While Neil Marshall’s 1665 London-set, Great Plague drama The Reckoning has obvious allusions to our own present-day pandemic, Covid-19 wasn’t a factor in its creation being that filming occurred in 2019. The fear and paranoia that surround both eras are palpable, though, and the ways in which our current disease has been politicized beyond the point of human empathy does bear superficial similarity to the ways in which women were persecuted as witches against the backdrop that past sickness. Despite Marshall and co-writers Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell heavily researching the period to create a historically accurate piece depicting this tragedy’s two sides, their script actually resembles a different set of headlines altogether due to the circumstances surrounding the accusations leveled at Grace Haverstock’s (Kirk) lead.
The headlines I’m talking about are those dealing with Kirk’s presence as a figure within the #MeToo movement and last...
The headlines I’m talking about are those dealing with Kirk’s presence as a figure within the #MeToo movement and last...
- 2/2/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
"The Reckoning" is the new Hungarian-lensed adventure horror feature directed by Neil Marshall, from a screenplay by Marshall, Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, starring Kirk, Joe Anderson, Steven Waddington and Sean Pertwee:
"...in Northern England, circa 1665, set against the backdrop of the 'Great Plague' and subsequent 'Witch Hunts', 'Grace' (Kirk) is accused of being a witch after losing her husband to the deadly virus, spread by rats..."
Cast also includes Rick Warden as 'Rev Malcolm', Mark Ryan as 'Peck', Bill Fellows as 'Sutter', Suzanne Magowan as 'Ursula', Leon Ockenden as 'Morton', Sarah Lambie as 'Kate', Emma Campbell-Jones as 'Jane' and Maximilian Slash Marton as 'The Stable Boy'.
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"...in Northern England, circa 1665, set against the backdrop of the 'Great Plague' and subsequent 'Witch Hunts', 'Grace' (Kirk) is accused of being a witch after losing her husband to the deadly virus, spread by rats..."
Cast also includes Rick Warden as 'Rev Malcolm', Mark Ryan as 'Peck', Bill Fellows as 'Sutter', Suzanne Magowan as 'Ursula', Leon Ockenden as 'Morton', Sarah Lambie as 'Kate', Emma Campbell-Jones as 'Jane' and Maximilian Slash Marton as 'The Stable Boy'.
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- 10/13/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Writer-director Neil Marshall has firmed his next action thriller, The Reckoning. He has set Joe Anderson (The Crazies), Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game) and Sean Pertwee (Gotham) to star alongside Charlotte Kirk (Vice).
Marshall, whose films include The Descent and Dog Soldiers, also has set Leon Ockenden (Mr. Selfridge), Emma Campbell-Jones (Doctor Who), Callum Goulden (Ghost Stories), Suzanne Magowan (Samantha), Indianna Ryan (The A List), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Oliver Trevena (The Angel) and newcomer Sarah Lambie to join previously cast Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden and Ian Whyte.
Highland Film Group is selling world rights on the picture, from a script by Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent), Kirk and Marshall. Steffen Wild of Fourth Culture Films and Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films are producing, with Esther Turan of Moviebar Productions and Sean Wheelan of Filmgate Films co-producing. Exec producers are Goldrush Entertainment’s Eric Gozlan and Richard Iott,...
Marshall, whose films include The Descent and Dog Soldiers, also has set Leon Ockenden (Mr. Selfridge), Emma Campbell-Jones (Doctor Who), Callum Goulden (Ghost Stories), Suzanne Magowan (Samantha), Indianna Ryan (The A List), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Oliver Trevena (The Angel) and newcomer Sarah Lambie to join previously cast Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden and Ian Whyte.
Highland Film Group is selling world rights on the picture, from a script by Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent), Kirk and Marshall. Steffen Wild of Fourth Culture Films and Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films are producing, with Esther Turan of Moviebar Productions and Sean Wheelan of Filmgate Films co-producing. Exec producers are Goldrush Entertainment’s Eric Gozlan and Richard Iott,...
- 8/5/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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