South African crime writer Rudie Van Rensburg’s “Piranha” is set to be adapted into a new crime drama series from Strong Studios. Titled “Endangered,” the project is being shopped as a six-episode limited series written by screenwriter Jake Riddell and directed by BAFTA award winner Stuart Urban (“The Mystery of Suzy Lamplugh”).
“Endangered” follows the story of Montgomery Smith, a rich but exiled Englishman who is being pursued for smuggling endangered rhino horn, and also tells the tale of the veteran detective Captain Kassie Kasselman, who’s after him.
“While researching rhino poaching, I became increasingly aware of how serious of a problem it is,” said Van Rensburg in a statement. “It’s a great honour to have such renowned filmmakers helming the production of ‘Endangered,’ and I’m delighted that this issue will be brought to the attention of a wider audience.”
The Van Rensburg tale is set...
“Endangered” follows the story of Montgomery Smith, a rich but exiled Englishman who is being pursued for smuggling endangered rhino horn, and also tells the tale of the veteran detective Captain Kassie Kasselman, who’s after him.
“While researching rhino poaching, I became increasingly aware of how serious of a problem it is,” said Van Rensburg in a statement. “It’s a great honour to have such renowned filmmakers helming the production of ‘Endangered,’ and I’m delighted that this issue will be brought to the attention of a wider audience.”
The Van Rensburg tale is set...
- 9/19/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
Philippe Le Guay’s “The Man in the Basement” scooped the top prize at the U.K. Jewish Film Festival on Sunday evening.
The 2021 film, which stars François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo, was awarded the prize for best film.
Runner-up “Karaoke,” from director Moshe Rosenthal, which had opened the festival earlier this month, was given a special mention.
The best film winner was selected by a jury comprised of “Made of Honor” director Paul Weiland, Kefi Chadwick, Liraz Chamami, producer Dominique Green, Sharon Levi and Michael Samuels.
“The jury was impressed by this tense thriller, with its strong performances and direction, and bristling with symbolism that intelligently explores France’s hidden history and contemporary issues around antisemitism,” they said in a statement. “‘The Man in the Basement’ confronts Jewish identity, Holocaust denial and attitudes to France’s Jewish minority, but yet the film still works effectively as compelling and suspenseful storytelling.
The 2021 film, which stars François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo, was awarded the prize for best film.
Runner-up “Karaoke,” from director Moshe Rosenthal, which had opened the festival earlier this month, was given a special mention.
The best film winner was selected by a jury comprised of “Made of Honor” director Paul Weiland, Kefi Chadwick, Liraz Chamami, producer Dominique Green, Sharon Levi and Michael Samuels.
“The jury was impressed by this tense thriller, with its strong performances and direction, and bristling with symbolism that intelligently explores France’s hidden history and contemporary issues around antisemitism,” they said in a statement. “‘The Man in the Basement’ confronts Jewish identity, Holocaust denial and attitudes to France’s Jewish minority, but yet the film still works effectively as compelling and suspenseful storytelling.
- 11/20/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: contains spoilers for all episodes of The Secret .
The importance of believing in yourself is continually urged, yet never with the warning that unchecked self-belief in the wrong hands is a grenade. Unchecked self-belief inflated by divine righteousness? That – as nobody with a refreshed newsfeed needs reminding – is a nuclear silo.
In four-part true crime drama The Secret, James Nesbitt plays Colin Howell, a former dentist and ex-member of a Baptist church community in Northern Ireland’s Coleraine. Howell is currently serving a life sentence for double murder, plus five and a half years for multiple accounts of sexual assault on anaesthetised female patients. The Secret’s generic title belies his singular story, one of unshakable belief in the self, and in a God-given permission to kill.
Let This Be Our Secret
Set between 1991 and 2011, The Secret – a title shortened from that of Deric Henderson’s ‘Let This Be...
The importance of believing in yourself is continually urged, yet never with the warning that unchecked self-belief in the wrong hands is a grenade. Unchecked self-belief inflated by divine righteousness? That – as nobody with a refreshed newsfeed needs reminding – is a nuclear silo.
In four-part true crime drama The Secret, James Nesbitt plays Colin Howell, a former dentist and ex-member of a Baptist church community in Northern Ireland’s Coleraine. Howell is currently serving a life sentence for double murder, plus five and a half years for multiple accounts of sexual assault on anaesthetised female patients. The Secret’s generic title belies his singular story, one of unshakable belief in the self, and in a God-given permission to kill.
