Exclusive: Veteran industry executive Negeen Yazdi has joined Tom Harper’s Popcorn Storm Pictures as Partner. Yazdi, who was formerly SVP of Film Development & Production at Fifth Season, will oversee Popcorn Storm’s film and TV development slate in a move that reunites her with Harper after the pair previously collaborated on 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace.
Popcorn Storm is a London-based, talent-led firm founded in 2018 by Harper. His diverse portfolio spans two decades with credits including directing the first season of Peaky Blinders (2013), BBC miniseries War & Peace (2016) and features Wild Rose (2018), The Aeronauts (2019) and Heart of Stone (2023). Harper and Yazdi previously collaborated on the Emmy-nominated War & Peace which laid the foundation for this new partnership.
Yazdi’s appointment comes at an exciting time for Popcorn Storm which is building on the success of its current Paramount+ series A Gentleman in Moscow, exec produced by Harper and the...
Popcorn Storm is a London-based, talent-led firm founded in 2018 by Harper. His diverse portfolio spans two decades with credits including directing the first season of Peaky Blinders (2013), BBC miniseries War & Peace (2016) and features Wild Rose (2018), The Aeronauts (2019) and Heart of Stone (2023). Harper and Yazdi previously collaborated on the Emmy-nominated War & Peace which laid the foundation for this new partnership.
Yazdi’s appointment comes at an exciting time for Popcorn Storm which is building on the success of its current Paramount+ series A Gentleman in Moscow, exec produced by Harper and the...
- 4/24/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2011 film adaptation of David Nichols‘ novel “One Day” starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess was met with decidedly average notices at best. However, Netflix’s new adaptation has corrected that misstep and the limited series has received overwhelmingly positive reviews and acclaim from all corners.
This new editions showcases “This is Going to Hurt” breakout star Ambika Mod in the Hathaway role (Emma) while “The White Lotus'” Leo Woodall takes up the Sturgess mantle (Dexter). Emma and Dexter meet by chance on the night of graduating from university and the next day they part ways. However, their relationship then charts years as their fates are tied together. Both stars excel here and their chemistry propels the series to soaring heights while creator and writer Nicole Taylor, who wrote the 2018 Jessie Buckley movie “Wild Rose,” masterfully presides over proceedings, hence the rave reviews.
Aramide Tinubu (Variety) called it a “beautiful...
This new editions showcases “This is Going to Hurt” breakout star Ambika Mod in the Hathaway role (Emma) while “The White Lotus'” Leo Woodall takes up the Sturgess mantle (Dexter). Emma and Dexter meet by chance on the night of graduating from university and the next day they part ways. However, their relationship then charts years as their fates are tied together. Both stars excel here and their chemistry propels the series to soaring heights while creator and writer Nicole Taylor, who wrote the 2018 Jessie Buckley movie “Wild Rose,” masterfully presides over proceedings, hence the rave reviews.
Aramide Tinubu (Variety) called it a “beautiful...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Annette Bening is joining Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein lore feature at Warner Bros; the studio making it official that this is a go-project. Cameras roll in Q1. This package with its attachments has been out there since it was at Netflix, and the deals have finally closed with everyone. Jessie Buckley is the star of the movie which follows Frankenstein’s pursuit of love.
There’s already been word out there about the cast, including Buckley, and it’s a murderers’ row with Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard. Bale and Buckley have been circling this project well before the strikes.
Logline: A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the...
There’s already been word out there about the cast, including Buckley, and it’s a murderers’ row with Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard. Bale and Buckley have been circling this project well before the strikes.
Logline: A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the...
- 1/12/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
When Is The Netflix Series One Day Coming? Well, Netflix is getting ready to release a new TV series based on David Nicholls’ book called One Day. This story was turned into a movie in 2011 with Anne Hathaway. The filming for the series happened throughout the year 2022.
The main star of the show will be Amika Mob, who gained fame from This Is Going to Hurt. The team writing the series includes Nicole Taylor, who won a BAFTA award for her work on Wild Rose and Three Girls.
Other writers involved are Anna Jordan from Killing Eve and Succession, Vinay Patel from Doctor Who, and Bijan Sheibani from Morning Song.
One Day is being made by Drama Republic along with Universal International Studios and Focus Features. Drama Republic previously worked with Netflix on The Irregulars, but unfortunately, that show got canceled after just one season. Nige Watson is in charge...
The main star of the show will be Amika Mob, who gained fame from This Is Going to Hurt. The team writing the series includes Nicole Taylor, who won a BAFTA award for her work on Wild Rose and Three Girls.
Other writers involved are Anna Jordan from Killing Eve and Succession, Vinay Patel from Doctor Who, and Bijan Sheibani from Morning Song.
One Day is being made by Drama Republic along with Universal International Studios and Focus Features. Drama Republic previously worked with Netflix on The Irregulars, but unfortunately, that show got canceled after just one season. Nige Watson is in charge...
- 12/19/2023
- by Om Prakash Kaushal
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At the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) on Dec. 3, Andrew Haigh‘s “All of Us Strangers” domainted, winning seven races including Picture, Director, and Screenplay. Meanwhile, Mia McKenna-Bruce won Best Lead Performance for “How to Have Sex” while her co-star, Shaun Thomas, tied for Best Supporting Performance along with “All of Us Strangers” scene stealer Paul Mescal. But what do these little independent awards mean for the larger awards season? Let’s take a look.
Firstly, “All of Us Strangers” had a great night. The fantasy film also won Music Supervision, Cinematographer, and Editing. This overwhelming response from British voters could indicate that the same will happen at the BAFTAs. “All of Us Strangers” could be in line for nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Mescal, and Best Actor for Andrew Scott. There are some big names, of course, that these creatives will...
Firstly, “All of Us Strangers” had a great night. The fantasy film also won Music Supervision, Cinematographer, and Editing. This overwhelming response from British voters could indicate that the same will happen at the BAFTAs. “All of Us Strangers” could be in line for nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Mescal, and Best Actor for Andrew Scott. There are some big names, of course, that these creatives will...
- 12/6/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Born and raised in Ireland, Jessie Buckley has quickly made a name for herself in the world of acting and singing. Her talent and dedication have led to her recognition and success in both film and theatre, earning her nominations for prestigious awards such as the Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards.
Born on December 28, 1989, in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Jessie was the eldest of five children. Her mother, Marina Cassidy, was a vocal coach and inspired Jessie’s early interest in music and the performing arts. Jessie attended the all-girls Ursuline Secondary School in Thurles, County Tipperary, where her mother worked. She took part in numerous school productions, often playing male lead roles, including Tony in West Side Story and Freddie Trumper in Chess1.
In addition to acting, Jessie demonstrated a deep passion for music. She achieved Grade eight in piano, clarinet, and harp at the Royal Irish Academy...
Born on December 28, 1989, in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Jessie was the eldest of five children. Her mother, Marina Cassidy, was a vocal coach and inspired Jessie’s early interest in music and the performing arts. Jessie attended the all-girls Ursuline Secondary School in Thurles, County Tipperary, where her mother worked. She took part in numerous school productions, often playing male lead roles, including Tony in West Side Story and Freddie Trumper in Chess1.
In addition to acting, Jessie demonstrated a deep passion for music. She achieved Grade eight in piano, clarinet, and harp at the Royal Irish Academy...
- 11/4/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Christos Nikou’s “Fingernails,” one of the buzziest films to premiere on the fall festival circuit this year, explores the problem with love in a recognizable world just slightly off its axis — that’s precisely because the “Apples” director, for his second feature, eschews any use of cell phones or 21st century onscreen technology.
