London and Singapore-based studio 108 Media is set to acquire a majority stake in U.K. film and TV financing firm Piccadilly Pictures, Variety can reveal.
Through its latest acquisition, 108 Media will also launch Piccadilly Pictures Apac. Serving the Asia Pacific region, the Singapore-headquartered content investment fund will focus on credit-based opportunities across the creative IP infrastructure.
Leading the management and operational charge of both Piccadilly entities will be co-founders and long-time producers and financiers Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse.
Piccadilly Pictures and its associated businesses have raised and arranged approximately £150 million (183 million) in the last decades through financing the entire chain, from production funding, lending against tax credits, cash-flowing contracted pre-sales, and gap financing unsold rights. Notable films in its recent financing slate include the upcoming Helen Mirren-starrer “Golda”; the Geoffrey Rush-led “Storm Boy”; psychedelic horror “Mandy,” with Nicolas Cage; shark creature-feature “Great White”; and “Close,” with Noomi Rapace.
Through its latest acquisition, 108 Media will also launch Piccadilly Pictures Apac. Serving the Asia Pacific region, the Singapore-headquartered content investment fund will focus on credit-based opportunities across the creative IP infrastructure.
Leading the management and operational charge of both Piccadilly entities will be co-founders and long-time producers and financiers Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse.
Piccadilly Pictures and its associated businesses have raised and arranged approximately £150 million (183 million) in the last decades through financing the entire chain, from production funding, lending against tax credits, cash-flowing contracted pre-sales, and gap financing unsold rights. Notable films in its recent financing slate include the upcoming Helen Mirren-starrer “Golda”; the Geoffrey Rush-led “Storm Boy”; psychedelic horror “Mandy,” with Nicolas Cage; shark creature-feature “Great White”; and “Close,” with Noomi Rapace.
- 12/6/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Production is underway in London.
Camille Cottin, best known internationally for the French TV series Call My Agent! has joined the cast of Guy Nattiv’s Golda, starring Helen Mirren as Israel’s first and only female prime minister. UK sales agent Embankment Films has also revealed a first-look image of Mirren and a raft of pre-sales.
The film is now shooting for six weeks in London and on location in Israel.
Golda, written by Florence Foster Jenkins’ Nicholas Martin, follows the events faced by the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Cottin will play Lou Kaddar,...
Camille Cottin, best known internationally for the French TV series Call My Agent! has joined the cast of Guy Nattiv’s Golda, starring Helen Mirren as Israel’s first and only female prime minister. UK sales agent Embankment Films has also revealed a first-look image of Mirren and a raft of pre-sales.
The film is now shooting for six weeks in London and on location in Israel.
Golda, written by Florence Foster Jenkins’ Nicholas Martin, follows the events faced by the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Cottin will play Lou Kaddar,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Lionsgate has acquired the crime thriller Silk Road, starring Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, Jimmi Simpson, Katie Aselton, Lexi Rabe, Daniel Stewart, Darrell Britt-Gibson and Paul Walter Hauser. Tiller Russell wrote and directed the pic and the plan is for a domestic release in theaters, on digital and video on demand on February 19, 2021.
Following its theatrical, digital, and VOD debut, the film will be available to purchase on Blu-ray and DVD on February 23.
Based on larger-than-life true events, Silk Road focuses on the young, affluent and highly motivated entrepreneur Ross Ulbricht (Robinson), whose ambitious goal is to launch the Internet’s first completely anonymous and unregulated marketplace. With Ulbricht’s passion for the possibilities his invention offers the world, his site – the Silk Road – becomes the world’s fastest-growing drug market, catching the focus of disgraced DEA agent Rick Bowden (Clarke). A dinosaur with a habit for substance abuse and blowing cases,...
Following its theatrical, digital, and VOD debut, the film will be available to purchase on Blu-ray and DVD on February 23.
Based on larger-than-life true events, Silk Road focuses on the young, affluent and highly motivated entrepreneur Ross Ulbricht (Robinson), whose ambitious goal is to launch the Internet’s first completely anonymous and unregulated marketplace. With Ulbricht’s passion for the possibilities his invention offers the world, his site – the Silk Road – becomes the world’s fastest-growing drug market, catching the focus of disgraced DEA agent Rick Bowden (Clarke). A dinosaur with a habit for substance abuse and blowing cases,...
