Exclusive: First Lady Jill Biden will be the featured speaker at Monday’s A Day Of Unreasonable Conversation, a social impact event featuring entertainment industry figures and activists.
Biden will take part in a conversation with Halle Berry to talk about the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Their talk, titled “Writing New Stories About Women’s Health,” will delve into how cultural figures and content can advance conversation’s about the topic.
The first lady is heading to Southern California today for a round of fundraising and an appearance this weekend at the Los Angeles Human Rights Campaign dinner.
Others taking part in the Getty Center event include Paris Hilton, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christine Blasey Ford, Amy Spitalnick and Sitarah Pendleton-Eaglin. The lineup includes Jane Fonda, Cord Jefferson, Yusef Salaam, Charli d’Amelio, Dorian Warren, Maurice Mitchell, Sinead Bovell, Angela Patton, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford,...
Biden will take part in a conversation with Halle Berry to talk about the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Their talk, titled “Writing New Stories About Women’s Health,” will delve into how cultural figures and content can advance conversation’s about the topic.
The first lady is heading to Southern California today for a round of fundraising and an appearance this weekend at the Los Angeles Human Rights Campaign dinner.
Others taking part in the Getty Center event include Paris Hilton, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christine Blasey Ford, Amy Spitalnick and Sitarah Pendleton-Eaglin. The lineup includes Jane Fonda, Cord Jefferson, Yusef Salaam, Charli d’Amelio, Dorian Warren, Maurice Mitchell, Sinead Bovell, Angela Patton, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The historical comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is set to premiere with its first two episodes this Friday, March 1st, with the rest of the show’s six episodes being released on a weekly basis through Friday, March 29th – all of this exclusively on Apple TV+. In anticipation the show’s premiere, we’re proud to share an Exclusive clip from the first episode, and you can check it out in the embed above!
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin stars Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh and The Great British Bake Off in the titular role as the legendary British highwayman. Also in the cast are Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Ellie White (The Windsors), Marc Wootton (High & Dry), Duayne Boachie (Blue Story), Tamsin Greig (Episodes), Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing), Dolly Wells (Doll & Em), Joe Wilkinson (The Cockfields), Mark Heap (Stardust), Geoffrey McGivern...
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin stars Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh and The Great British Bake Off in the titular role as the legendary British highwayman. Also in the cast are Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Ellie White (The Windsors), Marc Wootton (High & Dry), Duayne Boachie (Blue Story), Tamsin Greig (Episodes), Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing), Dolly Wells (Doll & Em), Joe Wilkinson (The Cockfields), Mark Heap (Stardust), Geoffrey McGivern...
- 2/29/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Noel Fielding headlines Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, here’s the trailer.
Noel Fielding, along with comedy partner Julian Barratt, blasted onto the UK comedy scene with double act The Mighty Boosh, which found success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before making three series of what might be the most surreal, esoteric comedy ever broadcast on British television. All episodes were directed by Paul King, who went on to achieve national treasure status alongside Simon Farnaby for co-writing and directing the Paddington films and the recently released Wonka.
Having a steady career in British sitcoms ever since, appearing in the likes of Snuff Box, The It Crowd and headlining his own series Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, he now leads the cast of Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Dick Turpin (Noel Fielding) sets out on...
Noel Fielding, along with comedy partner Julian Barratt, blasted onto the UK comedy scene with double act The Mighty Boosh, which found success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before making three series of what might be the most surreal, esoteric comedy ever broadcast on British television. All episodes were directed by Paul King, who went on to achieve national treasure status alongside Simon Farnaby for co-writing and directing the Paddington films and the recently released Wonka.
Having a steady career in British sitcoms ever since, appearing in the likes of Snuff Box, The It Crowd and headlining his own series Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, he now leads the cast of Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Dick Turpin (Noel Fielding) sets out on...
- 2/7/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Steven Moffat has penned Douglas Is Cancelled, his first comedy series in two decades. More details within:
Before Steven Moffat became known for writing some of the greatest episodes of Doctor Who, like The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl In The Fireplace, Blink, Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead and then showrunning the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi eras, he was a prolific comedy writer.
His first series, Press Gang, was a huge success and he followed it up by drawing on his own divorce for the fantastic, farcical Joking Apart. Though school sitcom Chalk was a misfire, he quickly went on to his his greatest sitcom success when he wrote Coupling, a tightly plotted ensemble sitcom that included one episode with half the dialogue in Hebrew and another in split screen, with several plots taking place simultaneously.
Since then, Doctor Who aside, he wrote a brilliant,...
Before Steven Moffat became known for writing some of the greatest episodes of Doctor Who, like The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl In The Fireplace, Blink, Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead and then showrunning the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi eras, he was a prolific comedy writer.
His first series, Press Gang, was a huge success and he followed it up by drawing on his own divorce for the fantastic, farcical Joking Apart. Though school sitcom Chalk was a misfire, he quickly went on to his his greatest sitcom success when he wrote Coupling, a tightly plotted ensemble sitcom that included one episode with half the dialogue in Hebrew and another in split screen, with several plots taking place simultaneously.
Since then, Doctor Who aside, he wrote a brilliant,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Karen Gillan is set to star alongside “Downton Abbey’s” Hugh Bonneville in a new dramedy from Steven Moffat about cancel culture, Variety can reveal.
“Douglas Is Cancelled” will see Hugh Bonneville play a middle aged and widely-respected news anchor called Douglas Bellowes while Gillan stars as his canny sidekick Madeline.
Douglas lives a perfect life. He enjoys his privileged status as national treasure and host of current affairs show “Live at Six” while off-air he shares a harmonious home with wife Sheila, a newspaper editor.
But their world is turned upside down when, at a family wedding, he’s overheard making an “ill-advised joke.” As a guest threatens to expose Douglas on social media the rumor mill goes into overdrive and sparks off a digital storm that quickly upends his life and career. With her 2 million social media followers, tech-savvy co-anchor Madeline could throw...
“Douglas Is Cancelled” will see Hugh Bonneville play a middle aged and widely-respected news anchor called Douglas Bellowes while Gillan stars as his canny sidekick Madeline.
Douglas lives a perfect life. He enjoys his privileged status as national treasure and host of current affairs show “Live at Six” while off-air he shares a harmonious home with wife Sheila, a newspaper editor.
But their world is turned upside down when, at a family wedding, he’s overheard making an “ill-advised joke.” As a guest threatens to expose Douglas on social media the rumor mill goes into overdrive and sparks off a digital storm that quickly upends his life and career. With her 2 million social media followers, tech-savvy co-anchor Madeline could throw...
- 11/17/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Noel Fielding will star as legendary British Highwayman Dick Turpin in a currently untitled series from Apple TV Plus.
The comedy-adventure show follows Fielding as the most famous, but least likely of highway robbers whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship and great hair. Together with his gang of loveable rogues, Dick rides the highs and lows of celebrity — and does what he can to escape the clutches of the Thief Taker General.
Producing for Apple TV+ is Big Talk Productions, owned by ITV Studios.
Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners Movie) is directing. Claire Downes, Stuart Lane, Ian Jarvis (The Outlaws) wrote and created the show, with Noel Fielding and Jeremy Dyson (League Of Gentleman) as script consultants.
Executive Producers are Kenton Allen, Noel Fielding, Victoria Grew, Matthew Justice and Ben Palmer. Top of this post and below are first-look images.
