Exclusive: Chris Addison, who exec produced and directed on HBO’s Veep and is one of the creators of FX and Sky’s Breeders, is to adapt Caimh McDonnell’s The Dublin Trilogy series of novels for television.
Addison, who also directed Anne Hathaway comedy The Hustle, is reteaming with Avalon, the production company behind Breeders as well as HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and Showtime’s Flatbush Misdemeanors, which acquired the rights to the books.
The series, which is published by McFori Ink and has sold over 500,000 copies, comprises five books: A Man With One of Those Faces, The Day That Never Comes and Last Orders, prequel Angels in the Moonlight and its sequel Dead Man’s Sins, which will be published June 15.
The books, which are set in Dublin, follow the adventures of an unlikely crime-solving trio.
A Man with One of Those Faces tells...
Addison, who also directed Anne Hathaway comedy The Hustle, is reteaming with Avalon, the production company behind Breeders as well as HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and Showtime’s Flatbush Misdemeanors, which acquired the rights to the books.
The series, which is published by McFori Ink and has sold over 500,000 copies, comprises five books: A Man With One of Those Faces, The Day That Never Comes and Last Orders, prequel Angels in the Moonlight and its sequel Dead Man’s Sins, which will be published June 15.
The books, which are set in Dublin, follow the adventures of an unlikely crime-solving trio.
A Man with One of Those Faces tells...
- 6/9/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman and Colin Firth will star in “Mothering Sunday” for director Eva Husson. Rocket Science is handling sales.
Alice Birch penned the screenplay from the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films will produce the film, with financing from Film4 and Ingenious. The film has been developed with the support of Film4 and the BFI awarding National Lottery funding. It will shoot on location in the U.K. this Autumn.
The project has already attracted a stellar set of head of departments with Sandy Powell on board as costume designer, cinematographer Jamie Ramsay, make-up designer Nadia Stacey (“The Favourite”), production designer Helen Scott and editor Emilie Orsini.
The film is set in 1924 at Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild, a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven attend a lunch...
Alice Birch penned the screenplay from the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films will produce the film, with financing from Film4 and Ingenious. The film has been developed with the support of Film4 and the BFI awarding National Lottery funding. It will shoot on location in the U.K. this Autumn.
The project has already attracted a stellar set of head of departments with Sandy Powell on board as costume designer, cinematographer Jamie Ramsay, make-up designer Nadia Stacey (“The Favourite”), production designer Helen Scott and editor Emilie Orsini.
The film is set in 1924 at Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild, a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven attend a lunch...
- 6/25/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Colin Callender’s production company Playground has optioned the screen rights to C.K. McDonnell’s novel “The Stranger Times,” one of the most sought after titles in the publishing world.
The project was brought in by Playground’s VP production and development, Elyse Dolbec, and is being developed as a returning series for the global market.
“The Stranger Times” is the first novel in a series of supernatural thrillers – described in a statement as “smart and irreverent” – centered round a struggling weekly local newspaper dedicated to investigating the weird, the unexplained and the inexplicable.
C.K. McDonnell is the alter-ego of Caimh McDonnell, an Irish stand-up comedian, and author of “The Dublin Trilogy,” which comprised “A Man With One of Those Faces,” “The Day That Never Comes,” and “Last Orders,” all of which were bestsellers on Amazon. The trilogy also has a prequel, “Angels in the Moonlight.”
Transworld has...
The project was brought in by Playground’s VP production and development, Elyse Dolbec, and is being developed as a returning series for the global market.
“The Stranger Times” is the first novel in a series of supernatural thrillers – described in a statement as “smart and irreverent” – centered round a struggling weekly local newspaper dedicated to investigating the weird, the unexplained and the inexplicable.
C.K. McDonnell is the alter-ego of Caimh McDonnell, an Irish stand-up comedian, and author of “The Dublin Trilogy,” which comprised “A Man With One of Those Faces,” “The Day That Never Comes,” and “Last Orders,” all of which were bestsellers on Amazon. The trilogy also has a prequel, “Angels in the Moonlight.”
Transworld has...
- 3/4/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
British music and film producer Nik Powell, who was among the Virgin Group co-founders with Richard Branson and became an influential force in U.K. cinema, producing more than 60 titles including Neil Jordan’s Oscar-winning “The Crying Game,” died Thursday at age 69.
The cause of death was an unspecified form of cancer, Britain’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) – which Powell headed for more than a decade – said in a statement. He died in Oxford surrounded by his family.
Born on November 4, 1950, in the small village of Great Kingshill, in Buckinghamshire, Powell started out running a record shop and was among the founding partners in 1972 of Virgin Records, which became one of the U.K.’s top recording labels before being sold to Emi 20 years later.
