Hugh Grant has admitted to losing his temper with a woman on the set of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Grant, 62, stars in the fantasy-adventure film opposite Chris Pine, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, and Michelle Rodriguez.
In a new interview with Total Film, the actor recalled that he did a lot of “grovelling” after he became angry with a woman on set whom he had thought was a studio executive. She was, in fact, a chaperone of a young child actor.
“I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one,” Grant said. “I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better.
“Then it turns out that she’s an extremely nice local woman who was the chaperone of the young girl. Terrible. A lot of grovelling…”
He added: “I did a Christian Bale.”
In 2009, Bale issued an “unreserved” apology after...
Grant, 62, stars in the fantasy-adventure film opposite Chris Pine, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, and Michelle Rodriguez.
In a new interview with Total Film, the actor recalled that he did a lot of “grovelling” after he became angry with a woman on set whom he had thought was a studio executive. She was, in fact, a chaperone of a young child actor.
“I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one,” Grant said. “I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better.
“Then it turns out that she’s an extremely nice local woman who was the chaperone of the young girl. Terrible. A lot of grovelling…”
He added: “I did a Christian Bale.”
In 2009, Bale issued an “unreserved” apology after...
- 3/7/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Film
Hugh Grant is finding honor in opening up about losing his temper. The “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” actor admitted to getting angry at a woman on set whom he assumed was a studio executive. However, she was in fact a chaperone of a young child actor. Grant noted he did a “lot of groveling” after realizing his mistake.
“I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one,” Grant told Total Film (via Yahoo! Entertainment). “I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better. Then it turns out that she’s an extremely nice local woman who was the chaperone of the young girl. Terrible. A lot of groveling… ”
Grant added, “I did a Christian Bale.”
The “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” star referenced Bale’s famous apology after a tape was leaked of him yelling at “Terminator: Salvation” cinematographer...
“I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one,” Grant told Total Film (via Yahoo! Entertainment). “I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better. Then it turns out that she’s an extremely nice local woman who was the chaperone of the young girl. Terrible. A lot of groveling… ”
Grant added, “I did a Christian Bale.”
The “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” star referenced Bale’s famous apology after a tape was leaked of him yelling at “Terminator: Salvation” cinematographer...
- 3/6/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
If you're a fan of '90s rom-coms, then you probably love the unforgettable films written by Richard Curtis starring the irresistibly charming Hugh Grant. My personal favorite among them is "Bridget Jones's Diary," a modern adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" that centers around the indulgent and imperfect Bridget Jones caught in a classic love triangle. Believe it or not, Grant almost turned the film down. Luckily, he was convinced to join the cast when Richard Curtis stepped in to give the script his magic touch.
Curtis and Grant had a longstanding creative relationship. The actor was featured as the kind, soft-spoken romantic lead in three well-known films penned by Curtis, including "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually." "What Richard [Curtis] wrote was — whether intentional or not — a short franchise," said Mike Newell, the director behind "Four Weddings" (via Guardian). "Three movies in which Hugh's character doesn't really change.
Curtis and Grant had a longstanding creative relationship. The actor was featured as the kind, soft-spoken romantic lead in three well-known films penned by Curtis, including "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually." "What Richard [Curtis] wrote was — whether intentional or not — a short franchise," said Mike Newell, the director behind "Four Weddings" (via Guardian). "Three movies in which Hugh's character doesn't really change.
- 12/8/2022
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, is adding a fresh, chiseled face to the mix, courtesy of Industry’s Harry Lawtey. The 25-year-old actor will join the film’s cast, including Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, and Zazie Beetz.
Todd Phillips directed 2019’s billion-dollar box office blowout, Joker, and is returning for the sequel. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his disturbing role as Arthur Fleck, a tortured comedian who transforms into a killer after being rejected by Gotham and its people. Lady Gaga plays Harley Quinn in the sequel, with a portion of the film taking place in Arkham Asylum, a fortified prison masquerading as a hospital for Gotham’s criminally insane population.
In addition to directing the anticipated sequel, Phillips co-wrote Joker: Folie à Deux with Scott Silver. Production begins in November in Los Angeles, with the movie carrying a musical element that concerns some fans.
Todd Phillips directed 2019’s billion-dollar box office blowout, Joker, and is returning for the sequel. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his disturbing role as Arthur Fleck, a tortured comedian who transforms into a killer after being rejected by Gotham and its people. Lady Gaga plays Harley Quinn in the sequel, with a portion of the film taking place in Arkham Asylum, a fortified prison masquerading as a hospital for Gotham’s criminally insane population.
In addition to directing the anticipated sequel, Phillips co-wrote Joker: Folie à Deux with Scott Silver. Production begins in November in Los Angeles, with the movie carrying a musical element that concerns some fans.
- 10/20/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
The O.C. alum Adam Brody is set to star alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan and Claire Danes in FX’s Fleishman Is in Trouble, a limited-series adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s bestselling debut novel. Maxim Jasper Swinton (Halston) and Meara Mahoney Gross (Don’t Look Up) will also be featured in the series, which will stream on Hulu.
Created by Brodesser-Akner, the story centers on recently separated fortysomething Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife, Rachel (Danes), disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. As he balances parenting, the return of old friends, a promotion...
Created by Brodesser-Akner, the story centers on recently separated fortysomething Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife, Rachel (Danes), disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. As he balances parenting, the return of old friends, a promotion...
- 1/28/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Once in a blue moon, a super sugary sweet movie comes along from Disney that screams the Mouse House.
In 2007, that movie was Enchanted with Amy Adams.
This year, it’s Godmothered with Jillian Bell and Isla Fisher, debuting on Disney+ for the whole world to bask in its joy.
Bell stars as Eleanor, who seems to be the only Fairy Godmother left in her community who believes they shouldn’t be demoted to the Tooth Fairy.
She still dresses in beautiful pink and carries her wand like an Englishman carrying tea. Eleanor has faith. Yet Moira (Jane Curtin) sees the writing on the wall.
The world in 2020 doesn’t need Godmothers, and her training facility is simply wasting its time and must close soon.
Refusing to believe that, Eleanor finds a Godmother wish from Mackenzie (Fisher) in a dusty old library and takes it upon herself to prove that these magical,...
In 2007, that movie was Enchanted with Amy Adams.
This year, it’s Godmothered with Jillian Bell and Isla Fisher, debuting on Disney+ for the whole world to bask in its joy.
Bell stars as Eleanor, who seems to be the only Fairy Godmother left in her community who believes they shouldn’t be demoted to the Tooth Fairy.
She still dresses in beautiful pink and carries her wand like an Englishman carrying tea. Eleanor has faith. Yet Moira (Jane Curtin) sees the writing on the wall.