The comedy-adventure show follows Fielding as the most famous, but least likely of highway robbers whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship and great hair. Together with his gang of loveable rogues, Dick rides the highs and lows of celebrity — and does what he can to escape the clutches of the Thief Taker General.
Producing for Apple TV+ is Big Talk Productions, owned by ITV Studios.
Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners Movie) is directing. Claire Downes, Stuart Lane, Ian Jarvis (The Outlaws) wrote and created the show, with Noel Fielding and Jeremy Dyson (League Of Gentleman) as script consultants.
Executive Producers are Kenton Allen, Noel Fielding, Victoria Grew, Matthew Justice and Ben Palmer. Top of this post and below are first-look images.
- 4/12/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Breeders is a dark comedy. But towards the end of the second season of the Martin Freeman- and Daisy Haggard-fronted parenting series, it gets even darker.
Season 2 of the FX and Sky series starts with their children, Luke (now played by Alex Eastwood) and Ava (Eve Prenelle), six years older than they were in Season 1, thus serving up brand-new parenting challenges for Freeman’s Paul and Haggard’s Ally.
Luke’s increasing anxiety and Ava’s growing independence added some new and uncharted complications into the existing chaotic mix of stretched resources, lack of time and the fine art of winging it while looking like you know what you’re doing.
Paul’s parents, Jackie and Jim (Joanna Bacon and Alun Armstrong), are older too, as is Ally’s mother Leah (Stella Gonet), leading Paul and Ally to find that they now have to parent the generation above...
Season 2 of the FX and Sky series starts with their children, Luke (now played by Alex Eastwood) and Ava (Eve Prenelle), six years older than they were in Season 1, thus serving up brand-new parenting challenges for Freeman’s Paul and Haggard’s Ally.
Luke’s increasing anxiety and Ava’s growing independence added some new and uncharted complications into the existing chaotic mix of stretched resources, lack of time and the fine art of winging it while looking like you know what you’re doing.
Paul’s parents, Jackie and Jim (Joanna Bacon and Alun Armstrong), are older too, as is Ally’s mother Leah (Stella Gonet), leading Paul and Ally to find that they now have to parent the generation above...
- 6/25/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“Breeders” has been renewed for Season 3 at FX.
The comedy series starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard wrapped up its second season on May 17. Season 3 will debut in 2022.
“Delighted that we’ve got three seasons,” said series showrunner and co-creator Simon Blackwell. “One more and it’s a pizza. This is such a superb team to work with, and it’s a pleasure and a privilege to make the show. I can’t wait to see what terrible and brilliant but let’s face it mainly terrible things will happen to the Worsley family in the next 10 episodes.”
“Breeders” explores the parental paradox that you’d happily die for your children, but quite often also want to kill them. In Season 2, Luke (Alex Eastwood) is now 13 years old and Ava (Eve Prenelle) is 10, serving up brand new parenting challenges for Paul (Freeman) and Ally (Haggard). The season also starred Joanna Bacon,...
The comedy series starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard wrapped up its second season on May 17. Season 3 will debut in 2022.
“Delighted that we’ve got three seasons,” said series showrunner and co-creator Simon Blackwell. “One more and it’s a pizza. This is such a superb team to work with, and it’s a pleasure and a privilege to make the show. I can’t wait to see what terrible and brilliant but let’s face it mainly terrible things will happen to the Worsley family in the next 10 episodes.”
“Breeders” explores the parental paradox that you’d happily die for your children, but quite often also want to kill them. In Season 2, Luke (Alex Eastwood) is now 13 years old and Ava (Eve Prenelle) is 10, serving up brand new parenting challenges for Paul (Freeman) and Ally (Haggard). The season also starred Joanna Bacon,...
- 5/27/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard’s parenting comedy Breeders is returning for a third season.
FX and Sky have renewed the Avalon-produced series for a third run airing in 2022. The second season just finished its run in the U.S.
It comes after Simon Blackwell told Deadline that he and his colleagues, including Chris Addison, had set up a physical writers room, rather than having to collaborate over Zoom.
Breeders explores the parental paradox that you’d happily die for your children, but quite often you also want to kill them. Season 2 flashes forward with Luke (Alex Eastwood), now 13, and Ava (Eve Prenelle), now 13, thus serving up brand-new parenting challenges for Freeman’s Paul and Haggard’s Ally.
Luke’s increasing anxiety and Ava’s growing independence add some new and uncharted complications into the existing chaotic mix of stretched resources, lack of time and the fine art of...
FX and Sky have renewed the Avalon-produced series for a third run airing in 2022. The second season just finished its run in the U.S.
It comes after Simon Blackwell told Deadline that he and his colleagues, including Chris Addison, had set up a physical writers room, rather than having to collaborate over Zoom.
Breeders explores the parental paradox that you’d happily die for your children, but quite often you also want to kill them. Season 2 flashes forward with Luke (Alex Eastwood), now 13, and Ava (Eve Prenelle), now 13, thus serving up brand-new parenting challenges for Freeman’s Paul and Haggard’s Ally.
Luke’s increasing anxiety and Ava’s growing independence add some new and uncharted complications into the existing chaotic mix of stretched resources, lack of time and the fine art of...
- 5/27/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Avalon wrapped production on the second season of FX and Sky’s Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard comedy Breeders last Friday, as the UK faced further coronavirus disruption amid the outbreak of fast-spreading mutation of the virus.
Created by Freeman, Chris Addison, and Simon Blackwell, the parental comedy was one of the first Sky shows to begin filming in August following the Covid-19 production hiatus. Its 15-week shoot included a two-week pause following a positive coronavirus test.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Everything’s Going To Be Ok producer Avalon makes the series in association with FX Productions. It features Freeman and Haggard as parents trying to look after their two small children Luke, played by George Wakeman, and Ava, played by Jayda Eyles.
Veep writer Blackwell serves as showrunner and executive produces alongside Addison, Freeman, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, David Martin, Jon Thoday, Toby Welch, and Michael Wiggs.
Created by Freeman, Chris Addison, and Simon Blackwell, the parental comedy was one of the first Sky shows to begin filming in August following the Covid-19 production hiatus. Its 15-week shoot included a two-week pause following a positive coronavirus test.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Everything’s Going To Be Ok producer Avalon makes the series in association with FX Productions. It features Freeman and Haggard as parents trying to look after their two small children Luke, played by George Wakeman, and Ava, played by Jayda Eyles.
Veep writer Blackwell serves as showrunner and executive produces alongside Addison, Freeman, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, David Martin, Jon Thoday, Toby Welch, and Michael Wiggs.
- 12/22/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Martin Freeman-fronted comedy “Breeders” is heading back into production on Monday.
Cameras have resumed rolling in Greater London on the second season of the Sky and FX Networks series, following a 16-week suspension due to the Covid-19 crisis. Produced by Avalon (“Catastrophe”), the show is understood to be adhering to strict coronavirus protocols, which were signed off earlier this summer.
The show is the latest to get back into production in the U.K., where the industry is gradually coming back to life after a months-long shutdown. Protocols were published in late May, and an insurance fund with government support was unveiled last month. Netflix and BBC drama “The Serpent” recently wrapped its shoot, after relocating to the U.K. from Thailand.
