Raine Allen Miller’s debut feature Rye Lane, Adjani Salmon’s Dreaming Whilst Black, and Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical were among the top winners at the sixth edition of the CDG Casting Awards. Scross down for the full list of winners.
Kharmel Cochrane picked up the Best Casting in an Independent Film award for her work on Rye Lane. Dreaming Whilst Black landed the Best Casting in a TV Comedy Series award for Heather Basten, Peter Noden, and Fran Cattaneo, and Louise Kiely won Best Casting in a Film for The Banshees of Inisherin.
High-profile titles that missed out on honors include Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which was nominated for Best Casting in a Film alongside Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn. Kharmel Cochrane cast Saltburn and also popped in the noms for Best Casting in a Commercial for her work on Vanish ‘Me, My Autism & I.
The awards were...
Kharmel Cochrane picked up the Best Casting in an Independent Film award for her work on Rye Lane. Dreaming Whilst Black landed the Best Casting in a TV Comedy Series award for Heather Basten, Peter Noden, and Fran Cattaneo, and Louise Kiely won Best Casting in a Film for The Banshees of Inisherin.
High-profile titles that missed out on honors include Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which was nominated for Best Casting in a Film alongside Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn. Kharmel Cochrane cast Saltburn and also popped in the noms for Best Casting in a Commercial for her work on Vanish ‘Me, My Autism & I.
The awards were...
- 2/22/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Virginia Gilbert’s sophomore feature Reawakening, starring Jared Harris, Juliet Stevenson and The Crown’s Erin Doherty, has been picked up for UK-Ireland release by Signature Entertainment.
The psychological thriller is sold by UK outfit WestEnd Films and set to have its world premiere at Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) in February.
It follows the story of a couple who have lived in an agonising limbo of grief and guilt for the past 10 years after their only child ran away from home. When she returns, now aged 24, tensions resurface, and suspicions are raised.
The feature is a co-production between US...
The psychological thriller is sold by UK outfit WestEnd Films and set to have its world premiere at Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) in February.
It follows the story of a couple who have lived in an agonising limbo of grief and guilt for the past 10 years after their only child ran away from home. When she returns, now aged 24, tensions resurface, and suspicions are raised.
The feature is a co-production between US...
- 1/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Dublin International Film Festival has unveiled its full programme for the upcoming edition, opening with the world premiere of Irish filmmaker Marian Quinn’s anti-war epic Twig.
This re-telling of Greek tragedy Antigone stars Sade Malone in the titular role and Brían F. O’Byrne, and is set in Dublin’s inner city, where an ancient city wall cordons off a neighbourhood which is rife with drugs. It is produced by Ireland’s Ruth Carter of Blue Ink Films and Tommy Weir for Janey Pictures.
Further Irish filmmaking talent showcased includes the previously announced closing night film, Pat Collins’ adaptation of...
This re-telling of Greek tragedy Antigone stars Sade Malone in the titular role and Brían F. O’Byrne, and is set in Dublin’s inner city, where an ancient city wall cordons off a neighbourhood which is rife with drugs. It is produced by Ireland’s Ruth Carter of Blue Ink Films and Tommy Weir for Janey Pictures.
Further Irish filmmaking talent showcased includes the previously announced closing night film, Pat Collins’ adaptation of...
- 1/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Actor, director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah has joined the board of Fifth Season-backed production company The Story Collective.
In the role, Kwei-Armah will bring expertise and mentorship to various projects in development as well as nurturing new ideas to bring to screen.
Kwei-Armah is currently the artistic director for the Young Vic theater in London. Previously he served as artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage in Maryland, where he directed Toni Morrison’s “Jazz” and “One Night in Miami,” which was later adapted into a film starring Kingsley Ben-Adir.
He is set to make his directorial feature debut with upcoming film “The Collaboration,” starring Paul Bettany as Andy Warhol and Jeremy Pope as Jean-Michel Basquiat. He directed both the London and Broadway versions of the play. He also co-wrote John Boyega starrer “Breaking” and an episode of “Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle,” on which he was also an exec producer.
In the role, Kwei-Armah will bring expertise and mentorship to various projects in development as well as nurturing new ideas to bring to screen.
Kwei-Armah is currently the artistic director for the Young Vic theater in London. Previously he served as artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage in Maryland, where he directed Toni Morrison’s “Jazz” and “One Night in Miami,” which was later adapted into a film starring Kingsley Ben-Adir.
He is set to make his directorial feature debut with upcoming film “The Collaboration,” starring Paul Bettany as Andy Warhol and Jeremy Pope as Jean-Michel Basquiat. He directed both the London and Broadway versions of the play. He also co-wrote John Boyega starrer “Breaking” and an episode of “Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle,” on which he was also an exec producer.
- 1/11/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Roadside Attractions and Vertical have acquired the U.S. rights to the historical thriller “Firebrand,” which will open in theaters on June 21. Based on the historical novel “Queen’s Gambit” by Elizabeth Fremantle, the film stars Alicia Vikander and Jude Law and is directed by Karim Aïnouz.
“Firebrand” follows “legendary Queen of England, Katherine Parr, and her quest to survive the perilous last months in the life of her ailing and abusive husband, Henry VIII,” per the release. The cast also includes Eddie Marsan, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale and Erin Doherty. Gabrielle Tana and Carolyn Marks Blackwood produce the film, which played competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
“I could not be more excited to be bringing ‘Firebrand’ to the screen and telling the story of Katherine Parr — a ferociously brilliant, enlightened, and emancipated woman who I am deeply inspired by — a woman who has been largely disregarded,...
“Firebrand” follows “legendary Queen of England, Katherine Parr, and her quest to survive the perilous last months in the life of her ailing and abusive husband, Henry VIII,” per the release. The cast also includes Eddie Marsan, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale and Erin Doherty. Gabrielle Tana and Carolyn Marks Blackwood produce the film, which played competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
“I could not be more excited to be bringing ‘Firebrand’ to the screen and telling the story of Katherine Parr — a ferociously brilliant, enlightened, and emancipated woman who I am deeply inspired by — a woman who has been largely disregarded,...
- 12/18/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Roadside Attractions and Vertical have acquired U.S. rights to Firebrand, a historical thriller starring Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) and Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) that world premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film directed by Karim Aïnouz (Invisible Life) is slated for an exclusive theatrical release on June 21, 2024, when it will go up against Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders and an as-yet-undisclosed title from Universal.
Based on the bestselling historical novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle, the film follows legendary Queen of England, Katherine Parr (Vikander), and her quest to survive the perilous last months in the life of her ailing and abusive husband, Henry VIII (Law). Eddie Marsan (21 Grams), Sam Riley (Control), Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin) and Erin Doherty (The Crown) co-star.
It’s in blood-soaked Tudor England that the twice married, accomplished and educated Parr reluctantly agrees to become the...
Based on the bestselling historical novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle, the film follows legendary Queen of England, Katherine Parr (Vikander), and her quest to survive the perilous last months in the life of her ailing and abusive husband, Henry VIII (Law). Eddie Marsan (21 Grams), Sam Riley (Control), Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin) and Erin Doherty (The Crown) co-star.
It’s in blood-soaked Tudor England that the twice married, accomplished and educated Parr reluctantly agrees to become the...
- 12/18/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Theatrical release set for June 21, 2024.
Roadside Attractions and Vertical have acquired US rights to Karim Aïnouz’s Cannes selection Firebrand starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law.