- 12/7/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
British distributor Vertigo Releasing has acquired David Bowie origin film “Stardust,” starring Johnny Flynn, who recently won the best actor award at London’s Raindance Film Festival for his performance as Bowie.
Vertigo will release the film before the end of the year, on the back of the U.S. release by IFC Films on Nov. 25. Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions and business development at Vertigo, lauded the “compelling performance from the very talented Johnny Flynn.”
As well as the strength of Flynn’s performance, the distributor will build on Bowie’s enduring popularity in the U.K., and positive local reviews, such as a four-star write-up in The Times newspaper, which called “Stardust” “a remarkably confident, smart and resilient film with the sense of soul that its fascinating subject deserves.”
The film is a “cusp-of-fame-of-a-rock-star biopic,” in the words of Variety‘s reviewer, which dramatizes Bowie’s road trip...
Vertigo will release the film before the end of the year, on the back of the U.S. release by IFC Films on Nov. 25. Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions and business development at Vertigo, lauded the “compelling performance from the very talented Johnny Flynn.”
As well as the strength of Flynn’s performance, the distributor will build on Bowie’s enduring popularity in the U.K., and positive local reviews, such as a four-star write-up in The Times newspaper, which called “Stardust” “a remarkably confident, smart and resilient film with the sense of soul that its fascinating subject deserves.”
The film is a “cusp-of-fame-of-a-rock-star biopic,” in the words of Variety‘s reviewer, which dramatizes Bowie’s road trip...
- 11/9/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
David Bowie origin story “Stardust,” starring Johnny Flynn as the musician, has secured distribution in Italy with a deal inked with I Wonder Pictures ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Rome Film Festival this month.
Flynn and director Gabriel Range will be in Rome for the red carpet event on Oct. 16 to promote the film, which had a digital premiere as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in April.
I Wonder will release the film in Italian cinemas on the back of the U.S. release ahead of Christmas. U.S. distributor IFC will release the film on Nov. 25, followed by distributors across the rest of the world in the coming months, including Canada, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Middle East, Russia, Portugal, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Latin America.
Andrea Romeo, I Wonder CEO, said: “Gabriel Range has made an incredibly ambitious and elegant film, revealing...
Flynn and director Gabriel Range will be in Rome for the red carpet event on Oct. 16 to promote the film, which had a digital premiere as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in April.
I Wonder will release the film in Italian cinemas on the back of the U.S. release ahead of Christmas. U.S. distributor IFC will release the film on Nov. 25, followed by distributors across the rest of the world in the coming months, including Canada, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Middle East, Russia, Portugal, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Latin America.
Andrea Romeo, I Wonder CEO, said: “Gabriel Range has made an incredibly ambitious and elegant film, revealing...
- 10/7/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Networks-owned Rlje Films has swooped for U.S. rights to “Shoplifters of the World.”
Inspired by true events, “Shoplifters of the World” is set over the course of one night in the life of four friends who are reeling from the sudden dissolution of British band The Smiths. The same evening, a local radio station is also hijacked by an armed, impassioned Smiths fan, resulting in a madcap evening that sends up the spirit of the 1980s.
Starring Joe Manganiello (“Magic Mike”) as the radio DJ and Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”) as the hijacker, the film also stars Helena Howard (“Madeline’s Madeline”) and Elena Kampouris (“Before I Fall”). “Shoplifters of the World” is written and directed by Stephen Kijak (“We Are X”) and also features 20 tracks from The Smiths.
The U.K.’s WestEnd Films, which is handling international rights, has also sold the film into Japan (Parco), China...
Inspired by true events, “Shoplifters of the World” is set over the course of one night in the life of four friends who are reeling from the sudden dissolution of British band The Smiths. The same evening, a local radio station is also hijacked by an armed, impassioned Smiths fan, resulting in a madcap evening that sends up the spirit of the 1980s.
Starring Joe Manganiello (“Magic Mike”) as the radio DJ and Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”) as the hijacker, the film also stars Helena Howard (“Madeline’s Madeline”) and Elena Kampouris (“Before I Fall”). “Shoplifters of the World” is written and directed by Stephen Kijak (“We Are X”) and also features 20 tracks from The Smiths.
