Scoop, the Netflix film chronicling Prince Andrew’s humbling interview on the BBC, has enjoyed a relatively regal reception from British audiences.
Based on a book of the same name by Sam McAlister, the woman who played a central role in securing access to the Duke of York, the feature was watched by 2.75M viewers in its first seven days.
The rating is healthy for Netflix, putting Scoop ahead of other recently launched titles, not least the eye-wateringly expensive 3 Body Problem, which premiered with 1.7M viewers.
Scoop could not quite match fellow royal drama The Crown, however. The Left Bank show’s final season debuted with 2.8M last year, according to official Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
The biggest title on Netflix in 2024 has been Fool Me Once’s blockbuster debut of 6.3M viewers in January. Netflix’s UK chief Anne Mensah revealed last month that Fool Me Once...
Based on a book of the same name by Sam McAlister, the woman who played a central role in securing access to the Duke of York, the feature was watched by 2.75M viewers in its first seven days.
The rating is healthy for Netflix, putting Scoop ahead of other recently launched titles, not least the eye-wateringly expensive 3 Body Problem, which premiered with 1.7M viewers.
Scoop could not quite match fellow royal drama The Crown, however. The Left Bank show’s final season debuted with 2.8M last year, according to official Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
The biggest title on Netflix in 2024 has been Fool Me Once’s blockbuster debut of 6.3M viewers in January. Netflix’s UK chief Anne Mensah revealed last month that Fool Me Once...
- 4/12/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The people behind the trailers, promos, and marketing of some of the biggest movies, series and games of the past year were feted in Portugal over the weekend at the Global Entertainment Awards.
Split across TV, games, cinema and streaming, the Awards feature categories for best key art, trailers, behind the scenes, and audio and social media spots. The accolades were handed out in an outdoor ceremony in the Algarve, Portugal, and hosted by actress-writer-director Sónia Balacó and Global Entertainment Awards Director Alejandro Barrios.
Season six of Netflix’s The Crown featured several times. Once Upon A Time scooped Best Key Art for its image of the actors playing Queen Elizabeth at different stages of the monarch’s life. The agency also won Best Shortform Behind the Scenes for its work on the show. Make it Social landed Best Av Spot for the closing season of the Left Bank-produced series.
Split across TV, games, cinema and streaming, the Awards feature categories for best key art, trailers, behind the scenes, and audio and social media spots. The accolades were handed out in an outdoor ceremony in the Algarve, Portugal, and hosted by actress-writer-director Sónia Balacó and Global Entertainment Awards Director Alejandro Barrios.
Season six of Netflix’s The Crown featured several times. Once Upon A Time scooped Best Key Art for its image of the actors playing Queen Elizabeth at different stages of the monarch’s life. The agency also won Best Shortform Behind the Scenes for its work on the show. Make it Social landed Best Av Spot for the closing season of the Left Bank-produced series.
- 3/4/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
In a milestone move, Sony Pictures Television has unveiled “La Academia,” its first Spanish-language scripted series filmed in Spain for Prime Video and 3Cat.
“La Academia” is produced for Sony by Brutal Media, commissioned out of Sony Pictures Television’s international production group. Spt is distributing the series worldwide.
A scripted young adult drama series which Spt describes as being set in the high-pressure, high-drama world of elite youth soccer and its rising stars, ‘La Academia’ takes place at the Spanish training centre of the Apolo F.C., one of the best professional soccer clubs in the world.
There boys and girls from different social backgrounds fight for a shared dream which will inevitably create fiction between them: to make the first team and become the world’s next top players.
The young cast is led by new Spanish talent such as Ton Vieira, Marc Soler (“Upa Next”), Mia Sala-Patau...
“La Academia” is produced for Sony by Brutal Media, commissioned out of Sony Pictures Television’s international production group. Spt is distributing the series worldwide.
A scripted young adult drama series which Spt describes as being set in the high-pressure, high-drama world of elite youth soccer and its rising stars, ‘La Academia’ takes place at the Spanish training centre of the Apolo F.C., one of the best professional soccer clubs in the world.
There boys and girls from different social backgrounds fight for a shared dream which will inevitably create fiction between them: to make the first team and become the world’s next top players.
The young cast is led by new Spanish talent such as Ton Vieira, Marc Soler (“Upa Next”), Mia Sala-Patau...
- 2/23/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount+ has set a UK boss for the first time.
Chief Marketing Officer Anna Priest has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of Paramount+ for the UK market, and she will oversee the streamer’s “strategic vision” in the nation and identify growth opportunities.
Priest will report into Marco Nobili, EVP and International General Manager of Paramount+, with the marketing , content and distribution team reporting into her.
Paramount+ has greenlit a number of big-budget UK originals including the likes of Kenneth Branagh’s Gentleman in Moscow and the upcoming thriller Insomnia from The Crown maker Left Bank, along with unscripted shows such as Hot Yachts. It has a number of commissioners in the nation, most of whom also order shows for Paramount UK linear network Channel 5.
Elsewhere at the streamer, Canada’s Katrina Kowalski has been upped to Senior Vice President, International Content Programming and Acquisitions for AVoD platform Pluto TV.
Chief Marketing Officer Anna Priest has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of Paramount+ for the UK market, and she will oversee the streamer’s “strategic vision” in the nation and identify growth opportunities.
Priest will report into Marco Nobili, EVP and International General Manager of Paramount+, with the marketing , content and distribution team reporting into her.
Paramount+ has greenlit a number of big-budget UK originals including the likes of Kenneth Branagh’s Gentleman in Moscow and the upcoming thriller Insomnia from The Crown maker Left Bank, along with unscripted shows such as Hot Yachts. It has a number of commissioners in the nation, most of whom also order shows for Paramount UK linear network Channel 5.
Elsewhere at the streamer, Canada’s Katrina Kowalski has been upped to Senior Vice President, International Content Programming and Acquisitions for AVoD platform Pluto TV.
