A year and a half has gone by since A24 announced that they were re-teaming with Halina Reijn, the director of their slasher satire Bodies Bodies Bodies, on a erotic thriller called Babygirl, with Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Antonio Banderas (Desperado), Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw), Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), and Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional) set to star in the film. Now they have revealed (via Deadline) that they’re bringing Babygirl to theatres just in time for Christmas viewings, giving it a December 20th release date. That’s the same weekend Disney is releasing Mufasa, Paramount is releasing Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Angel Studios is releasing the faith-based post-apocalyptic film Homestead.
Christmas seems like an odd time to release an erotic thriller, but maybe this counter-programming will work out for A24. While families are taking the kids to Mufasa and Sonic and the devout see Homestead,...
Christmas seems like an odd time to release an erotic thriller, but maybe this counter-programming will work out for A24. While families are taking the kids to Mufasa and Sonic and the devout see Homestead,...
- 5/31/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Almost two years have gone by since A24 announced that production was underway on the psychological horror film The Front Room, with Brandy Norwood taking on the lead role and Max and Sam Eggers – the younger brothers of The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman director Robert Eggers – at the helm. Now the film finally has a release date. Deadline reports that A24 will be sending The Front Room out to theatres on September 6th, putting it in direct competition with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Based on a short story by Susan Hill, The Front Room centers on a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family. According to Deadline, a woman’s mother-in-law moves in and proves to be the house guest from hell. If you would like to read the short story source material, it can be found in...
Based on a short story by Susan Hill, The Front Room centers on a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family. According to Deadline, a woman’s mother-in-law moves in and proves to be the house guest from hell. If you would like to read the short story source material, it can be found in...
- 5/30/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A24 has confirmed that they’re re-teaming with Halina Reijn, the director of their slasher satire Bodies Bodies Bodies, on a erotic thriller called Babygirl – and an impressive cast has already been assembled for the film. Here’s the line-up: Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Antonio Banderas (Desperado), Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw), Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), and Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional).
According to Deadline, Reijn will be working from a screenplay she wrote herself. The story she crafted for this one centers on a successful CEO who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern. Given the “thriller” part of the “erotic thriller” description, we have to assume that this affair goes terribly wrong in some way… probably in a way that involves more than just hurt feelings.
Reijn is producing Babygirl for Man Up Film, alongside A24 and David Hinojosa of 2Am. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman,...
According to Deadline, Reijn will be working from a screenplay she wrote herself. The story she crafted for this one centers on a successful CEO who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern. Given the “thriller” part of the “erotic thriller” description, we have to assume that this affair goes terribly wrong in some way… probably in a way that involves more than just hurt feelings.
Reijn is producing Babygirl for Man Up Film, alongside A24 and David Hinojosa of 2Am. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Fresh off last year’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, A24 and director Halina Reijn are back together for Babygirl, an upcoming erotic thriller that has one hell of a cast attached at this time.
Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas and Harris Dickinson are confirmed to star after much speculation, while Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) and Jean Reno round out the all-star cast.
Reijn wrote the screenplay and will also direct Babygirl.
In the film, “A successful CEO begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern.”
David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn of Man Up Film and A24, who is financing the project. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as executive producers. This marks the second collaboration between Halina Reijn and A24 after her satirical slasher Bodies Bodies Bodies, also produced by Hinojosa.
A24 also acquired Reijn’s directorial debut, Instinct.
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Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas and Harris Dickinson are confirmed to star after much speculation, while Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) and Jean Reno round out the all-star cast.
Reijn wrote the screenplay and will also direct Babygirl.
In the film, “A successful CEO begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern.”
David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn of Man Up Film and A24, who is financing the project. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as executive producers. This marks the second collaboration between Halina Reijn and A24 after her satirical slasher Bodies Bodies Bodies, also produced by Hinojosa.
A24 also acquired Reijn’s directorial debut, Instinct.
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- 11/21/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A24 is keeping in business with Halina Reijn.
Following the indie box office success of the Dutch actress-turned-feature-filmmaker’s 2022 word-of-mouth hit “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” A24 has another upcoming project with Reijn. “Babygirl,” the studio announced on November 21, will star Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in an erotic thriller about a successful CEO who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern. Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde (breakout star of A24’s “Talk to Me”), and Jean Reno also join the cast, IndieWire has confirmed. “Babygirl” will mark Reijn’s second feature film, which she wrote as well.
David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn of Man Up Film and A24, who is financing the project. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman, and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as executive producers on “Babygirl.”
Reijn’s satirical slasher “Bodies Bodies Bodies” is already headed for cult classic status since premiering at...
Following the indie box office success of the Dutch actress-turned-feature-filmmaker’s 2022 word-of-mouth hit “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” A24 has another upcoming project with Reijn. “Babygirl,” the studio announced on November 21, will star Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in an erotic thriller about a successful CEO who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern. Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde (breakout star of A24’s “Talk to Me”), and Jean Reno also join the cast, IndieWire has confirmed. “Babygirl” will mark Reijn’s second feature film, which she wrote as well.
David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn of Man Up Film and A24, who is financing the project. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman, and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as executive producers on “Babygirl.”
Reijn’s satirical slasher “Bodies Bodies Bodies” is already headed for cult classic status since premiering at...
- 11/21/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas have joined the cast of A24’s erotic thriller “Babygirl.”
“Bodies Bodies Bodies” filmmaker Halina Reijn is writing and directing the movie, which examines power dynamics and sexuality in the workplace. It tells the story of a powerful CEO (Kidman) who begins an illicit affair with a much younger, charismatic intern (Harris Dickinson).
Banderas is playing the husband of Kidman’s character, while Sophie Wilde (“Talk to Me”) is portraying the assistant who watches the rendezvous go down. Jean Reno (“The Big Blue”) rounds out the cast as a rival business executive. It’s scheduled to film this December in New York.
“Babygirl” marks the second collaboration between A24 and Reijn after her 2022 satirical slasher “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” an indie box office winner starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott and Pete Davidson. A24 also acquired Reijn’s directorial debut, “Instinct.”
David Hinojosa of 2Am...
“Bodies Bodies Bodies” filmmaker Halina Reijn is writing and directing the movie, which examines power dynamics and sexuality in the workplace. It tells the story of a powerful CEO (Kidman) who begins an illicit affair with a much younger, charismatic intern (Harris Dickinson).
Banderas is playing the husband of Kidman’s character, while Sophie Wilde (“Talk to Me”) is portraying the assistant who watches the rendezvous go down. Jean Reno (“The Big Blue”) rounds out the cast as a rival business executive. It’s scheduled to film this December in New York.
“Babygirl” marks the second collaboration between A24 and Reijn after her 2022 satirical slasher “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” an indie box office winner starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott and Pete Davidson. A24 also acquired Reijn’s directorial debut, “Instinct.”
David Hinojosa of 2Am...