In 1983 Powell co-founded U.K. video label and production outfit Palace Pictures with Stephen Woolley. They produced a string of standout titles such...
The cause of death was an unspecified form of cancer, Britain’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) – which Powell headed for more than a decade – said in a statement. He died in Oxford surrounded by his family.
Born on November 4, 1950, in the small village of Great Kingshill, in Buckinghamshire, Powell started out running a record shop and was among the founding partners in 1972 of Virgin Records, which became one of the U.K.’s top recording labels before being sold to Emi 20 years later.
In 1983 Powell co-founded U.K. video label and production outfit Palace Pictures with Stephen Woolley. They produced a string of standout titles such...
- 11/7/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
In today's Horror Highlights, we have a look at three "Stalker in My Pocket" It enamel pins from Pixel Elixir. Also in today's Horror Highlights: details on The Comforts of Cafe Himbo and Friends cookbook co-written by Joe Zaso and Beverly Orth-Geoghegan, the lineup for London Horror Festival 2019, and release details as well as a trailer for Replace (starring Barbara Crampton).
Release Details for Pixel Elixir's It Enamel Pins: "$8.00
What do you get when you cross the classic Monster In My Pocket toys from the 90s with some of your favorite big-screen horror villains? The answer is Stalker In My Pocket!
Each soft enamel pin is about 2.5" tall and comes with dual rubber clutches on a glossy backer card patterned after the classic Monster In My Pocket toy packaging. The second pin in this series, It, comes in 3 fun variants to collect:
• Original
• Glitter
• Neon Red (glows in the dark!
Release Details for Pixel Elixir's It Enamel Pins: "$8.00
What do you get when you cross the classic Monster In My Pocket toys from the 90s with some of your favorite big-screen horror villains? The answer is Stalker In My Pocket!
Each soft enamel pin is about 2.5" tall and comes with dual rubber clutches on a glossy backer card patterned after the classic Monster In My Pocket toy packaging. The second pin in this series, It, comes in 3 fun variants to collect:
• Original
• Glitter
• Neon Red (glows in the dark!
- 9/6/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Actors, producer and former Pact head of diversity among those honoured.
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible,...
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible,...
- 1/2/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Screen Daily Test
Actors, producer and former Pact head of diversity among those honoured.
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible, Last Orders and [link=tt...
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible, Last Orders and [link=tt...
- 1/2/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Former film producer and Virgin Records co-founder steps down after 14 years.
The National Film and Television School has confirmed today that its director Nik Powell is to step down at the end of July after 14 years at the helm.
Under Powell’s stewardship the school has firmly cemented its place as one of the major film institutions in the world.
Powell recently oversaw the delivery of two new teaching buildings covering more than 20,000 square feet and a 4K digital television studio.
The school has evolved to offer Ma, diploma, certificate and short courses in film, television and the games industries and it has become a Higher Education Institution accredited by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce).
Recent graduates include Yann Demange, Anthony Chen, Ralitza Petrova and Michael Lennox. In 2013/14 Nfts graduates were nominated for a total 31 BAFTAs and won 10.
Former graduates of the school include David Yates, Lynne Ramsay, Terence Davies, [link...
The National Film and Television School has confirmed today that its director Nik Powell is to step down at the end of July after 14 years at the helm.
Under Powell’s stewardship the school has firmly cemented its place as one of the major film institutions in the world.
Powell recently oversaw the delivery of two new teaching buildings covering more than 20,000 square feet and a 4K digital television studio.
The school has evolved to offer Ma, diploma, certificate and short courses in film, television and the games industries and it has become a Higher Education Institution accredited by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce).
Recent graduates include Yann Demange, Anthony Chen, Ralitza Petrova and Michael Lennox. In 2013/14 Nfts graduates were nominated for a total 31 BAFTAs and won 10.
Former graduates of the school include David Yates, Lynne Ramsay, Terence Davies, [link...
- 4/7/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A last request to scatter their best friend’s ashes leads to some surreal and startling moments on the road
This confident, relaxed British feature debut by director Chanya Button and screenwriter Charlie Covell is a sort of millennials’ mashup of Laughter in Paradise and Last Orders. Cynical twentysomething Dan (Jack Farthing) has just died of cancer, and has posthumously ordered his two best friends Seph (Laura Carmichael) and Alex (Chloe Perrie) to go on a road trip across Britain to scatter his ashes in personally important locations, for reasons he announces in separate videos which they have promised to watch in each place. In engineering this cathartic quest, Dan plans to sort out their personal issues from beyond the grave. It’s not the most original premise, but it’s very nicely acted by Carmichael and Perrie (who was the lead in Scott Graham’s 2012 movie Shell). There are...
