Following collaborations with music-driven auteur John Carney on last year’s Flora and Son and a pair of other high-profile projects, Jack Reynor has closed a deal to reteam with the Irish filmmaker on his latest effort, the musical comedy Power Ballad, starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas.
Details as to his role are under wraps, as are specifics of the plot, though the film is billed as an uplifting, music-driven story about a wedding singer, a rock star, and the song that comes between them. Deadline was first to tell you about the project.
Currently in production in Dublin, Power Ballad hails from 30West and Likely Story. Written by Carney and Peter McDonald, the film will be produced by Anthony Bregman and Peter Cron for Likely Story, Robert Walpole and Rebecca O’Flanagan for Treasure Entertainment, and Carney, all of whom produced Carney’s Flora and Son for Apple TV...
Details as to his role are under wraps, as are specifics of the plot, though the film is billed as an uplifting, music-driven story about a wedding singer, a rock star, and the song that comes between them. Deadline was first to tell you about the project.
Currently in production in Dublin, Power Ballad hails from 30West and Likely Story. Written by Carney and Peter McDonald, the film will be produced by Anthony Bregman and Peter Cron for Likely Story, Robert Walpole and Rebecca O’Flanagan for Treasure Entertainment, and Carney, all of whom produced Carney’s Flora and Son for Apple TV...
- 5/30/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas will headline Power Ballad, a musical comedy from Once director John Carney. It’s in production now.
Once director John Carney’s next film is Power Ballad, a musical comedy which will follow “the story of a wedding singer (Paul Rudd), a rock star (Nick Jonas), and the song that comes between them.”
Carney will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Peter McDonald.
Carney said, in a statement to Deadline, “I’m delighted to be working with so many great people. I’ve been working on this script with my buddy Peter for years, and now Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas are in my kitchen.”
The film is set to be one of the main attractions at the market at this year’s Cannes film festival. Carney was attached to direct a biopic of The Bee Gees, he stepped back and was replaced by Lorene Scafaria.
Once director John Carney’s next film is Power Ballad, a musical comedy which will follow “the story of a wedding singer (Paul Rudd), a rock star (Nick Jonas), and the song that comes between them.”
Carney will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Peter McDonald.
Carney said, in a statement to Deadline, “I’m delighted to be working with so many great people. I’ve been working on this script with my buddy Peter for years, and now Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas are in my kitchen.”
The film is set to be one of the main attractions at the market at this year’s Cannes film festival. Carney was attached to direct a biopic of The Bee Gees, he stepped back and was replaced by Lorene Scafaria.
- 5/7/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas have been cast in 'Power Ballad'.The duo are attached to the musical comedy movie that tells the story of a wedding singer (Rudd), a rock star (Jonas) and the song that comes between them.John Carney is directing the movie that has already started filming in Dublin and will be of interest at the Cannes market this month.Carney has penned the script with Peter McDonald and 30West, WME Independent and UTA Independent Film Group are representing domestic sales for the movie while WME are responsible for the overseas rights.The Irish filmmaker said: "I'm delighted to be working with so many great people. I've been working on this script with my buddy Peter for years, and now Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas are in my kitchen."Alex Walton of WME added: "We are so excited to bring John Carney's next film to Cannes.
- 5/3/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd are set to star in “Power Ballad” a musical comedy from John Carney, who directed “Once” and “Sing Street.” They are currently filming in Dublin.
“Power Ballad” was written by Carney and Peter McDonald. The official logline for the film reads, “An uplifting music-driven story about a wedding singer, a rock star and the song that comes between them.”
Jonas and Rudd are both known for their work on-screen with Jonas’ credits including “Camp Rock,” Scream Queens” and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and a TV performance of “Jersey Boys Live!” Rudd is known for “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” “Only Murders In The Building,” “Knocked Up” and Marvel’s Ant-Man films.
However, both of them have stacked Broadway credits, too. Jonas started acting on Broadway at seven years old. He’s been in “Les Misérables,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Hairspray,” “Annie Get Your Gun” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying...
“Power Ballad” was written by Carney and Peter McDonald. The official logline for the film reads, “An uplifting music-driven story about a wedding singer, a rock star and the song that comes between them.”
Jonas and Rudd are both known for their work on-screen with Jonas’ credits including “Camp Rock,” Scream Queens” and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and a TV performance of “Jersey Boys Live!” Rudd is known for “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” “Only Murders In The Building,” “Knocked Up” and Marvel’s Ant-Man films.
However, both of them have stacked Broadway credits, too. Jonas started acting on Broadway at seven years old. He’s been in “Les Misérables,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Hairspray,” “Annie Get Your Gun” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying...
- 5/2/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Scout a picturesque cliffside and fire up the wind machines because Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas are ready to feel the wind in their hair while serenading audiences for the musical comedy Power Ballad. The film starring Rudd and Jonas revolves around a wedding singer (Rudd), a rock star (Jonas), and the song that divides them. The project hails from 30West and Anthony Bregman’s Likely Story.
John Carney directs Power Ballad from a script he co-wrote with Peter McDonald, who wrote and directed the comedy short Pentecost and co-wrote The Bachelor Weekend with John Butler.
“We are so excited to bring John Carney’s next film to Cannes. John has a magic ability to weave great music into wonderfully engaging and universally relatable stories that make audience emotions run high,” said Alex Walton of WME. “Power Ballad is fun and heartwarming – themes that audiences crave today. His unique vision,...
John Carney directs Power Ballad from a script he co-wrote with Peter McDonald, who wrote and directed the comedy short Pentecost and co-wrote The Bachelor Weekend with John Butler.
“We are so excited to bring John Carney’s next film to Cannes. John has a magic ability to weave great music into wonderfully engaging and universally relatable stories that make audience emotions run high,” said Alex Walton of WME. “Power Ballad is fun and heartwarming – themes that audiences crave today. His unique vision,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Paul Rudd is set to go toe to toe, voice to voice, with Nick Jonas for John Carney’s latest musical.
Carney’s “Power Ballad” stars Rudd and Jonas as two very different types of musicians: One is a wedding singer while the other is a rock star, and while the casting details over which actor is playing which character haven’t been confirmed, Jonas’ real-life rock star status must be influencing his performance.
Carney recently helmed “Flora and Son” and is set to direct the upcoming musical comedy that he cowrote with Peter McDonald. Principal photography began in Dublin at the end of April, with the feature billed as “an uplifting music-driven story about a wedding singer, a rock star, and the song that comes between them.”
30West will finance the film, alongside Screen Ireland, and executive produce. Anthony Bregman and Peter Cron will produce for Likely Story with...
