A statement has been issued by Ciisa following allegations of rape and sexual assault against UK comedian and actor Russell Brand.
In the wake of the allegations of rape and sexual assault that have been made against UK actor and comedian Russell Brand while working on BBC, Channel 4 and Banijay UK productions, Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (Ciisa) and Time’s Up UK have released statements highlighting the “need for critical intervention” in the UK entertainment industries.
Ciisa is an organisation led by Creative UK and Time’s Up UK which aims to tackle bullying and harassment. It has...
In the wake of the allegations of rape and sexual assault that have been made against UK actor and comedian Russell Brand while working on BBC, Channel 4 and Banijay UK productions, Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (Ciisa) and Time’s Up UK have released statements highlighting the “need for critical intervention” in the UK entertainment industries.
Ciisa is an organisation led by Creative UK and Time’s Up UK which aims to tackle bullying and harassment. It has...
- 9/18/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Terms of a deal on pay and working conditions likely to spillover to indie film
UK independent film producers are closely watching for the outcome of negotiations about pay and working conditions in scripted TV between producers’ organisation Pact and creative industries union Bectu.
Many fear the already difficult job of financing and making independent films will become even harder if the cost of hiring crew rises significantly.
Pact and Bectu are in negotiations to update their collective UK Independent Television TV Drama Agreement. Although they are negotiating a scripted TV deal, the terms often cascade down to agreements in independent film.
UK independent film producers are closely watching for the outcome of negotiations about pay and working conditions in scripted TV between producers’ organisation Pact and creative industries union Bectu.
Many fear the already difficult job of financing and making independent films will become even harder if the cost of hiring crew rises significantly.
Pact and Bectu are in negotiations to update their collective UK Independent Television TV Drama Agreement. Although they are negotiating a scripted TV deal, the terms often cascade down to agreements in independent film.
- 7/27/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has announced the cast and filmmaking team for its upcoming family friendly movie series “Ivy and Bean.”
Elissa Down is directing the live-action films, based on the best-selling children’s book series. Down has previously worked with the streaming platform on the musical comedy “Feel the Beat” and the drama “The Honor List.”
Young actors Keslee Blalock and Madison Skye Validum will play Ivy and Bean, respectively, while Lidya Jewett is portraying a character named Nancy. Blalock has previously appeared in “Family Camp” and “Pulled From Darkness.” Jewett’s screen credits include “Good Girls,” “Feel the Beat” and “Nightbooks.”
“Ivy and Bean” centers on two girls who never expected to be friends. However, the quiet and thoughtful Ivy and the playful and fearless Bean soon discover that seemingly different people can become the best of pals. The series, written Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, has 12 books in total.
Elissa Down is directing the live-action films, based on the best-selling children’s book series. Down has previously worked with the streaming platform on the musical comedy “Feel the Beat” and the drama “The Honor List.”
Young actors Keslee Blalock and Madison Skye Validum will play Ivy and Bean, respectively, while Lidya Jewett is portraying a character named Nancy. Blalock has previously appeared in “Family Camp” and “Pulled From Darkness.” Jewett’s screen credits include “Good Girls,” “Feel the Beat” and “Nightbooks.”
“Ivy and Bean” centers on two girls who never expected to be friends. However, the quiet and thoughtful Ivy and the playful and fearless Bean soon discover that seemingly different people can become the best of pals. The series, written Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, has 12 books in total.
- 6/30/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
It looks like we still won’t be going anywhere too exciting in March, so it’s a good job that Sky Cinema has, as always, lined up a slate of new films for us to plough through while we’re waiting to get back out there!
See if anything takes your fancy in our handy guide to what’s coming up on Sky Cinema in the month ahead…
Premieres
The Witches – 5th March on Sky Cinema and the Sky Cinema Pass on Now TV
Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis takes on Roald Dahl in this reimagining of one of his most beloved books. In The Witches, an orphaned lad gets much more than he bargained for when the world’s Grand High Witch gathers her contemporaries together to plot a scheme against children everywhere. Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, and narrator Chris Rock lead the cast.