The world in 2020 doesn’t need Godmothers, and her training facility is simply wasting its time and must close soon.
Refusing to believe that, Eleanor finds a Godmother wish from Mackenzie (Fisher) in a dusty old library and takes it upon herself to prove that these magical,...
- 12/4/2020
- by Joel Amos
- TVfanatic
So, who could use a little magic? This year, who couldn’t, even with just a few weeks left in 2020? We’re not talking about luck or “good fortune”, but rather the sprinkly, sparkly spells that come straight from witches, pixies, and wizards. Sure, that’s the stuff of faerie tales, but wouldn’t it be great if that mythology had some real-life basis? Sweet, huh? Now other than big blue “motor-mouthed” genies, who’s the big “wish-granter”? Just ask the dazzling blonde rockin’ those glass slippers. She’ll tell you from first-hand knowledge that it’s pretty great to be Godmothered. But would that “fly” today, even using lotsa’ pixie dust?
That question is answered in the new film by taking a trip to another dimension. Where do faerie godmothers come from? Why Motherland, of course. But things are pretty dismal there, as 21st century Earth folk just don...
That question is answered in the new film by taking a trip to another dimension. Where do faerie godmothers come from? Why Motherland, of course. But things are pretty dismal there, as 21st century Earth folk just don...
- 12/3/2020
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Disney+ Christmas comedy’s winning conceit – a revisionist fairy godmother dropped in Boston – buckles under the weight of formulaic earnestness
Godmothered, a Disney+ live-action refocus on the understudied role of the fairy godmother, has the foundations of movie magic working in its favor. The first would be timing: just in time for the holiday season, the film, directed by Sharon Maguire (best known for Bridget Jones’s Diary), proffers fresh Disney princess canon at the tail end of an abysmal year, with audiences primed for cheerful, nuclear family escapism. There’s the comedic bona fides of its two leads, Isla Fisher and Jillian Bell, and a winning, suitably modernized premise: a well-meaning yet naively bumbling godmother on a mission to revitalize a harried single mother in present-day Boston, a fairytale trope isolated and reforged for pre-pandemic but still decidedly uninspired times. But where Godmothered should coast, it stumbles – swerving...
Godmothered, a Disney+ live-action refocus on the understudied role of the fairy godmother, has the foundations of movie magic working in its favor. The first would be timing: just in time for the holiday season, the film, directed by Sharon Maguire (best known for Bridget Jones’s Diary), proffers fresh Disney princess canon at the tail end of an abysmal year, with audiences primed for cheerful, nuclear family escapism. There’s the comedic bona fides of its two leads, Isla Fisher and Jillian Bell, and a winning, suitably modernized premise: a well-meaning yet naively bumbling godmother on a mission to revitalize a harried single mother in present-day Boston, a fairytale trope isolated and reforged for pre-pandemic but still decidedly uninspired times. But where Godmothered should coast, it stumbles – swerving...
- 12/2/2020
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
Once upon a time, Disney had the market cornered on wholesome, pure-of-heart fairy tales — films like “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty” featuring fairy godmothers and charming princes. But somewhere along the way, academics and feminists and a new generation of ironically inclined kiddos realized the underlying message of these films wasn’t so magical, teaching young girls to be little more than passive wives. The Mouse House (as Variety referred to the studio at the time) was slow to address its shortcomings, while others stepped in — from “Shrek” to “The Fairly OddParents” — to parody the formula and push its politics into the 21st century.
A glorified TV movie debuting straight to the Disney Plus streaming platform, “Godmothered” is meant to signal to the world that Disney is in on the joke, an acknowledgement that “happily ever after” doesn’t necessarily follow a fairy-tale wedding, but is in fact a sign of lazy storytelling.
A glorified TV movie debuting straight to the Disney Plus streaming platform, “Godmothered” is meant to signal to the world that Disney is in on the joke, an acknowledgement that “happily ever after” doesn’t necessarily follow a fairy-tale wedding, but is in fact a sign of lazy storytelling.
- 12/2/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
In “Godmothered,” a young fairy-godmother-in-training travels to the modern human world to save her fairy-tale existence. If that plot reminds you of “Enchanted,” then that’s clearly what the folks at Disney+ had in mind, down to the casting of Isla Fisher; Fisher is a talented actress in her own right, but at least as far back as “Nocturnal Animals,” she also seems to be in on the joke that Hollywood thinks of her as The Other Amy Adams.
For the most part, “Godmothered” is a mixed-bag of clever comedy and banal kid-movie clichés, but director Sharon Maguire (“Bridget Jones’ Baby”) and writers Kari Granlund (2019’s “Lady and the Tramp”) and Melissa Stack (“The Other Woman”) craft an ending that’s so emotionally and intellectually satisfying that it’s easy to forgive the film’s less magical attributes.
It’s the story of Eleanor (Jillian Bell), the youngest and most...
For the most part, “Godmothered” is a mixed-bag of clever comedy and banal kid-movie clichés, but director Sharon Maguire (“Bridget Jones’ Baby”) and writers Kari Granlund (2019’s “Lady and the Tramp”) and Melissa Stack (“The Other Woman”) craft an ending that’s so emotionally and intellectually satisfying that it’s easy to forgive the film’s less magical attributes.
It’s the story of Eleanor (Jillian Bell), the youngest and most...
- 12/2/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
There’s no lack of talent on display in Disney+’s latest original feature “Godmothered,” a film built around the charming duo of Isla Fisher and Jillian Bell (already solid casting) that also has the space to include gems like Jane Curtin and June Squibb in roles so supporting that one of them spends most of her screen time cosplaying as the face of a clock. Other supporting roles are kitted out by talented kiddos like Jillian Shea Spaeder and Willa Skye or consistent comedic stars like Utkarsh Ambudkar and Mary Elizabeth Ellis, and the whole thing was cooked up by rising screenwriters Melissa Stack (the underappreciated “The Other Woman”) and Kari Granlund. Even better, it’s all directed by Sharon Maguire, the genius behind the first (and best) “Bridget Jones” film.
Built on a cute idea — hey, what about exploring the wide world of fairy godmothers? — that also builds...
Built on a cute idea — hey, what about exploring the wide world of fairy godmothers? — that also builds...
- 12/2/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
'Godmothered' trailer is out now.
Disney + Hotstar premium released the official trailer for the upcoming fantasy comedy 'Godmothered' on Thursday, featuring Isla Fisher as Mackenzie, a single mother, and reporter, alongside Jillian Bell as Eleanor, Mackenzie's fairy godmother.
The trailer shows Eleanor (Bell), who leaves her fantasy realm to travel to the human world after finding an old letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress. She tracks her down and discovers that the 10-year-old girl, Mackenzie, is now a grown adult woman (Fisher).