Let This Be Our Secret
Set between 1991 and 2011, The Secret – a title shortened from that of Deric Henderson’s ‘Let This Be...
- 7/19/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with film and TV director Stuart Urban as he discusses his picks of 5 Great Black Comedies, including:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
A distant poor relative of the Duke of D’Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Dr Strangelove (1964)
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
The King Of Comedy (1982)
Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry’s show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with...
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
A distant poor relative of the Duke of D’Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Dr Strangelove (1964)
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
The King Of Comedy (1982)
Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry’s show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with...
- 3/31/2020
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Stuart Urban’s “His Majesty’s Interceptors,” Sara Corso’s “Butterflies” and Souvid Datta’s “Dark Rising” figure among seven drama series projects at the first London TV Pitchbox, whose line-up, strong on fantasy and period and international intrigue, underscores the ambitions of current U.K. drama.
Mixing pitches from creators who range from seasoned multi-prized director-writers to relative newcomers, the London TV Pitchbox, a jour venture of online platform Filmarket Hub, and London’s Raindance Film Festival, will take place Sept. 28 at the Century Club in Soho, London. Confirmed attendees so far include Entertainment One, Sky, Red Arrow Studios Intl., UKTV and Virgin Media. Additionally, Jamie Glazebrook, “Peaky Blinders” executive producer and creative director at Caryn Mandabach, will deliver a case study on the series.
Rolling off writing and executive producing 2016 ITV mini-series hit “The Secret,” starring James Nesbitt, Urban will unveil “His Majesty’s Interceptors.” Developed by Ingenious Media,...
Mixing pitches from creators who range from seasoned multi-prized director-writers to relative newcomers, the London TV Pitchbox, a jour venture of online platform Filmarket Hub, and London’s Raindance Film Festival, will take place Sept. 28 at the Century Club in Soho, London. Confirmed attendees so far include Entertainment One, Sky, Red Arrow Studios Intl., UKTV and Virgin Media. Additionally, Jamie Glazebrook, “Peaky Blinders” executive producer and creative director at Caryn Mandabach, will deliver a case study on the series.
Rolling off writing and executive producing 2016 ITV mini-series hit “The Secret,” starring James Nesbitt, Urban will unveil “His Majesty’s Interceptors.” Developed by Ingenious Media,...
- 8/31/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Christopher Nolan's Batman films jettisoned the cartoony extravagances of previous directors in favor of whatever amounts to realism in a comic book adaptation. But they were still more mythic operas than crime stories, whereas real-life criminal justice tends to be like the TV show Cops: grand theft Taurus, drunken aggravated assault, and skinny guys hiding in kitchen cabinets. Not the stuff anyone's projecting diaphragm-bursting vowels about at the Met.
Writer-director Stuart Urban's May I Kill U? opens with Baz (Kevin Bishop), a psychopathic London bicycle cop driven to vigilantism, smashing in the skull of a thief with a stolen flatscreen. He kills criminals after explicitly asking their permission and records their deaths, uploading the videos to YouTu...
Writer-director Stuart Urban's May I Kill U? opens with Baz (Kevin Bishop), a psychopathic London bicycle cop driven to vigilantism, smashing in the skull of a thief with a stolen flatscreen. He kills criminals after explicitly asking their permission and records their deaths, uploading the videos to YouTu...
- 1/29/2014
- Village Voice
Killer cops are nothing new in the horror genre, but this next one is going viral. Check out the trailer for the UK horror comedy May I Kill You?, which dispatches street justice later this month!
Look for the film in Los Angeles on January 31st, with a VOD release to follow on February 4th.
Directed by Stuart Urban, the flick stars Kevin Bishop, Jack Doolan, Frances Barber. Hayley-Marie Axe and Rosemary Leach.
Synopsis
Baz (Barry Vartis) is one of Britain’s new breed of police, a cycle cop. Although he appears to be a figure of fun, a freak accident turns him into a psychopath…
As riots break out in London, a head injury changes Baz from an everyday police officer into a mad vigilante, offering no-hope criminals a stark choice, arrest or death. Baz sees this campaign as ‘lawful killing’. Criminals too stunned, confused, or drunk to argue are politely asked,...
