Principal photography is underway on location in Brighton on John Jencks’ UK ensemble comedy Promenade.
The UK feature is written by David Wigram, and produced by Apostasy producer Marcie MacLellan. The film is fully financed by Jencks’ The Electric Shadow Company, and produced in association with MacLellan’s company Frank and Lively. It is one of the first feature film productions to benefit from the new UK tax credit, with qualifying films able to receive tax relief of to 40%.
With a 50-strong cast, the film unites 12 different stories in a community of oddballs in a tatty old mansion on the south coast of England.
The UK feature is written by David Wigram, and produced by Apostasy producer Marcie MacLellan. The film is fully financed by Jencks’ The Electric Shadow Company, and produced in association with MacLellan’s company Frank and Lively. It is one of the first feature film productions to benefit from the new UK tax credit, with qualifying films able to receive tax relief of to 40%.
With a 50-strong cast, the film unites 12 different stories in a community of oddballs in a tatty old mansion on the south coast of England.
- 4/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography is underway on location in Brighton on John Jencks’ UK ensemble comedy Promenade.
The UK feature is written by David Wigram, and produced by Apostasy producer Marcie MacLellan. The film is fully financed by Jencks’ The Electric Shadow Company, and produced in association with MacLellan’s company Frank and Lively. It is one of the first feature film productions to benefit from the new UK tax credit, with qualifying films able to receive tax relief of to 40%.
With a 50-strong cast, the film unites 12 different stories in a community of oddballs in a tatty old mansion on the south coast of England.
The UK feature is written by David Wigram, and produced by Apostasy producer Marcie MacLellan. The film is fully financed by Jencks’ The Electric Shadow Company, and produced in association with MacLellan’s company Frank and Lively. It is one of the first feature film productions to benefit from the new UK tax credit, with qualifying films able to receive tax relief of to 40%.
With a 50-strong cast, the film unites 12 different stories in a community of oddballs in a tatty old mansion on the south coast of England.
- 4/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
The fund, launched in response to Brexit, is celebrating its fifth anniversary.
The Uncertain Kingdom, the UK feature development fund and shorts commissioner is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a more structured way in which it supports films as the UK heads into a possible general election year in 2024.
The development fund is committing to two rounds per year in a fixed calendar slot after previously operating on an ad hoc basis, Its next round opens on November 1 and closes on November 30, before opening again on May 1 and closing on May 31. Funding is divided between two to four projects per round,...
The Uncertain Kingdom, the UK feature development fund and shorts commissioner is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a more structured way in which it supports films as the UK heads into a possible general election year in 2024.
The development fund is committing to two rounds per year in a fixed calendar slot after previously operating on an ad hoc basis, Its next round opens on November 1 and closes on November 30, before opening again on May 1 and closing on May 31. Funding is divided between two to four projects per round,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Ray Panthaki and Nathaniel Martello-White also among directors to sign up to initiative.
A £200,000 project has been launched to finance 20 short films that will provide a spectrum of perspectives on the UK in 2019.
The initiative been inspired by a variety of topics including Brexit, climate change, diversity and #MeToo.
Named The Uncertain Kingdom, the initiative comes from John Jencks, director, writer and producer at The Electric Shadow Company, whose credits include Out Of Blue and The Hippopotamus.
The Levelling filmmaker Hope Dickson Leach and McQueen director Ian Bonhôte are among the first four directors to be selected. Rising actor...
A £200,000 project has been launched to finance 20 short films that will provide a spectrum of perspectives on the UK in 2019.
The initiative been inspired by a variety of topics including Brexit, climate change, diversity and #MeToo.
Named The Uncertain Kingdom, the initiative comes from John Jencks, director, writer and producer at The Electric Shadow Company, whose credits include Out Of Blue and The Hippopotamus.
The Levelling filmmaker Hope Dickson Leach and McQueen director Ian Bonhôte are among the first four directors to be selected. Rising actor...
- 12/17/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Ray Panthaki and Nathaniel Martello-White also among directors to sign up to initiative.
A £200,000 project has been launched to finance 20 short films that will provide perspectives on the UK as it heads towards Brexit in 2019.
Named The Uncertain Kingdom, the initiative comes from John Jencks, director, writer and producer at The Electric Shadow Company, whose credits include Out Of Blue and The Hippopotamus.
The Levelling filmmaker Hope Dickson Leach and McQueen director Ian Bonhôte are among the first four directors to be selected. Rising actor/filmmakers Ray Panthaki and Nathaniel Martello-White have also signed up.
Further established and rising...
A £200,000 project has been launched to finance 20 short films that will provide perspectives on the UK as it heads towards Brexit in 2019.
Named The Uncertain Kingdom, the initiative comes from John Jencks, director, writer and producer at The Electric Shadow Company, whose credits include Out Of Blue and The Hippopotamus.
