Hello and welcome to one of our shoutouts for projects casting around the U.K. As always there’s a mix of opportunities for all ages, abilities, and locations but do remember to check if you fit the bill before applying. Although we make every attempt to verify castings before we hit publish, please ensure that you do your own research before firing off those headshots and Backstage links. “Mimi and the Mountain Dragon”Are you an actor, singer, and puppeteer? If so, Skewbald Theatre is looking to cast their Christmas production, an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s “Mimi and the Mountain Dragon”, at the Winterville Festival in London with a short run at Trestle Theatre, St. Albans and the Bloomsbury Studio, London this Autumn. Actors should have strength in storytelling but can be any gender or ethnicity. Initial auditions will be held on the 6th and 7th of September...
- 9/1/2017
- backstage.com
Princess Kate wasn’t kidding last year when she revealed her secret dream of being a farmer. And on Wednesday, she got to put that dream into action during a visit to Farms for City Children in Arlingham, Gloucester.
The royal mom, who was dressed down in a khaki coat, brown leggings and her favorite 12-year-old boots, was on hand to see how young people from inner cities get the chance to spend a week on a real working farm. She met with schoolchildren and teachers as they toured around they showed her around the grounds.
Farms for City Children...
The royal mom, who was dressed down in a khaki coat, brown leggings and her favorite 12-year-old boots, was on hand to see how young people from inner cities get the chance to spend a week on a real working farm. She met with schoolchildren and teachers as they toured around they showed her around the grounds.
Farms for City Children...
- 5/3/2017
- by Erin Hill
- PEOPLE.com
Simon Brew Jul 21, 2016
Simon Mayo chats to us about writing, the importance of Stephen King, politics, Blame, and Basil Exposition...
Simon Mayo is a man of many talents. To cinema folk, he's one of the two voices behind Wittertainment, the BBC's flagship film programme (wassup, etc). To others, he plays choice songs on Radio 2. To me: he was also chairman of Melchester Rovers. And to a growing number of people, he's the author of some really fine works of fiction.
His latest, Blame, sees him heading into the world of Young Adult. And over a hot drink (him: civilised green tea, me: coffee caffeine rocket fuel concoction, no biscuits) we had a chat about what could almost be an accidental shift into non-fiction...
The last time I interviewed you I messed up my opening question when I tried to follow the Simon Mayo interview handbook, but I think I’ve got this nailed now.
Simon Mayo chats to us about writing, the importance of Stephen King, politics, Blame, and Basil Exposition...
Simon Mayo is a man of many talents. To cinema folk, he's one of the two voices behind Wittertainment, the BBC's flagship film programme (wassup, etc). To others, he plays choice songs on Radio 2. To me: he was also chairman of Melchester Rovers. And to a growing number of people, he's the author of some really fine works of fiction.
His latest, Blame, sees him heading into the world of Young Adult. And over a hot drink (him: civilised green tea, me: coffee caffeine rocket fuel concoction, no biscuits) we had a chat about what could almost be an accidental shift into non-fiction...
The last time I interviewed you I messed up my opening question when I tried to follow the Simon Mayo interview handbook, but I think I’ve got this nailed now.
- 7/19/2016
- Den of Geek
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We're celebrating 50 brilliant UK independent bookshops. If your favourite is missing, please add it to the list below...
In Neil Gaiman’s preface to Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, he describes four bookshops from his childhood. One was a travelling school shop, one a local store staffed by a helpful hippy where he’d pick up 25p Tom Disch novels, another was a bus ride away and owned by a Grinch who’d glower at schoolchildren customers, and the last was a now-defunct Soho sci-fi and fantasy treasure trove. Four individual shops run by booksellers with distinct personalities and idiosyncratic tastes. All of which made Gaiman what he is.
That’s the joy of independent bookshops. Their personalities shape those of the people who visit them. They’re not homogenous. Their stock tends to reflect their passions rather than the year's best-performing unit-shifters. And their...
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We're celebrating 50 brilliant UK independent bookshops. If your favourite is missing, please add it to the list below...