See if anything takes your fancy in our handy guide to what’s coming up on Sky Cinema in the month ahead…
Premieres
The Witches – 5th March on Sky Cinema and the Sky Cinema Pass on Now TV
Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis takes on Roald Dahl in this reimagining of one of his most beloved books. In The Witches, an orphaned lad gets much more than he bargained for when the world’s Grand High Witch gathers her contemporaries together to plot a scheme against children everywhere. Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, and narrator Chris Rock lead the cast.
- 2/24/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
UK broadcaster Sky has landed rights to a host of upcoming features, packing its film slate for 2021 with titles including the Allison Janney-starring Breaking News in Yuba County and the Irvine Welsh-penned Creation Stories.
The company says it will release two ‘original’ films every month this year and one per week from next year. The full list of 14 newly-announced originals is below, they join previously announced pics on the slate such as Twist with Michael Caine, the animation Dragon Rider voiced Felicity Jones and Patrick Stewart, and To Olivia starring Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes.
In the past, Sky has released its original titles day-and-date with UK cinemas. Once venues are able to re-open post-lockdown this could once again come into play.
Asked if Sky is being opportunistic about its film slate in light of cinema closures and delayed movie releases, Zai Bennett, Sky’s managing director of...
The company says it will release two ‘original’ films every month this year and one per week from next year. The full list of 14 newly-announced originals is below, they join previously announced pics on the slate such as Twist with Michael Caine, the animation Dragon Rider voiced Felicity Jones and Patrick Stewart, and To Olivia starring Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes.
In the past, Sky has released its original titles day-and-date with UK cinemas. Once venues are able to re-open post-lockdown this could once again come into play.
Asked if Sky is being opportunistic about its film slate in light of cinema closures and delayed movie releases, Zai Bennett, Sky’s managing director of...
- 1/25/2021
- by Tom Grater and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The VOD market has found itself becoming an increasingly important component of the movie business in recent months as the Coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on both the shooting and release schedules of virtually every major project that was in some stage of production. The studios have taken to releasing their theatrical efforts on home video a lot sooner than they would have originally anticipated, while plenty of titles have skipped theaters entirely and been sent straight to digital as a cost-cutting measure.
Up until the advent and unstoppable rise of streaming services, a movie being released straight to video was often seen as a mark of poor quality, but these days, there are some pretty big stars and filmmakers seeing their work bypass cinemas altogether, and this week is no different, with several projects featuring high-profile names making their way to VOD.
Mel Gibson may have recently found himself in...
Up until the advent and unstoppable rise of streaming services, a movie being released straight to video was often seen as a mark of poor quality, but these days, there are some pretty big stars and filmmakers seeing their work bypass cinemas altogether, and this week is no different, with several projects featuring high-profile names making their way to VOD.
Mel Gibson may have recently found himself in...
- 7/4/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Tomorrow will be the fourth of July. For months, Americans have been looking forward to this holiday and the festive relief from their lonely coronavirus-induced confinements it will provide. Thanks to premature easing of social distance guidelines throughout the country, however, such relief may have to wait.
With New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urging residents not to attend indoor events and the Governor of Texas issuing mandatory mask use in most counties, sprawling parties are no longer on the menu this year. Don’t fret, though, because why would you want to hang out with a group of strangers if you can stay home and watch a movie with your loved ones? Streaming services are adding a ton of new content this weekend, after all.
First and foremost, Disney+ subscribers will be able to watch a recording of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed and oh-so-popular musical Hamilton. Based on the life...
With New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urging residents not to attend indoor events and the Governor of Texas issuing mandatory mask use in most counties, sprawling parties are no longer on the menu this year. Don’t fret, though, because why would you want to hang out with a group of strangers if you can stay home and watch a movie with your loved ones? Streaming services are adding a ton of new content this weekend, after all.
First and foremost, Disney+ subscribers will be able to watch a recording of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed and oh-so-popular musical Hamilton. Based on the life...
- 7/4/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
Production scheduled for first quarter 2021.