The Levelling filmmaker Hope Dickson Leach and McQueen director Ian Bonhôte are among the first four directors to be selected. Rising actor/filmmakers Ray Panthaki and Nathaniel Martello-White have also signed up.
Further established and rising...
- 12/17/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Ray Panthaki and Nathaniel Martello-White also among directors to sign up to initiative.
A £200,000 scheme has been launched to finance 20 short films that will provide perspectives on the UK as it heads towards Brexit in 2019.
Named The Uncertain Kingdom, the initiative comes from John Jencks, director, writer and producer at The Electric Shadow Company, whose credits include Out Of Blue and The Hippopotamus.
The Levelling filmmaker Hope Dickson Leach and McQueen director Ian Bonhôte are among the first four directors to be selected. Rising actor/filmmakers Ray Panthaki and Nathaniel Martello-White have also signed up.
Further established and rising...
A £200,000 scheme has been launched to finance 20 short films that will provide perspectives on the UK as it heads towards Brexit in 2019.
Named The Uncertain Kingdom, the initiative comes from John Jencks, director, writer and producer at The Electric Shadow Company, whose credits include Out Of Blue and The Hippopotamus.
The Levelling filmmaker Hope Dickson Leach and McQueen director Ian Bonhôte are among the first four directors to be selected. Rising actor/filmmakers Ray Panthaki and Nathaniel Martello-White have also signed up.
Further established and rising...
- 12/17/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Welcome to Essex is a new zombie horror film from writer-director Ryan J Fleming which will have its UK premier at The Romford Film Festival on Thursday 24th May. I got a chance to talk to ask Robert Evans who plays Mike Rider in the film a few questions about; how he got involved in the film, what makes Welcome to Essex stand out in the horror genre and his favourite moment during filming.
How did you first get into acting?
I first got into acting at a fairly young age via a stage school I was selected for a couple of adverts and to be an extra in the films The Missionary and also Octopussy. From there I joined local amateur dramatics groups, appeared on stage with the Docklands Youth Theatre and The Theatre Royal Stratford East Theatre Workshop in Newham. I have appeared in numerous Queens Theatre Community Shows since the late 90s,...
How did you first get into acting?
I first got into acting at a fairly young age via a stage school I was selected for a couple of adverts and to be an extra in the films The Missionary and also Octopussy. From there I joined local amateur dramatics groups, appeared on stage with the Docklands Youth Theatre and The Theatre Royal Stratford East Theatre Workshop in Newham. I have appeared in numerous Queens Theatre Community Shows since the late 90s,...
- 4/10/2018
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
The Hippopotamus screens as part of the 26th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival on Sunday, November 5 at 1 Pm at Landmark’s Tivoli Theatre. Click Here for ticket information. It also screens there on Sunday, November 12 at 9:15 Pm. Click Here for ticket information for that day.
From across the pond comes a pitch black comedy set amongst the veddy, veddy upper classes. Proving that Larry David doesn’t have a monopoly in the Us as an ill-tempered cranky curmudgeon, celebrated actor/ writer Stephen Fry gives us a most unlikely screen hero, middle-aged failed poet, reviled theatre critic, and “boozehound” Ted Wallace. He’s played with swaggering bravado by Roger Allam, an actor known for his deep baritone, who has amassed a long list of supporting roles (The Queen, The Book Thief) and now proves that he’s more than ready for a leading role. After being canned from...
From across the pond comes a pitch black comedy set amongst the veddy, veddy upper classes. Proving that Larry David doesn’t have a monopoly in the Us as an ill-tempered cranky curmudgeon, celebrated actor/ writer Stephen Fry gives us a most unlikely screen hero, middle-aged failed poet, reviled theatre critic, and “boozehound” Ted Wallace. He’s played with swaggering bravado by Roger Allam, an actor known for his deep baritone, who has amassed a long list of supporting roles (The Queen, The Book Thief) and now proves that he’s more than ready for a leading role. After being canned from...
- 11/4/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Author: Competitions
To mark the release of The Hippopotamus on 3rd July, we’ve been given 3 Blu-ray copies, signed by Stephen Fry, to give away.
Directed by John Jencks (The Fold), the film, based on Stephen Fry’s comedy novel, tells the story of disgraced poet Ted Wallace (Roger Allam) who is summoned to his friends Lord and Lady Loganʼs (Matthew Modine & Fiona Shaw) country manor, Swafford Hall, to investigate a series of unexplained miracle healings.
Ted tracks down the perpetrator of the phenomena, fifteen-year-old David Logan (Tommy Knight), whose parents believe he has healing hands.
Unaware that David is using some unorthodox methods, the Logans are set on sharing their son’s gift with the world. With a poet’s passion for the truth, Ted hurries to debunk the miracles and save a young man from a lifetime of embarrassment.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents...