“Breeders” turns on Freeman’s Paul, a caring father who discovers he’s not quite the man he thought he was as he navigates parenthood with his...
Cameras have resumed rolling in Greater London on the second season of the Sky and FX Networks series, following a 16-week suspension due to the Covid-19 crisis. Produced by Avalon (“Catastrophe”), the show is understood to be adhering to strict coronavirus protocols, which were signed off earlier this summer.
The show is the latest to get back into production in the U.K., where the industry is gradually coming back to life after a months-long shutdown. Protocols were published in late May, and an insurance fund with government support was unveiled last month. Netflix and BBC drama “The Serpent” recently wrapped its shoot, after relocating to the U.K. from Thailand.
“Breeders” turns on Freeman’s Paul, a caring father who discovers he’s not quite the man he thought he was as he navigates parenthood with his...
- 8/31/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
FX is pregnant with more “Breeders” on the way. The cable channel has renewed Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard’s bad-parenting comedy for Season 2.
“We are proud of everything the creative team and talent on ‘Breeders’ achieved in the first season and look forward to seeing where they take it in season two,” Nick Grad, president of original programming at FX Entertainment, said in announcing the renewal. “‘Breeders’ has really resonated with viewers, who’ve come to appreciate its honest and humorous take on the challenges of modern parenting.”
“So pleased we get another go at ‘Breeders,'” Freeman said in a statement on Monday. “I reckon the next one will be even better. It’s such a pleasure working with this team… we’ll see you all soon. Well, not soon. But at some point, honest.”
Also Read: How Martin Freeman Navigates Screaming and Cursing at Young Children in...
“We are proud of everything the creative team and talent on ‘Breeders’ achieved in the first season and look forward to seeing where they take it in season two,” Nick Grad, president of original programming at FX Entertainment, said in announcing the renewal. “‘Breeders’ has really resonated with viewers, who’ve come to appreciate its honest and humorous take on the challenges of modern parenting.”
“So pleased we get another go at ‘Breeders,'” Freeman said in a statement on Monday. “I reckon the next one will be even better. It’s such a pleasure working with this team… we’ll see you all soon. Well, not soon. But at some point, honest.”
Also Read: How Martin Freeman Navigates Screaming and Cursing at Young Children in...
- 5/18/2020
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard are coming back for more screaming, wailing and swearing at their fictional children.
FX has renewed the comedy “Breeders,” in which the two British actors star, for a second season. The announcement was made by the cabler’s president of original programming Nick Grad. Season 1 of “Breeders,” which is produced by Avalon and FX Productions for FX and Sky Originals, premiered in March to critical acclaim, with many lauding it for its brutally honest portrayal of parenting.
“Breeders” centers around Paul (Freeman), a caring father discovering he’s not quite the man he thought he was, and his partner Ally (Haggard), who runs a recording studio, makes Paul laugh and has the ability to read a story to their children while she’s technically asleep.
“We are proud of everything the creative team and talent on ‘Breeders’ achieved in the first season and look forward...
FX has renewed the comedy “Breeders,” in which the two British actors star, for a second season. The announcement was made by the cabler’s president of original programming Nick Grad. Season 1 of “Breeders,” which is produced by Avalon and FX Productions for FX and Sky Originals, premiered in March to critical acclaim, with many lauding it for its brutally honest portrayal of parenting.
“Breeders” centers around Paul (Freeman), a caring father discovering he’s not quite the man he thought he was, and his partner Ally (Haggard), who runs a recording studio, makes Paul laugh and has the ability to read a story to their children while she’s technically asleep.
“We are proud of everything the creative team and talent on ‘Breeders’ achieved in the first season and look forward...
- 5/18/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
FX and Sky have picked up a second season of Breeders from creators Martin Freeman, Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell.
The parental comedy stars Freeman and Episodes and Back To Life’s Daisy Haggard as partners and parents, trying to look after their two small children Luke, played by George Wakeman and Ava, played by Jayda Eyles.
The first season, which also starred Better Call Saul and This Is Spinal Tap actor Michael McKean as Ally’s father, is produced by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Everything’s Going To Be Ok producer Avalon Television in association with FX Productions.
It premiered on FX on March 2 with episodes on Hulu the following the day. Blackwell serves as showrunner and exec produces alongside Addison, Freeman, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, David Martin, Jon Thoday, Toby Welch and Michael Wiggs. Ben Palmer is co-executive producer
Addison, who previously starred in BBC comedy The Thick Of It,...
The parental comedy stars Freeman and Episodes and Back To Life’s Daisy Haggard as partners and parents, trying to look after their two small children Luke, played by George Wakeman and Ava, played by Jayda Eyles.
The first season, which also starred Better Call Saul and This Is Spinal Tap actor Michael McKean as Ally’s father, is produced by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Everything’s Going To Be Ok producer Avalon Television in association with FX Productions.
It premiered on FX on March 2 with episodes on Hulu the following the day. Blackwell serves as showrunner and exec produces alongside Addison, Freeman, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, David Martin, Jon Thoday, Toby Welch and Michael Wiggs. Ben Palmer is co-executive producer
Addison, who previously starred in BBC comedy The Thick Of It,...
- 5/18/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Between “Fleabag” and “Veep” having ended and “Atlanta,” “Barry,” “PEN15” and “Russian Doll” taking extended hiatuses, the comedy races at the Emmys this year are wide open, ready to embrace a breakout hit that the season has yet to deliver. The savior could be “Breeders,” a half-hour about parenting — not horses — that premiered its 10-episode debut season on FX this month, with each episode available on Hulu mere hours after its initial broadcast. Ratings ticked up this week for the fourth episode to the best viewership numbers since the pilot. The show is “certified fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, which sums up the consensus from critics: “A provocative addition to the growing slate of shows about parents behaving badly, ‘Breeders” take on the realities of child-rearing are as hilarious as they are cringe-inducing.”
See our first slugfest on this year’s limited and movie races.
Emmy and BAFTA winner Martin Freeman...
See our first slugfest on this year’s limited and movie races.
Emmy and BAFTA winner Martin Freeman...
- 3/31/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
As a childless twenty-something, the sight of parents struggling with their sprogs – no matter how innocent, how adorable – fills me with empathy, dread, and schadenfreude. These feelings amplify to entertained screeches when watching Breeders, Sky One’s new comedy about the undermentioned awfulness of child-rearing, created by Thick of It favourites Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell. Be warned: this could put you off having kids for a while. I haven’t felt such a staunch aversion to becoming a parent since watching Jenna Coleman carry a pram up those Sisyphean steps in BBC’s The Cry; the pain and aggravation looks like the most annoying kind of horror movie. Breeders, at least, finds the funny in the madness.
Martin Freeman, who plays fed-up father Paul, birthed the idea for the series in a dream about going upstairs to tell off his kids. This is the starting point, opening with Paul readying himself,...
Martin Freeman, who plays fed-up father Paul, birthed the idea for the series in a dream about going upstairs to tell off his kids. This is the starting point, opening with Paul readying himself,...
- 3/12/2020
- by Euan Franklin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Ben Palmer, the British director behind The Inbetweeners Movie and FX/Sky’s new comedy Breeders, has moved from Wme to CAA.
Palmer directed and co-executive produced the first five episodes in Season 1 of Avalon-produced Breeders, which stars Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard. He will also helm and executive produce five episodes for Season 2.
