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They Follow
The sequel to the 2014 cult horror It Follows with Maika Monroe reprising her role and David Robert Mitchell returning to direct. Neon will co-produce alongside Good Fear Content. Starts filming in early 2024.
World sales: HanWay
Bad Apples
Saoirse Ronan leads Jonatan Etzler’s English-language debut - a satirical comedy and thriller about a school teacher who locks one of her students in her basement. Produced by Pulse Films,...
Screen International is rounding up the key projects launched before and during this year’s American Film Market.
Refresh the page for latest updates.
They Follow
The sequel to the 2014 cult horror It Follows with Maika Monroe reprising her role and David Robert Mitchell returning to direct. Neon will co-produce alongside Good Fear Content. Starts filming in early 2024.
World sales: HanWay
Bad Apples
Saoirse Ronan leads Jonatan Etzler’s English-language debut - a satirical comedy and thriller about a school teacher who locks one of her students in her basement. Produced by Pulse Films,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Audience members disliked Saffron Burrows’ character in the 1999 shark thriller Deep Blue Sea so much, last minute reshoots were done specifically to kill her off in the climactic sequence. Here’s hoping things go better for her character in the upcoming Irish horror film The Morrigan, which Deadline reports has secured financing and is set to start filming on November 6th.
A feature expansion of a 16 minute short film writer/director Colum Eastwood (Black Medicine) made back in 2015, The Morrigan will follow a successful archaeologist but absentee mother who travels to Ireland to excavate a centuries old tomb. However, within the site lurks a danger hidden from mankind for centuries. Once it is unleashed she must battle to save her rebellious teenage daughter from possession by a vengeful ‘Pagan War Goddess’, known as The Morrigan.
Burrows is joined in the cast by James Cosmo (Game Of Thrones) and Toby Stephens...
A feature expansion of a 16 minute short film writer/director Colum Eastwood (Black Medicine) made back in 2015, The Morrigan will follow a successful archaeologist but absentee mother who travels to Ireland to excavate a centuries old tomb. However, within the site lurks a danger hidden from mankind for centuries. Once it is unleashed she must battle to save her rebellious teenage daughter from possession by a vengeful ‘Pagan War Goddess’, known as The Morrigan.
Burrows is joined in the cast by James Cosmo (Game Of Thrones) and Toby Stephens...
- 10/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Filming will take place in Northern Ireland late this year on a horror movie titled The Morrigan, Deadline reports today. Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea) will lead the cast.
Deadline details, “The film follows a successful archaeologist but absentee mother who travels to Ireland to excavate a centuries old tomb. However, within the site lurks a danger hidden from mankind for centuries. Once it is unleashed she must battle to save her rebellious teenage daughter from possession by a vengeful Pagan War Goddess.”
That particular Goddess, you might have guessed, is known as “The Morrigan.”
James Cosmo (Game Of Thrones) and Toby Stephens (Black Sails) also star in The Morrigan, which is written and directed by Colum Eastwood (Black Medicine).
Deadline also notes, “Amp is handling worldwide sales and will be selling this month ahead of the AFM. The project has a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.”
Amp’s James Norrie said in a statement,...
Deadline details, “The film follows a successful archaeologist but absentee mother who travels to Ireland to excavate a centuries old tomb. However, within the site lurks a danger hidden from mankind for centuries. Once it is unleashed she must battle to save her rebellious teenage daughter from possession by a vengeful Pagan War Goddess.”
That particular Goddess, you might have guessed, is known as “The Morrigan.”
James Cosmo (Game Of Thrones) and Toby Stephens (Black Sails) also star in The Morrigan, which is written and directed by Colum Eastwood (Black Medicine).
Deadline also notes, “Amp is handling worldwide sales and will be selling this month ahead of the AFM. The project has a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.”
Amp’s James Norrie said in a statement,...
- 10/10/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Finance has closed on Irish horror The Morrigan, which starts shooting November 6th in Northern Ireland.