‘Firebrand’: Cannes Review
The historical thriller premiered in Cannes Competition and is based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s 2012 historical novel Queen’s Gambit.
Vikander stars as Katherine Parr, an independent woman with radical friends who attempts to survive as the sixth wife of the notorious Henry VIII during the ailing and abusive monarch’s final months.
The cast includes Eddie Marsan, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale and Erin Doherty. Henrietta Ashworth and Jessica Ashworth...
Roadside Attractions and Vertical have acquired US rights to Karim Aïnouz’s Cannes selection Firebrand starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law.
‘Firebrand’: Cannes Review
The historical thriller premiered in Cannes Competition and is based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s 2012 historical novel Queen’s Gambit.
Vikander stars as Katherine Parr, an independent woman with radical friends who attempts to survive as the sixth wife of the notorious Henry VIII during the ailing and abusive monarch’s final months.
The cast includes Eddie Marsan, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale and Erin Doherty. Henrietta Ashworth and Jessica Ashworth...
- 12/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Network: Netflix
Episodes: 60 (hour)
Seasons: Six
TV show dates: November 4, 2016 -- December 14, 2023
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Northam, Victoria Hamilton, Ben Miles, Greg Wise, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Alex Jennings, Lia Williams, Anton Lesser, Matthew Goode, Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels, Jason Watkins, Marion Bailey, Erin Doherty, Charles Dance, Josh O'Connor, Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Boxer, Emerald Fennell, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki, Jonny Lee Miller, Olivia Williams, Claudia Harrison, Natascha McElhone, Marcia Warren, Salim Daw, Khalid Abdalla, Bertie Carvel, Ed McVey, Luther Ford, and Meg Bellamy.
TV show description:
Based on the award-winning play called The Audience, this dramatic TV show revolves around the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II....
Episodes: 60 (hour)
Seasons: Six
TV show dates: November 4, 2016 -- December 14, 2023
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Northam, Victoria Hamilton, Ben Miles, Greg Wise, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Alex Jennings, Lia Williams, Anton Lesser, Matthew Goode, Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels, Jason Watkins, Marion Bailey, Erin Doherty, Charles Dance, Josh O'Connor, Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Boxer, Emerald Fennell, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki, Jonny Lee Miller, Olivia Williams, Claudia Harrison, Natascha McElhone, Marcia Warren, Salim Daw, Khalid Abdalla, Bertie Carvel, Ed McVey, Luther Ford, and Meg Bellamy.
TV show description:
Based on the award-winning play called The Audience, this dramatic TV show revolves around the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II....
- 12/15/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“The Crown” series finale premiere in London on Tuesday evening brought out the cast and creatives behind the hit Netflix show as well as a smattering of other familiar faces keen to catch a sneak peek of the last-ever episode.
Imelda Staunton, who plays the last iteration of Queen Elizabeth II in the fifth and sixth seasons of the series, led the red carpet. Despite the chaos around her — from reporters clamoring to ask questions to photographers shouting her name — the star told Variety her focus had always been on the character.
“I don’t look at maelstrom,” she said. “It doesn’t interest me. I just look at the script, look at the part, go to work.”
Newcomer Meg Bellamy, who joined the series as a college-age Kate Middleton for Season 6, was more emotional about getting the part, which also happened to be her first ever professional acting job.
Imelda Staunton, who plays the last iteration of Queen Elizabeth II in the fifth and sixth seasons of the series, led the red carpet. Despite the chaos around her — from reporters clamoring to ask questions to photographers shouting her name — the star told Variety her focus had always been on the character.
“I don’t look at maelstrom,” she said. “It doesn’t interest me. I just look at the script, look at the part, go to work.”
Newcomer Meg Bellamy, who joined the series as a college-age Kate Middleton for Season 6, was more emotional about getting the part, which also happened to be her first ever professional acting job.
- 12/6/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The cast of The Crown strolled the red carpet this evening, as the glitzy final premiere of the nearly-ended royal saga came to London’s Royal Festival Hall.
Stars from all seasons of one of Netflix’s biggest shows of all time, which has been airing for seven years, were present at the much-hyped event including many of those who have played queens, princes and princesses.
Two Queen Elizabeth IIs were in attendance – current incumbent Imelda Staunton and her predecessor, Olivia Colman. Other big names included the likes of Dominic West, currently playing Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki, the latest Princess Diana, Jonathan Pryce, who plays Prince Phillip, and Gillian Anderson, who was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Seasons 3 and 4. Anderson, Colman, Emma Corrin, Erin Doherty, Jason Watkins and Jonny Lee Miller were just some of a number of actors from down the seasons who made the trip, along with up-and-comers...
Stars from all seasons of one of Netflix’s biggest shows of all time, which has been airing for seven years, were present at the much-hyped event including many of those who have played queens, princes and princesses.
Two Queen Elizabeth IIs were in attendance – current incumbent Imelda Staunton and her predecessor, Olivia Colman. Other big names included the likes of Dominic West, currently playing Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki, the latest Princess Diana, Jonathan Pryce, who plays Prince Phillip, and Gillian Anderson, who was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Seasons 3 and 4. Anderson, Colman, Emma Corrin, Erin Doherty, Jason Watkins and Jonny Lee Miller were just some of a number of actors from down the seasons who made the trip, along with up-and-comers...
- 12/5/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Ed Solomon has created the upcoming American television miniseries Full Circle under the direction of Steven Soderbergh.
The plot of Full Circle focuses on an investigation turned into a botched kidnapping that helps to unravel secrets that have been long held connecting a number of characters and cultures in present-day New York City.
Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant, Dennis Quaid, Jharrel Jerome, Cch Pounder, Jim Gaffigan, William Sadler, Happy Anderson, and Phaldut Sharma are some of the cast members of the series. It is set to be released on Max on July 13, 2023.
Following is a list of other television series that you might give a try while waiting for ‘Full Circle’ to be released.
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Top 10 Television Series Like Full Circle. Fatal Seduction – Number of Seasons: 1 Netflix
The plot of this South African crime drama mystery thriller revolves...
The plot of Full Circle focuses on an investigation turned into a botched kidnapping that helps to unravel secrets that have been long held connecting a number of characters and cultures in present-day New York City.
Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant, Dennis Quaid, Jharrel Jerome, Cch Pounder, Jim Gaffigan, William Sadler, Happy Anderson, and Phaldut Sharma are some of the cast members of the series. It is set to be released on Max on July 13, 2023.
Following is a list of other television series that you might give a try while waiting for ‘Full Circle’ to be released.
Also Read: Top 10 Anime Shows To Watch If You Like Black Clover!!!
Top 10 Television Series Like Full Circle. Fatal Seduction – Number of Seasons: 1 Netflix
The plot of this South African crime drama mystery thriller revolves...
- 7/11/2023
- by Suvechchha Saha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
This year’s first-round Primetime Emmy nominations ballot includes a total of 51 Best Limited Series hopefuls. This is down from 2022’s unusually high total of 61, yet still much higher than 2021’s 37, 2020’s 41, and 2019’s 35.
All 20,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 26 to cast their 2023 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for programs. Unlike the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally. After six years of not having to limit their choices in any categories, members’ selections can now not be greater than the number of eventual nominations for a given award, which, in this case, will be five.
Unlike comedy and drama series, which simply appear on the ballot by name, the limited series submissions include plot descriptions and cast lists. Which of the shows listed below do you think will land in the final lineup on...