Jessie Buckley plays Anna, a woman who’s comfortable and content but perhaps unchallenged by her relationship with sweet husband Ryan (Jeremy Allen White). They’ve mainly stayed together for a handful of years because of a test developed by The Love Institute, which uses a simple technology to determine if a couple is actually in love, and if you’re with the person you’re supposed to be.
“Fingernails” sounds like heady sci-fi on the surface, but its premise is pretty simple: Submit yourself to a research facility that rips you and your lover’s fingernails off,...
Jessie Buckley plays Anna, a woman who’s comfortable and content but perhaps unchallenged by her relationship with sweet husband Ryan (Jeremy Allen White). They’ve mainly stayed together for a handful of years because of a test developed by The Love Institute, which uses a simple technology to determine if a couple is actually in love, and if you’re with the person you’re supposed to be.
“Fingernails” sounds like heady sci-fi on the surface, but its premise is pretty simple: Submit yourself to a research facility that rips you and your lover’s fingernails off,...
- 8/29/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
It’s turning out to be quite a summer for superspies and supercomputers.
A month after the action feast of “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part I”, in which Tom Cruise faced off with an AI supervillain called “the Entity,” comes a very “Mi”-like international espionage thriller with an equally fancy and powerful machine.
“Heart of Stone” stars Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone, an agent for an elite and clandestine intelligence agency called the Charter. Like “Mission: Impossible”, “Heart of Stone” hits glamorous global destinations and features lengthy actions sequence including a wingsuit skydive.
Read More: ‘Heart Of Stone’ Trailer: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan And Alia Bhatt Star In Thrilling Spy Film
Enzo Cilenti as Mulvaney in “Heart Of Stone”. — Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2023. Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone in “Heart Of Stone”. — Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2023.
Whereas “Dead Reckoning” pushed old-school filmmaking to extremes for a gripping theatrical experience,...
A month after the action feast of “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part I”, in which Tom Cruise faced off with an AI supervillain called “the Entity,” comes a very “Mi”-like international espionage thriller with an equally fancy and powerful machine.
“Heart of Stone” stars Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone, an agent for an elite and clandestine intelligence agency called the Charter. Like “Mission: Impossible”, “Heart of Stone” hits glamorous global destinations and features lengthy actions sequence including a wingsuit skydive.
Read More: ‘Heart Of Stone’ Trailer: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan And Alia Bhatt Star In Thrilling Spy Film
Enzo Cilenti as Mulvaney in “Heart Of Stone”. — Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2023. Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone in “Heart Of Stone”. — Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2023.
Whereas “Dead Reckoning” pushed old-school filmmaking to extremes for a gripping theatrical experience,...
- 8/12/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
If Heart of Stone has any distinctive visual moments, they all involve a supercomputer called the Heart. The Heart appears in the form of holographic images surrounding operator the Jack of Hearts (Matthias Schweighöfer), who moves around digital objects and zooms in on key details by waving his hands and touching objects. Yes, we’ve seen many similar depictions of supercomputers ever since Tom Cruise stared intensely at future crimes in 2002’s Minority Report and Tony Stark threw hot rod red on his suit in 2008’s Iron Man. Heck, we’ve seen Jeff Goldblum wave his shockingly large hands around cg-landscapes in apartment commercials.
To his credit though, director Tom Harper doesn’t treat the visuals as anything groundbreaking or particularly exciting. It’s just shorthand for superspy technology. In fact, everything in Heart of Stone is superspy shorthand—a recitation of ideas and characters that we’ve seen time and again.
To his credit though, director Tom Harper doesn’t treat the visuals as anything groundbreaking or particularly exciting. It’s just shorthand for superspy technology. In fact, everything in Heart of Stone is superspy shorthand—a recitation of ideas and characters that we’ve seen time and again.
- 8/11/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Gal Gadot leads the streamer’s latest ambitious franchise-starter that delivers just about enough dumb summer fun to have us curious for more
There were some impossible calculations made this summer in the making and marketing of Tom Cruise’s seventh mission as Ethan Hunt, the gambit of a gargantuan almost $300m budget yet to prove a decision well-made, the sequel heading for a somewhat destructive financial reckoning. But before the final tally is in, the film’s production company Skydance is hoping for a far easier win with similarly themed thriller Heart of Stone, a potential Netflix franchise-starter, cushioned by lower costs and lower stakes.
There’s also, predictably, a lower level of enjoyment to be had here but given the sky-high bar Cruise has set for the Mission: Impossible series, that doesn’t mean that the streamer’s copycat caper is as unrewarding as one might expect. Netflix...
There were some impossible calculations made this summer in the making and marketing of Tom Cruise’s seventh mission as Ethan Hunt, the gambit of a gargantuan almost $300m budget yet to prove a decision well-made, the sequel heading for a somewhat destructive financial reckoning. But before the final tally is in, the film’s production company Skydance is hoping for a far easier win with similarly themed thriller Heart of Stone, a potential Netflix franchise-starter, cushioned by lower costs and lower stakes.
There’s also, predictably, a lower level of enjoyment to be had here but given the sky-high bar Cruise has set for the Mission: Impossible series, that doesn’t mean that the streamer’s copycat caper is as unrewarding as one might expect. Netflix...
- 8/11/2023
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
We all know what a MacGuffin is: an object or event that the plot of a thriller hinges on, and which everyone onscreen keeps talking about, yet it has no intrinsic interest apart from how it serves the structure of the movie. The term was mythologized by Hitchcock, and as shorthand for the way a certain kind of movie works it has never gone out of style. But what do you call a MacGuffin that’s so boring the audience can’t pretend to care about it? Let’s call it a MacMuffin.
“Heart of Stone,” a double-crossing espionage thriller that is joyless, convoluted, and sludgy-looking — in short, abysmal — is a movie chockful of MacMuffins. Gal Gadot, working hard to come off as blithe and cool (something one should never work hard to do), plays Rachel Stone, an intelligence operative who is part of a chummy veteran spy team that...
“Heart of Stone,” a double-crossing espionage thriller that is joyless, convoluted, and sludgy-looking — in short, abysmal — is a movie chockful of MacMuffins. Gal Gadot, working hard to come off as blithe and cool (something one should never work hard to do), plays Rachel Stone, an intelligence operative who is part of a chummy veteran spy team that...
- 8/11/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Gal Gadot has made her fair share of action films, from her role as the Amazonian princess Diana in “Wonder Woman” and the DC universe to Netflix’s “Red Notice” to the long-running “Fast and Furious” franchise. But after those films, Gadot was eager to do more in the action space — specifically from a female point of view. So she willed “Heart of Stone” into being.
With Gadot’s new Netflix movie, the actress and producer on the project wanted to do more. “I grew up watching ‘Bond,’ and ‘Mission: [Impossible],’ and ‘Bourne Identity’ and ‘Die Hard,'” Gadot told TheWrap in an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike. “I love these movies. I love the action, and the twists and turns and drama, the scope. I want to make movies that the audience can come in and we can take them through a journey for two hours, and make...
With Gadot’s new Netflix movie, the actress and producer on the project wanted to do more. “I grew up watching ‘Bond,’ and ‘Mission: [Impossible],’ and ‘Bourne Identity’ and ‘Die Hard,'” Gadot told TheWrap in an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike. “I love these movies. I love the action, and the twists and turns and drama, the scope. I want to make movies that the audience can come in and we can take them through a journey for two hours, and make...
