Exclusive: Mark Lawrence’s fantasy novel trilogy One Word Kill is the latest YA book series to be adapted for television.
Holly Phillips, who created and served as showrunner for BBC/Netflix teen series Get Even, is adapting the books for The Cry producer Synchronicity Films and Wild Sheep, the production company set up by former Netflix exec Erik Barmack.
The two companies will co-produce the adaptation.
One Word Kill, otherwise known as Impossible Times, was first published in May 2019 followed by Limited Wish and Dispel Illusion later that year.
The books have been described as Ready Player One meets Stranger Things and Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin said that he “enjoyed the hell out of One Word Kill”.
One Word Kill begins when fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the strangest thing to happen to him that week. Nick and...
Holly Phillips, who created and served as showrunner for BBC/Netflix teen series Get Even, is adapting the books for The Cry producer Synchronicity Films and Wild Sheep, the production company set up by former Netflix exec Erik Barmack.
The two companies will co-produce the adaptation.
One Word Kill, otherwise known as Impossible Times, was first published in May 2019 followed by Limited Wish and Dispel Illusion later that year.
The books have been described as Ready Player One meets Stranger Things and Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin said that he “enjoyed the hell out of One Word Kill”.
One Word Kill begins when fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the strangest thing to happen to him that week. Nick and...
- 8/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The cast of this film, which is being produced by Barney Production and co-produced by The Jokers, includes Moussa Mansaly, Mamadou Minté, Aïssa Maïga and Ophélie Bau. The first clapperboard is set to slam in the Paris region on 19 January for Le marchand de sable (lit. “The Sandman”), the directorial feature debut by Steve Achiepo (who turned heads as an actor in Everything Now), which comes on the heels of several short films, such as Le jour de ton jour, À la source and As a Team. Among the cast we find Moussa Mansaly, Mamadou Minté (glimpsed in A Prophet and The Woman in the Fifth), Aïssa Maïga (nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2007 for The Court, and giving strong performances in titles such as L’écume...
It's official.
Patrick Dempsey is returning to U.S. TV.
The CW has picked up Devils, an international thriller, that will air as part of the network's pandemic-proof fall schedule.
Devils is an international thriller that follows Massimo Ruggero, the charismatic yet ruthless Head of Trading at Nyl, one of the world’s most important investment banks, and his mentor, Nyl’s CEO Dominic Morgan.
After Dominic appoints another colleague over Massimo following a bitter promotion battle, Massimo finds himself named prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Fighting to clear his name, Massimo becomes involved in an intercontinental financial war and is forced to choose between supporting Dominic or going up against him.
The series also stars Laia Costa, Kasia Smutniak, Lars Mikkelsen, Malachi Kirby (Roots), Paul Chowdhry, Pia Mechler (Everything Is Wonderful), Harry Michell (Chubby Funny), and Sallie Harmsen (Blade Runner 2049).
Based on the novel I Diavoli by Guido Maria Brera,...
Patrick Dempsey is returning to U.S. TV.
The CW has picked up Devils, an international thriller, that will air as part of the network's pandemic-proof fall schedule.
Devils is an international thriller that follows Massimo Ruggero, the charismatic yet ruthless Head of Trading at Nyl, one of the world’s most important investment banks, and his mentor, Nyl’s CEO Dominic Morgan.
After Dominic appoints another colleague over Massimo following a bitter promotion battle, Massimo finds himself named prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Fighting to clear his name, Massimo becomes involved in an intercontinental financial war and is forced to choose between supporting Dominic or going up against him.
The series also stars Laia Costa, Kasia Smutniak, Lars Mikkelsen, Malachi Kirby (Roots), Paul Chowdhry, Pia Mechler (Everything Is Wonderful), Harry Michell (Chubby Funny), and Sallie Harmsen (Blade Runner 2049).
Based on the novel I Diavoli by Guido Maria Brera,...
- 6/4/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The CW has acquired an Italian thriller series starring Patrick Dempsey and is now shifting around its previously announced fall 2020-21 broadcast season schedule to accommodate it.
Called “Devils,” which also stars Alessandro Borghi, the series will take the place of “Dead Pixels” and “Two Sentence Horror Stories” during the 8-9 p.m. block on Wednesday nights this fall. “Coroner” will remain in its 9-10 p.m. slot right after. As a result, “Dead Pixels” will have a summer premiere, while”Two Sentence Horror Stories” has been bumped to Sundays this fall. That means “Masters of Illusion” is moving to Fridays at 8 p.m. in the fall, and “World’s Funniest Animals” will get the 9 p.m. slot after it.