Olga Kurylenko will star in the upcoming feature Run, the latest addition to 13 Films’ virtual Cannes market sales roster.
Steven C. Miller will direct the story about a woman who receives a curt message from her high-ranking CIA operative husband telling her to flee and must uncover his dark secrets in order to save her family.
Todd Garner and Sean Robins are producing through Broken Road Productions. Tannaz Anisi and Greg Schenz serve as executive producers through 13 Films, which is arranging financing and packaging the project.
Chris Roach and John W. Richardson, best known...
Olga Kurylenko will star in the upcoming feature Run, the latest addition to 13 Films’ virtual Cannes market sales roster.
Steven C. Miller will direct the story about a woman who receives a curt message from her high-ranking CIA operative husband telling her to flee and must uncover his dark secrets in order to save her family.
Todd Garner and Sean Robins are producing through Broken Road Productions. Tannaz Anisi and Greg Schenz serve as executive producers through 13 Films, which is arranging financing and packaging the project.
Chris Roach and John W. Richardson, best known...
- 6/24/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
"There's always consequences." Lionsgate has released the official Us trailer for a UK comedy titled Four Kids and It, a fun-for-the-whole-family creature feature adapted from the book by Jacqueline Wilson. This already opened in the UK in April, and debuts in the Us in June. A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes. Can they learn to control the magic before something dreadful happens? Starring Paula Patton, Matthew Goode, Ashley Aufderheide, Billy Jenkins, Ellie-Mae Siame, Caroline Sheen, with Russell Brand and (yes believe it) Michael Caine as "It". Crazy. This looks like a Disney Channel remake of E.T. in the UK, which might still be fun to watch. Everything about this looks so kooky and delightfully strange. Plus, who doesn't want magic powers? Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Andy De Emmony's Four Kids and It,...
- 5/22/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on film release schedules around the globe, displacing many titles from their natural theatrical environment, a few have instead found their spiritual home on the small screen. “Four Kids and It,” a lightweight British kids’ fantasy, falls firmly in the latter column. Always intended as a multiplatform release in the U.K. through the Sky Cinema network, it has instead taken the VOD-only route on the eve of what would have been the Easter school vacation — making it a welcome diversion for families going stir-crazy under national lockdown. But it also flatters the limitations of Andy De Emmony’s blandly chipper film, which feels, both tonally and aesthetically, more suited to afternoon children’s TV schedules than any venue larger than a living room.
That’s a somewhat disappointing outcome for a family film with a sparky literary pedigree. “Four Kids and It” is...
That’s a somewhat disappointing outcome for a family film with a sparky literary pedigree. “Four Kids and It” is...
- 4/4/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Sky Cinema grabs a lot of the bigger blockbusters, but often promotes smaller movies that have gained a nice little following, so we’re keeping track of all the new films that are hitting the service in the coming month.
In April, you’ll get new premieres like Spider-Man: Far From Home and Detective Pikachu. As always, quite a few of the films in the lineup will also be available via Now TV, but here’s an official look at what’s coming to Sky Cinema over the next few weeks…
Premieres
Four Kids And It – April 3rd
Jacqueline Wilson’s spin-off novel gets the Sky Original treatment, as four kids hope their dreams are about to come true on a new search for the magical creature.
Vita And Virginia – April 5th
A touching drama based on the real-life love story between Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki) and Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton...
In April, you’ll get new premieres like Spider-Man: Far From Home and Detective Pikachu. As always, quite a few of the films in the lineup will also be available via Now TV, but here’s an official look at what’s coming to Sky Cinema over the next few weeks…
Premieres
Four Kids And It – April 3rd
Jacqueline Wilson’s spin-off novel gets the Sky Original treatment, as four kids hope their dreams are about to come true on a new search for the magical creature.
Vita And Virginia – April 5th
A touching drama based on the real-life love story between Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki) and Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton...
- 3/25/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Now TV subscribers often get the cream of the entertainment crop without signing up for a contract, and this is where we’ll be compiling everything intriguing coming to the service monthly, for you fine people to have a look through at your leisure.