To mark the release of The Hippopotamus on 3rd July, we’ve been given 3 Blu-ray copies, signed by Stephen Fry, to give away.
Directed by John Jencks (The Fold), the film, based on Stephen Fry’s comedy novel, tells the story of disgraced poet Ted Wallace (Roger Allam) who is summoned to his friends Lord and Lady Loganʼs (Matthew Modine & Fiona Shaw) country manor, Swafford Hall, to investigate a series of unexplained miracle healings.
Ted tracks down the perpetrator of the phenomena, fifteen-year-old David Logan (Tommy Knight), whose parents believe he has healing hands.
Unaware that David is using some unorthodox methods, the Logans are set on sharing their son’s gift with the world. With a poet’s passion for the truth, Ted hurries to debunk the miracles and save a young man from a lifetime of embarrassment.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents...
- 7/3/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A novel by Stephen Fry gets the big-screen treatment with Brit comedy, The Hippopotamus. Ryan takes a look...
Are there such things as miracles? For the slightly wet-behind-the-ears Logan family, who seem positively embalmed in wealth and luxury, there certainly is. Cynical, down-on-his luck theatre critic and former playwright Ted Wallace (Roger Allam), on the other hand, has little time for such claptrap.
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The Hippopotamus, directed by John Jencks, is adapted from the 1994 novel by Stephen Fry, and the author’s dry, PG Wodehouse-esque wit is all over this off-the-wall, cheerfully foul-mouthed movie. If it has the air of an old-fashioned Merchant Ivory production - posh people, rolling hills, horses, that kind of thing - then it’s at least served up with a pleasing side order of acidic humour.
It all begins when Ted, who’s never...
Are there such things as miracles? For the slightly wet-behind-the-ears Logan family, who seem positively embalmed in wealth and luxury, there certainly is. Cynical, down-on-his luck theatre critic and former playwright Ted Wallace (Roger Allam), on the other hand, has little time for such claptrap.
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The Hippopotamus, directed by John Jencks, is adapted from the 1994 novel by Stephen Fry, and the author’s dry, PG Wodehouse-esque wit is all over this off-the-wall, cheerfully foul-mouthed movie. If it has the air of an old-fashioned Merchant Ivory production - posh people, rolling hills, horses, that kind of thing - then it’s at least served up with a pleasing side order of acidic humour.
It all begins when Ted, who’s never...
- 6/1/2017
- Den of Geek
Author: Stefan Pape
Based on Stephen Fry’s novel The Hippopotamus, and brought to the silver screen by director John Jencks, the flavour and indelible, idiosyncratic tone of the author is imbued in this faithful adaptation – except in some regards, perhaps too much so. The narration within this endeavour is so prominent, it feels like reading a book, as though we’ve accidentally turned the audio description on. Plus, and much like reading a book, you feel the need to pause for the night and continue on the following day, for there’s plenty here to digest.
Roger Allam plays Ted Wallace, a formerly respected poet, who now masquerades as a journalist, really only in it for the free drinks at events he’s hired to cover. Often seen stumbling around, glass of whisky in hand, offering his opinions for free to anyone who dares listen, he is sacked from...
Based on Stephen Fry’s novel The Hippopotamus, and brought to the silver screen by director John Jencks, the flavour and indelible, idiosyncratic tone of the author is imbued in this faithful adaptation – except in some regards, perhaps too much so. The narration within this endeavour is so prominent, it feels like reading a book, as though we’ve accidentally turned the audio description on. Plus, and much like reading a book, you feel the need to pause for the night and continue on the following day, for there’s plenty here to digest.
Roger Allam plays Ted Wallace, a formerly respected poet, who now masquerades as a journalist, really only in it for the free drinks at events he’s hired to cover. Often seen stumbling around, glass of whisky in hand, offering his opinions for free to anyone who dares listen, he is sacked from...
- 5/26/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Lightyear Entertainment has set a June 15 domestic release for mystery/comedy The Hippopotamus. This is the film that’s based on Stephen Fry's bestselling novel of the same name, published in the U.S. by Soho Press — and it’s the first of Fry’s books to transfer to the big screen. It’s the story of a poet who is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles. John Jencks directs. Three-time Olivier Award winner Roger…...
- 5/15/2017
- Deadline
Welcome to the latest installment of Trailer Park, our semi-regular look at the latest trailers to hit the interwebs. This weeks line-up features a handful of the latest movie trailers including Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Atomic Blonde, Baby Driver, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, The Hippopotamus, Detroit, Chuck, Drone, The Bad Batch, Beatriz at Dinner and a TV spot for the new The Mist series from Spike.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
First revealed at today’s Last Jedi panel at Celebration Orlando, the new trailer marks out first look at the continuation of Rey, Finn, and Poe’s journey, set immediately after the events of 2015′s The Force Awakens
Atomic Blonde
Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for MI6, is dispatched to Berlin to take down a ruthless espionage ring that has just killed an undercover agent for reasons unknown. She is ordered to cooperate with Berlin station chief David Percival,...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
First revealed at today’s Last Jedi panel at Celebration Orlando, the new trailer marks out first look at the continuation of Rey, Finn, and Poe’s journey, set immediately after the events of 2015′s The Force Awakens
Atomic Blonde
Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for MI6, is dispatched to Berlin to take down a ruthless espionage ring that has just killed an undercover agent for reasons unknown. She is ordered to cooperate with Berlin station chief David Percival,...
