take a sinister turn when the nanny begins seeing ghosts and her grip on reality begins to blur.
The project was previously in development at Freeform.
McNally will executive produce with Berman and Osprey’s Head of Development & Production Chris King. Sony Pictures TV is the studio.
The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first...
A twisty Gothic soap reimagined for modern times, the series follows a young Mexican-American nanny who is hired to care for the two children at their summer home on an idyllic island in the Pacific Northwest. It seems like the perfect job, but things take a sinister turn when the nanny begins seeing ghosts and her grip on reality begins to blur.
The project was previously in development at Freeform.
McNally will executive produce with Berman and Osprey’s Head of Development & Production Chris King. Sony Pictures TV is the studio.
The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first...
- 11/19/2019
- by Denise Petski and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Queen of Spades
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1949/ 1.33:1 / 95 min.
Starring Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans
Directed by Throld Dickinson
One of the pleasures of discovering 1949’s The Queen of Spades is also discovering its director, Thorold Dickinson. Born and educated in Bristol, he abandoned Oxford for London to concentrate on the fine art of film editing and soon found himself behind the camera.
Dickinson made waves with 1940’s Gaslight but Queen was something of a critical flashpoint for the diligent director – called in as a last minute replacement, the project would cement his reputation as an artist whose portentous visual style said as much about his characters as any screenplay. Not coincidentally, those qualities were shared by the film’s associate producer, Jack Clayton.
Based on Alexander Pushkin’s 1834 short story, the film is set in a snowbound St. Petersburg enclave in 1803, a gothic inversion of one of Ernst Lubitsch‘s fairy tale villages.
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1949/ 1.33:1 / 95 min.
Starring Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans
Directed by Throld Dickinson
One of the pleasures of discovering 1949’s The Queen of Spades is also discovering its director, Thorold Dickinson. Born and educated in Bristol, he abandoned Oxford for London to concentrate on the fine art of film editing and soon found himself behind the camera.
Dickinson made waves with 1940’s Gaslight but Queen was something of a critical flashpoint for the diligent director – called in as a last minute replacement, the project would cement his reputation as an artist whose portentous visual style said as much about his characters as any screenplay. Not coincidentally, those qualities were shared by the film’s associate producer, Jack Clayton.
Based on Alexander Pushkin’s 1834 short story, the film is set in a snowbound St. Petersburg enclave in 1803, a gothic inversion of one of Ernst Lubitsch‘s fairy tale villages.
- 10/22/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard stars in the unsettling new trailer for The Turning, director Floria Sigismondi’s upcoming film adaptation of the 1898 Henry James novella, The Turn of the Screw.
The clip follows Mackenzie Davis as a nanny who lands an unfortunate gig: watching after two creepy kids (Wolfhard and Brooklynn Prince) on their sprawling Maine estate.
After their introductions, the imagery, naturally, grows more disturbing: ghost hands, spiders slithering into mouths, heavy breathing, horses galloping into ominous mists, Wolfhard clanging menacingly on a drum set. “I know what you’re afraid of,...
The clip follows Mackenzie Davis as a nanny who lands an unfortunate gig: watching after two creepy kids (Wolfhard and Brooklynn Prince) on their sprawling Maine estate.
After their introductions, the imagery, naturally, grows more disturbing: ghost hands, spiders slithering into mouths, heavy breathing, horses galloping into ominous mists, Wolfhard clanging menacingly on a drum set. “I know what you’re afraid of,...
- 10/9/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Witchery Pictures, a drama label owned by All3Media, is developing a returning series about The Hacienda, an iconic British night club founded by New Order.
Deadline has learned that the company has acquired the rights to The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club, which was written by New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook in 2009.
It is being adapted into a six-part series by Ed Whitmore, who most recently wrote Manhunt, which became ITV’s highest-rated new drama since the launch of Broadchurch in 2013 when it was watched by 9M viewers. Whitmore has also written for shows including Sky’s Strike Back and the BBC’s Silent Witness.
Hook’s book recounts The Hacienda’s rise and fall in chronological order, with a chapter dedicated to each year of the club’s existence. It was set up in 1982 in Manchester, was bankrolled by New Order, and became...
Deadline has learned that the company has acquired the rights to The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club, which was written by New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook in 2009.