The official synopsis for 'Godmothered' is as follows: "Set at Christmas time, 'Godmothered' is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell) who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers."
"Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her...
Disney + Hotstar premium released the official trailer for the upcoming fantasy comedy 'Godmothered' on Thursday, featuring Isla Fisher as Mackenzie, a single mother, and reporter, alongside Jillian Bell as Eleanor, Mackenzie's fairy godmother.
The trailer shows Eleanor (Bell), who leaves her fantasy realm to travel to the human world after finding an old letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress. She tracks her down and discovers that the 10-year-old girl, Mackenzie, is now a grown adult woman (Fisher).
The official synopsis for 'Godmothered' is as follows: "Set at Christmas time, 'Godmothered' is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell) who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers."
"Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her...
- 11/21/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
Disney+ has launched the first trailer for its female empowered modern-day fairytale ‘Godmothered’ featuring Isla Fisher.
Set at Christmastime, the film is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell) who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom (Isla Fisher) working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of “Happily Ever After,” but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.
Directed by Sharon Maguire, the film also stars Santiago Cabrera, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jane Curtin, June Squibb, Jillian Shea Spaeder, Willa Skye, Artemis Pebdani,...
Set at Christmastime, the film is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell) who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom (Isla Fisher) working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of “Happily Ever After,” but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.
Directed by Sharon Maguire, the film also stars Santiago Cabrera, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jane Curtin, June Squibb, Jillian Shea Spaeder, Willa Skye, Artemis Pebdani,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Godmothered, a new Disney movie that started filming right before the coronavirus lockdowns, is done and headed to Disney+ in time for Christmas. The holiday film, which stars Jillian Bell and Isla Fisher, will premiere exclusively on the Disney streaming service in December. In Godmothered, Bell plays an “inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training.” Sharon Maguire‘s Godmothered started filming in […]
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- 11/11/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Hailee Steinfeld has released a new single, “I Love You’s,” inspired by Annie Lennox’s 1995 song “No More ‘I Love You’s.” The song reworks Lennox’s classic with Steinfeld singing, “No more I love you’s until I’m Ok.”
The track is the lead single from Steinfeld’s forthcoming two-part project. The five-track first part, which will include “I Love You’s” as well as her recent single “Wrong Direction,” will arrive May 1st. The project’s title and additional details are set to be revealed soon.
The track is the lead single from Steinfeld’s forthcoming two-part project. The five-track first part, which will include “I Love You’s” as well as her recent single “Wrong Direction,” will arrive May 1st. The project’s title and additional details are set to be revealed soon.
- 3/26/2020
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Hailee Steinfeld has shared the video for her new single “Wrong Direction,” directed by Alexandre Moors (Miley Cyrus’s “Slide Away,” Kendrick Lamar’s “i”).
The stark clip features only a few close-up shots of Steinfeld, naked and in a fetal position inside a bathtub. From there, she delivers an emotional performance of “Wrong Direction,” singing, “Guess I was crazy to give you my body, my mind/ Don’t know what I was thinkin’ ’til now.”
Steinfeld kicked off 2020 by releasing “Wrong Direction” on New Year’s Day. The actress...
The stark clip features only a few close-up shots of Steinfeld, naked and in a fetal position inside a bathtub. From there, she delivers an emotional performance of “Wrong Direction,” singing, “Guess I was crazy to give you my body, my mind/ Don’t know what I was thinkin’ ’til now.”
Steinfeld kicked off 2020 by releasing “Wrong Direction” on New Year’s Day. The actress...
- 1/8/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The prevalence of female directors is higher in documentary than fiction or animation, study finds.
The share of films made by female directors in Europe is “growing slowly,” reaching 19% in 2017 according to a study.
Overall, only 17% of European feature films were directed by women between 2003 and 2017, with females representing 21% of all directors that made a European film during that time.
In the report on the gender of directors by the European Audiovisual Observatory, 49% of all women directors included in the study had made just one film since 2003.
The study, which considered more than 21,000 European films, also found that the prevalence...
The share of films made by female directors in Europe is “growing slowly,” reaching 19% in 2017 according to a study.
Overall, only 17% of European feature films were directed by women between 2003 and 2017, with females representing 21% of all directors that made a European film during that time.
In the report on the gender of directors by the European Audiovisual Observatory, 49% of all women directors included in the study had made just one film since 2003.
The study, which considered more than 21,000 European films, also found that the prevalence...
- 10/22/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Hailee Steinfeld has released the music video for “Afterlife,” her new song featured in the upcoming AppleTV+ series Dickinson, in which she also stars and executive-produced.
Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, who most recently helmed the clip for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey’s Charlie’s Angels theme “Don’t Call Me Angel,” the “Afterlife” video combines glamorous shots of Steinfeld in a sunlit tree grove with more gothic, funhouse-of-horrors imagery. In a nod to Dickinson and the oppression she faced as a woman in her time,...
Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, who most recently helmed the clip for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey’s Charlie’s Angels theme “Don’t Call Me Angel,” the “Afterlife” video combines glamorous shots of Steinfeld in a sunlit tree grove with more gothic, funhouse-of-horrors imagery. In a nod to Dickinson and the oppression she faced as a woman in her time,...
- 9/30/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Actress Hailee Steinfeld will star in the upcoming romantic comedy film Voicemails For Isabelle.
Sharon Maguire, the director of Bridget Jones Diary?and Bridget Jones Baby, is in negotiations to helm the project, which will be produced by Escape Artists' Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tish and Becky Sanderman, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
Details about the film are scarce, but the speculative script by Leah McKendrick is being described as a rom-com for the 21st century centering on a young woman navigating the dating scene in Los Angeles.
Steinfeld last starred in the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee?and voice-starred as Spider-Gwen in Spider-man: Into The Spider-verse.
Maguire's Bridget Jones Diary, an adaptation of the Helen Fielding best-seller, is considered one of the high points of the rom-com genre. She also directed the 2008 drama Incendiary starring Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor. [Ians]...
Sharon Maguire, the director of Bridget Jones Diary?and Bridget Jones Baby, is in negotiations to helm the project, which will be produced by Escape Artists' Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tish and Becky Sanderman, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
Details about the film are scarce, but the speculative script by Leah McKendrick is being described as a rom-com for the 21st century centering on a young woman navigating the dating scene in Los Angeles.
Steinfeld last starred in the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee?and voice-starred as Spider-Gwen in Spider-man: Into The Spider-verse.
Maguire's Bridget Jones Diary, an adaptation of the Helen Fielding best-seller, is considered one of the high points of the rom-com genre. She also directed the 2008 drama Incendiary starring Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor. [Ians]...