- 11/21/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas and Harris Dickinson have signed on for Babygirl, an erotic thriller that reunites A24 with Bodies Bodies Bodies filmmaker Halina Reijn.
Sophie Wilde, who starred in horror movie Talk to Me, and veteran actor Jean Reno are also on the call sheet for the feature that Reijn wrote and is directing. A shoot is scheduled for December in New York.
An examination of power dynamics and sexuality, Babygirl tells of a powerful and in-control CEO (Kidman), who begins an affair with a charismatic intern (Dickinson).
Banderas is playing the husband, while Wilde is the CEO’s assistant who watches the affair unfold. Reno is a rival business executive.
David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn, who is producing via her Man Up Film, and A24, which is financing the project.
Julia Oh, Zach Nutman and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as executive producers.
Sophie Wilde, who starred in horror movie Talk to Me, and veteran actor Jean Reno are also on the call sheet for the feature that Reijn wrote and is directing. A shoot is scheduled for December in New York.
An examination of power dynamics and sexuality, Babygirl tells of a powerful and in-control CEO (Kidman), who begins an affair with a charismatic intern (Dickinson).
Banderas is playing the husband, while Wilde is the CEO’s assistant who watches the affair unfold. Reno is a rival business executive.
David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn, who is producing via her Man Up Film, and A24, which is financing the project.
Julia Oh, Zach Nutman and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as executive producers.
- 11/21/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a period of speculation prolonged by the double strike, A24 has officially confirmed the cast set for its erotic thriller Babygirl, marking a reteam with Bodies Bodies Bodies helmer Halina Reijn. Nicole Kidman (The Undoing), Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) and Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw) lead an ensemble that also includes Talk to Me‘s Sophie Wilde and Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional).
In the film written and directed by Reijn, a successful CEO begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern. David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn of Man Up Film and A24, which is financing the project. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as exec producers.
Reijn comes to make Babygirl with A24 after collaborating with the studio on her critically acclaimed satirical slasher Bodies Bodies Bodies, which world premiered out of SXSW. She previously saw her 2019 directorial debut Instinct,...
In the film written and directed by Reijn, a successful CEO begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern. David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn of Man Up Film and A24, which is financing the project. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as exec producers.
Reijn comes to make Babygirl with A24 after collaborating with the studio on her critically acclaimed satirical slasher Bodies Bodies Bodies, which world premiered out of SXSW. She previously saw her 2019 directorial debut Instinct,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Matt Grobar and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Event helps directors of shorts playing in the sidebar make their feature debuts.
Cannes’ Critics Week has wrapped the ninth edition of its Next Step programme which helps short film directors from its past festival selections make the leap between short and feature films.
This year’s crop of aspiring filmmakers included Portugese director Sofia Bost, Mexican filmmaker Jorge Sistos Moreno, British filmmaker Joseph Pierce, Greek filmmakers Evi Kalogiropoulou and Manolis Mavris, and Chinese directors Lin Tu and Hao Zhao.
The group headed to France from December 3-9 with their feature film projects, first at the Moulin d’Andé residence...
Cannes’ Critics Week has wrapped the ninth edition of its Next Step programme which helps short film directors from its past festival selections make the leap between short and feature films.
This year’s crop of aspiring filmmakers included Portugese director Sofia Bost, Mexican filmmaker Jorge Sistos Moreno, British filmmaker Joseph Pierce, Greek filmmakers Evi Kalogiropoulou and Manolis Mavris, and Chinese directors Lin Tu and Hao Zhao.
The group headed to France from December 3-9 with their feature film projects, first at the Moulin d’Andé residence...
- 12/10/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Brandy is stepping back into the world of horror for a forthcoming psychological flick from A24 titled "The Front Room." On Aug. 25, Variety reported that the R&b icon is set to star in the horror film from directors Max and Sam Eggers, aka the Eggers brothers, whose older sibling, Robert Eggers, previously teamed up with A24 for movies like "The Witch" and "The Lighthouse." Brandy previously starred in 1998's "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.
Not much is known about "The Front Room" yet, but Variety notes that the film "follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family." Brandy's role is unknown at this time, but she will costar alongside Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap, and Neal Huff.
Related: A24 Unveils the Chilling Trailer For Its Psychological...
Not much is known about "The Front Room" yet, but Variety notes that the film "follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family." Brandy's role is unknown at this time, but she will costar alongside Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap, and Neal Huff.
Related: A24 Unveils the Chilling Trailer For Its Psychological...
- 8/26/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Did you know "The Witch" and "The Lighthouse" director Robert Eggers has not just one but two brothers? And they're both in the business of making films themselves? Well, if you didn't before, you do know. Max and Sam Eggers are joining forces as "The Egger Brothers" to make their directorial debut on "The Front Room," a thriller that pairs them with their sibling Robert's frequent studio A24.
Far from a stranger to their sibling's output, Max and Sam Eggers previously served as, respectively, a co-writer on "The Lighthouse" and a production assistant on "The Witch." The pair were also production assistants on Robert Eggers' short film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and got a "special thanks" in the credits for their brother's Viking thriller "The Northman." As such, it will be all the more interesting to see how The Eggers Brothers set themselves apart from Robert Eggers,...
Far from a stranger to their sibling's output, Max and Sam Eggers previously served as, respectively, a co-writer on "The Lighthouse" and a production assistant on "The Witch." The pair were also production assistants on Robert Eggers' short film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and got a "special thanks" in the credits for their brother's Viking thriller "The Northman." As such, it will be all the more interesting to see how The Eggers Brothers set themselves apart from Robert Eggers,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
There are other Egger filmmakers in the woodwork. Brothers to the filmmaker behind The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, Screen Daily reports Max Eggers and Sam Eggers have began production on The Front Room — which is based on a short story found in Susan Hill’s The Travelling Bag. Unsurprisingly a film that falls in the horror wheelhouse, this will feature Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy Of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap and Neal Huff. A24 is distribute in the U.S. and is financing the film and will produce alongside another horror fiend in Babak Anvari, Lucan Toh, and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures plus Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am.…...
- 8/26/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The Northman director Robert Eggers worked with production company / distributor A24 on his first two features, The Witch and The Lighthouse. And now his younger brothers Max and Sam Eggers are following in his footsteps. Max and Sam are writing and directing a psychological horror film called The Front Room for A24, and Variety reports that Brandy Norwood will be starring in the film.
Based on a short story by Susan Hill, The Front Room centers on
a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Norwood is joined in the cast by Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (WeCrashed), and Neal Huff (Spotlight).
Production begins on new horror The Front Room, The Eggers Brothers' feature debut starring Brandy Norwood (The Brandy), Kathryn Hunter, and Andrew Burnap. pic.twitter.com/iF5brnJqkb
— A24 (@A24) August 25, 2022
The Front Room...
Based on a short story by Susan Hill, The Front Room centers on
a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Norwood is joined in the cast by Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (WeCrashed), and Neal Huff (Spotlight).