In Neil Gaiman’s preface to Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, he describes four bookshops from his childhood. One was a travelling school shop, one a local store staffed by a helpful hippy where he’d pick up 25p Tom Disch novels, another was a bus ride away and owned by a Grinch who’d glower at schoolchildren customers, and the last was a now-defunct Soho sci-fi and fantasy treasure trove. Four individual shops run by booksellers with distinct personalities and idiosyncratic tastes. All of which made Gaiman what he is.
That’s the joy of independent bookshops. Their personalities shape those of the people who visit them. They’re not homogenous. Their stock tends to reflect their passions rather than the year's best-performing unit-shifters. And their...
- 6/10/2016
- Den of Geek
We’ve scanned the UK Christmas TV and radio schedules for the festive fortnight and circled a few programmes you may enjoy…
We’ve taken our glittery pen to the pages of this year’s festive TV Listings guide to circle a selection of shows that might tickle your Christmas fancy.
Supplement your festive box-set viewing with appearances from the Doctor and Clara, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Dame Judi Dench, Professor Danielle George, the work of Roald Dahl, Charlie Brooker, David Attenborough, the much-missed Rik Mayall, and many more...
Drama Doctor Who: Last Christmas
The tenth annual Doctor Who Christmas Special since the show’s 2005 return, and Peter Capaldi’s first real festive Tardis adventure. Nick Frost, Michael Troughton, Dan Starkey and Nathan McMullen all co-star in this Father Christmas North Pole caper, alongside Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. Watch the latest trailer, here.
When’s it on? 6.15pm on Christmas Day,...
We’ve taken our glittery pen to the pages of this year’s festive TV Listings guide to circle a selection of shows that might tickle your Christmas fancy.
Supplement your festive box-set viewing with appearances from the Doctor and Clara, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Dame Judi Dench, Professor Danielle George, the work of Roald Dahl, Charlie Brooker, David Attenborough, the much-missed Rik Mayall, and many more...
Drama Doctor Who: Last Christmas
The tenth annual Doctor Who Christmas Special since the show’s 2005 return, and Peter Capaldi’s first real festive Tardis adventure. Nick Frost, Michael Troughton, Dan Starkey and Nathan McMullen all co-star in this Father Christmas North Pole caper, alongside Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. Watch the latest trailer, here.
When’s it on? 6.15pm on Christmas Day,...
- 12/11/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: UK sales outfit nabs doc I Am Big Bird [pictured].
UK sales outfit Kaleidoscope has picked up documentary I Am Big Bird, the story of Caroll Spinney, the man who has played Sesame Street’s Big Bird since 1969.
The deal covers worldwide distribution of all rights, excluding North America.
Chad N. Walker and Dave Lamattina of Copper Pot Pictures direct.
The film has played at a number of festivals including Hot Docs, AFI Docs and Docnyc.
The deal was signed by Caroline Stern, director of sales and acquisition at Kaleidoscope, and Abby Davis at Preferred Content.
Stern said: “We needed only to see the first few images from the film to fall in love with it. But as the story of the little known man behind the feathers, it takes a compelling look at how artist and entertainer Caroll Spinney brought Big Bird to life - and how that shaped him and us, globally over the...
UK sales outfit Kaleidoscope has picked up documentary I Am Big Bird, the story of Caroll Spinney, the man who has played Sesame Street’s Big Bird since 1969.
The deal covers worldwide distribution of all rights, excluding North America.
Chad N. Walker and Dave Lamattina of Copper Pot Pictures direct.
The film has played at a number of festivals including Hot Docs, AFI Docs and Docnyc.
The deal was signed by Caroline Stern, director of sales and acquisition at Kaleidoscope, and Abby Davis at Preferred Content.
Stern said: “We needed only to see the first few images from the film to fall in love with it. But as the story of the little known man behind the feathers, it takes a compelling look at how artist and entertainer Caroll Spinney brought Big Bird to life - and how that shaped him and us, globally over the...