All 20,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 26 to cast their 2023 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for programs. Unlike the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally. After six years of not having to limit their choices in any categories, members’ selections can now not be greater than the number of eventual nominations for a given award, which, in this case, will be five.
Unlike comedy and drama series, which simply appear on the ballot by name, the limited series submissions include plot descriptions and cast lists. Which of the shows listed below do you think will land in the final lineup on...
- 6/17/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
It’s widely know that Henry VIII, the Tudor king, had a particularly grim batting average when it came to matrimony.
His litany of wives, of course, are the subject of the current Broadway show, “Six”, and many other productions. The wives’ succession of fates — two beheadings and three other deaths — has long loomed in the historical imagination.
The new film “Firebrand”, which premiered over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival, takes a different approach to a much-dramatized chapter of 16th century British history. The film, directed by the Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz, stars Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry and the only one to outlive him.
Read More: Alicia Vikander Says She Was ‘The Most Sad’ At The Height Of Her Fame
“Catherine Parr, out of all of the six wives I probably knew the least of,” Vikander said in an interview on a Cannes hotel terrace.
His litany of wives, of course, are the subject of the current Broadway show, “Six”, and many other productions. The wives’ succession of fates — two beheadings and three other deaths — has long loomed in the historical imagination.
The new film “Firebrand”, which premiered over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival, takes a different approach to a much-dramatized chapter of 16th century British history. The film, directed by the Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz, stars Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry and the only one to outlive him.
Read More: Alicia Vikander Says She Was ‘The Most Sad’ At The Height Of Her Fame
“Catherine Parr, out of all of the six wives I probably knew the least of,” Vikander said in an interview on a Cannes hotel terrace.
- 5/25/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Tudor, or not Tudor. That is the question in “Firebrand,” a revisionist royal portrait of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr (played here by Alicia Vikander), that features all the pageantry you’d expect from a lavish costume drama, while showing the ahistorical audacity to call “Time’s Up” on the gluttonous king (Jude Law). Never mind that Henry VIII died — of very different causes than the movie depicts — all of 476 years ago. When it comes to art, there’s no statute of limitations on taking toxic masculinity to task, which can be both encouraging (since history has excused no shortage of monsters) and frustrating.
There’s a big difference between exposing the truth and rewriting what came before to suit a contemporary political agenda, the way “Firebrand” does. Liberally adapted from Elizabeth Fremantle’s fast-and-loose historical fiction “The Queen’s Gambit,” director Karim Aïnouz’s tony yet dull British...
There’s a big difference between exposing the truth and rewriting what came before to suit a contemporary political agenda, the way “Firebrand” does. Liberally adapted from Elizabeth Fremantle’s fast-and-loose historical fiction “The Queen’s Gambit,” director Karim Aïnouz’s tony yet dull British...
- 5/21/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Everyone knows Henry VIII had six wives — but as far as filmmakers are concerned, it’s wife No. 2, Anne Boleyn, who has always been the main attraction. Still, cinema and television’s obsession with the Tudors is so intense that wife No. 6 had to have her turn on screen eventually, and so she does in “Firebrand,” a slow-burning drama directed by Karim Ainouz starring Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr, the woman who was stuck with Henry during his oldest, fattest, sickest and maddest final years.
Adapted from Elizabeth Fremantle’s novel, “Queen’s Gambit”, “Firebrand” tries to present Catherine not as the pious nursemaid from primary school history lessons, but as a rebellious reformer who struggled to save England from tyranny. It almost succeeds.
In the opening scenes of the film, which premiered on Sunday in the Main Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Henry (Jude Law) is away in...
Adapted from Elizabeth Fremantle’s novel, “Queen’s Gambit”, “Firebrand” tries to present Catherine not as the pious nursemaid from primary school history lessons, but as a rebellious reformer who struggled to save England from tyranny. It almost succeeds.
In the opening scenes of the film, which premiered on Sunday in the Main Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Henry (Jude Law) is away in...
- 5/21/2023
- by Nicholas Barber
- The Wrap
Most movies about England’s King Henry VIII like to focus on the mercurial monarch’s failed marriages. His six wives have been collectively described as divorced, died, beheaded, divorced, beheaded, survived. That last one, the little talked-about Katherine Parr, had the distinction of outlasting Henry — their marriage was about four years as he started to succumb to the result of hard living. She was there during that time, but also a wife who if she weren’t so connected to the King easily could have qualified as a feminist. She not only was the first English woman to have a book published, was privately a radical Protestant in an England that had been staunchly Catholic, but also a sharply intelligent woman who had a head on her shoulders and was determined to keep it there.
The new movie from Brazilian-Algerian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz, Firebrand premiered in competition Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
The new movie from Brazilian-Algerian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz, Firebrand premiered in competition Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 5/21/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Early on in Karim Aïnouz’s richly textured and suspenseful historical drama, Firebrand, King Henry VIII commends his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr, on her excellent job filling in as Regent while he’s been abroad engaged in warfare. Never mind the efforts to limit her powers to inconsequential matters, he tells her she won’t have to worry her “pretty little head” about all that anymore. The threat posed by women who think for themselves to the absolute power of men is a central theme in this starch-free tale of Tudor intrigue, its protofeminist perspective seamlessly woven into the narrative fabric without a hint of the didactic.
Brazilian director Aïnouz has been making hypnotically sensual movies laced with luxuriant melancholy for more than 20 years, among them such beguiling dramas as Madame Satã, The Silver Cliff and the criminally under-appreciated jewel Invisible Life (seriously, check it out, you’ll...
Brazilian director Aïnouz has been making hypnotically sensual movies laced with luxuriant melancholy for more than 20 years, among them such beguiling dramas as Madame Satã, The Silver Cliff and the criminally under-appreciated jewel Invisible Life (seriously, check it out, you’ll...
- 5/21/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There have been any number of films about Henry VIII and how the English king’s various wives kept losing their heads, but precious few have focused on the one queen who managed to outlive him; Katherine Parr has been a bit player in the likes of 1953’s “Young Bess”, but Karim Aïnouz’s “Firebrand” puts this radically progressive woman of the people at the center of the story in a way that has never been done before.
And yet, despite its righteous attempt to reframe history — an effort supported by the natural steeliness of Alicia Vikander’s performance as a social activist who’s trying to reshape her country without screwing up her marriage to its tyrannical sovereign — this bland period drama can’t help but feel like a familiar tale of court intrigue. Not even Jude Law, whose riveting and revoltingly bellicose take on Henry VIII is equal...
And yet, despite its righteous attempt to reframe history — an effort supported by the natural steeliness of Alicia Vikander’s performance as a social activist who’s trying to reshape her country without screwing up her marriage to its tyrannical sovereign — this bland period drama can’t help but feel like a familiar tale of court intrigue. Not even Jude Law, whose riveting and revoltingly bellicose take on Henry VIII is equal...
- 5/21/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Hot Cannes title “Firebrand,” a period drama about Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII, has sold out internationally ahead of its world premiere on Sunday.
Sources tell Variety that the film has sold into STXInternational for the U.K. and to Sony Pictures for most other overseas markets. FilmNation has sold remaining international markets to independent international distributors.
In the U.K., Variety understands that Prime Video is in the process of buying the film from STX. This could mean that STX is handling a theatrical release, while Prime Video takes the film for streaming, or that the streamer will also handle theatrical in the territory. Sources indicate that Prime Video is also picking up streaming rights in a number of other international markets.