Production begins on new horror The Front Room, The Eggers Brothers' feature debut starring Brandy Norwood (The Brandy), Kathryn Hunter, and Andrew Burnap. pic.twitter.com/iF5brnJqkb
— A24 (@A24) August 25, 2022
The Front Room...
- 8/25/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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A24 is teaming up with the Eggers brothers — The Lighthouse co-writer Max Eggers and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — for the psychological horror The Front Room.
The screenwriting brothers, for their joint directorial debut, will adapt Susan Hill’s short story of the same name. The Front Room follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The ensemble cast will be led by Grammy Award-winning musician and actress Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap and Spotlight actor Neal Huff. The producer credits are shared by Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari, Bryan Sonderman, Julia Oh and David Hinojosa.
A24 will finance and handle worldwide releasing for The Front Room.
Max Eggers co-wrote The Lighthouse with Robert Eggers, who directed the drama about two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson...
A24 is teaming up with the Eggers brothers — The Lighthouse co-writer Max Eggers and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — for the psychological horror The Front Room.
The screenwriting brothers, for their joint directorial debut, will adapt Susan Hill’s short story of the same name. The Front Room follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The ensemble cast will be led by Grammy Award-winning musician and actress Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap and Spotlight actor Neal Huff. The producer credits are shared by Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari, Bryan Sonderman, Julia Oh and David Hinojosa.
A24 will finance and handle worldwide releasing for The Front Room.
Max Eggers co-wrote The Lighthouse with Robert Eggers, who directed the drama about two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson...
- 8/25/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A24 is teaming up with filmmakers Max Eggers (The Lighthouse) and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — otherwise known as The Eggers Brothers — on their feature directorial debut The Front Room, a psychological horror pic that will star Brandy Norwood (Queens), Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (Snow White) and Neal Huff (Waves).
The film based on Susan Hill’s short story follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The Eggers Brothers will direct from their own script, with A24 producing alongside Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures, and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am. A24 is also financing the film and handling global distribution.
Norwood is a Grammy-winning musician and actress who stars in the ABC series Queens, and has also been seen on shows like Star, Zoe Ever After,...
The film based on Susan Hill’s short story follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The Eggers Brothers will direct from their own script, with A24 producing alongside Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures, and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am. A24 is also financing the film and handling global distribution.
Norwood is a Grammy-winning musician and actress who stars in the ABC series Queens, and has also been seen on shows like Star, Zoe Ever After,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Brandy Norwood is set to star in A24’s “The Front Room,” a psychological horror film from directors Max and Sam Eggers.
The Eggers brothers, whose older sibling Robert Eggers has collaborated with A24 on “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” will be directing in their feature filmmaking debut. They adapted the screenplay from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name.
“The Front Room” follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Along with Norwood, the ’90s music icon who is also of “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Moesha” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” fame, is co-starring alongside Kathryn Hunter (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Andrew Burnap and Neal Huff (“Spotlight”).
Norwood later shared the news on Instagram, telling audiences “ can’t wait for ya’ll to see this.”
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The Eggers brothers, whose older sibling Robert Eggers has collaborated with A24 on “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” will be directing in their feature filmmaking debut. They adapted the screenplay from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name.
“The Front Room” follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Along with Norwood, the ’90s music icon who is also of “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Moesha” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” fame, is co-starring alongside Kathryn Hunter (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Andrew Burnap and Neal Huff (“Spotlight”).
Norwood later shared the news on Instagram, telling audiences “ can’t wait for ya’ll to see this.”
View this post on Instagram...
- 8/25/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Brandy, Andrew Burnap and Kathryn Hunter to Star in ‘The Front Room’ for The Eggers Brothers and A24
A24 has tapped Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap and Kathryn Hunter to star in the “The Front Room,” with Neal Huff also joining the cast.
The Eggers Brothers – consisting of director Robert Eggers’ twin younger brothers Max and Sam – will make their directorial debut with the psychological horror film. They will also write the screenplay.
Adapted from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name, “The Front Room” revolves around a young, newly pregnant couple who is forced to take in a sickly stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
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A24 is set to produce and handle the film’s global release. Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am will also produce.
The Eggers Brothers – consisting of director Robert Eggers’ twin younger brothers Max and Sam – will make their directorial debut with the psychological horror film. They will also write the screenplay.
Adapted from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name, “The Front Room” revolves around a young, newly pregnant couple who is forced to take in a sickly stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Also Read:
Phoebe Bridgers, Fred Durst and Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail to Appear in A24 Horror Movie ‘I Saw the TV Glow’
A24 is set to produce and handle the film’s global release. Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am will also produce.
- 8/25/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Company finances, produces and handles worldwide distribution.
A24 is teaming up with The Eggers Brothers Max Eggers and Sam Eggers on psychological horror The Front Room to star Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter and Andrew Burnap.
The brothers – twin younger siblings of The Northman, The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers – will direct from a screenplay they adapted from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name.
The Front Room follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
A24 is financing the project and will produce alongside Lucan Toh,...
A24 is teaming up with The Eggers Brothers Max Eggers and Sam Eggers on psychological horror The Front Room to star Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter and Andrew Burnap.
The brothers – twin younger siblings of The Northman, The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers – will direct from a screenplay they adapted from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name.
The Front Room follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
A24 is financing the project and will produce alongside Lucan Toh,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Farhana Bhula will join Film4 in January.
The UK’s Film4 has appointed Farhana Bhula as a senior commissioning executive, with a January start date. She joins from the BFI Film Fund where she is presently a senior development and production executive.
Bhula will commission and oversee production on new projects, as well as co-managing the development team alongside fellow senior commissioning executive David Kimbangi and head of development Ben Coren. She will report to Film4’s creative director Ollie Madden.
Bhula replaces Julia Oh, who returns to the US after five years at Film4 to take up a role...
The UK’s Film4 has appointed Farhana Bhula as a senior commissioning executive, with a January start date. She joins from the BFI Film Fund where she is presently a senior development and production executive.
Bhula will commission and oversee production on new projects, as well as co-managing the development team alongside fellow senior commissioning executive David Kimbangi and head of development Ben Coren. She will report to Film4’s creative director Ollie Madden.
Bhula replaces Julia Oh, who returns to the US after five years at Film4 to take up a role...
- 11/15/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The winners will be announced at an in-person ceremony on Sunday, December 5.
Producer Andrea Cornwell and actors Emma Corrin and Jason Isaacs are among the jurors of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
Mogul Mowgli producer Bennett McGhee presides over the main jury that includes Cornwell; The Crown star Corrin; actress Jennifer Ehle; director and writer Alice Lowe; director and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker (a Screen Star Of Tomorrow this year); Ted Lasso casting director Theo Park; composer Nainita Desai and writer-broadcasters Simran Hans and Michael Leader.