- 11/5/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
- 9/3/2014
- by John
- SoundOnSight
We were saddened by the news that Gandalf's faithful grey horse Shadowfax - real name Blanco - had died after suffering from an illness last week.
So we thought we'd take the opportunity to stop mourning and instead celebrate Shadowfax and ten other great fictional horses on TV and the silver screen below:
1. Silver
"Hi-Yo Silver! Away!" were the trademark commands of the Lone Ranger to Silver, the magnificent fictional white stallion from the iconic Us radio show and TV series.
A chestnut mare called Dusty was Silver's original predecessor, which is revealed in the 1938 episode The Legend of Silver. When the Lone Ranger saves Silver's life from a savage buffalo, Silver gives up living in the wild, wild west to instead carry the masked former Texas Ranger as his loyal equestrian companion.
2. Seabiscuit
"Let's go, Pops!" Seabiscuit was a real racehorse during the Great Depression in the Us who...
So we thought we'd take the opportunity to stop mourning and instead celebrate Shadowfax and ten other great fictional horses on TV and the silver screen below:
1. Silver
"Hi-Yo Silver! Away!" were the trademark commands of the Lone Ranger to Silver, the magnificent fictional white stallion from the iconic Us radio show and TV series.
A chestnut mare called Dusty was Silver's original predecessor, which is revealed in the 1938 episode The Legend of Silver. When the Lone Ranger saves Silver's life from a savage buffalo, Silver gives up living in the wild, wild west to instead carry the masked former Texas Ranger as his loyal equestrian companion.
2. Seabiscuit
"Let's go, Pops!" Seabiscuit was a real racehorse during the Great Depression in the Us who...
- 4/16/2014
- Digital Spy
We were saddened by the news that Gandalf's faithful grey horse Shadowfax - real name Blanco - had died after suffering from an illness last week.
So we thought we'd take the opportunity to stop mourning and instead celebrate Shadowfax and ten other great fictional horses on TV and the silver screen below:
1. Silver
"Hi-Yo Silver! Away!" were the trademark commands of the Lone Ranger to Silver, the magnificent fictional white stallion from the iconic Us radio show and TV series.
A chestnut mare called Dusty was Silver's original predecessor, which is revealed in the 1938 episode The Legend of Silver. When the Lone Ranger saves Silver's life from a savage buffalo, Silver gives up living in the wild, wild west to instead carry the masked former Texas Ranger as his loyal equestrian companion.
2. Seabiscuit
"Let's go, Pops!" Seabiscuit was a real racehorse during the Great Depression in the Us who...
So we thought we'd take the opportunity to stop mourning and instead celebrate Shadowfax and ten other great fictional horses on TV and the silver screen below:
1. Silver
"Hi-Yo Silver! Away!" were the trademark commands of the Lone Ranger to Silver, the magnificent fictional white stallion from the iconic Us radio show and TV series.
A chestnut mare called Dusty was Silver's original predecessor, which is revealed in the 1938 episode The Legend of Silver. When the Lone Ranger saves Silver's life from a savage buffalo, Silver gives up living in the wild, wild west to instead carry the masked former Texas Ranger as his loyal equestrian companion.
2. Seabiscuit
"Let's go, Pops!" Seabiscuit was a real racehorse during the Great Depression in the Us who...
- 4/16/2014
- Digital Spy
A Fake Moon rises over Bristol at the Ibt festival, Philip Pullman's I Was a Rat! scurries into Birmingham, and James McAvoy tackles the Scottish play in London
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The big opening this week is Roger McGough's new version of Molière's The Misanthrope at Liverpool Playhouse, which should be fun. Theatre meets music gigs in 154 Collective's Dancing With the Orange Dog, which is at Stockton Arts Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hairspray is out on tour again and is at the Lowry in Salford. In Manchester, meanwhile, Queer Contact celebrates the best in Lgbt art and culture this weekend. The moving first-world-war drama, The Accrington Pals, continues at the Exchange. David Copperfield begins at the Oldham Coliseum tonight. This looks intriguing: at Haphazard at Z-arts on Saturday is Word of Warning's day of live art for all ages. The Edinburgh hit, Unmythable – all the Greek myths in 70 minutes...