This confident, relaxed British feature debut by director Chanya Button and screenwriter Charlie Covell is a sort of millennials’ mashup of Laughter in Paradise and Last Orders. Cynical twentysomething Dan (Jack Farthing) has just died of cancer, and has posthumously ordered his two best friends Seph (Laura Carmichael) and Alex (Chloe Perrie) to go on a road trip across Britain to scatter his ashes in personally important locations, for reasons he announces in separate videos which they have promised to watch in each place. In engineering this cathartic quest, Dan plans to sort out their personal issues from beyond the grave. It’s not the most original premise, but it’s very nicely acted by Carmichael and Perrie (who was the lead in Scott Graham’s 2012 movie Shell). There are...
- 10/27/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
By Seth Metoyer
MoreHorror.com
Preacher is one of my favorite series currently running on TV and it's going to be released on Blu-ray and DVD October 4.
The first season takes a while to get going, mostly because of character development but it really gets going. Lots of gore and is damned hilarious in spots. Very interesting characters as well. Can't wait for season 2. Read more about the upcoming release below.
From the Press Release
Based on the popular 1990s cult comic book series of the same name, the critically-acclaimed Preacher: Season One arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD October 4 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The darkly comedic, hard-hitting, supernatural thrill-ride follows Texas preacher Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper, TV’s “Agent Carter,” Captain America: The First Avenger) who, after a supernatural event at his church, is thrust into a crazy world populated by a cast of characters from Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between.
MoreHorror.com
Preacher is one of my favorite series currently running on TV and it's going to be released on Blu-ray and DVD October 4.
The first season takes a while to get going, mostly because of character development but it really gets going. Lots of gore and is damned hilarious in spots. Very interesting characters as well. Can't wait for season 2. Read more about the upcoming release below.
From the Press Release
Based on the popular 1990s cult comic book series of the same name, the critically-acclaimed Preacher: Season One arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD October 4 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The darkly comedic, hard-hitting, supernatural thrill-ride follows Texas preacher Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper, TV’s “Agent Carter,” Captain America: The First Avenger) who, after a supernatural event at his church, is thrust into a crazy world populated by a cast of characters from Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between.
- 7/27/2016
- by admin
- MoreHorror
European Film Academy to award “long overdue” honour to veteran British actor.
Sir Michael Caine is to be presented with the Honorary Award of the Efa President and Board at the 28th European Film Awards - only the third time the honour as been bestowed in nearly 30 years.
The British actor, whose 60-year career has run from Alfie and The Italian Job to The Dark Knight trilogy, will accept the award at the EFAs on Dec 12 in Berlin.
Caine is also nominated for his performance in Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth. He was previously nominated in 2001 for Fred Schepisi’s Last Orders.
In a joint statement, Efa Board chair Agnieszka Holland and Efa President Wim Wenders said: “We have come to the decision that we are long overdue on paying special tribute to Sir Michael Caine.
“This recognition to an outstanding film personality is coming from the bottom of our hearts and has only been presented twice in the...
Sir Michael Caine is to be presented with the Honorary Award of the Efa President and Board at the 28th European Film Awards - only the third time the honour as been bestowed in nearly 30 years.
The British actor, whose 60-year career has run from Alfie and The Italian Job to The Dark Knight trilogy, will accept the award at the EFAs on Dec 12 in Berlin.
Caine is also nominated for his performance in Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth. He was previously nominated in 2001 for Fred Schepisi’s Last Orders.
In a joint statement, Efa Board chair Agnieszka Holland and Efa President Wim Wenders said: “We have come to the decision that we are long overdue on paying special tribute to Sir Michael Caine.
“This recognition to an outstanding film personality is coming from the bottom of our hearts and has only been presented twice in the...
- 12/8/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
European Film Academy to award “long overdue” honour to veteran British actor.
Sir Michael Caine is to be presented with the Honorary Award of the Efa President and Board at the 28th European Film Awards - only the third time the honour as been bestowed in nearly 30 years.
The British actor, whose 60-year career has run from Alfie and The Italian Job to The Dark Knight trilogy, will accept the award at the EFAs on Dec 12 in Berlin.
Caine is also nominated for his performance in Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth. He was previously nominated in 2001 for Fred Schepisi’s Last Orders.
In a joint statement, Efa Board chair Agnieszka Holland and Efa President Wim Wenders said: “We have come to the decision that we are long overdue on paying special tribute to Sir Michael Caine.
“This recognition to an outstanding film personality is coming from the bottom of our hearts and has only been presented twice in the...
Sir Michael Caine is to be presented with the Honorary Award of the Efa President and Board at the 28th European Film Awards - only the third time the honour as been bestowed in nearly 30 years.