- 4/14/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Exclusive: East End festival moves to spring dates for 2018.
London’s East End festival (Eeff) is to introduce a £10k cash prize for directors in development on their second films.
The inaugural prize will be awarded during the 2018 edition of the festival, which will take place during the spring. Submissions will open during Eeff 2017 in June.
The festival’s inaugural Mind The Gap Transit Film Award will be given to a project that “resonates with Eeff’s ethos and dedication to supporting fresh and challenging voices in cinema”.
The award was created in partnership with director John Jencks, whose second feature The Hippopotamus will have its European premiere as the opening night film of Loco London Comedy Film Festival in May 2017.
Jencks will donate all future profits he earns as director of The Hippopotamus to the on-going fund.
“Making my first feature was hard. Making my second was 100 times harder, but unlike...
London’s East End festival (Eeff) is to introduce a £10k cash prize for directors in development on their second films.
The inaugural prize will be awarded during the 2018 edition of the festival, which will take place during the spring. Submissions will open during Eeff 2017 in June.
The festival’s inaugural Mind The Gap Transit Film Award will be given to a project that “resonates with Eeff’s ethos and dedication to supporting fresh and challenging voices in cinema”.
The award was created in partnership with director John Jencks, whose second feature The Hippopotamus will have its European premiere as the opening night film of Loco London Comedy Film Festival in May 2017.
Jencks will donate all future profits he earns as director of The Hippopotamus to the on-going fund.
“Making my first feature was hard. Making my second was 100 times harder, but unlike...
- 4/5/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Film is an adaptation of Stephen Fry’s novel.
London-based sales agent Truffle Pictures has scored key territory deals on Stephen Fry book adaptation The Hippopotamus.
The comedy, which stars Roger Allam (The Lady In The Van), has been gone to Lightyear Entertainment, which has picked up all media rights for North America.
Further deals have been struck for Australia/New Zealand (Rialto Distribution), Scandinavia (Rialto Film Entertainment), Benelux (One 2 See Movies), Airlines (Terry Steiner International), Cis (Russian Report), Eastern Europe (HBO Europe). Truffle reported several more territories are in final negotiations.
Matthew Modine, Fiona Shaw and Tim McInnery also star. The film follows a disgraced poet and journalist who after being fired from his job decides to spend a month at his friend’s country mansion. Upon arriving, he finds out that strange phenomena have been occurring at the mansion and he opts to investigate.
Distribution consultant Martin Myers will oversee the film’s UK release...
London-based sales agent Truffle Pictures has scored key territory deals on Stephen Fry book adaptation The Hippopotamus.
The comedy, which stars Roger Allam (The Lady In The Van), has been gone to Lightyear Entertainment, which has picked up all media rights for North America.
Further deals have been struck for Australia/New Zealand (Rialto Distribution), Scandinavia (Rialto Film Entertainment), Benelux (One 2 See Movies), Airlines (Terry Steiner International), Cis (Russian Report), Eastern Europe (HBO Europe). Truffle reported several more territories are in final negotiations.
Matthew Modine, Fiona Shaw and Tim McInnery also star. The film follows a disgraced poet and journalist who after being fired from his job decides to spend a month at his friend’s country mansion. Upon arriving, he finds out that strange phenomena have been occurring at the mansion and he opts to investigate.
Distribution consultant Martin Myers will oversee the film’s UK release...
- 2/12/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Crime film from director Justin Edgar is being launched at Efm.
London-based sales outfit Truffle Pictures has boarded Justin Edgar’s dark thriller The Marker and will launch the completed film at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up), Ana Ularu (Inferno) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral), the film follows a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of a woman he killed. Along the way, he is haunted by guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
The project was backed by Creative England, Sharp House and Met Film Post, with Film Finances providing the completed bond.
Ian Sharp, Rebecca Joerin-Sharp, Alex Usborne and director Edgar are producing for 104 films. Paul Ashton and Cavan Ash serve as executive producers for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Former Creative England exec Richard Holmes (who was made redundant in March last year) continues to executive...
London-based sales outfit Truffle Pictures has boarded Justin Edgar’s dark thriller The Marker and will launch the completed film at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up), Ana Ularu (Inferno) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral), the film follows a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of a woman he killed. Along the way, he is haunted by guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
The project was backed by Creative England, Sharp House and Met Film Post, with Film Finances providing the completed bond.