Carney’s “Power Ballad” stars Rudd and Jonas as two very different types of musicians: One is a wedding singer while the other is a rock star, and while the casting details over which actor is playing which character haven’t been confirmed, Jonas’ real-life rock star status must be influencing his performance.
Carney recently helmed “Flora and Son” and is set to direct the upcoming musical comedy that he cowrote with Peter McDonald. Principal photography began in Dublin at the end of April, with the feature billed as “an uplifting music-driven story about a wedding singer, a rock star, and the song that comes between them.”
30West will finance the film, alongside Screen Ireland, and executive produce. Anthony Bregman and Peter Cron will produce for Likely Story with...
- 5/2/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd are set to star in the latest movie from Jon Carney, the director behind Once and Sing Street.
The project, which was written by Carney and Peter McDonald, will follow Rudd as a wedding singer and Jonas as a flagging pop star who come together to write a song to comedic consequences. Filming is underway in Dublin.
Anthony Bregman’s Likely Story is producing along with 30West, which is also set to finance with Screen Ireland. Along with Carney and Bregman, Likely Story’s Peter Cron will produce with Robert Walpole and Rebecca O’Flanagan for Treasure Entertainment, who worked with Carney on his last film Flora and Son, which landed at Apple after a Sundance debut.
30West, WME Independent and UTA Independent Film Group are handling sales out of the Cannes market.
“I’m delighted to be working with so many great people,” said Carney.
The project, which was written by Carney and Peter McDonald, will follow Rudd as a wedding singer and Jonas as a flagging pop star who come together to write a song to comedic consequences. Filming is underway in Dublin.
Anthony Bregman’s Likely Story is producing along with 30West, which is also set to finance with Screen Ireland. Along with Carney and Bregman, Likely Story’s Peter Cron will produce with Robert Walpole and Rebecca O’Flanagan for Treasure Entertainment, who worked with Carney on his last film Flora and Son, which landed at Apple after a Sundance debut.
30West, WME Independent and UTA Independent Film Group are handling sales out of the Cannes market.
“I’m delighted to be working with so many great people,” said Carney.
- 5/2/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) and Nick Jonas (Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle) are set to star in musical comedy Power Ballad from Once and Sing Street director John Carney, we can reveal.
30West and Anthony Bregman’s (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind) Likely Story are behind this movie, which will chart the story of a wedding singer (Rudd), a rock star (Jonas), and the song that comes between them.
Filming is underway in Dublin on the project which will be a hot one at the Cannes market this month. 30West, WME Independent, and UTA Independent Film Group will represent the domestic sales on the film, with WME Independent handling international rights.
Script comes from Carney and Peter McDonald (The Bachelor Weekend). 30West will finance the film, alongside Screen Ireland, and executive produce. Bregman and Peter Cron will produce for Likely Story with Robert Walpole and Rebecca O’Flanagan for Treasure Entertainment,...
30West and Anthony Bregman’s (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind) Likely Story are behind this movie, which will chart the story of a wedding singer (Rudd), a rock star (Jonas), and the song that comes between them.
Filming is underway in Dublin on the project which will be a hot one at the Cannes market this month. 30West, WME Independent, and UTA Independent Film Group will represent the domestic sales on the film, with WME Independent handling international rights.
Script comes from Carney and Peter McDonald (The Bachelor Weekend). 30West will finance the film, alongside Screen Ireland, and executive produce. Bregman and Peter Cron will produce for Likely Story with Robert Walpole and Rebecca O’Flanagan for Treasure Entertainment,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman, Matt Grobar and Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s your first look at This Town, the latest TV drama from Peaky Blinders and Sas Rogue Heroes creator Steven Knight, starring Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Nicholas Pinnock (For Life) and David Dawson (My Policeman).
The six-part series is produced by Kudos of Banijay UK and Nebulastar for the BBC with Mercury Studios co-producing in association with Kudos North, Stigma Films, and Nick Angel. The show was filmed on location in the West Midlands and at Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc Film and TV studios.
Plot of the series follows a band’s formation against a backdrop of violence, capturing how creative genius can emerge from a time of madness. Starring are Levi Brown (Loss and Return), Jordan Bolger (The Woman King), Ben Rose (Line of Duty) and Eve Austin (You) as the four young leads.
Geraldine James (Back to Life), Peter McDonald (The Batman), Freya Parks (The School...
The six-part series is produced by Kudos of Banijay UK and Nebulastar for the BBC with Mercury Studios co-producing in association with Kudos North, Stigma Films, and Nick Angel. The show was filmed on location in the West Midlands and at Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc Film and TV studios.
Plot of the series follows a band’s formation against a backdrop of violence, capturing how creative genius can emerge from a time of madness. Starring are Levi Brown (Loss and Return), Jordan Bolger (The Woman King), Ben Rose (Line of Duty) and Eve Austin (You) as the four young leads.
Geraldine James (Back to Life), Peter McDonald (The Batman), Freya Parks (The School...
- 10/5/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Network: Netflix, BBC America
Episodes: 46 (hour)
Seasons: Five
TV show dates: October 10, 2015 — March 9, 2022
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Alexander Dreymon, David Dawson, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thure Lindhardt, Millie Brady, Alexandre Willaume, Julia Bache-Wiig, Joseph Millson, and Peter McDonald.
TV show description:
An adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel series, The Saxon Stories, The Last Kingdom TV show follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Dreymon), the son of a ninth Century Saxon nobleman. After Danish invaders seize six of the seven kingdoms making up what we now think of as England, only Wessex still stands.
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Episodes: 46 (hour)
Seasons: Five
TV show dates: October 10, 2015 — March 9, 2022
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Alexander Dreymon, David Dawson, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thure Lindhardt, Millie Brady, Alexandre Willaume, Julia Bache-Wiig, Joseph Millson, and Peter McDonald.
TV show description:
An adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel series, The Saxon Stories, The Last Kingdom TV show follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Dreymon), the son of a ninth Century Saxon nobleman. After Danish invaders seize six of the seven kingdoms making up what we now think of as England, only Wessex still stands.
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- 3/10/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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- 3/5/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Take a look at more new footage from "A Discovery of Witches" Season 3, based on "The Book of Life" from the "All Souls" novels by Deborah Harkness, now airing on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+:
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 1/26/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The blood rage killer was revealed on A Discovery of Witches Season 3 Episode 2, and if you thought it was going to be Benjamin, you got quite the shock.
Make no mistake. Benjamin is the cause of the problem, but he's more of an instigator and string-puller than imagined.