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He is best known for directing The Inbetweeners Movie, which was the UK’s fastest-grossing live-action movie when it launched in 2011. Other credits include Simon Pegg’s Man Up and Urban Myths.
Palmer is also represented by Hugo Young at Independent Talent in the UK, while he is managed by Tom Lassally at 3 Arts Entertainment. He first signed for Wme back...
Palmer directed and co-executive produced the first five episodes in Season 1 of Avalon-produced Breeders, which stars Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard. He will also helm and executive produce five episodes for Season 2.
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He is best known for directing The Inbetweeners Movie, which was the UK’s fastest-grossing live-action movie when it launched in 2011. Other credits include Simon Pegg’s Man Up and Urban Myths.
Palmer is also represented by Hugo Young at Independent Talent in the UK, while he is managed by Tom Lassally at 3 Arts Entertainment. He first signed for Wme back...
- 3/12/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Trial & Error star Amanda Payton has joined Sky’s British police comedy Code 404.
The actor, who has also recurred on Animal Kingdom and had spots on Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, NCIS and Workaholics, has booked a series regular role on the six-part series.
Code 404 stars Rogue One’s Daniel Mays and Boardwalk Empire’s Stephen Graham.
The series, which is produced by Broadchurch and Tin Star indie Kudos and Water and Power Productions, also stars Against The Law’s Richard Gadd. It was written by Horrible Histories and Not Going Out writer Daniel Peak and directed by Al Campbell. The pilot was directed by Ben Palmer.
Code 404 is set in the near future and will revolve around two Detective Inspectors, Di John Major (Daniel Mays) and Di Roy Carver (Stephen Graham), who are the top crime fighting duo in the Unit. But when an undercover sting goes horribly wrong,...
The actor, who has also recurred on Animal Kingdom and had spots on Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, NCIS and Workaholics, has booked a series regular role on the six-part series.
Code 404 stars Rogue One’s Daniel Mays and Boardwalk Empire’s Stephen Graham.
The series, which is produced by Broadchurch and Tin Star indie Kudos and Water and Power Productions, also stars Against The Law’s Richard Gadd. It was written by Horrible Histories and Not Going Out writer Daniel Peak and directed by Al Campbell. The pilot was directed by Ben Palmer.
Code 404 is set in the near future and will revolve around two Detective Inspectors, Di John Major (Daniel Mays) and Di Roy Carver (Stephen Graham), who are the top crime fighting duo in the Unit. But when an undercover sting goes horribly wrong,...
- 2/28/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky handed police comedy Code 404, starring Rogue One’s Daniel Mays and Boardwalk Empire’s Stephen Graham, a full series after a successful pilot.
Deadline first revealed the project was in development at the pay-tv broadcaster in October and it has now been ordered for six half-hour episodes.
The series, which is produced by Broadchurch and Tin Star indie Kudos and Water and Power Productions, also stars Against The Law’s Richard Gadd. It was written by Horrible Histories and Not Going Out writer Daniel Peak and directed by Al Campbell. The pilot was directed by Ben Palmer.
Code 404 is set in the near future and will revolve around two Detective Inspectors, Di John Major (Daniel Mays) and Di Roy Carver (Stephen Graham), who are the top crime fighting duo in the Unit. But when an undercover sting goes horribly wrong, Major is gunned down on the job and killed.
Deadline first revealed the project was in development at the pay-tv broadcaster in October and it has now been ordered for six half-hour episodes.
The series, which is produced by Broadchurch and Tin Star indie Kudos and Water and Power Productions, also stars Against The Law’s Richard Gadd. It was written by Horrible Histories and Not Going Out writer Daniel Peak and directed by Al Campbell. The pilot was directed by Ben Palmer.
Code 404 is set in the near future and will revolve around two Detective Inspectors, Di John Major (Daniel Mays) and Di Roy Carver (Stephen Graham), who are the top crime fighting duo in the Unit. But when an undercover sting goes horribly wrong, Major is gunned down on the job and killed.
- 1/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello Ladies star and The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant is teaming up with People Just Do Nothing’s Asim Chaudhry in a cross-country comedy for BBC One. The pair are to star in Click & Collect, featuring them as two mismatched neighbors driving across the UK to pick up the one toy that will make a little girl’s Christmas dreams come true.
The 60-minute special is written by Witless’ Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf and directed by The Inbetweeners’ Ben Palmer. It is produced by BBC Studios and Mondo Deluxe. Merchant said, “Every year, my family watch the big Christmas TV specials and my dad falls asleep half way through. This year, I’m very excited to be starring in a big Christmas TV special that my dad can fall asleep half way through.” Chaudhry added, “I’ve been a huge fan of Stephen’s work for many years so...
The 60-minute special is written by Witless’ Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf and directed by The Inbetweeners’ Ben Palmer. It is produced by BBC Studios and Mondo Deluxe. Merchant said, “Every year, my family watch the big Christmas TV specials and my dad falls asleep half way through. This year, I’m very excited to be starring in a big Christmas TV special that my dad can fall asleep half way through.” Chaudhry added, “I’ve been a huge fan of Stephen’s work for many years so...
- 11/1/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky is developing a police comedy starring Rogue One’s Daniel Mays from Broadchurch and Tin Star indie Kudos.
I hear the pay-tv giant is making a non-tx pilot, which has the working title of Code 404, written by Horrible Histories and Not Going Out writer Daniel Peak and is being co-produced by Water and Power Productions.
Directed by Ben Palmer, who previously helmed The Inbetweeners and David Mitchell and Robert Webb comedy Back, the broadcaster is currently deciding whether to take the project to full series.
The full details of the police project have been kept under wraps, but I’m told the narrative comedy has a similar tone to Charlie Brooker’s A Touch of Cloth, the spoof cop comedy that ran on Sky One in 2012. Phil Temple and Diederick Santer exec produce for Kudos and Sam Myer exec produces for Water and Power.
It is an interesting role for Mays,...
I hear the pay-tv giant is making a non-tx pilot, which has the working title of Code 404, written by Horrible Histories and Not Going Out writer Daniel Peak and is being co-produced by Water and Power Productions.
Directed by Ben Palmer, who previously helmed The Inbetweeners and David Mitchell and Robert Webb comedy Back, the broadcaster is currently deciding whether to take the project to full series.
The full details of the police project have been kept under wraps, but I’m told the narrative comedy has a similar tone to Charlie Brooker’s A Touch of Cloth, the spoof cop comedy that ran on Sky One in 2012. Phil Temple and Diederick Santer exec produce for Kudos and Sam Myer exec produces for Water and Power.
It is an interesting role for Mays,...
- 10/11/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Author: Zehra Phelan
The Royal Albert Hall is to celebrate John Williams 60 years in movies providing iconic film scores to the biggest films.
The celebration will include Films in Concert presentations of five of his finest works, alongside a rare London performance from the maestro himself, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.The 86-year-old award-winning composer will be making his first appearance in the UK after 22 years. There will also be orchestral screenings of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – playing for the first time ever in the UK – Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars: A New Hope.
At a special one-off concert in October, Williams will be reunited with the London Symphony Orchestra – who recorded his first six Star Wars scores, including the iconic Episode IV: A New Hope in 1977 – to perform classic music from across his spectacular career. As well as celebrating his 60 years in Hollywood,...