The U.K.’s WestEnd Films, which is handling international rights, has also sold the film into Japan (Parco), China...
- 9/14/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
IFC Films has scooped U.S. rights to David Bowie glam-rock origin film “Stardust,” starring actor and musician Johnny Flynn (“Emma”) as the music icon.
Directed by Gabriel Range and co-written with Christopher Bell, “Stardust” is set in 1971, when a 24-year-old Bowie embarks on his first trip to America, only to be met with a world not yet ready for him. The film reveals the inspirations and life events that gave birth to Bowie’s alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, charting the transformation of one of the world’s greatest cultural icons.
Flynn stars in the film opposite Marc Maron (“Glow”) and Jena Malone (“Antebellum”) as Bowie’s wife Angie.
“Stardust” was an official selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and will world premiere at Rome Film Festival in October.
IFC Films plans to release the film during this year’s last quarter. “‘Stardust’ isn’t the traditional film we are...
Directed by Gabriel Range and co-written with Christopher Bell, “Stardust” is set in 1971, when a 24-year-old Bowie embarks on his first trip to America, only to be met with a world not yet ready for him. The film reveals the inspirations and life events that gave birth to Bowie’s alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, charting the transformation of one of the world’s greatest cultural icons.
Flynn stars in the film opposite Marc Maron (“Glow”) and Jena Malone (“Antebellum”) as Bowie’s wife Angie.
“Stardust” was an official selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and will world premiere at Rome Film Festival in October.
IFC Films plans to release the film during this year’s last quarter. “‘Stardust’ isn’t the traditional film we are...
- 8/19/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
IFC Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “Stardust,” the unauthorized biopic about the life of David Bowie starring Johnny Flynn as the legendary music icon.
“Stardust” made its debut to press earlier this year as an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, but IFC will now release the movie in Q4 of this year. It will also make its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival in October.
The film follows a 24-year-old Bowie on his first trip to America in 1971 to meet with Mercury Records publicist Ron Oberman, only to be met with a world not yet ready for his genre-bending music and style.
Also Read: 'Stardust' Film Review: Does This Story of the Young David Bowie Ring True?
Except “Stardust” isn’t even really a biopic, as it was made without the blessing of Bowie’s estate and does not contain any of Bowie’s actual music.
“Stardust” made its debut to press earlier this year as an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, but IFC will now release the movie in Q4 of this year. It will also make its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival in October.
The film follows a 24-year-old Bowie on his first trip to America in 1971 to meet with Mercury Records publicist Ron Oberman, only to be met with a world not yet ready for his genre-bending music and style.
Also Read: 'Stardust' Film Review: Does This Story of the Young David Bowie Ring True?
Except “Stardust” isn’t even really a biopic, as it was made without the blessing of Bowie’s estate and does not contain any of Bowie’s actual music.
- 8/19/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to David Bowie road-trip film Stardust, starring Johnny Flynn (Emma) as the music icon alongside Marc
Maron (Glow) and Jena Malone (Antebellum) as Bowie’s wife Angie.
The film chronicles the young David Bowie’s first visit to the U.S. in 1971 – a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival entry will have its physical world premiere at the Rome Film Festival in October 2020. IFC Films plans to release the film in Q4, 2020.
The deal for the film was negotiated by IFC Films’ EVP of Acquisitions and Productions Arianna Bocco with Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation on behalf of the filmmakers.
The film is directed by Gabriel Range and co-written with Christopher Bell. Producing is Paul Van Carter (McQueen) and Nick Taussig (McQueen) of Salon Pictures alongside Matt Code (Random Acts Of Violence), with executive producers Fabien Westerhoff,...
Maron (Glow) and Jena Malone (Antebellum) as Bowie’s wife Angie.
The film chronicles the young David Bowie’s first visit to the U.S. in 1971 – a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival entry will have its physical world premiere at the Rome Film Festival in October 2020. IFC Films plans to release the film in Q4, 2020.
The deal for the film was negotiated by IFC Films’ EVP of Acquisitions and Productions Arianna Bocco with Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation on behalf of the filmmakers.
The film is directed by Gabriel Range and co-written with Christopher Bell. Producing is Paul Van Carter (McQueen) and Nick Taussig (McQueen) of Salon Pictures alongside Matt Code (Random Acts Of Violence), with executive producers Fabien Westerhoff,...