The new talent jury is chaired by actress, writer and director...
Producer Andrea Cornwell and actors Emma Corrin and Jason Isaacs are among the jurors of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
Mogul Mowgli producer Bennett McGhee presides over the main jury that includes Cornwell; The Crown star Corrin; actress Jennifer Ehle; director and writer Alice Lowe; director and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker (a Screen Star Of Tomorrow this year); Ted Lasso casting director Theo Park; composer Nainita Desai and writer-broadcasters Simran Hans and Michael Leader.
The new talent jury is chaired by actress, writer and director...
- 11/12/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Oh will be based in New York.
Julia Oh, senior commissioning executive, at the UK’s FIlm4, has joined the production arm of full-service production and management company 2Am.
Oh will be based in New York with the production team alongside 2Am’s David Hinojosa, who co-founded the company with Christine D’Souza Gelb and Kevin Rowe. Zach Nutman will also be part of the team.
2Am’s film and TV slate includes Halina Reijn’s English-language debut Bodies Bodies Bodies starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, and Pete Davidson; Billy Porter’s directorial debut, What If at Orion Pictures...
Julia Oh, senior commissioning executive, at the UK’s FIlm4, has joined the production arm of full-service production and management company 2Am.
Oh will be based in New York with the production team alongside 2Am’s David Hinojosa, who co-founded the company with Christine D’Souza Gelb and Kevin Rowe. Zach Nutman will also be part of the team.
2Am’s film and TV slate includes Halina Reijn’s English-language debut Bodies Bodies Bodies starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, and Pete Davidson; Billy Porter’s directorial debut, What If at Orion Pictures...
- 11/11/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Julia Oh has been hired by 2Am, the full-service production and management company founded by Christine D’Souza Gelb, David Hinojosa and Kevin Rowe, as a producer.
Oh will be based in NY with the company’s production team, working alongside Hinojosa and Zach Nutman.
2Am’s film and TV production division, overseen by Hinojosa, is currently in post-production on Halina Reijn’s English-language debut, Bodies Bodies Bodies, starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, and Pete Davidson, and on Emmy winner Billy Porter’s directorial debut, What If?, at Orion Pictures. It’s also finishing principal photography on Past Lives, a feature drama written and directed by Celine Song.
The company’s management division represents such acclaimed writers and directors as Amalia Ulman (El Planeta), Radha Blank (The Forty-Year-Old Version), Ari Aster (Hereditary), Janicza Bravo (Zola), Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play), Kota Eberhardt (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), Leilah Weinraub (The Shakedown...
Oh will be based in NY with the company’s production team, working alongside Hinojosa and Zach Nutman.
2Am’s film and TV production division, overseen by Hinojosa, is currently in post-production on Halina Reijn’s English-language debut, Bodies Bodies Bodies, starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, and Pete Davidson, and on Emmy winner Billy Porter’s directorial debut, What If?, at Orion Pictures. It’s also finishing principal photography on Past Lives, a feature drama written and directed by Celine Song.
The company’s management division represents such acclaimed writers and directors as Amalia Ulman (El Planeta), Radha Blank (The Forty-Year-Old Version), Ari Aster (Hereditary), Janicza Bravo (Zola), Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play), Kota Eberhardt (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), Leilah Weinraub (The Shakedown...
- 11/11/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi holds UK distribution rights.
Focus Features has set an April 30 limited US theatrical release date for Ben Sharrock’s Bafta-nominated immigrant drama Limbo.
The studio acquired worldwide rights excluding the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand last month. Universal Pictures International will release internationally except in the UK, where Mubi holds rights.
Sharrock’s Cannes Label selection is nominated at the Baftas for outstanding British film and outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.
Amir El-Masry stars as a young Syrian musician on a fictitious Scottish island awaiting the outcome of his asylum application.
The cast includes Vikash Bhai,...
Focus Features has set an April 30 limited US theatrical release date for Ben Sharrock’s Bafta-nominated immigrant drama Limbo.
The studio acquired worldwide rights excluding the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand last month. Universal Pictures International will release internationally except in the UK, where Mubi holds rights.
Sharrock’s Cannes Label selection is nominated at the Baftas for outstanding British film and outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.
Amir El-Masry stars as a young Syrian musician on a fictitious Scottish island awaiting the outcome of his asylum application.
The cast includes Vikash Bhai,...
- 3/12/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Asylum drama has won prizes at Cairo and Macao.
Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights excluding the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to Ben Sharrock’s Bafta longlisted festival winner and Cannes Label asylum seeker drama Limbo.
Universal Pictures International will release internationally except in the UK, where Mubi will distribute. Focus acquired rights from Protagonist Pictures.
Sharrock wrote the screenplay about a young Syrian musician (Bifa nominee Amir El-Masry) on a fictitious Scottish island awaiting the outcome of his asylum application.
The cast includes Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, and Kwabena Ansah, Sidse Babett Knudsen, and Kais Nashif
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Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights excluding the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to Ben Sharrock’s Bafta longlisted festival winner and Cannes Label asylum seeker drama Limbo.
Universal Pictures International will release internationally except in the UK, where Mubi will distribute. Focus acquired rights from Protagonist Pictures.
Sharrock wrote the screenplay about a young Syrian musician (Bifa nominee Amir El-Masry) on a fictitious Scottish island awaiting the outcome of his asylum application.
The cast includes Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, and Kwabena Ansah, Sidse Babett Knudsen, and Kais Nashif
Irune Gurtubai...
- 2/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Focus Features has taken worldwide rights, excluding the UK & Ire and Australia/Nz, to Cannes and TIFF 2020 selection Limbo.
Writer-director Ben Sharrock’s (Pikadero) well-received sophomore feature about the refugee experience is set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.
BIFA-nominee Amir El-Masry (The Night Manager) stars in the drama which also scored BIFA nominations for Breakthrough Producer, Best Cinematography and Best Casting. Festival play also included San Sebastian, where it won the Youth Jury Award, and the BFI London Film Festival where it was runner-up for the Audience Award.
Supporting cast includes Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah, Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen) and Kais Nashif (Tel Aviv On Fire).
Sharrock...
Writer-director Ben Sharrock’s (Pikadero) well-received sophomore feature about the refugee experience is set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.
BIFA-nominee Amir El-Masry (The Night Manager) stars in the drama which also scored BIFA nominations for Breakthrough Producer, Best Cinematography and Best Casting. Festival play also included San Sebastian, where it won the Youth Jury Award, and the BFI London Film Festival where it was runner-up for the Audience Award.
Supporting cast includes Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah, Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen) and Kais Nashif (Tel Aviv On Fire).
Sharrock...
- 2/10/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
This week’s major BIFA nominees were all shut out by the European Film Awards.
UK producers have emphasised their commitment to European co-production on the eve of the European Film Awards (EFAs), in which UK films are conspicuous by their absence.