The Royal Albert Hall is to celebrate John Williams 60 years in movies providing iconic film scores to the biggest films.
The celebration will include Films in Concert presentations of five of his finest works, alongside a rare London performance from the maestro himself, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.The 86-year-old award-winning composer will be making his first appearance in the UK after 22 years. There will also be orchestral screenings of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – playing for the first time ever in the UK – Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars: A New Hope.
At a special one-off concert in October, Williams will be reunited with the London Symphony Orchestra – who recorded his first six Star Wars scores, including the iconic Episode IV: A New Hope in 1977 – to perform classic music from across his spectacular career. As well as celebrating his 60 years in Hollywood,...
- 2/23/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Like any other most recent output from an established comedy duo or writing team, it’s impossible not to see back the latest series from stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb without a consideration of the titanic work they’ve done in the past. Written by long time collaborator and “Veep” writer Simon Blackwell, “Back” is a fainter echo of their work on the legendary “Peep Show” and their sketch shows across different media. Bringing some of that previous sensibility to a more conventional comedy may not be the most satisfying use of their talents, but this is still a twisted dark family comedy that’s worth a shot for die-hards.
“Back” tells the simple, spiraling story of Stephen (Mitchell), a man dealing with the aftermath of his father’s death. The family-owned John Barleycorn pub is set to come under his control, right as he’s starting to be...
“Back” tells the simple, spiraling story of Stephen (Mitchell), a man dealing with the aftermath of his father’s death. The family-owned John Barleycorn pub is set to come under his control, right as he’s starting to be...
- 11/16/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
AMC Networks' premium video streaming service Sundance Now has announced that they will be adding three series to the fold: Back, Riviera, and Rillington Place. The comedy, Back, is a new scripted original co-production created and written by Oscar nominee Simon Blackwell (Veep, In the Loop, Peep Show), directed by Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners) and starring BAFTA winners David Mitchell and Robert Webb who worked on Peep Show alongside Blackwell. The show follows Stephen…...
- 7/29/2017
- Deadline TV
Lindsay Lohan has called for critics to “stop bullying” President Donald Trump on Twitter.
The former Mean Girls star, who now lives in London full-time, responded to a tweet showing an image of a Breitbart article in which Trump tweeted that he would be “delighted” to help Charlie Gard, a critically ill British baby that the European Court of Human Rights deemed was too sick to help with experimental medicine.
“This Is our president,” Lohan, 31, tweeted on Monday. “Stop #bullying him & start trusting him. Thank you personally for supporting #Theusa.”
Lohan went on to praise the First Family — including First Lady Melania Trump,...
The former Mean Girls star, who now lives in London full-time, responded to a tweet showing an image of a Breitbart article in which Trump tweeted that he would be “delighted” to help Charlie Gard, a critically ill British baby that the European Court of Human Rights deemed was too sick to help with experimental medicine.
“This Is our president,” Lohan, 31, tweeted on Monday. “Stop #bullying him & start trusting him. Thank you personally for supporting #Theusa.”
Lohan went on to praise the First Family — including First Lady Melania Trump,...
- 7/5/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
The first trailer for the show Urban Myths has been released, and it gives us our first weird look at Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson. This is a satirical show that will retell embellished true life events of public figures. This includes a post-9/11 road trip that Michael Jackson supposedly took with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor that you can read about here. Stockard Channing plays Taylor in the series, and Brian Cox takes on the role of Brando. It also features Eddie Marsan as Bob Dylan, Ben Chaplin as Cary Grant, Iwan Rheon as Adolf Hitler, and Rupert Grint as a friend of Hitler.
If case you're wondering what they were thinking when Fiennes was cast in the role, director Ben Palmer told The Guardian:
“We were casting Michael Jackson in 2001 and that obviously is a challenge in terms of the physical resemblance. We were really looking for the...
If case you're wondering what they were thinking when Fiennes was cast in the role, director Ben Palmer told The Guardian:
“We were casting Michael Jackson in 2001 and that obviously is a challenge in terms of the physical resemblance. We were really looking for the...
- 1/11/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Kirsten Howard Jan 11, 2017
Here's your first look at Urban Myths, Sky Arts' star-studded and controversial new series...
When Sky Arts announced they were pressing ahead with Urban Myths, a new series set to explore some of the more random urban legends that have been linked to celebrities over the years, it sounded like it was going to be pretty fun, but as the casting process continued things started to get almost as weird as the stories themselves.
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Eddie Marsan (The Disappearance Of Alice Creed) as Bob Dylan, Rupert Grint (Harry Potter) as 'Hitler's Friend', Brian Cox (The Autopsy Of Jane Doe) as Marlon Brando...not a casting choice went by that didn't either raise an eyebrow or get a nod.
Here's your first look at Urban Myths, Sky Arts' star-studded and controversial new series...
When Sky Arts announced they were pressing ahead with Urban Myths, a new series set to explore some of the more random urban legends that have been linked to celebrities over the years, it sounded like it was going to be pretty fun, but as the casting process continued things started to get almost as weird as the stories themselves.
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Eddie Marsan (The Disappearance Of Alice Creed) as Bob Dylan, Rupert Grint (Harry Potter) as 'Hitler's Friend', Brian Cox (The Autopsy Of Jane Doe) as Marlon Brando...not a casting choice went by that didn't either raise an eyebrow or get a nod.
- 1/11/2017
- Den of Geek
Last year it was announced that Joseph Fiennes would be portraying Michael Jackson in an upcoming British project, which led to accusation of “whitewashing.” Now, almost a year later, the actor makes his debut as the King of Pop in the trailer for Sky Art’s comedy series “Urban Myths.”
The satirical half-hour show retells supposed events in the lives of public figures, including the urban legend about a post-9/11 road trip between Jackson, Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor, which was written about in a 2011 Vanity Fair article. The recently released clip recreates the event with Stockard Channing as the “Cleopatra” actress and Brian Cox as Brando.
It also features many other well-known people including Eddie Marsan as Bob Dylan, Ben Chaplin as Cary Grant, Iwan Rheon as Adolf Hitler and Rupert Grint as “Hitler’s Friend.”
Read More: ‘Kushuthara: Pattern of Love’ Exclusive Trailer: A Western Journalist Falls For...
The satirical half-hour show retells supposed events in the lives of public figures, including the urban legend about a post-9/11 road trip between Jackson, Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor, which was written about in a 2011 Vanity Fair article. The recently released clip recreates the event with Stockard Channing as the “Cleopatra” actress and Brian Cox as Brando.
It also features many other well-known people including Eddie Marsan as Bob Dylan, Ben Chaplin as Cary Grant, Iwan Rheon as Adolf Hitler and Rupert Grint as “Hitler’s Friend.”
Read More: ‘Kushuthara: Pattern of Love’ Exclusive Trailer: A Western Journalist Falls For...
- 1/11/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Hélene Grimaud Water: Berio: Wasserklavier: Sawhney: Water: Transitions 1-7; Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch No. 2; Fauré: Barcarolle No. 5; Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Albéniz: Almeria; Liszt: Les Jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este; Janáček: In the Mist: No. 1; Debussy: La Cathedrale engloutie (Deutsche Grammophon) Classical purists be warned: almost half the tracks here are not the solo piano recital you might expect from the billing. Instead, Grimaud had composer Nitin Sawhney create electronic bridging miniatures (ranging from 0:56 to 1:41) fitted between the solo piano tracks. This works wonderfully well, changing this album from a traditional presentation into a moody soundscape (though the purist crowd was quick to take offense, witness the extremely snarky review on classicstoday.com). Of course, Grimaud is her usual scintillating self on the solo piano pieces. The pieces she has chosen for this thematic program are in a couple of cases "usual suspects" -- the Ravel and Debussy...