Starring Saffron Burrows (Mozart In The Jungle), the film follows a successful archaeologist but absentee mother who travels to Ireland to excavate a centuries old tomb. However, within the site lurks a danger hidden from mankind for centuries. Once it is unleashed she must battle to save her rebellious teenage daughter from possession by a vengeful ‘Pagan War Goddess’, known as The Morrigan.
Cast is rounded out by James Cosmo (Game Of Thrones) and Toby Stephens (Black Sails). Amp is handling worldwide sales and will be selling this month ahead of the AFM. The project has a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.
Written and directed by Colum Eastwood (Black Medicine) and based on the short film of the same name, The Morrigan is produced by Ashley Holberry and Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens of Cowboy Cosmonaut Films.
Starring Saffron Burrows (Mozart In The Jungle), the film follows a successful archaeologist but absentee mother who travels to Ireland to excavate a centuries old tomb. However, within the site lurks a danger hidden from mankind for centuries. Once it is unleashed she must battle to save her rebellious teenage daughter from possession by a vengeful ‘Pagan War Goddess’, known as The Morrigan.
Cast is rounded out by James Cosmo (Game Of Thrones) and Toby Stephens (Black Sails). Amp is handling worldwide sales and will be selling this month ahead of the AFM. The project has a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.
Written and directed by Colum Eastwood (Black Medicine) and based on the short film of the same name, The Morrigan is produced by Ashley Holberry and Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens of Cowboy Cosmonaut Films.
- 10/10/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: British genre specialist Tea Shop, known for 47 Meters Down and coming off breakout thriller Fall, is lining up its next survival pic in the shape of The Bayou, which Architect is launching for sales in Cannes.
The movie, also produced by fledgling UK outfit Cowboy Cosmonaut, crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome, primordial apex predator.
Megan Best (Seance) leads the unfortunate survivors, out of their depth, who are picked off one-by-one by a relentless pack of gators, led by a ferocious alpha female. Filming is being lined up for Q4, 2023.
The Bayou, written by Gavin Mehrtens from a story by Ashley Holberry, will be directed by Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley) and is produced by Mehrtens and Holberry for Cowboy Cosmonaut and by Mark Lane and James Harris for Tea Shop Productions. Architect will executive-produce.
Following their work on Fall,...
The movie, also produced by fledgling UK outfit Cowboy Cosmonaut, crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome, primordial apex predator.
Megan Best (Seance) leads the unfortunate survivors, out of their depth, who are picked off one-by-one by a relentless pack of gators, led by a ferocious alpha female. Filming is being lined up for Q4, 2023.
The Bayou, written by Gavin Mehrtens from a story by Ashley Holberry, will be directed by Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley) and is produced by Mehrtens and Holberry for Cowboy Cosmonaut and by Mark Lane and James Harris for Tea Shop Productions. Architect will executive-produce.
Following their work on Fall,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety Director to Watch Prano Bailey-Bond (“Censor”) and BAFTA-nominated “After Love” filmmaker Aleem Khan are among the 39 filmmakers longlisted in the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) new talent categories.
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills enhancement aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 3. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Dec. 5.
The longlists:
The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
Aleem Khan – “After Love”
Matt Chambers – “The Bike Thief”
Prano Bailey-Bond – “Censor”
Jonathan Butterell – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
Sonita Gale – “Hostile”
Jack Clough – “People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan”
Reggie Yates – “Pirates”
Celeste Bell “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” [also Directed By Paul Sng]
Corinna Faith – “The Power”
Charlotte Colbert – “She Will...
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills enhancement aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 3. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Dec. 5.
The longlists:
The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
Aleem Khan – “After Love”
Matt Chambers – “The Bike Thief”
Prano Bailey-Bond – “Censor”
Jonathan Butterell – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
Sonita Gale – “Hostile”
Jack Clough – “People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan”
Reggie Yates – “Pirates”
Celeste Bell “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” [also Directed By Paul Sng]
Corinna Faith – “The Power”
Charlotte Colbert – “She Will...