After Matthew and Diana timewalked back to the future, things with their son fell apart.
Father Hubbard was an odd man, but he was directly responsible for Jack's care.
Watching Jack suffer the loss he felt after Matthew and Diana left was really difficult for him, and when Jack was dying, Father Hubbard brought him back as a vampire so that he'd have a chance to find his family again.
Unfortunately for them both, Benjamin sired Father Hubbard. Benjamin has been on a mission to destroy Matthew, and by proxy Diana.
I can't recall how much they knew about Father Hubbard's parentage,...
Make no mistake. Benjamin is the cause of the problem, but he's more of an instigator and string-puller than imagined.
After Matthew and Diana timewalked back to the future, things with their son fell apart.
Father Hubbard was an odd man, but he was directly responsible for Jack's care.
Watching Jack suffer the loss he felt after Matthew and Diana left was really difficult for him, and when Jack was dying, Father Hubbard brought him back as a vampire so that he'd have a chance to find his family again.
Unfortunately for them both, Benjamin sired Father Hubbard. Benjamin has been on a mission to destroy Matthew, and by proxy Diana.
I can't recall how much they knew about Father Hubbard's parentage,...
- 1/15/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Warning: this A Discovery of Witches review contains spoilers.
They may be magical creatures ruled by mystical rites, but when it comes to family, the vampires, witches and daemons are no different from the rest of us. Gather the clan together under one roof and pretty soon it’s all rivalry, resentment and stalking out of dinner in a huff. One brother doesn’t like his new sister-in-law, the youngest wants the eldest to move with the times. ‘You’re breaking an ancient covenant’, ‘You didn’t tell me I carried a genetic disease that turned my vampire children into uncontrollably vicious monsters’… All the usual beef. The only difference is that the de Clermonts get to do it in all a stunningly lit castle over a glass of what must be excellent wine.
Season three got off to a mournful start as Diana and Matthew time-walked straight to poor Aunt Em’s death bed.
They may be magical creatures ruled by mystical rites, but when it comes to family, the vampires, witches and daemons are no different from the rest of us. Gather the clan together under one roof and pretty soon it’s all rivalry, resentment and stalking out of dinner in a huff. One brother doesn’t like his new sister-in-law, the youngest wants the eldest to move with the times. ‘You’re breaking an ancient covenant’, ‘You didn’t tell me I carried a genetic disease that turned my vampire children into uncontrollably vicious monsters’… All the usual beef. The only difference is that the de Clermonts get to do it in all a stunningly lit castle over a glass of what must be excellent wine.
Season three got off to a mournful start as Diana and Matthew time-walked straight to poor Aunt Em’s death bed.
- 1/7/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Take a look at more new footage from "A Discovery of Witches" Season 3, based on "The Book of Life" from the "All Souls" novels by Deborah Harkness, premiering January 8, 2022 on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+:
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 1/7/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
It’s the beginning of the end on A Discovery of Witches. In the TV adaptation’s third and final season, Diana and Matthew return to the present to face a personal tragedy and deep political division among the creatures. The forces of conservatism seek to preserve the separation between vampires, witches and daemons; while reformers wish to dismantle the status quo. Threats from the Book of Life, the Oxford blood-rage killer, the Congregation and Peter Knox all continue, while Diana comes into her prophesied role as the witch who will change everything.
Joining the existing characters in the ongoing battle are newcomers Fernando (Olivier Huband), Ransome (Parker Sawyers), Geraldine (Genesis Lynea), Dr Roberts (Ivanno Jeremiah), and actor Toby Regbo. Season three also welcomes Peter McDonald, who takes over the existing role of Baldwin St Clair from Trystan Gravelle. Find out more about them all below, with mild spoilers right at the end.
Joining the existing characters in the ongoing battle are newcomers Fernando (Olivier Huband), Ransome (Parker Sawyers), Geraldine (Genesis Lynea), Dr Roberts (Ivanno Jeremiah), and actor Toby Regbo. Season three also welcomes Peter McDonald, who takes over the existing role of Baldwin St Clair from Trystan Gravelle. Find out more about them all below, with mild spoilers right at the end.
- 1/5/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Take a look at more new footage from "A Discovery of Witches" Season 3, based on "The Book of Life" from the "All Souls" novels by Deborah Harkness, premiering January 8, 2022 on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+:
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 12/24/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"A Discovery of Witches" Season 3, based on "The Book of Life" from author Deborah Harkness' "All Souls" book series , is the third and final installment of the Sky Original TV series, premiering January 8, 2022 on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+:
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 12/4/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Diana Bishop's journey will conclude in 2022.
Shudder, AMC+, and Sundance Now revealed Friday that A Discovery of Witches Season 3 will launch on all three platforms Saturday, January 8, 2022.
The final chapter finds "Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind," according to the official description from the streamers.
The cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, and Tanya Moodie.
They are joined by Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys, and Parker Sawyers.
A Discovery of Witches Season 3 is based on the ‘The Book of Life’ novel from Deborah Harkness’s bestselling All Souls trilogy and is the third and final installment.
Saying goodbye to the show will be tough. It has been a favorite...
Shudder, AMC+, and Sundance Now revealed Friday that A Discovery of Witches Season 3 will launch on all three platforms Saturday, January 8, 2022.
The final chapter finds "Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind," according to the official description from the streamers.
The cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, and Tanya Moodie.
They are joined by Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys, and Parker Sawyers.
A Discovery of Witches Season 3 is based on the ‘The Book of Life’ novel from Deborah Harkness’s bestselling All Souls trilogy and is the third and final installment.
Saying goodbye to the show will be tough. It has been a favorite...
- 12/3/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Can you be incredibly excited and totally bummed at the same time?
If we're talking about A Discovery of Witches Season 3, the answer is yes.
Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC+ released today the trailer for the third and final season of A Discovery of Witches.
There is nothing worse than something you love so much coming to an end.
A Discovery of Witches has been one of the best book-to-screen adaptations of all time.
It's perfectly cast and remains true to the novels throughout.
If you weren't already in love with Matthew and Diana, seeing Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer bring them to life on screen sealed the deal.
A Discovery of Witches Season 1 introduced us to the destined couple, a supernatural Romeo and Juliet who fall in love despite being different and very powerful creatures.
Matthew's father created The Congregation, an organization specifically to address inter-species activities, making the...
If we're talking about A Discovery of Witches Season 3, the answer is yes.
Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC+ released today the trailer for the third and final season of A Discovery of Witches.
There is nothing worse than something you love so much coming to an end.
A Discovery of Witches has been one of the best book-to-screen adaptations of all time.