- 10/3/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Luther Ford, who is playing Prince Harry in the upcoming final season of The Crown, has signed with talent agency Hamilton Hodell.
Ford, whose appearance in The Crown will be his debut, has signed in all areas apart from press, where he is represented by Pinnacle PR.
Ford is one of two Prince Harrys starring in The Crown Season 6. In the earlier episodes, the Duke of Sussex will be played by Fflyn Edwards, opposite Rufus Kampa, who plays Prince William. In the latter episodes, Ford replaces Edwards and Ed McVey replaces Kampa, and the pair will feature in the episodes where their mother, Princess Diana, is tragically killed in a car crash.
A set of images teasing McVey’s William with Kate Middleton, who is played by newcomer Meg Bellamy, were revealed several weeks ago, at which point Ford’s casting as Harry was confirmed.
Ford has produced and...
Ford, whose appearance in The Crown will be his debut, has signed in all areas apart from press, where he is represented by Pinnacle PR.
Ford is one of two Prince Harrys starring in The Crown Season 6. In the earlier episodes, the Duke of Sussex will be played by Fflyn Edwards, opposite Rufus Kampa, who plays Prince William. In the latter episodes, Ford replaces Edwards and Ed McVey replaces Kampa, and the pair will feature in the episodes where their mother, Princess Diana, is tragically killed in a car crash.
A set of images teasing McVey’s William with Kate Middleton, who is played by newcomer Meg Bellamy, were revealed several weeks ago, at which point Ford’s casting as Harry was confirmed.
Ford has produced and...
- 5/26/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jean-Luc Godard, the pioneering French New Wave director who challenged and upended conventional filmmaking methods for over half a century, died today according to multiple reports in the French media. He was 91.
Godard’s celebrity mystique was defined by the image of the enigmatic chain-smoking auteur, adorned in sunglasses while indulging in existential insight, revolutionary politics, and radical ideas about art. But his career never rested on that cartoonish brand.
Though he would remain most famous for his first feature, the 1960 meta-noir “Breathless,” that iconic debut kickstarted a lifetime of ambitious, often confrontational work. His filmography consists of everything from genre deconstructions to political screeds and avant-garde gambles designed to confuse and provoke new avenues for an evolving art form. Through it all, Godard remained a divisive figure whose prolific output embodied — and often interrogated — the cultural and intellectual proclivities of French society and the world at large.
His legacy...
Godard’s celebrity mystique was defined by the image of the enigmatic chain-smoking auteur, adorned in sunglasses while indulging in existential insight, revolutionary politics, and radical ideas about art. But his career never rested on that cartoonish brand.
Though he would remain most famous for his first feature, the 1960 meta-noir “Breathless,” that iconic debut kickstarted a lifetime of ambitious, often confrontational work. His filmography consists of everything from genre deconstructions to political screeds and avant-garde gambles designed to confuse and provoke new avenues for an evolving art form. Through it all, Godard remained a divisive figure whose prolific output embodied — and often interrogated — the cultural and intellectual proclivities of French society and the world at large.
His legacy...
- 9/13/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Cardiff-based outfit, founded by Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner in 2015, is in advanced conversations with two potential buyers.
His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf is closing in on a £50m sale, Screen’s sister publication Broadcast can reveal.
The Cardiff-headquartered production company, which was established in 2015 by co-founders Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, is in advanced conversations with two potential buyers as it seeks to capitalise on a stellar run of form.
The third and final series of BBC1 / HBO’s His Dark Materials is set to air next year, with an ambition to succeed it with a Philip Pullman spin-off,...
His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf is closing in on a £50m sale, Screen’s sister publication Broadcast can reveal.
The Cardiff-headquartered production company, which was established in 2015 by co-founders Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, is in advanced conversations with two potential buyers as it seeks to capitalise on a stellar run of form.
The third and final series of BBC1 / HBO’s His Dark Materials is set to air next year, with an ambition to succeed it with a Philip Pullman spin-off,...
- 9/3/2021
- by Alex Farber Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Left Bank Pictures, the Sony Pictures Television-owned production company behind The Crown, has sounded a warning about the continued uncertainty of producing during the pandemic in its most-recent earnings, which showed that revenue rocketed to another record high.
According to Left Bank’s annual report and financial accounts for the year to end of March 2020, the company’s TV arm generated sales of more than £124 million ($172M) over the period, compared with £108M in 2019, which was the first time its revenue tipped over the nine-figure mark.
Left Bank’s pre-tax profits rose by 46% last year to £20M, according to documents filed at the UK’s Companies House, while gross profit climbed 22% to £25.7M. Nearly three-quarters of Left Bank’s revenue was generated in the UK, while the remainder was from work in the U.S.
Left Bank warned, however, of the “vast array” of challenges relating to Covid-...
According to Left Bank’s annual report and financial accounts for the year to end of March 2020, the company’s TV arm generated sales of more than £124 million ($172M) over the period, compared with £108M in 2019, which was the first time its revenue tipped over the nine-figure mark.
Left Bank’s pre-tax profits rose by 46% last year to £20M, according to documents filed at the UK’s Companies House, while gross profit climbed 22% to £25.7M. Nearly three-quarters of Left Bank’s revenue was generated in the UK, while the remainder was from work in the U.S.
Left Bank warned, however, of the “vast array” of challenges relating to Covid-...
- 3/22/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s Christmas push has paid off it seems, drawing big numbers for two of its festive titles – Holidate and The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two.
The streamer revealed that Emma Roberts’ Holidate was watched by 68M households in its first 28 days, while Kurt Russell’s The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two was watched by 61M.
They are the latest feature film figures released by the streamer, which said that George Clooney’s The Midnight Sky was set to be watched by 72M in the same period and We Can Be Heroes had a projected audience of 53M.
