Days Of The Bagnold Summer, the feature directorial debut from The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird, has signed several key cast ahead of an autumn shoot.
Monica Dolan (Pride), Rob Brydon (The Trip) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers) have joined the project, an adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name.
Tamsin Greig (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Earl Cave (The End Of The F***ing World) and Elliot Speller-Gillot (Uncle) are also amongst the cast.
Altitude has boarded the project for international sales and UK and Ireland distribution.
Monica Dolan (Pride), Rob Brydon (The Trip) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers) have joined the project, an adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name.
Tamsin Greig (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Earl Cave (The End Of The F***ing World) and Elliot Speller-Gillot (Uncle) are also amongst the cast.
Altitude has boarded the project for international sales and UK and Ireland distribution.
- 6/26/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Altitude boards international sales and UK and Ireland distribution.
Days Of The Bagnold Summer, the feature directorial debut from The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird, has signed several key cast ahead of an autumn shoot.
Monica Dolan (Pride), Rob Brydon (The Trip) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers) have joined the project, an adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name.
Tamsin Greig (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Earl Cave (The End Of The F***ing World) and Elliot Speller-Gillot (Uncle) are also amongst the cast.
Altitude has boarded the project for international sales and UK and Ireland distribution.
Days Of The Bagnold Summer, the feature directorial debut from The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird, has signed several key cast ahead of an autumn shoot.
Monica Dolan (Pride), Rob Brydon (The Trip) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers) have joined the project, an adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name.
Tamsin Greig (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Earl Cave (The End Of The F***ing World) and Elliot Speller-Gillot (Uncle) are also amongst the cast.
Altitude has boarded the project for international sales and UK and Ireland distribution.
- 6/26/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This time it's for real. Vertical Entertainment has released an official trailer for a sci-fi action film called The Call Up, from writer/director Charles Barker about a virtual reality video game that turns out to be more than just a simple, harmless video game. The story follows a group of gamers invited to participate in a brand new shoot-'em-up virtual reality experience, but they soon discover it may not be a "game" after all. This sounds like it's borrowing the Ender's Game concept and combining it with the virtual reality craze. The cast includes Max Deacon, Morfydd Clark, Ali Cook and Christopher Obi. It actually looks like it has some solid action, but I'm not sure if the rest will be any good. The suits look a bit cheesy. Take a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Charles Barker's The Call Up, in high def from Apple:...
- 5/28/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
From the producers of 'The Machine' comes new Vr-related thriller 'The Call Up', from director Charles Barker. It lands in UK cinemas from 20th May and on DVD and Digital from the 23rd May and we a copy up for grabs. Our lucky Horror Asylum winner will pick up a copy of 'The Call Up' on DVD as well as a special 'Call Up' branded Virtual Reality Google Cardboard.. Contest Ends on Monday, June 06, 2016...
- 5/24/2016
- Horror Asylum
This lowish-budget British film about gamers playing a Vr shoot ’em up gone wrong is a modest update on all those killer-website movies in the noughties
With the Imax-scaled Warcraft inbound, this lowish-budget Brit attempt to replicate gaming’s immersive properties – stalking nerds around an, of course, mysterious corporation’s wipe-clean HQ while they beta test a Vr shoot ’em up – risks looking a bit Amstrad. Yet it’s been capably produced: writer-director Charles Barker may cleave to a dusty old slasher-pic template but he hustles everybody briskly between levels, sending his industrious design team ahead of him to redress a presumably limited number of sets. If it’s far from bleeding edge – within days, it’ll look as dated as Tron and The Lawnmower Man do today – it’s a modest upgrade on all those killer-website movies that popped up a decade ago, keeping us at least semi-interested as to who stands and falls.
With the Imax-scaled Warcraft inbound, this lowish-budget Brit attempt to replicate gaming’s immersive properties – stalking nerds around an, of course, mysterious corporation’s wipe-clean HQ while they beta test a Vr shoot ’em up – risks looking a bit Amstrad. Yet it’s been capably produced: writer-director Charles Barker may cleave to a dusty old slasher-pic template but he hustles everybody briskly between levels, sending his industrious design team ahead of him to redress a presumably limited number of sets. If it’s far from bleeding edge – within days, it’ll look as dated as Tron and The Lawnmower Man do today – it’s a modest upgrade on all those killer-website movies that popped up a decade ago, keeping us at least semi-interested as to who stands and falls.