Look for the film in Los Angeles on January 31st, with a VOD release to follow on February 4th.
Directed by Stuart Urban, the flick stars Kevin Bishop, Jack Doolan, Frances Barber. Hayley-Marie Axe and Rosemary Leach.
Synopsis
Baz (Barry Vartis) is one of Britain’s new breed of police, a cycle cop. Although he appears to be a figure of fun, a freak accident turns him into a psychopath…
As riots break out in London, a head injury changes Baz from an everyday police officer into a mad vigilante, offering no-hope criminals a stark choice, arrest or death. Baz sees this campaign as ‘lawful killing’. Criminals too stunned, confused, or drunk to argue are politely asked,...
- 1/20/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Javier Ruiz Caldera's widely-acclaimed, paranormal version of The Breakfast Club, Ghost Graduation, took home not only the coveted Golden Raven at the 31st Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, but also the audience award! In other words, if the movie screens near you, be sure to catch it. There were more awards to go around as well, including the Silver Melies for Stuart Urban's May I Kill U?, which will now go on to compete with other European genre films for the golden Melies. And, speaking of, last year's Golden Melies winner, the sci-fi mind-blow Vanishing Waves received a special mention as well! Full list of winners is below. Congratulations to all!The Golden Raven, Grand Prize of 31th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival to Ghost Graduation...
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- 4/15/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Tom Hooper's adaptation of hit stage show surpasses debut landmark set by Mamma Mia! to put Life of Pi in the shade
The winner
Given the huge popularity of the long-running London stage show, commercial expectations were always high for the film adaptation of Les Misérables. But a UK opening of £8.13m is certainly at the top end of the range of industry forecasts. The previous best debut for a movie musical stood at £6.59m – for Mamma Mia! – but that tally included previews of £1.38m; over the comparative Friday-Sunday period it earned just £5.21m. Les Misérables is an impressive 56% ahead of Mamma Mia! pace. Backers Universal also announced the film as the biggest opening for a January release, beating 2005's Meet the Fockers. The King's Speech, Les Misérables director Tom Hooper's previous film, debuted exactly two years ago with £3.52m (including £227,000 in previews).
Les Misérables isn't setting a...
The winner
Given the huge popularity of the long-running London stage show, commercial expectations were always high for the film adaptation of Les Misérables. But a UK opening of £8.13m is certainly at the top end of the range of industry forecasts. The previous best debut for a movie musical stood at £6.59m – for Mamma Mia! – but that tally included previews of £1.38m; over the comparative Friday-Sunday period it earned just £5.21m. Les Misérables is an impressive 56% ahead of Mamma Mia! pace. Backers Universal also announced the film as the biggest opening for a January release, beating 2005's Meet the Fockers. The King's Speech, Les Misérables director Tom Hooper's previous film, debuted exactly two years ago with £3.52m (including £227,000 in previews).
Les Misérables isn't setting a...
- 1/15/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Five years ago the British TV director Stuart Urban made the riveting feature-length documentary Tovarisch, I am Not Dead, about his remarkable father, a Polish-born Jewish doctor who between 1939 and 1945 escaped from the Nazis, the gulag and, finally, the Soviet Union itself. Urban's new film is totally different, a black comedy about a young cop (Kevin Bishop) inventing a new identity for himself on social media as a vigilante who kills undesirable folk (drug dealers, people traffickers, wife abusers, persistent thieves) provided they truly wish to die. It's funny, sharp and ruthless.
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- 1/13/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Les Misérables | Gangster Squad | American Mary | What Richard Did | Midnight Son | Jiro Dreams Of Sushi | The Lookout | May I Kill U? | Underground
Les Misérables (12A)
(Tom Hooper, 2012, UK) Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne. 158 mins
The King's Speech director plus the globally adored musical: it's a match made in commercial heaven, a third-hand version of a 19th-century French saga, and the most epic celebrity karaoke session ever filmed. The fact that it's entirely sung, "live" on set, supposedly communicates more "emotion", but this is already oversaturated with so much melodramatic incident, the effect is numbing.
Gangster Squad (15)
(Ruben Fleischer, 2013, Us) Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin. 113 mins
Brolin's under-the-radar police squad guns for Penn's La mobsters in this exuberantly violent, but disappointingly straightforward 1940s thriller, derived more from modern videogames than vintage film noirs. Action definitely speaks louder than words here.