It is being adapted into a six-part series by Ed Whitmore, who most recently wrote Manhunt, which became ITV’s highest-rated new drama since the launch of Broadchurch in 2013 when it was watched by 9M viewers. Whitmore has also written for shows including Sky’s Strike Back and the BBC’s Silent Witness.
Hook’s book recounts The Hacienda’s rise and fall in chronological order, with a chapter dedicated to each year of the club’s existence. It was set up in 1982 in Manchester, was bankrolled by New Order, and became...
- 9/18/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Cast includes The Innocents’ Laura Birn; project presented at Finnish Film Affair’s works in progress this week.
LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Jenni Toivoniemi’s Finnish comedy Games People Play.
Venla Hellstedt and Elli Toivoniemi produce for Finland’s award-winning female-focused production company Tuffi Films, whose credits include 2019 Berlinale Crystal Bear winenr Stupid Young Heart. The deal marks the first collaboration between LevelK and Tuffi.
Jenni Toivoniemi makes her feature film debut following award-winning shorts such as The Date and The Committee.
Games People Play is a bittersweet comedy about a group of thirtysomething friends regressing to...
LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Jenni Toivoniemi’s Finnish comedy Games People Play.
Venla Hellstedt and Elli Toivoniemi produce for Finland’s award-winning female-focused production company Tuffi Films, whose credits include 2019 Berlinale Crystal Bear winenr Stupid Young Heart. The deal marks the first collaboration between LevelK and Tuffi.
Jenni Toivoniemi makes her feature film debut following award-winning shorts such as The Date and The Committee.
Games People Play is a bittersweet comedy about a group of thirtysomething friends regressing to...
- 9/18/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The “His Dark Materials” adaptation coming to HBO has found its Iorek Byrnison.
Joe Tandberg, whose credits include “The Innocents” on Netflix, will voice the famous armored bear. Byrnison comes from the frozen wilderness of the North and is both a skilled metal worker and a fierce warrior.
Also joining the voice cast of the fantasy series based on the Philip Pullman novels are Detective Hercule Poirot himself David Suchet as Kaisa, the gyrfalcon daemon to the witch Serafina Pekkala (Ruta Gedmintas), American comedian Cristela Alonzo, who will voice Lee Scoresby’s (Lin-Manuel Miranda) arctic hare daemon Hester, and Kit Connor (young Elton John in “Rocketman”) who will voice the main character Lyra Belacqua’s (Dafne Keen) unsettled daemon Pantalaimon.
It was previously announced that “Peaky Blinders” star Helen McCrory is voicing Lord Asriel’s (James McAvoy) snow leopard daemon, and the network has also revealed that Mrs Coulter’s...
Joe Tandberg, whose credits include “The Innocents” on Netflix, will voice the famous armored bear. Byrnison comes from the frozen wilderness of the North and is both a skilled metal worker and a fierce warrior.
Also joining the voice cast of the fantasy series based on the Philip Pullman novels are Detective Hercule Poirot himself David Suchet as Kaisa, the gyrfalcon daemon to the witch Serafina Pekkala (Ruta Gedmintas), American comedian Cristela Alonzo, who will voice Lee Scoresby’s (Lin-Manuel Miranda) arctic hare daemon Hester, and Kit Connor (young Elton John in “Rocketman”) who will voice the main character Lyra Belacqua’s (Dafne Keen) unsettled daemon Pantalaimon.
It was previously announced that “Peaky Blinders” star Helen McCrory is voicing Lord Asriel’s (James McAvoy) snow leopard daemon, and the network has also revealed that Mrs Coulter’s...
- 8/30/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
‘His Dark Materials': Helen McCrory, David Suchet Join Voice Cast as Animal Characters in HBO Series
Ahead of the fall 2019 premiere of HBO’s “His Dark Materials,” the network announced the voice cast behind daemons and other animal characters from author Philip Pullman’s fantasy world on Friday.
“Peaky Blinders” actress Helen McCrory will voice Stelmaria, the snow leopard daemon belonging to Lord Asriel, David Suchet (“Poirot”) voices gyrfalcon daemon Kaisa, while Kit Connor (“Rocketman”) is Pantalaimon, the unsettled daeomon of Lyra Belacqua, played by Dafne Keen.