The British actor, whose 60-year career has run from Alfie and The Italian Job to The Dark Knight trilogy, will accept the award at the EFAs on Dec 12 in Berlin.
Caine is also nominated for his performance in Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth. He was previously nominated in 2001 for Fred Schepisi’s Last Orders.
In a joint statement, Efa Board chair Agnieszka Holland and Efa President Wim Wenders said: “We have come to the decision that we are long overdue on paying special tribute to Sir Michael Caine.
“This recognition to an outstanding film personality is coming from the bottom of our hearts and has only been presented twice in the...
- 12/8/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary filmmaker Sonya Pemberton and post production maven John Fleming are the latest recipients of the Film Victoria Screen Leader Awards.
The agency also announced the creation of two awards for a director and screenwriter in 2016, honouring Fred Schepisi and Jan Sardi.
The Film Victoria — Fred Schepisi Award for Achievement in Directing salutes the director, producer and screenwriter who made his name with The Devil.s Playground and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.
Among his stellar credits are Iceman, Barbarosa, Plenty, Roxanne, Six Degrees of Separation, Iq, Evil Angels, Last Orders, The Eye of the Storm and Words and Pictures.
The Film Victoria — Jan Sardi Award for Achievement in Screenwriting recognises the achievements of the screenwriter whose first feature was Moving Out in 1983, followed by such works as the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for Shine, Love.s Brother, Mao.s Last Dancer and, most recently, the ABC miniseries The Secret River,...
The agency also announced the creation of two awards for a director and screenwriter in 2016, honouring Fred Schepisi and Jan Sardi.
The Film Victoria — Fred Schepisi Award for Achievement in Directing salutes the director, producer and screenwriter who made his name with The Devil.s Playground and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.
Among his stellar credits are Iceman, Barbarosa, Plenty, Roxanne, Six Degrees of Separation, Iq, Evil Angels, Last Orders, The Eye of the Storm and Words and Pictures.
The Film Victoria — Jan Sardi Award for Achievement in Screenwriting recognises the achievements of the screenwriter whose first feature was Moving Out in 1983, followed by such works as the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for Shine, Love.s Brother, Mao.s Last Dancer and, most recently, the ABC miniseries The Secret River,...
- 10/5/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Fred Schepisi is attached to direct Andorra, an adaptation of American author Peter Cameron.s thriller/dark comic novel.
The protagonist is Alexander Fox, a 40-year-old Yank who ends up in the tiny nation of Andorra where he befriends an Australian couple who had moved there. Complications arise when Fox falls in love with the wife and a dead body is found floating in the harbour.
Jamie Bialkower.s Melbourne-based Jump Street Films optioned the novel in 2013 and he subsequently teamed up with Lizzette Atkins. Unicorn Films, who produced Sue Brooks. Looking for Grace. He wrote the screenplay with Cameron.
James Ivory and Natalie Miller are the executive producers. Miller.s Sharmill Films and Jump Street Films will distribute in Australia.
Bialkower tells If that filming is due to start in Europe in the first half of next year, probably in either Italy or the Czech Republic. He plans to partner with a European producer,...
The protagonist is Alexander Fox, a 40-year-old Yank who ends up in the tiny nation of Andorra where he befriends an Australian couple who had moved there. Complications arise when Fox falls in love with the wife and a dead body is found floating in the harbour.
Jamie Bialkower.s Melbourne-based Jump Street Films optioned the novel in 2013 and he subsequently teamed up with Lizzette Atkins. Unicorn Films, who produced Sue Brooks. Looking for Grace. He wrote the screenplay with Cameron.
James Ivory and Natalie Miller are the executive producers. Miller.s Sharmill Films and Jump Street Films will distribute in Australia.
Bialkower tells If that filming is due to start in Europe in the first half of next year, probably in either Italy or the Czech Republic. He plans to partner with a European producer,...
- 8/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
BAFTA’s latest Life In Pictures conversation featured British screen icon Ray Winstone, who proved a big draw despite the unseasonably warm October afternoon. With no new title to stump for (although he did mention his upcoming childhood-focused autobiography Young Winstone), the veteran instead entertained the crowd with a freewheeling look at his four-decade-long career, which includes prominent roles in films such as Noah, The Departed, and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.
While he had plenty of quips about his adventures in Hollywood – including an uncanny Martin Scorsese impression – Winstone spoke passionately about his work in British cinema.
Famous for playing East End tough guys – “My wife asked me why I always walk in a room looking like I’m going to kill someone” – Winstone waxed lyrical about Gary Oldman’s work directing him in the gritty 1997 drama Nil By Mouth.
That film unflinchingly looks at...
While he had plenty of quips about his adventures in Hollywood – including an uncanny Martin Scorsese impression – Winstone spoke passionately about his work in British cinema.