It's perfectly cast and remains true to the novels throughout.
If you weren't already in love with Matthew and Diana, seeing Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer bring them to life on screen sealed the deal.
A Discovery of Witches Season 1 introduced us to the destined couple, a supernatural Romeo and Juliet who fall in love despite being different and very powerful creatures.
Matthew's father created The Congregation, an organization specifically to address inter-species activities, making the...
- 10/22/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
The witching hour… will be ending in early 2022, with the final season of A Discovery of Witches. But if the newly released trailer is any indication, the supernatural drama is conjuring an “epic conclusion.”
AMC+, Sundance Now and Shudder released on Friday the above trailer for A Discovery of Witches‘ third and final season, which is based on The Book of Life from Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy and finds Matthew (played by Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind.
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AMC+, Sundance Now and Shudder released on Friday the above trailer for A Discovery of Witches‘ third and final season, which is based on The Book of Life from Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy and finds Matthew (played by Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind.
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- 10/22/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
On a remote 17th century farm, the arrival of two mysterious strangers transform the life of Puritan housewife Fanny Lye in The Delivered. The movie will see its US premiere on January 15th on VOD and we have the exclusive premiere of the US trailer for Daily Dead readers!
"Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The Delivered tells the story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy."
Directed and written by Thomas Clay, The Delivered stars Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds, Zak Adams, Peter McDonald,...
"Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The Delivered tells the story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy."
Directed and written by Thomas Clay, The Delivered stars Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds, Zak Adams, Peter McDonald,...
- 12/3/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The Last Kingdom will continue its reign. Netflix just announced it has renewed the TV show for a fourth season.
Based on Bernard Cornwell’s novel series The Saxon Stories, the historical drama follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexander Dreymon), the son of a 9th Century Saxon nobleman. After Danish invaders seize six of the seven kingdoms making up what we now think of as England, only Wessex still stands. The cast also includes David Dawson, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thure Lindhardt, Millie Brady, Alexandre Willaume, Julia Bache-Wiig, Joseph Millson, and Peter McDonald.
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Based on Bernard Cornwell’s novel series The Saxon Stories, the historical drama follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexander Dreymon), the son of a 9th Century Saxon nobleman. After Danish invaders seize six of the seven kingdoms making up what we now think of as England, only Wessex still stands. The cast also includes David Dawson, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thure Lindhardt, Millie Brady, Alexandre Willaume, Julia Bache-Wiig, Joseph Millson, and Peter McDonald.
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- 12/27/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
In Today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix announced the premiere dates for part two of the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and season five of “Grace and Frankie.”
Dates
The fifth season of Netflix’s hit comedy series “Grace and Frankie” is set to premiere Jan. 18. In “Grace and Frankie,” Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as enemies turned friends after their husbands come out as gay and leave them for each other. This season will deal with the fall out of last season’s finale, in which Grace and Frankie lost the beach house where they had lived for the majority of the show.
First Looks
Netflix released a new teaser trailer for part two of Season 1 of its “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” series, premiering April 5. In the new trailer, Sabrina sports a new white hairdo while once again navigating her complicated relationship between the witch world and the human world.
Dates
The fifth season of Netflix’s hit comedy series “Grace and Frankie” is set to premiere Jan. 18. In “Grace and Frankie,” Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as enemies turned friends after their husbands come out as gay and leave them for each other. This season will deal with the fall out of last season’s finale, in which Grace and Frankie lost the beach house where they had lived for the majority of the show.
First Looks
Netflix released a new teaser trailer for part two of Season 1 of its “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” series, premiering April 5. In the new trailer, Sabrina sports a new white hairdo while once again navigating her complicated relationship between the witch world and the human world.
- 12/3/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Starz has acquired the crime drama series Dublin Murders from Fremantle. The eight-episode series is adapted from Tana French’s first two novels in the Dublin Murder Squad crime series, In The Woods and The Likeness.
The atmospheric, psychological thriller, which is currently in production in Belfast and Dublin, is adapted by series creator and writer Sarah Phelps and stars Killian Scott (C.B. Strike) and Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful).
Dublin Murders follows Rob Reilly (Scott) – a smart-suited detective whose English accent marks him as an outsider – who is dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin with his partner, Cassie Maddox (Greene). Against his better judgment and protected by his friendship with Cassie, he is pulled back into another case of missing children and forced to confront his own darkness. As the case intensifies, Rob and Cassie’s relationship is tested to the...
The atmospheric, psychological thriller, which is currently in production in Belfast and Dublin, is adapted by series creator and writer Sarah Phelps and stars Killian Scott (C.B. Strike) and Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful).
Dublin Murders follows Rob Reilly (Scott) – a smart-suited detective whose English accent marks him as an outsider – who is dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin with his partner, Cassie Maddox (Greene). Against his better judgment and protected by his friendship with Cassie, he is pulled back into another case of missing children and forced to confront his own darkness. As the case intensifies, Rob and Cassie’s relationship is tested to the...
- 12/3/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Stoppard’s Tony-winning 1974 play Travesties, stuffed thick as a English gentleman’s armchair, its ideas on art, war, patriotism and purposeful nonsense fashioned into a nonstop tourney of wit and erudition, has often been called a brainteaser, but brain tickler comes so much closer to the jubilant staging presented by Broadway’s Roundabout Theatre Company.
Directed by Patrick Marber and starring Tom Hollander, this Travesties arrives at Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre following its well-received 2016 London staging, its mostly new cast missing not so much as a breath or a notion.
The play, which points to the luxurious density of Stoppard’s later masterworks Arcardia and The Coast of Utopia, launches with a hang-on-tight monologue delivered by Henry Carr (Hollander), an aging British consul whose first claim to literary immortality was a passing mention in James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Here, Carr, a real-life figure,...
Directed by Patrick Marber and starring Tom Hollander, this Travesties arrives at Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre following its well-received 2016 London staging, its mostly new cast missing not so much as a breath or a notion.
The play, which points to the luxurious density of Stoppard’s later masterworks Arcardia and The Coast of Utopia, launches with a hang-on-tight monologue delivered by Henry Carr (Hollander), an aging British consul whose first claim to literary immortality was a passing mention in James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Here, Carr, a real-life figure,...
- 4/25/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Vulture WatchWill Uhtred avenge Ragnar and reclaim his birthright? Has The Last Kingdom TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Last Kingdom season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?Streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, The Last Kingdom stars Alexander Dreymon, David Dawson, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thure Lindhardt, Millie Brady, Alexandre Willaume, Julia Bache-Wiig, Joseph Millson, and Peter McDonald. An adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s novel series, The Saxon Stories, the historical drama follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Dreymon), the son of a 9th Century Saxon nobleman. After...