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The big opening this week is Roger McGough's new version of Molière's The Misanthrope at Liverpool Playhouse, which should be fun. Theatre meets music gigs in 154 Collective's Dancing With the Orange Dog, which is at Stockton Arts Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hairspray is out on tour again and is at the Lowry in Salford. In Manchester, meanwhile, Queer Contact celebrates the best in Lgbt art and culture this weekend. The moving first-world-war drama, The Accrington Pals, continues at the Exchange. David Copperfield begins at the Oldham Coliseum tonight. This looks intriguing: at Haphazard at Z-arts on Saturday is Word of Warning's day of live art for all ages. The Edinburgh hit, Unmythable – all the Greek myths in 70 minutes...
- 2/8/2013
- by Lyn Gardner
- The Guardian - Film News
Despite multimillion-dollar budgets, a big-screen adaptation of a popular book may not result in untold riches for its original author
Penniless novelists may not weep for Susan Hill. The author of The Woman in Black claims she is "broke" despite the Daniel Radcliffe-led adaptation of her 1983 novel taking more than $US50m in the Us and £20m in the UK. Hill's stage play of the same story has run in the West End for 23 years and the 69-year-old author of acclaimed novels such as A Bit of Singing and Dancing lives on a 50-acre farm in Gloucestershire and even has her own publishing imprint.
But she has a good point. "Films always make everyone else rich save the author," she tweeted to one of her followers. "Film accounting", she told another, is "very weird".
Hollywood needs authors. Five of the nine films nominated for best picture at this year's Oscars were adapted from novels,...
Penniless novelists may not weep for Susan Hill. The author of The Woman in Black claims she is "broke" despite the Daniel Radcliffe-led adaptation of her 1983 novel taking more than $US50m in the Us and £20m in the UK. Hill's stage play of the same story has run in the West End for 23 years and the 69-year-old author of acclaimed novels such as A Bit of Singing and Dancing lives on a 50-acre farm in Gloucestershire and even has her own publishing imprint.
But she has a good point. "Films always make everyone else rich save the author," she tweeted to one of her followers. "Film accounting", she told another, is "very weird".
Hollywood needs authors. Five of the nine films nominated for best picture at this year's Oscars were adapted from novels,...
- 3/21/2012
- by Patrick Barkham
- The Guardian - Film News
'Michael Morpurgo portrays the brilliance of the plot and Steven Spielberg brought it into the spotlight with pinpoint perfection'
It was the year 1914 in the town of Devon, set away into the mountains. A boy watched the birth of a young horse. Little did he know that he would shape the horse's future. His name was Albert Narracott.
Being the son of a former soldier, Albert was a strong willed and determined boy. He was excited when his father bought the unsteady thoroughbred horse. He was not irked by the fact that his father had wasted all their money on the weak-legged beast. He realized that the situation was worse than it seemed. They were already feeling the clutches of poverty but his father had spent most of their money on the horse. Albert was unmoved and spent most of his time training the horse he called Joey. Soon...
It was the year 1914 in the town of Devon, set away into the mountains. A boy watched the birth of a young horse. Little did he know that he would shape the horse's future. His name was Albert Narracott.
Being the son of a former soldier, Albert was a strong willed and determined boy. He was excited when his father bought the unsteady thoroughbred horse. He was not irked by the fact that his father had wasted all their money on the weak-legged beast. He realized that the situation was worse than it seemed. They were already feeling the clutches of poverty but his father had spent most of their money on the horse. Albert was unmoved and spent most of his time training the horse he called Joey. Soon...