If you like what you see in the list below, you can click over to the Now TV website to sign up for membership or a free trial. Either way, here’s what’s coming up in April…
TV
Save Me Too – April 1st
Lennie James and Suranne Jones return for series 2 of the critically acclaimed series, as Nelly continues on his mission to find his lost daughter Jody, no matter what stands in his way.
Dynamo Beyond Belief S1 – April 9th
More magic with Dynamo, if you’re into that sort of thing, and low-key we are.
Run S1 – April 15th
In Run, Ruby Richardson...
If you like what you see in the list below, you can click over to the Now TV website to sign up for membership or a free trial. Either way, here’s what’s coming up in April…
TV
Save Me Too – April 1st
Lennie James and Suranne Jones return for series 2 of the critically acclaimed series, as Nelly continues on his mission to find his lost daughter Jody, no matter what stands in his way.
Dynamo Beyond Belief S1 – April 9th
More magic with Dynamo, if you’re into that sort of thing, and low-key we are.
Run S1 – April 15th
In Run, Ruby Richardson...
- 3/18/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Paramount Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for its upcoming animation ‘Rumble’ featuring the voice of Will Arnett.
In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes, teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion.
Terry Crews, Geraldine Viswanathan, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Tony Danza, Becky Lynch, Susan Kelechi Watson, Stephen A. Smith, Jimmy Tatro, Ben Schwartz and Michael Buffer also provide voices.
Also in trailers – Matthew Goode, Russell Brand & Paula Patton star in trailer for ‘Four Kids and It’
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In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes, teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion.
Terry Crews, Geraldine Viswanathan, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Tony Danza, Becky Lynch, Susan Kelechi Watson, Stephen A. Smith, Jimmy Tatro, Ben Schwartz and Michael Buffer also provide voices.
Also in trailers – Matthew Goode, Russell Brand & Paula Patton star in trailer for ‘Four Kids and It’
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- 2/26/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Netflix has launched the first trailer for its new series ‘The Letter for the King’ and it features a few recognisable faces.
The story is based on the best-selling novel of the same name and focuses on a young boy who holds the fate of the kingdom in his hands when he embarks on a quest to deliver a secret message.
Amir Wilson, Ruby Serkis, Thaddea Graham and Gijs Blom star in the series which is written by Will Davies who also serves as an executive producer alongside Paul Trijbits.
Also in trailers – Matthew Goode, Russell Brand & Paula Patton star in trailer for ‘Four Kids and It’
The series launches on Netflix March 20th
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The story is based on the best-selling novel of the same name and focuses on a young boy who holds the fate of the kingdom in his hands when he embarks on a quest to deliver a secret message.
Amir Wilson, Ruby Serkis, Thaddea Graham and Gijs Blom star in the series which is written by Will Davies who also serves as an executive producer alongside Paul Trijbits.
Also in trailers – Matthew Goode, Russell Brand & Paula Patton star in trailer for ‘Four Kids and It’
The series launches on Netflix March 20th
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- 2/26/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rlje Films has dropped a new trailer for thriller ‘The Postcard Killings’ featuring Jeffrey Dean Morgan on the road to vengeance.
Based on the James Patterson and Liza Marklund #1 New York Times bestselling novel, the film follows NY Detective Jacob Kanon’s (Jeffery Dean Morgan) whose world is destroyed when his daughter and son-in-law are brutally murdered in London. Unable to sit idly by and do nothing, Jacob travels to London get the answers he needs. As he learns of similar heinous murders happening across Europe – each preceded by a postcard sent to a local journalist – Jacob is in a race against time to stop the killings and find justice for his little girl.
Directed by Danis Tanovic, the film also stars Famke Janssen, Cush Jumbo, Joachim Król, Steven Mackintosh and Denis O’Hare.
Also in trailers – Matthew Goode, Russell Brand & Paula Patton star in trailer for ‘Four Kids and It...