Two non-uk actors in UK-European productions are the sole representatives in the Efa nominations: Viggo Mortensen for Falling and Natasha Berezhnaya for Dau. Natasha.
“From a filmmaker’s point of view, we mostly are very pro-European,” said Andrea Cornwell, the producer of Rose Glass’s Saint Maud. This week the low-budget horror film received a record 17 Bifa nominations...
UK producers have emphasised their commitment to European co-production on the eve of the European Film Awards (EFAs), in which UK films are conspicuous by their absence.
Two non-uk actors in UK-European productions are the sole representatives in the Efa nominations: Viggo Mortensen for Falling and Natasha Berezhnaya for Dau. Natasha.
“From a filmmaker’s point of view, we mostly are very pro-European,” said Andrea Cornwell, the producer of Rose Glass’s Saint Maud. This week the low-budget horror film received a record 17 Bifa nominations...
- 12/11/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Young actor Lucian-River Chauhan is set to play opposite Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer in Amazon Studios’ sci-fi thriller Invasion, which is being directed by Michael Pearce.
The film, written by Pearce and Joe Barton, follows two young brothers who go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine (Ahmed), who is trying to protect them from an unhuman threat. As the journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys will need to confront hard truths and leave their childhood behind.
Amazon has worldwide rights to the project and will produce with Dimitri Doganis, Piers Vellacott and Derrin Schlesinger of UK-based production company, Raw. Film4’s Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh will serve as exec producers with Kate Churchill and Jenny Hinkey.
Lucian-River, who previously starred on two seasons of the CBC series, Heartland, is repped by Atlas Artists and The Characters Talent Agency in Toronto.
The film, written by Pearce and Joe Barton, follows two young brothers who go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine (Ahmed), who is trying to protect them from an unhuman threat. As the journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys will need to confront hard truths and leave their childhood behind.
Amazon has worldwide rights to the project and will produce with Dimitri Doganis, Piers Vellacott and Derrin Schlesinger of UK-based production company, Raw. Film4’s Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh will serve as exec producers with Kate Churchill and Jenny Hinkey.
Lucian-River, who previously starred on two seasons of the CBC series, Heartland, is repped by Atlas Artists and The Characters Talent Agency in Toronto.
- 11/24/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 70 industry sessions confirmed to run alongside market and screenings from November 9-13.
Conversations with Neon distribution head Elissa Federoff and Solstice Studios head Mark Gill, industry panels addressing the pandemic and intimacy on set, and a look at Hollywood podcasts are among the initial line-up of AFM 2020 Online.
More than 70 industry sessions are confirmed to run alongside the market and screenings from November 9-13 which, like so many others has gone virtual during the pandemic.
The AFM’s opening Conference, The Future Of Film, will feature one-on-one conversations with Gill, whose Solstice Studios released Unhinged, the first major...
Conversations with Neon distribution head Elissa Federoff and Solstice Studios head Mark Gill, industry panels addressing the pandemic and intimacy on set, and a look at Hollywood podcasts are among the initial line-up of AFM 2020 Online.
More than 70 industry sessions are confirmed to run alongside the market and screenings from November 9-13 which, like so many others has gone virtual during the pandemic.
The AFM’s opening Conference, The Future Of Film, will feature one-on-one conversations with Gill, whose Solstice Studios released Unhinged, the first major...
- 10/21/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The American Film Market has unveiled its initial speakers, topics and programming calendar for AFM 2020 Online with sessions on Nov. 9-13 alongside the AFM’s marketplace and screenings.
The AFM’s opening conference — The Future of Film — will launch with Mark Gill, president and CEO of Solstice Studios, discussing how independent film, the marketplace and audience consumption will change in the near future. Elissa Federoff, president of distribution for Neon, will then discuss the future of feature film distribution and exhibition.
Gill had the first new film in theaters since the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown with “Unhinged,” and Federoff made history for her company with four Academy Awards for “Parasite,” which became the third highest-grossing foreign language film ever released in the U.S.
This year’s lineup will take place wholly online and will bring 200 speakers to two stages for conferences, panels, conversations, workshops, podcasts and presentations. John Cena, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris,...
The AFM’s opening conference — The Future of Film — will launch with Mark Gill, president and CEO of Solstice Studios, discussing how independent film, the marketplace and audience consumption will change in the near future. Elissa Federoff, president of distribution for Neon, will then discuss the future of feature film distribution and exhibition.
Gill had the first new film in theaters since the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown with “Unhinged,” and Federoff made history for her company with four Academy Awards for “Parasite,” which became the third highest-grossing foreign language film ever released in the U.S.
This year’s lineup will take place wholly online and will bring 200 speakers to two stages for conferences, panels, conversations, workshops, podcasts and presentations. John Cena, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Argo and Reprisal star Rory Cochrane is joining the cast of Amazon’s sci-fi thriller Invasion with Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer and Janina Gavankar.
The film, which we revealed this summer, charts how two young brothers go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine, who is on a rescue mission to save his boys from a non-human threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys need to confront hard truths and leave their childhoods behind. Cochrane will play the lead FBI agent who goes after the family.
Michael Pearce (Beast) is directing the feature and writing with fellow BAFTA-nominee Joe Barton (Giri/Haji). Producers are Raw’s Dimitri Doganis (Three Identical Strangers), Piers Vellacott (American Animals) and Derrin Schlesinger (The Nest).
Film4 developed the project with Raw. Film4’s Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh are executive-producing. Kate Churchill and Jenny Hinkey...
The film, which we revealed this summer, charts how two young brothers go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine, who is on a rescue mission to save his boys from a non-human threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys need to confront hard truths and leave their childhoods behind. Cochrane will play the lead FBI agent who goes after the family.
Michael Pearce (Beast) is directing the feature and writing with fellow BAFTA-nominee Joe Barton (Giri/Haji). Producers are Raw’s Dimitri Doganis (Three Identical Strangers), Piers Vellacott (American Animals) and Derrin Schlesinger (The Nest).
Film4 developed the project with Raw. Film4’s Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh are executive-producing. Kate Churchill and Jenny Hinkey...
- 10/2/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Protagonist is handling worldwide sales.
Mubi has acquired UK and Irish rights to Ben Sharrock’s Cannes 2020 selection Limbo, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Toronto later this month.
The company has picked up theatrical and streaming rights in the territory from Protagonist Pictures, handling world sales. Film4, which financed and developed the feature with Creative Scotland and the BFI, retains UK free TV broadcast rights.
Limbo is set on a fictional remote Scottish island where refugee arrivals await the result of their asylum claims. It centres on a young Syrian musician burdened by the weight of his...
Mubi has acquired UK and Irish rights to Ben Sharrock’s Cannes 2020 selection Limbo, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Toronto later this month.
The company has picked up theatrical and streaming rights in the territory from Protagonist Pictures, handling world sales. Film4, which financed and developed the feature with Creative Scotland and the BFI, retains UK free TV broadcast rights.