- 5/21/2019
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Sharon Maguire is in talks to direct Voicemails For Isabelle, a romantic comedy that will star Hailee Steinfeld for Sony Pictures. Sony preempted the spec by Leah McKendrick. The film is about a young woman trying to navigate her dating life in Los Angeles. Though it is the 21st century, there is a bit of You’ve Got Mail in that technology is used to bring together a couple.
Escape Artists Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Becky Sanderman are producing.
Maguire, whose directorial efforts include the Bridget Jones films, is repped by UTA. Steinfeld, who is coming off the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee, is repped by CAA. McKendrick is Abrams Artists Agency, David Clark and VanderKloot Law.
Escape Artists Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Becky Sanderman are producing.
Maguire, whose directorial efforts include the Bridget Jones films, is repped by UTA. Steinfeld, who is coming off the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee, is repped by CAA. McKendrick is Abrams Artists Agency, David Clark and VanderKloot Law.
- 5/21/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Hailee Steinfeld will star in Voicemails for Isabelle, a romantic comedy preemptively picked up by Sony.
Sharon Maguire, the director of Bridget Jones’ Diary and Bridget Jones’ Baby, is in negotiations to helm the project, which will be produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Becky Sanderman.
Details are scarce, but the spec script by Leah McKendrick is being described as a rom-com for the 21st century centering on a young woman navigating the dating scene in Los Angeles.
Steinfeld last starred in the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee and voice-starred as Spider-Gwen in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Maguire’s Bridget Jones’ Diary, an ...
Sharon Maguire, the director of Bridget Jones’ Diary and Bridget Jones’ Baby, is in negotiations to helm the project, which will be produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Becky Sanderman.
Details are scarce, but the spec script by Leah McKendrick is being described as a rom-com for the 21st century centering on a young woman navigating the dating scene in Los Angeles.
Steinfeld last starred in the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee and voice-starred as Spider-Gwen in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Maguire’s Bridget Jones’ Diary, an ...
- 5/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Hailee Steinfeld will star in Voicemails for Isabelle, a romantic comedy preemptively picked up by Sony.
Sharon Maguire, the director of Bridget Jones’ Diary and Bridget Jones’ Baby, is in negotiations to helm the project, which will be produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Becky Sanderman.
Details are scarce, but the spec script by Leah McKendrick is being described as a rom-com for the 21st century centering on a young woman navigating the dating scene in Los Angeles.
Steinfeld last starred in the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee and voice-starred as Spider-Gwen in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Maguire’s Bridget Jones’ Diary, an ...
Sharon Maguire, the director of Bridget Jones’ Diary and Bridget Jones’ Baby, is in negotiations to helm the project, which will be produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Becky Sanderman.
Details are scarce, but the spec script by Leah McKendrick is being described as a rom-com for the 21st century centering on a young woman navigating the dating scene in Los Angeles.
Steinfeld last starred in the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee and voice-starred as Spider-Gwen in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Maguire’s Bridget Jones’ Diary, an ...
- 5/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Turbine is run by Andrew Eaton, Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner and Justin Thomson.
UK directors Sharon Maguire and Mat Whitecross are set to direct new projects with London-based Turbine Studios, the nascent film and TV production company run by Andrew Eaton, Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner and Justin Thomson.
Maguire is directing The Breakaway, an adaptation of the autobiography of Nicole Cooke, the first British cyclist to be ranked number one in the world. The project is in development with Ffilm Cymru Wales and Turbine hopes to shoot the film in Wales next year. Maguire’s credits include two of the...
UK directors Sharon Maguire and Mat Whitecross are set to direct new projects with London-based Turbine Studios, the nascent film and TV production company run by Andrew Eaton, Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner and Justin Thomson.
Maguire is directing The Breakaway, an adaptation of the autobiography of Nicole Cooke, the first British cyclist to be ranked number one in the world. The project is in development with Ffilm Cymru Wales and Turbine hopes to shoot the film in Wales next year. Maguire’s credits include two of the...
- 10/23/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Emma Thompson is having quite the year so far. In June, the British actress, 59, acquired the title of capital-d Dame, thanks to Queen Elizabeth.
Then there is her still-thriving career. She joins her “Howards End” and “The Remains of the Day” co-star Anthony Hopkins in a BBC co-production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” that will stream on Amazon starting September 28. She plays Goneril, the devious eldest daughter of Hopkins’s tragic royal who takes advantage of his descent into madness.
The double Oscar winner is the main attraction in “The Children Act,” which is now in theaters and is also available on DirecTV. In the drama, based on Ian McEwan’s novel, she plays a British judge who must decide whether a teen boy suffering from leukemia can be forced to get a blood transfusion to save his life — even though it is against his beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness.
Then there is her still-thriving career. She joins her “Howards End” and “The Remains of the Day” co-star Anthony Hopkins in a BBC co-production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” that will stream on Amazon starting September 28. She plays Goneril, the devious eldest daughter of Hopkins’s tragic royal who takes advantage of his descent into madness.
The double Oscar winner is the main attraction in “The Children Act,” which is now in theaters and is also available on DirecTV. In the drama, based on Ian McEwan’s novel, she plays a British judge who must decide whether a teen boy suffering from leukemia can be forced to get a blood transfusion to save his life — even though it is against his beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness.
- 9/13/2018
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
UK outfit Seven Stories to make cricket series for SVoD giant.
Netflix has ordered an Indian drama from All3Media-owned UK independent producer Seven Stories.
The London-based firm, established by film directors Anand Tucker and Sharon Maguire and chaired by Stephen Lambert, is producing Selection Day, a story about cricket and corruption.
The multi-part series, which is based on Booker Prize winning author Aravind Adiga’s novel, tells the story of rivalry between two teenage boys in Mumbai.
It is one of Netflix’s first original dramas to emerge from India and is its latest global commission.
Selection Day is the first order for Seven Stories, which was set up by India Summers and Shopgirl director Tucker and Bridget Jones’ Baby director Maguire in 2015.
Erik Barmack, vice president of international original series at Netflix, said the SVoD service was excited to be expanding its slate of originals in the country.
“These projects...
Netflix has ordered an Indian drama from All3Media-owned UK independent producer Seven Stories.
The London-based firm, established by film directors Anand Tucker and Sharon Maguire and chaired by Stephen Lambert, is producing Selection Day, a story about cricket and corruption.
The multi-part series, which is based on Booker Prize winning author Aravind Adiga’s novel, tells the story of rivalry between two teenage boys in Mumbai.
It is one of Netflix’s first original dramas to emerge from India and is its latest global commission.