- 8/19/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Gabriel Range directed from screenplay he co-wrote with Christopher Bell.
IFC Films has picked up US rights from Film Constellation to the David Bowie drama Stardust with Johnny Flynn in the lead as the British music icon.
Flynn stars as a 24-year-old Bowie who is embarking on a tour of the US that will unleash his alter ego Ziggy Stardust on the world. Marc Maron and Jena Malone round out the key cast.
Gabriel Range directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Christopher Bell.
Paul Van Carter, Nick Taussig and Matt Code produced, and the executive producers are Film Constellation CEO Fabien Westerhoff,...
IFC Films has picked up US rights from Film Constellation to the David Bowie drama Stardust with Johnny Flynn in the lead as the British music icon.
Flynn stars as a 24-year-old Bowie who is embarking on a tour of the US that will unleash his alter ego Ziggy Stardust on the world. Marc Maron and Jena Malone round out the key cast.
Gabriel Range directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Christopher Bell.
Paul Van Carter, Nick Taussig and Matt Code produced, and the executive producers are Film Constellation CEO Fabien Westerhoff,...
- 8/19/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Variety has been given exclusive access to the first clip from David Bowie origin story “Stardust,” which receives its online premiere for distribution executives and select press on Wednesday.
The film, written and directed by Gabriel Range, was slated to premiere at the Tribeca Festival Festival this week, but due to its postponement the filmmakers decided to move forward with launching the film through a private online portal.
On Wednesday, Film Constellation, which is handling international sales, will launch a micro-site for the film. At 4 P.M. Et the company will host a live virtual introduction via Zoom with Range, and cast members Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron and Jena Malone. After the introduction, the invitees will be able to screen the film. The company successfully launched a similar initiative in late March for “Relic,” the Emily Mortimer-starring horror movie that was impacted by the cancellation of the SXSW Film Festival.
The film, written and directed by Gabriel Range, was slated to premiere at the Tribeca Festival Festival this week, but due to its postponement the filmmakers decided to move forward with launching the film through a private online portal.
On Wednesday, Film Constellation, which is handling international sales, will launch a micro-site for the film. At 4 P.M. Et the company will host a live virtual introduction via Zoom with Range, and cast members Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron and Jena Malone. After the introduction, the invitees will be able to screen the film. The company successfully launched a similar initiative in late March for “Relic,” the Emily Mortimer-starring horror movie that was impacted by the cancellation of the SXSW Film Festival.
- 4/15/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Fabien Westerhoff in talks with distributors and programers over potential public audience festival premieres.
David Bowie drama Stardust is to get a digital release after plans for a world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival this month were scuppered when the coronavirus pandemic forced the New York event to postpone.
London-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has announced the film will launch on its bespoke platform dedicated to distributors and select press, which has already hosted a screening for industry of Sundance horror film Relic.
Film Constellation CEO Fabien Westerhoff is in talks with distributors and programers over potential...
David Bowie drama Stardust is to get a digital release after plans for a world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival this month were scuppered when the coronavirus pandemic forced the New York event to postpone.
London-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has announced the film will launch on its bespoke platform dedicated to distributors and select press, which has already hosted a screening for industry of Sundance horror film Relic.
Film Constellation CEO Fabien Westerhoff is in talks with distributors and programers over potential...
- 4/9/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: David Bowie biopic Stardust, which was due to debut at Tribeca next week, is instead to get a live ‘online red carpet’ and screening for buyers and press.
London-based sales firm Film Constellation is making up for Tribeca’s postponement due to coronavirus with a digital launch through a bespoke online platform (stardustscreening.biz). The invite-only screening next Wednesday will include a live video introduction with writer-director Gabriel Range and stars Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron and Jena Malone.
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Flynn (Emma) stars as a 24-year-old Bowie as he embarks on his first trip to America, only to be met with a world not yet ready for him. The film reveals the inspirations and life events that gave birth to Bowie’s iconic alter ego,...
London-based sales firm Film Constellation is making up for Tribeca’s postponement due to coronavirus with a digital launch through a bespoke online platform (stardustscreening.biz). The invite-only screening next Wednesday will include a live video introduction with writer-director Gabriel Range and stars Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron and Jena Malone.