Animated feature Over the Moon, directed by Glen Keane, was watched by 43M, with the streamer saying that the film had “high levels of rewatching” and Just Another Christmas, the Brazilian original holiday film starring Leandro Hassum was watched by 26M households since its launch.
Separately, Netflix claimed that more households watched season four...
The streamer revealed that Emma Roberts’ Holidate was watched by 68M households in its first 28 days, while Kurt Russell’s The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two was watched by 61M.
They are the latest feature film figures released by the streamer, which said that George Clooney’s The Midnight Sky was set to be watched by 72M in the same period and We Can Be Heroes had a projected audience of 53M.
Animated feature Over the Moon, directed by Glen Keane, was watched by 43M, with the streamer saying that the film had “high levels of rewatching” and Just Another Christmas, the Brazilian original holiday film starring Leandro Hassum was watched by 26M households since its launch.
Separately, Netflix claimed that more households watched season four...
- 1/19/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Imelda Staunton will not make her bow as Queen Elizabeth II until 2022 as The Crown takes a filming break this year amid its final cast changeover, Deadline can reveal.
Left Bank Pictures won’t get cameras rolling on Season 5 of the Netflix franchise until June next year, meaning the streamer will be without new episodes of one of its highest-profile shows in 2021.
Deadline understands that the filming break has always been part of The Crown’s production schedule and is not related to the coronavirus pandemic, although sources acknowledged that the hiatus has been helpfully timed.
The show would need to be ramping up for production right now if Season 5 was to be delivered in 2021, which sources said would have been far from straightforward given its ambition and mix of studio and setpiece location shoots.
There was a similar pause between Season 2 and 3 of The Crown, which were separated...
Left Bank Pictures won’t get cameras rolling on Season 5 of the Netflix franchise until June next year, meaning the streamer will be without new episodes of one of its highest-profile shows in 2021.
Deadline understands that the filming break has always been part of The Crown’s production schedule and is not related to the coronavirus pandemic, although sources acknowledged that the hiatus has been helpfully timed.
The show would need to be ramping up for production right now if Season 5 was to be delivered in 2021, which sources said would have been far from straightforward given its ambition and mix of studio and setpiece location shoots.
There was a similar pause between Season 2 and 3 of The Crown, which were separated...
- 7/22/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Left Bank Pictures was trailblazing among British producers in forging strong ties with Netflix through The Crown — and now the company is on the brink of landing its first series with Amazon.
Deadline can reveal that Left Bank is closing a deal to adapt Louise Penny’s bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache crime novels for the Jeff Bezos-owned streamer, in a series titled Three Pines.
Left Bank has attached The Tunnel and Law & Order: UK writer Emilia di Girolamo to pen the show, while The Crown and Humans director Sam Donovan will be the lead director, helming four episodes.
The title, Three Pines, is a reference to the fictional French Canadian village in which Chief Inspector Gamache operates. The French-speaking detective probes crimes in his Quebec community, digging up long-buried secrets and discovering his own ghosts. Among his quirks is speaking English in an English accent thanks to his Cambridge education.
Deadline can reveal that Left Bank is closing a deal to adapt Louise Penny’s bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache crime novels for the Jeff Bezos-owned streamer, in a series titled Three Pines.
Left Bank has attached The Tunnel and Law & Order: UK writer Emilia di Girolamo to pen the show, while The Crown and Humans director Sam Donovan will be the lead director, helming four episodes.
The title, Three Pines, is a reference to the fictional French Canadian village in which Chief Inspector Gamache operates. The French-speaking detective probes crimes in his Quebec community, digging up long-buried secrets and discovering his own ghosts. Among his quirks is speaking English in an English accent thanks to his Cambridge education.
- 5/21/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Crown” producer Andy Harries, CEO of Left Bank, has said the feat of restarting production will present “complex challenges” that will require the relocation of production as countries emerge from lockdowns.
Speaking as part of BBC Radio 4’s “The Media Show” on Wednesday alongside Variety and Jonathan Hewes, boss of “Ocean Autopsy” producer Pioneer Productions, Harries said Left Bank is considering relocating a thriller it plans to shoot in Hungary this fall to London.
“We had a thriller to shoot in Hungary but which we hope to shoot in London (now). Whether we can make it work with social distancing laws, I don’t know. Where does the crew stand? Where do you park the cars? How do you feed and water the crew? There are so many areas that provide complex challenges,” said Harries.
One of the biggest names of British drama production, Harries warned that though...
Speaking as part of BBC Radio 4’s “The Media Show” on Wednesday alongside Variety and Jonathan Hewes, boss of “Ocean Autopsy” producer Pioneer Productions, Harries said Left Bank is considering relocating a thriller it plans to shoot in Hungary this fall to London.
“We had a thriller to shoot in Hungary but which we hope to shoot in London (now). Whether we can make it work with social distancing laws, I don’t know. Where does the crew stand? Where do you park the cars? How do you feed and water the crew? There are so many areas that provide complex challenges,” said Harries.
One of the biggest names of British drama production, Harries warned that though...
- 5/20/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Nick Hamm, director of movies Driven and The Journey and new Netflix series White Lines, is launching London- and L.A.-based entertainment company Free Turn.
Hamm is teaming with ex-wpp agency executive Jon Hamm on the firm which will be a hybrid film and TV production outfit and creative advertising agency. The brothers previously co-founded Greenroom Digital which they sold to Ipg in 2009.
Also aboard at Free Turn are Firecracker Films co-founder Jeremy Groman, who will take the role of Chief Creative Officer, and former Wpp agency growth director Gemma Batterby, who will run the business as Managing Director.
Hamm is currently in pre-production on Free Turn’s first movie. Factual will be under the guidance of Groman, whose recent projects include ESPN’s World’s Fastest Gamer. The company says it has already inked deals with Svod and Ott services “to exclusively create brand-funded entertainment for their...