- 5/19/2016
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Stigma Films, Red & Black Films, Creative England, The Regional Growth Fund, Marzipan Productions, Pont Neuf Productions and Altitude Film Sales have announced principal photography will commence on the 10th November 2014 in Birmingham on action sci-fi The Call Up, set in the cutting edge future-now world of computer gaming technology. The movie is the debut featurefrom director Charles Barker – whose script for the film topped the Brit List (British Black List) in 2011 as the best unproduced screenplay of that year. His previous credits include award-winning campaigns for international brands such as Vodafone, Nokia and Wella as well as FX short, (Indecision), which was accepted into more than 60 film festivals all over the world.
When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist.
Arriving at the test site, the group step...
When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist.
Arriving at the test site, the group step...
- 10/28/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Multiple deals for Spooks film, Big Game, 47 Metres Down, more.
UK sales outfit Altitude Film Sales has confirmed a slew of sales on their growing slate.
Pre-sales on Spooks: The Greater Good, Shine Pictures’ action-thriller based on the hit TV series, have been inked with Constantin (German-speaking Europe), Swen (Latin America), Gulf Film (Middle East), Cinesky (airlines) and Cinemania (former Yugoslavia).
47 Metres Down, Johannes Roberts underwater thriller which is scheduled to shoot in Q2 2014 and has Screen Star of Tomorrow Vanessa Kirby attached, has been picked up by Entertainment One (UK), Square One (Germany), Wild Side (France), Vendetta (Australia/Nz), All Media (Cis), Dutch Filmworks (Benelux), Gulf Film (Middle East), Pictureworks (India), Suraya (Malaysia), Shaw (Singapore), Cmc (Taiwan), Impuls (Switzerland) and Cinemania (former Yugoslavia).
Launched at Cannes last year, the thriller from Tower Block and Cockneys vs Zombies producers James Harris and Mark Lane, has clocked up an impressive string of pre-sales and continues to generate interest...
UK sales outfit Altitude Film Sales has confirmed a slew of sales on their growing slate.
Pre-sales on Spooks: The Greater Good, Shine Pictures’ action-thriller based on the hit TV series, have been inked with Constantin (German-speaking Europe), Swen (Latin America), Gulf Film (Middle East), Cinesky (airlines) and Cinemania (former Yugoslavia).
47 Metres Down, Johannes Roberts underwater thriller which is scheduled to shoot in Q2 2014 and has Screen Star of Tomorrow Vanessa Kirby attached, has been picked up by Entertainment One (UK), Square One (Germany), Wild Side (France), Vendetta (Australia/Nz), All Media (Cis), Dutch Filmworks (Benelux), Gulf Film (Middle East), Pictureworks (India), Suraya (Malaysia), Shaw (Singapore), Cmc (Taiwan), Impuls (Switzerland) and Cinemania (former Yugoslavia).
Launched at Cannes last year, the thriller from Tower Block and Cockneys vs Zombies producers James Harris and Mark Lane, has clocked up an impressive string of pre-sales and continues to generate interest...
- 12/16/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Afm slate also includes Brit-List sci-fi The Call-Up, horror The Last Word and a documentary about alt-rock band Pulp.
Altitude Film Sales is to bring five market debuts to the American Film Market (Afm) next week, including spy-thriller Spooks: The Greater Good - a feature version of the BAFTA-winning BBC TV series that ran for 10 series from 2002 to 2011.
Bharat Nalluri, who was the originating director of the TV series (known as Mi-5 in the Us), will take the reins of the feature that will shoot in the first quarter of 2014.
The film opens when terrorist Adam Qasim escapes from MI5 custody during a routine handover and head of counterterrorism, Harry Pearce, is blamed.
When the disgraced Pearce disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames, his protégé Will Crombie is called in to help uncover what happened. With a devastating attack on London imminent, Will finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that stretches...