“Devils” is based on the novel “I Diavoli” by Guido Maria Brera. It’s produced by Sky Italia and Lux Vide, in association with Sky Studios, Orange Studio and Ocs.
Called “Devils,” which also stars Alessandro Borghi, the series will take the place of “Dead Pixels” and “Two Sentence Horror Stories” during the 8-9 p.m. block on Wednesday nights this fall. “Coroner” will remain in its 9-10 p.m. slot right after. As a result, “Dead Pixels” will have a summer premiere, while”Two Sentence Horror Stories” has been bumped to Sundays this fall. That means “Masters of Illusion” is moving to Fridays at 8 p.m. in the fall, and “World’s Funniest Animals” will get the 9 p.m. slot after it.
“Devils” is based on the novel “I Diavoli” by Guido Maria Brera. It’s produced by Sky Italia and Lux Vide, in association with Sky Studios, Orange Studio and Ocs.
- 6/3/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
The CW released its fall schedule Thursday, and the only thing staying put from last year’s lineup is “Supernatural” Thursdays.
The rest of what would have been the network’s regular schedule was reshuffled due to production delays caused by the pandemic, which means that all the shows that would normally return this fall have been pushed to January.
Series premieres of new shows “Superman & Lois,” “Walker” are being saved for early next year. In their place will be a mix of original and recently acquired programming from streaming services, including first-time broadcast TV airings of DC Univers’s “Swamp Thing” in the primetime Tuesday slot followed by CBS All Access’s “Tell Me a Story” at 9 p.m.
Also Read: The CW Shuffles 'Stargirl' Debut, 'In the Dark' Return to Fill Scheduling Holes Due to Production Shutdown
The “Supernatural” final season will pick back up as planned,...
The rest of what would have been the network’s regular schedule was reshuffled due to production delays caused by the pandemic, which means that all the shows that would normally return this fall have been pushed to January.
Series premieres of new shows “Superman & Lois,” “Walker” are being saved for early next year. In their place will be a mix of original and recently acquired programming from streaming services, including first-time broadcast TV airings of DC Univers’s “Swamp Thing” in the primetime Tuesday slot followed by CBS All Access’s “Tell Me a Story” at 9 p.m.
Also Read: The CW Shuffles 'Stargirl' Debut, 'In the Dark' Return to Fill Scheduling Holes Due to Production Shutdown
The “Supernatural” final season will pick back up as planned,...
- 5/14/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
The CW won’t be debuting any new original scripted shows in fall 2020.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus-related production shutdown, the network is holding nearly all of its original scripted fare for January 2021. In announcing its 2020-2021 schedule on Wednesday, however, the network did say that it would air the series finale of “Supernatural” this fall. The show was due to wrap up this spring after a 15-season run, but the final episodes were unable to complete filming before production was shutdown by the pandemic.
The CW will instead air a number of acquired shows and unscripted shows this fall. In addition to shows like “Masters of Illusion,” “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” and “World’s Funniest Animals,” the network announced earlier this week that it had acquired the shows “Swamp Thing,” “Tell Me a Story,” “Coroner,” and “Dead Pixels,” all of which will run this fall.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus-related production shutdown, the network is holding nearly all of its original scripted fare for January 2021. In announcing its 2020-2021 schedule on Wednesday, however, the network did say that it would air the series finale of “Supernatural” this fall. The show was due to wrap up this spring after a 15-season run, but the final episodes were unable to complete filming before production was shutdown by the pandemic.
The CW will instead air a number of acquired shows and unscripted shows this fall. In addition to shows like “Masters of Illusion,” “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” and “World’s Funniest Animals,” the network announced earlier this week that it had acquired the shows “Swamp Thing,” “Tell Me a Story,” “Coroner,” and “Dead Pixels,” all of which will run this fall.
- 5/14/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Academy Award winner Pawel Pawlikowski says he’s watching “with horror” as political developments increasingly divide countries across the globe, and admits that he’s reluctant to take a stab at documenting modern life after the success of his two critically acclaimed period dramas, foreign-language Oscar winner “Ida” and thrice-nominated “Cold War.”
