Line of Duty producer World Productions is forging an ITV medical thriller starring Deceit’s Niamh Algar, directed by Boiling Point’s Phillip Barantini and written by former doctor Grace Ofori-Attah.
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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAlain Attal, the French producer behind the upcoming $73 million movie “Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom,” is teaming with Studiocanal on Thomas Bidegain’s survival drama “Suddenly,” which will star Gilles Lellouche (“The Stronghold”) and Melanie Thierry (“En Therapie”).Currently in pre-production, “Suddenly” will mark the sophomore directing outing of Bidegain, whose co-screenwriting credits include “Stillwater,” “The Sisters Brothers” and “A Prophet.”The project was previously set up as an English-language project with Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby set to star. Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories was also a co-producer on the project and is no longer attached.Attal told Variety that Bidegain re-worked the script with Valentine Monteil to make the €14 million ($14.7 million) film with a French cast and produce it entirely out of France with Attal’s Tresor Films and Studiocanal, which is financing, handling international sales and French distribution rights.
Icelandic banner True North Prods. is an executive co-producer on the movie.
Now in pre-production, the two-hander is based on Isabelle Autissier’s French-language novel “Soudain Seuls” and follows a couple who become stranded on an island and must fight for survival in extreme circumstances in the wilderness.Attal said the movie will have a feminist edge as it will explore the power dynamics within a modern couple and show that the female character in the film is the most combative of the two. He described it as being in the veins of “‘Marriage Story’ meets ‘The Revenant.’ “He pointed out it will mark “the first French survival film in recent history’ and said he looked forward to venturing again into new grounds after
.Line of Duty producer World Productions is forging an ITV medical thriller starring Deceit’s Niamh Algar, directed by Boiling Point’s Phillip Barantini and written by former doctor Grace Ofori-Attah.
EXCLUSIVE: Universal International Studios’ SVP/Head of UK Creative Thomas Daley is leaving the company after two years, we’ve learned.
Becca Kufrin is not here for criticism of her decision to propose to Thomas Jacobs. A month after the former Bachelorette revealed she proposed to her beau, Kufrin bashed social media users who don't support a woman proposing to a man.«We've received so much love from people, but I've also seen comments where people are like, 'She's desperate. I would never allow the woman to propose to the man.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentShaping up as one of the most anticipated movies from Spain this year, “Prison 77” (“Modelo 77”) has an international teaser trailer, which Movistar Plus has shared in exclusivity with Variety.“Modelo 77” marks the third Movistar Plus original film, re-teaming Telefonica’s pay TV/SVOD service with director Alberto Rodríguez, co-writer Rafael Cobos and co-producer Atípica Films, the driving forces behind “The Plague,” Movistar Plus’ big banner 2017 series.Sold internationally by Film Factory, “Prison 77” will be released in Spanish theaters by Buena Vista International on Sept. 23, the second Friday of Spain’s San Sebastian Festival, which begs the question as to whether it will feature at the event.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentREinvent International Sales has closed on several deals Alex Herron’s English-language horror thriller “Dark Windows” after unveiling the movie’s first footage at Cannes. “Dark Windows” is being sold as part of REinvent Chills’ label for genre films. The story is about four teenagers who were involved in a car crash and decide to stay at a summerhouse in the countryside to work through their grief.
Meghan Markle is reportedly set to heal her four year long rift with her estranged father Thomas.The Duchess of Sussex, 40, is understood to have made attempts to reach out to her dad, 77, after he suffered a stroke last week. Meghan's dad Thomas has now left hospital five days after he was rushed to a hospital near his home in Rosarito, Mexico and was later transferred to another medical facility in San Diego, California.Thomas' stroke was caused by a blood clot on the right side of his brain. After loosing his speech, but making "remarkable progress" Thomas told the Mail on Sunday: "I feel hugely grateful and know how lucky I am to be alive.
on another chapter with a relatively happy ending for nearly all its main players.After an explosive season of world-trotting adventures and blonde lookalikes, Cassie Bowden finally accepted every sliver of her imperfect self — the sides of which she had been running from this entire time -- also putting to bed the big mystery that had been plaguing her all season. Turns out, it was CIA boss, Dot (Cheryl Hines), who was the murderous doppelganger wreaking havoc on Cassie's life! With Dot brought to justice for her two-faced crimes, Cassie also came to discover that Jenny, the unassuming crime podcaster from Alcoholics Anonymous, was anything -- just someone who was obsessed with Feliks, the season 1 killer, and ready to go to bat for the jailed murderer.