- 8/7/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
The first look of Alia Bhatt’s Hollywood debut film, Heart of Stone, has been released by Netflix and it promises to be a high-octane action spy thriller. The film stars Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone, a spy who embarks on a dangerous mission that will test her loyalty and courage. Alia Bhatt plays a pivotal role in the film, whose details are still under wraps. The film also features Jamie Dornan, who is best known for his role in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise.
Heart of Stone is directed by Tom Harper, who has previously helmed films like The Aeronauts and Wild Rose. The film is produced by Skydance Media, which has also backed blockbuster films like Mission: Impossible, Terminator, and Star Trek. The film is slated to release on Netflix in 2023.
Heart of Stone Poster
Alia Bhatt, who is one of the most popular and versatile actors in Bollywood,...
Heart of Stone is directed by Tom Harper, who has previously helmed films like The Aeronauts and Wild Rose. The film is produced by Skydance Media, which has also backed blockbuster films like Mission: Impossible, Terminator, and Star Trek. The film is slated to release on Netflix in 2023.
Heart of Stone Poster
Alia Bhatt, who is one of the most popular and versatile actors in Bollywood,...
- 7/18/2023
- by amalprasadappu
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True Detective producer Richard Brown’s Passenger has struck a first-look deal with Patrick Daly’s Caledonia Productions.
The pair will partner on some existing film and TV projects for the next two years, along with building a co-production slate. Fremantle, which bought Passenger late last year and counts Brown as a global drama exec, will handle global distribution of the projects.
“Fremantle is the most exciting home for world class storytelling, and coupled with Richard’s superb taste, passion for writers, and ambition for Passenger, makes it the perfect place for Caledonia to expand its TV and Film capabilities,” said Daly, while Brown added that he had been “keen to collaborate with Patrick for a long time.”
Brown’s Passenger is a co-producer on HBO’s True Detective, which is soon launching a Jodie Foster-starring fourth season, along with the likes of Sky’s This England. His creative...
The pair will partner on some existing film and TV projects for the next two years, along with building a co-production slate. Fremantle, which bought Passenger late last year and counts Brown as a global drama exec, will handle global distribution of the projects.
“Fremantle is the most exciting home for world class storytelling, and coupled with Richard’s superb taste, passion for writers, and ambition for Passenger, makes it the perfect place for Caledonia to expand its TV and Film capabilities,” said Daly, while Brown added that he had been “keen to collaborate with Patrick for a long time.”
Brown’s Passenger is a co-producer on HBO’s True Detective, which is soon launching a Jodie Foster-starring fourth season, along with the likes of Sky’s This England. His creative...
- 6/26/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao has landed two heavy hitters for her next film, “Hamnet,” set up at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners. Oscar nominees Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are both in talks to star in the film, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.
“Hamnet” is a historical fiction take on the Bard, William Shakespeare, that tells the story of his wife Anne “Agnes” Hathaway and her romance with the man who would become the world’s most famous playwright. The novel focuses on the death of the couple’s son, Hamnet, who died at age 11 in 1596 and has been speculated to be an inspiration for Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet.”
Specific character details for Buckley and Mescal were not disclosed.
“Hamnet” is based on a New York Times-best-selling novel from 2020 by author Maggie O’Farrell. Zhao is co-writing the script with O’Farrell.
Liza Marshall through Hera Pictures and Pippa Harris,...
“Hamnet” is a historical fiction take on the Bard, William Shakespeare, that tells the story of his wife Anne “Agnes” Hathaway and her romance with the man who would become the world’s most famous playwright. The novel focuses on the death of the couple’s son, Hamnet, who died at age 11 in 1596 and has been speculated to be an inspiration for Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet.”
Specific character details for Buckley and Mescal were not disclosed.
“Hamnet” is based on a New York Times-best-selling novel from 2020 by author Maggie O’Farrell. Zhao is co-writing the script with O’Farrell.
Liza Marshall through Hera Pictures and Pippa Harris,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
This past year, we've had a lot of discussions about whether Brendan Fraser should have been cast in Darren Aronofsky's "The Whale" due to him requiring a fat suit to play the role. On the one hand, we are all happy to see Fraser be given a lead role by a major director, which hasn't happened in many years. On the other, it is yet another entry on the long list of roles that should presumably have gone to fat actors but didn't. The likelihood that a central character is explicitly written to be large is already incredibly small, but if all those parts are getting taken by actors who need padding and prosthetics to make themselves appear large, when else are fat actors going to be given opportunities to lead films?
As someone who is indeed fat, I often find myself frustrated by this, but I also understand...
As someone who is indeed fat, I often find myself frustrated by this, but I also understand...
- 2/18/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
Sheila McCarthy on Jessie Buckley Jessie Buckley; Sheila McCarthy
I first met Jessie Buckley over an email while I was watching her in her extraordinary film Wild Rose. I will never forget her in that. Raw, funny, moving — everything. I tried to be very cool and nonchalant when we first started shooting Women Talking together, but I was fan-girling inside. She is artistry in motion as an actor. I relied on her entirely to help me get to the dark places in our hayloft. Mother to daughter. We held hands and I was a goner. Then we peed in the fields together and laughed our guts out, which made us pee even more. Our “wild wees,” she called them. Wild indeed, she is.
Colin Farrell on Brendan Gleeson Colin Farrell; Brendan Gleeson
The very nature of film, and any theatrical endeavor, is the nature of collaboration. With that in mind,...
I first met Jessie Buckley over an email while I was watching her in her extraordinary film Wild Rose. I will never forget her in that. Raw, funny, moving — everything. I tried to be very cool and nonchalant when we first started shooting Women Talking together, but I was fan-girling inside. She is artistry in motion as an actor. I relied on her entirely to help me get to the dark places in our hayloft. Mother to daughter. We held hands and I was a goner. Then we peed in the fields together and laughed our guts out, which made us pee even more. Our “wild wees,” she called them. Wild indeed, she is.
Colin Farrell on Brendan Gleeson Colin Farrell; Brendan Gleeson
The very nature of film, and any theatrical endeavor, is the nature of collaboration. With that in mind,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City will reportedly get a season 4, but there is sure to be a cast shakeup. We already know for sure that Jen Shah won’t be back, and rumors have been swirling that no one in the cast is safe from getting the ax other than Lisa Barlow. According to executive producer Andy Cohen, he’s “feeling good” about Rhoslc Season 4 and claims to “have excellent casting” in the works. While star Whitney Rose teases that “old faces” could return.
The cast of ‘Rhoslc’ Meredith Marks, Heather Gay, Whitney Rose, and Lisa Barlow with Andy Cohen | Charles Sykes/Bravo ‘Rhoslc’ is holding auditions for season 4
As Jen Shah’s telemarketing fraud case played out over Rhoslc season 3, it became clear by the end that she would not be back. She ended up pleading guilty and, in early January, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in federal prison.
The cast of ‘Rhoslc’ Meredith Marks, Heather Gay, Whitney Rose, and Lisa Barlow with Andy Cohen | Charles Sykes/Bravo ‘Rhoslc’ is holding auditions for season 4
As Jen Shah’s telemarketing fraud case played out over Rhoslc season 3, it became clear by the end that she would not be back. She ended up pleading guilty and, in early January, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in federal prison.
- 2/3/2023
- by Perry Carpenter
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It’s the end of the world as we know it and HBO Max feels fine. The Warner Bros. Discovery streamer’s list of new releases for January 2023 is highlighted by one long-awaited post-apocalyptic adventure.
HBO’s TV adaptation of beloved video game The Last of Us premieres on Jan. 15. Created by Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin, this story will follow the game storyline of Joel (Pedro Pascal) guiding 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) through a virus-ridden wasteland towards hope. It’s probably gonna be awesome.