“Firebrand” is being shopped internationally by FilmNation while CAA is handling domestic sales. The film is still available for the U.S.
Sources tell Variety that the film has sold into STXInternational for the U.K. and to Sony Pictures for most other overseas markets. FilmNation has sold remaining international markets to independent international distributors.
In the U.K., Variety understands that Prime Video is in the process of buying the film from STX. This could mean that STX is handling a theatrical release, while Prime Video takes the film for streaming, or that the streamer will also handle theatrical in the territory. Sources indicate that Prime Video is also picking up streaming rights in a number of other international markets.
“Firebrand” is being shopped internationally by FilmNation while CAA is handling domestic sales. The film is still available for the U.S.
- 5/18/2023
- by Manori Ravindran, Elsa Keslassy and Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s a first look at Alicia Vikander’s turn as Katherine Parr in the Cannes-bound Firebrand.
Gabrielle Tana’s Brouhaha Entertainment has released the first-look photo of the Ex Machina star in costume for Brazilian helmer Karim Ainouz’s first English-language film. See it below.
Alicia Vikander plays opposite Jude Law, who plays a scheming Henry VIII. Our exclusive photo shows Vikander with the ladies of her bedchamber, who are played by Ruby Bentall (Poldark), Bryony Hannah (Call The Midwife) and Maia Jemmett.
Images of Law as the much-married Tudor king are being kept under wraps at Ainouz’s behest until the movie has screened in competition in Cannes.
A screening date hasn’t been officially set yet but it’s strongly rumoured that Firebrand will premiere at the Palais des Festivals on Sunday, May 21. FilmNation will be shopping on the Croisette.
Gabrielle Tana’s Brouhaha Entertainment has released the first-look photo of the Ex Machina star in costume for Brazilian helmer Karim Ainouz’s first English-language film. See it below.
Alicia Vikander plays opposite Jude Law, who plays a scheming Henry VIII. Our exclusive photo shows Vikander with the ladies of her bedchamber, who are played by Ruby Bentall (Poldark), Bryony Hannah (Call The Midwife) and Maia Jemmett.
Images of Law as the much-married Tudor king are being kept under wraps at Ainouz’s behest until the movie has screened in competition in Cannes.
A screening date hasn’t been officially set yet but it’s strongly rumoured that Firebrand will premiere at the Palais des Festivals on Sunday, May 21. FilmNation will be shopping on the Croisette.
- 4/27/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Disney’s international teams are braced for layoffs and content cuts.
Multiple sources both inside and outside the Mouse House have told Deadline they are expecting redundancies and budget cuts to come shortly, and that these plans are currently being finalized.
Disney has approximately 5,000 staff outside the U.S., we understand, with around 40% based in Hammersmith, West London, and others stationed across Europe and Asia. Disney+’s content team is based in the English capital and reports to Diego Londono, the organization’s EVP, Media Networks and Content, while there are boots on the ground in key territories such as France and Germany.
Disney CEO Bob Iger is understood to have journeyed to London late last month, during which time he met staff and visited studios where Disney films are being shot.
Disney’s shareholder meeting took place yesterday and the first of three rounds of around 7,000 layoffs started...
Multiple sources both inside and outside the Mouse House have told Deadline they are expecting redundancies and budget cuts to come shortly, and that these plans are currently being finalized.
Disney has approximately 5,000 staff outside the U.S., we understand, with around 40% based in Hammersmith, West London, and others stationed across Europe and Asia. Disney+’s content team is based in the English capital and reports to Diego Londono, the organization’s EVP, Media Networks and Content, while there are boots on the ground in key territories such as France and Germany.
Disney CEO Bob Iger is understood to have journeyed to London late last month, during which time he met staff and visited studios where Disney films are being shot.
Disney’s shareholder meeting took place yesterday and the first of three rounds of around 7,000 layoffs started...
- 4/4/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Producer Of Disney+’s ‘A Thousand Blows’ Staffs Up
Fifth Season-backed London indie The Story Collective is gearing up for buzzy Disney+ drama A Thousand Blows (Wt) by staffing up. Elouise West has joined as Head of Commercial, Legal and Business Affairs from Des producer New Pictures and Ceci Mazzarella signed on as Head of Development from Operation Mincemeat maker See-Saw Films. The Story Collective’s debut scripted project, A Thousand Blows, comes from Peaky Blinders writer Stephen Knight and has a cast including Stephen Graham (The Virtues), Malachi Kirby (Small Axe) and Erin Doherty (The Crown).
Juliette Hagopian Launches Film Studio In Canada
Canadian film producer Juliette Hagopian has launched the development of a new film and television studio named Jette Studios in the Manitoba province of Canada. The project will be operated and owned by Hagopian’s company Julijette Inc. alongside production house Volume Global, with a C$30M ($21.9M) investment.
Fifth Season-backed London indie The Story Collective is gearing up for buzzy Disney+ drama A Thousand Blows (Wt) by staffing up. Elouise West has joined as Head of Commercial, Legal and Business Affairs from Des producer New Pictures and Ceci Mazzarella signed on as Head of Development from Operation Mincemeat maker See-Saw Films. The Story Collective’s debut scripted project, A Thousand Blows, comes from Peaky Blinders writer Stephen Knight and has a cast including Stephen Graham (The Virtues), Malachi Kirby (Small Axe) and Erin Doherty (The Crown).
Juliette Hagopian Launches Film Studio In Canada
Canadian film producer Juliette Hagopian has launched the development of a new film and television studio named Jette Studios in the Manitoba province of Canada. The project will be operated and owned by Hagopian’s company Julijette Inc. alongside production house Volume Global, with a C$30M ($21.9M) investment.
- 3/27/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Doctor Who star David Tennant, Danny Dyer and Aidan Turner are featuring in an ensemble cast for Disney+’s adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals.
Unveiled at last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, Rivals is part of iconic British author Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles and is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England.
Related Story ‘Doctor Who’ Spin-Off Details Emerge As Russell T. Davies Says Episode Of New Series Is “One Of The Greatest Things I’ve Ever Made In My Life” Related Story 'The Crown' Star Erin Doherty Boards Disney+ Period Drama 'A Thousand Blows' Related Story Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan's Action-Comedy Series 'American Born Chinese' Sets Release Date, Unleashes Teaser
Set in the fictional upper-class county of Rutshire, Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of independent...
Unveiled at last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, Rivals is part of iconic British author Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles and is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England.
Related Story ‘Doctor Who’ Spin-Off Details Emerge As Russell T. Davies Says Episode Of New Series Is “One Of The Greatest Things I’ve Ever Made In My Life” Related Story 'The Crown' Star Erin Doherty Boards Disney+ Period Drama 'A Thousand Blows' Related Story Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan's Action-Comedy Series 'American Born Chinese' Sets Release Date, Unleashes Teaser
Set in the fictional upper-class county of Rutshire, Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of independent...
- 3/21/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Just days after the announcement that Barry Keoghan was in talks to join Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ sequel news has come in that Denzel Washington has also entered negotiations to join the cast.
Paul Mescal will play Lucius, the son of Maximus’ lover Lucilla (played by Connie Nielsen), in the sequel. Keoghan is in negotiations to play Emperor Geta.