Famous for playing East End tough guys – “My wife asked me why I always walk in a room looking like I’m going to kill someone” – Winstone waxed lyrical about Gary Oldman’s work directing him in the gritty 1997 drama Nil By Mouth.
That film unflinchingly looks at...
- 10/5/2014
- by Ali Jaafar, Special To Deadline
- Deadline
When Bob Hoskins (Obituaries, 1 May) took the part of Ray Johnson in the film of Last Orders, he anxiously apologised to me for not having the physique. He had to play a small, slight man, a follower of horses with the lifelong dream of being a jockey. Bob was short, but huge across the shoulders. He needn't have worried, since he turned in one of his finest, most tenderly nuanced and humorous roles, a role I'll think of as his memorial.
On set he was enormous fun. He called me "sunshine". He called everyone, male or female, "girls". But he was scrupulously professional. I remember one close-up "take", when everything was ready, camera and sound were rolling, but Bob did nothing. He didn't speak or move, he froze. The whole set froze. Finally, the inimitable voice piped up to director Fred Schepisi: "Well give me an 'action' then."
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On set he was enormous fun. He called me "sunshine". He called everyone, male or female, "girls". But he was scrupulously professional. I remember one close-up "take", when everything was ready, camera and sound were rolling, but Bob did nothing. He didn't speak or move, he froze. The whole set froze. Finally, the inimitable voice piped up to director Fred Schepisi: "Well give me an 'action' then."
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- 5/1/2014
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Bob Hoskins, the celebrated English actor who brought gravitas and a wicked smile to any genre he worked in, from crime thrillers like The Long Good Friday to fantasy comedies such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook, died from pneumonia Tuesday. He was 71.
The actor claimed to have never taken any acting lessons – according to him, he was waiting at a theatre bar for a friend to finish an audition when someone gave him a script and said, “You’re next.” He scored the part at that audition and soon after, the short-statured Hoskins became a giant on the stage and screen, beloved by audiences around the world.
Hoskins appeared in various UK television series and mini-series during the 1970s, when he also found a calling on the British stage. However, the actor broke through on the big screen in the 1980s. His first major role was in the...
The actor claimed to have never taken any acting lessons – according to him, he was waiting at a theatre bar for a friend to finish an audition when someone gave him a script and said, “You’re next.” He scored the part at that audition and soon after, the short-statured Hoskins became a giant on the stage and screen, beloved by audiences around the world.
Hoskins appeared in various UK television series and mini-series during the 1970s, when he also found a calling on the British stage. However, the actor broke through on the big screen in the 1980s. His first major role was in the...
- 4/30/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
British acting legend Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia at the age of 71. Hoskins' agent confirmed to the BBC that he died on Tuesday in hospital, surrounded by family.
With over a hundred credits to his name across film and television, Hoskins announced his retirement from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His final films were British comedy "Outside Bet" and big-budget fantasy feature "Snow White and the Huntsmen".
Hoskins will be remembered far more though for his memorable turns in films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Long Good Friday," "Mona Lisa," "The Honorary Consul," "Brazil," "Hook," "Nixon," "The Cotton Club," "Twenty Four Seven," "Super Mario Bros.," "Last Orders," "Mermaids," "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "Unleashed," "Hollywoodland," "Doomsday," "Enemy at the Gates," "The Wall" and TV productions like "Pennies from Heaven," "On the Move," "The Lost World" and "The Street".
Hoskins had a dry sense of humor, famously...
With over a hundred credits to his name across film and television, Hoskins announced his retirement from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His final films were British comedy "Outside Bet" and big-budget fantasy feature "Snow White and the Huntsmen".
Hoskins will be remembered far more though for his memorable turns in films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Long Good Friday," "Mona Lisa," "The Honorary Consul," "Brazil," "Hook," "Nixon," "The Cotton Club," "Twenty Four Seven," "Super Mario Bros.," "Last Orders," "Mermaids," "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "Unleashed," "Hollywoodland," "Doomsday," "Enemy at the Gates," "The Wall" and TV productions like "Pennies from Heaven," "On the Move," "The Lost World" and "The Street".
Hoskins had a dry sense of humor, famously...
- 4/30/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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The rhetorical question addressed by a panel at the Australian Directors Guild conference in Sydney on Thursday was: Do We Really Need Directors?
Aside from the obvious affirmation of the directors. pivotal role in the creative process, there were some telling observations from the panellists.
Veteran filmmaker Fred Schepisi asserted the director.s power is at its peak from the first day of the shoot until the last day, but after that the producers or Us studio can assert control. The director can fire any cast member in the first three weeks, he said, but any attempt to do so after that would probably result in the director getting the bullet.