Hamm is teaming with ex-wpp agency executive Jon Hamm on the firm which will be a hybrid film and TV production outfit and creative advertising agency. The brothers previously co-founded Greenroom Digital which they sold to Ipg in 2009.
Also aboard at Free Turn are Firecracker Films co-founder Jeremy Groman, who will take the role of Chief Creative Officer, and former Wpp agency growth director Gemma Batterby, who will run the business as Managing Director.
Hamm is currently in pre-production on Free Turn’s first movie. Factual will be under the guidance of Groman, whose recent projects include ESPN’s World’s Fastest Gamer. The company says it has already inked deals with Svod and Ott services “to exclusively create brand-funded entertainment for their...
- 5/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The coming together of the creative brains behind two of Netflix’s biggest international hits, The Crown and Money Heist, certainly sounds like an eye-catching proposition on paper. For Netflix, it was irresistible.
Left Bank Pictures boss Andy Harries and Vancouver Media’s Álex Pina flew into La in February 2018 to sell their vision for a sun-soaked, sepia-toned saga, set in the breathtaking climes of the Balearic Islands.
Netflix was their first stop, with their meeting coming just weeks after Money Heist had taken off like a rocket on the streaming service. “They basically bought it in the room,” Harries recalls.
Fast-forward more than two years and Netflix is dropping White Lines this Friday, a 10-part series that tells the story of a British Ibiza DJ who is brutally murdered in the 1990s and his sister’s investigation into his death 20 years on.
Not only is the drama set across two different periods in time,...
Left Bank Pictures boss Andy Harries and Vancouver Media’s Álex Pina flew into La in February 2018 to sell their vision for a sun-soaked, sepia-toned saga, set in the breathtaking climes of the Balearic Islands.
Netflix was their first stop, with their meeting coming just weeks after Money Heist had taken off like a rocket on the streaming service. “They basically bought it in the room,” Harries recalls.
Fast-forward more than two years and Netflix is dropping White Lines this Friday, a 10-part series that tells the story of a British Ibiza DJ who is brutally murdered in the 1990s and his sister’s investigation into his death 20 years on.
Not only is the drama set across two different periods in time,...
- 5/13/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Comcast-owned Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in The Lighthouse, the production outfit established by former BBC Studios drama chiefs Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville and Nick Betts.
Deadline revealed last October that Salmon had left BBC Studios to launch The Lighthouse, and Sky Studios has swooped to invest in the company, having opened talks over a partnership prior to the coronavirus crisis. Financial details or the size of Sky’s stake were not disclosed.
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Salmon oversaw series including Luther and Richard Gere’s MotherFatherSon during a two-decade spell with BBC Studios. Betts was previously managing director of scripted at BBC Studios,...
Deadline revealed last October that Salmon had left BBC Studios to launch The Lighthouse, and Sky Studios has swooped to invest in the company, having opened talks over a partnership prior to the coronavirus crisis. Financial details or the size of Sky’s stake were not disclosed.
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Salmon oversaw series including Luther and Richard Gere’s MotherFatherSon during a two-decade spell with BBC Studios. Betts was previously managing director of scripted at BBC Studios,...
- 4/23/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sex Education is among the latest UK dramas to be caught up in the coronavirus crisis after the government extinguished any lingering hopes of shoots resuming soon by extending the lockdown on Thursday.
Deadline understands that Eleven Film was due to go into production on the Netflix drama in Wales in May, but plans are having to be changed amid strict social distancing measures being extended for a least another three weeks.
Although the delay is not a huge surprise, it underlines the chaos that is being wreaked on production schedules around the globe, with shows that might have hoped to dodge the crisis now...
Deadline understands that Eleven Film was due to go into production on the Netflix drama in Wales in May, but plans are having to be changed amid strict social distancing measures being extended for a least another three weeks.
Although the delay is not a huge surprise, it underlines the chaos that is being wreaked on production schedules around the globe, with shows that might have hoped to dodge the crisis now...
- 4/17/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The Crown is one of the few shows that will not be blown off course by the coronavirus catastrophe currently gripping global television and film productions.
Left Bank Pictures has decided to forge ahead with a final week of filming on Season 4 of the Netflix royal drama, with the production company simply needing to tie-up loose ends on the series.
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Deadline revealed earlier today that Netflix is in talks with independent producers, including Left Bank, over whether their shows need to take a filming hiatus.
Netflix pulled the plug on its own production, The Witcher, for two weeks. Crew on the show, which is filmed at Britain’s Arborfield Studios, were told about the decision on Sunday.
Left Bank Pictures has decided to forge ahead with a final week of filming on Season 4 of the Netflix royal drama, with the production company simply needing to tie-up loose ends on the series.
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Deadline revealed earlier today that Netflix is in talks with independent producers, including Left Bank, over whether their shows need to take a filming hiatus.
Netflix pulled the plug on its own production, The Witcher, for two weeks. Crew on the show, which is filmed at Britain’s Arborfield Studios, were told about the decision on Sunday.
- 3/16/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Crown producer Left Bank is swapping the royal family for the world of hedge funds and artificial intelligence with its latest project – an adaptation of Robert Harris’ The Fear Index.
Deadline understands that the project is being lined up for British pay-broadcaster Sky and discussions are underway with the Comcast-backed company with a view to turning the book into a four-part drama.
Sony-owned Left Bank is the latest producer to give The Fear Index a crack; nine years ago Fox 2000 and Chernin Entertainment teamed on a deal for the film rights to the book, which was first published in 2011, with Paul Greengrass attached to direct.
The book, which was published by Penguin Random House, is set on May 6 2010, the date of the British general election and the 36-minute flash crash, the trillion-dollar stock market crash. Set in the office of Hoffmann Investment Technologies, a fictional hedge fund in Geneva,...
