Daniel Radcliffe is set to lead the upcoming prison breakout thriller Escape From Pretoria.
The film — which is being introduced to buyers in Cannes by The Works International — is based on Tim Jenkin’s autobiography. Radcliffe will star as the anti-apartheid activist who famously broke out of the Pretoria Maxium Security Prison alongside Stephen Lee in 1978.
David Barron (Cinderella, Harry Potter, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein) and Footprint Films’ Mark Blaney (This is Not a Love Song) and Jackie Sheppard (Africa United) will produce alongside The Works Film Group. Executive producers for The Works are Martin McCabe, Deepak Sikka and Mick...
The film — which is being introduced to buyers in Cannes by The Works International — is based on Tim Jenkin’s autobiography. Radcliffe will star as the anti-apartheid activist who famously broke out of the Pretoria Maxium Security Prison alongside Stephen Lee in 1978.
David Barron (Cinderella, Harry Potter, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein) and Footprint Films’ Mark Blaney (This is Not a Love Song) and Jackie Sheppard (Africa United) will produce alongside The Works Film Group. Executive producers for The Works are Martin McCabe, Deepak Sikka and Mick...
- 5/18/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[CUSTOM_PLAYER_BRIGHTCOVE "4855983440001"] Your love's coming down like ... "Purple Rain"? Madonna's manager Guy Oseary has revealed that he once pitched the idea of Prince embarking on a joint world tour with the Queen of Pop. In a touching tribute to the music icon - who died Thursday at 57 - Oseary remembered speaking to Prince about the idea only a few years ago. "I pitched it to Madonna and within a second she said 'I like it, we can call it the Royalty Tour... The Queen and The Prince'" he recalled on Instagram. "When I told Prince the idea he said: 'the world isn't ready for this,...
- 4/22/2016
- by George Stark, @GeorgeStark_
- PEOPLE.com
[CUSTOM_PLAYER_BRIGHTCOVE "4855983440001"] Your love's coming down like ... "Purple Rain"? Madonna's manager Guy Oseary has revealed that he once pitched the idea of Prince embarking on a joint world tour with the Queen of Pop. In a touching tribute to the music icon - who died Thursday at 57 - Oseary remembered speaking to Prince about the idea only a few years ago. "I pitched it to Madonna and within a second she said 'I like it, we can call it the Royalty Tour... The Queen and The Prince'" he recalled on Instagram. "When I told Prince the idea he said: 'the world isn't ready for this,...
- 4/22/2016
- by George Stark, @GeorgeStark_
- PEOPLE.com
Public Image Ltd played a two-and-a-half hour set at London's Heaven nightclub yesterday (April 2). John Lydon led the current PiL lineup through 17 tracks, backed by Bruce Smith, Lu Edmunds and Scott Firth. As on Sunday evening's show at the same venue, Public Image Ltd opened with new song 'Deeper Water' before launching into 1983 hit 'This Is Not A Love Song'. After a ten-minute version of Metal Box opener 'Albatross', Lydon laughed off a heckle from the crowd, saying: "Hello you silly sausage. You trying to get my rag up with nonsense like that?" He dedicated a new song to Reginald, "a Finsbury Park boy", before the band played 9 singles 'Disappointed' and 'Warrior', originally released in 1989. "I didn't mean to talk too much in that (more)...
- 4/3/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Wellspring makes 'Friday Night' plans
NEW YORK -- Marking the first acquisition at the 40th annual New York Film Festival, Wellspring Media has acquired domestic distribution rights to French filmmaker Claire Denis' Friday Night (Vendredi Soir), with plans for a spring theatrical rollout. The project is--appropriately--scheduled to make its bow at the NYFF Friday night. Denis' previous credits include the 1999 NYFF entry Beau Travail, and last year's controversial Vincent Gallo-starrer Trouble Every Day. Acquired from Paris-based Pathe International, the erotic Night follows a woman (Valerie Lemercier) who plans to have dinner with friends before moving in with her lover. Forgetting the city is in the midst of a transit strike, she finds herself trapped in a massive traffic jam and is approached by a stranger (Vincent Lindon) who unexpectedly changes her life. The project was produced by Bruno Pesery through Arena Films, and was adapted by Emanuelle Bernheim from her own novel. The indie distribution banner Wellspring--formerly known as Winstar--recently acquired domestic rights to This Is Not a Love Song by British director Bille Eltringham (HR 9/24). The company's Russian Ark is also screening at the NYFF (HR 8/20).
- 10/8/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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