American Mary (18)
(Jen & Sylvia Soska,...
Les Misérables (12A)
(Tom Hooper, 2012, UK) Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne. 158 mins
The King's Speech director plus the globally adored musical: it's a match made in commercial heaven, a third-hand version of a 19th-century French saga, and the most epic celebrity karaoke session ever filmed. The fact that it's entirely sung, "live" on set, supposedly communicates more "emotion", but this is already oversaturated with so much melodramatic incident, the effect is numbing.
Gangster Squad (15)
(Ruben Fleischer, 2013, Us) Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin. 113 mins
Brolin's under-the-radar police squad guns for Penn's La mobsters in this exuberantly violent, but disappointingly straightforward 1940s thriller, derived more from modern videogames than vintage film noirs. Action definitely speaks louder than words here.
American Mary (18)
(Jen & Sylvia Soska,...
- 1/12/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
TV star Kevin Bishop zips onto the big screen today in jet black Brit comedy May I Kill U?. The film, directed by Stuart Urban, centres on Baz, a bicycle-riding police officer who wages war on crooks in the capital after taking a knock to the head. Newcomer Hayley-Marie Axe, Jack Doolan and Frances Barber (as Baz's viciously cruel mother) are among the supporting cast for the film, a dark cocktail of vigilantism, serial killing and social media. Digital Spy sat down with Bishop and Urban to find out more about their grisly comedy. On the film's title and researching psychopaths...
Stuart: "I just imagined what if people appeared to agree to be killed? Could that be some kind of surreal situation as it appears on the internet in the film, or is it just the killer's deluded mind?" Kevin: "[Killers] have a weird code of morals. They believe (more)...
Stuart: "I just imagined what if people appeared to agree to be killed? Could that be some kind of surreal situation as it appears on the internet in the film, or is it just the killer's deluded mind?" Kevin: "[Killers] have a weird code of morals. They believe (more)...
- 1/11/2013
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
After Stuart Urban's smart documentary about his father, it's depressing to see this dull shocker of a feature film
Stuart Urban is the accomplished British director who made the excellent 2007 documentary Tovarisch I Am Not Dead, about his Polish father, Garri Urban, and his sensational escape from the Soviet Gulag in 1940. It's a gem. So it's pretty depressing to watch his new film, a crass, dull shocker about a righteous London copper who becomes a serial killer, whacking crims and uploading the videos to his creepy website. Kevin Bishop is the officer; Frances Barber is his malevolent old mum. All the material about social media looks forced and behind the curve, and nothing about the movie is really convincing or entertaining on any level, making it valueless as drama or satire. It's one of those British indie films that come nowhere near the standard of the most ordinary telly drama.
Stuart Urban is the accomplished British director who made the excellent 2007 documentary Tovarisch I Am Not Dead, about his Polish father, Garri Urban, and his sensational escape from the Soviet Gulag in 1940. It's a gem. So it's pretty depressing to watch his new film, a crass, dull shocker about a righteous London copper who becomes a serial killer, whacking crims and uploading the videos to his creepy website. Kevin Bishop is the officer; Frances Barber is his malevolent old mum. All the material about social media looks forced and behind the curve, and nothing about the movie is really convincing or entertaining on any level, making it valueless as drama or satire. It's one of those British indie films that come nowhere near the standard of the most ordinary telly drama.
- 1/11/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★☆☆☆☆ Stuart Urban's May I Kill U? (2012) is a low budget British feature so inherently dreadful that it very nearly defies description. There is really nothing to say in favour of this woefully inept, classless 'horror' bore - though arguably calling it as such only serves to sully the good name of the genre. The only thing remotely scary about this drivel, both written and directed by Urban and starring Kevin Bishop, Jack Doolan and veteran actress Frances Barber, is how it managed to get the backing to be made in the first place. Within, we follow the depressing antics of über-irritating protagonist Baz (Bishop), one of London's new style 'bicycle cops', fighting crime on the mean streets of the capital.
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- 1/10/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Here comes the first teaser trailer for the upcoming black horror-comedy May I Kill U? The movie comes from writer/director Stuart Urban, and as you’re going to see, it’s mostly about a policeman on his bicycle on a mission for retribution and fame. The movie had it’s world premiere this August at the FrightFest film festival in London, and is set to open next month in UK. Check out the teaser, poster and images from the whole thing, and as usual – let us know what you think!