“I don’t have a hook on contemporary. I don’t know how to do it, because I’m living it and watching it with horror,” he tells Variety. “Everywhere it’s the same conflict between these two parts of society which are split down the middle, and there’s less and less common ground. You don’t need to make a film about it. You just see it.”
Pawlikowski is attending the Sarajevo Film Festival, where he received the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award “for his outstanding contribution to the art of film and his lasting friendship...
“I don’t have a hook on contemporary. I don’t know how to do it, because I’m living it and watching it with horror,” he tells Variety. “Everywhere it’s the same conflict between these two parts of society which are split down the middle, and there’s less and less common ground. You don’t need to make a film about it. You just see it.”
Pawlikowski is attending the Sarajevo Film Festival, where he received the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award “for his outstanding contribution to the art of film and his lasting friendship...
- 8/20/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s foreign-language Oscar race has no precedent. For the first time, everybody in Los Angeles who participated in phase one was also invited to winnow down the shortlist of nine nominees to five. That greatly increased the number of voters, as did international members being allowed to stream the shortlist.
Over the last three years, the Academy has made it easier to participate in the phase-one foreign-language Oscar nominating committee, which had a noticeable impact on the overall nominations. Foreign-language films appear in the Best Picture, Director, and acting races as well as Production Design, Cinematography, and Hair and Makeup.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
New foreign committee chairs, screenwriter Larry Karaszewski and documentarian Diane Weyermann, pushed for inclusion. “Reaching out to other Academy members worked,” said Karaszewski, “with the profile of many of these films on a level that hasn’t been seen in the foreign language category in a while.
Over the last three years, the Academy has made it easier to participate in the phase-one foreign-language Oscar nominating committee, which had a noticeable impact on the overall nominations. Foreign-language films appear in the Best Picture, Director, and acting races as well as Production Design, Cinematography, and Hair and Makeup.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
New foreign committee chairs, screenwriter Larry Karaszewski and documentarian Diane Weyermann, pushed for inclusion. “Reaching out to other Academy members worked,” said Karaszewski, “with the profile of many of these films on a level that hasn’t been seen in the foreign language category in a while.
- 2/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
This year’s foreign-language Oscar race has no precedent. For the first time, everybody in Los Angeles who participated in phase one was also invited to winnow down the shortlist of nine nominees to five. That greatly increased the number of voters, as did international members being allowed to stream the shortlist.
Over the last three years, the Academy has made it easier to participate in the phase-one foreign-language Oscar nominating committee, which had a noticeable impact on the overall nominations. Foreign-language films appear in the Best Picture, Director, and acting races as well as Production Design, Cinematography, and Hair and Makeup.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
New foreign committee chairs, screenwriter Larry Karaszewski and documentarian Diane Weyermann, pushed for inclusion. “Reaching out to other Academy members worked,” said Karaszewski, “with the profile of many of these films on a level that hasn’t been seen in the foreign language category in a while.
Over the last three years, the Academy has made it easier to participate in the phase-one foreign-language Oscar nominating committee, which had a noticeable impact on the overall nominations. Foreign-language films appear in the Best Picture, Director, and acting races as well as Production Design, Cinematography, and Hair and Makeup.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
New foreign committee chairs, screenwriter Larry Karaszewski and documentarian Diane Weyermann, pushed for inclusion. “Reaching out to other Academy members worked,” said Karaszewski, “with the profile of many of these films on a level that hasn’t been seen in the foreign language category in a while.
- 2/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
With Cold War nominated for major awards at this year’s Baftas and Oscars, the Polish film-maker talks about returning to his homeland, and how a tumultuous family life has made a mark on his work
In retrospect, the steps that brought Paweł Pawlikowski back to his native Warsaw seven years ago sound something like fate. He had been uprooted from his home city at 14 in 1971 when his parents divorced and his mother abruptly married an Englishman, spiriting Pawlikowski, without papers, to London. Although he had gone back to Poland to visit family during the Solidarity years and after the Wall came down, the thought of living back near his childhood home came as a surprise.
Not long after his 2004 film My Summer of Love won a Bafta as best British film, Pawlikowski suffered tragedy with the sudden death of his Russian wife. He took himself away from film-making for...