“His Dark Materials” is based on the novel trilogy by Pullman, consisting of “Northern Lights” (published as “The Golden Compass” in North America), “The Subtle Knife” and “The Amber Spyglass.”
Also Read: 'Carnival Row' Trailer Is Filled With Fairy Sex and Human-on-Creature Violence (Video)
The show’s previously announced stars playing human characters include Keen, Ruth Wilson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, James McAvoy, Andrew Scott, Ruta Gedmintas and Amir Wilson.
Set in a world where science, theology and magic are entwined,...
“Peaky Blinders” actress Helen McCrory will voice Stelmaria, the snow leopard daemon belonging to Lord Asriel, David Suchet (“Poirot”) voices gyrfalcon daemon Kaisa, while Kit Connor (“Rocketman”) is Pantalaimon, the unsettled daeomon of Lyra Belacqua, played by Dafne Keen.
“His Dark Materials” is based on the novel trilogy by Pullman, consisting of “Northern Lights” (published as “The Golden Compass” in North America), “The Subtle Knife” and “The Amber Spyglass.”
Also Read: 'Carnival Row' Trailer Is Filled With Fairy Sex and Human-on-Creature Violence (Video)
The show’s previously announced stars playing human characters include Keen, Ruth Wilson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, James McAvoy, Andrew Scott, Ruta Gedmintas and Amir Wilson.
Set in a world where science, theology and magic are entwined,...
- 8/30/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
“Warrior” headliner Andrew Koji has been cast as Storm Shadow in the “G.I. Joe” movie spinoff “Snake Eyes,” multiple individuals with knowledge of the project tell TheWrap exclusively.
“Crazy Rich Asians” breakout Henry Golding is set to play Snake Eyes.
“Snake Eyes,” the third live-action film based on the “G.I. Joe” toy line, will focus on the origins of the fan-favorite character known for his masked face, black commando uniform and ninja training. Robert Schwentke, the director of “Red” and “R.I.P.D.,” is set to direct “Snake Eyes” for Paramount and Allspark Pictures, in association with Skydance. The film will be released on Oct. 16, 2020.
Also Read: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Breakout Henry Golding in Talks to Play Snake Eyes in 'GI Joe' Movie Spinoff
Storm Shadow, like Snake Eyes, was created by Marvel Comics writer-editor Larry Hama. He debuted in 1984 on the pages of Marvel’s “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero” comic series,...
“Crazy Rich Asians” breakout Henry Golding is set to play Snake Eyes.
“Snake Eyes,” the third live-action film based on the “G.I. Joe” toy line, will focus on the origins of the fan-favorite character known for his masked face, black commando uniform and ninja training. Robert Schwentke, the director of “Red” and “R.I.P.D.,” is set to direct “Snake Eyes” for Paramount and Allspark Pictures, in association with Skydance. The film will be released on Oct. 16, 2020.
Also Read: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Breakout Henry Golding in Talks to Play Snake Eyes in 'GI Joe' Movie Spinoff
Storm Shadow, like Snake Eyes, was created by Marvel Comics writer-editor Larry Hama. He debuted in 1984 on the pages of Marvel’s “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero” comic series,...
- 8/23/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
In his latest interview/podcast. host Stuart Wright talks with Hex Media’s Sarah Daly about her 5 Great British Horror Films and the latest cinematic offerings from Hex – including an exciting Kickstarter campaign for For We Are Many, a Lovecraftian Gothic Horror film featuring stars from Hellraiser, The Exorcist and The Human Centipede!
For We Are Many‘s Kickstarter campaign closes mid-August 2019. You will find more details at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lawrie…t-gothic-horror
Sarah’s 5 Great British Horror Films choices include:
The Innocents (1961) The Haunting (1963) Hellraiser (1987) The Woman In Black (1989)( ITV Production) Under The Shadow (2016)
And check out Hex’s online store: hex-media.myshopify.com/...
For We Are Many‘s Kickstarter campaign closes mid-August 2019. You will find more details at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lawrie…t-gothic-horror
Sarah’s 5 Great British Horror Films choices include:
The Innocents (1961) The Haunting (1963) Hellraiser (1987) The Woman In Black (1989)( ITV Production) Under The Shadow (2016)
And check out Hex’s online store: hex-media.myshopify.com/...
- 7/23/2019
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
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