Exclusive: Deadline has learned that 8x Oscar nominated actress Glenn Close and Anders Danielsen Lie have signed on to star in a feature film take of Tove Jansson’s novel The Summer Book which Charlie McDowell will direct and produce with his Case Study Films, a production company he co-founded with Alex Orlovsky and wife Lily Collins.
Recently celebrating the 50th anniversary of its original print publication, The Summer Book tells the life affirming story of a young girl and her grandmother as they spend a summer on a tiny, unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The novel distills the essence of the summer into 21 vignettes and has been translated into 35 languages since its first publication in 1972.
Robert Jones adapted the book for screen. Pic is co-financed by High Frequency Entertainment and Hurst Capital. Production starts this summer in Finland.
Anders Danielsen Lie, courtesy Case Study Films
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Recently celebrating the 50th anniversary of its original print publication, The Summer Book tells the life affirming story of a young girl and her grandmother as they spend a summer on a tiny, unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The novel distills the essence of the summer into 21 vignettes and has been translated into 35 languages since its first publication in 1972.
Robert Jones adapted the book for screen. Pic is co-financed by High Frequency Entertainment and Hurst Capital. Production starts this summer in Finland.
Anders Danielsen Lie, courtesy Case Study Films
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- 3/2/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
No genre is as prolific as horror, so it’s understandable that movies fall through the cracks all the time. That is where this new recurring column, Deep Cuts, comes in. While some movies remain popular and talked about, regardless of age, countless others have faded into the background or obscurity.
Each themed installment of this series will spotlight several overlooked, unappreciated or generally unknown movies from the past — some from way back when, and others from not so long ago — that could use some more attention.
The first edition of this column will look at horror movies featuring wintry settings. It may not feel or look like winter wherever you are right now, but somewhere it’s cold. And with a frosty backdrop, the five winter horror movies here feel more bleak than usual.
A Cold Night’s Death (1973)
Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Robert Jones and Frank Enrari (Robert Culp...
Each themed installment of this series will spotlight several overlooked, unappreciated or generally unknown movies from the past — some from way back when, and others from not so long ago — that could use some more attention.
The first edition of this column will look at horror movies featuring wintry settings. It may not feel or look like winter wherever you are right now, but somewhere it’s cold. And with a frosty backdrop, the five winter horror movies here feel more bleak than usual.
A Cold Night’s Death (1973)
Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Robert Jones and Frank Enrari (Robert Culp...
- 2/2/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: We have learned that filmmaker Sally El Hosaini has signed with CAA.
El Hosaini recently directed the upcoming Netflix movie The Swimmers, from a screenplay that she co-wrote with Jack Thorne.
The movie is produced by Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Ali Jaafar, and Tim Cole. Stephen Daldry serves as EP.
Swimmers follows the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Her directorial debut feature, My Brother the Devil, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Festival and has since played at 40 festivals around the globe. The film won Best European Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Best Newcomer Award at the BFI London Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Debut at the British Independent Film Awards.
El Hosaini also directed the final three episodes of Babylon, a British...
El Hosaini recently directed the upcoming Netflix movie The Swimmers, from a screenplay that she co-wrote with Jack Thorne.
The movie is produced by Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Ali Jaafar, and Tim Cole. Stephen Daldry serves as EP.
Swimmers follows the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Her directorial debut feature, My Brother the Devil, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Festival and has since played at 40 festivals around the globe. The film won Best European Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Best Newcomer Award at the BFI London Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Debut at the British Independent Film Awards.
El Hosaini also directed the final three episodes of Babylon, a British...
- 7/26/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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