So, according to writer & director Urban, the film explores the interaction of society and a vigilante style killer whose choices play well to the social media gallery, particularly one hungry for payback because of street crime in the UK.
May I Kill You? has quite interesting cast on board which includes Kevin Bishop in the leading role, as well as Jack Doolan,...
So, according to writer & director Urban, the film explores the interaction of society and a vigilante style killer whose choices play well to the social media gallery, particularly one hungry for payback because of street crime in the UK.
May I Kill You? has quite interesting cast on board which includes Kevin Bishop in the leading role, as well as Jack Doolan,...
- 12/17/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
The organisers of this years London Film4 Frightfest have announced a huge, vibrant and eclectic mix of talent set to appear at this year’s FrightFest the 13th event at the Empire Leicester Sq., including Jennifer Lynch, Sheridan Smith, Dario Argento, Dominic Brunt, Ross Noble, Peter Strickland, Claudia Gerini, Michele Placido, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan, Russell Tovey and The Soska Sisters…
Read on for the official press release:
As individual tickets go on sale tomorrow (Saturday 28 July), Film4 FrightFest announces its guest list, which boasts a whole host of directors from around the world including: The Manetti Brothers. (Paura 3D), Federico Zampaglione (Tulpa), Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House), co-directors James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson (Tower Block), Jennifer Lynch (Chained), Paco Plaza ([Rec]3 Genesis), Matthias Hoene (Cockneys Vs. Zombies), Jon Wright (Grabbers), Conor MacMahon (Stitches), Glenn McQuaid and David Bruckner (V/H/S), Eron Sheean (Errors Of The Human Body), Stig Svendsen...
Read on for the official press release:
As individual tickets go on sale tomorrow (Saturday 28 July), Film4 FrightFest announces its guest list, which boasts a whole host of directors from around the world including: The Manetti Brothers. (Paura 3D), Federico Zampaglione (Tulpa), Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House), co-directors James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson (Tower Block), Jennifer Lynch (Chained), Paco Plaza ([Rec]3 Genesis), Matthias Hoene (Cockneys Vs. Zombies), Jon Wright (Grabbers), Conor MacMahon (Stitches), Glenn McQuaid and David Bruckner (V/H/S), Eron Sheean (Errors Of The Human Body), Stig Svendsen...
- 7/27/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
We've updated our Film4 Fright Fest line-up story with tons of images. Read on to see what you may have missed and what's brand spanking new! Dig it!
Programme - Screen 1
Thursday Aug 23
Opening Film - The Seasoning House (World Premiere)
Special make-up prosthetics and splatter genius Paul Hyett makes his directorial debut with a harrowing exploration into tense claustrophobia, hard-hitting action and rollercoaster suspense. In a Balkan brothel, where girls kidnapped by soldiers in war-torn zones are prostituted to the military and civilians alike, Angel (Robin Day) is the deaf mute orphan enslaved to care for the inmates. But unbeknownst to her captors, she moves between the walls and crawlspaces of the seasoning house planning her escape. Psychological horror in the nerve-shredding Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski style but with an ultra-modern twist.
89 mins Director: Paul Hyett UK 2012
Rosie Day – Angel
Sean Pertwee – Goran
Kevin Howarth – Viktor
David Lemberg...
Programme - Screen 1
Thursday Aug 23
Opening Film - The Seasoning House (World Premiere)
Special make-up prosthetics and splatter genius Paul Hyett makes his directorial debut with a harrowing exploration into tense claustrophobia, hard-hitting action and rollercoaster suspense. In a Balkan brothel, where girls kidnapped by soldiers in war-torn zones are prostituted to the military and civilians alike, Angel (Robin Day) is the deaf mute orphan enslaved to care for the inmates. But unbeknownst to her captors, she moves between the walls and crawlspaces of the seasoning house planning her escape. Psychological horror in the nerve-shredding Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski style but with an ultra-modern twist.
89 mins Director: Paul Hyett UK 2012
Rosie Day – Angel
Sean Pertwee – Goran
Kevin Howarth – Viktor
David Lemberg...
- 7/3/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Brace yourself, kids! Afm is officially under way in L.A., and you're about to be blitzed with all the news you can handle. I mean why should anyone be able to recuperate after the onslaught of October's shenanigans?