Scott is returning to direct and produce the feature. David Scarpa is penning the script for the sequel, which Michael Pruss via Scott Free, as well as Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher via Red Wagon Entertainment will produce alongside Scott. Executive producers are Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Also returning from the original film are cinematographer John Mathieson, production designer Arthur Max and costume designer Janty Yates.
Also in news – Malachi Kirby & Erin Doherty join Stephen Graham in Stephen Knight’s ‘A Thousand Blows’
The original movie starred Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius,...
Paul Mescal will play Lucius, the son of Maximus’ lover Lucilla (played by Connie Nielsen), in the sequel. Keoghan is in negotiations to play Emperor Geta.
Scott is returning to direct and produce the feature. David Scarpa is penning the script for the sequel, which Michael Pruss via Scott Free, as well as Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher via Red Wagon Entertainment will produce alongside Scott. Executive producers are Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Also returning from the original film are cinematographer John Mathieson, production designer Arthur Max and costume designer Janty Yates.
Also in news – Malachi Kirby & Erin Doherty join Stephen Graham in Stephen Knight’s ‘A Thousand Blows’
The original movie starred Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Barry Keoghan has entered into negotiations to join Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ sequel.
Keoghan would join fellow 2023 Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal, who is set to star in the Paramount Pictures film. The sequel follows the 2000’s blockbuster hit.
Mescal will play Lucius, the son of Maximus’ lover Lucilla (played by Connie Nielsen), in the sequel. Keoghan is in negotiations to play Emperor Geta.
Scott is returning to direct and produce the feature. David Scarpa is penning the script for the sequel, which Michael Pruss via Scott Free, as well as Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher via Red Wagon Entertainment will produce alongside Scott. Executive producers are Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Also returning from the original film are cinematographer John Mathieson, production designer Arthur Max and costume designer Janty Yates.
Also in news – Malachi Kirby & Erin Doherty join Stephen Graham in Stephen Knight’s ‘A Thousand Blows’
The original...
Keoghan would join fellow 2023 Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal, who is set to star in the Paramount Pictures film. The sequel follows the 2000’s blockbuster hit.
Mescal will play Lucius, the son of Maximus’ lover Lucilla (played by Connie Nielsen), in the sequel. Keoghan is in negotiations to play Emperor Geta.
Scott is returning to direct and produce the feature. David Scarpa is penning the script for the sequel, which Michael Pruss via Scott Free, as well as Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher via Red Wagon Entertainment will produce alongside Scott. Executive producers are Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Also returning from the original film are cinematographer John Mathieson, production designer Arthur Max and costume designer Janty Yates.
Also in news – Malachi Kirby & Erin Doherty join Stephen Graham in Stephen Knight’s ‘A Thousand Blows’
The original...
- 3/17/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock tells me that she will make her professional theater debut for London’s National Theatre playing the vengeful Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s powerful drama The Crucible.
The 22-year-old admits that she’s “mortified” at the prospect of treading the boards at the Cameron Mackintosh-owned Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited season from June 7-September 2.
Lyndsey Turner, who directed what became referred to as the Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet at the Barbican eight years ago, staged Miller’s revival at the National last fall with Erin Doherty — who played Princess Anne in The Crown — as Abigail.
Alcock is the first cast member booked for the West End transfer. “These were the only ones who offered me a job, you know what I mean?” she laughed.
It’s the first role she’s signed for since playing the younger Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in...
The 22-year-old admits that she’s “mortified” at the prospect of treading the boards at the Cameron Mackintosh-owned Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited season from June 7-September 2.
Lyndsey Turner, who directed what became referred to as the Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet at the Barbican eight years ago, staged Miller’s revival at the National last fall with Erin Doherty — who played Princess Anne in The Crown — as Abigail.
Alcock is the first cast member booked for the West End transfer. “These were the only ones who offered me a job, you know what I mean?” she laughed.
It’s the first role she’s signed for since playing the younger Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in...
- 3/17/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
BAFTA award-winning actor Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty have joined the cast of Disney+’s ‘A Thousand Blows,’ an epic new 12-part series set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London.
The series follows Hezekiah (Kirby) and Alec – played by Francis Lovehall – two best friends from Jamaica who find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London’s East End. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene, Hezekiah meets Mary Carr (Doherty), leader of The Forty Elephants – the notorious all-female London gang – as they battle for survival on the streets. As Hezekiah sharpens his new skills, he comes up against Sugar Goodson (Graham), a seasoned and dangerous boxer and the two are soon locked into an intense rivalry that spills out way beyond the ring.
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Additional...
The series follows Hezekiah (Kirby) and Alec – played by Francis Lovehall – two best friends from Jamaica who find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London’s East End. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene, Hezekiah meets Mary Carr (Doherty), leader of The Forty Elephants – the notorious all-female London gang – as they battle for survival on the streets. As Hezekiah sharpens his new skills, he comes up against Sugar Goodson (Graham), a seasoned and dangerous boxer and the two are soon locked into an intense rivalry that spills out way beyond the ring.
Also in news – Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson reunite for AppleTV comedy series
Additional...
- 3/16/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The cast includes Stephen Graham, Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty.
Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Ashley Walters and Coky Giedroyc have joined Steven Knight’s Disney+ series A Thousand Blows as series directors.
The 12-part series is set in Victorian London and is currently filming in the UK.
Erin Doherty, Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce and Hannah Walters have also joined the cast alongside the previously announced Stephen Graham and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Malachi Kirby.
A Thousand Blows follows two friends from Jamaica who get caught up in east London’s illegal boxing scene.
Knight is lead...
Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Ashley Walters and Coky Giedroyc have joined Steven Knight’s Disney+ series A Thousand Blows as series directors.
The 12-part series is set in Victorian London and is currently filming in the UK.
Erin Doherty, Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce and Hannah Walters have also joined the cast alongside the previously announced Stephen Graham and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Malachi Kirby.
A Thousand Blows follows two friends from Jamaica who get caught up in east London’s illegal boxing scene.
Knight is lead...
- 3/16/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The cast includes Stephen Graham, Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty.
Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Ashley Walters and Coky Giedroyc have joined Steven Knight’s Disney+ series A Thousand Blows as series directors.
The 12-part series is set in Victorian London and is currently filming in the UK.
Erin Doherty, Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce and Hannah Walters have also joined the cast alongside the previously announced Stephen Graham and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Malachi Kirby.
A Thousand Blows follows two friends from Jamaica who get caught up in east London’s illegal boxing scene.
Knight is lead...
Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Ashley Walters and Coky Giedroyc have joined Steven Knight’s Disney+ series A Thousand Blows as series directors.
The 12-part series is set in Victorian London and is currently filming in the UK.
Erin Doherty, Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce and Hannah Walters have also joined the cast alongside the previously announced Stephen Graham and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Malachi Kirby.
A Thousand Blows follows two friends from Jamaica who get caught up in east London’s illegal boxing scene.
Knight is lead...
- 3/16/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Erin Doherty, who broke out playing Princess Anne in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown, has joined the cast of Disney+ series A Thousand Blows.
First announced by The Hollywood Reporter last year, the 12-part series is set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London, and was created and written by Stephen Knight and exec produced by Stephen Graham, who also stars.
With filming now underway in London, also joining the cast are Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Walters, Nadia Albinam, Morgan Hilaire, Jemma Carlton and Caoilfhionn Dunne. Small Axe star Malachi Kirby was previously announced as playing a lead role.
A Thousand Blows — still a working title — follows Hezekiah (Kirby) and Alec (Lovehall), two best friends from Jamaica who find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London’s East End. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene,...