- 10/20/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Antonia Campbell-Hughes is an actress who always makes fascinating choices, and often takes her, and the viewer, down dark paths into the shadows of society. Her latest is no different, as she plays A black-market medic in Colum Eastwood’s Black Medicine, and to mark its digital release this week, we had the pleasure of speaking to the actress, talking not only of this project but also her upcoming directorial debut It Is In All of Us, and the strength of collaborator Cosmo Jarvis. She also talks about one returning to comedy, which is of course where we first became aware of her talents, starring alongside Jack Dee in Lead Balloon.
Watch the full interview with Antonia Campbell-Hughes here:
Synopsis
A black-market medic carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When she gives refuge to a young girl, she must choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers.
Watch the full interview with Antonia Campbell-Hughes here:
Synopsis
A black-market medic carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When she gives refuge to a young girl, she must choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers.
- 7/15/2021
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Antonia Campbell-Hughes is terrific as an underworld medic in a noirish thriller that does its best to bypass its actors’ talents
A car slowly winds its way to the rooftop of a dimly lit multi-storey car, where the blonde driver steps out into the open air. The mood is sombre and eerie, as she gazes over a nocturnal cityscape. Only one thought is on her mind: to kill herself. This is the evocative, mysterious opening of Colum Eastwood’s Black Medicine, which would done a lot better to have maintained this scene’s exquisite noirish tone. Instead, a weakly predictable script means it quickly falls apart.
The woman is Jo (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a freelance medical contractor who carries out shady medical procedures on behalf of crime bosses. Her suicide attempt is abandoned after a phone call that calls her to one such illegal operation. Though stoic in the face of mobsters,...
A car slowly winds its way to the rooftop of a dimly lit multi-storey car, where the blonde driver steps out into the open air. The mood is sombre and eerie, as she gazes over a nocturnal cityscape. Only one thought is on her mind: to kill herself. This is the evocative, mysterious opening of Colum Eastwood’s Black Medicine, which would done a lot better to have maintained this scene’s exquisite noirish tone. Instead, a weakly predictable script means it quickly falls apart.
The woman is Jo (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a freelance medical contractor who carries out shady medical procedures on behalf of crime bosses. Her suicide attempt is abandoned after a phone call that calls her to one such illegal operation. Though stoic in the face of mobsters,...
- 7/6/2021
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Antonia Campbell-Hughes thriller gets sales deal
Exclusive: For the Cannes virtual market, Great Point has boarded world sales on thriller Black Medicine starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes (3096 Days), Orla Brady (American Horror Story), Amybeth McNulty (Anne With An E) and John Connors (Cardboard Gangsters). Signature Entertainment recently acquired distribution rights for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, with the UK release slated for 12 July. The first feature for Colum Eastwood, who wrote and directed, the movie follows a disgraced medic who carries out clandestine surgeries for the criminal underworld. When she unwittingly helps a young woman escape from a vicious gang, she must choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers. Pic was financed by Northern Ireland Screen and Yellowmoon, Janine Cobain produced for 23Ten; executive producers are Martin Brennan and Tim Palmer.
Grandave Picks Up The Atlantic City Story
Exclusive: Tamara Nagahiro, Grandave International president, is...
Exclusive: For the Cannes virtual market, Great Point has boarded world sales on thriller Black Medicine starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes (3096 Days), Orla Brady (American Horror Story), Amybeth McNulty (Anne With An E) and John Connors (Cardboard Gangsters). Signature Entertainment recently acquired distribution rights for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, with the UK release slated for 12 July. The first feature for Colum Eastwood, who wrote and directed, the movie follows a disgraced medic who carries out clandestine surgeries for the criminal underworld. When she unwittingly helps a young woman escape from a vicious gang, she must choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers. Pic was financed by Northern Ireland Screen and Yellowmoon, Janine Cobain produced for 23Ten; executive producers are Martin Brennan and Tim Palmer.