Selection Day is the first order for Seven Stories, which was set up by India Summers and Shopgirl director Tucker and Bridget Jones’ Baby director Maguire in 2015.
Erik Barmack, vice president of international original series at Netflix, said the SVoD service was excited to be expanding its slate of originals in the country.
“These projects...
- 8/3/2017
- ScreenDaily
Netflix is building up its Indian content offerings, unveiling on Thursday two new originals that it will stream worldwide.
Selection Day is based on the novel of the same name by best-selling author Aravind Adiga, which revolves around cricket and corruption. The series will be co-produced with U.K.-based Seven Stories, which is part of All3Media and backed by filmmakers Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones' Baby) and Anand Tucker (Leap Year). The book sale was brokered by Luke Speed at Curtis Brown.
Again is a female-led detective series set in the capital New Delhi and is written by Marisha Mukerjee whose credits include Quantico and Justified. The series revolves...
Selection Day is based on the novel of the same name by best-selling author Aravind Adiga, which revolves around cricket and corruption. The series will be co-produced with U.K.-based Seven Stories, which is part of All3Media and backed by filmmakers Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones' Baby) and Anand Tucker (Leap Year). The book sale was brokered by Luke Speed at Curtis Brown.
Again is a female-led detective series set in the capital New Delhi and is written by Marisha Mukerjee whose credits include Quantico and Justified. The series revolves...
- 8/3/2017
- by Nyay Bhushan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Invitees will boost overall membership to around 8,500.
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
- 6/28/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Invitees will boost overall membership to around 8,500.
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Pictures co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Pictures co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
- 6/28/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Nicole Kidman is having a moment. After her tour de force as an abused wife in Big Little Lies and an adoptive mother in Lion, the 49-year-old actress has been taking Hollywood and award shows by storm, once again. On Tuesday night, the Australian actress lit up the stage with an inspiring speech about defying ageism in Hollywood when she accepted the award for Best Film Actress at the 14th Annual British Glamour Awards at the Berkeley Square Gardens in London. The glittering annual event was hosted by Absolutely Fabulous' Jennifer Saunders. As for the night's other big winners: Bridget Jones' Baby director Sharon Maguire won the Best Filmaker Award. Jennifer Hudson was named as the...
- 6/7/2017
- E! Online
There was a drop in the number of women working on high profile Hollywood films, despite ongoing diversity debate.
Women directed only 7% of the 250 top grossing films in the Us, falling from 9% in 2015.
The damning figures come from a report by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.
The report, entitled ‘The Celluloid Ceiling’ also shows that in 2016, women comprised 17% of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top 250 domestic grossing films, a decline of two percentage points from 2015.
Only 24% of all producers for the top 250 films were women, (fall of 2%); 17% of editors (falling from 23% in 2015) and 5% of cinematographers (a decrease of 1%).
The number of women writers was up two percentage points, to 13%.
Some more statistics from the study:
92% of films had no women directors77% had no women writers58% had no women executive producers34% had no women producers79% had no women editors96% had...
Women directed only 7% of the 250 top grossing films in the Us, falling from 9% in 2015.
The damning figures come from a report by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.
The report, entitled ‘The Celluloid Ceiling’ also shows that in 2016, women comprised 17% of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top 250 domestic grossing films, a decline of two percentage points from 2015.
Only 24% of all producers for the top 250 films were women, (fall of 2%); 17% of editors (falling from 23% in 2015) and 5% of cinematographers (a decrease of 1%).
The number of women writers was up two percentage points, to 13%.
Some more statistics from the study:
92% of films had no women directors77% had no women writers58% had no women executive producers34% had no women producers79% had no women editors96% had...
- 1/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
As a year, 2016 is an auld acquaintance that we’d rather be forgot. However, as another familiar trope reminds us, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Here’s my assessment of the year Hollywood coped with change as the industry’s economic underpinnings continued to buckle and sway.
And for the Tl;Dr among us: Those who are able to innovate and adapt thrive. Others face decline.
Winners
Disney is the studio winner by a mile not only in domestic market share ($2.7 billion, 25.3 percent), but its stable of global moneymakers took the studio to more than $7 billion worldwide. Four of the five most profitable movies of the year came from Disney: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Lucasfilm), “Captain America: Winter Soldier” (Marvel), “Zootopia” (Disney Animation), and “The Jungle Book” (Disney). And blockbusters “Finding Dory” (Pixar), “Moana” (Disney Animation), and “Doctor Strange” (Marvel) weren’t far behind.
And for the Tl;Dr among us: Those who are able to innovate and adapt thrive. Others face decline.
Winners
Disney is the studio winner by a mile not only in domestic market share ($2.7 billion, 25.3 percent), but its stable of global moneymakers took the studio to more than $7 billion worldwide. Four of the five most profitable movies of the year came from Disney: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Lucasfilm), “Captain America: Winter Soldier” (Marvel), “Zootopia” (Disney Animation), and “The Jungle Book” (Disney). And blockbusters “Finding Dory” (Pixar), “Moana” (Disney Animation), and “Doctor Strange” (Marvel) weren’t far behind.
- 1/2/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
As a year, 2016 is an auld acquaintance that we’d rather be forgot. However, as another familiar trope reminds us, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Here’s my assessment of the year Hollywood coped with change as the industry’s economic underpinnings continued to buckle and sway.
And for the Tl;Dr among us: Those who are able to innovate and adapt thrive. Others face decline.
Winners
Disney is the studio winner by a mile not only in domestic market share ($2.7 billion, 25.3 percent), but its stable of global moneymakers took the studio to more than $7 billion worldwide. Four of the five most profitable movies of the year came from Disney: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Lucasfilm), “Captain America: Winter Soldier” (Marvel), “Zootopia” (Disney Animation), and “The Jungle Book” (Disney). And blockbusters “Finding Dory” (Pixar), “Moana” (Disney Animation), and “Doctor Strange” (Marvel) weren’t far behind.
And for the Tl;Dr among us: Those who are able to innovate and adapt thrive. Others face decline.
Winners
Disney is the studio winner by a mile not only in domestic market share ($2.7 billion, 25.3 percent), but its stable of global moneymakers took the studio to more than $7 billion worldwide. Four of the five most profitable movies of the year came from Disney: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Lucasfilm), “Captain America: Winter Soldier” (Marvel), “Zootopia” (Disney Animation), and “The Jungle Book” (Disney). And blockbusters “Finding Dory” (Pixar), “Moana” (Disney Animation), and “Doctor Strange” (Marvel) weren’t far behind.
- 1/2/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
And the winners are…
Awfj Best Of Awards
These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.