Altitude Film Sales is to bring five market debuts to the American Film Market (Afm) next week, including spy-thriller Spooks: The Greater Good - a feature version of the BAFTA-winning BBC TV series that ran for 10 series from 2002 to 2011.
Bharat Nalluri, who was the originating director of the TV series (known as Mi-5 in the Us), will take the reins of the feature that will shoot in the first quarter of 2014.
The film opens when terrorist Adam Qasim escapes from MI5 custody during a routine handover and head of counterterrorism, Harry Pearce, is blamed.
When the disgraced Pearce disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames, his protégé Will Crombie is called in to help uncover what happened. With a devastating attack on London imminent, Will finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that stretches...
- 11/1/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Patrick Swayze was a charming cinematic rogue who starred as Sam Wheat in the romantic fantasy Ghost (1990). He portrayed the murdered lover of Demi Moore, who was able to communicate with his wife through a psychic, played by Whoopi Goldberg in an Oscar-winning performance.
Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, on April 18, 1952. His mother was choreographer Patsy Swayze, and Patrick trained as a dancer in the early 1970s. He made his film debut in the roller-disco flick Skatetown, U.S.A. in 1979.
Swayze earned honorary membership in `the Brat Pack’ with his role as Rob Lowe and C. Thomas Howell’s older brother in the 1983 film The Outsiders. He starred as Jed Eckert, leader of the Wolverines, the young freedom fighters who battled Soviet invaders in John Milius’ 1984 Cold War classic Red Dawn.
He was featured in an episode of Steven Spielberg’s fantasy television series Amazing Stories. He was...
Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, on April 18, 1952. His mother was choreographer Patsy Swayze, and Patrick trained as a dancer in the early 1970s. He made his film debut in the roller-disco flick Skatetown, U.S.A. in 1979.
Swayze earned honorary membership in `the Brat Pack’ with his role as Rob Lowe and C. Thomas Howell’s older brother in the 1983 film The Outsiders. He starred as Jed Eckert, leader of the Wolverines, the young freedom fighters who battled Soviet invaders in John Milius’ 1984 Cold War classic Red Dawn.
He was featured in an episode of Steven Spielberg’s fantasy television series Amazing Stories. He was...
- 11/6/2009
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
The Patrick Swayze film "Black Dog" is currently available on DVD from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Released on Sept. 22, the 1998 action film, co-starring country music star Randy Travis and rock singer Meat Loaf, focuses on a longtime trucker who finds himself in dire straits and in need of cash.
Swayze plays ex-convict Jack Crews, who turns the highway into a war zone with his partner (Travis) as they struggle to escape from a psychotic rival (Meat Loaf) while delivering their final haul. The stakes get higher and higher as Jack's family is taken hostage and federal agents get thrown into the mix. The PG-13 film also features performances by Gabriel Casseus, Charles S. Dutton and Stephen Tobolowsky and is directed by actor Kevin Hooks. Hooks's directorial filmography includes the Wesley Snipes action movie "Passenger 57," the Laurence Fishburne/Stephen Baldwin vehicle "Fled," and episodes of both the Fox crime drama...
Swayze plays ex-convict Jack Crews, who turns the highway into a war zone with his partner (Travis) as they struggle to escape from a psychotic rival (Meat Loaf) while delivering their final haul. The stakes get higher and higher as Jack's family is taken hostage and federal agents get thrown into the mix. The PG-13 film also features performances by Gabriel Casseus, Charles S. Dutton and Stephen Tobolowsky and is directed by actor Kevin Hooks. Hooks's directorial filmography includes the Wesley Snipes action movie "Passenger 57," the Laurence Fishburne/Stephen Baldwin vehicle "Fled," and episodes of both the Fox crime drama...
- 10/15/2009
- icelebz.com
The death of Patrick Swayze from pancreatic cancer, aged 57, closed the book on an Eighties icon. Ed Whitfield stands on a rain swept beach, watches the waves break and knows that although he’s not coming back, his place in movie lore is secure.