He recalled that half the $US9 million budget for Last Orders, his 2001 drama about a bunch of guys mourning the death of their mate of 50 years, promised from a German film fund never materialised.
In the final week of...
The rhetorical question addressed by a panel at the Australian Directors Guild conference in Sydney on Thursday was: Do We Really Need Directors?
Aside from the obvious affirmation of the directors. pivotal role in the creative process, there were some telling observations from the panellists.
Veteran filmmaker Fred Schepisi asserted the director.s power is at its peak from the first day of the shoot until the last day, but after that the producers or Us studio can assert control. The director can fire any cast member in the first three weeks, he said, but any attempt to do so after that would probably result in the director getting the bullet.
He recalled that half the $US9 million budget for Last Orders, his 2001 drama about a bunch of guys mourning the death of their mate of 50 years, promised from a German film fund never materialised.
In the final week of...
- 11/7/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
It's a lack of pretension that makes Ray Winstone so likable – so long as we don't start getting fancy notions of him as 'an actor'
I suspect Ray Winstone usually knows a good film from a bad one, but he has a world-weary calm that sees no need to let us in on the secret. Perhaps he has an inkling of how pleased we are to see him, and since he has had to declare bankruptcy twice so far as a professional actor he may take a certain gloomy pleasure in just being employed. There are actors well versed in elaborate, erudite answers to the question, "Why did you take this part?", but Winstone has the battered patience of a bloke who has seldom believed in "taking" a part rather than having the good/bad luck of ending up with it. It is that lack of pretension that leaves him so natural and likable,...
I suspect Ray Winstone usually knows a good film from a bad one, but he has a world-weary calm that sees no need to let us in on the secret. Perhaps he has an inkling of how pleased we are to see him, and since he has had to declare bankruptcy twice so far as a professional actor he may take a certain gloomy pleasure in just being employed. There are actors well versed in elaborate, erudite answers to the question, "Why did you take this part?", but Winstone has the battered patience of a bloke who has seldom believed in "taking" a part rather than having the good/bad luck of ending up with it. It is that lack of pretension that leaves him so natural and likable,...
- 11/18/2011
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
Retired lorry driver brings classical civilisation back to the north of England, including a mobility scooter disguised as a chariot
Never make the mistake of thinking that mine host and the regulars in a pub are simply people who knows how to keep a beer, pull a pint and play darts. Check out the life of Tim Everton if you have illusions on that score.
And now here's another lively mind in the taproom. Victoria Williams emails with this from North News, that marvellous eye on events in north eastern England, brings Ephemeris nuntii Latini as we used to call news at school (and as they still do on this outstanding website).
Victoria gets straight into the important bit:
A grandfather who calls himself Maximus Decimus Meridius and dresses as a Roman has sketched 50 busts of regulars at his local pub. Otherwise known as 67-year-old Tony Jose, Maximus became obsessed...
Never make the mistake of thinking that mine host and the regulars in a pub are simply people who knows how to keep a beer, pull a pint and play darts. Check out the life of Tim Everton if you have illusions on that score.
And now here's another lively mind in the taproom. Victoria Williams emails with this from North News, that marvellous eye on events in north eastern England, brings Ephemeris nuntii Latini as we used to call news at school (and as they still do on this outstanding website).
Victoria gets straight into the important bit:
A grandfather who calls himself Maximus Decimus Meridius and dresses as a Roman has sketched 50 busts of regulars at his local pub. Otherwise known as 67-year-old Tony Jose, Maximus became obsessed...
- 11/17/2011
- by Martin Wainwright
- The Guardian - Film News
Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding
Ten years ago I was attending the Toronto Film Festival for the first time. The day before 9/11 I had met legendary film critic Roger Ebert, a personal hero of mine, for the first time as well. We were interested in figuring out a way we could work together as he was a fan of the site and we were fans of his. September the 10th is my birthday (and my wedding anniversary) and, as I was far away from home, Roger had kindly taken me to a late-night screening of a forgettable Fred Schepisi movie, Last Orders, as a bit of celebration. The next morning was the 11th and Roger and I met up again to see the press and industry screening of the Mira Nair film, Monsoon Wedding, which started at 8:30 in the morning, in the...
Ten years ago I was attending the Toronto Film Festival for the first time. The day before 9/11 I had met legendary film critic Roger Ebert, a personal hero of mine, for the first time as well. We were interested in figuring out a way we could work together as he was a fan of the site and we were fans of his. September the 10th is my birthday (and my wedding anniversary) and, as I was far away from home, Roger had kindly taken me to a late-night screening of a forgettable Fred Schepisi movie, Last Orders, as a bit of celebration. The next morning was the 11th and Roger and I met up again to see the press and industry screening of the Mira Nair film, Monsoon Wedding, which started at 8:30 in the morning, in the...