Best Film: Moonlight
Best Director: Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Best Screenplay, Original: Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
Best Screenplay, Adapted: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
Best Documentary: 13th – Ava DuVernay
Best Animated Film: Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Best Actress: Ruth Negga – Loving
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis – Fences
Best Actor: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director: Moonlight – Yesi Ramirez
Best Cinematography: Moonlight – James Laxton
Best Editing: Moonlight – Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders
Best Non-English-Language Film: The Handmaiden – Chan-Wook Park, South Korea
Eda Female Focus Awards
These awards honor women only.
Best Woman Director: Ava DuVernay – 13th
Best Woman Screenwriter: Kelly Reichardt – Certain Women
Best Animated Female: Judy in Zootopia – Ginnifer Goodwin And...
Awfj Best Of Awards
These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.
Best Film: Moonlight
Best Director: Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Best Screenplay, Original: Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
Best Screenplay, Adapted: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
Best Documentary: 13th – Ava DuVernay
Best Animated Film: Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Best Actress: Ruth Negga – Loving
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis – Fences
Best Actor: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director: Moonlight – Yesi Ramirez
Best Cinematography: Moonlight – James Laxton
Best Editing: Moonlight – Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders
Best Non-English-Language Film: The Handmaiden – Chan-Wook Park, South Korea
Eda Female Focus Awards
These awards honor women only.
Best Woman Director: Ava DuVernay – 13th
Best Woman Screenwriter: Kelly Reichardt – Certain Women
Best Animated Female: Judy in Zootopia – Ginnifer Goodwin And...
- 12/22/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
“Moonlight” continues its award-winning spree, topping the 10th annual Alliance of Women Film Journalists Eda Awards and winning Best Film, Director and Adapted Screenplay, among others.
The Awfj awards, named Eda after Awjf founder Jennifer Merin’s mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin, are divided into three sections: the standard “Best Of” section, the Female Focus awards and the irreverent Eda Special Mention awards.
Barry Jenkins’ critically acclaimed drama garnered a total of seven EDAs, with Ava Duvernay also awarded three trophies for Best Documentary, Best Female Director and Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry for “13th.” Oscar favorite “Manchester by the Sea” won two EDAs for Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Original Screenplay.
Read More: Oscars 2017: 336 Films Eligible For Best Picture
Other categories included in the list are Actress Defying Age and Ageism Award, which went to Annette Bening and Isabelle Huppert, Actress Most in...
The Awfj awards, named Eda after Awjf founder Jennifer Merin’s mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin, are divided into three sections: the standard “Best Of” section, the Female Focus awards and the irreverent Eda Special Mention awards.
Barry Jenkins’ critically acclaimed drama garnered a total of seven EDAs, with Ava Duvernay also awarded three trophies for Best Documentary, Best Female Director and Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry for “13th.” Oscar favorite “Manchester by the Sea” won two EDAs for Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Original Screenplay.
Read More: Oscars 2017: 336 Films Eligible For Best Picture
Other categories included in the list are Actress Defying Age and Ageism Award, which went to Annette Bening and Isabelle Huppert, Actress Most in...
- 12/21/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have announced the nominees for the 2016 Awfj Eda Awards.
In their 10th annual awards season, the 25 categories are divided into three sections, the Best Of Awards, Female Focus Awards and Eda Special Mention Awards.
Andrea Arnold, Ava DuVernay, Rebecca Miller, Mira Nair and Lorene Scafaria were among the filmmakers nominated in this year’s awards.
Nominees in each category are determined by Awfj members who submit nominating ballots. There are currently 76 voting Awfj members.
The winners will be announced on December 21.
2016 Awfj Eda Awards Nominees
Awfj Best Of Awards
These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.
Best Film
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Director
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Best Screenplay, Original...
In their 10th annual awards season, the 25 categories are divided into three sections, the Best Of Awards, Female Focus Awards and Eda Special Mention Awards.
Andrea Arnold, Ava DuVernay, Rebecca Miller, Mira Nair and Lorene Scafaria were among the filmmakers nominated in this year’s awards.
Nominees in each category are determined by Awfj members who submit nominating ballots. There are currently 76 voting Awfj members.
The winners will be announced on December 21.
2016 Awfj Eda Awards Nominees
Awfj Best Of Awards
These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.
Best Film
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Director
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Best Screenplay, Original...
- 12/16/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bridget Jones's Baby is due to become the first film in the three-part franchise to be released theatrically in China. The movie has been set for January 1 in the Middle Kingdom, after a global run that has seen it grow to $212.8M to date. Universal, Miramax and Studiocanal's presentation of the Working Title film originally released in September, underperforming in North America but making a bundle internationally. The Sharon Maguire-helmed pic went on to become the No…...
- 12/12/2016
- Deadline
Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill for director Joe Wright in Darkest Hour, which has begun production in the U.K. Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the Working Title Films production as part of the company’s renewed global initiative.
Focus will release Darkest Hour domestically on November 24th, 2017 in the U.S. and Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute the film globally, beginning with the U.K. on December 29th, 2017.
The original screenplay of Darkest Hour is by Anthony McCarten, an Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner as screenwriter of Focus and Working Title’s Best Picture Oscar nominee The Theory of Everything. Mr. McCarten and Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner Lisa Bruce (The Theory of Everything) are producing Darkest Hour with Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and BAFTA Award winner Douglas Urbanski (Nil by Mouth), reteaming with Focus and Working Title following Tinker,...
Focus will release Darkest Hour domestically on November 24th, 2017 in the U.S. and Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute the film globally, beginning with the U.K. on December 29th, 2017.
The original screenplay of Darkest Hour is by Anthony McCarten, an Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner as screenwriter of Focus and Working Title’s Best Picture Oscar nominee The Theory of Everything. Mr. McCarten and Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner Lisa Bruce (The Theory of Everything) are producing Darkest Hour with Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and BAFTA Award winner Douglas Urbanski (Nil by Mouth), reteaming with Focus and Working Title following Tinker,...
- 11/8/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bridget Jones’S Baby Universal Pictures Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: C- Director: Sharon Maguire Written by: Emma Thompson, Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, based on characters created by Helen Fielding Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Emma Thompson, Shirley Henderson, Jim Broadbent Screened at: AMC Empire, NYC, 9/13/16 Opens: September 16, 2016 If you’re not the target aud for “Bridget Jones’s Baby” you may be sorely disappointed by a film that caters to people who might be curious about the paternity of the title character. However there is a possibility that you could go for some of the dialogue in which, despite the movie’s not being a Judd Apatow [ Read More ]
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- 9/24/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Oscar® winners Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth are joined by Patrick Dempsey for the next chapter of the world’s favorite singleton in Bridget Jones’S Baby. Directed by Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones’s Diary), the new film in the beloved comedy series based on creator Helen Fielding’s heroine finds Bridget unexpectedly expecting.