- 3/1/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
This year's Best Picture presenter at the Oscars was Steven Spielberg who could be back at the Kodak next year to collect that same Academy Award for his adaptation of the novel "War Horse." The best-seller by Michael Morpurgo tells the tale of a young English farmhand who enlists during Ww I in hopes of finding his beloved colt who has been sold to the cavalry. Oscar nominees RIchard Curtis ("Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") adapted the 1982 Whitbread runner-up. Newcomer Jeremy Irvine plays the boy with two-time Oscar nominee Emily Watson and Peter Mullans as his parents, and Benedict Cumberbatch as an army officer. The film is being released stateside on Dec. 28. Vote For: All of your TV favorites here. Log your predictions for the Emmys. Compete against experts! Make Your Predictions! Four years ago, helmer Nick Stafford turned the epic story into a stunning...
- 6/29/2011
- Gold Derby
This year's Best Picture presenter at the Oscars was Steven Spielberg who could be back at the Kodak next year to collect that same Academy Award for his adaptation of the novel "War Horse." The best-seller by Michael Morpurgo tells the tale of a young English farmhand who enlists during Ww I in hopes of finding his beloved colt who has been sold to the cavalry. Oscar nominees RIchard Curtis ("Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") adapted the 1982 Whitbread runner-up. Newcomer Jeremy Irvine plays the boy with two-time Oscar nominee Emily Watson and Peter Mullans as his parents, and Benedict Cumberbatch as an army officer. Four years ago, helmer Nick Stafford turned the epic story into a stunning stage spectacle at the National Theater. The innovative production, which included both actors and puppeteers, won the 2007 Evening Standard, Critics' Circle and Laurence Olivier Awards for set design (Rae Smith and Han.
- 3/2/2011
- Gold Derby
By Jeff Sneider
"Thor" star Tom Hiddleston has been cast as one of the leads in Steven Spielberg's "War Horse." The news appeared in the latest issue of Production Weekly, and was corroborated to TheWrap by a person familiar with correspondence related to the casting. TheWrap's calls to Hiddleston's various representatives were not immediately returned, while a DreamWorks spokesman declined to comment.
Adapted from Michael Morpurgo's...
"Thor" star Tom Hiddleston has been cast as one of the leads in Steven Spielberg's "War Horse." The news appeared in the latest issue of Production Weekly, and was corroborated to TheWrap by a person familiar with correspondence related to the casting. TheWrap's calls to Hiddleston's various representatives were not immediately returned, while a DreamWorks spokesman declined to comment.
Adapted from Michael Morpurgo's...
- 6/14/2010
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
At first glance, London's mascots for the 2012 Olympic games appear to be some kind of mini futuristic cyclops creatures.
So what exactly does that have to do with London?
Named Wenlock and Mandeville after small English towns, these one-eyed creations are based on a story by children's author Michael Morpurgo in which they're formed by a welder from the last drops of steel used to build the girders for the Olympic stadium in east London.
And if you're wondering about the significance of the orange light atop their heads (or giant eyes, rather), that's supposed to represent a London taxi light. The over-sized eye represents a camera lens that will capture their experiences on the way to 2012.
The new mascots were unveiled to the media at the St. Paul's Whitechapel primary school in east London on Wednesday (May 19). While adults might have been left scratching their heads, children responded with...
So what exactly does that have to do with London?
Named Wenlock and Mandeville after small English towns, these one-eyed creations are based on a story by children's author Michael Morpurgo in which they're formed by a welder from the last drops of steel used to build the girders for the Olympic stadium in east London.
And if you're wondering about the significance of the orange light atop their heads (or giant eyes, rather), that's supposed to represent a London taxi light. The over-sized eye represents a camera lens that will capture their experiences on the way to 2012.
The new mascots were unveiled to the media at the St. Paul's Whitechapel primary school in east London on Wednesday (May 19). While adults might have been left scratching their heads, children responded with...
- 5/20/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Yesterday, organizers of the London 2012 Olympics unleashed unto the world Wenlock and Mandeville, the Olympic and Paralympic mascots, respectively. The Guardian claims “[t]he pair are based on a short story by children's author Michael Morpurgo that tells how they were fashioned from droplets of the steel used to build the Olympic stadium.” In contrast, an impromptu free-association roundtable with Vf.com editors produced comparisons to a 4 Gb flash drive and The Simpsons’ Kang and Kodos.