- 5/31/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Did you hear the meet-cute gimmick of the British romantic-slapstick farce Man Up? Lake Bell plays a 34-year-old single woman whom a 40-year-old divorced man played by Simon Pegg mistakes for his blind date, and — given that she seems to be more in sync with him than she was with her last few dates — she doesn’t tell him the truth, opting to see where the evening will lead. Given that her decision is so gutsy, it’s strange that the movie comes down to other characters telling her that she needs to take more chances and risk disappointment — to “man up.” But this is not a film that suffers from the hobgoblin of consistency.It does have its funny stretches. Writer Tess Morris and director Ben Palmer make a strong choice and have the courage to see it through: Every character — every character — is a crazed extrovert...
- 11/16/2015
- by David Edelstein
- Vulture
Romantic comedies aren't always my thing. But when they happen to star Simon Pegg and Lake Bell, that's an entirely different story. In Man Up, the latest feature from director Ben Palmer - with a smart script from Tess Morris - you have something very special. Not surprisingly, both Bell and Pegg are incredible together. It is a sweet and honest portrait of the cruel dating world. It is... Read More...
- 11/13/2015
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
Though the romantic comedy has fallen out of favor in recent years, Ben Palmer's pleasantly cynical "Man Up," starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell, may do a bit to bring it back into fashion. Read More: Tribeca: Lake Bell on Going Full-On British for 'Man Up' and Fooling the Film's Crew On her way to begrudgingly celebrate her parent's anniversary, perennial relationship doubter Nancy (Lake Bell) runs into 40-year-old divorcee Jack (Simon Pegg), who mistakes her for the blind date he's been set up with. Deciding to just go with it, the two embark on a messy and often riotous journey of friendship and discovery to see what happens when you just roll with the punches. In the hilarious clip, we get a glimpse at Nancy's anti-relationship status (and her impressive bologna sandwich) as she struggles to relate to an overly chipper woman she meets on the train.
- 10/29/2015
- by Aubrey Page
- Indiewire
Recently, the so-called demise of the romantic comedy has been well-documented. Aside from a few outliers and indie gems, it’s been a long time since there was a big romantic comedy hit of the kind that were commonplace in the 1990s and early 00s, and even longer since there was one that could sit with “When Harry Met Sally,” “Four Weddings And A Funeral” and the other films at the top of the genre. Thank god then for “Man Up." The film, directed by “The Inbetweeners Movie” helmer Ben Palmer, stars Lake Bell as Nancy, thirtysomething and single, who is mistaken for the blind date of fortysomething divorcé Jack (Simon Pegg), and decides to roll with it, leading to an evening of drunkenness, dancing and possibly more. As our review from Tribeca revealed, it’s one of the best films of its kind in years, funny, sweet and refreshing,...
- 5/29/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Pegg and Bell share an accidental blind date and then a sometimes combative romance in this romcom from Inbetweeners Movie director Ben Palmer
Related: Simon Pegg: ‘I find it very hard to write for women’
Romcoms and blind dates have much in common: there’s no real telling what’s going to work, and what looks good on paper often turns out to be a disaster. There is nothing particularly promising about this set-up – middle-class 30- to 40-year-old Brits, one of whom is actually American – but where a dozen other Bridget Jones imitators have failed, Simon Pegg and Lake Bell really hit it off. They’re fine partners in quick-witted repartee and goofy dance steps, yet both sympathetically fallible underneath. A blind date is involved: his rebounding divorcee mistakes her frustrated singleton for his rendezvous; she decides to play along, despite not being a high-flying, 24-year-old triathlete. They have a lot in common,...
Related: Simon Pegg: ‘I find it very hard to write for women’
Romcoms and blind dates have much in common: there’s no real telling what’s going to work, and what looks good on paper often turns out to be a disaster. There is nothing particularly promising about this set-up – middle-class 30- to 40-year-old Brits, one of whom is actually American – but where a dozen other Bridget Jones imitators have failed, Simon Pegg and Lake Bell really hit it off. They’re fine partners in quick-witted repartee and goofy dance steps, yet both sympathetically fallible underneath. A blind date is involved: his rebounding divorcee mistakes her frustrated singleton for his rendezvous; she decides to play along, despite not being a high-flying, 24-year-old triathlete. They have a lot in common,...
- 5/28/2015
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Director: Ben Palmer; Screenwriter: Tess Morris; Starring: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Olivia Williams; Rory Kinnear; Running time: 88 mins; Certificate: 15
Cupid's arrow takes a circuitous route before finding its mark in Man Up, a truly rib-tickling rom-com that delivers the heady buzz of a great first date. But it's American actress Lake Bell (doing a fine English accent, here) who looks set to win viewers' hearts, more so than leading man Simon Pegg who generously acts as her 'straight man' - albeit slightly dizzied by the whirlwind of weird that Bell creates around him.
Bell, who also impressed with her 2013 writing/directing debut In a World..., stars as Nancy, vaguely depressed at still being single and incorrigibly goofy at 34 years old. However, judging by the way she tucks into a baguette on a crowded train, simultaneously complaining about her love life, she's not overly self-consciousness either. Sharon Horgan (recently seen in...
Cupid's arrow takes a circuitous route before finding its mark in Man Up, a truly rib-tickling rom-com that delivers the heady buzz of a great first date. But it's American actress Lake Bell (doing a fine English accent, here) who looks set to win viewers' hearts, more so than leading man Simon Pegg who generously acts as her 'straight man' - albeit slightly dizzied by the whirlwind of weird that Bell creates around him.
Bell, who also impressed with her 2013 writing/directing debut In a World..., stars as Nancy, vaguely depressed at still being single and incorrigibly goofy at 34 years old. However, judging by the way she tucks into a baguette on a crowded train, simultaneously complaining about her love life, she's not overly self-consciousness either. Sharon Horgan (recently seen in...
- 5/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Simon Pegg has no doubt that William Shatner could play Captain Kirk again
As well as being a rare romcom success, Simon Pegg's new film Man Up also shows off London in a way rarely seen on screen - as it actually is.
The Gloucestershire-born Crouch Ender told Digital Spy that he enjoyed writing a "love letter" to his adopted home city.
Away from the suburbs of Shaun of the Dead, the film "embraces the tourist part of London in a way which is just a little bit more truthful".
The actor's frequent collaborator Edgar Wright is currently locked down working on his new movie Baby Driver, but Pegg promised us that the reunion they teased last summer will most definitely be happening.
Written by Tess Morris and directed by Ben Palmer, Man Up features Pegg alongside Lake Bell and is in cinemas tomorrow (May 29).
As well as being a rare romcom success, Simon Pegg's new film Man Up also shows off London in a way rarely seen on screen - as it actually is.
The Gloucestershire-born Crouch Ender told Digital Spy that he enjoyed writing a "love letter" to his adopted home city.
Away from the suburbs of Shaun of the Dead, the film "embraces the tourist part of London in a way which is just a little bit more truthful".