The other big original series this month is animated mystery comedy Velma. Brought to life by Mindy Kaling, this show will be all about Scooby-Doo’s bespectacled buddy Velma Dinkley. Jinkies indeed!
There aren’t any major HBO Max original movie releases this January. The first of the month sees the arrival of Ghostbusters (1984), Hereditary, John Wick, and more. Recent theatrical release The Menu premieres on Jan.
HBO’s TV adaptation of beloved video game The Last of Us premieres on Jan. 15. Created by Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin, this story will follow the game storyline of Joel (Pedro Pascal) guiding 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) through a virus-ridden wasteland towards hope. It’s probably gonna be awesome.
The other big original series this month is animated mystery comedy Velma. Brought to life by Mindy Kaling, this show will be all about Scooby-Doo’s bespectacled buddy Velma Dinkley. Jinkies indeed!
There aren’t any major HBO Max original movie releases this January. The first of the month sees the arrival of Ghostbusters (1984), Hereditary, John Wick, and more. Recent theatrical release The Menu premieres on Jan.
- 1/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The new year brings new offerings on HBO and HBO Max. There are a number of fresh titles hitting the streaming service on Jan. 1, perfect for watching with friends or family on the first day of 2023.
HBO is adding an eclectic list of dramas, comedies, action and horror films in January. There’s “Insidious: Chapter 2,” “The Cabin in the Woods” and “Hereditary” for those who prefer Halloween to New Year’s. Award-winning dramas coming to the platform include “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Captain Phillips,” and “The Artist.” Comedy offerings include “White Chicks,” “Horrible Bosses 2,” and “Our Idiot Brother.” And you can also check out the first three films in the John Wick franchise before “John Wick: Chapter 4” hits theaters this spring.
On the original programming side, there’s the Season 29 premiere of “Real Sports With Bryan Gumbel,” as well as the second season of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?...
HBO is adding an eclectic list of dramas, comedies, action and horror films in January. There’s “Insidious: Chapter 2,” “The Cabin in the Woods” and “Hereditary” for those who prefer Halloween to New Year’s. Award-winning dramas coming to the platform include “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Captain Phillips,” and “The Artist.” Comedy offerings include “White Chicks,” “Horrible Bosses 2,” and “Our Idiot Brother.” And you can also check out the first three films in the John Wick franchise before “John Wick: Chapter 4” hits theaters this spring.
On the original programming side, there’s the Season 29 premiere of “Real Sports With Bryan Gumbel,” as well as the second season of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?...
- 1/1/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey star in ‘The Last of Us’ (Photograph by Courtesy of HBO)
The Mandalorian‘s Pedro Pascal and Game of Thrones‘ Bella Ramsey star in the post-apocalyptic thriller The Last of Us, premiering on HBO Max on January 15, 2023. The streaming service’s January lineup also includes the new adult animated series Velma which delves into the backstory of Scooby-Doo’s Velma Dinkley. And Aquaman‘s Jason Momoa hosts the competition series The Climb featuring amateur climbers battling for a 100,000 cash prize.
HBO Max will also be debuting live sports beginning with coverage of the U.S. Women’s National Team vs. New Zealand soccer match on January 17th. In With the Old returns for its third season on January 11th and Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? is back for a second season starring January 6th.
Series & Films Arriving On HBO Max In January 2023:
January 1:
20 Feet From Stardom,...
The Mandalorian‘s Pedro Pascal and Game of Thrones‘ Bella Ramsey star in the post-apocalyptic thriller The Last of Us, premiering on HBO Max on January 15, 2023. The streaming service’s January lineup also includes the new adult animated series Velma which delves into the backstory of Scooby-Doo’s Velma Dinkley. And Aquaman‘s Jason Momoa hosts the competition series The Climb featuring amateur climbers battling for a 100,000 cash prize.
HBO Max will also be debuting live sports beginning with coverage of the U.S. Women’s National Team vs. New Zealand soccer match on January 17th. In With the Old returns for its third season on January 11th and Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? is back for a second season starring January 6th.
Series & Films Arriving On HBO Max In January 2023:
January 1:
20 Feet From Stardom,...
- 12/21/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
First published June 11th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.
Don’t spend hours scrolling the menus at Netflix, Prime Video, and other movie services. I point you to the best new films and hidden gems to stream.
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I’m a huge fan of Jessie Buckley, one of the most intriguing young actresses working today, which is why I’m so...
Don’t spend hours scrolling the menus at Netflix, Prime Video, and other movie services. I point you to the best new films and hidden gems to stream.
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I’m a huge fan of Jessie Buckley, one of the most intriguing young actresses working today, which is why I’m so...
- 7/10/2022
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Note: This interview contains minor spoilers for “Men.”
Jessie Buckley didn’t come away from starring in “Men” with any answers. To her, pinning down the film’s exact meaning would be beside the point.
“I don’t really have a singular meaning to it,” the Irish actor and singer admitted in a recent interview with TheWrap. “I’m more interested in seeing what other people feel about [“Men”] – either side of it. If they hate it, or love it, then that’s absolutely fine.”
In writer-director Alex Garland and A24’s latest mindbender, Buckley plays Harper, a recently widowed woman who decamps to the English countryside hoping to heal. But she finds herself wrestling with more than just personal demons when her encounters with various men – all played by Rory Kinnear – become increasingly nightmarish.
Buckley, who broke out with her starring role in 2018’s “Wild Rose,” is a consummate performer...
Jessie Buckley didn’t come away from starring in “Men” with any answers. To her, pinning down the film’s exact meaning would be beside the point.
“I don’t really have a singular meaning to it,” the Irish actor and singer admitted in a recent interview with TheWrap. “I’m more interested in seeing what other people feel about [“Men”] – either side of it. If they hate it, or love it, then that’s absolutely fine.”
In writer-director Alex Garland and A24’s latest mindbender, Buckley plays Harper, a recently widowed woman who decamps to the English countryside hoping to heal. But she finds herself wrestling with more than just personal demons when her encounters with various men – all played by Rory Kinnear – become increasingly nightmarish.
Buckley, who broke out with her starring role in 2018’s “Wild Rose,” is a consummate performer...
- 5/21/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Robert Lantos, the veteran Canadian producer of David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future,” is set to produce a film adaptation of novelist Michael Ondaatje’s “In the Skin of a Lion,” with Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar-winning writer of “Slumdog Millionaire,” on board. Tom Harper, the BAFTA-nominated director of “Wild Rose” will direct.
The movie was co-developed by Lantos’ Toronto-based Serendipity Point Films, and Film4. Amazon Studios has boarded the project. Casting is underway.
Set in Toronto in the 1920s and 1930s, “In the Skin of a Lion” weaves romance, mystery and adventure through the story of Patrick Lewis, who arrives in Toronto and earns a living searching for a vanished millionaire. His life intersects with the orphaned girl Hana and the thief Caravaggio, who reappear in “The English Patient,” Ondaatje’s award-winning novel that was adapted into Anthony Minghella’s Oscar-winning movie with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes.
“As with ‘Crimes of the Future,...
The movie was co-developed by Lantos’ Toronto-based Serendipity Point Films, and Film4. Amazon Studios has boarded the project. Casting is underway.
Set in Toronto in the 1920s and 1930s, “In the Skin of a Lion” weaves romance, mystery and adventure through the story of Patrick Lewis, who arrives in Toronto and earns a living searching for a vanished millionaire. His life intersects with the orphaned girl Hana and the thief Caravaggio, who reappear in “The English Patient,” Ondaatje’s award-winning novel that was adapted into Anthony Minghella’s Oscar-winning movie with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes.