- 5/20/2010
- Vanity Fair
After shooting the motion-capture picture "The Adventures of Tin-Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn," which has a long post-production process, Steven Spielberg has been debating what to direct next. After considering a biopic about George Gershwin and the Sci-Fi thriller "Robopocalypse," the cinema icon has finally decided to return to the front with "War Horse." Originally published in 1982, Michael Morpurgo's novel about a young boy and a horse whose lives intertwine through the course of World War I actually caught Spielberg's eye as a stage play. The acclaimed and hit West End adaptation by Nick Stafford convinced Spielberg and DreamWorks...
- 5/4/2010
- Hitfix
Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to bring a novel based on the World War I to the big screen. The Oscar winner has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 book Warhorse, which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the war, reports hollywood.com. "From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country," said Spielberg, who tackled World War II in Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. He ...
- 12/19/2009
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
DreamWorks Studios has acquired the rights to the book, "War Horse," it was announced today by DreamWorks partners Stacey Snider and Steven Spielberg. Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest will produce the dramatic adventure set during World War I. Lee Hall has been set to write the screenplay. "War Horse" was written by Michael Morpurgo and is published by Egmont Press. It was first published by Kaye & Ward in 1982. That same year it was a runner-up......
- 12/19/2009
- GlamSham
DreamWorks has acquired the rights to Michael Morpurgo’s adventure novel War Horse. The film will be produced by Steven Spielberg and penned by Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall. Set during Wwi, the book explores the friendship between a boy and horse who become seperated but whose fates continue to be intertwined. I just know it’s all going to end in tears (sniff) damn it, i’m crying already.
Here’s what Spielberg had to say about why he was attracted to the story -
“From the moment I read (the book), I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make…Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country.”
It’s another addition to Spielberg’s already lenghty to do list with other project including the upcoming Tintin film, a Lincoln biopic and a heck load of other stuff that...
Here’s what Spielberg had to say about why he was attracted to the story -
“From the moment I read (the book), I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make…Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country.”
It’s another addition to Spielberg’s already lenghty to do list with other project including the upcoming Tintin film, a Lincoln biopic and a heck load of other stuff that...
- 12/19/2009
- by Thomas W.
- Movie-moron.com
Director Steven Spielberg is to join forces with the Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall to turn a World War 1 novel into a movie. The 63-year-old is to adapt the 1982 book Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo into a Hollywood blockbuster. The story follows the relationship between a boy and his horse set in the Great War. Hall will be adapting the book for the big screen and Spielberg will produce. It is not known if he will also be directing. Spielberg said to Variety: 'From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. 'Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country.'...
- 12/18/2009
- by Sophie Eager
- Monsters and Critics
A boy befriends a beast. There’s war. Must be a Spielberg film. Having just reneged on his plans to helm a remake of Harvey (thanks to rumoured bust-ups with Robert Downey Jr), Steven Spielberg has turned his attention to adapting Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 novel War Horse. “From the moment I read it, I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make,” the director said. “Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country.” Working alongside producing partners Kathleen...
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- 12/18/2009
- by Josh Winning
- TotalFilm
London, Dec 18 (Ians) Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to bring a novel based on the World War I to the big screen.
The Oscar winner has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 book “Warhorse”, which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the war, reports hollywood.com.
“From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country,” said Spielberg, who tackled World War II in “Saving Private Ryan”.
The Oscar winner has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 book “Warhorse”, which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the war, reports hollywood.com.
“From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country,” said Spielberg, who tackled World War II in “Saving Private Ryan”.
- 12/18/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to bring a novel based on the World War I to the big screen.The Oscar winner has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 book 'Warhorse', which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the war, reports hollywood.com.'From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country,' said Spielberg, who tackled World War II in 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Band of Brothers'.He has roped in 'Billy Elliot' writer Lee Hall for the project. Hall will adapt the book and Spielberg will produce the film. However, it is uncertain if the latter will direct the movie as well.