Limbo is set on a fictional remote Scottish island where refugee arrivals await the result of their asylum claims. It centres on a young Syrian musician burdened by the weight of his...
- 9/3/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The project is produced by Amazon alongside Film4, who developed it with Raw.
Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer have joined the cast of sci-fi thriller Invasion directed by Micheal Pearce.
The project is produced by Amazon, which has taken world rights, alongside Film4, who developed it with Raw. Pearce wrote the script alongside Bafta-nominee Joe Barton.
The producers are Raw’s Dimitri Doganis (Three Identical Strangers), Piers Vellacott (American Animals) and Derrin Schlesinger (The Nest). Executive producers are Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh from Film4, alongside Kate Churchill and Jenny Hinkey.
It is the follow-up to Pearce’s feature debut Beast,...
Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer have joined the cast of sci-fi thriller Invasion directed by Micheal Pearce.
The project is produced by Amazon, which has taken world rights, alongside Film4, who developed it with Raw. Pearce wrote the script alongside Bafta-nominee Joe Barton.
The producers are Raw’s Dimitri Doganis (Three Identical Strangers), Piers Vellacott (American Animals) and Derrin Schlesinger (The Nest). Executive producers are Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh from Film4, alongside Kate Churchill and Jenny Hinkey.
It is the follow-up to Pearce’s feature debut Beast,...
- 7/30/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Amazon Studios will produce “Invasion,” a sci-fi thriller that will be directed by BAFTA-winner Michael Pearce and will star Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.
In “Invasion,” two young brothers go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine, who is on a rescue mission to save his boys from an inhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys will need to confront hard truths and leave their childhoods behind.
“Beast” filmmaker Pearce is directing from a script he co-wrote with Joe Barton. The producers on “Invasion” are Raw’s Dimitri Doganis, Piers Vellacott and Derrin Schlesinger.
Also Read: Octavia Spencer on Bringing the Story of Madam Cj Walker to the Screen With 'Self Made'
The project will be presented in association with Film4, which developed it with Raw. Film4’s Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh are executive producing.
In “Invasion,” two young brothers go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine, who is on a rescue mission to save his boys from an inhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys will need to confront hard truths and leave their childhoods behind.
“Beast” filmmaker Pearce is directing from a script he co-wrote with Joe Barton. The producers on “Invasion” are Raw’s Dimitri Doganis, Piers Vellacott and Derrin Schlesinger.
Also Read: Octavia Spencer on Bringing the Story of Madam Cj Walker to the Screen With 'Self Made'
The project will be presented in association with Film4, which developed it with Raw. Film4’s Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh are executive producing.
- 7/29/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer have been cast in Invasion, a sci-fi thriller pic from BAFTA-winning UK filmmaker Michael Pearce (Beast).
I can also reveal that Amazon Studios has taken worldwide rights to the project and will produce alongside American Animals outfit Raw and UK funder Film4, which backed development.
The script is written by Pearce with Joe Barton (The Ritual). It follows two young brothers who go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine, who is trying to protect them from an unhuman threat. As the journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys will need to confront hard truths and leave their childhood behind. Ahmed is playing the Marine while Spencer is a probation officer who helps to bring him home. The film is aiming to shoot in the States this year.
Producers are Raw’s Dimitri Doganis (Three Identical Strangers), Piers Vellacott...
I can also reveal that Amazon Studios has taken worldwide rights to the project and will produce alongside American Animals outfit Raw and UK funder Film4, which backed development.
The script is written by Pearce with Joe Barton (The Ritual). It follows two young brothers who go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine, who is trying to protect them from an unhuman threat. As the journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys will need to confront hard truths and leave their childhood behind. Ahmed is playing the Marine while Spencer is a probation officer who helps to bring him home. The film is aiming to shoot in the States this year.
Producers are Raw’s Dimitri Doganis (Three Identical Strangers), Piers Vellacott...
- 7/29/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The organizers of Sundance Film Festival: London, the U.K. iteration of the Park City indie pic fiesta, are to hold a boutique event online, running Aug. 7-9.
Sundance London, organized by Sundance Institute and Picturehouse Cinemas, was due to run May 28-31, but was postponed due to the Covid pandemic.
The festival will now present three feature films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, selected by the Sundance Institute programming team together with Picturehouse. Each U.K. premiere screening will be followed by a Q&a with the film teams.
The program will open with “Uncle Frank,” which is directed, written and produced by Alan Ball and stars Paul Bettany. “Luxor,” directed by Zeina Durra (“The Imperialists Are Live”) and starring Andrea Riseborough, will premiere on Aug. 8. The event will close with “Boys State,” directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, and winner of the U.
Sundance London, organized by Sundance Institute and Picturehouse Cinemas, was due to run May 28-31, but was postponed due to the Covid pandemic.
The festival will now present three feature films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, selected by the Sundance Institute programming team together with Picturehouse. Each U.K. premiere screening will be followed by a Q&a with the film teams.
The program will open with “Uncle Frank,” which is directed, written and produced by Alan Ball and stars Paul Bettany. “Luxor,” directed by Zeina Durra (“The Imperialists Are Live”) and starring Andrea Riseborough, will premiere on Aug. 8. The event will close with “Boys State,” directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, and winner of the U.
- 7/10/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Festival will present three UK premieres, a short film programme and online discussions.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2020 is set to go ahead as a slimmed-down online event, after the physical festival was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis.
The UK offshoot of Sundance was originally set to take place from May 28-31 at Picturehouse Central in London but will now be hosted digitally from August 7-9, following the closure of cinemas nationwide as a result of the pandemic.
The ‘Celebration of Sundance Film Festival: London’ will host three UK premieres – down from 12 features in 2019 – of films first screened at Park City in January.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2020 is set to go ahead as a slimmed-down online event, after the physical festival was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis.
The UK offshoot of Sundance was originally set to take place from May 28-31 at Picturehouse Central in London but will now be hosted digitally from August 7-9, following the closure of cinemas nationwide as a result of the pandemic.
The ‘Celebration of Sundance Film Festival: London’ will host three UK premieres – down from 12 features in 2019 – of films first screened at Park City in January.
- 7/10/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rising actress Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and Oscar-winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) are set to star in drama Mothering Sunday for Carol producers Number 9 Films.
The blue chip period-drama becomes one of the hottest UK projects at the Cannes virtual market where Rocket Science is launching world sales.
Eva Husson (Girls Of The Sun) will direct from Succession and Normal People scribe Alice Birch’s adaptation of Graham Swift’s acclaimed novel.
Set over a day in 1924, the story follows Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, who has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr and Mrs Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor), to Emma Hobday. Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day.
The blue chip period-drama becomes one of the hottest UK projects at the Cannes virtual market where Rocket Science is launching world sales.
Eva Husson (Girls Of The Sun) will direct from Succession and Normal People scribe Alice Birch’s adaptation of Graham Swift’s acclaimed novel.
