Gary Neville has insisted Antonio Conte wouldn’t have been a good fit for Manchester United, drawing comparisons with former manager Jose Mourinho.
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K.J. Yossman Tamsin Egerton (“The Look of Love”), Jessica Plummer (“The Girl Before”) and Bebe Cave (“Tale of Tales”) have been cast in British indie feature “Tell That To The Winter Sea,” Variety can exclusively confirm.Variety can also reveal that the film, which is written by Greta Bellamacina and Jaclyn Bethany, has been snapped up by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution, who will distribute in the U.K.
and rep international sales. Emmy award winner Bethany (“The Falling World”) also directs.“Tell That To The Winter Sea” stars Bellamacina (“This England”) and “Peaky Blinders'” Amber Anderson as friends and former lovers Jo and Scarlet who reunite in a remote country house the weekend of Jo’s wedding.
Egerton, Plummer and Cave will play some of the all-female cast who descend on the country house ahead of the nuptials.Josette Simon (“Anatomy of a Scandal”) also stars as Kat, a dancer in a prestigious dance company who plays a “key role” in the story.The film, which has a dance narrative, explores “the complexity of female friendship.” It is choreographed by Sadie Wilking while Jemima McWilliams is the casting director.“Tell That to the Winter Sea” is set to begin production in September on location in Kent, U.K.Sulk Youth Films in the U.K. and BKE Productions and Valmora Productions in the U.S.
are producing the project. Luca Severi Production Group in Italy are co-producing.Ellipsis Pictures’ PK Fellowes will exec produce alongside C.C.
Kellogg, Giovanni Labadessa and Luca Severi. Robert Montgomery produces for Sulk Youth and Kellogg for Valmora.
.Gary Neville has insisted Antonio Conte wouldn’t have been a good fit for Manchester United, drawing comparisons with former manager Jose Mourinho.
Jacqueline Jossa was preaised by fans for showing off her figure in a bikini while on a family holiday.The former EastEnders actress, 29, took to social media to share the wholesome video of herself as she danced around with her daughters Ella, seven, and four year old Mia. She played the song Victoria’s Secret by Jax as she pranced around in her orange bikini and crocs while telling fans: “My girls are always watching me! Have to be so careful how I speak about myself. “Just a little reminder for all of you, but also for me as I go on holiday trying to to critique what I see in the mirror, and avoid bread and Alioli which lets face it ISNT GOING TO HAPPEN.” As Jacqueline danced around for the video she grabbed a loaf of bread to show just how literally she was taking her caption.
Canal+ is teaming with African streamer Showmax for its latest drama from Africa, an action drama about the dangerous South African motor sport spinning. Production on Spinners began in Cape Town on the eight-part series this week, with Gaia director Jaco Bouwer attached.
Out gay Australian footballer Josh Cavallo is on a fitness journey and he now has the abs to prove it. Cavallo recently shared a shirtless bathroom selfie video with his chiselled abs on full display. “Your body is simply a result of your mind’s thoughts.
John Steiner, a British actor who appeared in Caligula and several other films in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 81 and passed Sunday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs after a two-vehicle automobile accident in La Quinta, the Riverside County Sheriff’s department told the Desert Sun newspaper.
Wilson Chapman editorJames Franco has been cast as Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro in the independent film “Alina of Cuba,” Variety has confirmed.Franco joins the previously announced Ana Villafañe, who portrays the title character Alina Fernandez, Castro’s daughter. In addition, Mía Maestro has also joined the cast as Alina’s mother Natalia Revuelta, the Cuban socialite who gave birth to her after an affair with Castro. The film will follow Alina’s life as Castro’s illegitimate daughter and a critic of his reign in Cuba before leaving the country and defecting to Spain in 1993.
Top U.K. STX International executives Llewellyn Radley, Laura Austin Little, Jill Silfen and Mike Shanks have reunited with John Friedberg at new company Black Bear International, as it announces a U.K. distribution plan.
Universal has announced that Lupin‘s Omar Sy will lead John Woo’s reimagining of his 1989 crime drama The Killer for Peacock.
TV series set in the universe of the “Alien” franchise, as well Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo’s prodigious reboot of the famed 1980 miniseries “Shogun.” During the Television Critics Association summer press tour, FX Networks chief John Landgraf offered an update on both ambitious projects. “We wrapped physical production on limited series ‘Showgun’ in June, which was by far our biggest and most ambitious production,” Landgraf revealed.
Why’s there so much hype around Michael Mann‘s upcoming biopic “Ferrari,” about the Italian automobile icon? For one, it’s Mann’s first film in over five years, 2017’s “Blackhat” being his last. Second, “Ferrari” is a passion project for a director known for his meticulous attention to detail; i.e.: with all of the work Mann’s put into developing this movie, it’s bound to be excellent.
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mann’s upcoming race car drama Ferrari is building on its already stacked ensemble as sources tell Deadline, Jack O’Connell, Patrick Dempsey and Sarah Gadon have rounded out the cast. Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley and Gabriel Leone are already set to star. Dempsey will play Piero Taruffi and O’Connell will play Peter Collins with Gadon playing Linda Christian. Mann is directing with production set to start on August 1 in Italy.