- 12/17/2009
- Filmicafe
The newly independent DreamWorks is developing an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel War Horse. Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest are producing. British writer Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, The Wind in the Willows) will write the screenplay. The book tells the epic tale of a friendship between a boy and his horse, who become separated but continue to be intertwined as they try to survive the horrors of World War I. War Horse was also recently adapted for the stage, with UK runs at the National Theatre and New London Theatre. I'm sure it's a great story, but does anyone want to see this? "From the moment I read Michael Morpurgo's War Horse, I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make," Spielberg said. "Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country." A few weeks ago,...
- 12/17/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Steven Spielberg is teaming up with Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall to take a World War I novel to the big screen.
The Hollywood icon has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 book Warhorse, which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the Great War.
Spielberg has recruited Hall to adapt the book for Hollywood, and he will produce the project. It is unknown if he will also direct.
The filmmaker, who tackled World War II in Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, tells Daily Variety, "From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country."...
The Hollywood icon has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 book Warhorse, which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the Great War.
Spielberg has recruited Hall to adapt the book for Hollywood, and he will produce the project. It is unknown if he will also direct.
The filmmaker, who tackled World War II in Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, tells Daily Variety, "From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country."...
- 12/17/2009
- WENN
Steven Spielberg, having stepped away from the unnecessary remakes of Harvey and Oldboy and also having created the quintessential World War II film of the past twenty years (well, unless you count Inglourious Basterds) has set his sights on World War I.
Through his Dreamworks banner, Spielberg will be adapting the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, with a screenplay written by Billy Elliot’s Lee Hall. The novel has been around for nearly 30 years.
Like every project Steven approaches, there’s potential for vast syrupy-ness: according to Variety, the film will center on “the extraordinary friendship between a boy and a horse who are separated but whose fates continue to be intertwined over the course of Wwi.” Quaint.
It’s unknown whether Spielberg will be directing or simply producing War Horse, but he seems to have strong feelings about the novel: “From the moment I read (the book), I...
Through his Dreamworks banner, Spielberg will be adapting the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, with a screenplay written by Billy Elliot’s Lee Hall. The novel has been around for nearly 30 years.
Like every project Steven approaches, there’s potential for vast syrupy-ness: according to Variety, the film will center on “the extraordinary friendship between a boy and a horse who are separated but whose fates continue to be intertwined over the course of Wwi.” Quaint.
It’s unknown whether Spielberg will be directing or simply producing War Horse, but he seems to have strong feelings about the novel: “From the moment I read (the book), I...
- 12/17/2009
- by John Cooper
- ReelLoop.com
After a hugely successful run in London's West End, it seems that Michael Morpurgo's classic children's story War Horse is marching off to Hollywood.
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that DreamWorks Studios has acquired film rights to the 1982 novel and Billy Elliot scribe Lee Hall has been hired to write the adaptation, while Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall produce the project.
An epic tale of a friendship between a boy and a horse, who are separated with the onset of the First World War only to find their fates continuing to be intertwined, it's a brilliant tale which should work impressively on the big screen. What do you guys think? Leave your comments below...
Glen Ferris
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The Hollywood Reporter tells us that DreamWorks Studios has acquired film rights to the 1982 novel and Billy Elliot scribe Lee Hall has been hired to write the adaptation, while Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall produce the project.
An epic tale of a friendship between a boy and a horse, who are separated with the onset of the First World War only to find their fates continuing to be intertwined, it's a brilliant tale which should work impressively on the big screen. What do you guys think? Leave your comments below...
Glen Ferris
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Thursday 17 December 2009...
- 12/17/2009
- Screenrush
Steven Spielberg will produce an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel War Horse for DreamWorks. The book centres on a boy and his horse who are separated when the boy joins the fight during World War I, says Variety. "From the moment I read Michael Morpurgo's novel War Horse, I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make," (more)...