“As with ‘Crimes of the Future,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
One day after nabbing her first Oscar nomination, Jessie Buckley’s full talents are on display in the first trailer for “Men,” a horror film from A24 and director Alex Garland. It will premiere in theaters May 20.
The official synopsis for “Men” reads: “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in Garland’s feverish, shape-shifting new horror film.”
In the trailer, Buckley walks through a vibrant green forest and approaches a foreboding, dark tunnel, all while seeing visions of a mysterious man. The horror film will also star Rory Kinnear and Paapa Essiedu (“I May Destroy You”).
Buckley received her first career Oscar nomination...
The official synopsis for “Men” reads: “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in Garland’s feverish, shape-shifting new horror film.”
In the trailer, Buckley walks through a vibrant green forest and approaches a foreboding, dark tunnel, all while seeing visions of a mysterious man. The horror film will also star Rory Kinnear and Paapa Essiedu (“I May Destroy You”).
Buckley received her first career Oscar nomination...
- 2/9/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Olivia Colman currently leads the Best Actress Oscar odds for her performance as Leda in Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter,” but she isn’t the only actress who takes on the role in the film. Jessie Buckley co-stars as the younger version of Colman’s character, a mother of two daughters and a comparative literature scholar who valiantly tries to balance her demanding personal and professional lives. Though Buckley trails our predicted nominees in the Best Supporting Actress race, she still ranks in our top 10 contenders. Could a surprise nomination for Buckley be looming?
“The Lost Daughter” will certainly compete at the Oscars in other categories. In addition to Colman, our current combined odds predict a nomination for adapted screenplay, where it is second only to Best Picture frontrunner “The Power of the Dog.” The film has had a solid showing with the guilds, too, with nominations for Colman with the Screen Actors Guild,...
“The Lost Daughter” will certainly compete at the Oscars in other categories. In addition to Colman, our current combined odds predict a nomination for adapted screenplay, where it is second only to Best Picture frontrunner “The Power of the Dog.” The film has had a solid showing with the guilds, too, with nominations for Colman with the Screen Actors Guild,...
- 2/4/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Already having made history at Netflix with the record-breaking “Red Notice,” Gal Gadot (“Wonder Woman”) will be returning to the streaming service for another genre film, “Heart of Stone.” Tom Harper, the helmer behind “Wild Rose,” directs from a script penned by comic book writer Greg Rucka (“The Old Guard”) and Allison Schroeder(“Frozen II,” “Hidden Figures”).
Continue reading Jamie Dornan Joins Gal Gadot In Netflix Spy Thriller ‘Heart Of Stone’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Jamie Dornan Joins Gal Gadot In Netflix Spy Thriller ‘Heart Of Stone’ at The Playlist.
- 2/1/2022
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Jamie Dornan (“Belfast”) has joined the cast of “Heart of Stone,” a spy thriller starring Gal Gadot in what could be an action franchise in the vein of the “Mission: Impossible” series for Skydance Media and Netflix, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
“The Old Guard” writer Greg Rucka penned the screenplay with Allison Schroeder. Tom Harper, known for “The Aeronauts” and “Wild Rose,” will direct.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Gadot is producing through her Pilot Wave banner along with Jaron Varsano, Mockingbird’s Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lyn, and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will also produce.
Patty Whitcher, Harper and Rucka are the executive producers.
Skydance has already found success with the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, and Skydance’s “The Old Guard” starring Charlize Theron and “6 Underground” also proved to be big hits for Netflix.
Dornan is currently starring in “Belfast,...
“The Old Guard” writer Greg Rucka penned the screenplay with Allison Schroeder. Tom Harper, known for “The Aeronauts” and “Wild Rose,” will direct.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Gadot is producing through her Pilot Wave banner along with Jaron Varsano, Mockingbird’s Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lyn, and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will also produce.
Patty Whitcher, Harper and Rucka are the executive producers.
Skydance has already found success with the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, and Skydance’s “The Old Guard” starring Charlize Theron and “6 Underground” also proved to be big hits for Netflix.
Dornan is currently starring in “Belfast,...
- 2/1/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
All five will shoot in the UK in 2022.
Netflix has commissioned five series for its UK slate to start shooting in 2022, including new projects from Rapman, Abi Morgan and Left Bank Pictures.
All five series will shoot in the UK; they have been commissioned by Anne Mensah, vp, UK series, and her team.
The new shows include Supacell, a six-part sci-fi written by 2019 Screen Star of Tomorrow Rapman. The series will follow a random group of ordinary people from South London who unexpectedly develop superpowers, with the only connection between them being they are all Black.
Netflix will produce the series,...
Netflix has commissioned five series for its UK slate to start shooting in 2022, including new projects from Rapman, Abi Morgan and Left Bank Pictures.
All five series will shoot in the UK; they have been commissioned by Anne Mensah, vp, UK series, and her team.
The new shows include Supacell, a six-part sci-fi written by 2019 Screen Star of Tomorrow Rapman. The series will follow a random group of ordinary people from South London who unexpectedly develop superpowers, with the only connection between them being they are all Black.
Netflix will produce the series,...
- 11/30/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
BFI and Bafta have revealed updated resources to tackle bullying, harassment and racism.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has hired Morgana Melvin as its first production inclusion manager to work across the BFI Film Fund, inclusion and skills teams and with partners including ScreenSkills, BBC Film, and Film4. She will iidentify the challenges and coordinate strategies to create more employment opportunities for underrepresented groups in production.
Melvin’s role will see her work with the BFI’s internal teams as well as BFI-backed producers, crews and the wider industry, and will also include support for prevention of bullying, harassment and racism on set.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has hired Morgana Melvin as its first production inclusion manager to work across the BFI Film Fund, inclusion and skills teams and with partners including ScreenSkills, BBC Film, and Film4. She will iidentify the challenges and coordinate strategies to create more employment opportunities for underrepresented groups in production.
Melvin’s role will see her work with the BFI’s internal teams as well as BFI-backed producers, crews and the wider industry, and will also include support for prevention of bullying, harassment and racism on set.
- 3/17/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
After the release of “Wonder Woman 1984” to HBO Max and theaters, actress Gal Gadot isn’t slowing down for a minute. She’s already announced her next project, which itself has found a home on competing streaming service Netflix.
Not much is known about the film, outside of Gadot’s being the lead and that “Heart of Stone” is some type of espionage thriller. It’ll be helmed by Tom Harper, who directed Felicity Jones in the hot air balloon adventure, “The Aernoauts,” as well as Jessie Buckley in the indie country musical, “Wild Rose.” Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder will write the script. Pre-production has just started, hence the silence on any further details.
Netflix acquired the feature “Heart of Stone,” from Skydance Media. This marks the second acquisition of a Skydance title, with their already completed feature “The Tomorrow War” heading over to Amazon. This marks the...
Not much is known about the film, outside of Gadot’s being the lead and that “Heart of Stone” is some type of espionage thriller. It’ll be helmed by Tom Harper, who directed Felicity Jones in the hot air balloon adventure, “The Aernoauts,” as well as Jessie Buckley in the indie country musical, “Wild Rose.” Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder will write the script. Pre-production has just started, hence the silence on any further details.
Netflix acquired the feature “Heart of Stone,” from Skydance Media. This marks the second acquisition of a Skydance title, with their already completed feature “The Tomorrow War” heading over to Amazon. This marks the...
- 1/17/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Netflix has acquired in an auction the worldwide rights to “Heart of Stone,” a spy thriller that will star Gal Gadot in what could be an action franchise in the vein of the “Mission: Impossible” series for Skydance Media.