Ian Sharp, Rebecca Joerin-Sharp, Alex Usborne and director Edgar are producing for 104 films. Paul Ashton and Cavan Ash serve as executive producers for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Former Creative England exec Richard Holmes (who was made redundant in March last year) continues to executive...
- 2/8/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Author: Jon Lyus
We first reported on the production of John Jencks’ big screen adaptation of Stephen Fry’s The Hippopotamus back in 2015, when a single image was released. Since then we’ve heard almost nothing to sate our desire for big screen Fry. Until today that is, as we have finally got a first look at film’s trailer.
Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson adapted Fry’s 1994 novel for Jencks to make his second feature film. A suitably sozzled-looking Roger Allam leads the the cast which include Matthew Modine, Tim McInnerny, Tommy Knight, Geraldine Somerville, Fiona Shaw and Emily Berrington.
We’ve got our look at the first trailer for The Hippopotamus from the Palm Springs Film Festival where the film has its North American premiere on the 14th of January, with another screening on the 15th. There are no details about a festival debut on this side of the pond,...
We first reported on the production of John Jencks’ big screen adaptation of Stephen Fry’s The Hippopotamus back in 2015, when a single image was released. Since then we’ve heard almost nothing to sate our desire for big screen Fry. Until today that is, as we have finally got a first look at film’s trailer.
Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson adapted Fry’s 1994 novel for Jencks to make his second feature film. A suitably sozzled-looking Roger Allam leads the the cast which include Matthew Modine, Tim McInnerny, Tommy Knight, Geraldine Somerville, Fiona Shaw and Emily Berrington.
We’ve got our look at the first trailer for The Hippopotamus from the Palm Springs Film Festival where the film has its North American premiere on the 14th of January, with another screening on the 15th. There are no details about a festival debut on this side of the pond,...
- 1/10/2017
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Should a Christopher Hitchens biopic ever arise, Roger Allam would be the perfect actor to play him. Ted Wallace, the lapsed poet he portrays in The Hippopotamus, has never occupied the same literary heights as Hitchens, and his tumble down the writerly food chain finds him turning “whiskey into journalism” as a theater critic. But Ted’s crackling observations — the fuel that drives the movie — have the fluency and rapier wit of a diligent, erudite mind. The role is a welcome lead turn for Allam, who’s more than up for the plummy putdowns, as well as the dashes...
- 1/9/2017
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Fledgling UK sales outfit Truffle Pictures launches first market slate.
Fledgling UK sales outfit Truffle Pictures comes to its first Afm with a slate including John Jencks’ The Hippopotamus, UK comedy Dateless and action-adventure The Gaelic King.
Truffle is spearheaded by former Metrodome executive Caroline Couret-Delègue and former The Little Film Company executive Elie Mechoulam.
John Jencks’ completed comedy The Hippopotamus, based on Stephen Fry’s novel and taken on from Metrodome’s former sales slate, stars Roger Allam, Matthew Modine and Fiona Shaw in the story of a disgraced poet seeking redemption at a friend’s country estate.
Debut writer-director Josef Baar’s comedy, Dateless, adapted from from Tibor Fischer’s novel The Collector Collector, follows a lonely heart art authenticator who finds love with an ancient bowl. Her peace is shattered when she is overrun by collectors who all want a piece of the artifact.
UK outfit Lock & Loru Productions produces the project, currently...
Fledgling UK sales outfit Truffle Pictures comes to its first Afm with a slate including John Jencks’ The Hippopotamus, UK comedy Dateless and action-adventure The Gaelic King.
Truffle is spearheaded by former Metrodome executive Caroline Couret-Delègue and former The Little Film Company executive Elie Mechoulam.
John Jencks’ completed comedy The Hippopotamus, based on Stephen Fry’s novel and taken on from Metrodome’s former sales slate, stars Roger Allam, Matthew Modine and Fiona Shaw in the story of a disgraced poet seeking redemption at a friend’s country estate.
Debut writer-director Josef Baar’s comedy, Dateless, adapted from from Tibor Fischer’s novel The Collector Collector, follows a lonely heart art authenticator who finds love with an ancient bowl. Her peace is shattered when she is overrun by collectors who all want a piece of the artifact.
UK outfit Lock & Loru Productions produces the project, currently...
- 11/2/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Just when they thought they were safe... revenge pays them a visit. Fox Trap will be released in the Us and UK on DVD and Digital in February of 2017, and we have the exclusive reveal of the film's poster and several stills. Also in today's Highlights: Mondo's The Greasy Strangler items, a Q&A with Pandorica director Tom Paton, UK release details for Let's Be Evil, and info on The Truncated Nightmare Hour: Live! podcast.
Exclusive Fox Trap Poster and Stills: "After a terrible accident leaving a young girl disabled, eight years later the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.