- 3/22/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"Steven, what are you waiting for? Take a chance." Entertainment One in the UK has revealed an official trailer for a film titled England Is Mine, a biopic telling the story of famed musician and singer Steven Patrick Morrissey. Morrissey is played by Jack Lowden (seen in '71, A United Kingdom, Denial, Tommy's Honour) in the film, and the rest of the cast includes Jessica Brown Findlay, Jodie Comer, Peter McDonald, Laurie Kynaston, Simone Kirby, Finney Cassidy, and Katherine Pearce.. Set in the 1970s in Manchester, the film is about his early life as a young teenager before he became the lead singer of seminal 80's band The Smiths, along with his first fateful encounter with Johnny Marr. This looks very good, reminds me a bit of Sing Street with his musician dreams. Will be seeing this when it opens. Check it. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Mark Gill's England Is Mine,...
- 6/30/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Vulture WatchWill Uhtred avenge Ragnar and reclaim his birthright? Has The Last Kingdom TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Last Kingdom season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?Streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, The Last Kingdom stars Alexander Dreymon, David Dawson, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thure Lindhardt, Millie Brady, Alexandre Willaume, Julia Bache-Wiig, Joseph Millson, and Peter McDonald. An adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s novel series, The Saxon Stories, the historical drama follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Dreymon), the son of a 9th Century Saxon nobleman. After...
- 5/5/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Netflix (season 1: BBC America)Episodes: Ongoing (hour)Seasons: OngoingTV show dates: October 10, 2015 — presentSeries status: Has not been cancelledPerformers include: Alexander Dreymon, David Dawson, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thure Lindhardt, Millie Brady, Alexandre Willaume, Julia Bache-Wiig, Joseph Millson, and Peter McDonald.TV show description:An adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel series, The Saxon Stories, The Last Kingdom TV show follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Dreymon), the son of a 9th Century Saxon nobleman. After Danish invaders seize six of the seven kingdoms making up what we now think of as England, only Wessex still stands.Read More…...
- 5/5/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Although The Last Kingdom TV show was not cancelled by BBC America, viewers on this side of the pond won't be able to watch the fictional British historical drama on that cable network. After the first season of the BBC Two series, Netflix boarded as a co-producer, so The Last Kingdom, season two, will be stream on Netflix in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Japan, Spain and Portugal.Based on Bernard Cornwell’s book series, The Saxon Stories, season two of The Last Kingdom drops to Netflix on Friday, May 5, 2017. The large cast includes: Alexander Dreymon, Tobias Santelmann, Emily Cox, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Joseph Millson, Matthew MacFadyen, Ian Hart, David Dawson, Simon Kunz, Harry McEntire, Amy Wren, Thure Lindhartdt, Eva Birthistle, Gerard Kearns, David Schofield, Peri Baumeister, Eliza Butterworth, Peter McDonald, Mark Rowley, Alexandre Willaume, Julia Bache-Wiig, Björn Bengtsson,...
- 4/28/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: Period drama from director Thomas Clay and the producer of the well-received Couple In A Hole.
Shooting has wrapped on Fanny Lye Deliver’d, a period drama starring Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and Freddie Fox (The Riot Club). The cast also includes Tanya Reynolds in her first feature film role and Peter McDonald (The Stag).
Shot over ten weeks on location in Shropshire, England, the film is written and directed by Thomas Clay and produced by Zorana Piggott (Couple In A Hole), Rob Cannan (The Lovers and the Despot) and Philippe Bober. The late Joseph Lang, Clay’s long-time producer, receives a posthumous producing credit.
Set in 1657 on an isolated farm in Shropshire, the story follows Fanny Lye (Peake) as she learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discovers a new world of possibility.
Living a life of puritan stricture with husband John Lye (Dance) and young son Arthur...
Shooting has wrapped on Fanny Lye Deliver’d, a period drama starring Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and Freddie Fox (The Riot Club). The cast also includes Tanya Reynolds in her first feature film role and Peter McDonald (The Stag).
Shot over ten weeks on location in Shropshire, England, the film is written and directed by Thomas Clay and produced by Zorana Piggott (Couple In A Hole), Rob Cannan (The Lovers and the Despot) and Philippe Bober. The late Joseph Lang, Clay’s long-time producer, receives a posthumous producing credit.
Set in 1657 on an isolated farm in Shropshire, the story follows Fanny Lye (Peake) as she learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discovers a new world of possibility.
Living a life of puritan stricture with husband John Lye (Dance) and young son Arthur...
- 5/3/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
It’s that time of year of again when we start scouring the internet for gift ideas. Luckily, Acorn media have served up another platter of top notch dramas for you to acquire this holiday season.
BBC One’s brilliantly clever 2013 drama Mayday comes to Acorn DVD on the 23 November. Starring Aiden Gillen (Batman: The Dark Knight Rises) it is full of more twists and turns than the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. The five part drama is based around a straightforward topic – the murder of a young woman. The events thereafter are handled in a rather unusual manner. There are four primary suspects but in the absence of a Marple or Poirot figure the audience are left to do the investigative work themselves.
Each of the suspects has an accuser but as the show progresses you began to wonder if the real villains are the accused or their accusers. Mi...
BBC One’s brilliantly clever 2013 drama Mayday comes to Acorn DVD on the 23 November. Starring Aiden Gillen (Batman: The Dark Knight Rises) it is full of more twists and turns than the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. The five part drama is based around a straightforward topic – the murder of a young woman. The events thereafter are handled in a rather unusual manner. There are four primary suspects but in the absence of a Marple or Poirot figure the audience are left to do the investigative work themselves.
Each of the suspects has an accuser but as the show progresses you began to wonder if the real villains are the accused or their accusers. Mi...
- 11/12/2015
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Released into Irish cinemas last year, director/writer John Butler and co-writer and star Peter McDonald’s home grown comedy The Stag soon became a huge hit, grossing over €600,000 at the Ir is box office and bagging six Ifta nominations including Best Film. Now, we get word that the movie, which followed a group of friends reluctantly dragged on a stag party in the countryside, is being remade for American audiences (it was previously released on VOD in the U.S. as Bachelor Weekend) with Wraner Bros. acquiring the movie’s remake rights. The movie’s original producers, Rob Walpole and Rebecca O’Flanagan of Treasure Entertainment, will return as executive producers, with Warner Bros. bringing Jon Berg and Jon Gonda to oversee the project.