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Flynn (Emma) stars as a 24-year-old Bowie as he embarks on his first trip to America, only to be met with a world not yet ready for him. The film reveals the inspirations and life events that gave birth to Bowie’s iconic alter ego,...
- 4/9/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paul Walter Hauser, Katie Aselton (Legion) and Lexi Rabe (Avengers: Endgame) have joined Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, Alexandra Shipp and Cole Sprouse in true crime feature Silk Road.
Tiller Russell (Operation Odessa) has written and is directing the project about criminal mastermind Ross Ulbricht (Robinson) who unleashed the Darknet and the ‘Jurassic Narc’ (Clarke) bent on bringing down the young kingpin’s billion-dollar empire.
The film, which is shooting this month, is based on the Rolling Stone article Dead End On Silk Road by David Kushner. Producing are Duncan Montgomery and Jack Selby via the High Frequency Entertainment banner, Alex Orlovsky and Elika Portnoy for Mutressa Movies, and David Hyman and Stephen Gans on behalf of Perfect Season Productions. Dawn Bierschwal, Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse from Piccadilly Pictures are executive producers.
Darrell Britt-Gibson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri) and Jimmi Simpson (Date Night) are also among cast on the feature.
Tiller Russell (Operation Odessa) has written and is directing the project about criminal mastermind Ross Ulbricht (Robinson) who unleashed the Darknet and the ‘Jurassic Narc’ (Clarke) bent on bringing down the young kingpin’s billion-dollar empire.
The film, which is shooting this month, is based on the Rolling Stone article Dead End On Silk Road by David Kushner. Producing are Duncan Montgomery and Jack Selby via the High Frequency Entertainment banner, Alex Orlovsky and Elika Portnoy for Mutressa Movies, and David Hyman and Stephen Gans on behalf of Perfect Season Productions. Dawn Bierschwal, Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse from Piccadilly Pictures are executive producers.
Darrell Britt-Gibson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri) and Jimmi Simpson (Date Night) are also among cast on the feature.
- 6/11/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
London-based sales agent WestEnd Films has released the first-look image for The Smiths-infused comedy-drama “Shoplifters of the World,” which Variety is publishing exclusively. WestEnd is screening footage to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market.
Based on an urban legend, the film is set over the course of one night in the lives of four friends in Denver, who are reeling from the news of the split up of iconic British band The Smiths. The local radio station is hijacked by an impassioned Smiths fan with a gun, who makes the DJ play nothing but Smiths tracks for the entire night.
The still shows Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”), who plays the hijacker. Joe Manganiello plays the DJ. The cast also includes Helena Howard, Elena Kampouris, Nick Krause, and James Bloor. The film, written and directed by Stephen Kijak (“Scott Walker – 30 Century Man”), will feature 20 tracks by The Smiths.
The movie...
Based on an urban legend, the film is set over the course of one night in the lives of four friends in Denver, who are reeling from the news of the split up of iconic British band The Smiths. The local radio station is hijacked by an impassioned Smiths fan with a gun, who makes the DJ play nothing but Smiths tracks for the entire night.
The still shows Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”), who plays the hijacker. Joe Manganiello plays the DJ. The cast also includes Helena Howard, Elena Kampouris, Nick Krause, and James Bloor. The film, written and directed by Stephen Kijak (“Scott Walker – 30 Century Man”), will feature 20 tracks by The Smiths.
The movie...
- 2/9/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Biopic “Vita & Virginia” has been set as the opening night film for this year’s edition of the BFI Flare Festival, Britain’s largest and longest running Lgbtq+ film festival. Chanya Button’s film, which stars Elizabeth Debicki as iconic author Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton as her lover and muse Vita Sackville-West, will see its U.K. premiere at the head of the festival’s 33rd edition on March 21.
“I’m beyond thrilled that ‘Vita & Virginia’ will be opening BFI Flare,” said Button. “I’m so grateful that this film that celebrates love and creativity in all its forms will have a platform at such a vivid and forward thinking festival.”
Based on a stage play by Eileen Atkins and adapted by Button, the film tells the true story of the long-running and passionate relationship between Woolf and Sackville-West and the birth of Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” which their encounters inspired.
“I’m beyond thrilled that ‘Vita & Virginia’ will be opening BFI Flare,” said Button. “I’m so grateful that this film that celebrates love and creativity in all its forms will have a platform at such a vivid and forward thinking festival.”