Set over a day in 1924, the story follows Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, who has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr and Mrs Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor), to Emma Hobday. Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day.
- 6/25/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Julia Oh, Lauren Dark and Ben Cohen are all promoted.
The UK’s Film4 has restructured its creative team following the departure of long-time senior commissioning executive Sam Lavender last year.
Commissioners Julia Oh and Lauren Dark have been promoted to senior commissioning executives and Ben Coren becomes the newly-created head of development. Oh and Dark will continue to commission new projects and oversee productions, and will also now co-manage the development team. Coren will oversee Film4’s development slate.
“Lauren, Julia and Ben are among the most talented executives I’ve worked with. Passionate advocates for the filmmakers and projects they support,...
The UK’s Film4 has restructured its creative team following the departure of long-time senior commissioning executive Sam Lavender last year.
Commissioners Julia Oh and Lauren Dark have been promoted to senior commissioning executives and Ben Coren becomes the newly-created head of development. Oh and Dark will continue to commission new projects and oversee productions, and will also now co-manage the development team. Coren will oversee Film4’s development slate.
“Lauren, Julia and Ben are among the most talented executives I’ve worked with. Passionate advocates for the filmmakers and projects they support,...
- 1/8/2020
- by 88¦Louise Tutt¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Giona Nazzaro and Ed Guiney among those selected to preside over funding.
TorinoFilmLab has named the juries presiding over its various production and co-production grants to be announced later this month.
Venice Critics’ Week head Giona Nazzaro, Isabelle Glachant, founder of Hong Kong-based production company Chinese Shadows, Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, Golden Bear-winning Romanian director Adina Pintilie; and former Israel Film Fund chief Katriel Schory will preside over the Tfl Production and Co-Production Awards.
Projects eligible for grants of up to €50,000 include the 11 titles selected for the FeatureLab training programme.
A separate jury will...
TorinoFilmLab has named the juries presiding over its various production and co-production grants to be announced later this month.
Venice Critics’ Week head Giona Nazzaro, Isabelle Glachant, founder of Hong Kong-based production company Chinese Shadows, Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, Golden Bear-winning Romanian director Adina Pintilie; and former Israel Film Fund chief Katriel Schory will preside over the Tfl Production and Co-Production Awards.
Projects eligible for grants of up to €50,000 include the 11 titles selected for the FeatureLab training programme.
A separate jury will...
- 11/7/2019
- by 1101325¦Gabriele Niola¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
BAFTA award-winning and Oscar-nominated The Favourite producer Lee Magiday is set to produce the Film4 feature In the Shadows about Somali-born boxing champion Ramla Ali.
Pic will be produced under Magiday’s newly founded production company Sleeper Films and Madeleine Sanderson (Being AP) of Curate Films.
Emmy Award and three-time BAFTA winning documentary filmmaker Anthony Wonke (Syria: Children on the Frontline) will make his narrative fiction film debut. Playwright and screenwriter Ursula Rani Sarma (Robot and Scarecrow) is writing the screenplay. Film4 is backing the pic’s development, overseen by their Senior Commissioning Executive Julia Oh.
Ali fled Somalia with her family as a young girl, seeking asylum in London from the Civil War. As a teenager, she pursued her love of boxing, but did so secretly as she knew her family would disapprove. Her determination to win led her to the England Novice National Championship, the Elite National Championships and the Great British Championships,...
Pic will be produced under Magiday’s newly founded production company Sleeper Films and Madeleine Sanderson (Being AP) of Curate Films.
Emmy Award and three-time BAFTA winning documentary filmmaker Anthony Wonke (Syria: Children on the Frontline) will make his narrative fiction film debut. Playwright and screenwriter Ursula Rani Sarma (Robot and Scarecrow) is writing the screenplay. Film4 is backing the pic’s development, overseen by their Senior Commissioning Executive Julia Oh.
Ali fled Somalia with her family as a young girl, seeking asylum in London from the Civil War. As a teenager, she pursued her love of boxing, but did so secretly as she knew her family would disapprove. Her determination to win led her to the England Novice National Championship, the Elite National Championships and the Great British Championships,...
- 9/8/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Producer Lee Magiday (“The Favourite”) under her new production shingle Sleeper Films, and Madeleine Sanderson of Curate Films are teaming for the drama “In the Shadows.”
The film is based on the true-life story of Somali-born boxer Ramla Ali. Ursula Rani Sarma will pen the screenplay; documentary helmer Anthony Wonke directs.
Film4 is backing development, overseen by senior commissioning executive Julia Oh.
The film follows Ali and her family, who fled Somalia during its civil war. They settled in London where she discovered her passion for boxing. Ali is now training for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The film is based on the true-life story of Somali-born boxer Ramla Ali. Ursula Rani Sarma will pen the screenplay; documentary helmer Anthony Wonke directs.
Film4 is backing development, overseen by senior commissioning executive Julia Oh.
The film follows Ali and her family, who fled Somalia during its civil war. They settled in London where she discovered her passion for boxing. Ali is now training for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
- 9/8/2019
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Anthony Wonke makes narrative fiction feature directorial debut; Film4 backs development.
Producer Lee Magiday through her new production company Sleeper Films and Madeleine Sanderson (Fighting For A City) of Curate Films have teamed up to produce the In The Shadows.
Anthony Wonke will make his narrative fiction feature directorial debut on the story of Somali-born boxing champion Ramla Ali from a screenplay by Ursula Rani Sarma.
Film4 is backing development, overseen by senior commissioning executive Julia Oh.
Ali fled the civil war in Somalia with her family and sought asylum in London, where she discovered a passion for boxing as...
Producer Lee Magiday through her new production company Sleeper Films and Madeleine Sanderson (Fighting For A City) of Curate Films have teamed up to produce the In The Shadows.
Anthony Wonke will make his narrative fiction feature directorial debut on the story of Somali-born boxing champion Ramla Ali from a screenplay by Ursula Rani Sarma.
Film4 is backing development, overseen by senior commissioning executive Julia Oh.
Ali fled the civil war in Somalia with her family and sought asylum in London, where she discovered a passion for boxing as...
- 9/8/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Execs from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 set to attend Warsaw initiative.
Top executives from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 are among the professionals confirmed to mentor six emerging international filmmakers at the second annual New Europe Warsaw Sessions, taking place in the Polish capital from June 23-27.
Ayo Kepher-Maat, director of acquisitions at Us distributor Neon; Peter Spencer, creative executive at Fox Searchlight; Carole Scotta, founder of French producer and distributor Haut et Court; and Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, will particpate in masterclasses, networking and creative exchange with the new talents.
Top executives from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 are among the professionals confirmed to mentor six emerging international filmmakers at the second annual New Europe Warsaw Sessions, taking place in the Polish capital from June 23-27.
