Playwright James Graham has teamed up with Michael Sheen for three part BBC drama, The Way. Here’s the trailer.
Michael Sheen has spent a good portion of his career playing real-life figures, perhaps most notably David Frost in Ron Howard’s film version of Peter Morgan’s Frost/Nixon.
He has also played journalist Robbie Ross in Wilde, writer Jeremy Dyson in The League Of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse, Chris Tarrant in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? scandal drama Quiz and he played a heightened version of himself opposite David Tennant in Staged. He’s about to take on the role of Aneurin “Nye” Bevan in Tim Price’s play Nye at the National Theatre. Likewise, James Graham often writes political plays based around recent events.
The two have now teamed up for BBC drama The Way, which although it takes its inspiration from real events, follows fictional characters.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Ambitious,...
Michael Sheen has spent a good portion of his career playing real-life figures, perhaps most notably David Frost in Ron Howard’s film version of Peter Morgan’s Frost/Nixon.
He has also played journalist Robbie Ross in Wilde, writer Jeremy Dyson in The League Of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse, Chris Tarrant in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? scandal drama Quiz and he played a heightened version of himself opposite David Tennant in Staged. He’s about to take on the role of Aneurin “Nye” Bevan in Tim Price’s play Nye at the National Theatre. Likewise, James Graham often writes political plays based around recent events.
The two have now teamed up for BBC drama The Way, which although it takes its inspiration from real events, follows fictional characters.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Ambitious,...
- 2/9/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
It’s succession season at the UK’s National Theatre with Rufus Norris, the institution’s Artistic Director, announcing that he will step down in 2025 after a decade in the post.
“It’s good to keep leadership evolving,” Norris noted during a press conference at the National’s base on the south side of the River Thames, in the shadow of Waterloo Bridge.
The National’s board will determine Norris’s successor. They will cast a net far and wide and there’s an eagerness to end the white male hold on the Nt’s leadership.
Meanwhile, Norris has been getting on with the business of running the country’s flagship theatre company.
Nt Artistic Director Rufus Norris. Photo by Baz Bamigboye/Deadline.
Succession star Harriet Walter returns to the Nt to lead a new adaptation by Alice Birch of Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernardo Alba.
It...
“It’s good to keep leadership evolving,” Norris noted during a press conference at the National’s base on the south side of the River Thames, in the shadow of Waterloo Bridge.
The National’s board will determine Norris’s successor. They will cast a net far and wide and there’s an eagerness to end the white male hold on the Nt’s leadership.
Meanwhile, Norris has been getting on with the business of running the country’s flagship theatre company.
Nt Artistic Director Rufus Norris. Photo by Baz Bamigboye/Deadline.
Succession star Harriet Walter returns to the Nt to lead a new adaptation by Alice Birch of Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernardo Alba.
It...
- 6/15/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
The actor on breaking his vow never to ski again for his new stage role, a brush with death in the Namibian desert, and how he remembers his father, Roy
Rory Kinnear, 43, known for his original and discerning performances, from Shakespeare’s Iago to Bill Tanner in the Bond films, is about to star at the Donmar Warehouse in Force Majeure, an adaptation by Tim Price of Ruben Östlund’s chiller of a film about a man who, in what he believes to be a crisis – an avalanche at a ski resort – runs away from his wife and children. It’s a story of desolation, absurdity and unnerving moral ambiguity.
Let’s get down to the big question first: can you ski and how on earth is that going to work on stage?
We went to Hemel Hempstead’s Snow Centre – up to “the Hemelayas”, and our instructor told us: “If you’ve skied before,...
Rory Kinnear, 43, known for his original and discerning performances, from Shakespeare’s Iago to Bill Tanner in the Bond films, is about to star at the Donmar Warehouse in Force Majeure, an adaptation by Tim Price of Ruben Östlund’s chiller of a film about a man who, in what he believes to be a crisis – an avalanche at a ski resort – runs away from his wife and children. It’s a story of desolation, absurdity and unnerving moral ambiguity.
Let’s get down to the big question first: can you ski and how on earth is that going to work on stage?