The actor's frequent collaborator Edgar Wright is currently locked down working on his new movie Baby Driver, but Pegg promised us that the reunion they teased last summer will most definitely be happening.
Written by Tess Morris and directed by Ben Palmer, Man Up features Pegg alongside Lake Bell and is in cinemas tomorrow (May 29).
- 5/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Facejacker star Kayvan Novak has spoken about the television industry, saying that there are limited opportunities for actors from ethnic backgrounds.
The actor, who stars in forthcoming BBC sitcom Suntrap, said that he feels he can't be cast in period dramas because of his ethnicity.
"As an ethnic actor I still feel I can't be in Downton Abbey or in period dramas," he told Radio Times.
"The opportunities for me as an actor are narrow, but I'm lucky enough to have people like [SunTrap writers] Neil Webster and Ben Palmer creating roles for me that have nothing to do with where I'm from."
Kayvan added that British actors from ethnic backgrounds often find success in the Us, saying: "Look at The Wire, for example – one of the most amazing shows out of America, and the two leads are English."
Speaking about life after Fonejacker, Novak said: "I'm so glad I didn't give...
The actor, who stars in forthcoming BBC sitcom Suntrap, said that he feels he can't be cast in period dramas because of his ethnicity.
"As an ethnic actor I still feel I can't be in Downton Abbey or in period dramas," he told Radio Times.
"The opportunities for me as an actor are narrow, but I'm lucky enough to have people like [SunTrap writers] Neil Webster and Ben Palmer creating roles for me that have nothing to do with where I'm from."
Kayvan added that British actors from ethnic backgrounds often find success in the Us, saying: "Look at The Wire, for example – one of the most amazing shows out of America, and the two leads are English."
Speaking about life after Fonejacker, Novak said: "I'm so glad I didn't give...
- 5/23/2015
- Digital Spy
Saban Films is in final negotiations on a seven-figure deal to acquire U.S. rights to the psychological thriller “Backtrack,” which stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody, Sam Neill and Robin McLeavy, the company announced Friday. Written and directed by Michael Petroni (“The Book Thief”), the movie had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18. The deal includes a theatrical commitment for “Backtrack,” which marks Saban’s second acquisition out of Tribeca, having purchased the North American distribution rights to Ben Palmer’s romantic comedy “Man Up” starring Lake Bell and Simon Pegg. Also Read: SXSW: Adrien Brody on How 'Stone Barn.
- 4/24/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Read More: Interview: Lake Bell Wants to Vanquish 'Sexy Baby Talk' Via Her Directorial Debut 'In a World...' Lake Bell proved she's a pro at accents in her directorial debut "In a World...," which won her the Screenwriting Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and made her one of the most promising new filmmakers on the scene. In that winning comedy, Bell played an aspiring voiceover artist struggling to make a name for herself in a male-dominated industry. She's back showing off her impressive vocal range in the Tribeca Film Festival world premiere "Man Up," a romantic comedy in which she's tasked with playing a British lass who thinks she's done with dating until she meets a man (Simon Pegg) who mistakes her for his blind date. The film is directed by Ben Palmer, who made "The Inbetweeners Movie," and written by first-time screenwriter Tess Morris. Indiewire sat down...
- 4/23/2015
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Man Up (2015)
Written by Tess Morris
Directed by Ben Palmer
UK, France, 2015
At 34, Nancy (Londoner-accented Lake Bell) is a flakey journalist on the reluctant look for love at the pestering of friends and family. Through a case of mistaken identity hinging on a self-help book, she winds up on a date turned epic day with Jack (Simon Pegg), an online marketing manager. Charming, right? It’s this on-the-nose “charm” which will divide audiences into lovers and haters (with this viewer falling more towards the latter). In spite of a stellar cast, Man Up falls flat on its promising premise of being a rom-com for nonbelievers.
From the very outset, Nancy is the cool-not-cool girl of quirky nonchalance – watching Silence of the Lambs, writing affirmations in her moleskine, chomping on a baguette, flailing in interactions with members of the opposite sex. Everything she does and says denotes a certain out-of-place yet above-it-all persona,...
Written by Tess Morris
Directed by Ben Palmer
UK, France, 2015
At 34, Nancy (Londoner-accented Lake Bell) is a flakey journalist on the reluctant look for love at the pestering of friends and family. Through a case of mistaken identity hinging on a self-help book, she winds up on a date turned epic day with Jack (Simon Pegg), an online marketing manager. Charming, right? It’s this on-the-nose “charm” which will divide audiences into lovers and haters (with this viewer falling more towards the latter). In spite of a stellar cast, Man Up falls flat on its promising premise of being a rom-com for nonbelievers.
From the very outset, Nancy is the cool-not-cool girl of quirky nonchalance – watching Silence of the Lambs, writing affirmations in her moleskine, chomping on a baguette, flailing in interactions with members of the opposite sex. Everything she does and says denotes a certain out-of-place yet above-it-all persona,...
- 4/23/2015
- by Diana Drumm
- SoundOnSight
The distributor has pounced following the April 19 world premiere of the rom-com starring Lake Bell and Simon Pegg.
Ben Palmer directed from a screenplay by Tess Morris about a woman who is mistaken for a blind date and goes along with it. Rory Kinnear and Olivia Williams round out the key cast.
StudioCanal handles world sales and co-produced alongside Big Talk Pictures’ Nira Park, James Biddle and Rachael Prior.
Matthew Justice, Pegg, Dan Cheesbrough, Jenny Borgars, Danny Perkins, Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer are executive producers. StudioCanal co-financed with BBC Films.
Saban launched a year ago and released The Homesman last November. The maiden slate includes How To Make Love Like An Englishman starring Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba; The Forger starring John Travolta; American Heist with Hayden Christensen, Adrien Brody and Jordana Brewster; Tracers starring Taylor Lautner; and The Trust with Nicolas Cage.
Ben Palmer directed from a screenplay by Tess Morris about a woman who is mistaken for a blind date and goes along with it. Rory Kinnear and Olivia Williams round out the key cast.
StudioCanal handles world sales and co-produced alongside Big Talk Pictures’ Nira Park, James Biddle and Rachael Prior.
Matthew Justice, Pegg, Dan Cheesbrough, Jenny Borgars, Danny Perkins, Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer are executive producers. StudioCanal co-financed with BBC Films.
Saban launched a year ago and released The Homesman last November. The maiden slate includes How To Make Love Like An Englishman starring Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba; The Forger starring John Travolta; American Heist with Hayden Christensen, Adrien Brody and Jordana Brewster; Tracers starring Taylor Lautner; and The Trust with Nicolas Cage.
- 4/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: 12 Must-See Films at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival In the midst of the Tribeca Film Festival, distributors are zeroing in on key projects. The latest is director Ben Palmer's "Man Up," for which Saban Films has just acquired the North American rights. The film stars Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear and Olivia Williams. Bell plays Nancy, who, after being mistaken for Pegg's character's blind date, decides to go along with the mess-up. "'Man Up' is a surprising love story led by two hilarious and talented actors," said Saban Films President Bill Bromiley. "We're always looking to acquire smart and distinctive films and this one is going to be incredibly appealing to a commercial audience." In the past, Saban Films has also acquired the rights to such films as "How to Make Love Like an Englishman" starring Pierce Brosnan, "Tracers" starring Taylor Lautner and "The Forger" starring John Travolta.