Based on the James Patterson and Liza Marklund #1 New York Times bestselling novel, the film follows NY Detective Jacob Kanon’s (Jeffery Dean Morgan) whose world is destroyed when his daughter and son-in-law are brutally murdered in London. Unable to sit idly by and do nothing, Jacob travels to London get the answers he needs. As he learns of similar heinous murders happening across Europe – each preceded by a postcard sent to a local journalist – Jacob is in a race against time to stop the killings and find justice for his little girl.
Directed by Danis Tanovic, the film also stars Famke Janssen, Cush Jumbo, Joachim Król, Steven Mackintosh and Denis O’Hare.
Also in trailers – Matthew Goode, Russell Brand & Paula Patton star in trailer for ‘Four Kids and It...
- 2/24/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sky has boarded “Four Kids and It,” Andy De Emmony’s family adventure film starring Sir Michael Caine, Matthew Goode, Paula Patton and Russell Brand. The film, which is based on the 1902 bestselling book by Jacqueline Wilson, will be available on pay-channel Sky Cinema and in theaters day-and-date at Easter.
Set on the Cornish coast, “Four Kids and It” follows four children who embark on a journey to discover if a magical creature can really make all their wishes come true. It starts out with a family holiday to a Cornish cottage which takes an unexpected turn when the kids come across a magical and very grumpy creature (Caine) on a beach.
“’Four Kids and It’ is another example of our huge ambition for Sky original films. We are passionate about great storytelling and I know, with this fantastic cast, that our customers are definitely in for a treat this Easter,...
Set on the Cornish coast, “Four Kids and It” follows four children who embark on a journey to discover if a magical creature can really make all their wishes come true. It starts out with a family holiday to a Cornish cottage which takes an unexpected turn when the kids come across a magical and very grumpy creature (Caine) on a beach.
“’Four Kids and It’ is another example of our huge ambition for Sky original films. We are passionate about great storytelling and I know, with this fantastic cast, that our customers are definitely in for a treat this Easter,...
- 12/19/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Caine is set to star in comedy “Best Sellers,” it was announced by Foresight Unlimited on Wednesday. Foresight is handling international sales on the Canada-u.K. co-production and will introduce the project to buyers at the Cannes Market.
The double Oscar-winner will star as a cantankerous, sharp-witted, has-been author whose goal is to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar and his cat. However, an ambitious young editor embarks on a wild book tour with the author in a last-ditch attempt to save a boutique publishing house. Shooting in Canada is scheduled to begin in mid-July. Further casting is yet to be announced.
“Best Sellers” is the directorial debut of Canadian actor Lina Roessler from an original screenplay by Anthony Grieco. It is produced by Arielle Elwes, Cassian Elwes, Petr Jákl, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Jonathan Vanger, and Pierre Even. Martin Barab, Jere Hausfater,...
The double Oscar-winner will star as a cantankerous, sharp-witted, has-been author whose goal is to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar and his cat. However, an ambitious young editor embarks on a wild book tour with the author in a last-ditch attempt to save a boutique publishing house. Shooting in Canada is scheduled to begin in mid-July. Further casting is yet to be announced.
“Best Sellers” is the directorial debut of Canadian actor Lina Roessler from an original screenplay by Anthony Grieco. It is produced by Arielle Elwes, Cassian Elwes, Petr Jákl, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Jonathan Vanger, and Pierre Even. Martin Barab, Jere Hausfater,...
- 5/15/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel.
Russell Brand family film Four Kids And It is attracting buyer interest at this year’s Afm for 13 Films.
Screen can reveal the first look image from the film, above.
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel, while Julie Baines and Anne Brogan produce. The shoot wrapped in Dublin recently.
Brand’s co-stars incluce Paula Patton, Michael Caine and Matthew Goode.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows...
Russell Brand family film Four Kids And It is attracting buyer interest at this year’s Afm for 13 Films.
Screen can reveal the first look image from the film, above.
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel, while Julie Baines and Anne Brogan produce. The shoot wrapped in Dublin recently.
Brand’s co-stars incluce Paula Patton, Michael Caine and Matthew Goode.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows...
- 11/2/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography on the film began on July 16 in Ireland.
Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) and Paula Patton (Precious) have joined the cast of Four Kids And It, the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West).
Brand and Patton join a cast that already includes Michael Caine (Youth) and Matthew Goode (The Crown). Principal photography on the film began on July 16 on location in Ireland.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that...
Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) and Paula Patton (Precious) have joined the cast of Four Kids And It, the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West).
Brand and Patton join a cast that already includes Michael Caine (Youth) and Matthew Goode (The Crown). Principal photography on the film began on July 16 on location in Ireland.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that...
- 7/19/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have joined Oscar-winner Michael Caine and The Crown star Matthew Goode in family adventure film Four Kids And It.
Shoot is under way in Ireland on the feature which is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West) and follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step siblings engineered by new couple Alice (Patton) and David (Goode). During an argument, the kids accidently find a Psammead, a magical, sandy, grumpy creature called It (voiced by Caine) who can grant them one wish a day.
Brand plays the local oddball villain Tristan bent on capturing the Psammead for his own gain. The children at the center of the family adventure are played by Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear) and Teddie Malleson-Allen (Swallows And Amazons) alongside Billy Jenkins (The Crown) and newcomer...
Shoot is under way in Ireland on the feature which is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West) and follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step siblings engineered by new couple Alice (Patton) and David (Goode). During an argument, the kids accidently find a Psammead, a magical, sandy, grumpy creature called It (voiced by Caine) who can grant them one wish a day.
Brand plays the local oddball villain Tristan bent on capturing the Psammead for his own gain. The children at the center of the family adventure are played by Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear) and Teddie Malleson-Allen (Swallows And Amazons) alongside Billy Jenkins (The Crown) and newcomer...
- 7/19/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have joined Michael Caine and Matthew Goode in the family action adventure film Four Kids And It, first announced in Cannes in 2016.
Principal photography on the feature — adapted from the best-selling 2012 novel by British author Jacqueline Wilson (which itself is based on the 1902 book Five Children and It by E. Nesbit) — began earlier this week on location in Ireland, with Andy De Emmony (Father Ted) directing.
The children at the center of the film are played by up-and-comer Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear, Going in Style) and Teddie Malleson-Allen (Swallows and Amazons) ...
Principal photography on the feature — adapted from the best-selling 2012 novel by British author Jacqueline Wilson (which itself is based on the 1902 book Five Children and It by E. Nesbit) — began earlier this week on location in Ireland, with Andy De Emmony (Father Ted) directing.
The children at the center of the film are played by up-and-comer Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear, Going in Style) and Teddie Malleson-Allen (Swallows and Amazons) ...
- 7/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have joined Michael Caine and Matthew Goode in the family action adventure film Four Kids And It, first announced in Cannes in 2016.
Principal photography on the feature — adapted from the best-selling 2012 novel by British author Jacqueline Wilson (which itself is based on the 1902 book Five Children and It by E. Nesbit) — began earlier this week on location in Ireland, with Andy De Emmony (Father Ted) directing.
The children at the center of the film are played by up-and-comer Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear, Going in Style) and Teddie Malleson-Allen (Swallows and Amazons) ...
Principal photography on the feature — adapted from the best-selling 2012 novel by British author Jacqueline Wilson (which itself is based on the 1902 book Five Children and It by E. Nesbit) — began earlier this week on location in Ireland, with Andy De Emmony (Father Ted) directing.
The children at the center of the film are played by up-and-comer Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear, Going in Style) and Teddie Malleson-Allen (Swallows and Amazons) ...
- 7/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: The rising star will play the lead in the action thriller from Practical Pictures, which 13 Films will introduce to international buyers this week.
Thwaites, who will be seen next May in Disney’s summer tentpole Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, will play a young man who wakes up to find himself in a high-security office building.
When he is forced by a stranger to complete a series of dangerous tasks he becomes implicated in a deadly crime with global consequences.
Benjamin Hurley wrote the screenplay and Franck Khalfoun, whose Amityville: The Awakening is scheduled to open in January through The Weinstein Company, will direct.