The cast includes Klariza Clayton (Harry Brown, Blood Money, Skins), Scott Chambers (Chicken, Hush, The Hippopotamus), Alex Sawyer (House of Anubis), Kate Greer, Becky Fletcher,...
Exclusive Fox Trap Poster and Stills: "After a terrible accident leaving a young girl disabled, eight years later the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.
The cast includes Klariza Clayton (Harry Brown, Blood Money, Skins), Scott Chambers (Chicken, Hush, The Hippopotamus), Alex Sawyer (House of Anubis), Kate Greer, Becky Fletcher,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Sales and production outfit’s inaugural sales slate to include John Jencks’ The Hippopotamus.
Elie Mechoulam and Caroline Couret-Delègue have teamed to launch Truffle Pictures, a new London-based film sales and production company.
Mechoulam was the former director of sales and marketing at La-based The Little Film Company, working on releases including Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul and Klaus Härö’s Golden Globe nominated The Fencer.
Couret-Delègue was head of sales and acquisitions at Metrodome International, the sales arm (launched in 2014) of the UK distribution outfit that was placed in administration last month. She was previously head of international sales at Av Pictures.
Truffle Pictures will unveil its inaugural slate at the forthcoming American Film Market (Nov 2-9). That line-up will include John Jencks’ The Hippopotamus, based on Stephen Fry’s novel, which the company has taken on from Metrodome, and Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton’s supernatural thriller We Go On.
The company...
Elie Mechoulam and Caroline Couret-Delègue have teamed to launch Truffle Pictures, a new London-based film sales and production company.
Mechoulam was the former director of sales and marketing at La-based The Little Film Company, working on releases including Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul and Klaus Härö’s Golden Globe nominated The Fencer.
Couret-Delègue was head of sales and acquisitions at Metrodome International, the sales arm (launched in 2014) of the UK distribution outfit that was placed in administration last month. She was previously head of international sales at Av Pictures.
Truffle Pictures will unveil its inaugural slate at the forthcoming American Film Market (Nov 2-9). That line-up will include John Jencks’ The Hippopotamus, based on Stephen Fry’s novel, which the company has taken on from Metrodome, and Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton’s supernatural thriller We Go On.
The company...
- 9/28/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Supernatural chiller stars Clarke Freeman as a man hoping to find proof of the afterlife.
Metrodome International will handle sales on supernatural chiller We Go On [pictured], which premiered at California’s Cinequest Film Festival in March.
Directed by Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton from a screenplay by the latter and a story by the pair, the plot follows a man whose fear of dying leads him to offer a $30,000 reward to anyone who can prove to him the existence of an afterlife.
The film stars Clarke Freeman (Yellowbrickroad), Annette O’Toole (Superman III) and John Glover (Gremlins 2), and was produced by Logan Brown, Richard W. King and Irina Popov for Us outfit Filmed Imagination.
We Go On also played the Cleveland International Film Festival in March before travelling to Scotland’s Dead By Dawn festival in April, where it won an audience award for best feature.
Metrodome will launch the title to buyers with two...
Metrodome International will handle sales on supernatural chiller We Go On [pictured], which premiered at California’s Cinequest Film Festival in March.
Directed by Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton from a screenplay by the latter and a story by the pair, the plot follows a man whose fear of dying leads him to offer a $30,000 reward to anyone who can prove to him the existence of an afterlife.
The film stars Clarke Freeman (Yellowbrickroad), Annette O’Toole (Superman III) and John Glover (Gremlins 2), and was produced by Logan Brown, Richard W. King and Irina Popov for Us outfit Filmed Imagination.
We Go On also played the Cleveland International Film Festival in March before travelling to Scotland’s Dead By Dawn festival in April, where it won an audience award for best feature.
Metrodome will launch the title to buyers with two...
- 5/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Supernatural drama stars Clarke Freeman as a man hoping to find proof of the afterlife.
Metrodome International will handle sales on supernatural drama We Go On [pictured top], which premieres at California’s Cinequest Film Festival tomorrow (May 5).
Produced by Logan Brown, Richard W. King and Irina Popov for Us outfit Filmed Imagination, the film stars Clarke Freeman (Yellowbrickroad), Annette O’Toole (Superman III) and John Glover (Gremlins 2).
The plot follows a man whose fear of dying leads him to offer a $30,000 reward to anyone who can prove to him the existence of an afterlife.
Metrodome will launch the title to buyers with two screenings at Cannes.
Head of sales & acquisitions Caroline Couret-Delègue commented: “What attracted me to We Go On is the smart storytelling and filmmakers’ ability to bring such a gripping, chilling story to the screen without resorting to cheap scares.”
Also on Metrodome’s slate are the Stephen Fry book adaptation The Hippopotamus and a...
Metrodome International will handle sales on supernatural drama We Go On [pictured top], which premieres at California’s Cinequest Film Festival tomorrow (May 5).