- 4/21/2015
- by Travis Clark
- Indiewire
Following Sunday’s Tribeca Film Festival premiere for Man Up, Saban Films has acquired the North American rights to director Ben Palmer’s romantic comedy starring Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear and Olivia Williams. Pic follows Nancy (Bell) who after being mistaken for Jack’s (Pegg) blind date under the clock at Waterloo Station, decides to take fate into her own hands and just go with it. Bill Bromiley and Ness Saban negotiated the deal on behalf of Saban Films with…...
- 4/21/2015
- Deadline
Simon Pegg’s new romantic-comedy, Man Up, eschews all the modern dating paraphernalia – Tinder, Happn, etc – and takes the more old-fashioned route to romance: a blind date and a case of mistaken identity. The movie, which pairs him up with the equally winning Lake Bell, has a new poster to share with the world. Click on the image to blow it up at least three times bigger. It's not a poster for ants. Written by Tess Morris and directed by The Inbetweeners Movie's Ben Palmer, Man Up follows Bell’s Nancy, sick of the frustrations of dating and the endless pointless set ups provided by her friends. But in a weird circumstance, she meets divorcee Jack (Pegg), who mistakes her for his blind date. Deciding to take a chance, Nancy goes along with it, and what follows is a chaotic night of drinking, dancing, bowling and what both of...
- 4/16/2015
- EmpireOnline
May 1
Far From the Madding Crowd
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge
Running time: 119 minutes
Certificate: 12A
Monsters: Dark Continent
Director: Tom Green
Starring: Joe Dempsie, Sofia Boutella, Johnny Harris
Running time: 121 mins
Certificate: 15
Unfriended
Director: Levan Gabriadze
Starring: Cal Barnes, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson
Running time: 82 mins
Certificate: Tbc
May 8
The Age of Adaline
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Michiel Huisman
Running time: 110 mins
Certificate: Tbc
Big Game
Director: Jalmari Helander
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson
Running time: 110 mins
Certificate: Tbc
Rosewater
Director: Jon Stewart
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas
Running time: 103 mins
Certificate: 15
A Royal Night Out
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett
Running time: 97 minutes
Certificate: 12A
Spooks: The Greater Good
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Starring: Kit Harington, Lara Pulver, David Harewood
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 15
Top Five
Director: Chris Rock
Starring: Chris Rock,...
Far From the Madding Crowd
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge
Running time: 119 minutes
Certificate: 12A
Monsters: Dark Continent
Director: Tom Green
Starring: Joe Dempsie, Sofia Boutella, Johnny Harris
Running time: 121 mins
Certificate: 15
Unfriended
Director: Levan Gabriadze
Starring: Cal Barnes, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson
Running time: 82 mins
Certificate: Tbc
May 8
The Age of Adaline
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Michiel Huisman
Running time: 110 mins
Certificate: Tbc
Big Game
Director: Jalmari Helander
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson
Running time: 110 mins
Certificate: Tbc
Rosewater
Director: Jon Stewart
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas
Running time: 103 mins
Certificate: 15
A Royal Night Out
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett
Running time: 97 minutes
Certificate: 12A
Spooks: The Greater Good
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Starring: Kit Harington, Lara Pulver, David Harewood
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 15
Top Five
Director: Chris Rock
Starring: Chris Rock,...
- 4/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Simon Pegg and Lake Bell star as inadvertent lovers in a new trailer for Man Up.
The romantic comedy sees introverted Nancy (Bell) wishing that she had more confidence to 'put herself out there'.
She meets a stranger (Ophelia Lovibond) on a train off to meet a blind date. The man will recognise his date from the book she is carrying.
However, when the stranger leaves her book behind and Nancy chases her to return it, she is intercepted by the woman's blind date Jack (Pegg).
After Jack mistakes Nancy for his date, she decides to take a chance and go along with the idea.
Man Up is directed by The Inbetweeners director Ben Palmer and written by Tess Morris. It is produced by Pegg alongside Nira Park under their Big Talk Productions banner in collaboration with Studio Canal.
Man Up is released in the UK on May 29.
The romantic comedy sees introverted Nancy (Bell) wishing that she had more confidence to 'put herself out there'.
She meets a stranger (Ophelia Lovibond) on a train off to meet a blind date. The man will recognise his date from the book she is carrying.
However, when the stranger leaves her book behind and Nancy chases her to return it, she is intercepted by the woman's blind date Jack (Pegg).
After Jack mistakes Nancy for his date, she decides to take a chance and go along with the idea.
Man Up is directed by The Inbetweeners director Ben Palmer and written by Tess Morris. It is produced by Pegg alongside Nira Park under their Big Talk Productions banner in collaboration with Studio Canal.
Man Up is released in the UK on May 29.
- 3/22/2015
- Digital Spy
“Childrens Hospital” star Lake Bell affects a British accent to pose as Simon Pegg’s blind date in the first trailer for “Man Up,” a romantic comedy that debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19 in advance of its UK premiere. Ben Palmer (“The InBetweeners Movie”) directed from a Brit List script by Tess Morris. Bell plays Nancy, a cynical single woman who has sworn off dating until she meets Jack (Simon Pegg), a charming romantic who mistakes her for his 24-year-old blind date. Will Nancy “man up” and come clean, and if she does, can Jack “man up” and.
- 3/21/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
StudioCanal just released the UK trailer for its upcoming "Man Up" romantic comedy, starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell. Check it out below. Plot: In the film, Nancy (Bell) is a delightfully unconventional 30-something single woman, who has lots to offer but hasn't met the right guy. Recently heartbroken Jack (Pegg), has embraced online dating and stumbles into Nancy at a station mistaking her for his blind date. No one is more surprised than Nancy when she decides to play along with the charade and go on the date with him. After a night of pretending to be someone she's not, Nancy decided to be her painfully honest self. The new movie is directed by Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners) and is set to hit UK theaters on May 29th. A Us release date has yet to be set. Trailer:...
- 3/21/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
As of right now Ben Palmer's Man Up, a new rom-com starring Lake Bell and Simon Pegg, is without a release date or even a distributor here in the U.S., but it will be hitting theaters in the UK on May 29 and the first trailer has found its way online. Here's the plot: Nancy (Lake Bell), is done with dating. 10 times bitten, 100 times shy, she's exhausted by the circus. So when Jack (Simon Pegg) blindly mistakes her for his date, no one is more surprised than her when she does the unthinkable and just --- goes with it. It's going to take a night of pretending to be someone else for Nancy to finally man up and be her painfully honest, awesomely unconventional self... but will jack also man up, and be able to get over her duplicityc best just to let the evening unfold, roll with the consequences,...
- 3/21/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
There may have been some worries as to whether a romantic comedy starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell would be a good idea or not. But with the first trailer of the duo's latest film Man Up having dropped, most of those worries can now be put to rest. The new trailer, which you can view below, has many elements that could make it one of the best rom-coms to grace our screens in years. This is writer Tess Morris' first sole feature screenwriting credit. As for the director, Ben Palmer, this is his first feature film since his 2011 flick The Inbetweeners, based off his TV series of the same name. With that said, there isn't much to go on as far as a film track record for either, but from the looks of the footage here, it appears they have gotten the job done... potentially even done ...
- 3/20/2015
- cinemablend.com
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