In retrospect, the steps that brought Paweł Pawlikowski back to his native Warsaw seven years ago sound something like fate. He had been uprooted from his home city at 14 in 1971 when his parents divorced and his mother abruptly married an Englishman, spiriting Pawlikowski, without papers, to London. Although he had gone back to Poland to visit family during the Solidarity years and after the Wall came down, the thought of living back near his childhood home came as a surprise.
Not long after his 2004 film My Summer of Love won a Bafta as best British film, Pawlikowski suffered tragedy with the sudden death of his Russian wife. He took himself away from film-making for...
- 2/9/2019
- by Tim Adams
- The Guardian - Film News
The Qumra Masters will particpate in workshops and mentoring sessions.
Japanese writer-director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Polish-uk filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski and legendary French filmmaker and artist Agnes Varda have been announced as the first three Qumra Masters for the Doha Film Institute’s fifth annual talent development event in Qatar which runs from March 15-20.
The three filmmakers will participate in mentoring and masterclasses with around 30 yet-to-announced local and international first and second- time filmmakers. A selection of films by the three will also be screened. A further three are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Kurosawa is a Cannes...
Japanese writer-director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Polish-uk filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski and legendary French filmmaker and artist Agnes Varda have been announced as the first three Qumra Masters for the Doha Film Institute’s fifth annual talent development event in Qatar which runs from March 15-20.
The three filmmakers will participate in mentoring and masterclasses with around 30 yet-to-announced local and international first and second- time filmmakers. A selection of films by the three will also be screened. A further three are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Kurosawa is a Cannes...
- 1/7/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
You can’t go home again, goes the old saying — and for many Hollywood émigré filmmakers over the years, from Billy Wilder to Milos Forman, it has proved true. But exceptions have always endured, hopping productively between between continents: recently, take Taiwanese-born Ang Lee, fitting in Chinese-language epics like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Lust, Caution” amid glossy U.S. prestige projects, or Chilean auteur Pablo Larrain, who sandwiched the Natalie Portman starrer “Jackie” between homegrown projects.
In this year’s Oscar race for best foreign-language film, meanwhile, a trio of accomplished, globe-trotting writer-directors — all former Oscar winners themselves — are reaping the benefits of returning to native territory after a spell in English-lingo cinema. For Germany’s Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Poland’s Pawel Pawlikowski and Mexico’s Alfonso Cuaron, going home has given them the freedom to tell ambitious, sometimes highly personal stories they couldn’t have told abroad.
In this year’s Oscar race for best foreign-language film, meanwhile, a trio of accomplished, globe-trotting writer-directors — all former Oscar winners themselves — are reaping the benefits of returning to native territory after a spell in English-lingo cinema. For Germany’s Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Poland’s Pawel Pawlikowski and Mexico’s Alfonso Cuaron, going home has given them the freedom to tell ambitious, sometimes highly personal stories they couldn’t have told abroad.
- 1/4/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
"Pawlikowski is a peerless dramatist." Amazon Studios has debuted another trailer for the award-winning Polish film Cold War (or Zimna Wojna), which first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The film is expected to get a Best Foreign Language Film nomination at the Oscars, and possibly win as well. Cold War is the latest from acclaimed Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski and he also won Best Director in Cannes. It's about a passionate love story between two people, who are fatefully mismatched. Wiktor, played by Tomasz Kot, falls for Zula, played by Joanna Kulig, and they spend years drifting together and apart. Set in Europe against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s. The cast includes Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cèdric Kahn, and Jeanne Balibar. It also has gorgeous B&W cinematography by Dp Lukasz Zal. The film is already out in theaters - certainly worthy of your time.
- 1/4/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Most Important Thing is to Love: Pawlikowski Delivers Beautifully Wrought, Chilly Amour Fou
Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski has had a curious trek to international acclaim. Breaking out with his 2004 the English language debut, the lesbian drama My Summer of Love, he’d return several years later with the murky and mysterious The Woman in the Fifth (read review) and make his return to Polish language cinema with 2013’s despairing drama Ida, which would win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Reuniting with cinematographer Lukasz Zal for his latest morbid confection, Cold War, Pawlikowski unveils another sumptuous, velvety black and white troubled relationship, this time between two lovers with artistic temperaments from different social circles, desperate to escape the crushing Communist tendencies of late 1940s Poland, rising out of the ashes of Europe’s reconstruction.…...
Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski has had a curious trek to international acclaim. Breaking out with his 2004 the English language debut, the lesbian drama My Summer of Love, he’d return several years later with the murky and mysterious The Woman in the Fifth (read review) and make his return to Polish language cinema with 2013’s despairing drama Ida, which would win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Reuniting with cinematographer Lukasz Zal for his latest morbid confection, Cold War, Pawlikowski unveils another sumptuous, velvety black and white troubled relationship, this time between two lovers with artistic temperaments from different social circles, desperate to escape the crushing Communist tendencies of late 1940s Poland, rising out of the ashes of Europe’s reconstruction.…...
- 12/19/2018
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
"A faultless romantic epic." Amazon Studios has debuted the official Us trailer for the award-winning Polish film Cold War (or Zimna Wojna), which first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this May. Cold War is the latest from acclaimed Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski and he also won Best Director in Cannes. The film is about a passionate love story between two people, who are fatefully mismatched. Wiktor, played by Tomasz Kot, falls for Zula, played by Joanna Kulig, and they spend years drifting together and apart. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s. The cast also includes Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cèdric Kahn, and Jeanne Balibar. The two leads are stupendous, some of the best performances all year, enhanced by gorgeous B&W shots by Pawlikowski's Dp Lukasz Zal. This is definitely going to end up nominated at the Oscars this year, and it's worth seeing in theaters when it opens.
- 10/5/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In her third film for Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski, who calls her his muse, her role as a lovelorn singer has sparked talk of an Oscar
Joanna Kulig won the glitzy Polish TV talent contest Chance for Success at the age of 15 and hasn’t really stopped singing since. Now 36, each of the three films she has made with the great Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski has required her to burst into song. In the existential mystery The Woman in the Fifth, Ethan Hawke is able to resist her until the moment she starts warbling; in the Oscar-winning Ida, she has a dynamic cameo as a nightclub chanteuse. And now, in the exceptional Cold War, Pawlikowski has finally given her a leading role: she plays Zula, who joins a touring company performing folk songs in postwar Poland. Politics inevitably intrudes – the musicians are pressured to include compositions praising Stalin to the skies – but so,...
Joanna Kulig won the glitzy Polish TV talent contest Chance for Success at the age of 15 and hasn’t really stopped singing since. Now 36, each of the three films she has made with the great Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski has required her to burst into song. In the existential mystery The Woman in the Fifth, Ethan Hawke is able to resist her until the moment she starts warbling; in the Oscar-winning Ida, she has a dynamic cameo as a nightclub chanteuse. And now, in the exceptional Cold War, Pawlikowski has finally given her a leading role: she plays Zula, who joins a touring company performing folk songs in postwar Poland. Politics inevitably intrudes – the musicians are pressured to include compositions praising Stalin to the skies – but so,...
- 8/30/2018
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
"A faultless romantic epic." Curzon Artificial Eye has revealed an official UK trailer for the award-winning Polish film Cold War (or Zimna Wojna), which first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in competition this May. Cold War is the latest from acclaimed Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski and he also won Best Director in Cannes. The film is about a passionate love story between two people, who are fatefully mismatched. Wiktor, played by Tomasz Kot, falls for Zula, played by Joanna Kulig, and they spend years drifting together and apart. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s. The cast includes Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cèdric Kahn, and Jeanne Balibar. The two leads are stupendous, some of the best performances all year, enhanced by gorgeous B&W shots by Pawlikowski's Dp Lukasz Zal. This lovely trailer provides a preview of some of the mesmerizing jazz music from the film.
- 7/15/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Hailing from a docu background, Pawel Pawlikowski‘s sixth feature film in a little more than two decades sees the filmmaker reunite with Joanna Kulig (our Nicholas Bell mentions in his review that she “channels either Romy Schneider or Jessica Chastain“) and thus becomes his first entry in the Comp after previously having gone to Venice (2000’s Last Resort), Tiff (2004’s My Summer of Love and 2011’s The Woman in the Fifth) and Telluride with Oscar winner Ida (2013). Cold War takes place across Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia, and Paris, and is set in the 1950s — a time when the forces…...
- 5/11/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Texas is known for some great film festivals. apart from SXSW and Fantastic Fest, both held in Austin – Houston also hosts some wonderful events. Among them is the Cinema Arts Festival. This year’s line-up is extremely strong, with titles that include Pina, David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, The Artist and the World Premiere of Art Car: The Movie. Sadly we do not have any contributors over in Houston, but I did feel the need to quickly promote the festival. Here is the press release.
