Mark Harrison Oct 14, 2016
With the question of who's playing James Bond in James Bond 25 unresolved, we look back at the casting conundrums 007 has faced before.
Since 1962, fewer men have played James Bond than have walked on the moon. Despite the relatively long turnaround of the role, the subject of who might follow in the footsteps of Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig in the future has fuelled many column inches and tabloid splashes.
It feels as if speculation about the seventh 007 in Eon Productions' long-lived spy franchise has been at fever pitch since this time last year, when Craig was doing the promotional rounds for Spectre and commented that he would rather “slash [his] wrists” than play Bond again. It's only after a year of constant reports on the subject that his far more optimistic comments at last weekend's New Yorker Festival...
With the question of who's playing James Bond in James Bond 25 unresolved, we look back at the casting conundrums 007 has faced before.
Since 1962, fewer men have played James Bond than have walked on the moon. Despite the relatively long turnaround of the role, the subject of who might follow in the footsteps of Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig in the future has fuelled many column inches and tabloid splashes.
It feels as if speculation about the seventh 007 in Eon Productions' long-lived spy franchise has been at fever pitch since this time last year, when Craig was doing the promotional rounds for Spectre and commented that he would rather “slash [his] wrists” than play Bond again. It's only after a year of constant reports on the subject that his far more optimistic comments at last weekend's New Yorker Festival...
- 10/12/2016
- Den of Geek
Dan Lake is joining Screen Queensland as director of production investment on Monday November 3. Lake brings more than nine years experience in the Australian screen industry. During his tenure at Freshwater Pictures he specialised in production financing and contracting, international co-productions, marketing and exhibition.
A graduate of Bond University's film school he did the financing and legals on Richard Todd's documentary Frackman and worked on other Freshwater projects including The Burning Season and Sue Brooks' Subdivision.
"It's a great loss for me," said Freshwater's Trish Lake, who is Dan's aunt. "He brought in a lot of projects for development. But I am working with other young people like Ben McNeill, who is coming with me to the Ausfilm weeks in Los Angeles and London."
At Screen Queensland Lake takes over from Catherine Nebauer, who is now MD of ZooMoo, the world.s first kids channel dedicated to animals...
A graduate of Bond University's film school he did the financing and legals on Richard Todd's documentary Frackman and worked on other Freshwater projects including The Burning Season and Sue Brooks' Subdivision.
"It's a great loss for me," said Freshwater's Trish Lake, who is Dan's aunt. "He brought in a lot of projects for development. But I am working with other young people like Ben McNeill, who is coming with me to the Ausfilm weeks in Los Angeles and London."
At Screen Queensland Lake takes over from Catherine Nebauer, who is now MD of ZooMoo, the world.s first kids channel dedicated to animals...
- 10/17/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In a single, extraordinary day more than $2 million in donations was pledged to seven Australian feature-length documentaries on Wednesday.
The scale of the financial support stunned the organisers of the first Good Pitch Australia event, which aids social impact documentaries.
Equally surprised were the recipients. .I am speechless,. said producer Marguerite Grey, who is collaborating with director Belinda Mason on Constance on the Edge, which looks at the struggles of a Sudanese refugee, Constance Okot, and her six children in Wagga Wagga.
The docu was the biggest single recipient with pledges of more than $500,000 for the production and an initial outreach strategy which includes hosted regional film screenings and education and training resources.
Screen Australia provided $15,000 for research and development in March and in September Screen Nsw gave $10,000 for filming a trailer for Good Pitch and for broadcasters to help secure project finance.
However the ABC and Sbs rejected the producer's initial requests for investment,...
The scale of the financial support stunned the organisers of the first Good Pitch Australia event, which aids social impact documentaries.
Equally surprised were the recipients. .I am speechless,. said producer Marguerite Grey, who is collaborating with director Belinda Mason on Constance on the Edge, which looks at the struggles of a Sudanese refugee, Constance Okot, and her six children in Wagga Wagga.
The docu was the biggest single recipient with pledges of more than $500,000 for the production and an initial outreach strategy which includes hosted regional film screenings and education and training resources.
Screen Australia provided $15,000 for research and development in March and in September Screen Nsw gave $10,000 for filming a trailer for Good Pitch and for broadcasters to help secure project finance.
However the ABC and Sbs rejected the producer's initial requests for investment,...
- 10/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Thanks to the kindness of strangers, Richard Todd.s feature documentary which investigates the impact of the coal seam gas industry on residents' health and food and water resources will get a long and wide exposure around Australia.
Frackman was one of the recipients of the first Good Pitch Australia event in Sydney on Wednesday, which raised more than $2 million in donations for seven docs.
To be released in cinemas by eOne, the film follows Queensland landowner and pig shooter Dayne .The Frackman. Pratzky, who joins a broad coalition of conservative landowners, radical activists and city folk who oppose coal seam gas mining.
.While some of the money raised at Good Pitch goes to production, the majority will be spent on outreach . building audience interest and excitement ahead of the roll out early next year as it starts an innovative campaign across rural Australia in cinemas and community halls and...
Frackman was one of the recipients of the first Good Pitch Australia event in Sydney on Wednesday, which raised more than $2 million in donations for seven docs.
To be released in cinemas by eOne, the film follows Queensland landowner and pig shooter Dayne .The Frackman. Pratzky, who joins a broad coalition of conservative landowners, radical activists and city folk who oppose coal seam gas mining.