- 7/20/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Chicago – What truths are contained in the male ritual of the bachelor party? Alcohol/substance consumption sure, maybe discomfort at being yourself, or perhaps a bit of accidental emotion? All is realized in the Irish comedy “The Bachelor Weekend,” brought to life by six members of the pre-wedding team, off on a stag weekend.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Fresh off its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last month, the film is co-written by director John Butler and one of the lead actors, Peter McDonald, and adopts a theme of “what has happened to men?” Practically forced to go on a camping trip by the bride, the six buddies eschew their ritualistic smartphone lives and rough it as fellow travelers, anchored by the loose cannon in the group, The Machine. This works as a bit of an Irish “Big Chill,” with similar emotional bonds and dramatic transitions occurring over one event-filled weekend. There...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Fresh off its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last month, the film is co-written by director John Butler and one of the lead actors, Peter McDonald, and adopts a theme of “what has happened to men?” Practically forced to go on a camping trip by the bride, the six buddies eschew their ritualistic smartphone lives and rough it as fellow travelers, anchored by the loose cannon in the group, The Machine. This works as a bit of an Irish “Big Chill,” with similar emotional bonds and dramatic transitions occurring over one event-filled weekend. There...
- 5/6/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I love me some Irish men. So sitting across from a trio of triple threat actor/writer/director strapping lads had me all in a tizzy this past week at Tribeca Film Festival."We're coming at you from every angle!" co-writer and co-star of The Bachelor Weekend Peter McDonald joked, flanked by his co-writer and director John Butler and lead Hugh O'Connor.In addition to the exclusive clip we posted on Wednesday, and on the eve of their limited theatrical release in Chicago and on cable VOD/iTunes, here are some snippets from our interview at Tff.The bachelor/bachelorette thing has been done a couple times, so what was your motivation for making this film?Peter McDonald: A lot of those films sell you a bit short on heart, and they don't...
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- 5/2/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The Playlist's Drew Taylor sat down with director John Butler and actors Hugh O'Conor and Peter McDonald to chat about their comedy film "The Bachelor Weekend." The talk is part of a series of Tribeca Film Festival conversations being hosted at the Apple store in SoHo. In the vein of "The Hangover" films, "The Bachelor Weekend" follows a group of not-made-for-the-wild men who take a trip to the Irish wilderness before their friend's wedding. In the clip below, Taylor asks the comedy team if they could impart any wisdom for aspiring filmmakers. Director Butler highlighted his lucky in finding producers who were willing to make their film. "As a first time filmmaker I just think that's exactly the support you need to find. And I think it's rare and under-appreciated in the business." Be sure to check back on iTunes shortly for the full podcast.
- 4/25/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Judi Dench win top prizes at the Irish Film & Television Awards, as Calvary and Philomena are handed best film trophies.Scroll down for full list of winners
John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary picked up a hat-trick of awards at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards on Saturday night including Best Film, Best Script and Best Actor, for Brendan Gleeson’s performance as a good-natured priest who must battle dark forces. The actor beat competition including his son Domhnall Gleeson, nominated for his role in About Time.
The ceremony in Dublin also saw Stephen Frears’s Philomena walk away with three prizes including Best International Film, Best Costume for the work of Consolata Boyle, and Best International Actress, for Judi Dench’s performance as a woman searching for her long lost son. Philomena Lee, whose true life story inspired the film, was in attendance
Vampire horror Byzantium also scored a hat-trick, winning Best Director...
John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary picked up a hat-trick of awards at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards on Saturday night including Best Film, Best Script and Best Actor, for Brendan Gleeson’s performance as a good-natured priest who must battle dark forces. The actor beat competition including his son Domhnall Gleeson, nominated for his role in About Time.
The ceremony in Dublin also saw Stephen Frears’s Philomena walk away with three prizes including Best International Film, Best Costume for the work of Consolata Boyle, and Best International Actress, for Judi Dench’s performance as a woman searching for her long lost son. Philomena Lee, whose true life story inspired the film, was in attendance
Vampire horror Byzantium also scored a hat-trick, winning Best Director...
- 4/7/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
★★★☆☆ You'd perhaps be forgiven for thinking that John Butler's The Stag (2013), co-written and starring Peter McDonald, might be in the vein of Bridesmaids (2011) or Bachelorette (2012) before it. What we actually get is a surprisingly tender Irish comedy, which traverses the depths of modern masculine identity, whilst aping the tropes of the genre. Fionnan (Hugh O'Conor) is a set designer about to marry the love of his life, Ruth (Amy Huberman). But Fionnan is not a man's man. He spends his day, not considering the end of his bachelorhood, but instead wrapped up in the finer details of the wedding plan, even going to the trouble of making a detailed diorama of the big day.
- 3/13/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
John Butler's hilarious Irish comedy The Stag hits UK screens this coming Friday and a pair of clips have just been released for your viewing pleasure. And they are very pleasurable, indeed. Self-confessed metrosexual Fionan (Hugh O'Conor) doesn't want a Stag Do, but would happily attend the Hen. His concerned bride-to-be Ruth (Amy Huberman) persuades the marginally more macho best man Davin (Andrew Scott) to organise one. Reluctantly he agrees, while doing everything he can to stop Ruth's infamously alpha male brother, known only as 'The Machine' (Peter McDonald), gatecrashing their sober, walking-weekend, excuse for a Stag Party. Not so easily foxed, 'The Machine' tracks them down, sparking to life a wild few days in rural Ireland where the Stags find themselves lost, shot at,...
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- 3/10/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The Grand Budapest Hotel | 300: Rise Of An Empire | Wake In Fright | Paranoia | The Stag | Escape From Planet Earth
The Grand Budapest Hotel (15)
(Wes Anderson, 2014, UK/Ger) Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F Murray Abraham, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan. 100 mins
You wonder how long Anderson can keep accumulating star actors and creating ever more elaborate microcosms but, judging by this, he's a long way from running out of steam. It's a witty caper-within-a-reminiscence-within-a-flashback set in interwar Europe, through which Fiennes's debonair concierge must flee, protege lobby boy in tow, after an heiress's murder. It's breathlessly paced and breathtakingly designed, but with a solid core – like a fancy cake with an iron file concealed inside.
