Sky has boarded “Four Kids and It,” Andy De Emmony’s family adventure film starring Sir Michael Caine, Matthew Goode, Paula Patton and Russell Brand. The film, which is based on the 1902 bestselling book by Jacqueline Wilson, will be available on pay-channel Sky Cinema and in theaters day-and-date at Easter.
Set on the Cornish coast, “Four Kids and It” follows four children who embark on a journey to discover if a magical creature can really make all their wishes come true. It starts out with a family holiday to a Cornish cottage which takes an unexpected turn when the kids come across a magical and very grumpy creature (Caine) on a beach.
“’Four Kids and It’ is another example of our huge ambition for Sky original films. We are passionate about great storytelling and I know, with this fantastic cast, that our customers are definitely in for a treat this Easter,...
Set on the Cornish coast, “Four Kids and It” follows four children who embark on a journey to discover if a magical creature can really make all their wishes come true. It starts out with a family holiday to a Cornish cottage which takes an unexpected turn when the kids come across a magical and very grumpy creature (Caine) on a beach.
“’Four Kids and It’ is another example of our huge ambition for Sky original films. We are passionate about great storytelling and I know, with this fantastic cast, that our customers are definitely in for a treat this Easter,...
- 12/19/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel.
Russell Brand family film Four Kids And It is attracting buyer interest at this year’s Afm for 13 Films.
Screen can reveal the first look image from the film, above.
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel, while Julie Baines and Anne Brogan produce. The shoot wrapped in Dublin recently.
Brand’s co-stars incluce Paula Patton, Michael Caine and Matthew Goode.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows...
Russell Brand family film Four Kids And It is attracting buyer interest at this year’s Afm for 13 Films.
Screen can reveal the first look image from the film, above.
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel, while Julie Baines and Anne Brogan produce. The shoot wrapped in Dublin recently.
Brand’s co-stars incluce Paula Patton, Michael Caine and Matthew Goode.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows...
- 11/2/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography on the film began on July 16 in Ireland.
Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) and Paula Patton (Precious) have joined the cast of Four Kids And It, the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West).
Brand and Patton join a cast that already includes Michael Caine (Youth) and Matthew Goode (The Crown). Principal photography on the film began on July 16 on location in Ireland.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that...
Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) and Paula Patton (Precious) have joined the cast of Four Kids And It, the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West).
Brand and Patton join a cast that already includes Michael Caine (Youth) and Matthew Goode (The Crown). Principal photography on the film began on July 16 on location in Ireland.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that...
- 7/19/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have joined Oscar-winner Michael Caine and The Crown star Matthew Goode in family adventure film Four Kids And It.
Shoot is under way in Ireland on the feature which is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West) and follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step siblings engineered by new couple Alice (Patton) and David (Goode). During an argument, the kids accidently find a Psammead, a magical, sandy, grumpy creature called It (voiced by Caine) who can grant them one wish a day.
Brand plays the local oddball villain Tristan bent on capturing the Psammead for his own gain. The children at the center of the family adventure are played by Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear) and Teddie Malleson-Allen (Swallows And Amazons) alongside Billy Jenkins (The Crown) and newcomer...
Shoot is under way in Ireland on the feature which is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West) and follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step siblings engineered by new couple Alice (Patton) and David (Goode). During an argument, the kids accidently find a Psammead, a magical, sandy, grumpy creature called It (voiced by Caine) who can grant them one wish a day.
Brand plays the local oddball villain Tristan bent on capturing the Psammead for his own gain. The children at the center of the family adventure are played by Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear) and Teddie Malleson-Allen (Swallows And Amazons) alongside Billy Jenkins (The Crown) and newcomer...
- 7/19/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Umedia handling sales on UK-Hungarian co-production.
Director John Goldschmidt has started principal photography in London on comedic drama Dough.
Umedia International handles world sales and will bring the project to market at Afm next month.
Yehudah Jez Freedman and Jonathan Benson wrote the script, about the unlikely friendship between an old Jewish baker trying to save his family bakery and a young Muslim refugee from Darfur trying to help his mother by selling cannabis.
Producers are György Gattyán, András Somkuti, Goldschmidt and Wolfgang Esenwein, with Bruno György and Geraldine East executive producing.
The cast feature Jonathan Pryce, Phil Davis, Ian Hart, Pauline Collins and Jerome Holder.
Goldschmidt’s Viva Films partnered with German producer Esenwein’s Three Coloured Dog Films to package and finance the project.
The project has been set up as an official UK-Hungarian co-production with Budapest-based Docler Entertainment fully financing.
Esenwein said: “We are extremely happy to be working with András and Bruno...