“The Old Guard” writer Greg Rucka wrote the screenplay with Allison Schroeder. Tom Harper, known for “The Aeronauts” and “Wild Rose,” will direct.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Gadot would also produce through her Pilot Wave banner along with Jaron Varsano, Bonnie Curtis, and Julie Lyn, and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will also produce.
Gadot returned to her superhero franchise with “Wonder Woman 1984” back on Christmas Day, and she’ll also reunite with her director on that film Patty Jenkins for a new take on the “Cleopatra” story, as well as a third “Wonder Woman” movie that’s being fast-tracked. She’ll also...
“The Old Guard” writer Greg Rucka wrote the screenplay with Allison Schroeder. Tom Harper, known for “The Aeronauts” and “Wild Rose,” will direct.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Gadot would also produce through her Pilot Wave banner along with Jaron Varsano, Bonnie Curtis, and Julie Lyn, and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will also produce.
Gadot returned to her superhero franchise with “Wonder Woman 1984” back on Christmas Day, and she’ll also reunite with her director on that film Patty Jenkins for a new take on the “Cleopatra” story, as well as a third “Wonder Woman” movie that’s being fast-tracked. She’ll also...
- 1/15/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Netflix has nabbed worldwide rights to “Heart of Stone,” a Gal Gadot-led espionage thriller that was developed by Skydance Media.
Tom Harper, best known for “The Aeronauts” and “Wild Rose,” directed the action epic.
“Heart of Stone” marks the second major movie that Skydance has siphoned off this week. On Tuesday, Amazon Studios emerged as the frontrunner for “The Tomorrow World,” a science-fiction spectacle starring Chris Pratt. Amazon is reportedly shelling out $200 million for global rights, but insiders stress the sale hasn’t been finalized.
Skydance has been an active seller during the pandemic, recently auctioning off is upcoming animated features “Luck” and “Spellbound” to Apple. Streaming services has been something of a salvation for traditional Hollywood studios and production companies, which rely on box office dollars to turn a profit on expensive movies. With U.S. cinemas mostly closed due to Covid-19, the few films that have opened...
Tom Harper, best known for “The Aeronauts” and “Wild Rose,” directed the action epic.
“Heart of Stone” marks the second major movie that Skydance has siphoned off this week. On Tuesday, Amazon Studios emerged as the frontrunner for “The Tomorrow World,” a science-fiction spectacle starring Chris Pratt. Amazon is reportedly shelling out $200 million for global rights, but insiders stress the sale hasn’t been finalized.
Skydance has been an active seller during the pandemic, recently auctioning off is upcoming animated features “Luck” and “Spellbound” to Apple. Streaming services has been something of a salvation for traditional Hollywood studios and production companies, which rely on box office dollars to turn a profit on expensive movies. With U.S. cinemas mostly closed due to Covid-19, the few films that have opened...
- 1/15/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has prevailed in a competitive auction for worldwide rights on Heart of Stone, the espionage thriller developed by Skydance Media with Gal Gadot starring. Tom Harper, who helmed The Aeronauts and Wild Rose, will direct a film that aspires to hatch a female-centric franchise with the action and global scale of films like Mission: Impossible and 007.
It is the second major deal with a streamer this week for a Skydance-generated tentpole-sized film, after Amazon acquired the Chris Pratt starrer The Tomorrow War.
The deal brings Gadot back into the Netflix fold. The actress, who just opened in Wonder Woman 1984 for WarnerMedia, will star with Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds in Netflix tentpole Red Notice, the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed heist film.
Deadline revealed Skydance Media film in December, when David Ellison and team at Skydance signed an eight-figure deal for Gadot to star in Heart of Stone.
It is the second major deal with a streamer this week for a Skydance-generated tentpole-sized film, after Amazon acquired the Chris Pratt starrer The Tomorrow War.
The deal brings Gadot back into the Netflix fold. The actress, who just opened in Wonder Woman 1984 for WarnerMedia, will star with Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds in Netflix tentpole Red Notice, the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed heist film.
Deadline revealed Skydance Media film in December, when David Ellison and team at Skydance signed an eight-figure deal for Gadot to star in Heart of Stone.
- 1/15/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Alex Garland is set to reunite with A24 for his latest film, titled “Men.” Jessie Buckley is in talks to star in the film, playing a woman who goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside after the death of her ex-husband. Rory Kinnear has also been tapped to join the project, which is penned and directed by Garland.
A24 is on board to finance and distribute the new project, reuniting with the filmmaker after the British novelist and screenwriter notably made his directorial debut at the studio with 2014’s “Ex Machina.” The sci-fi stunner, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Issac, earned Garland an Oscar nomination for original screenplay, on top of a respectable $36.9 million at the box office.
“Men” is Garland’s first feature after 2018’s “Annihilation” and follows his FX mini-series “Devs,” which wrapped up its run in April. Garland’s other works include “The Beach”, “Dredd,...
A24 is on board to finance and distribute the new project, reuniting with the filmmaker after the British novelist and screenwriter notably made his directorial debut at the studio with 2014’s “Ex Machina.” The sci-fi stunner, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Issac, earned Garland an Oscar nomination for original screenplay, on top of a respectable $36.9 million at the box office.
“Men” is Garland’s first feature after 2018’s “Annihilation” and follows his FX mini-series “Devs,” which wrapped up its run in April. Garland’s other works include “The Beach”, “Dredd,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Jessie Buckley, star of “Fargo” and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” is in talks to join the cast of the next film from “Ex Machina” director Alex Garland, which is set up at A24 in the director’s return to the distributor, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Buckley’s deal has not yet closed, but she would star alongside Rory Kinnear in a film about a young woman who goes on a vacation alone to the English countryside after her ex-husband dies.
A24 will finance and distribute “Men.” Garland also wrote the screenplay. Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and DNA’s Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich will produce.
Buckley broke out in the music biopic “Wild Rose” and starred in Charlie Kaufman’s film for Netflix “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.” She’s also known for her work on the FX series “Fargo” and will next be...
Buckley’s deal has not yet closed, but she would star alongside Rory Kinnear in a film about a young woman who goes on a vacation alone to the English countryside after her ex-husband dies.
A24 will finance and distribute “Men.” Garland also wrote the screenplay. Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and DNA’s Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich will produce.
Buckley broke out in the music biopic “Wild Rose” and starred in Charlie Kaufman’s film for Netflix “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.” She’s also known for her work on the FX series “Fargo” and will next be...
- 1/6/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Jury members include ‘Animals’ producer Sarah Brocklehurst.
Wild Rose director Tom Harper and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst are among the jurors of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
Brocklehurst will preside over the main jury that includes The Last Tree actor Samuel Adewunmi; Daphne and Rialto director Peter Mackie Burns; writer and actor Mark O’Halloran; Blue Story producer Joy Gharoro Akpojotor; Only You filmmaker Harry Wootliff; writer-director Reggie Yates; Anthony Andrews, co-founder of exhibitor We Are Parable; and broadcaster Yinka Bokinni
The new talent jury will be chaired by film critic Amon Warmann and includes Harper, whose Wild Rose...
Wild Rose director Tom Harper and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst are among the jurors of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
Brocklehurst will preside over the main jury that includes The Last Tree actor Samuel Adewunmi; Daphne and Rialto director Peter Mackie Burns; writer and actor Mark O’Halloran; Blue Story producer Joy Gharoro Akpojotor; Only You filmmaker Harry Wootliff; writer-director Reggie Yates; Anthony Andrews, co-founder of exhibitor We Are Parable; and broadcaster Yinka Bokinni
The new talent jury will be chaired by film critic Amon Warmann and includes Harper, whose Wild Rose...