Ayo Kepher-Maat, director of acquisitions at Us distributor Neon; Peter Spencer, creative executive at Fox Searchlight; Carole Scotta, founder of French producer and distributor Haut et Court; and Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, will particpate in masterclasses, networking and creative exchange with the new talents.
- 6/18/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Film now shooting in Scotland.
London-based sales outfit Protagonist Pictures has taken world rights to Ben Sharrock’s refugee drama Limbo, that is now shooting in Scotland.
The film is Sharrock’s second feature after Pikadero, which won the Michael Powell Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2016.
Limbo stars Amir El-Masry, whose credits include Jack Ryan, with Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Kais Nashif in a story set on a fictional Scottish island where refugees are waiting to be granted asylum. The film also features non-actors, including refugees, in small roles.
The film...
London-based sales outfit Protagonist Pictures has taken world rights to Ben Sharrock’s refugee drama Limbo, that is now shooting in Scotland.
The film is Sharrock’s second feature after Pikadero, which won the Michael Powell Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2016.
Limbo stars Amir El-Masry, whose credits include Jack Ryan, with Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Kais Nashif in a story set on a fictional Scottish island where refugees are waiting to be granted asylum. The film also features non-actors, including refugees, in small roles.
The film...
- 10/16/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Six emerging directors will be mentored at new event.
Warsaw-based sales outfit New Europe is launching a new talent initiative in a bid to help emerging filmmakers make the next steps in their careers.
New Europe Warsaw Sessions (24-27 September) will be a closed event where six directors, picked by New Europe, will meet established decision-makers in a series of workshops and will also receive individual mentoring.
Participants at the inaugural edition are: Jan P. Matuszyński, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Paweł Maślona, Laura Moss, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson and Jeppe Ronde.
The six will be mentored by Mike Goodridge and Julia Godzinskaya.
Also...
Warsaw-based sales outfit New Europe is launching a new talent initiative in a bid to help emerging filmmakers make the next steps in their careers.
New Europe Warsaw Sessions (24-27 September) will be a closed event where six directors, picked by New Europe, will meet established decision-makers in a series of workshops and will also receive individual mentoring.
Participants at the inaugural edition are: Jan P. Matuszyński, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Paweł Maślona, Laura Moss, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson and Jeppe Ronde.
The six will be mentored by Mike Goodridge and Julia Godzinskaya.
Also...
- 9/18/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
How can the UK industry further address its gender imbalance?
A group of UK film professionals debated the next steps for the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements this week under the banner #WhatNext.
The event, organised by Sundance London, took place on Wednesday May 23 at the women-only London members club AllBright.
Picturehouse’s director of programming Clare Binns opened proceedings with a call to action: “We’re lucky to be here, doing what we love. We want to help other people to do what they love. [We’re here] to think of ways to have more women in the industry doing proper creative,...
A group of UK film professionals debated the next steps for the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements this week under the banner #WhatNext.
The event, organised by Sundance London, took place on Wednesday May 23 at the women-only London members club AllBright.
Picturehouse’s director of programming Clare Binns opened proceedings with a call to action: “We’re lucky to be here, doing what we love. We want to help other people to do what they love. [We’re here] to think of ways to have more women in the industry doing proper creative,...
- 5/24/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The project is based on Antonia Deacock’s book ‘No Purdah In Padam’ about three women who organised a 1958 expedition to the mountain range.
Mary Magdalene screenwriter Philippa Goslett will adapt Himalaya for Pulse Films and Film4, chronicling the extraordinary journey by three 1950s housewives into the previously uncharted Zanskar mountain region.
The project is based on Antonia Deacock’s book No Purdah In Padam and the diaries of Eve Sims and Anne Davies – the three women who organised the 1958 Women’s Overland Himalayan Expedition that defied gender and political expectations.
Upon learning their husbands were planning the British-Pakistani Forces Himalayan Expedition,...
Mary Magdalene screenwriter Philippa Goslett will adapt Himalaya for Pulse Films and Film4, chronicling the extraordinary journey by three 1950s housewives into the previously uncharted Zanskar mountain region.
The project is based on Antonia Deacock’s book No Purdah In Padam and the diaries of Eve Sims and Anne Davies – the three women who organised the 1958 Women’s Overland Himalayan Expedition that defied gender and political expectations.
Upon learning their husbands were planning the British-Pakistani Forces Himalayan Expedition,...
- 5/14/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Orchard has picked up North American rights to the recent Berlin European premiere Nasty Baby, while in a separate deal The Film Arcade will distribute People, Places, Things in the Us. Both films premiered in Park City.
Sebastian Silva directed and stars in Nasty Baby (pictured at left) with Kristen Wiig, Tunde Adebimpe, Reg E Cathey and Alia Shawkat.
The film received its world premiere in Sundance and tells of a gay couple who enlist their best friend’s help to make a baby.
Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Charlie Dibe, David Hinojosa and Julia Oh produced and Silva served as and executive producer alongside Christine Vachon, Peter Danner, Pape Boye and Violaine Pichon.
The Orchard will release the film later this year and brokered the deal with UTA Independent Film Group in association with the film’s international sales agent partners Versatile and Funny Balloons.
The Film Arcade has se a summer release for Jim...
Sebastian Silva directed and stars in Nasty Baby (pictured at left) with Kristen Wiig, Tunde Adebimpe, Reg E Cathey and Alia Shawkat.
The film received its world premiere in Sundance and tells of a gay couple who enlist their best friend’s help to make a baby.
Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Charlie Dibe, David Hinojosa and Julia Oh produced and Silva served as and executive producer alongside Christine Vachon, Peter Danner, Pape Boye and Violaine Pichon.
The Orchard will release the film later this year and brokered the deal with UTA Independent Film Group in association with the film’s international sales agent partners Versatile and Funny Balloons.
The Film Arcade has se a summer release for Jim...
- 2/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Chilean filmmaker locked two premieres at Sundance back in ’13 with Magic Magic and Crystal Fairy and later that fall, began lensing Nasty Baby with ’14 “it” actress Kristen Wiig (The Skeleton Twins played like gangbusters). Following in his eclectic, tongue-in-cheek, family-based narrative interests, such as in Crystal Fairy, Sebastián Silva moves once again in front of the camera for this Brooklyn-set adoption dramedy. Surprisingly, the U.S-Euro-Latin American co-production wasn’t part of the make-up of the 2014 film fest circuit, suggesting that Park City might be the perfect launching pad.
Gist: Set in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, this centers around a couple, Freddy (Sebastián Silva) and his boyfriend Mo (Tunde Adebimpe), who are trying to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly (Wiig). Freddy is an artist, and his latest work is all about babies – it’s clear he’s dying to be a father. Polly is...
Gist: Set in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, this centers around a couple, Freddy (Sebastián Silva) and his boyfriend Mo (Tunde Adebimpe), who are trying to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly (Wiig). Freddy is an artist, and his latest work is all about babies – it’s clear he’s dying to be a father. Polly is...
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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