Houston – Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the vibrant Texas city known internationally for its dynamic art scene. From painting and dance to classical music and multimedia work, this edition will also include appearances by directors, actors, musicians, and special tributes to Ethan Hawke and documentary master Patricio Guzman.
Houston – Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the vibrant Texas city known internationally for its dynamic art scene. From painting and dance to classical music and multimedia work, this edition will also include appearances by directors, actors, musicians, and special tributes to Ethan Hawke and documentary master Patricio Guzman.
- 10/31/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: A handful of stellar titles with Oscar aspirations have been programmed into this year’s Austin Film Festival schedule, which begins on Oct. 20 with an as-yet-unnamed Opening Night selection.
In between, Aff audiences will get their first looks at Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” Rodrigo Garcia’s “Albert Nobbs” and Sean Durkin’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene” – all films with awards hopes that will screen as part of the festival’s Marquee category.
“We’re proud to be taking our program in some exciting new directions while maintaining our focus on strong writing and engaging stories,” said new Film Programmers Stephen Jannise and Stephen Belyeu.
In addition, the fest has set up special screenings of “Toy Story” (presented by John Lasseter), an “Edward Scissorhands” screening, and a tribute to Polly Platt...
Hollywoodnews.com: A handful of stellar titles with Oscar aspirations have been programmed into this year’s Austin Film Festival schedule, which begins on Oct. 20 with an as-yet-unnamed Opening Night selection.
In between, Aff audiences will get their first looks at Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” Rodrigo Garcia’s “Albert Nobbs” and Sean Durkin’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene” – all films with awards hopes that will screen as part of the festival’s Marquee category.
“We’re proud to be taking our program in some exciting new directions while maintaining our focus on strong writing and engaging stories,” said new Film Programmers Stephen Jannise and Stephen Belyeu.
In addition, the fest has set up special screenings of “Toy Story” (presented by John Lasseter), an “Edward Scissorhands” screening, and a tribute to Polly Platt...
- 9/20/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
We’re coming to the end of our first look images Toronto Film Festival image posts now and this one has been made in France, Poland and our very own United Kingdom. It’s called The Woman in the Fifth or La femme du 5è, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Ethan Hawke, Joanna Kulig and Samir Guesmi.
An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times. Befriended by a French Arab who offers him a job, Tom finds himself employed as a security agent as he struggles to write his second novel and see his daughter. Meanwhile, his personal life takes a turn as he becomes involved with a beguiling woman.
Ethan Hawke looks very odd in this shot below.
An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times. Befriended by a French Arab who offers him a job, Tom finds himself employed as a security agent as he struggles to write his second novel and see his daughter. Meanwhile, his personal life takes a turn as he becomes involved with a beguiling woman.
Ethan Hawke looks very odd in this shot below.
- 7/26/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With a flurry of titles (from herlmers Kawase, Lanners, Rebecca Daly in the multiple Cannes sections, the future (Venice, and Tiff prospects) look equally as fruitful for Memento Films Int. The French Sales Agent and Prod Co. have a stellar bunch in post production items such from So Yong Kim's and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's next films (see Headshot pic above), but pre-production items with an eye towards next year's Cannes with Laurent Cantet's and Cate Shortland's next features. Here's the cool slate below. Foxfire (Foxfire: Confessions D'Un Gang De Filles) by Laurent Cantet - Pre-Production Hanezu (Hanezu No Tsuki) by Naomi Kawase - Completed The Giants (Les Geants) by Bouli Lanners - Completed Bad Seeds (Mauvaises Herbes) by Safy Nebbou - Production Elles by Malgoska Szumowska - Post-Production For Ellen by So Yong Kim - Post-Production Headshot (Fon Tok Kuen Fah) by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang - Post-Production L'enfant...
- 5/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The Palais des Festivals, which is where I watched all of the press screenings
It seems there have been a lot of articles speculating as to which films will be showing at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival this year, each of them pretty much naming the same films. However, the only film confirmed is Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris which will open the fest. The rest is simply speculation and rumor, but now the most comprehensive and seemingly "in the know" list has surfaced.
Of the films currently expected to hit the Croisette, but obviously in no way confirmed yet seem to be among the most likely, are Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In, Gus Van Sant's Restless and Lars von Trier's Melancholia.
Of course, those are the big name features. The films that draw the...