Based on a stage play by Eileen Atkins and adapted by Button, the film tells the true story of the long-running and passionate relationship between Woolf and Sackville-West and the birth of Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” which their encounters inspired.
- 2/8/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Paul Hogan, star of the hit Crocodile Dundee franchise, is heading back to the big screen in feature comedy The Very Excellent Mr Dundee!
The film isn’t a sequel to Paramount’s iconic 1980s franchise but instead sees Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. ‘Don’t do anything to mess this up’, his manager tells him, according to the plot line. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation destroyed.
The film will be directed by Dean Murphy (Charlie & Boots) who is producing alongside Nigel Odell. Executive Producers are Kathy Morgan from La based Kmi who is handling international sales, Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse from London’s Piccadilly Pictures, Sherman Ng from Singapore’s Salt Media and Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten from Transmission Films. Fulcrum Media Finance and several equity partners complete the financing.
The film isn’t a sequel to Paramount’s iconic 1980s franchise but instead sees Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. ‘Don’t do anything to mess this up’, his manager tells him, according to the plot line. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation destroyed.
The film will be directed by Dean Murphy (Charlie & Boots) who is producing alongside Nigel Odell. Executive Producers are Kathy Morgan from La based Kmi who is handling international sales, Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse from London’s Piccadilly Pictures, Sherman Ng from Singapore’s Salt Media and Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten from Transmission Films. Fulcrum Media Finance and several equity partners complete the financing.
- 6/12/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Iconic Australian actor, Paul Hogan is to star in upcoming feature film “The Very Excellent Mr Dundee.” Production starts next month in Australia, Los Angeles and Vancouver.
Hogan recently thrilled and infuriated fans of the “Crocodile Dundee” film series in which he starred in the 1980s, by appearing in a short film that appeared to be a trailer for a new film in the franchise. But the clip turned out to be a advertisement for Tourism Australia.
“The Very Excellent Mr Dundee” sees Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. “Don’t do anything to mess this up,” his manager tells him. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation destroyed.
It is to be directed by Dean Murphy who is producing alongside Nigel Odel. International sales are to be handled by Los Angeles-based Kmi.
Hogan recently thrilled and infuriated fans of the “Crocodile Dundee” film series in which he starred in the 1980s, by appearing in a short film that appeared to be a trailer for a new film in the franchise. But the clip turned out to be a advertisement for Tourism Australia.
“The Very Excellent Mr Dundee” sees Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. “Don’t do anything to mess this up,” his manager tells him. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation destroyed.
It is to be directed by Dean Murphy who is producing alongside Nigel Odel. International sales are to be handled by Los Angeles-based Kmi.
- 6/12/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Metro International Entertainment handles international sales.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Colin McIvor’s family adventure Zoo.
Art Parkinson, Penelope Wilton, and Toby Jones star in the story of friends during the Second World War who fight to save a baby elephant during the Belfast Blitz bombings in 1941.
Katy Jackson and John Leslie of Wee Buns produced alongside Dominic Wright, and Jacqueline Kerrin at Ripple World Productions. Metro International Entertainment handles international sales.
Piccadilly Pictures’ Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse served as executive producers alongside Lisa Lambert and Kevin Jackson.
“This is a film the whole family can enjoy together,...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Colin McIvor’s family adventure Zoo.
Art Parkinson, Penelope Wilton, and Toby Jones star in the story of friends during the Second World War who fight to save a baby elephant during the Belfast Blitz bombings in 1941.
Katy Jackson and John Leslie of Wee Buns produced alongside Dominic Wright, and Jacqueline Kerrin at Ripple World Productions. Metro International Entertainment handles international sales.
Piccadilly Pictures’ Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse served as executive producers alongside Lisa Lambert and Kevin Jackson.
“This is a film the whole family can enjoy together,...
- 3/26/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
Author: Zehra Phelan
Even though Nicholas Cage has made some really dubious choices in projects to appear in, he has also made a fair few cracking ones too. Confirmation has just come through that Cage will be starring in Mandy, an action thriller from Beyond the Black Rainbow helmer, Panos Cosmatos.