We went to Hemel Hempstead’s Snow Centre – up to “the Hemelayas”, and our instructor told us: “If you’ve skied before,...
- 11/28/2021
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
Bankside handling sales in Afm on comedy feature.
Screen can unveil the first trailer for Rudolph Herzog’s comedy How To Fake A War (previously How To Sell A War), which stars Jay Pharoah (Ride Along).
The film is the fiction feature debut of documentary director Rudolph Herzog (son of Werner). Pharoah plays a vain and arrogant rock star who is due to lead a global charity concert in a warzone. When a ceasefire is called four days before the event, his PR consultant sets off on a mission to create a fake news story letting the world know that the war is back on.
Screen can unveil the first trailer for Rudolph Herzog’s comedy How To Fake A War (previously How To Sell A War), which stars Jay Pharoah (Ride Along).
The film is the fiction feature debut of documentary director Rudolph Herzog (son of Werner). Pharoah plays a vain and arrogant rock star who is due to lead a global charity concert in a warzone. When a ceasefire is called four days before the event, his PR consultant sets off on a mission to create a fake news story letting the world know that the war is back on.
- 11/1/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Rudolph Herzog’s fiction feature debut wrapped shooting this week.
Screen can unveil a first look at Jay Pharoah (Ride Along) in How To Sell A War, the fiction feature debut of documentary director Rudolph Herzog, which wrapped this week after shooting in Dublin and Georgia.
In the film, Pharoah plays vain and arrogant rock star Harry Hope who is due to lead a global charity concert in a warzone. When a ceasefire is called four days before the event, Hope’s PR consultant sets off on a mission to create a fake news story letting the world know that the war is back on.
Screen can unveil a first look at Jay Pharoah (Ride Along) in How To Sell A War, the fiction feature debut of documentary director Rudolph Herzog, which wrapped this week after shooting in Dublin and Georgia.
In the film, Pharoah plays vain and arrogant rock star Harry Hope who is due to lead a global charity concert in a warzone. When a ceasefire is called four days before the event, Hope’s PR consultant sets off on a mission to create a fake news story letting the world know that the war is back on.
- 5/9/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Shooting is now underway in Georgia on the project.
Jay Pharoah, recognised for his recent roles in Unsane and Ride Along, has joined Lily Newmark and Katherine Parkinson in Rudolph Herzog’s How To Sell A War.
Bankside Films is handling sales on the project, which is now shooting in Georgian capital Tbilisi before moving to Dublin, Ireland.
Author and documentary filmmaker Rudolph Herzog (The Paedophile Next Door), who is the son of Werner Herzog, makes his fictional feature debut on the film, which follows a PR consultant and her naïve new intern working for a global charity concert. They...
Jay Pharoah, recognised for his recent roles in Unsane and Ride Along, has joined Lily Newmark and Katherine Parkinson in Rudolph Herzog’s How To Sell A War.
Bankside Films is handling sales on the project, which is now shooting in Georgian capital Tbilisi before moving to Dublin, Ireland.
Author and documentary filmmaker Rudolph Herzog (The Paedophile Next Door), who is the son of Werner Herzog, makes his fictional feature debut on the film, which follows a PR consultant and her naïve new intern working for a global charity concert. They...
- 4/6/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The F&Me production, which starts shooting in March, is directed by Rudolph Herzog.
Source: F&Me
Lily Newmark, Katherine Parkinson
International sales outfit Bankside Films have boarded Rudolph Herzog’s How To Sell A War, which will start shooting March 16 in Georgia and also shoot in Dublin.
Samantha Taylor and Mike Downey produce for their Dublin-based Film and Music Entertainment (Ire) with key financing from the UK’s Quickfire and Helsinki-based Ipr.Vc. This is the sixth project to come through F&Me’s Dublin-based outfit since it was established in 2016.
The film was developed by Creative England, Ipr.Vc and F&Me.
Author and documentary filmmaker Rudolph Herzog (The Paedophile Next Door), who is the son of Werner Herzog, makes his fictional feature debut and the cast is led by Katherine Parkinson (The It Crowd) and Lily Newmark (Pin Cushion).