First announced by The Hollywood Reporter last year, the 12-part series is set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London, and was created and written by Stephen Knight and exec produced by Stephen Graham, who also stars.
With filming now underway in London, also joining the cast are Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Walters, Nadia Albinam, Morgan Hilaire, Jemma Carlton and Caoilfhionn Dunne. Small Axe star Malachi Kirby was previously announced as playing a lead role.
A Thousand Blows — still a working title — follows Hezekiah (Kirby) and Alec (Lovehall), two best friends from Jamaica who find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London’s East End. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Crown star Erin Doherty has boarded Steven Knight’s Disney+ period drama A Thousand Blows.
Doherty, who attracted plaudits for her portrayal of Princess Anne in the Netflix royal drama, will play Mary Carr, the leader of the Forty Elephants. She stars opposite Malachi Kirby, who Deadline revealed is leading the series several weeks ago, and Stephen Graham. Topboy‘s Ashley Walters has boarded as series director.
A Thousand Blows is set in the world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London. Hezekiah (Kirby) and best friend Alec (Francis Lovehall) find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London’s East End, meeting Carr (Doherty) and seasoned boxer Sugar Goodson (Graham) along the way.
Doherty, who also led BBC/Amazon Prime Video drama Chloe, is joined by additional cast revealed today including Jason Tobin and James Nelson-Joyce, while Walters is unveiled as series director with Coky Giedroyc.
Doherty, who attracted plaudits for her portrayal of Princess Anne in the Netflix royal drama, will play Mary Carr, the leader of the Forty Elephants. She stars opposite Malachi Kirby, who Deadline revealed is leading the series several weeks ago, and Stephen Graham. Topboy‘s Ashley Walters has boarded as series director.
A Thousand Blows is set in the world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London. Hezekiah (Kirby) and best friend Alec (Francis Lovehall) find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London’s East End, meeting Carr (Doherty) and seasoned boxer Sugar Goodson (Graham) along the way.
Doherty, who also led BBC/Amazon Prime Video drama Chloe, is joined by additional cast revealed today including Jason Tobin and James Nelson-Joyce, while Walters is unveiled as series director with Coky Giedroyc.
- 3/16/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
If police drama remains the bedrock of British TV commissions, with 2022 having welcomed crime series Karen Pirie, Marlow, Magpie Murders, The Responder, Sherwood and many more, broadcasters also gave us a glittering seam of new fantasy and horror. Last year saw a host of new British supernatural and sci-fi series, from Joe Barton’s sci-fi action-thriller The Lazarus Project and the criminally since-cancelled YA Netflix fantasy The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself, BBC Three teen horror Red Rose, Sky dark comedy The Baby, as well as a new telling of John Wyndham’s spooky children classic The Midwich Cuckoos.
Then there were shows that combined both threads, such as Amazon Prime’s mind-twisting The Devil’s Hour starring Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine, and Pete Jackson’s excellent debut Somewhere Boy. And some new British TV shows didn’t even feature a single murder, like Netflix’s adored Heartstopper graphic novel adaptation.
Then there were shows that combined both threads, such as Amazon Prime’s mind-twisting The Devil’s Hour starring Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine, and Pete Jackson’s excellent debut Somewhere Boy. And some new British TV shows didn’t even feature a single murder, like Netflix’s adored Heartstopper graphic novel adaptation.
- 1/3/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Claudia Harrison has made an admission regarding her role in The Crown that might make Netflix bosses angry.
The actor appears in season five, which was released on the streaming service. on Wednesday (9 November).
Harrison plays Princess Anne, replacing Erin Doherty, who starred as the character in season three and four.
Creator Peter Morgan changed the cast of the show every two seasons in order to reflect the passing of time, meaning many were excited to find out who would be playing the royals in the final two seasons. The fifth season is set during the Nineties, while the sixth and final season is expected to cover events of the Noughties.
Due to the secretive nature of the announcements, all of the new cast members, including imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce and Lesley Manville, had to sign NDAs, promising they would not reveal the news prematurely.
However, during an appearance on...
The actor appears in season five, which was released on the streaming service. on Wednesday (9 November).
Harrison plays Princess Anne, replacing Erin Doherty, who starred as the character in season three and four.
Creator Peter Morgan changed the cast of the show every two seasons in order to reflect the passing of time, meaning many were excited to find out who would be playing the royals in the final two seasons. The fifth season is set during the Nineties, while the sixth and final season is expected to cover events of the Noughties.
Due to the secretive nature of the announcements, all of the new cast members, including imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce and Lesley Manville, had to sign NDAs, promising they would not reveal the news prematurely.
However, during an appearance on...
- 11/10/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Exclusive: Banijay has bought Chloe producer Mam Tor Productions, the French powerhouse’s first UK buy since 2020’s Endemol Shine Group (Esg) acquisition.
In news unveiled by Deadline a day before Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti’s Mipcom Cannes keynote, Mam Tor joins a number of UK scripted labels within the Banijay fold, and distributor Banijay Rights will be given a first look at its projects.
Mam Tor was behind Chloe, the highly-rated BBC One thriller starring The Crown’s Erin Doherty that was acquired by Amazon Prime Video outside of the UK. That six-parter was distributed by Banijay Rights.
L to R: Morven Reid, Tally Garner, Rachel Harvey. Image: Banijay
Founded in 2014, Mam Tor also has a hefty development slate. It had a first-look distribution deal with Banijay Rights (then Endemol Shine International) between 2014 and 2018 and subsequently a first-look distribution and co-production deal with eOne from 2018 to 2021.
Garner is a...
In news unveiled by Deadline a day before Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti’s Mipcom Cannes keynote, Mam Tor joins a number of UK scripted labels within the Banijay fold, and distributor Banijay Rights will be given a first look at its projects.
Mam Tor was behind Chloe, the highly-rated BBC One thriller starring The Crown’s Erin Doherty that was acquired by Amazon Prime Video outside of the UK. That six-parter was distributed by Banijay Rights.
L to R: Morven Reid, Tally Garner, Rachel Harvey. Image: Banijay
Founded in 2014, Mam Tor also has a hefty development slate. It had a first-look distribution deal with Banijay Rights (then Endemol Shine International) between 2014 and 2018 and subsequently a first-look distribution and co-production deal with eOne from 2018 to 2021.
Garner is a...
- 10/17/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Erin Doherty is opening up about the pressures of being an LGBTQ+ star in the spotlight.
Since landing the role of Princess Anne on “The Crown”, the actress admitted to the Telegraph that she worried about revealing her sexuality.
‘I’m not gonna lie, I won’t name names, but when I got ‘The Crown’, I felt a lot of pressure to withhold my sexuality. There was a period of time when I was like, ‘Do I get to be open about this in order to have a successful career?’ And the fact that that question still went through my mind, and may still go through other people’s minds, is so gutting.”
Read More: Erin Doherty Shares Princess Anne’s Disdain Of Social Media
The actress played the real-life royal in seasons 3 and 4 on the famous show.
“I’m really aware of all the people who have lived years and years and years,...
Since landing the role of Princess Anne on “The Crown”, the actress admitted to the Telegraph that she worried about revealing her sexuality.
‘I’m not gonna lie, I won’t name names, but when I got ‘The Crown’, I felt a lot of pressure to withhold my sexuality. There was a period of time when I was like, ‘Do I get to be open about this in order to have a successful career?’ And the fact that that question still went through my mind, and may still go through other people’s minds, is so gutting.”