- 12/17/2009
- by By Mike Moody
- Digital Spy
It was the basis for one of the most buzzed about plays in London over the last few years, and now Michael Morpurgo's War Horse has been optioned for the big screen by DreamWorks, with Billy Elliot's Lee Hall set to write the screenplay.Definitely one for the horsey set, this sees a farm horse called Joey sold to the British cavalry early in World War I and shipped off to the battlefields, much against the wishes of his young owner Albert. Joey is captured by the Germans and used by them as well, seeing the War from both sides but unaffected by nationalism, while Albert - too young to enlist - sets off on a rescue mission.The film will be produced by the all-star team of Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest, which has got to be a good sign for War Horse.
- 12/17/2009
- EmpireOnline
DreamWorks Studios has acquired film rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel "War Horse." Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") has been hired to write the screenplay adaptation.
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest are producing the project.
The book tells the epic tale of a friendship between a boy and his horse, who become separated but continue to be intertwined as they try to survive the horrors of World War I. "Horse" was a runner-up for the Whitbread Award in the U.K.
"From the moment I read Michael Morpurgo's novel 'War Horse,' I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make," Spielberg said. "Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country."
DreamWorks also has in development the young-adult series "Wicked," being adapted by Aaron and Matthew Benay, and "The 39 Clues," being adapted by Jeff Nathanson. Since...
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest are producing the project.
The book tells the epic tale of a friendship between a boy and his horse, who become separated but continue to be intertwined as they try to survive the horrors of World War I. "Horse" was a runner-up for the Whitbread Award in the U.K.
"From the moment I read Michael Morpurgo's novel 'War Horse,' I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make," Spielberg said. "Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country."
DreamWorks also has in development the young-adult series "Wicked," being adapted by Aaron and Matthew Benay, and "The 39 Clues," being adapted by Jeff Nathanson. Since...
- 12/16/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
DreamWorks Studios has acquired the rights to the World War I adventure novel War Horse for Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest to produce. Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) is writing the script. Written by children’s author Michael Morpurgo and first published in 1982, War Horse tells the story from a boy’s Pov of being separated from his horse. The sentimental play, staged with puppet horses, has been a huge sellout family hit in London for the past two years. Spielberg believes the story has universal appeal.
- 12/16/2009
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Hollywood Reporter says that DreamWorks Studios has acquired film rights to the 1982 novel, "War Horse," written by Michael Morpurgo. Lee Hall ( Billy Elliot ) has been hired to write the adaptation. Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest are producing the project. Morpurgo's book tells the epic tale of a friendship between a boy and a horse, who are separated, but whose fates continue to be intertwined over the course of World War I.
- 12/16/2009
- Comingsoon.net
From 30 September 2009, a new cast of actors and puppeteers will join the National Theatre?s award-winning West End hit War Horse which is currently playing to packed houses at the New London Theatre. The National?s sell-out production of Nick Stafford?s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo?s book which transferred to the West End in March this year, has recently welcomed its 100,000th visitor to the New London Theatre. In June this year 150,000 new tickets were released for sale, taking bookings up to 12 February 2010.
- 9/10/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Before and after the Cannes Film Festival I spent some time in London catching up on theater and museums. Here's a roundup of what I saw, beginning with the shows that are still running so if you're headed to Europe you can act on some of these suggestions. Other shows -- like the revival of A Little Night Music and probably War Horse -- are headed to NYC in the future. Ben Brantley of the NYTimes offers his own take on the London theater scene here. But he saw his shows for free while I am indebted to the Leslie Giltz Foundation for subsidizing my days in the West End. War Horse *** (out of four) -- Michael Morpurgo's beloved young adult novel -- the story of a farm dragooned into Wwi and told from the horse's perspective a la Black...
- 6/25/2009
- by Michael Giltz
- Huffington Post
Today, 23 June, the National Theatre's award-winning production of War Horse will release over 150,000 new tickets for sale, taking bookings at the New London Theatre up to 12 February 2010. The National's sell-out production of Nick Stafford's adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's book transferred to the West End in March this year where it has been playing to packed houses ever since. Last week, just 12 weeks after its opening at the New London Theatre, War Horse recouped its transfer costs, having had a record breaking week of sales in May of over £330,000.
- 6/24/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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