Deadline understands that the project is being lined up for British pay-broadcaster Sky and discussions are underway with the Comcast-backed company with a view to turning the book into a four-part drama.
Sony-owned Left Bank is the latest producer to give The Fear Index a crack; nine years ago Fox 2000 and Chernin Entertainment teamed on a deal for the film rights to the book, which was first published in 2011, with Paul Greengrass attached to direct.
The book, which was published by Penguin Random House, is set on May 6 2010, the date of the British general election and the 36-minute flash crash, the trillion-dollar stock market crash. Set in the office of Hoffmann Investment Technologies, a fictional hedge fund in Geneva,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the challenges surrounding AMC and ITV drama Quiz, which explores the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal in the UK, was how it was going to portray the television executives at the center of it.
The show, produced by The Crown producer Left Bank and starring Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen, The Good Fight’s Michael Sheen and Fleabag’s Sian Clifford, tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major, who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? It tells how Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, who was sitting in the audience, allegedly pulled off the on-screen heist before being caught and standing trial.
Aisling Bea, star of Hulu’s This Way’s Up, plays ITV Entertainment boss Claudia Rosencrantz...
The show, produced by The Crown producer Left Bank and starring Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen, The Good Fight’s Michael Sheen and Fleabag’s Sian Clifford, tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major, who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? It tells how Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, who was sitting in the audience, allegedly pulled off the on-screen heist before being caught and standing trial.
Aisling Bea, star of Hulu’s This Way’s Up, plays ITV Entertainment boss Claudia Rosencrantz...
- 1/17/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinemax will no longer commission original shows as HBO Max gears up for its forthcoming launch.
The HBO sister network will continue to remain as a linear cable channel, which largely airs movies, but the Cinemax brand will not be transferred to the HBO Max service.
The revelation came up during the HBO Max exec session at the Winter TCA press tour with HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly, HBO Max Chief Content Officer Sarah Aubrey and Michael Quigley, executive vice president of content acquisitions and strategy.
Reilly said, “You can expect that there won’t be any more [Cinemax] originals.”
Cinemax has changed its originals strategy a number of times in recent years. It has largely been involved as the U.S. home for international co-productions such as Left Bank-produced action drama Strike Back, which is a co-pro with UK’s Sky, and detective drama C.B Strike,...
The HBO sister network will continue to remain as a linear cable channel, which largely airs movies, but the Cinemax brand will not be transferred to the HBO Max service.
The revelation came up during the HBO Max exec session at the Winter TCA press tour with HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly, HBO Max Chief Content Officer Sarah Aubrey and Michael Quigley, executive vice president of content acquisitions and strategy.
Reilly said, “You can expect that there won’t be any more [Cinemax] originals.”
Cinemax has changed its originals strategy a number of times in recent years. It has largely been involved as the U.S. home for international co-productions such as Left Bank-produced action drama Strike Back, which is a co-pro with UK’s Sky, and detective drama C.B Strike,...
- 1/15/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Olivia Colman secured a royal win for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s The Crown last night at the Golden Globes.
But there’s no rest for television’s royal family as the team behind the Left Bank-produced saga are deep into production on season four. While Colman and her colleagues, including Tobias Menzies, who plays Prince Philip, Josh O’Connor, who plays a young Prince Charles, and creator Peter Morgan attended the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s procession, Deadline spoke to royal insiders about which events are set to make it into the next season.
The third season of The Crown spanned from 1964 through to 1977, beginning with Harold Wilson’s election as Prime Minister and featuring events including the Aberfan disaster, the Apollo 11 moon landing and the death of the Duke of Windsor and Winston Churchill. Season four is set to take us through until...
But there’s no rest for television’s royal family as the team behind the Left Bank-produced saga are deep into production on season four. While Colman and her colleagues, including Tobias Menzies, who plays Prince Philip, Josh O’Connor, who plays a young Prince Charles, and creator Peter Morgan attended the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s procession, Deadline spoke to royal insiders about which events are set to make it into the next season.
The third season of The Crown spanned from 1964 through to 1977, beginning with Harold Wilson’s election as Prime Minister and featuring events including the Aberfan disaster, the Apollo 11 moon landing and the death of the Duke of Windsor and Winston Churchill. Season four is set to take us through until...
- 1/6/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated… The third season of The Crown is set to launch on Netflix in the second half of the year – more than 18 months after its second season. Separately, fantasy drama The Witcher will launch in the fourth quarter.
Netflix has not revealed a date for the launch, but in a letter to investors following its first-quarter financial results, it noted that The Crown would debut after July 1.
The second season of Left Bank’s royal drama launched December 8, 2017, while its first season began on November 4, 2016.
The Peter Morgan-created series will be joined in the second half of 2019 by titles including Stranger Things, which launches July 4, and new seasons of 13 Reasons Why, Orange is the New Black and La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) as well as films like Michael Bay’s Six Underground and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.
“We’re looking forward to a strong slate of global...
Netflix has not revealed a date for the launch, but in a letter to investors following its first-quarter financial results, it noted that The Crown would debut after July 1.
The second season of Left Bank’s royal drama launched December 8, 2017, while its first season began on November 4, 2016.
The Peter Morgan-created series will be joined in the second half of 2019 by titles including Stranger Things, which launches July 4, and new seasons of 13 Reasons Why, Orange is the New Black and La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) as well as films like Michael Bay’s Six Underground and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.
“We’re looking forward to a strong slate of global...
- 4/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Agnès Varda, “the mother of the French New Wave” who spent seven decades as a trailblazing filmmaker and documentarian, has died at the age of 90.
“The director and artist Agnes Varda died at her home on the night of Thursday, March 29, of complications from cancer,” Varda’s family said in a statement to the Afp. “She was surrounded by her family and friends,” the family said in a statement.”
The Cannes Film Festival tweeted Friday, “Immense sadness. For almost 65 years, Agnès Varda’s eyes and voice embodied cinema with endless inventiveness.