Emmerdale star Rosie Bentham looked worlds away from her character Gabby Thomas as she shared a collection of holiday snaps. Taking to Instagram, the bikini-clad soap star, 20, posted photos from a visit to the picturesque Adonis Baths Waterfalls in Cyprus.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn the second big prize announcement by a Directors’ Fortnight partner, “The Mountain” (“La Montagne”), from emerging French auteur Thomas Salvador, has won the SACD Prize, awarded by France’s Writers’ Guild for the best French-language movie in the section.The second feature of the French actor-director after 2017’s promising “Vincent,” selected for San Sebastian’s prestige New Directors section, ”The Mountain” is sold internationally by Le Pacte which will also handle distribution in France.From a screenplay written by Salvador and Naila Guiguet, which was selected for Critics’ Weeks’ Next Steps 2020, “The Mountain” turns on Pierre, 40, played by Salvador, who makes a sales pitch for his company’s robotic arm in Chamonix, the capital of the French Alps. When his colleagues return to Paris, he stays on, pitching a tent just below the Aiguille du Midi cable car station, a spectacular pinnacle at 12,600 feet, in the lap of Mont Blanc.
Bake Off: The Professionals returned to screens on Tuesday night and there was quite a big change. While Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden were back as judges and Liam Charles returned as host, his usual presenting partner Tom Allen was nowhere to be seen.
Jimmie Allen and Jennifer Lopez are the duo that we never knew we needed! The country music star took to Instagram to share that he's teaming up with J.Lo for a remix of her single, «On My Way,» dropping Friday."@jlo X Jimmie Allen ♠️5-27-2022♠️ #tulipdrive," Allen captioned the post which featured what appears to be the cover of the upcoming single.The artwork sees Allen in black leather jacket with leopard print trim and his signature cowboy hat, while Lopez stands behind him in a head-to-toe leopard look. Underneath is the song's title, «On My Way,» while the artist's names are featured above them.A post shared by J I M M I E A L L E N (@jimmieallen)The collab serves as a full circle moment for Allen, who came to fame after competing on , where Lopez was a judge.ET recently spoke to Allen, who returned the show as a mentor, about his time on the long-running singing competition series and advice he had for the then season 20 contestants.«It's a learning experience, you know what I mean.
An undercover cop befriends a murder suspect in The Stranger, a taut Australian thriller in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. Written and directed by Thomas M. Wright (Acute Misfortune), it features excellent performances from Sean Harris and Joel Edgerton, who also serves as producer.
reunites the beloved sprawling ensemble cast that make up the extended Crawley family and their many household staff members, there is one performer notably absent from the new film. Matthew Goode, who joined the franchise as Henry Talbot in season 5 and later wed Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery), sadly is nowhere to be seen onscreen despite previously returning for the franchise’s first film.Goode's absence, however, doesn’t come as a total surprise given that he has not appeared in any of the trailers or images leading up to ’s theatrical debut.
is back with an anticipated sequel. not only reunites the beloved ensemble cast, but introduces new characters and new locations that helps expand the world of the franchise as it enters into the modern era. Picking up nine months after the first film in 1928, kicks things off with Tom Branson (Allen Leech) getting married to Lucy Smith (Tuppence Middleton), helping to secure the Crawleys’ fortune and fate at Downton.
Chris Hemsworth usually plays the good guy onscreen, but this doesn’t appear to be the case in his latest movie “Spiderhead”.
By now, you’ve heard us likely talk about Sony’s upcoming romantic Southern Gothic thriller “Where the Crawdads Sing.” The book was a huge sensation in the Oprah Bookclub world, Reese Witherspoon is a producer who is actively championing the movie and promoting it (see the new featurette below) and it stars up and coming actor Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”) and Harris Dickinson (“The King’s Man”).
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMarie Kreutzer’s “Corsage,” which premieres in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, has debuted its first clip exclusively with Variety (below). MK2 Films is handling international sales.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorErotic love story “99 Moons,” which will have its world premiere in Cannes’ ACID sidebar, has debuted its trailer (below). Berlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired the world sales rights to the film, which is directed by Jan Gassmann. The film centers on Bigna, a 28-year-old scientist, and 33-year-old Frank.
Rebecca Hall has enjoyed a diverse career, sinking her teeth into smaller passion projects and behemoth blockbusters alike. Demonstrating her mainstream appeal through her highly critically and commercially successful collaboration with Christopher Nolan in the 2006 film “The Prestige,” Hall has since become a stalwart of the Sundance Film Festival, having equally exhibited an inclination towards its more independently spirited projects.