.While some of the money raised at Good Pitch goes to production, the majority will be spent on outreach . building audience interest and excitement ahead of the roll out early next year as it starts an innovative campaign across rural Australia in cinemas and community halls and...
- 10/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
International documentary forum brought to Australia for the first time.
Seven Australian documentaries have been chosen to take part in Good Pitch² Australia.
Devised by Britdoc and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, the international documentary forum has been brought to Australia for the first time by Ian Darling’s Shark Island Institute, in partnership with Documentary Australia Foundation.
On Oct 8 at the Sydney Opera House, Good Pitch² Australia will bring together the film-makers from the seven selected projects with foundations, not-for-profits, campaigners, philanthropists, policy-makers, brand, educators, broadcasters and media.
The seven selected projects are:
Call Me Dad / Director: Sophie Wiesner, Producer: Madeleine HethertonConstance on the Edge / Director: Belinda Mason, Producer: Marguerite GreyFrackman / Director: Richard Todd, Producers: Simon Nasht and Trish LakeGayby Baby / Director: Charlotte Mars, Producer: Maya NewellThe Opposition / Director: Hollie Fifer, Producer: Rebecca BarryThat Sugar Film / Director: Damon Gameau, Producer: Nick BatziasZach’s Ceremony / Director: Aaron Petersen, Producer: Sarah Linton
Commenting on the projects, Darling said: “This...
Seven Australian documentaries have been chosen to take part in Good Pitch² Australia.
Devised by Britdoc and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, the international documentary forum has been brought to Australia for the first time by Ian Darling’s Shark Island Institute, in partnership with Documentary Australia Foundation.
On Oct 8 at the Sydney Opera House, Good Pitch² Australia will bring together the film-makers from the seven selected projects with foundations, not-for-profits, campaigners, philanthropists, policy-makers, brand, educators, broadcasters and media.
The seven selected projects are:
Call Me Dad / Director: Sophie Wiesner, Producer: Madeleine HethertonConstance on the Edge / Director: Belinda Mason, Producer: Marguerite GreyFrackman / Director: Richard Todd, Producers: Simon Nasht and Trish LakeGayby Baby / Director: Charlotte Mars, Producer: Maya NewellThe Opposition / Director: Hollie Fifer, Producer: Rebecca BarryThat Sugar Film / Director: Damon Gameau, Producer: Nick BatziasZach’s Ceremony / Director: Aaron Petersen, Producer: Sarah Linton
Commenting on the projects, Darling said: “This...
- 5/13/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Alfred Hitchcock silent movies added to Unesco UK Memory of the World Register (photo: Ivor Novello in The Lodger) The nine Alfred Hitchcock-directed silent films recently restored by the British Film Institute have been added to the Unesco UK Memory of the World Register, "a list of documentary heritage which holds cultural significance specific to the UK." The nine Hitchcock movies are the following: The Pleasure Garden (1925), The Ring (1927), Downhill / When Boys Leave Home (1927), The Lodger (1927), Easy Virtue (1928), Champagne (1928), The Farmer’s Wife (1928), The Manxman (1929), and Blackmail (1929) — also released as a talkie, Britain’s first. Only one Hitchcock-directed silent remains lost, The Mountain Eagle / Fear o’ God (1926). Most of those movies have little in common with the suspense thrillers Hitchcock would crank out in Britain and later in Hollywood from the early ’30s on. But a handful of his silents already featured elements and themes that would recur in...
- 7/18/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
NBCUniversal Inks TV Series Deal With Lovefilm Amazon’s European service LoveFilm has secured an agreement with NBCUniversal International TV Distribution to deliver audiences on-demand access to hundreds of episodes of iconic American TV. Deal includes recent and library titles including comedies like the U.S. version of The Office starring Steve Carrell and 30 Rock starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Deal also includes NBCU science fiction dramas like Heroes as well as David Hasselhoff’s 1980s cult TV classic Knight Rider. Lovefilm’s latest major studio deal follows agreements with ABC, BBC and ITV. Dominic Cooper To Play Ian Fleming In Miniseries British actor Dominic Cooper has been cast as 007 creator/author Ian Fleming in a four-part biopic for BSkyB’s Sky Atlantic. The miniseries tentatively titled Fleming is set during World War II when British Naval Intelligence recruited the future author for its undercover campaign against the Nazis,...
- 1/17/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Has there ever been a more charming psychopath than Louis Mazzini? He is intelligent, diplomatic and witty, and able to ingratiate himself into almost any of Edwardian London’s social circles. He also, to his shame, is poor. His mother was cast out by her wealthy family – the D’Ascoynes, dukedom and all – when she married an Italian opera singer; he dies upon first seeing the infant Louis. That could be just a coincidence, or just a gag. Or it could be something to do with the fact that Louis is – if anyone were to describe him in such vulgar terms – evil.
One of the remarkable things about Kind Hearts and Coronets, the classic 1949 black comedy from Ealing Studios, is how easily the audience finds itself on Louis’s side; despite being made in post-war Britain and set in the early 20th century, its own lack of sentiment has preserved...
One of the remarkable things about Kind Hearts and Coronets, the classic 1949 black comedy from Ealing Studios, is how easily the audience finds itself on Louis’s side; despite being made in post-war Britain and set in the early 20th century, its own lack of sentiment has preserved...
- 9/3/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
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