Produced by Logan Brown, Richard W. King and Irina Popov for Us outfit Filmed Imagination, the film stars Clarke Freeman (Yellowbrickroad), Annette O’Toole (Superman III) and John Glover (Gremlins 2).
The plot follows a man whose fear of dying leads him to offer a $30,000 reward to anyone who can prove to him the existence of an afterlife.
Metrodome will launch the title to buyers with two screenings at Cannes.
Head of sales & acquisitions Caroline Couret-Delègue commented: “What attracted me to We Go On is the smart storytelling and filmmakers’ ability to bring such a gripping, chilling story to the screen without resorting to cheap scares.”
Also on Metrodome’s slate are the Stephen Fry book adaptation The Hippopotamus and a...
- 5/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
A new TV spot has been released for The Purge: Election Year, an upcoming flick from Universal Pictures. Also in this round-up: release details for Scream Factory’s Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of Raising Cain and a trailer for Blood Money.
The Purge: Election Year: “Expanding the universe introduced in the hit franchise that electrified the culture and earned $200 million at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures’ The Purge: Election Year reveals the next terrifying chapter that occurs over 12 hours of annual lawlessness sanctioned by the New Founders of America to keep this country great.
It’s been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent.
The Purge: Election Year: “Expanding the universe introduced in the hit franchise that electrified the culture and earned $200 million at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures’ The Purge: Election Year reveals the next terrifying chapter that occurs over 12 hours of annual lawlessness sanctioned by the New Founders of America to keep this country great.
It’s been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent.
- 2/26/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Inspired by the 1982 slasher directed by Juan Piquer Simón, the Pieces shirts from Fright Rags are back and available to order now. Also: details on the new add-ons for Fallout 4, release info for Horror Movie A Day: The Book, a Road Games trailer, new Fox Trap images, and Indiegogo details for Still.
Fright Rags' Pieces Shirt: From Fright Rags: “Pieces is Back! Official Pieces shirts are In-stock and Ready To Ship! Only at Fright-Rags.com
Available in Guys (S-5X), Girls (S-2X) and Hoodies (S-3X). Art by Justin Osbourn.
Shop Now! : https://www.fright-rags.com/collections/pieces”
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Fallout 4 Add-Ons: Press Release: "Since Fallout 4 launched, we’ve been blown away by your support for the game. It stands as our most successful title ever and that couldn’t have happened without you. It’s been truly inspiring, the stories, images, and experiences that you’ve created. And...
Fright Rags' Pieces Shirt: From Fright Rags: “Pieces is Back! Official Pieces shirts are In-stock and Ready To Ship! Only at Fright-Rags.com
Available in Guys (S-5X), Girls (S-2X) and Hoodies (S-3X). Art by Justin Osbourn.
Shop Now! : https://www.fright-rags.com/collections/pieces”
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Fallout 4 Add-Ons: Press Release: "Since Fallout 4 launched, we’ve been blown away by your support for the game. It stands as our most successful title ever and that couldn’t have happened without you. It’s been truly inspiring, the stories, images, and experiences that you’ve created. And...
- 2/17/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Exclusive: UK comedy The Hippopotamus wraps and inks deals.
Metrodome International and Metrodome Distribution have boarded world sales rights and UK distribution rights, respectively, to UK comedy The Hippopotamus.
The London-based sales outfit will launch the film at the Afm.
Shoot has now wrapped on the adaptation of Stephen Fry’s novel, whose ensemble cast includes Roger Allam (The Woman in Black), Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises), Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill) and Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter).
Producers are Alexa Seligman and Jay Taylor for The Electric Shadow Company, whose recent credits include The Trust with Nicolas Cage and Swallows and Amazons starring Rafe Spall.
John Jencks directs the story about a disgraced poet who is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson’s adaptation is the first Stephen Fry book to be reworked for cinema.
Seligman and Taylor said: “We had two tons of...
Metrodome International and Metrodome Distribution have boarded world sales rights and UK distribution rights, respectively, to UK comedy The Hippopotamus.
The London-based sales outfit will launch the film at the Afm.
Shoot has now wrapped on the adaptation of Stephen Fry’s novel, whose ensemble cast includes Roger Allam (The Woman in Black), Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises), Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill) and Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter).
Producers are Alexa Seligman and Jay Taylor for The Electric Shadow Company, whose recent credits include The Trust with Nicolas Cage and Swallows and Amazons starring Rafe Spall.
John Jencks directs the story about a disgraced poet who is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson’s adaptation is the first Stephen Fry book to be reworked for cinema.
Seligman and Taylor said: “We had two tons of...
- 10/1/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK comedy The Hippopotamus wraps and inks deals.
Metrodome International and Metrodome Distribution have boarded world sales rights and UK distribution rights, respectively, to UK comedy The Hippopotamus.