“The director and artist Agnes Varda died at her home on the night of Thursday, March 29, of complications from cancer,” Varda’s family said in a statement to the Afp. “She was surrounded by her family and friends,” the family said in a statement.”
The Cannes Film Festival tweeted Friday, “Immense sadness. For almost 65 years, Agnès Varda’s eyes and voice embodied cinema with endless inventiveness.
- 3/29/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures has scored another major series at Netflix – adapting Sarah Pinborough’s psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes.
The UK-based production company is adapting the novel, which was published by Harper Collins in 2017, as a series for the Svod service in association with its backer Sony Pictures Television. I hear Netflix has handed Left Bank six episodes with The Punisher and Hannibal writer Steve Lightfoot writing, alongside Angela Lamanna, his colleague on The Punisher. Lightfoot exec produces with Suzanne Mackie, Andy Harries and Jessica Burdett for Left Bank and Eliza Mellor produces. It will shoot in the UK later this year.
Behind Her Eyes tells the story of Louise, a single mother and secretary who is stuck in a modern-day rut. On a night out, she meets and kisses David in a bar, a young successful man, who turns out to be her new boss. To complicate matters,...
The UK-based production company is adapting the novel, which was published by Harper Collins in 2017, as a series for the Svod service in association with its backer Sony Pictures Television. I hear Netflix has handed Left Bank six episodes with The Punisher and Hannibal writer Steve Lightfoot writing, alongside Angela Lamanna, his colleague on The Punisher. Lightfoot exec produces with Suzanne Mackie, Andy Harries and Jessica Burdett for Left Bank and Eliza Mellor produces. It will shoot in the UK later this year.
Behind Her Eyes tells the story of Louise, a single mother and secretary who is stuck in a modern-day rut. On a night out, she meets and kisses David in a bar, a young successful man, who turns out to be her new boss. To complicate matters,...
- 1/25/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Keira Knightley will lead a cast alongside Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) and Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose) in the feature film Misbehaviour for The Crown outfit Left Bank Pictures. Pathé will launch sales on the movie at the American Film Market. Philippa Lowthorpe (Three Girls) will direct.
The screenplay comes from Rebecca Frayn, with revisions by Gaby Chiappe, and is based on the true story of the first black woman to win the Miss World competition.
The dramedy will be set against the backdrop of the 1970 Miss World competition in London, hosted by Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was at the height of its powers, watched by more than 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast. When the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish...
The screenplay comes from Rebecca Frayn, with revisions by Gaby Chiappe, and is based on the true story of the first black woman to win the Miss World competition.
The dramedy will be set against the backdrop of the 1970 Miss World competition in London, hosted by Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was at the height of its powers, watched by more than 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast. When the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish...
- 10/17/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has given a series order to “Madam C.J. Walker,” starring Octavia Spencer as black hair care pioneer and mogul Madam C.J. Walker. LeBron James is an executive producer on the series, which is based on the book “On Her Own Ground,” by A’Lelia Bundles.
Kasi Lemmons is director and executive producer on the first episode, while Janine Sherman Barrois and Elle Johnson are showrunners.
“Madam C.J. Walker” follows the mogul (real name: Sarah Breedlove) “and how she overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America’s first black, self-made female millionaire.”
Spencer will also executive produce, along with James, Maverick Carter, Mark Holder, and Christine Holder. James’ SpringHill Entertainment will produce with Zero Gravity, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Also, Netflix announced that it has ordered the series “White Lines,” from writer and showrunner Alex Pina (“La...
Kasi Lemmons is director and executive producer on the first episode, while Janine Sherman Barrois and Elle Johnson are showrunners.
“Madam C.J. Walker” follows the mogul (real name: Sarah Breedlove) “and how she overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America’s first black, self-made female millionaire.”
Spencer will also executive produce, along with James, Maverick Carter, Mark Holder, and Christine Holder. James’ SpringHill Entertainment will produce with Zero Gravity, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Also, Netflix announced that it has ordered the series “White Lines,” from writer and showrunner Alex Pina (“La...
- 7/29/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Helena Bonham Carter’s Princess Margaret drags on a cigarette and Ben Daniels’ Antony Armstrong-Jones has got his camera out in the first images of the pair from Netflix’s The Crown.
Bonham Carter replaces Vanessa Kirby in the Left Bank series, while Daniels replaces Matthew Goode.
It comes after the Svod service released the first image of season three of the royal drama, depicting Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II.
Season three will launch in 2019. It begins in 1963 and will cover events such as the rise of the Beatles and England winning the soccer World Cup in 1966. Characters such as Camilla Parker Bowles will also start to emerge in the next season.
This comes after season two of The Crown secured 13 Emmy nominations last week including nods for Claire Foy and Matt Smith as well as the lead drama category.
Bonham Carter replaces Vanessa Kirby in the Left Bank series, while Daniels replaces Matthew Goode.
It comes after the Svod service released the first image of season three of the royal drama, depicting Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II.
Season three will launch in 2019. It begins in 1963 and will cover events such as the rise of the Beatles and England winning the soccer World Cup in 1966. Characters such as Camilla Parker Bowles will also start to emerge in the next season.
This comes after season two of The Crown secured 13 Emmy nominations last week including nods for Claire Foy and Matt Smith as well as the lead drama category.
- 7/18/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Holocaust documentarist, who died in Paris last week aged 92, is remembered by his friend Agnès Poirier
‘Come and have dinner, I’ll cook Bresse chicken. You don’t hold any grudge against Bresse poulet, do you?” The man on the phone didn’t need to give his name. Claude Lanzmann never introduced himself; he didn’t need to.
I came to know him in 2013 when I started the research on my latest book, Left Bank: Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950. I wanted to meet the “survivors” of that era before they disappeared. What an extraordinary introduction to my subject. Lanzmann, then 87, was very much still at the centre stage of life and intellectual discourse, and an extremely busy man.