Practical Pictures’ Craig Perry and Sheila Taylor are producing Entry Level and the company’s credits include the American Pie and Final Destination franchises.
Joining them on the producer roster is Tom Butterfield of Content Media, whose credits include upcoming releases The Vault and An Actor Prepares. [link...
Thwaites, who will be seen next May in Disney’s summer tentpole Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, will play a young man who wakes up to find himself in a high-security office building.
When he is forced by a stranger to complete a series of dangerous tasks he becomes implicated in a deadly crime with global consequences.
Benjamin Hurley wrote the screenplay and Franck Khalfoun, whose Amityville: The Awakening is scheduled to open in January through The Weinstein Company, will direct.
Practical Pictures’ Craig Perry and Sheila Taylor are producing Entry Level and the company’s credits include the American Pie and Final Destination franchises.
Joining them on the producer roster is Tom Butterfield of Content Media, whose credits include upcoming releases The Vault and An Actor Prepares. [link...
- 10/31/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The actress will play the lead in the thriller which the Los Angeles-based company will finance and introduce to worldwide buyers next week.
Jane Millen is scheduled to begin shooting in April 2017 and centres on a veteran detective battling her inner demons who is assigned to investigate the murder of wealthy couple.
Cynthia Mort, whose credits include The Brave One and Nina, will direct from her screenplay.
13 Films president Tannaz Anisi will produce the film alongside Karen Kehela Sherwood and former Endgame executive Greg Schenz.
Jai Khanna of Brillstein Entertainment Partners also serves as executive producer.
Kurylenko most recently appeared in Giuseppe Tornatore’s La Corrispondenza alongside Jeremy Irons and A Perfect Day with Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins.
The 13 Films sales roster features family action adventure Four Kids And It starring Michael Caine, Bill Nighy, Paula Patton and Mathew Goode; political thriller Public Affairs with Thora Birch, Adrien Grenier and Mimi Rogers;sci-fi thriller Spectrum...
Jane Millen is scheduled to begin shooting in April 2017 and centres on a veteran detective battling her inner demons who is assigned to investigate the murder of wealthy couple.
Cynthia Mort, whose credits include The Brave One and Nina, will direct from her screenplay.
13 Films president Tannaz Anisi will produce the film alongside Karen Kehela Sherwood and former Endgame executive Greg Schenz.
Jai Khanna of Brillstein Entertainment Partners also serves as executive producer.
Kurylenko most recently appeared in Giuseppe Tornatore’s La Corrispondenza alongside Jeremy Irons and A Perfect Day with Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins.
The 13 Films sales roster features family action adventure Four Kids And It starring Michael Caine, Bill Nighy, Paula Patton and Mathew Goode; political thriller Public Affairs with Thora Birch, Adrien Grenier and Mimi Rogers;sci-fi thriller Spectrum...
- 10/25/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Team behind Triangle and Detour working on thriller; Dan Films slate includes $2-20m projects.
UK director Christopher Smith (Get Santa) is to write and direct thriller The Undertaker for regular collaborator Julie Baines of Dan Films.
Smith is currently writing The Undertaker, which is about a former Ira man living quietly in a remote part of Nova Scotia, Canada. While he is ashamed of his violent past but he is forced to take on one last job - killing a paedophile priest who works at the Vatican.
Backing for the project is set to come from London-based Catalyst Global Media, which will produce alongside Dan Films.
The $15m film is being put together as a co-production and is set to shoot in Canada, Northern Ireland and Italy.
Smith and Baines’ latest feature Detour (sold by Bankside and picked up by Magnet for the Us in Cannes), starring Tye Sheridan and Bel Powley, has been screening...
UK director Christopher Smith (Get Santa) is to write and direct thriller The Undertaker for regular collaborator Julie Baines of Dan Films.
Smith is currently writing The Undertaker, which is about a former Ira man living quietly in a remote part of Nova Scotia, Canada. While he is ashamed of his violent past but he is forced to take on one last job - killing a paedophile priest who works at the Vatican.