- 9/12/2011
- by keithsim
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
Production kicked off today in Melbourne, Australia on acclaimed filmmaker Fred Schepsi's "The Eye of the Storm" according to an official press release.
Based on the classic novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick White, the story is set in Sydney's Centennial Park where two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter (Charlotte Rampling) as her expatriate son (Geoffrey Rush) and daughter (Judy Davis) convene at her deathbed.
But, in dying, as in living, Mrs. Hunter remains a powerful force on those who surround her. The film is described as "a savage exploration of family relationships — and the sharp undercurrents of love and hate, comedy and tragedy, which define them."
Alexandra Schepisi, Robyn Nevin, Colin Friels, John Gaden, and Helen Morse also star in the project which marks the first film Australian director Schepsi has shot in his homeland since 1988's "A Cry in the Dark" (aka. "Evil Angels...
Based on the classic novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick White, the story is set in Sydney's Centennial Park where two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter (Charlotte Rampling) as her expatriate son (Geoffrey Rush) and daughter (Judy Davis) convene at her deathbed.
But, in dying, as in living, Mrs. Hunter remains a powerful force on those who surround her. The film is described as "a savage exploration of family relationships — and the sharp undercurrents of love and hate, comedy and tragedy, which define them."
Alexandra Schepisi, Robyn Nevin, Colin Friels, John Gaden, and Helen Morse also star in the project which marks the first film Australian director Schepsi has shot in his homeland since 1988's "A Cry in the Dark" (aka. "Evil Angels...
- 4/19/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Older people don't deserve to be travestied in a romcom: cinema should explore the reality of their lives
Last week the romcom forsook bright-eyed singledom for the tougher terrain of matrimony. This week it's boldly gone to a yet more perilous place. It's Complicated dares to embrace the embraces of the ageing.
We dutifully applaud: those getting on in years, we're told, must be rescued from the shadows and accorded parity with the young. Thus, the righteous wrath of the likes of Pd James (89) and Harriet Harman (59) has forced the BBC to atone for past sinfulness by returning Moira Stuart (60) to the airwaves. Not, however, to her former TV role: the estimable Stuart will be bestowing her charm and gravitas on Radio 2's listeners. This adjustment is understandable. The screen is intrinsically ageist, since both young and old tend to prefer to look at the young. In the cinema, it's...
Last week the romcom forsook bright-eyed singledom for the tougher terrain of matrimony. This week it's boldly gone to a yet more perilous place. It's Complicated dares to embrace the embraces of the ageing.
We dutifully applaud: those getting on in years, we're told, must be rescued from the shadows and accorded parity with the young. Thus, the righteous wrath of the likes of Pd James (89) and Harriet Harman (59) has forced the BBC to atone for past sinfulness by returning Moira Stuart (60) to the airwaves. Not, however, to her former TV role: the estimable Stuart will be bestowing her charm and gravitas on Radio 2's listeners. This adjustment is understandable. The screen is intrinsically ageist, since both young and old tend to prefer to look at the young. In the cinema, it's...
- 1/11/2010
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
New York -- Julie Anne Quay is getting fabulous.
Quay, a fashion-world figure and former executive editor at V magazine, has optioned "Fabulous Nobodies," Lee Tulloch's social satire of the 1980s fashion and club universe, and will develop it as a feature.
Elisabeth Robinson, who produced "Braveheart" and Fred Schepisi's "Last Orders," has come aboard to write the screenplay.
Tulloch's book centers on the tribulations of a young Manhattanite named Reality Nirvana charged with guarding the door at a trendy club in 1980s New York, allowing in the flashily dressed but turning away more classically elegant types like Jackie Onassis.
Quay compared the film version, which also will be set in the 1980s, to "The Devil Wears Prada" meets "Clueless" and said that because many of the fashions of 20 years ago are back in vogue, the film will have a surprisingly contemporary feel.
The producer said she aims to...
Quay, a fashion-world figure and former executive editor at V magazine, has optioned "Fabulous Nobodies," Lee Tulloch's social satire of the 1980s fashion and club universe, and will develop it as a feature.
Elisabeth Robinson, who produced "Braveheart" and Fred Schepisi's "Last Orders," has come aboard to write the screenplay.
Tulloch's book centers on the tribulations of a young Manhattanite named Reality Nirvana charged with guarding the door at a trendy club in 1980s New York, allowing in the flashily dressed but turning away more classically elegant types like Jackie Onassis.
Quay compared the film version, which also will be set in the 1980s, to "The Devil Wears Prada" meets "Clueless" and said that because many of the fashions of 20 years ago are back in vogue, the film will have a surprisingly contemporary feel.
The producer said she aims to...