‘Come and have dinner, I’ll cook Bresse chicken. You don’t hold any grudge against Bresse poulet, do you?” The man on the phone didn’t need to give his name. Claude Lanzmann never introduced himself; he didn’t need to.
I came to know him in 2013 when I started the research on my latest book, Left Bank: Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950. I wanted to meet the “survivors” of that era before they disappeared. What an extraordinary introduction to my subject. Lanzmann, then 87, was very much still at the centre stage of life and intellectual discourse, and an extremely busy man.
- 7/8/2018
- by Agnès Poirier
- The Guardian - Film News
YouTube Premium launched in a dozen new international territories Monday, making breakout streaming hit “Cobra Kai” and other original content available in countries including the U.K. and other European nations. YouTube Music also rolled out internationally, with the full album catalog of the Beatles part of the lineup.
Music is offered through an ad-supported free service with videos, albums, and concerts, or through Music Premium, which also removes ads and allows users to download. It costs £9.99 ($13.23) per month in the U.K. The paid version allows for downloads and listen in the background functionality.
The YouTube Premium and Music launches bring the services to new markets in a major push beyond the U.S. and the handful of other countries where the services are already available: Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Korea.
The paid-for, ad-free video and music streaming and download services are now available in the U.
Music is offered through an ad-supported free service with videos, albums, and concerts, or through Music Premium, which also removes ads and allows users to download. It costs £9.99 ($13.23) per month in the U.K. The paid version allows for downloads and listen in the background functionality.
The YouTube Premium and Music launches bring the services to new markets in a major push beyond the U.S. and the handful of other countries where the services are already available: Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Korea.
The paid-for, ad-free video and music streaming and download services are now available in the U.
- 6/18/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Left Bank
Stars: Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoienaerts, Tom De Wispalaere, Marilou Mermans | Written by Christophe Dirickx, Dimitri Karakatsanis, Pieter Van Hees | Directed by Pieter Van Hees
Quite often I find the state of the modern horror movie intensely depressing, with far too many flaccid remakes, sequels and shiny nonsense that lack tension, pace and good scares. However once again a European film has restored my faith and brought a shiver of disquiet on a bright summer morning.
Left Bank (Linkeroever) is the first full length movie by Pieter Van Hees, which he intends to be part of a trilogy called Anatomy of Love and Pain, focuses on 22 year old aspiring athlete Marie (Eline Kuppens). Freshly qualified for a European championship event, she is devastated when a mystery virus stops her from training, but finds solace in the arms of a young archer, Bobby (Matthias Schoienaerts). He invites her to stay...
Stars: Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoienaerts, Tom De Wispalaere, Marilou Mermans | Written by Christophe Dirickx, Dimitri Karakatsanis, Pieter Van Hees | Directed by Pieter Van Hees
Quite often I find the state of the modern horror movie intensely depressing, with far too many flaccid remakes, sequels and shiny nonsense that lack tension, pace and good scares. However once again a European film has restored my faith and brought a shiver of disquiet on a bright summer morning.
Left Bank (Linkeroever) is the first full length movie by Pieter Van Hees, which he intends to be part of a trilogy called Anatomy of Love and Pain, focuses on 22 year old aspiring athlete Marie (Eline Kuppens). Freshly qualified for a European championship event, she is devastated when a mystery virus stops her from training, but finds solace in the arms of a young archer, Bobby (Matthias Schoienaerts). He invites her to stay...
- 5/22/2010
- by Sarah
- Nerdly
As I don't think many people payed attention to this the first time we posted it, especially since it was linked on facebook and not embedded, we're posting it again. From Belgium, which, while only 11,787 square miles in size, is producing some of the best film on the planet. For example: Dirty Mind, Linkeroever, Nowhere Man, Small Gods, and Somewhere Between Here and Now, just to name a few. Directed by feature length first timer Caroline Strubbe and shot by one of my personal favorite (and one of the best) cinematographers Nicolas Karakatsanis, I'm still dying to see this.
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for bits and pieces to occupy her mind. Marcus, Tessa’s father, a man searching to find happiness for his little family in an unconventional way of living. Bettina, a woman amongst men, figuring out which role to play as a mother and a wife.
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for bits and pieces to occupy her mind. Marcus, Tessa’s father, a man searching to find happiness for his little family in an unconventional way of living. Bettina, a woman amongst men, figuring out which role to play as a mother and a wife.
- 9/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The first feature from writer/director Caroline Strubbe, Lost Persons Area is another in the growing cadre of incredible looking film coming out of Belgium. Maybe there's something in the water because they're one country to watch for serious talent like one of my favorite cinematographers Nicolas Karakatsanis (who also did Linkeroever and Small Gods) who could seriously give the likes of Nuri Bilge Ceylan and crew a run for their money. Nicolas shot this film and reportedly one journalist said "he outdid himself on this one", but back to the story. I've just watched the unfinished trailer (sorry folks, can't share) and yes, it is stunning and poignant, the story a seeming search for meaning against the backdrop of metaphorical emptiness of electrical pylons. We're expecting a full trailer in a couple of days so check back!
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for...
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for...
- 4/24/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The good folks at Tla Releasing which provide great genre fare via their Danger After Dark label have just sent out a press release containing just a few of the genre films playing at the Philly Film Fest which has over 250 films this year. Some notables: I Sell The Dead, Able, Linkeroever (Left Bank), Moon and one of our personal favorites, Before The Fall.
Festival website Runs March 26th through April 6th.
Oh, not to mention the 20th Century Boys part 2 world premier!
So check after the break for the sneak peek!
Danger After Dark Program 09
I Sell The Dead (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid.
[our review]
Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere
Able (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert.
Festival website Runs March 26th through April 6th.
Oh, not to mention the 20th Century Boys part 2 world premier!