For millions of women of a certain age, Patrick Swayze was the Eighties. For a time in the period 1987-91, the bountiful years of his career, his indelible mark on hormonally doped teenage girls was indisputable. Movie stardom of this kind is not dissimilar to first love, though the difference is marked for the rest of us. Whereas mere men can and do retrospectively tarnish their reputation in the mind’s of those first girlfriends by virtue of being emotionally retarded, sexually disappointing and selfish, men like Swayze would always be above such mediocrity. He’d never be an embarrassment to those that remembered Johnny Castle...
For millions of women of a certain age, Patrick Swayze was the Eighties. For a time in the period 1987-91, the bountiful years of his career, his indelible mark on hormonally doped teenage girls was indisputable. Movie stardom of this kind is not dissimilar to first love, though the difference is marked for the rest of us. Whereas mere men can and do retrospectively tarnish their reputation in the mind’s of those first girlfriends by virtue of being emotionally retarded, sexually disappointing and selfish, men like Swayze would always be above such mediocrity. He’d never be an embarrassment to those that remembered Johnny Castle...
- 9/16/2009
- by Ed Whitfield
- FilmShaft.com
A day after Patrick Swayze's death, there is a report which mentioned that the late actor will be cremated. According to Radar Online, the star of "Dirty Dancing" is not going to be laid to rest in a cemetery but his body will be burnt within 48 hours in a funeral ceremony.
Radar Online additionally claimed a source told them that Patrick's ashes will be spread across his ranch in New Mexico. The ranch, which is called Rancho de Dias Alegres or Ranch of Happy Days in English, is said to be his favorite place in the world.
Whenever he could, the depicter of Charles Barker in TV series "The Beast" would visit the ranch using his own plane that he would pilot by himself. Moreover, Patrick turned the place into a wildlife preserve and timber farm. The husband of Lisa Niemi additionally loved the rugged mountains and canyons of...
Radar Online additionally claimed a source told them that Patrick's ashes will be spread across his ranch in New Mexico. The ranch, which is called Rancho de Dias Alegres or Ranch of Happy Days in English, is said to be his favorite place in the world.
Whenever he could, the depicter of Charles Barker in TV series "The Beast" would visit the ranch using his own plane that he would pilot by himself. Moreover, Patrick turned the place into a wildlife preserve and timber farm. The husband of Lisa Niemi additionally loved the rugged mountains and canyons of...
- 9/16/2009
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
In his roles as "Bodhi," or "Sam Wheat" or "Johnny Castle," Patrick Swayze always captivated audiences with his good looks and great acting skills. It deeply saddens us to find out that the famed actor lost his battle with pancreatic cancer today and passed away at the young age of 57. Swayze had been in Hollywood for almost a decade when Dirty Dancing unexpectedly made him a megastar and household name. Several years later, he had his biggest hit starring in the movie Ghost with Demi Moore and Whoopie Goldberg. But his career spanned many movies and many fans will always remember him for his roles in The Outsiders, Point Break, Road House and Red Dawn. He recently starred in the gritty A&E drama "The Beast," playing FBI agent Charles Barker. Swayze had already filmed the pilot when being diagnosed with the deadly Stage IV pancreatic cancer. He went public...
- 9/15/2009
- by Buzzfocus Staff
- BuzzFocus.com
Patrick Swayze, best remembered for playing big-screen hunks, died of pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009. He was 57.
After starting his professional career as a dancer for Disney on Parade, Swayze starred in 'Grease' on Broadway. He subsequently made appearances on television roles, and became noticed after being cast in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders, in which he played the older brother of C. Thomas Howell and Rob Lowe. Swayze would re-team with Howell in the 1984 cult hit Red Dawn, and with Lowe in the hockey drama Youngblood, two films that cemented his rising star status.
But the role that catapulted Swayze to stardom was dance instructor Johnny Castle in 1987’s Dirty Dancing. The film was intended to show in theaters for one weekend, then go straight to video; however, it became a massive hit. Swayze’s follow-up vehicles were mostly flops, although the action film Road House had its dedicated admirers.