Backing for the project is set to come from London-based Catalyst Global Media, which will produce alongside Dan Films.
The $15m film is being put together as a co-production and is set to shoot in Canada, Northern Ireland and Italy.
Smith and Baines’ latest feature Detour (sold by Bankside and picked up by Magnet for the Us in Cannes), starring Tye Sheridan and Bel Powley, has been screening...
- 7/7/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Two-time Academy Award winner Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules, The Dark Knight, Youth), BAFTA Award Winner and Golden Globe Winner Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Pirates Of The Caribbean) and Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, The Good Wife, Downton Abbey) will star in the family action adventure film Four Kids And It directed by BAFTA Award nominee Andy De Emmony (Father Ted, West Is West), it was announced today.
Produced by Dan Films’ Julie Baines and Anne Brogan of Kindle Entertainment, the screenplay is written by Simon Lewis and adapted from the novel “Four Children and It” by best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson. Additional writing is provided by Mark Oswin.
The film is slated to begin principal photography in August on location in the UK.
13 Films is handling worldwide rights to the project outside of the UK and is actively selling the film to buyers at the Cannes Market.
Produced by Dan Films’ Julie Baines and Anne Brogan of Kindle Entertainment, the screenplay is written by Simon Lewis and adapted from the novel “Four Children and It” by best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson. Additional writing is provided by Mark Oswin.
The film is slated to begin principal photography in August on location in the UK.
13 Films is handling worldwide rights to the project outside of the UK and is actively selling the film to buyers at the Cannes Market.
- 5/15/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael Caine, Bill Nighy and Matthew Goode will star in the family action adventure Four Kids And It, which 13 Films has introduced to world buyers excluding the UK here.
Principal photography is earmarked for an August start in the UK. Andy De Emmony will direct the story of four children on a beach holiday who stumble upon a magical creature called the Psammead, which is being pursued by a villain.
Simon Lewis adapted the screenplay from the novel by Jacqueline Wilson, while Dan Films’ Julie Baines and Anne Brogan of Kindle Entertainment produce.
Milk VFX is providing the creature FX and previously worked on effects for Ex Machina.
Principal photography is earmarked for an August start in the UK. Andy De Emmony will direct the story of four children on a beach holiday who stumble upon a magical creature called the Psammead, which is being pursued by a villain.
Simon Lewis adapted the screenplay from the novel by Jacqueline Wilson, while Dan Films’ Julie Baines and Anne Brogan of Kindle Entertainment produce.
Milk VFX is providing the creature FX and previously worked on effects for Ex Machina.
- 5/14/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Michael Caine, Bill Nighy and Matthew Goode are all set to star in Andy De Emmony's family action adventure film "Four Kids And It".
The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step-siblings. During an argument, they come upon a magical, sandy, grumpy creature called the Psammead (Caine) who can grant one wish a day - a wish that's canceled as soon as the sun sets.
The kids must work together and choose their wishes wisely as an evil villain (Nighy) tries his best to steal the Psammead for himself. Simon Lewis adapted the script from Jacqueline Wilson's novel "Four Children And It". Shooting begins in August.
Source: Deadline...
The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step-siblings. During an argument, they come upon a magical, sandy, grumpy creature called the Psammead (Caine) who can grant one wish a day - a wish that's canceled as soon as the sun sets.
The kids must work together and choose their wishes wisely as an evil villain (Nighy) tries his best to steal the Psammead for himself. Simon Lewis adapted the script from Jacqueline Wilson's novel "Four Children And It". Shooting begins in August.
Source: Deadline...
- 5/14/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Michael Caine, Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode Join ‘Four Kids And It’; Remstar Buys ‘Ideal Home’ – Cannes
Michael Caine, Bill Nighy and Matthew Goode are set to star in family action adventure pic Four Kids And It. Andy De Emmony is directing the project that's based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel Four Children And It (itself based on the 1902 E. Nesbit book Five Children And It). Simon Lewis adapted for the screen. World sales outside the UK are being handled by 13 Films. The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding…...
- 5/14/2016
- Deadline
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