- 5/7/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Legendary stage actor Sir Tom Courtenay has hit out at the growing trend for musicals, insisting they have pushed plays out of fashion.
The Last Orders star is adamant the growing number of music-based shows running in the West End theatre heartland of London is damaging the acting industry.
And he wants more plays brought to the stage, so that actors can get a solid grounding when they learn their trade.
Courtenay, 71, says, "In my day we learned to tread the boards, which is what we wanted, and there were lots of plays on the West End stage. Now it's all musicals, which is a shame."...
The Last Orders star is adamant the growing number of music-based shows running in the West End theatre heartland of London is damaging the acting industry.
And he wants more plays brought to the stage, so that actors can get a solid grounding when they learn their trade.
Courtenay, 71, says, "In my day we learned to tread the boards, which is what we wanted, and there were lots of plays on the West End stage. Now it's all musicals, which is a shame."...
- 11/17/2008
- WENN
COLOGNE, Germany -- German police have searched the offices and home of producer Rainer Mockert as part of an investigation into allegations of fraud and document falsification at private-investment film fund MBP, the Munich prosecutors office said in an interview. MBP shareholders are meeting Thursday in Munich and is expected to vote to dismiss Mockert (Last Orders, Taking Sides) as managing director. MBP, which helped back such indie features as Last Orders, Factotum and the upcoming Mee-Shee: The Water Giant, is the latest German fund to come under legal scrutiny. Last month, VIP, Germany's largest private-investment film fund, was shuttered, and VIP managing director Andreas Schmid was arrested (HR 10/5).
- 11/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE, Germany -- German police have searched the offices and home of producer Rainer Mockert as part of an investigation into allegations of fraud and document falsification at private-investment film fund MBP, the Munich prosecutors office said in an interview. The MBP executive board is meeting Wednesday in Munich and is expected to vote to dismiss Mockert (Last Orders, Taking Sides) as managing director. MBP, which helped back such indie features as Last Orders, Factotum and the upcoming Mee-Shee: The Water Giant, is the latest German fund to come under legal scrutiny. Last month, VIP, Germany's largest private-investment film fund, was shuttered, and VIP managing director Andreas Schmid was arrested (HR 10/5).
- 11/9/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe has rejected directorial responsibility for troubled movie Eucalyptus, and is now looking to hire one of Australia's top directors to salvage the project. Studio Fox Searchlight Pictures postponed the $15 million film earlier this month following the acrimonious departure of director-writer Jocelyn Moorhouse. Following rumors last week that the Gladiator star was to become director himself, Crowe has now indicated he wants either Driving Miss Daisy director Bruce Beresford or Last Orders creator Fred Schepisi to take over. Crowe was set to appear alongside fellow Australian Nicole Kidman in the big screen adaptation of Murray Bail's novel. It has been reported that Oscar-winning Kidman is considering pulling out of the movie. Movie experts predict filming won't start until later in the year.
- 2/21/2005
- WENN
Actor David Hemmings, who became one of the iconic faces of the swinging London scene in the 60s with his performance in the groundbreaking Blow-Up, died Wednesday of a heart attack on the set of his latest film; he was 62. After finishing the final day's shots for Samantha's Child in Romania, Hemmings collapsed as he was heading back to his dressing room, and paramedics were unable to revive him. Hemmings started his career as a professional singer at the age of nine, and as he grew up made nightclub and stage appearances before moving to film in the late 50s. Early roles saw him as one of the many disaffected young men of post-war England, and he gained his greatest fame as the fashion photographer who may have photographed a murder in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966), the quintessential "swinging 60s" film and one of the most influential of the decade. He followed up that film with a scene-stealing turn as Mordred in the otherwise moribund film adaptation of the musical Camelot, and a role opposite Jane Fonda in the cult classic Barbarella. Innumerable character roles followed, and Hemmings also turned to directing in 1972, helming both movies and TV series through the following decades as his acting career waned. He returned to film acting in 2000 with Gladiator, and also appeared recently in Last Orders, Spy Game, Gangs of New York and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Hemmings is survived by his third wife Lucy Williams, their two sons, a daughter from his first marriage and a son from his second. --Prepared by IMDb staff...
- 12/4/2003
- WENN
Veteran actor Michael Caine (photos) has come full circle - filming a big-budget movie close to where he grew up. The recently knighted Caine is filming Last Orders (2001) with legendary British actress Helen Mirren (photos) in London's Peckham - just around the corner from where he went to school. He says, "It's very strange, because I'm just down the street from Wilson's Grammar School, where I started out wanting to be an actor and being in a little school play. You think you go away to be a movie actor and you go to Hollywood and everything happens - and here I am in a studio in Peckham."...
- 11/17/2000
- WENN
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