300: Rise Of An Empire (15)
(Noam Murro, 2014, Us) Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro. 102 mins
With the bar for violent historical silliness raised by Game Of Thrones, this sequel pitches recklessly into another orgy of fetishised classical warfare with comic-book effects.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (15)
(Wes Anderson, 2014, UK/Ger) Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F Murray Abraham, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan. 100 mins
You wonder how long Anderson can keep accumulating star actors and creating ever more elaborate microcosms but, judging by this, he's a long way from running out of steam. It's a witty caper-within-a-reminiscence-within-a-flashback set in interwar Europe, through which Fiennes's debonair concierge must flee, protege lobby boy in tow, after an heiress's murder. It's breathlessly paced and breathtakingly designed, but with a solid core – like a fancy cake with an iron file concealed inside.
300: Rise Of An Empire (15)
(Noam Murro, 2014, Us) Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro. 102 mins
With the bar for violent historical silliness raised by Game Of Thrones, this sequel pitches recklessly into another orgy of fetishised classical warfare with comic-book effects.
- 3/8/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
As The Stag prepares for it’s theatrical release in the UK, we had the pleasure of speaking to it’s co-writer and star, Peter McDonald, who is blessed to be playing the film’s star attraction if you will, the brilliantly funny creation ‘The Machine’.
Taking place on a stag do in the middle of the forest between a group of friends, McDonald’s The Machine (third from the left, above) is the bride’s older brother, and his offbeat, overzealous enthusiasm isn’t one welcomed by the other guys – as his macho, red-blooded nature drives them all mad. McDonald discusses the enjoyment had when crafting this character with fellow writer and director John Butler, while describing to us the experience of jumping naked into a freezing cold lake in the middle of November. He also talks about balancing the comedy with the drama, and what he has planned for the future.
Taking place on a stag do in the middle of the forest between a group of friends, McDonald’s The Machine (third from the left, above) is the bride’s older brother, and his offbeat, overzealous enthusiasm isn’t one welcomed by the other guys – as his macho, red-blooded nature drives them all mad. McDonald discusses the enjoyment had when crafting this character with fellow writer and director John Butler, while describing to us the experience of jumping naked into a freezing cold lake in the middle of November. He also talks about balancing the comedy with the drama, and what he has planned for the future.
- 3/7/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The mighty stag still holds a lot of comedy value, so much so Jon Turteltaub tried to do a geriatric version of The Hangover recently with Last Vegas that spawned a lukewarm response, even with a stellar cast onboard. Debut writer-director John Butler has tried to cash in on this fertile ground with his Irish version, The Stag, that boasts the stunning vistas of the Irish countryside as opposed to Vegas. The result is a safe and sanitised jaunt that disappointingly plays to caricature and the Carry On days of (giggle, giggle) ‘naughty’ nudity.
Mild-mannered groom-to-be Fionnan (Hugh O’Conor) is getting married to stunning Ruth (Amy Huberman) but doesn’t want a stag party. He is far more interested in the wedding detail, like the centrepiece flower arrangements on the tables than getting raucous with the lads. Persuaded by Ruth, best man Davin (Andrew Scott) is tasked with organising...
Mild-mannered groom-to-be Fionnan (Hugh O’Conor) is getting married to stunning Ruth (Amy Huberman) but doesn’t want a stag party. He is far more interested in the wedding detail, like the centrepiece flower arrangements on the tables than getting raucous with the lads. Persuaded by Ruth, best man Davin (Andrew Scott) is tasked with organising...
- 3/7/2014
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
John Butler makes his feature debut with this likeable and amusing male-bonding comedy, co-written with cast member Peter McDonald (Moone Boy). Obsessing to the point of implosion about the details of his impending nuptials, meek set designer Fionan (Hugh O'Conor) isn’t interested in having a stag do.
But anxious bride-to-be Ruth (Threesome’s Amy Huberman) feels her fiancé could use some respite from table planning and place settings and so persuades best man Davin (Sherlock’s Andrew Scott) to cobble together a stag party.
Unfortunately, Ruth’s terrifyingly macho brother ‘The Machine’ (McDonald) won’t be stopped from attending and a planned quiet break in rural Ireland soon takes in lost bearings, lost clothes and hilarious clashes with electric fences. Will Fionan and co make it to the church on time?
Co-produced by the Irish Film Board and Arrow Films – who’ve carved a commendable niche with UK releases...
But anxious bride-to-be Ruth (Threesome’s Amy Huberman) feels her fiancé could use some respite from table planning and place settings and so persuades best man Davin (Sherlock’s Andrew Scott) to cobble together a stag party.
Unfortunately, Ruth’s terrifyingly macho brother ‘The Machine’ (McDonald) won’t be stopped from attending and a planned quiet break in rural Ireland soon takes in lost bearings, lost clothes and hilarious clashes with electric fences. Will Fionan and co make it to the church on time?
Co-produced by the Irish Film Board and Arrow Films – who’ve carved a commendable niche with UK releases...
- 3/5/2014
- Shadowlocked
Comedies lead the pack at the Irish Film and Television Awards; father and son Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson compete for best actor.Scroll down for full list of nominations
John Michael McDonagh’s blackly comic Calvary and John Butler comedy The Stag lead the 11th annual Irish Film and Television Awards.
Both films have secured six nominations each, including Best Film where they are up against Neil Jordan’s vampire feature Byzantium, drama Run & Jump, starring Nebraska’s Will Forte; and drama The Sea.
The best actor category will see Brendan Gleeson, who played a good-natured priest under threat in Calvary, compete against his son Domhnall Gleeson, nominated for his role in Richard Curtis romantic drama About Time.
Also up for best actor are Ciaran Hinds for his role in The Sea and a comic turn from Sherlock villain Andrew Scott for his performance in The Stag.
McDonagh, Butler and Jordan will compete in the film director...
John Michael McDonagh’s blackly comic Calvary and John Butler comedy The Stag lead the 11th annual Irish Film and Television Awards.
Both films have secured six nominations each, including Best Film where they are up against Neil Jordan’s vampire feature Byzantium, drama Run & Jump, starring Nebraska’s Will Forte; and drama The Sea.
The best actor category will see Brendan Gleeson, who played a good-natured priest under threat in Calvary, compete against his son Domhnall Gleeson, nominated for his role in Richard Curtis romantic drama About Time.
Also up for best actor are Ciaran Hinds for his role in The Sea and a comic turn from Sherlock villain Andrew Scott for his performance in The Stag.
McDonagh, Butler and Jordan will compete in the film director...
- 2/27/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Metro International inks multiple deals for Toronto premiere, starring Sherlock’s Andrew Scott.
UK sales outfit Metro International has inked a number of deals on Irish comedy The Stag, including a Us deal with Tribeca Film.
Additional sales comprise Canada (Tva), Australia/Nz (Umbrella Entertainment), German-speaking Europe (Drei Freunde) and Italy (Academy 2). Further deals are in the works.