The London-based sales outfit will launch the film at the Afm.
Shoot has now wrapped on the adaptation of Stephen Fry’s novel, whose ensemble cast includes Roger Allam (The Woman in Black), Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises), Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill) and Fiona Shaw (The Harry Potter series).
Producers are Alexa Seligman and Jay Taylor for The Electric Shadow Company, whose recent credits include The Trust with Nicolas Cage and Swallows and Amazons starring Rafe Spall.
John Jencks directs the story about a disgraced poet who is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson’s adaptation is the first Stephen Fry book to be reworked for cinema.
Seligman and Taylor...
Metrodome International and Metrodome Distribution have boarded world sales rights and UK distribution rights, respectively, to UK comedy The Hippopotamus.
The London-based sales outfit will launch the film at the Afm.
Shoot has now wrapped on the adaptation of Stephen Fry’s novel, whose ensemble cast includes Roger Allam (The Woman in Black), Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises), Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill) and Fiona Shaw (The Harry Potter series).
Producers are Alexa Seligman and Jay Taylor for The Electric Shadow Company, whose recent credits include The Trust with Nicolas Cage and Swallows and Amazons starring Rafe Spall.
John Jencks directs the story about a disgraced poet who is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson’s adaptation is the first Stephen Fry book to be reworked for cinema.
Seligman and Taylor...
- 10/1/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
In the 1990s, while he was still blossoming into the flower of National Treasure he is currently, Stephen Fry turned his attention to a series of novels. The Liar was published first, an account of a public schoolboy whose proficiency in the fibbing department opens up a marvellous fictional world of espionage. Fry also dabbled
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- 9/24/2015
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sam Neill and Roger Allam are set to star in Metrodome Distribution's British comedy "The Hippopotamus" based on a Stephen Fry bestseller.
Allam plays disgraced poet Ted Wallace who investigates a series of unexplained miracle healings due to a horny teenager who is in the midst of becoming a self-styled sexual healer.
As the teen's father is set on sharing this gift with the world, Ted hurries to debunk the miracles before the teen is publicly embarrassed.
Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson penned the script and filming begins in August under the helm of John Jencks.
Source: Screen...
Allam plays disgraced poet Ted Wallace who investigates a series of unexplained miracle healings due to a horny teenager who is in the midst of becoming a self-styled sexual healer.
As the teen's father is set on sharing this gift with the world, Ted hurries to debunk the miracles before the teen is publicly embarrassed.
Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson penned the script and filming begins in August under the helm of John Jencks.
Source: Screen...
- 5/29/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Stephen Fry’s comic bestseller The Hippopotamus is the latest tome targeted for big screen adaptation and the producers are now rounding up a cast. Sam Neill and Roger Allam are both on board for the new film, which has John Jencks set to direct.Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson wrote the script, which finds Allam as disgraced poet Ted Wallace travelling to his friend’s country manor to investigate some unexplained miracle healings. There he discovers that the truth is slightly sleazier than anyone suspected: the perpetrator is horny teenager David Logan, who is styling himself as a sexual healer with an eager clientele.To make matters more complicated, David’s dad Michael (Neill) has decided he should share his son’s gift with the world, blissfully unaware of what is actually going on. Can Ted debunk the “miracles” in time to save his pal from a raft of mockery?...
- 5/28/2015
- EmpireOnline
Exclusive: Sam Neill and Roger Allam to star in the British comedy based on a Stephen Fry bestseller.
Metrodome Distribution has picked up The Hippopotamus for UK and Irish distribution from sales agent Highland Film Group.
The film is based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Fry and stars Roger Allam (Tamara Drew, The Angels’ Share).
Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) has confirmed he will join the film with further cast to be announced over coming weeks ahead of shooting in August.
The film centres on disgraced poet Ted Wallace (Allam) who is summoned to his friend’s country manor, Swafford Hall, to investigate a series of unexplained miracle healings.
Ted tracks down the perpetrator of the phenomena, horny teenager David Logan who is in the midst of becoming a self-styled sexual healer.
Unaware of David’s unorthodox methods, David’s father, Michael (Neill) is set on sharing this gift with the world. Ted hurries...
Metrodome Distribution has picked up The Hippopotamus for UK and Irish distribution from sales agent Highland Film Group.
The film is based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Fry and stars Roger Allam (Tamara Drew, The Angels’ Share).
Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) has confirmed he will join the film with further cast to be announced over coming weeks ahead of shooting in August.
The film centres on disgraced poet Ted Wallace (Allam) who is summoned to his friend’s country manor, Swafford Hall, to investigate a series of unexplained miracle healings.
Ted tracks down the perpetrator of the phenomena, horny teenager David Logan who is in the midst of becoming a self-styled sexual healer.
Unaware of David’s unorthodox methods, David’s father, Michael (Neill) is set on sharing this gift with the world. Ted hurries...
- 5/28/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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