Director John Goldschmidt has started principal photography in London on comedic drama Dough.
Umedia International handles world sales and will bring the project to market at Afm next month.
Yehudah Jez Freedman and Jonathan Benson wrote the script, about the unlikely friendship between an old Jewish baker trying to save his family bakery and a young Muslim refugee from Darfur trying to help his mother by selling cannabis.
Producers are György Gattyán, András Somkuti, Goldschmidt and Wolfgang Esenwein, with Bruno György and Geraldine East executive producing.
The cast feature Jonathan Pryce, Phil Davis, Ian Hart, Pauline Collins and Jerome Holder.
Goldschmidt’s Viva Films partnered with German producer Esenwein’s Three Coloured Dog Films to package and finance the project.
The project has been set up as an official UK-Hungarian co-production with Budapest-based Docler Entertainment fully financing.
Esenwein said: “We are extremely happy to be working with András and Bruno...
- 10/14/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Umedia handling sales on UK-Hungarian co-production.
Director John Goldschmidt has started principal photography in London on comedic drama Dough.
Umedia International handles world sales and will bring the project to market at Afm next month.
Yehudah Jez Freedman and Jonathan Benson wrote the script, about the unlikely friendship between an old Jewish baker trying to save his family bakery and a young Muslim refugee from Darfur trying to help his mother by selling cannabis.
Producers are György Gattyán, András Somkuti, Goldschmidt and Wolfgang Esenwein, with Bruno György and Geraldine East executive producing.
The cast feature Jonathan Pryce, Phil Davis, Ian Hart, Pauline Collins and Jerome Holder.
Goldschmidt’s Viva Films partnered with German producer Esenwein’s Three Coloured Dog Films to package and finance the project.
The project has been set up as an official UK-Hungarian co-production with Budapest-based Docler Entertainment fully financing.
Esenwein said: “We are extremely happy to be working with András and Bruno...
Director John Goldschmidt has started principal photography in London on comedic drama Dough.
Umedia International handles world sales and will bring the project to market at Afm next month.
Yehudah Jez Freedman and Jonathan Benson wrote the script, about the unlikely friendship between an old Jewish baker trying to save his family bakery and a young Muslim refugee from Darfur trying to help his mother by selling cannabis.
Producers are György Gattyán, András Somkuti, Goldschmidt and Wolfgang Esenwein, with Bruno György and Geraldine East executive producing.
The cast feature Jonathan Pryce, Phil Davis, Ian Hart, Pauline Collins and Jerome Holder.
Goldschmidt’s Viva Films partnered with German producer Esenwein’s Three Coloured Dog Films to package and finance the project.
The project has been set up as an official UK-Hungarian co-production with Budapest-based Docler Entertainment fully financing.
Esenwein said: “We are extremely happy to be working with András and Bruno...
- 10/14/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Umedia handling sales on UK-Hungarian co-production.
Director John Goldschmidt has started principal photography in London on comedic drama Dough.
Umedia International handles world sales and will bring the project to market at Afm next month.
Yehudah Jez Freedman and Jonathan Benson wrote the script, about the unlikely friendship between an old Jewish baker trying to save his family bakery and a young Muslim refugee from Darfur trying to help his mother by selling cannabis.
Producers are György Gattyán, András Somkuti, Goldschmidt and Wolfgang Esenwein, with Bruno György and Geraldine East executive producing.
The cast feature Jonathan Pryce, Phil Davis, Ian Hart, Pauline Collins and Jerome Holder.
Goldschmidt’s Viva Films partnered with German producer Esenwein’s Three Coloured Dog Films to package and finance the project.
The project has been set up as an official UK-Hungarian co-production with Budapest-based Docler Entertainment fully financing.
Esenwein said: “We are extremely happy to be working with András and Bruno...
Director John Goldschmidt has started principal photography in London on comedic drama Dough.
Umedia International handles world sales and will bring the project to market at Afm next month.
Yehudah Jez Freedman and Jonathan Benson wrote the script, about the unlikely friendship between an old Jewish baker trying to save his family bakery and a young Muslim refugee from Darfur trying to help his mother by selling cannabis.
Producers are György Gattyán, András Somkuti, Goldschmidt and Wolfgang Esenwein, with Bruno György and Geraldine East executive producing.
The cast feature Jonathan Pryce, Phil Davis, Ian Hart, Pauline Collins and Jerome Holder.
Goldschmidt’s Viva Films partnered with German producer Esenwein’s Three Coloured Dog Films to package and finance the project.
The project has been set up as an official UK-Hungarian co-production with Budapest-based Docler Entertainment fully financing.
Esenwein said: “We are extremely happy to be working with András and Bruno...
- 10/14/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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