The Toronto premiere tells the story of a groom-to-be who reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend of wild camping in the great outdoors of western Ireland.
Cast includes Andrew Scott, best known for playing villain Moriarty in BBC drama Sherlock, alongside Peter McDonald, Hugh O’Conor and Brian Gleeson.
Produced by Treasure Entertainment and directed by John Butler, the film is written by Butler and Peter McDonald and financed by the Irish Film Board, Windmill Lane and Treasure Entertainment.
As previously announced by ScreenDaily, Arrow will release in the UK and Ireland.
UK sales outfit Metro International has inked a number of deals on Irish comedy The Stag, including a Us deal with Tribeca Film.
Additional sales comprise Canada (Tva), Australia/Nz (Umbrella Entertainment), German-speaking Europe (Drei Freunde) and Italy (Academy 2). Further deals are in the works.
The Toronto premiere tells the story of a groom-to-be who reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend of wild camping in the great outdoors of western Ireland.
Cast includes Andrew Scott, best known for playing villain Moriarty in BBC drama Sherlock, alongside Peter McDonald, Hugh O’Conor and Brian Gleeson.
Produced by Treasure Entertainment and directed by John Butler, the film is written by Butler and Peter McDonald and financed by the Irish Film Board, Windmill Lane and Treasure Entertainment.
As previously announced by ScreenDaily, Arrow will release in the UK and Ireland.
- 2/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Anyone who has been through the nerves, nightmares and noise of preparing to get hitched knows that there are pitfalls aplenty for the unwary bride or groom. While many pre-wedding pics focus on the female side of things, The Stag aims to balance matters out with a peek at one man’s hellish baptism by freezing cold camping trip. Self-confessed metrosexual Fionan (Hugh O’Conor) doesn’t want a stag do, but would happily attend the hen do instead. His concerned bride-to-be Ruth (Amy Huberman) persuades the marginally more macho best man Davin (Andrew Scott) to organise one.Reluctantly he agrees, while doing everything he can to stop Ruth’s infamously alpha male brother, known only as “The Machine” (Peter McDonald), gate-crashing their sober, outdoorsy excuse for a stag bash. Not so easily foxed, “The Machine” tracks them down, sparking to life a wild few days in rural Ireland where the Stags find themselves lost,...
- 1/9/2014
- EmpireOnline
Making its world debut at Tiff back in September, Irish comedy The Stag will be heading into cinemas on our shores in just a few months’ time, marking the feature directorial debut from novelist John Butler.
Arrow launched a new trailer just before Christmas, and to celebrate the coming New Year, we’ve got the quad poster to share as an exclusive, along with the film’s Irish and UK release dates.
No one makes a less likely candidate for a wild stag party than Fionnan (Hugh O’Conor), a set designer so comfortable in his masculinity that he feels no shame in micromanaging the decor for his forthcoming wedding. But his adoring fiancée, Ruth (Amy Huberman), feels that Fionnan really needs to cut loose in one last bachelor’s hurrah with his mates. She recruits Davin (Andrew Scott), Fionnan’s best friend — and her ex — to make the arrangements.
Arrow launched a new trailer just before Christmas, and to celebrate the coming New Year, we’ve got the quad poster to share as an exclusive, along with the film’s Irish and UK release dates.
No one makes a less likely candidate for a wild stag party than Fionnan (Hugh O’Conor), a set designer so comfortable in his masculinity that he feels no shame in micromanaging the decor for his forthcoming wedding. But his adoring fiancée, Ruth (Amy Huberman), feels that Fionnan really needs to cut loose in one last bachelor’s hurrah with his mates. She recruits Davin (Andrew Scott), Fionnan’s best friend — and her ex — to make the arrangements.
- 12/31/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Metro International Entertainment is to handle world sales for Treasure Entertainment’s comedy The Stag, which makes its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival.Click here to watch the first trailer
Metro International has also struck a significant all-rights deal for the UK and Ireland with Arrow Film Distributors. The deal was negotiated between Metro International partner Natalie Brenner and head of acquisitions Tom Stewart for Arrow Films.
“We are delighted to have our first sale for The Stag to be with Arrow,” said Metro International partner Will Machin. “Following their successful theatrical hit with Susanne Bier’s All You Need Is Love, it is clear Arrow is exactly the right distributor for The Stag.”
Produced by Rebecca O’Flanagan and Robert Walpole of Ireland’s Treasure Entertainment, The Stag follows the story of a very modern groom-to-be who reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend of wild camping in the...
Metro International has also struck a significant all-rights deal for the UK and Ireland with Arrow Film Distributors. The deal was negotiated between Metro International partner Natalie Brenner and head of acquisitions Tom Stewart for Arrow Films.
“We are delighted to have our first sale for The Stag to be with Arrow,” said Metro International partner Will Machin. “Following their successful theatrical hit with Susanne Bier’s All You Need Is Love, it is clear Arrow is exactly the right distributor for The Stag.”
Produced by Rebecca O’Flanagan and Robert Walpole of Ireland’s Treasure Entertainment, The Stag follows the story of a very modern groom-to-be who reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend of wild camping in the...
- 8/20/2013
- ScreenDaily
Mayday co. BBC
N Conrad
BBC One’s brilliantly clever Mayday came to an end tonight in an episode that was full of more twists and turns than the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. The five part drama was based around a straightforward topic – the murder of a young woman. The events thereafter were handled in a rather unusual manner. There were four primary suspects but in the absence of a Marple or Poirot figure the audience were left to do the investigative work themselves.
Each of the suspects had an accuser but as the show progressed you began to wonder if the real villains were the accused or their accusers. Mi5 veteran Peter Firth was frighteningly convincing as the town pervert while Sophie Okonedo and Lesley Manville managed to pull on the audience’s heart strings as they faced up to the horror of being married to murder suspects. Sam Spruell...
N Conrad
BBC One’s brilliantly clever Mayday came to an end tonight in an episode that was full of more twists and turns than the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. The five part drama was based around a straightforward topic – the murder of a young woman. The events thereafter were handled in a rather unusual manner. There were four primary suspects but in the absence of a Marple or Poirot figure the audience were left to do the investigative work themselves.
Each of the suspects had an accuser but as the show progressed you began to wonder if the real villains were the accused or their accusers. Mi5 veteran Peter Firth was frighteningly convincing as the town pervert while Sophie Okonedo and Lesley Manville managed to pull on the audience’s heart strings as they faced up to the horror of being married to murder suspects. Sam Spruell...
- 3/15/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
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