The story follows a PR consultant, and her naïve new intern, working for a global...
Source: F&Me
Lily Newmark, Katherine Parkinson
International sales outfit Bankside Films have boarded Rudolph Herzog’s How To Sell A War, which will start shooting March 16 in Georgia and also shoot in Dublin.
Samantha Taylor and Mike Downey produce for their Dublin-based Film and Music Entertainment (Ire) with key financing from the UK’s Quickfire and Helsinki-based Ipr.Vc. This is the sixth project to come through F&Me’s Dublin-based outfit since it was established in 2016.
The film was developed by Creative England, Ipr.Vc and F&Me.
Author and documentary filmmaker Rudolph Herzog (The Paedophile Next Door), who is the son of Werner Herzog, makes his fictional feature debut and the cast is led by Katherine Parkinson (The It Crowd) and Lily Newmark (Pin Cushion).
The story follows a PR consultant, and her naïve new intern, working for a global...
- 2/5/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me) have pacted with Tbilisi-based 20 Steps Productions and The Caucasian Film Service on a three-picture deal to be shot in 2015/16.
The arrangement follows the three companies’ partnership shooting and co-producing in Georgia on Pawel Pawlikowski scripted Lost in Karastan, starring Matthew Macfadyen, and Venice opener The President, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
First up to start later this year is How to Sell a War, scripted by Tim Price and director Rudolph Herzog. Producers are Sam Taylor, Mike Downey and Vladimer Katcharava.
Development of the project is being co-financed with Creative England. Following an initial recce to the Caucasus earlier in the year, a first draft is due soon after this year’s Cannes market.
The film tells the story of Peggy, a naïve but ambitious young woman with a crippling physical disability, who gets thrown into the deep end when she starts her new career in PR at a high-profile company...
The arrangement follows the three companies’ partnership shooting and co-producing in Georgia on Pawel Pawlikowski scripted Lost in Karastan, starring Matthew Macfadyen, and Venice opener The President, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
First up to start later this year is How to Sell a War, scripted by Tim Price and director Rudolph Herzog. Producers are Sam Taylor, Mike Downey and Vladimer Katcharava.
Development of the project is being co-financed with Creative England. Following an initial recce to the Caucasus earlier in the year, a first draft is due soon after this year’s Cannes market.
The film tells the story of Peggy, a naïve but ambitious young woman with a crippling physical disability, who gets thrown into the deep end when she starts her new career in PR at a high-profile company...
- 5/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
ITV2 have announced the commission of Switch, from the makers of Being Human, a new drama series about four young 20-something witches living in London, written by Chloe Moss and Tim Price.
Four young women – Stella, Jude, Grace and Hannah – share a flat in Camden, having moved to the big city in an attempt to leave suburban life and their old fashioned mothers behind. The series will chart their efforts to juggle relationships, careers and friendship while concealing their identity as witches. What's more, they will have to battle against their dark rivals, the Witches of Kensington - Alexa, India, Romola and Remy - as they set their sights on making life hell for the Witches of Camden.
23 year old ex_Eastender Lacey Turner (represented by Conway Van Gelder) stars as Stella, who is always immaculately dressed and has a horrible boss.
26 year old Nina Toussaint-White (also Conway Van Gelder), who played Syd in Eastenders,...
Four young women – Stella, Jude, Grace and Hannah – share a flat in Camden, having moved to the big city in an attempt to leave suburban life and their old fashioned mothers behind. The series will chart their efforts to juggle relationships, careers and friendship while concealing their identity as witches. What's more, they will have to battle against their dark rivals, the Witches of Kensington - Alexa, India, Romola and Remy - as they set their sights on making life hell for the Witches of Camden.
23 year old ex_Eastender Lacey Turner (represented by Conway Van Gelder) stars as Stella, who is always immaculately dressed and has a horrible boss.
26 year old Nina Toussaint-White (also Conway Van Gelder), who played Syd in Eastenders,...
- 3/29/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
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