Read More: Erin Doherty Shares Princess Anne’s Disdain Of Social Media
The actress played the real-life royal in seasons 3 and 4 on the famous show.
“I’m really aware of all the people who have lived years and years and years,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Erin Doherty won't stay silent. The actress, who played the young Princess Anne in seasons three and four of Netflix's The Crown, opened up about her decision to go public with girlfriend and fellow actress Sophie Melville, saying that the fact that she questioned it was "gutting." "I won't name names, but when I got The Crown, I felt a lot of pressure to withhold my sexuality," she recently told U.K.'s The Telegraph. "There was a period of time when I was like, 'Do I get to be open about this in order to have a successful career?'" "I'm really aware of all the people who have lived years and years and years, either in shame or...
- 9/12/2022
- E! Online
The films charts the birth of British Women’s Football during World War I.
London-based WestEnd Films has boarded Mandie Fletcher’s An Unsuitable Game starring Sian Clifford, Jessica Barden and Jessica Brown Findlay.
Fletcher, whose credits include Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, writes and directs this biographical drama about a group of female friends who set up an amateur football team during the first World War and kick-start the birth of British Women’s Football.
The film begins shooting in the UK in spring 2023 and is hoping for a release in line with the Women’s World Cup in the...
London-based WestEnd Films has boarded Mandie Fletcher’s An Unsuitable Game starring Sian Clifford, Jessica Barden and Jessica Brown Findlay.
Fletcher, whose credits include Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, writes and directs this biographical drama about a group of female friends who set up an amateur football team during the first World War and kick-start the birth of British Women’s Football.
The film begins shooting in the UK in spring 2023 and is hoping for a release in line with the Women’s World Cup in the...
- 8/30/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The psychological thriller is the feature debut of UK writer-director Virginia Gilbert, a Screen Star of Tomorrow.
WestEnd Films has acquired international rights to UK writer-director Virginia Gilbert’s feature debut Reawakening, about a couple whose daughter reappears after going missing a decade earlier aged just 14.
It will introduce the film to buyers at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Jared Harris, Juliet Stephenson and Erin Doherty star in the film which has just wrapped following a UK shoot. It is produced by Gilbert and Barry Castagnola’s Rustle Up Productions, with Jared Harris and Lucette Walters’ Little Light Films as executive producers.
WestEnd Films has acquired international rights to UK writer-director Virginia Gilbert’s feature debut Reawakening, about a couple whose daughter reappears after going missing a decade earlier aged just 14.
It will introduce the film to buyers at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Jared Harris, Juliet Stephenson and Erin Doherty star in the film which has just wrapped following a UK shoot. It is produced by Gilbert and Barry Castagnola’s Rustle Up Productions, with Jared Harris and Lucette Walters’ Little Light Films as executive producers.
- 8/29/2022
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Released on June 24, 2022, Chloe is a new psychological thriller series on BBC One and Amazon Prime Video. The six-part series is created by Alice Seabright, who previously worked on shows like End-o and Sex Education. Here’s a brief description of what Chloe is about, according to What To Watch: “Chloe was described as “a mystery about obsession, deceit, identity and grief”. It follows Becky (Erin Doherty) a young woman who still lives with her mum. She’s working as a temp and is living her life through the apparently flawless lives of social media influencers. In particular, Becky has become obsessed with an
Meet The Cast Of “Chloe”...
Meet The Cast Of “Chloe”...
- 7/21/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
As has been pointed many times so far this year, 2022 has been a treasure trove for stories about con artists. In the TV world, spring brought plenty of stories chronicling how people in the recent past have hoodwinked their way to enormous wealth and cultural cachet purely by virtue of lulling the right people into a false sense of security. Of course, 2010s tech and entrepreneurial climbers do not have a monopoly on grift, in worlds either real or fictional.
Premiering in the UK back on February and arriving on Prime Video this week, the new psychological drama “Chloe” makes the perfect bookend to a half-year trend of people tricking themselves into situations far greater than they imagined.
Much like those other stories, “Chloe” begins on a humble scale. Becky Green (Erin Doherty) spends her idle moments scrolling social media, in whatever time she has in between taking care of...
Premiering in the UK back on February and arriving on Prime Video this week, the new psychological drama “Chloe” makes the perfect bookend to a half-year trend of people tricking themselves into situations far greater than they imagined.
Much like those other stories, “Chloe” begins on a humble scale. Becky Green (Erin Doherty) spends her idle moments scrolling social media, in whatever time she has in between taking care of...
- 6/25/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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Twelve years after the launch of Instagram, it’s hardly news that no one’s life is really as blissful as it looks on their carefully curated feeds. Yet as Becky (Erin Doherty) can attest, it can be difficult to remember that when you’re stuck in a run-down two-bedroom flat on the unfashionable side of Bristol with your ailing mother, poring over snapshots from the much prettier, posher life of someone you used to know.
In fact, it’ll take most of the six hourlong episodes of Chloe for Becky to learn just how messy and troubled the life of her childhood friend Chloe Fairbourne (Poppy Gilbert) really was. But if the series ultimately offers few revelations we haven’t seen before, they’re still ones that ring more or less true, especially with Doherty’s mesmerizing performance at the center.
Chloe...
Twelve years after the launch of Instagram, it’s hardly news that no one’s life is really as blissful as it looks on their carefully curated feeds. Yet as Becky (Erin Doherty) can attest, it can be difficult to remember that when you’re stuck in a run-down two-bedroom flat on the unfashionable side of Bristol with your ailing mother, poring over snapshots from the much prettier, posher life of someone you used to know.
In fact, it’ll take most of the six hourlong episodes of Chloe for Becky to learn just how messy and troubled the life of her childhood friend Chloe Fairbourne (Poppy Gilbert) really was. But if the series ultimately offers few revelations we haven’t seen before, they’re still ones that ring more or less true, especially with Doherty’s mesmerizing performance at the center.
Chloe...
- 6/24/2022
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chloe, Amazon Prime’s new twisty drama, follows Instagram-obsessed Becky Green who obsessively tracks the life of seeminly perfect Chloe … until she mysteriously dies. Becky assumes an alter-ego and through deceit, worms her way into Chloe’s circle of friends at the risk of losing who she is in her quest to find out what happened […]
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- 6/21/2022
- by Rose Carter
- Uinterview
Take a look at the new 6-episode thriller TV series "Chloe", created by Alice Seabright ("Sex Education"), starring Erin Doherty ("The Crown"), streaming June 23, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video:
"...'Becky Green' (Doherty), is obsessed with her childhood friend Chloe Fairbourne's (Poppy Gilbert) perfectly curated social media presence. Chloe's charmed life, adoring husband, and circle of high-achieving friends are always just a click away, and Becky can't resist peering into a world that contrasts so starkly with her own, as she cares for her mother, who has early onset dementia.
"When Chloe suddenly dies, Becky assumes a new identity and infiltrates the enviable lives of Chloe's closest friends to find out what happened to her. Through her alter-ego 'Sasha', Becky becomes a powerful, well-connected 'someone' with a life-and loves-that are far more exciting and addictive than the 'no-one' she is as Becky.
"However, the pretense soon obscures and conflates reality,...