Grandave Picks Up The Atlantic City Story
Exclusive: Tamara Nagahiro, Grandave International president, is...
- 6/29/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Signature Entertainment has revealed a new trailer for the drama ‘Black Medicine’.
Set in the heart of the Irish crime underbelly, the film follows Jo (Hughes), a black-market medic who carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When she gives refuge to a young girl (McNulty), she must choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers.
Written and directed by Colum Eastwood, the film stars Amybeth McNulty (Stranger Things, Anne with an E), Orla Brady (Fringe, American Horror Story) and Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Kelly + Victor).
Also in trailers – “I don’t want him to understand death…” James Norton stars in new trailer for ‘Nowhere Special’
The film has a digital release on July 12th.
The post Dramatic trailer arrives for ‘Black Medicine’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
Set in the heart of the Irish crime underbelly, the film follows Jo (Hughes), a black-market medic who carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When she gives refuge to a young girl (McNulty), she must choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers.
Written and directed by Colum Eastwood, the film stars Amybeth McNulty (Stranger Things, Anne with an E), Orla Brady (Fringe, American Horror Story) and Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Kelly + Victor).
Also in trailers – “I don’t want him to understand death…” James Norton stars in new trailer for ‘Nowhere Special’
The film has a digital release on July 12th.
The post Dramatic trailer arrives for ‘Black Medicine’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 6/24/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The project is backed by Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme.
Principal photography will begin next week on newcomer Lynne Davison’s Northern Irish crime thriller Mandrake, the latest project backed by Northern Ireland Screen through its New Talent Focus scheme.
Produced by Village Films, Mandrake is about a probation officer, played by Deidre Mullins, tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence. Derbhle Crotty co-stars with Paul Kennedy. Seamus O’Hara, Nigel O’Neill and Ian Beattie.
Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme aims to deliver one debut feature...
Principal photography will begin next week on newcomer Lynne Davison’s Northern Irish crime thriller Mandrake, the latest project backed by Northern Ireland Screen through its New Talent Focus scheme.
Produced by Village Films, Mandrake is about a probation officer, played by Deidre Mullins, tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence. Derbhle Crotty co-stars with Paul Kennedy. Seamus O’Hara, Nigel O’Neill and Ian Beattie.
Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme aims to deliver one debut feature...
- 11/20/2020
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Register to hear from the Stars live on Monday, October 5.
This week Screen International is celebrating its 2020 UK and Ireland Stars of Tomorrow. Watch the video above to see behind-the-scenes of this year’s photoshoot at London’s BFI Southbank in August.
Screen is hosting a live online event on Monday, October 5 at 5pm BST, where you can hear directly from the Stars.
To register for the event, click here
If you would like to ask a question to any of this year’s selection, please email it to ben.dalton@screendaily.com and we will select a few for the live event.
This week Screen International is celebrating its 2020 UK and Ireland Stars of Tomorrow. Watch the video above to see behind-the-scenes of this year’s photoshoot at London’s BFI Southbank in August.
Screen is hosting a live online event on Monday, October 5 at 5pm BST, where you can hear directly from the Stars.
To register for the event, click here
If you would like to ask a question to any of this year’s selection, please email it to ben.dalton@screendaily.com and we will select a few for the live event.
- 10/1/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The hottest up-and-coming actors, filmmakers, and heads of department in the UK and Ireland.
Scroll down for the full list
For the first year, Screen has partnered with a headline sponsor, Amazon Prime Video, alongside returning partners ScreenSkills and the BFI London Film Festival.
Screen International has a highly regarded track record of spotting talent early, and this year’s UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow will be following in the footsteps of some of today’s biggest names in film and television, many of whom are BAFTA and Oscar winners and nominees.
From Emily Blunt and Benedict Cumberbatch in the...
Scroll down for the full list
For the first year, Screen has partnered with a headline sponsor, Amazon Prime Video, alongside returning partners ScreenSkills and the BFI London Film Festival.