The new project, which is due to start filming this summer in Belgium is set in the primal wilderness of 1983, where Red Miller, a broken and haunted man hunts an unhinged religious sect who slaughtered the love of his life and is being described as “Heavy Metal Story of Demon Bikers”
“Panos is one of the most vital young filmmakers alive, a pop-culture Kubrick in the making,” said Noah, SpectreVision’s Head of Development. “Nicolas Cage is a veritable god to those of us who grew up watching his classic performances. Bringing these two together for this surrealist, heavy-metal-soaked...
Even though Nicholas Cage has made some really dubious choices in projects to appear in, he has also made a fair few cracking ones too. Confirmation has just come through that Cage will be starring in Mandy, an action thriller from Beyond the Black Rainbow helmer, Panos Cosmatos.
The new project, which is due to start filming this summer in Belgium is set in the primal wilderness of 1983, where Red Miller, a broken and haunted man hunts an unhinged religious sect who slaughtered the love of his life and is being described as “Heavy Metal Story of Demon Bikers”
“Panos is one of the most vital young filmmakers alive, a pop-culture Kubrick in the making,” said Noah, SpectreVision’s Head of Development. “Nicolas Cage is a veritable god to those of us who grew up watching his classic performances. Bringing these two together for this surrealist, heavy-metal-soaked...
- 6/8/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Nicolas Cage is set to star in action thriller Mandy, directed by Beyond the Black Rainbow helmer Panos Cosmatos. Project is produced by SpectreVision's Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller and Elijah Wood, Xyz Films' Nate Bolotin and Umedia's Adrian Politowski and is exec produced by Nick Spicer, Lisa Whalen, Todd Brown, Martin Metz, Peter Bevan, Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse with Umedia and Piccadilly Pictures financing. Film is currently in pre-production…...
- 6/7/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Piccadilly Pictures backs BBC Films, Charles Dance projects.
Piccadilly Pictures, the UK financier that backed We Need to Talk About Kevin and Coriolanus, has unveiled a new development fund to sit alongside its $25m finance fund – and have already backed projects from BBC Films and Charles Dance.
Piccadilly’s Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse currently have a handful of projects benefitting from their Seis-qualifying development fund and are looking to add more.
The first projects include a feature version of Alice Thomas Ellis’s novel The Inn at the Edge of the World, which is being co-executive produced by Charles Dance and is aiming for a late 2014 shoot; and BBC Films co-development Gypsy Boy, which is being produced by Dee Koppang.
“Some of the projects we’re seeing are too good for us to say we don’t produce anymore so we’ve made the decision to get involved in development again,” former Alliance...
Piccadilly Pictures, the UK financier that backed We Need to Talk About Kevin and Coriolanus, has unveiled a new development fund to sit alongside its $25m finance fund – and have already backed projects from BBC Films and Charles Dance.
Piccadilly’s Christopher Figg and Robert Whitehouse currently have a handful of projects benefitting from their Seis-qualifying development fund and are looking to add more.
The first projects include a feature version of Alice Thomas Ellis’s novel The Inn at the Edge of the World, which is being co-executive produced by Charles Dance and is aiming for a late 2014 shoot; and BBC Films co-development Gypsy Boy, which is being produced by Dee Koppang.
“Some of the projects we’re seeing are too good for us to say we don’t produce anymore so we’ve made the decision to get involved in development again,” former Alliance...
- 5/18/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
See the trailer for Coriolanus, directed and starring Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave Written by John Logan based on the play by William Shakespeare, the drama is produced by star Ralph Fiennes as well as John Logan, Gabrielle Tana, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Colin Vaines, Marko Miskovic, Will Young, Robert Whitehouse, Christopher Figg, Norman Merry, Christine Langan, Anthony Buckner and Kevan Van Thompson. Weinstein Co sends the film to theaters on December 2nd with a talented cast including Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and James Nesbitt on board as well.
- 10/7/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the trailer for Coriolanus, directed and starring Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave Written by John Logan based on the play by William Shakespeare, the drama is produced by star Ralph Fiennes as well as John Logan, Gabrielle Tana, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Colin Vaines, Marko Miskovic, Will Young, Robert Whitehouse, Christopher Figg, Norman Merry, Christine Langan, Anthony Buckner and Kevan Van Thompson. Weinstein Co sends the film to theaters on December 2nd with a talented cast including Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and James Nesbitt on board as well.
- 10/7/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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