"...'Becky Green' (Doherty), is obsessed with her childhood friend Chloe Fairbourne's (Poppy Gilbert) perfectly curated social media presence. Chloe's charmed life, adoring husband, and circle of high-achieving friends are always just a click away, and Becky can't resist peering into a world that contrasts so starkly with her own, as she cares for her mother, who has early onset dementia.
"When Chloe suddenly dies, Becky assumes a new identity and infiltrates the enviable lives of Chloe's closest friends to find out what happened to her. Through her alter-ego 'Sasha', Becky becomes a powerful, well-connected 'someone' with a life-and loves-that are far more exciting and addictive than the 'no-one' she is as Becky.
"However, the pretense soon obscures and conflates reality,...
- 6/11/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Prime Video revealed the official trailer for the much-anticipated psychological thriller , created by Alice Seabright and starring Erin Doherty (The Crown). The six-episode series will launch June 24 on Prime Video in the U.S. and more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, after premiering to critical acclaim in the UK on […]
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- 5/26/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Update (05/24/2022): “What happened to Chloe?” That’s the question that Becky Green (Erin Doherty) wants answered as she goes from stalking her childhood friend’s (Poppy Gilbert) life on social media to infiltrating her group of friends after her death in the new Prime Video psychological thriller (premiering June 24). In the trailer for Chloe, Becky assumes the identity of Sasha — “I just like to decide how people see me,” she explains — and digs into what happened. “I just thought I knew what her life was, but I was completely wrong,” she says. Watch the video below as she learns that Chloe’s real life wasn’t nearly as perfect as it appeared online. As she gets deeper into her con and Chloe’s inner circle, she risks losing herself completely. The series also stars Billy Howle as Elliot, Pippa Bennett-Warner as Livia, Jack Farthing as Richard, and Brandon Micheal Hall as Josh.
- 5/24/2022
- TV Insider
Take a look at the new 6-episode psychological thriller TV series "Chloe", created by Alice Seabright ("Sex Education"), starring Erin Doherty ("The Crown"), streaming June 23, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video:
"...'Becky Green' (Doherty), is obsessed with her childhood friend Chloe Fairbourne's (Poppy Gilbert) perfectly curated social media presence. Chloe's charmed life, adoring husband, and circle of high-achieving friends are always just a click away, and Becky can't resist peering into a world that contrasts so starkly with her own, as she cares for her mother, who has early onset dementia.
"When Chloe suddenly dies, Becky assumes a new identity and infiltrates the enviable lives of Chloe's closest friends to find out what happened to her. Through her alter-ego 'Sasha', Becky becomes a powerful, well-connected 'someone' with a life-and loves-that are far more exciting and addictive than the 'no-one' she is as Becky.
"However, the pretense soon obscures and conflates reality,...
"...'Becky Green' (Doherty), is obsessed with her childhood friend Chloe Fairbourne's (Poppy Gilbert) perfectly curated social media presence. Chloe's charmed life, adoring husband, and circle of high-achieving friends are always just a click away, and Becky can't resist peering into a world that contrasts so starkly with her own, as she cares for her mother, who has early onset dementia.
"When Chloe suddenly dies, Becky assumes a new identity and infiltrates the enviable lives of Chloe's closest friends to find out what happened to her. Through her alter-ego 'Sasha', Becky becomes a powerful, well-connected 'someone' with a life-and loves-that are far more exciting and addictive than the 'no-one' she is as Becky.
"However, the pretense soon obscures and conflates reality,...
- 5/24/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Chloe is arriving on June 24th. Prime Video announced the date of the psychological thriller's arrival with the release of a poster.
Starring Erin Doherty, Billy Howle, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Jack Farthing, Brandon Micheal Hall, and Poppy Gilbert, the series follows a woman (Doherty) who is stalking her childhood friend.
revealed more about the upcoming series in a press release.
“Today, Prime Video revealed the premiere date for the much-anticipated psychological thriller Chloe, created by Alice Seabright and starring Erin Doherty (The Crown). The six-episode series will launch June 24 on Prime Video in the U.S. and more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, after premiering to critical acclaim in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this past winter.
Chloe follows...
Starring Erin Doherty, Billy Howle, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Jack Farthing, Brandon Micheal Hall, and Poppy Gilbert, the series follows a woman (Doherty) who is stalking her childhood friend.
revealed more about the upcoming series in a press release.
“Today, Prime Video revealed the premiere date for the much-anticipated psychological thriller Chloe, created by Alice Seabright and starring Erin Doherty (The Crown). The six-episode series will launch June 24 on Prime Video in the U.S. and more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, after premiering to critical acclaim in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this past winter.
Chloe follows...
- 5/20/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Prime Video revealed the premiere date for the much-anticipated psychological thriller Chloe, created by Alice Seabright and starring Erin Doherty (The Crown). The six-episode series will launch June 24 on Prime Video in the U.S. and more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, after premiering to critical acclaim in the UK on […]
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- 5/19/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Alicia Vikander has joined the cast of the psychological Tudor horror ‘Firebrand’ as principal photography gets underway.
Vikander replaces the previously announced Michelle Williams in the role of Henry VIII’s final wife Queen Katherine Parr. Law will play the role of the tyrannical Tudor King Henry the VIII.
The story will focus on Parr and her singular point-of-view of the psychological horror of living with a monster—and the remarkable will to not only survive but thrive. It will follow the last months of Katherine Parr’s survival as Queen of England, consequently the last months of Henry VIII’s life as King.
Having witnessed Henry disposing of his wives through death and divorce, not only did Parr have a secret agenda but had no assurances of a happy marriage; in fact, she had no assurances of surviving the marriage at all.
Also in news – Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu...
Vikander replaces the previously announced Michelle Williams in the role of Henry VIII’s final wife Queen Katherine Parr. Law will play the role of the tyrannical Tudor King Henry the VIII.
The story will focus on Parr and her singular point-of-view of the psychological horror of living with a monster—and the remarkable will to not only survive but thrive. It will follow the last months of Katherine Parr’s survival as Queen of England, consequently the last months of Henry VIII’s life as King.
Having witnessed Henry disposing of his wives through death and divorce, not only did Parr have a secret agenda but had no assurances of a happy marriage; in fact, she had no assurances of surviving the marriage at all.
Also in news – Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu...
- 5/10/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Sam Riley (Maleficent) and Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) will portray noble-born brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour in the historical thriller Firebrand, joining already announced Alicia Vikander and Jude Law who are portraying Katharine Parr and Henry VIII in the first English-language film from Brazilian director Karim Ainouz (The Invisible Life of Eurydice Gusmao).
The movie, shooting up in the Derbyshire region of the UK’s Peak District, is based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s bestselling historical novel Queen’s Gambit.
Film follows the marriage of Katherine (the filmmakers have chosen to spell Katherine with a K; some historians use a C) to Henry, his sixth and final wife, and how she fell foul of her husband’s courtiers — namely his key adviser Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, a role taken by Simon Russell Beale.
Gardener’s duties included uncovering high-profile heretics. He set his sights on Protestant martyr Anne Askew,...
The movie, shooting up in the Derbyshire region of the UK’s Peak District, is based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s bestselling historical novel Queen’s Gambit.
Film follows the marriage of Katherine (the filmmakers have chosen to spell Katherine with a K; some historians use a C) to Henry, his sixth and final wife, and how she fell foul of her husband’s courtiers — namely his key adviser Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, a role taken by Simon Russell Beale.
Gardener’s duties included uncovering high-profile heretics. He set his sights on Protestant martyr Anne Askew,...
- 5/9/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
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