From the Press Release
UK production company Cyclops Vision will begin principal photography today on dead-black comedy May I Kill U?, written and directed by the award-winning Stuart Urban, director of Revelation.
Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own ‘riotous’ thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution - with hilarious and devastating consequences. Also starring are Frances Barber, Jack Doolan and Hayley-Marie
It will be produced by Stuart Urban and Alan Jay and co-produced by Rosa Russo. Director of photography is Fernando Ruiz.
Stuart Urban said today: “In the film we...
From the Press Release
UK production company Cyclops Vision will begin principal photography today on dead-black comedy May I Kill U?, written and directed by the award-winning Stuart Urban, director of Revelation.
Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own ‘riotous’ thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution - with hilarious and devastating consequences. Also starring are Frances Barber, Jack Doolan and Hayley-Marie
It will be produced by Stuart Urban and Alan Jay and co-produced by Rosa Russo. Director of photography is Fernando Ruiz.
Stuart Urban said today: “In the film we...
- 11/2/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A new foursome of stills have been revealed from Stuart Urban's new comedy horror 'May I Kill You?', currently shooting in London. The movie stars Brit funnyman (or not so funny - dependent on your point of view) Kevin Bishop as Baz, a cycling vigilante cop who has his own way of dealing with London's 'scum'. Urban also penned the script and for those who are not familiar with the TV character work of Bishop may remember him as the young Jim Hawkins in 'Muppet Treasure Island' all those years back. Jack Doolan, Frances Barber, Hayley-Marie Axe, Kasia Koleczek, Rosemary Leach, Rachael Evelyn and Tyson Oba all co-star. Check out the four new stills below....
- 11/2/2011
- Horror Asylum
Four images from Stuart Urban's May I Kill You? have been sent our way. Shooting began on the horror-comedy in the UK last month. Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own "riotous" thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution - with hilarious and devastating consequences. Also starring are Hayley-Marie Axe, Frances Barber, Jack Doolan and Rosemary Leach.
- 11/2/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Written and directed by Stuart Urban, (Revelation) and starring Kevin BIshop as Baz, a cycling vigilante cop who has his own way of dealing with London’s ‘scum’, alongside Frances Barber, Jack Doolan, Rosemary Leach and Hayley-Marie Axe, black comedy May I Kill U? is set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own ‘riotous’ thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution – with hilarious and devastating consequences.
UK production company Cyclops Vision has today released four new images from the film featuring Kevin Bishop and Hayley Marie-Axe. Check them out below:...
UK production company Cyclops Vision has today released four new images from the film featuring Kevin Bishop and Hayley Marie-Axe. Check them out below:...
- 11/2/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
UK production company Cyclops Vision has today begun principal photography on black comedy May I Kill U?, written and directed by the award-winning Stuart Urban, director of Revelation, and starring Kevin BIshop, Frances Barber, Jack Doolan and Hayley-Marie Axe.
Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own ‘riotous’ thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution – with hilarious and devastating consequences.
Says Urban, about the film:
In the film we explore the interaction of society and a vigilante style killer whose choices play well to the social media gallery, particularly one hungry for payback because of street crime in the UK.
The producers have also revealed the Bansky-esque teaser artwork by Rory Scott, which is embedded below (click to enlarge):...
Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own ‘riotous’ thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution – with hilarious and devastating consequences.
Says Urban, about the film:
In the film we explore the interaction of society and a vigilante style killer whose choices play well to the social media gallery, particularly one hungry for payback because of street crime in the UK.
The producers have also revealed the Bansky-esque teaser artwork by Rory Scott, which is embedded below (click to enlarge):...
- 10/10/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Another difference between us and our friends from across the pond? Here in the States our lunatics kill you on sight. In the UK? Apparently they ask first! Now that's what we call civilized! Read on for the first details on the latest sicko run amok flick, May I Kill U?!
From the Press Release
UK production company Cyclops Vision will begin principal photography today on dead-black comedy May I Kill U?, written and directed by the award-winning Stuart Urban, director of Revelation.
Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own ‘riotous’ thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution - with hilarious and devastating consequences. Also starring are Frances Barber, Jack Doolan and Hayley-Marie
It will be produced by Stuart Urban and Alan Jay and co-produced by Rosa Russo. Director of photography is Fernando Ruiz.
