Olivia Colman And Sir Anthony Hopkins Star In Trailer For Heartbreaking Drama ‘The Father’

An aspiring writer gets close to reclusive author J.D. Salinger in the literary drama “My Salinger Year” and ET Canada has your exclusive first look at the trailer for the film.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorOlivia Colman’s South Of The River Pictures and its commercial partner Sister are launching a comedy writer competition, with at least one winner getting the chance to develop a TV script with the companies.The Screenshot initiative will be spearheaded by Debo Adebayo and will focus on comedy writer-performers from a theatre background.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: Virgil Films & Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Nasrin, a documentary about activist Nasrin Sotoudeh narrated by Oscar winner Olivia Colman.Sotoudeh is a human rights activists and an outspoken leader of Iran’s women’s rights movement. Last week, she cited serious health concerns in ending a six-week hunger strike in Evin Prison, where she has been serving a nearly four-decade sentence.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment and Cross City Films have pre-sold most international markets on Kindertransport drama One Life at the recent TIFF virtual market, including a deal with Warner Bros in the UK.Aisling Walsh (Maudie) will direct Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins and rising Brit actor Johnny Flynn (Emma) in the feature scripted by Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl) and Nick Drake.Currently in pre-production, the project tells the story of Sir Nicholas

Sir Patrick Stewart, Olivia Colman, Dame Emma Thompson and Gary Lineker are among some 70 stars to have signed a letter urging the Prime Minister to reunite refugee families.

Marta Balaga Currently shooting her new film and unable to travel to Switzerland due to new COVID-19 restrictions, British actress Olivia Colman tuned in live on Saturday to accept her Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival, taking place physically and celebrating its 16th edition.

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the U.K. period drama Mothering Sunday, starring Olivia Colman, Colin Firth and Josh O'Connor and first shopped at the virtual Cannes market.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSony Pictures Classics has picked up North America and key foreign rights to Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday based on the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.SPC will handle North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships for the movie which stars Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.

Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite) will receive the lifetime achievement honor, the Golden Eye, at this year's Zurich International Film Festival. Colman, who is currently filming and unable to travel to Zurich due to the corona pandemic restrictions, will link up to Zurich via a live-stream for the gala premiere screening of her latest film, The Father, which will have its festival debut on Saturday, Sept.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate UK and Gangs Of London star Sope Dirisu have joined Number 9 Films’ (Carol) feature drama Mothering Sunday, which is now underway in UK .As we revealed earlier this year, the film will also star Odessa Young, BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor and Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.Director Eva Husson’s (Girls Of The Sun) movie is written by Emmy-nominee Alice Birch (Normal People, Succession), and is based on the novel of the same name

Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal are among the nominees ahead of this year’s Emmy Awards, which will take place with a largely virtual ceremony due to the pandemic.

A movie to watch during awards season next year will be The Father and the official trailer has arrived!

As Netflix's Indian Matchmaking reality show stirs debate around the Indian custom of arranged marriages, David Garrett and his U.K.-based Mister Smith Entertainment banner is attached to produce Dating After Marriage, a true life drama written by and starring Prem Singh and Michael Pugliese, via their Running Tiger Films banner.

Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie get trippy in the first trailer for their mind-bending thriller “Synchronic”.

Dave McNary Film ReporterFlorian Zeller’s drama “The Father,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, will be released by Sony Pictures Classics in New York and Los Angeles on Dec.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSony Pictures Classics will release Florian Zeller’s The Father in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 18 with a rollout in major markets on Christmas Day.