- 12/21/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
TV nominations include ‘Normal People’ and ‘Ted Lasso’.
Rose Glass’s psychological horror Saint Maud and Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield are among the nominations for the UK Casting Directors’ Guild awards.
The third edition of the CDG Casting Awards will take place online on February 21 and encompass film, TV, theatre and commercials.
In the independent film category, Kharmel Cochrane has been nominated for her casting of Saint Maud, which stars Morfydd Clark, who was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016.
Further nominees include Isabella Odoffin for Blue Story, Shaheen Baig for Calm with Horses,...
Rose Glass’s psychological horror Saint Maud and Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield are among the nominations for the UK Casting Directors’ Guild awards.
The third edition of the CDG Casting Awards will take place online on February 21 and encompass film, TV, theatre and commercials.
In the independent film category, Kharmel Cochrane has been nominated for her casting of Saint Maud, which stars Morfydd Clark, who was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016.
Further nominees include Isabella Odoffin for Blue Story, Shaheen Baig for Calm with Horses,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
In a year filled with its own myriad disappointments, one thing remained reliable: the ability for some of our brightest performers to shine their light on a variety of thrilling roles. From steadfast stars like Viola Davis, Frances McDormand, Youn Yuh-Jung, and Carey Mulligan to rising talents like Haley Bennett, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jessie Buckley, and Letitia Wright, this year’s crop of female-fronted performances is deep.
As always, there were also plenty of exciting breakthrough performances this year, as we’ve already documented in a stacked list of rising stars of screens both large and small, but the women who qualify for this list of the best film performances by actresses have fully arrived in every sense of the term. Ahead, the 13 best performances by actresses in 2020.
Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich, Zack Sharf, Ryan Lattanzio, Tambay Obenson, Jude Dry, Bill Desowitz, and Chris Lindahl contributed to this article.
As always, there were also plenty of exciting breakthrough performances this year, as we’ve already documented in a stacked list of rising stars of screens both large and small, but the women who qualify for this list of the best film performances by actresses have fully arrived in every sense of the term. Ahead, the 13 best performances by actresses in 2020.
Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich, Zack Sharf, Ryan Lattanzio, Tambay Obenson, Jude Dry, Bill Desowitz, and Chris Lindahl contributed to this article.
- 12/9/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
After playing a member of an international team of thieves and car enthusiasts in “The Fast & Furious” franchise, and proving herself a capable superhero in “Wonder Woman,” Gal Gadot is setting her sights on a new high-profile role: the female James Bond, kind of. Gadot has reportedly signed on to star in the original Bond-esque spy thriller “Heart of Stone.”
Read More: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Early Reactions Praise The Emotional, Timely Sequel As The Film We Need Right Now
Deadline has the scoop, reporting that Gadot has signed on to star in the original thriller “Heart of Stone,” coming in from Skydance Media that “endeavors to put a female spin on action franchises like ‘Mission: Impossible‘ and 007.” The project will be directed by Tom Harper (“Wild Rose“) from a script written by “The Old Guard” screenwriter Greg Rucka and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Allison Schroeder (“Hidden Figures“).
Continue reading Gal Gadot To...
Read More: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Early Reactions Praise The Emotional, Timely Sequel As The Film We Need Right Now
Deadline has the scoop, reporting that Gadot has signed on to star in the original thriller “Heart of Stone,” coming in from Skydance Media that “endeavors to put a female spin on action franchises like ‘Mission: Impossible‘ and 007.” The project will be directed by Tom Harper (“Wild Rose“) from a script written by “The Old Guard” screenwriter Greg Rucka and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Allison Schroeder (“Hidden Figures“).
Continue reading Gal Gadot To...
- 12/5/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Exclusive: In an eight-figure deal that puts her at the upper levels of the actress salary scale, Gal Gadot has been set to star in Heart of Stone, an original international spy thriller hatched by Skydance Media that endeavors to put a female spin on action franchises like Mission: Impossible and 007. Tom Harper, who helmed The Aeronauts and Wild Rose, is in talks to direct.
The script is by Greg Rucka (The Old Guard) and Allison Schroeder, latter of whom was Oscar nominated for Hidden Figures. The film will be produced by Skydance Media’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, along with Gadot and her Pilot Wave producing partner Jaron Varsano, Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn. Skydance Media is keeping options open on whether this will be a theatrical or streaming bow.
Gadot, whose next Patty Jenkins collaboration Wonder Woman 1984 has been set to debut Christmas Day on HBO Max,...
The script is by Greg Rucka (The Old Guard) and Allison Schroeder, latter of whom was Oscar nominated for Hidden Figures. The film will be produced by Skydance Media’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, along with Gadot and her Pilot Wave producing partner Jaron Varsano, Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn. Skydance Media is keeping options open on whether this will be a theatrical or streaming bow.
Gadot, whose next Patty Jenkins collaboration Wonder Woman 1984 has been set to debut Christmas Day on HBO Max,...
- 12/2/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
From Queen & Slim to actual Queen.
British actress Jodie Turner-Smith, who starred alongside Daniel Kaluuya in last year’s racially-charged road crime drama, is to play Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, who famously lost her head at the behest of King Henry VIII, in a three-part psychological thriller mini-series set to air on ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the U.K., with Sony Pictures TV distributing internationally.
The as-yet-unnamed project comes from rising Sony-backed Brit banner Fable Pictures, which has been behind Wild Rose, Stan & Ollie and recent hit Rocks, with a cast that also includes Amanda Burton (White House Farm) Paapa Essiedu (I ...
British actress Jodie Turner-Smith, who starred alongside Daniel Kaluuya in last year’s racially-charged road crime drama, is to play Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, who famously lost her head at the behest of King Henry VIII, in a three-part psychological thriller mini-series set to air on ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the U.K., with Sony Pictures TV distributing internationally.
The as-yet-unnamed project comes from rising Sony-backed Brit banner Fable Pictures, which has been behind Wild Rose, Stan & Ollie and recent hit Rocks, with a cast that also includes Amanda Burton (White House Farm) Paapa Essiedu (I ...
- 10/30/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
From Queen & Slim to actual Queen.
British actress Jodie Turner-Smith, who starred alongside Daniel Kaluuya in last year’s racially-charged road crime drama, is to play Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, who famously lost her head at the behest of King Henry VIII, in a three-part psychological thriller mini-series set to air on ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the U.K., with Sony Pictures TV distributing internationally.
The as-yet-unnamed project comes from rising Sony-backed Brit banner Fable Pictures, which has been behind Wild Rose, Stan & Ollie and recent hit Rocks, with a cast that also includes Amanda Burton (White House Farm) Paapa Essiedu (I ...
British actress Jodie Turner-Smith, who starred alongside Daniel Kaluuya in last year’s racially-charged road crime drama, is to play Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, who famously lost her head at the behest of King Henry VIII, in a three-part psychological thriller mini-series set to air on ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the U.K., with Sony Pictures TV distributing internationally.
The as-yet-unnamed project comes from rising Sony-backed Brit banner Fable Pictures, which has been behind Wild Rose, Stan & Ollie and recent hit Rocks, with a cast that also includes Amanda Burton (White House Farm) Paapa Essiedu (I ...
- 10/30/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Josh O’Connor, who plays Prince Charles in season 4 of Netflix’s “The Crown,” and BAFTA winner Jessie Buckley are set to star as Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in “Romeo & Juliet,” a made-for-television production by the U.K.’s National Theatre.