Screen International has a highly regarded track record of spotting talent early, and this year’s UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow will be following in the footsteps of some of today’s biggest names in film and television, many of whom are BAFTA and Oscar winners and nominees.
From Emily Blunt and Benedict Cumberbatch in the...
- 9/28/2020
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Writer-director Colum Eastwood’s new movie is the 11th film backed by Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme. Production has commenced on the thriller Black Medicine. Written and directed by Colum Eastwood, the movie’s shoot will take place in Northern Ireland for three weeks. The director’s first feature has been developed under the aegis of Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme. The film is being financed by Northern Ireland Screen and post-production house Yellowmoon. The fast-paced thriller is the first feature produced by Janine Cobain. With a background in business and finance, she has previously produced shorts funded by Northern Ireland Screen, Rte and the BBC. 23ten’s Martin Brennan is executive-producing. In Black Medicine, Jo is a medic who carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. She is placed in a dilemma when she has to give refuge to a young girl...
- 12/12/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Exclusive: Shoot is underway in Northern Ireland on feature thriller Black Medicine, starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes (3096 Days), Orla Brady (American Horror Story), Amybeth McNulty (Anne With An E) and John Connors (King Of The Travellers).
The screenplay, written and directed by Lisburn native Colum Eastwood, is the eleventh film to come through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme, which has supported films including Shelly Love’s A Bump Along the Way, Ryan and Andrew Tohill’s The Dig, Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullin’s Bad Day for the Cut, Stephen Fingleton’s The Survivalist and Michael Lennox’s A Patch of Fog.
Black Medicine follows a black-market medic who carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When she gives refuge to a young girl, she must to choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers.
Janine Cobain produces for 12Ten Productions. Financed by Northern Ireland Screen...
The screenplay, written and directed by Lisburn native Colum Eastwood, is the eleventh film to come through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme, which has supported films including Shelly Love’s A Bump Along the Way, Ryan and Andrew Tohill’s The Dig, Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullin’s Bad Day for the Cut, Stephen Fingleton’s The Survivalist and Michael Lennox’s A Patch of Fog.
Black Medicine follows a black-market medic who carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When she gives refuge to a young girl, she must to choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers.
Janine Cobain produces for 12Ten Productions. Financed by Northern Ireland Screen...
- 12/10/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Yatao Li’s Chinese entry Carry On won the Best Of Festival Award, while Aneta Kopacz’s Joanna from Poland prevailed in the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau Grand Jury Award.
Timothy Yeung’s 90 Days took the Panavision Best North American Short honours.
The festival ran from June 17-23 and screened 330 films from more than 3,000 submissions. Organisers handed out more than $115,000 in prizes, including $21,000 in cash awards, in 21 categories.
“The 2014 Palm Springs ShortFest far surpassed all of our expectations,” said festival director Kathleen McInnis (pictured at the Australian reception). “Our audience, filmmaker and industry attendance all soared, as did the striking talent we were able to showcase during our 20th anniversary year.
“Well over 800 filmmaker and industry guests made our Filmmaker Forums one of the most dynamic we have ever had, and most of the screenings had all filmmakers in attendance — a great bonus for our audience who love their Q&A sessions. Filmmakers brought...
Timothy Yeung’s 90 Days took the Panavision Best North American Short honours.
The festival ran from June 17-23 and screened 330 films from more than 3,000 submissions. Organisers handed out more than $115,000 in prizes, including $21,000 in cash awards, in 21 categories.
“The 2014 Palm Springs ShortFest far surpassed all of our expectations,” said festival director Kathleen McInnis (pictured at the Australian reception). “Our audience, filmmaker and industry attendance all soared, as did the striking talent we were able to showcase during our 20th anniversary year.
“Well over 800 filmmaker and industry guests made our Filmmaker Forums one of the most dynamic we have ever had, and most of the screenings had all filmmakers in attendance — a great bonus for our audience who love their Q&A sessions. Filmmakers brought...
- 6/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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