After breaking up with Mark Darcy (Firth), Bridget Jones’s (Zellweger) “happily ever after” hasn’t quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong?
Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack (Dempsey), the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch…she can...
After breaking up with Mark Darcy (Firth), Bridget Jones’s (Zellweger) “happily ever after” hasn’t quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong?
Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack (Dempsey), the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch…she can...
- 9/23/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Savannah Guthrie, Eric Fellner, Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Sharon Maguire, Helen Fielding Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the Universal Pictures and Working Title Films lunch honouring Bridget Jones’s Baby at Lotos Club, I spoke with Sharon Maguire and Helen Fielding on carrying on the tradition of Jane Austen.
Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones’s Baby beautifully plays out the contradictory feelings raging inside her. Katharine Hepburn in George Cukor's Pat And Mike comes to mind. She knows what is going on and still can't help it. Mr. Darcy's (Colin Firth) competition, Jack (Patrick Dempsey) is a variation of a Disney prince.
Renée Zellweger, Patrick Dempsey, Colin Firth: "Look what that resulted in, you see! Pregnant, two men! That ended well."
Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's inventive birth mother, who co-wrote the screenplay with Emma Thompson and Dan Mazer, knows what she is doing and director Sharon Maguire does too,...
At the Universal Pictures and Working Title Films lunch honouring Bridget Jones’s Baby at Lotos Club, I spoke with Sharon Maguire and Helen Fielding on carrying on the tradition of Jane Austen.
Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones’s Baby beautifully plays out the contradictory feelings raging inside her. Katharine Hepburn in George Cukor's Pat And Mike comes to mind. She knows what is going on and still can't help it. Mr. Darcy's (Colin Firth) competition, Jack (Patrick Dempsey) is a variation of a Disney prince.
Renée Zellweger, Patrick Dempsey, Colin Firth: "Look what that resulted in, you see! Pregnant, two men! That ended well."
Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's inventive birth mother, who co-wrote the screenplay with Emma Thompson and Dan Mazer, knows what she is doing and director Sharon Maguire does too,...
- 9/21/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Competition films include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and John Carney’s Sing Street.
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
- 9/20/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
by Eric Blume
Everyone’s favorite contemporary British heroine is back: Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is now successful, at her ideal weight, and alas still single. In Bridget Jones’s Baby, she has two surprising one-night stands with different men: an American dating guru (Patrick Dempsey) and her former flame Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Then she’s pregnant: who could the father be? Will we see misunderstandings and shenanigans along the lines of a typical Three’s Company episode? Unfortunately, yes…yes, we do.
The original 2001 Bridget Jones’s Diary remains a mini-classic of its kind: one of the most dignified and intelligent of its genre (romantic comedy), yet it also transcends the genre, truly plumbing some depth (as mainstream movies go) about accepting who you really are, and understanding what love actually is. It went beyond your typical “boy and girl like each other because they’re in a...
Everyone’s favorite contemporary British heroine is back: Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is now successful, at her ideal weight, and alas still single. In Bridget Jones’s Baby, she has two surprising one-night stands with different men: an American dating guru (Patrick Dempsey) and her former flame Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Then she’s pregnant: who could the father be? Will we see misunderstandings and shenanigans along the lines of a typical Three’s Company episode? Unfortunately, yes…yes, we do.
The original 2001 Bridget Jones’s Diary remains a mini-classic of its kind: one of the most dignified and intelligent of its genre (romantic comedy), yet it also transcends the genre, truly plumbing some depth (as mainstream movies go) about accepting who you really are, and understanding what love actually is. It went beyond your typical “boy and girl like each other because they’re in a...
- 9/18/2016
- by Eric Blume
- FilmExperience
Fred Schepisi with Mary Schepisi, on casting Andorra: "Clive Owen, Joanna Lumley, Toni Collette, Gillian Anderson, and I can’t say the other names …" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Before the Universal Pictures and Working Title Films Bridget Jones’s Baby lunch with Renée Zellweger, Sharon Maguire, Helen Fielding, Eric Fellner, and Colin Firth at Lotos Club, there was a screening of the film arranged by Peggy Siegal at the Park Avenue Screening Room. When I arrived I noticed director/writer Fred Schepisi with his wife Mary.
Geoffrey Rush with Alexandra and Fred Schepisi for The Eye Of The Storm Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In 2012, Alexandra Schepisi, Geoffrey Rush and the filmmaker met me at The Regency Hotel in New York for a conversation on The Eye of The Storm. And last year, I saw him at the Monkey Bar reception for Alan Rickman's A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet with Matthias Schoenaerts,...
Before the Universal Pictures and Working Title Films Bridget Jones’s Baby lunch with Renée Zellweger, Sharon Maguire, Helen Fielding, Eric Fellner, and Colin Firth at Lotos Club, there was a screening of the film arranged by Peggy Siegal at the Park Avenue Screening Room. When I arrived I noticed director/writer Fred Schepisi with his wife Mary.
Geoffrey Rush with Alexandra and Fred Schepisi for The Eye Of The Storm Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In 2012, Alexandra Schepisi, Geoffrey Rush and the filmmaker met me at The Regency Hotel in New York for a conversation on The Eye of The Storm. And last year, I saw him at the Monkey Bar reception for Alan Rickman's A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet with Matthias Schoenaerts,...
- 9/16/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Chicago – “Bridget Jones’s Baby” is the kind of geriatric sequel that makes you retroactively question whether the original film that inspired it was all that good to begin with – it’s less a film than a labored collection of contrived situations involving pregnancy and pratfalls. It’s not painfully unwatchable, but it’s unlikely to inspire anything remotely resembling amusement in its audiences.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Renee Zellweger is back in the role that won her her first Oscar nomination, as a now 43 year- old single woman in London. I only mention her age because the film does, almost incessantly. So this time around after splitting from her on and off again beau, Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth), she’s out to take London by storm. And when I say taking the town by storm, I mean she goes to an English music festival, gets drunk, falls in the mud and has...
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Renee Zellweger is back in the role that won her her first Oscar nomination, as a now 43 year- old single woman in London. I only mention her age because the film does, almost incessantly. So this time around after splitting from her on and off again beau, Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth), she’s out to take London by storm. And when I say taking the town by storm, I mean she goes to an English music festival, gets drunk, falls in the mud and has...
- 9/16/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
With Bridget Jones's Baby, her first movie in 6 years, Renée Zellweger is back in the spotlight. Subscribe now for an inside look at why she took a break from acting, only in People!When Renée Zellweger learned her third turn as Bridget Jones would involve a pregnancy of questionable paternity, she wasn't exactly shocked. "That sounded right," she says in this week's issue of People. Bridget Jones's Baby follows Zellweger's iconic Brit after she becomes unexpectedly pregnant - and doesn't know whether hot new American Jack (Patrick Dempsey) or old flame Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth) is the father. • To view the complete Jess Cagle Interview,...