“Romeo & Juliet” was originally scheduled to play this summer to theater audiences, but was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now re-conceived for the screen, this new 90-minute version will be shot over three weeks in the National Theatre’s Lyttelton theater, which will be temporarily transformed into a studio.
Rehearsals will begin in November and filming in December. The production will bow on PBS in the U.S. and on Sky Arts in the U.K. in 2021.
While the National Theatre has broadcast stage productions to cinemas for over a decade through its popular National Theatre Live program, this will be the first time an original...
“Romeo & Juliet” was originally scheduled to play this summer to theater audiences, but was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now re-conceived for the screen, this new 90-minute version will be shot over three weeks in the National Theatre’s Lyttelton theater, which will be temporarily transformed into a studio.
Rehearsals will begin in November and filming in December. The production will bow on PBS in the U.S. and on Sky Arts in the U.K. in 2021.
While the National Theatre has broadcast stage productions to cinemas for over a decade through its popular National Theatre Live program, this will be the first time an original...
- 10/27/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Kerry-born Jessie Buckey won two awards, for Wild Rose and Chernobyl.
Martin Scorsese presented the top awards at the Irish Film and Television Academy awards, which were held virtually for the first time in two years last night (October 18).
Ordinary Love, directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn and starring Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville, won the best film 2020 award. Lance Daly’s period thriller Black ’47 won the 2019 version.
The virtual awards were broadcast on national TV channel Virgin Media One, with Scorsese telling the audience: “It appears to me that we are all having to reinvent cinema now,...
Martin Scorsese presented the top awards at the Irish Film and Television Academy awards, which were held virtually for the first time in two years last night (October 18).
Ordinary Love, directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn and starring Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville, won the best film 2020 award. Lance Daly’s period thriller Black ’47 won the 2019 version.
The virtual awards were broadcast on national TV channel Virgin Media One, with Scorsese telling the audience: “It appears to me that we are all having to reinvent cinema now,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Every installment of FX’s visually arresting anthology series “Fargo” features a deliciously sinister antagonist––think Billy Bob Thornton’s Lorne Malvo, Bokeem Woodbine’s Mike Milligan and David Thewlis’ V.M. Varga. This year, Jessie Buckley brazenly takes up the mantle with her simultaneously hilarious and chilling portrayal of Oraetta Mayflower, an indefatigably chipper nurse with a dark history and a large body count. Buckley’s unpredictable take on the iconic “Fargo” Minnesota-nice character seems destined for awards traction, and you betcha she deserves it.
Season 4 of “Fargo” centers on a brewing war in 1950s Kansas City between the Italian mob, led by dueling brothers Josto Fadda (Jason Schwartzman) and Gaetano Fadda (Salvatore Esposito), and a Black crime syndicate helmed by Loy Cannon (Chris Rock). Buckley features prominently in the escalating tensions as she cozies up to Josto and butts her way into the life of high-schooler Ethelrida Pearl...
Season 4 of “Fargo” centers on a brewing war in 1950s Kansas City between the Italian mob, led by dueling brothers Josto Fadda (Jason Schwartzman) and Gaetano Fadda (Salvatore Esposito), and a Black crime syndicate helmed by Loy Cannon (Chris Rock). Buckley features prominently in the escalating tensions as she cozies up to Josto and butts her way into the life of high-schooler Ethelrida Pearl...
- 10/16/2020
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Rose Garcia (Broadway star and Tony nominee Eva Noblezada) is a small town Texas teen who loves country music, the kind of gal who spends her pocket money on guitar strings and knows a frightening amount of facts about everyone from Patsy Cline to Townes Van Zandt. Music opens up Rose’s mostly small world, which is centered around her loving mom Priscilla (Princess Punzalan), who has reason to keep her teenage daughter so close to her, and the tiny motel where the pair live and work.
Diane Paragas’ “Yellow Rose” subtly weaves together the truth of Rose’s story in affecting, though never sentimental or maudlin, ways. Rose and Priscilla keep close because they’re undocumented immigrants, eager to keep their heads down and work hard and basically hope that Ice doesn’t come banging on their door in the middle of the night. It’s a concept that might sound played out,...
Diane Paragas’ “Yellow Rose” subtly weaves together the truth of Rose’s story in affecting, though never sentimental or maudlin, ways. Rose and Priscilla keep close because they’re undocumented immigrants, eager to keep their heads down and work hard and basically hope that Ice doesn’t come banging on their door in the middle of the night. It’s a concept that might sound played out,...
- 10/8/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Over three seasons, all ranging from very good to outstanding, the mostly disconnected stories of “Fargo” have been unified by a simple battle: good vs. evil. Typically, one or two characters embody the virtuous side of things — like Molly Solverson (Allison Tolman) in Season 1, her father Lou Solverson (Patrick Wilson) in Season 2, and Gloria Burgle (Carrie Coon) in Season 3 — while another character represents an encroaching, destructive evil. Many more characters are caught somewhere in between: Some are tempted by the darkness, others are too innocent to protect themselves from a painful world, and still more are just in the wrong place at the wrong time, unable to avoid the merciless wood-chipper tearing through America’s heart(land).
But in examining the not-so-United States through a new prism — namely, racism and how our country’s original sin stains every facet of the American dream — Season 4 offers a grim twist on the series’ fundamental premise.
But in examining the not-so-United States through a new prism — namely, racism and how our country’s original sin stains every facet of the American dream — Season 4 offers a grim twist on the series’ fundamental premise.
- 9/14/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
BIFA unveils push to get young audiences back into cinemas.
A UK campaign encouraging audiences to return to cinemas and watch local independent films has launched today.
The marketing push is being spearheaded by BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) and will initially focus on young audiences through an advertising campaign on social media channels.
Following the launch, selected ‘hero’ titles on release in cinemas will be highlighted as well as those longlisted in BIFA’s talent categories, award nominees and winners.
The first film to be supported will be Sarah Gavron’s Rocks, which was initially set to be released...
A UK campaign encouraging audiences to return to cinemas and watch local independent films has launched today.
The marketing push is being spearheaded by BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) and will initially focus on young audiences through an advertising campaign on social media channels.
Following the launch, selected ‘hero’ titles on release in cinemas will be highlighted as well as those longlisted in BIFA’s talent categories, award nominees and winners.
The first film to be supported will be Sarah Gavron’s Rocks, which was initially set to be released...
- 9/14/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
When “Cold War” cinematographer Łukasz Żal teamed with writer-director Charlie Kaufman on “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” one of the earliest conversations they had was how to communicate memory visually.
In Kaufman’s new film, based on the novel by Iain Reid, Jesse Plemons as Jake and Jessie Buckley (“Wild Rose”) as his meta-named Girlfriend go on a long road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm. Girlfriend questions everything. She isn’t sure their new relationship is going anywhere, and just as they set out, she thinks, “I’m thinking of ending things.” Though she doesn’t say it, he seems to be able to hear her. And as they travel through rural Oklahoma (the film shot in upstate New York) on a cold winter’s day, the narrative intertwines their conversation and their individual memories that spring from it.
Żal sat with Kaufman and production designer...
In Kaufman’s new film, based on the novel by Iain Reid, Jesse Plemons as Jake and Jessie Buckley (“Wild Rose”) as his meta-named Girlfriend go on a long road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm. Girlfriend questions everything. She isn’t sure their new relationship is going anywhere, and just as they set out, she thinks, “I’m thinking of ending things.” Though she doesn’t say it, he seems to be able to hear her. And as they travel through rural Oklahoma (the film shot in upstate New York) on a cold winter’s day, the narrative intertwines their conversation and their individual memories that spring from it.
Żal sat with Kaufman and production designer...
- 9/10/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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