From the Press Release
UK production company Cyclops Vision will begin principal photography today on dead-black comedy May I Kill U?, written and directed by the award-winning Stuart Urban, director of Revelation.
Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own ‘riotous’ thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution - with hilarious and devastating consequences. Also starring are Frances Barber, Jack Doolan and Hayley-Marie
It will be produced by Stuart Urban and Alan Jay and co-produced by Rosa Russo. Director of photography is Fernando Ruiz.
- 10/10/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
UK production company Cyclops Vision will begin principal photography today on dead-black comedy May I Kill U?, written and directed by the award-winning Stuart Urban, director of Revelation. "Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own 'riotous' thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he pedals forth in search of fame and retribution - with hilarious and devastating consequences." Also starring are Frances Barber, Jack Doolan and Hayley-Marie Axe. It will be produced by Stuart Urban & Alan Jay and co-produced by Rosa Russo. Director of photography is Fernando Ruiz. Stuart Urban said today: "In the film we explore the interaction of society and a vigilante style killer whose choices play well to the social media gallery, particularly one hungry for payback because of street crime in the UK."...
- 10/10/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
UK production company Cyclops Vision begins principal photography today on the black horror-comedy May I Kill U? , written and directed by Stuart Urban ( Revelation ). Set against the backdrop of the recent riots in London, Kevin Bishop plays a policeman with his own "riotous" thoughts. With a helmet cam for company, he rages forth in search of fame and retribution. Also starring are Frances Barber, Jack Doolan and Hayley-Marie Axe. Urban says, "In the film we explore the interaction of society and a vigilante style killer whose choices play well to the social media gallery, particularly one hungry for payback because of street crime in the UK." That's the teaser by Rory Scott you see below.
- 10/10/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
A new poster has been unveiled for upcoming comedy thriller May I Kill U? Directed by Stuart Urban (Preaching To The Perverted, The Golem), the film is set to the backdrop of this summer's London riots and stars BAFTA-nominated comedian Kevin Bishop as a policeman on a bicycle on a mission for retribution and fame. Urban said: "In the film we explore (more)...
- 10/10/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
This is too good to be true. Czech producer Rudolf Biermann and German producer Jens Meurer of Egoli Tossel are casting legendary Fiddler on the Roof star Topol who is now 74 in a Us$5 million Yiddish language version of The Golem. The classic Frankenstein story of a clay statue brought to life by a rabbi to protect the Prague ghetto from anti-semitic pograms is being written by Stuart Urban of U.K. company Cyclopos Vision as a U.K.-Czech-German coproductio. It start next year in Prague.
- 5/24/2010
- Sydney's Buzz
Fiddler On The Roof star Topol has been confirmed for new Yiddish-language film The Golem. The 74-year-old actor will play the Maharal - the 16th century Chief Rabbi of Prague who brings a clay statue to life to protect the ghetto. Writer/director Stuart Urban told Digital Spy at Cannes: "I've known Topol on and off over a few years and I just thought he would be the ideal person to play this role because of his stature as an actor. "He played another Yiddish folktale that is known worldwide and was seen by a billion people in both theatre and (more)...
- 5/23/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Topol, 74, a Best Actor nominee for Norman Jewison’s 1971 blockbuster Fiddler on the Roof (above), is attached to star in a Yiddish-language version of The Golem, Screen Daily reports. The $5 million British/Czech/German co-production will be produced by Stuart Urban, who also penned the screenplay. Filming is scheduled to take place in Prague next year. In The Golem, Topol (born in Tel Aviv in 1935) will play a 16th-century Prague rabbi named Maharal, who brings to life a clay statue to protect the local ghetto from anti-semitic pogroms. Paul Wegener co-directed (with Carl Boese), co-wrote (with Henrik Galeen), and starred as the giant, Frankenstein-like Golem in a 1920 German version. Albert Steinrück played the rabbi in that film. Photo: United [...]...
- 5/20/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
At the age of thirteen in 1972, Stuart Urban became the youngest director to have a film shown at Cannes. As an adult, Urban became a successful director of both features and documentary films, winning multiple British Academy Awards. I sat down with Urban to discuss his long gestating documentary, "Tovarisch I Am Not Dead" - available in its entirety at the bottom of this page courtesy of SnagFilms, about his ...
- 4/2/2010
- Indiewire
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