It seems there have been a lot of articles speculating as to which films will be showing at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival this year, each of them pretty much naming the same films. However, the only film confirmed is Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris which will open the fest. The rest is simply speculation and rumor, but now the most comprehensive and seemingly "in the know" list has surfaced.
Of the films currently expected to hit the Croisette, but obviously in no way confirmed yet seem to be among the most likely, are Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In, Gus Van Sant's Restless and Lars von Trier's Melancholia.
Of course, those are the big name features. The films that draw the...
- 3/22/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Dig on the first poster for Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski's French thriller The Woman In The Fifth starring Ethan Hawke and Kristen Scott Thomas. the film is based on Douglas Kennedy's book which revolves around a college lecturer who flees to Paris after a scandal costs him his job. In the City of Lights, he meets a widow who might be involved in a series of murders. There's no release date on the film yet but we'll keep you posted.
- 1/8/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Pawel Pawlikowski ("My Summer of Love," "The Last Resort") has signed on for a film adaptation of James Meek's Prince Maurice prize-winning novel "We Are Now Beginning Our Descent" for Coded Pictures says Screen Daily.
Toby Finlay ("Dorian Gray") will adapt the story about a Scottish journalist and aspiring novelist who becomes a war correspondent in the Afghan mountains in the early days after 9/11. There he falls for an American reporter who causes him to often blur the line between observer and participant.
Pawlikowski just wrapped work on the Paris-set thriller "The Woman In The Fifth". Filming on this is likely to kick off next year.
Toby Finlay ("Dorian Gray") will adapt the story about a Scottish journalist and aspiring novelist who becomes a war correspondent in the Afghan mountains in the early days after 9/11. There he falls for an American reporter who causes him to often blur the line between observer and participant.
Pawlikowski just wrapped work on the Paris-set thriller "The Woman In The Fifth". Filming on this is likely to kick off next year.
- 6/25/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. - The Sales/Distribution/Production company continually pluck from a batch of interesting U.S independent film auteurs (they are back on board with So Yong Kim for her to be released in the Fall title, For Ellen), grabbing select Euro titles Natalia Smirnoff's Puzzle (a Berlin) along with French films which we've been talking non-stop for the better half of year. Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. (see Charlotte Gainsbourg in pic above). On the sales side of things, they are working with Marchand's partner in crime Dominik Moll...
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The Sales/Distribution/Production company continually pluck from a batch of interesting U.S independent film auteurs (they are back on board with So Yong Kim for her to be released in the Fall title, For Ellen), grabbing select Euro titles Natalia Smirnoff's Puzzle (a Berlin) along with French films which we've been talking non-stop for the better half of year. Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. (see Charlotte Gainsbourg in pic above). On the sales side of things, they are working with Marchand's partner in crime Dominik Moll's filmed in Spain fantasy pic and are onboard Pawel Pawlikowski's new project – a helmer who's sabbatical has lasted a tad too long. Black Heaven (L'autre Monde) by Gilles Marchand - Completed The Monk...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
London -- Channel 4 is hoping from small acorns mighty oaks grow after the U.K. broadcaster said it is pumping an extra 20% into the annual budget of its standalone filmmaking division Film4.
The increase takes the annual cash available for Film4 to put towards development and production to £10 million ($15 million).
While the numbers don't look large on paper, the broadcaster's filmmaking arm has a track record in garnering influence, plaudits and kudos for projects from humble cash stakes.
The film unit can lay claim to being pivotal in the backing of two Festival de Cannes entries this year, Mike Leigh's "Another Year" In Competition and Hideo Nakata's "Chatroom," which secured a slot in Un Certain Regard.
The budget hike, effective this year, follows a Digital Economy Act law enshrining a commitment to film production into Channel 4's public service remit for the first time in the broadcaster's history.
The increase takes the annual cash available for Film4 to put towards development and production to £10 million ($15 million).
While the numbers don't look large on paper, the broadcaster's filmmaking arm has a track record in garnering influence, plaudits and kudos for projects from humble cash stakes.
The film unit can lay claim to being pivotal in the backing of two Festival de Cannes entries this year, Mike Leigh's "Another Year" In Competition and Hideo Nakata's "Chatroom," which secured a slot in Un Certain Regard.
The budget hike, effective this year, follows a Digital Economy Act law enshrining a commitment to film production into Channel 4's public service remit for the first time in the broadcaster's history.
- 5/4/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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