- 9/16/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
The belated third instalment in the franchise is released in cinemas this weekend. Here’s your chance to talk about it without risking the wrath of those who don’t yet know that the baby’s father is …
• This article contains spoilers
Bridget Jones’s Baby has been a long time cooking. The last movie – the ropy The Edge of Reason – was 12 years ago, and talk of a third has been around since around 2009. Gestation was bumpy. Paul Feig and then Peter Cattaneo were on board to direct, but the role went to Sharon Maguire, who did the first one. In 2013, Colin Firth braced fans for a “long wait”, and the following year Hugh Grant said he was out, based on his dislike for Helen Fielding and David (One Day) Nicholls’s script.
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Bridget Jones’s Baby has been a long time cooking. The last movie – the ropy The Edge of Reason – was 12 years ago, and talk of a third has been around since around 2009. Gestation was bumpy. Paul Feig and then Peter Cattaneo were on board to direct, but the role went to Sharon Maguire, who did the first one. In 2013, Colin Firth braced fans for a “long wait”, and the following year Hugh Grant said he was out, based on his dislike for Helen Fielding and David (One Day) Nicholls’s script.
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- 9/16/2016
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
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Looking back, it’s amusing to think that the casting of the very American Renée Zellweger as author Helen Fielding’s British heroine was such a bone of contention for fans when Bridget Jones’s Diary was released in 2001. That film kicked off Zellweger’s three-year dance with Oscar, culminating in a Supporting Actress win for Cold Mountain (her third consecutive nomination). Yet, in the years since, Zellweger’s profile has diminished, and her Oscar-winning performance is remembered more for her over-the-top accent than as a career highlight.
Instead, her role as neurotic self-professed “spinster” Bridget Jones remains one of Zellweger’s most indelible, in part since she reprised it for the ill-received sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in 2004. However, now poised to return to the spotlight full-force after a six-year absence, Zellweger circles back to the character with Bridget Jones’s Baby,...
Looking back, it’s amusing to think that the casting of the very American Renée Zellweger as author Helen Fielding’s British heroine was such a bone of contention for fans when Bridget Jones’s Diary was released in 2001. That film kicked off Zellweger’s three-year dance with Oscar, culminating in a Supporting Actress win for Cold Mountain (her third consecutive nomination). Yet, in the years since, Zellweger’s profile has diminished, and her Oscar-winning performance is remembered more for her over-the-top accent than as a career highlight.
Instead, her role as neurotic self-professed “spinster” Bridget Jones remains one of Zellweger’s most indelible, in part since she reprised it for the ill-received sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in 2004. However, now poised to return to the spotlight full-force after a six-year absence, Zellweger circles back to the character with Bridget Jones’s Baby,...
- 9/15/2016
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- We Got This Covered
Renée Zellweger on Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy: "He is pretty brilliant." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At Universal Pictures and Working Title Films Bridget Jones’s Baby lunch at Lotos Club, Savannah Guthrie moderated a discussion with stars Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth, director Sharon Maguire, producer Eric Fellner and Helen Fielding.
Renée Zellweger chats with Frozen River director Courtney Hunt, as Eric Fellner, Bill Blakemore and Fred Schepisi share a laugh Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In Bridget Jones’s Baby, co-written by Fielding, Dan Mazer, and Emma Thompson, Mark Darcy's (Firth) competition for Bridget Jones (Zellweger), is Jack, an American dating website guru, played by Patrick Dempsey as a variation of a Disney prince. Jack comes across like the product of his own algorithms, the perfect light-as-air fantasy catalyst for the other two. If this film were directed by Stanley Donen or Vincente Minnelli, he would do magic tricks while dancing.
At Universal Pictures and Working Title Films Bridget Jones’s Baby lunch at Lotos Club, Savannah Guthrie moderated a discussion with stars Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth, director Sharon Maguire, producer Eric Fellner and Helen Fielding.
Renée Zellweger chats with Frozen River director Courtney Hunt, as Eric Fellner, Bill Blakemore and Fred Schepisi share a laugh Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In Bridget Jones’s Baby, co-written by Fielding, Dan Mazer, and Emma Thompson, Mark Darcy's (Firth) competition for Bridget Jones (Zellweger), is Jack, an American dating website guru, played by Patrick Dempsey as a variation of a Disney prince. Jack comes across like the product of his own algorithms, the perfect light-as-air fantasy catalyst for the other two. If this film were directed by Stanley Donen or Vincente Minnelli, he would do magic tricks while dancing.
- 9/15/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“Blair Witch” (Lionsgate), the second sequel to the groundbreaking 1999 low-budget horror smash, looks to have the best chance to top Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” (Warner Bros.) for #1 this weekend. “Sully” has the edge against an eclectic slate of familiar follow-ups to prior hits.
With “Sully” included, the weekend showcases three Oscar-winning directors —Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone (“Snowden,” Open Road) and Ron Howard (limited release “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week,” Abramorama)—plus “Bridget Jones’s Baby” (Universal), starring Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger, taking a third pass on her best-known role.
The weekend could be hard-pressed to equal its equivalent last year, when “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” and “Black Mass” combined open to $53 million, well ahead of what this weekend promises. But “Sully” might push the Top Ten weekend total close to 2015’s $93 million.
That would keep pace with the 5% year to date uptick still in play. But this week’s...
With “Sully” included, the weekend showcases three Oscar-winning directors —Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone (“Snowden,” Open Road) and Ron Howard (limited release “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week,” Abramorama)—plus “Bridget Jones’s Baby” (Universal), starring Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger, taking a third pass on her best-known role.
The weekend could be hard-pressed to equal its equivalent last year, when “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” and “Black Mass” combined open to $53 million, well ahead of what this weekend promises. But “Sully” might push the Top Ten weekend total close to 2015’s $93 million.
That would keep pace with the 5% year to date uptick still in play. But this week’s...
- 9/15/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Bridget Jones is a goddess. At least she was in 2001, when Texas-born Renée Zellweger introduced author Helen Fielding's weight-obsessed, love-starved, accident-prone British singleton to the screen in Bridget Jones' Diary. Zellweger deservedly nabbed an Oscar nomination as Best Actress; award talk evaporated, however, for the 2004 sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. The actress was back juggling her affections for snobbish barrister Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and her caddish boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). But the follow-up played like it'd been attacked by a charisma-killing virus. And so for a dozen years,...
- 9/15/2016
- Rollingstone.com
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