So check after the break for the sneak peek!
Danger After Dark Program 09
I Sell The Dead (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid.
[our review]
Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere
Able (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert.
- 3/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Year: 2009
Release date: January 28th (Belgium, theatrical)
Directors: Pieter Van Hees
Writers: Pieter Van Hees
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 5 out of 10
Moving from Pieter Van Hees' great horror film Linkeroever to his next, the equally genre peripheral piece, Dirty Mind, I was really excited. A loser who gets in an accident and wakes up transformed into a stunt man? The possibilities are endless! I envisioned comedy galore, from simple accident shtick humor, ape'ing masculinity, and fart jokes to the holy grail itself, the ménage à trois. Yes, plenty of violence, sick humor, and sex, I was already salivating long before I ever got to see footage. Too bad it didn't work out like that. While there was occasional humor, the film ended up being a drama, and ultimately, a struggle between "Tony T's" conflicting old Jekyll and new Hyde personalities. To put it succinctly,...
Release date: January 28th (Belgium, theatrical)
Directors: Pieter Van Hees
Writers: Pieter Van Hees
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 5 out of 10
Moving from Pieter Van Hees' great horror film Linkeroever to his next, the equally genre peripheral piece, Dirty Mind, I was really excited. A loser who gets in an accident and wakes up transformed into a stunt man? The possibilities are endless! I envisioned comedy galore, from simple accident shtick humor, ape'ing masculinity, and fart jokes to the holy grail itself, the ménage à trois. Yes, plenty of violence, sick humor, and sex, I was already salivating long before I ever got to see footage. Too bad it didn't work out like that. While there was occasional humor, the film ended up being a drama, and ultimately, a struggle between "Tony T's" conflicting old Jekyll and new Hyde personalities. To put it succinctly,...
- 1/28/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Year: 2008
Release date: Unknown
Directors: Pieter Van Hees
Writers: Pieter Van Hees, Christophe Dirickx, Dimitri Karakatsanis and Bert Hamelinck
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: cyberhal
Rating: 7.7 out of 10
A dark movie from the dark country of Belgium. Pieter Van Hees's beautifully shot debut feature is a story of horror that draws its power from slow build and unsettling suggestion. You don't get terror or slasher horror FX, but you do get great suspense and a thought provoking story. Think Polanski's Rosemarys Baby. The dark tone of the story is reflected in the atmospheric cinematography, and really hats off to lens man Nicolas Karakatsanis, who was responsible for the equally dark Small Gods which we reviewed back in Spring 2008. Left Bank was premiered in the USA at Fantastic Fest last September.
Marie (Eline Kuppens) is a dedicated track athlete. One day, she suddenly collapses due to an infection in her immune system,...
Release date: Unknown
Directors: Pieter Van Hees
Writers: Pieter Van Hees, Christophe Dirickx, Dimitri Karakatsanis and Bert Hamelinck
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: cyberhal
Rating: 7.7 out of 10
A dark movie from the dark country of Belgium. Pieter Van Hees's beautifully shot debut feature is a story of horror that draws its power from slow build and unsettling suggestion. You don't get terror or slasher horror FX, but you do get great suspense and a thought provoking story. Think Polanski's Rosemarys Baby. The dark tone of the story is reflected in the atmospheric cinematography, and really hats off to lens man Nicolas Karakatsanis, who was responsible for the equally dark Small Gods which we reviewed back in Spring 2008. Left Bank was premiered in the USA at Fantastic Fest last September.
Marie (Eline Kuppens) is a dedicated track athlete. One day, she suddenly collapses due to an infection in her immune system,...
- 1/11/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Among the standout's are Jt Petty's The Burrowers and the much sought after The Good, The Bad, The Weird. Also playing is Pieter Van Hees Linkeroever , and I actually got my copy of the film just last week so we'll be having a review soon. There's also a couple of films we already have reviews for, Ole Bornedal's Just another Love story and Gô Shibata’s incredible experimental film about a serial killer with cerebral palsy called Late Bloomer. Check out the full lineup after the break!
Alien Raiders
Special Advance Screening / dir. Ben Rock / USA / 2008 / 85 min
Director Ben Rock live in person!
A squadron of trained gunmen lay siege to a supermarket at closing time. What first appears to be a robbery soon takes on otherworldly dimensions.
Astropia (Dorks and Damsels)
North American Premiere / Dir. Gunnar Gudmundsson / Iceland / 2008 / 93 min
Director Gunnar Gudmundsson and screenerwriters Otto Borg and Johann Grimson live in person!
Alien Raiders
Special Advance Screening / dir. Ben Rock / USA / 2008 / 85 min
Director Ben Rock live in person!
A squadron of trained gunmen lay siege to a supermarket at closing time. What first appears to be a robbery soon takes on otherworldly dimensions.
Astropia (Dorks and Damsels)
North American Premiere / Dir. Gunnar Gudmundsson / Iceland / 2008 / 93 min
Director Gunnar Gudmundsson and screenerwriters Otto Borg and Johann Grimson live in person!
- 9/1/2008
- QuietEarth.us
We've been following Pieter Van Hees since finding out about the fantastic looking Belgian horror film he directed called Linkeroever (Left Bank) which by the way, is playing at the upcoming Fantastic Fest and yes, I should be getting a screener soon. Anyways, when I inquired when a trailer would be available for Dirty Mind, I figured it was about time to put up a piece on it, especially since there's now some nice stills showcasing the beautiful photography which is signature to Hees films, as well as the rest of his crew of Belgian filmmakers. "Shy loser Diego wakes up after an accident and has been transformed into Tony T. a smooth-talking no-holds-barred stuntman. Suffering from a case of Frontal Syndrome he's the perfect case-study for young neurologist Jaana. Everyone hopes that Diego will soon recover, accept for Diego himself." We should have a trailer in a couple of months,...
- 8/22/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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