After starting his professional career as a dancer for Disney on Parade, Swayze starred in 'Grease' on Broadway. He subsequently made appearances on television roles, and became noticed after being cast in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders, in which he played the older brother of C. Thomas Howell and Rob Lowe. Swayze would re-team with Howell in the 1984 cult hit Red Dawn, and with Lowe in the hockey drama Youngblood, two films that cemented his rising star status.
But the role that catapulted Swayze to stardom was dance instructor Johnny Castle in 1987’s Dirty Dancing. The film was intended to show in theaters for one weekend, then go straight to video; however, it became a massive hit. Swayze’s follow-up vehicles were mostly flops, although the action film Road House had its dedicated admirers.
- 9/15/2009
- CinemaSpy
Sad news tonight: Patrick Swayze has lost his 20-month fight against pancreatic cancer.
The 57-year-old actor, singer and dancer had maintained optimism in the face of his 2008 diagnosis, his dignity exemplifying his strength of character. He continued working and making public appearances in support of cancer charities even as his health deteriorated.
The star stole hearts worldwide in 1983 with his breakout performance as Darry Curtis in Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of The Outsiders and later a dazzling turn in Dirty Dancing. He even won over the boys playing tough guy Dalton in 1989 cult classic Road House. Characters like Johnny Castle and Point Break's Bodhi assured Swayze a place in contemporary cinematic history. In the past decade, he impressed new generations of cinemagoers with charismatic, self-effacing turns in Donnie Darko and Keeping Mum. Most recently appearing in a recurring role as Charles Barker on The Beast, Swayze passed away...
The 57-year-old actor, singer and dancer had maintained optimism in the face of his 2008 diagnosis, his dignity exemplifying his strength of character. He continued working and making public appearances in support of cancer charities even as his health deteriorated.
The star stole hearts worldwide in 1983 with his breakout performance as Darry Curtis in Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of The Outsiders and later a dazzling turn in Dirty Dancing. He even won over the boys playing tough guy Dalton in 1989 cult classic Road House. Characters like Johnny Castle and Point Break's Bodhi assured Swayze a place in contemporary cinematic history. In the past decade, he impressed new generations of cinemagoers with charismatic, self-effacing turns in Donnie Darko and Keeping Mum. Most recently appearing in a recurring role as Charles Barker on The Beast, Swayze passed away...
- 9/15/2009
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Patrick Swayze's publicist reports the actor has passed away at the age of 57 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Reports began surfacing this weekend saying the actor best known for his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost had returned home for his final days. "Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given. Swayze had most recently played the role of Charles Barker on the Aand#038;E television show "The Beast" and was last seen in 2009's little seen Powder Blue. "The Beast" was cancelled after 13 episodes after it was reported the show would not continue without Swayze's involvement. "There's no way it was going to happen without Patrick," People magazine quoted a source as saying. He is survived...
- 9/15/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)
Yeah, so, one of my absolute favorite Disney films I their live-action/animated hybrid musical Pete’s Dragon (Walt Disney, Rated G, DVD-$29.99 Srp), which has languished for years on home video in sort of a 70’s bastard child status. Thankfully, the studio has finally seen fit to give it a nice special edition treatment, giving it a behind-the-scenes featurette, a deleted storyboard sequence,...
(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)
Yeah, so, one of my absolute favorite Disney films I their live-action/animated hybrid musical Pete’s Dragon (Walt Disney, Rated G, DVD-$29.99 Srp), which has languished for years on home video in sort of a 70’s bastard child status. Thankfully, the studio has finally seen fit to give it a nice special edition treatment, giving it a behind-the-scenes featurette, a deleted storyboard sequence,...
- 8/21/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Patrick Swayze is bouncing back: The actor's television project has just been greenlighted by A&E and will start filming this summer. Swayze, who says he has been responding well to treatment for pancreatic cancer, is set to star in the A&E drama The Beast alongside Aussie actor and former Tarzan star Travis Fimmel. "I have searched for quite a long time to find a character that is this multi-layered, unpredictable and downright entertaining, as well as a project this current and cutting edged," Swayze, 55, said in a statement from the network. In the series, the actor has a...
- 6/8/2008
- by Samantha McIntyre
- PEOPLE.com
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