Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment picked up U.S. distribution rights to the Tel Aviv-set political thriller Shoshana from BAFTA-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom.
The pic, which debuted at TIFF before playing the London Film Festival, was written by Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh, and Winterbottom. Cast includes Irina Starshenbaum (Leto), Douglas Booth (That Dirty Black Bag), and Harry Melling (The Pale Blue Eye). Greenwich will release the film next year.
Inspired by real events, Shoshana is a political thriller set in 1930s Tel Aviv. Thomas Wilkin, who works in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police Force, is in love with Shoshana Borochov. Through their relationship the film explores the way extremism and violence drive a wedge between people, forcing them to choose sides.
Shoshana is an Italian-uk coproduction between Vision Distribution, Revolution Films, and Bartlebyfilm. Producers on the film include Melissa Parmenter, Massimo Di Rocco, Josh Hyams,...
The pic, which debuted at TIFF before playing the London Film Festival, was written by Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh, and Winterbottom. Cast includes Irina Starshenbaum (Leto), Douglas Booth (That Dirty Black Bag), and Harry Melling (The Pale Blue Eye). Greenwich will release the film next year.
Inspired by real events, Shoshana is a political thriller set in 1930s Tel Aviv. Thomas Wilkin, who works in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police Force, is in love with Shoshana Borochov. Through their relationship the film explores the way extremism and violence drive a wedge between people, forcing them to choose sides.
Shoshana is an Italian-uk coproduction between Vision Distribution, Revolution Films, and Bartlebyfilm. Producers on the film include Melissa Parmenter, Massimo Di Rocco, Josh Hyams,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Blyth’s recent credits include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Michael Winterbottom has written and is set to direct a new film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic World War I novel A Farewell To Arms starring Tom Blyth
Blyth, whose recent credits include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and MGM+ series Billy the Kid, will play the role of volunteer ambulance driver Frederic Henry, who is wounded and falls in love with his nurse in Italy during the First World War.
The Fremantle-backed film is set to start shooting in...
Michael Winterbottom has written and is set to direct a new film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic World War I novel A Farewell To Arms starring Tom Blyth
Blyth, whose recent credits include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and MGM+ series Billy the Kid, will play the role of volunteer ambulance driver Frederic Henry, who is wounded and falls in love with his nurse in Italy during the First World War.
The Fremantle-backed film is set to start shooting in...
- 12/7/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
“Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” breakout Tom Blyth has found his next starring role in a new film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s seminal novel “A Farewell to Arms.”
Directed and written by Michael Winterbottom, the film stars Blyth as protagonist Frederic Henry, a young volunteer ambulance driver for the Italian Army during World War I who gets wounded and falls in love with his nurse. Produced by Fremantle, Revolution Films and Passenger, “A Farewell to Arms” is set to start shooting in Italy later next year.
Published in 1929, Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms” is considered one of the greatest war novels of the 20th century and made the author a household name. Based on Hemingway’s own experience serving as an ambulance driver in Italy during WWI, the book is both an unflinching account of the atrocities of war and a dramatic love story. It...
Directed and written by Michael Winterbottom, the film stars Blyth as protagonist Frederic Henry, a young volunteer ambulance driver for the Italian Army during World War I who gets wounded and falls in love with his nurse. Produced by Fremantle, Revolution Films and Passenger, “A Farewell to Arms” is set to start shooting in Italy later next year.
Published in 1929, Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms” is considered one of the greatest war novels of the 20th century and made the author a household name. Based on Hemingway’s own experience serving as an ambulance driver in Italy during WWI, the book is both an unflinching account of the atrocities of war and a dramatic love story. It...
- 12/7/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Blyth is exchanging the Hunger Games for a hospital bed. The British actor, who plays a young Coriolanus Snow in Francis Lawrence’s Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, has signed on to play the lead role in Michael Winterbottom’s new adaptation of the Ernst Hemingway WWI classic A Farewell to Arms.
Blyth will play Frederic Henry, a volunteer ambulance driver who is injured in Italy during the first World War and falls in love with his nurse.
The Hemingway novel, first published in 1929 and closely based on the writer’s own experience as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian Army on the Isonzo Front, A Farewell to Arms has been adapted multiple times in the past, including in 1932 with Gary Cooper in the Frederic Henry role, in 1957 starring Rock Hudson, and as a 1966 mini-series with George Hamilton as Henry.
Winterbottom’s feature version...
Blyth will play Frederic Henry, a volunteer ambulance driver who is injured in Italy during the first World War and falls in love with his nurse.
The Hemingway novel, first published in 1929 and closely based on the writer’s own experience as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian Army on the Isonzo Front, A Farewell to Arms has been adapted multiple times in the past, including in 1932 with Gary Cooper in the Frederic Henry role, in 1957 starring Rock Hudson, and as a 1966 mini-series with George Hamilton as Henry.
Winterbottom’s feature version...
- 12/7/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tom Blyth is set to follow in the footsteps of Gary Cooper, Rock Hudson and George Hamilton to star in Michael Winterbottom’s new adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel A Farewell to Arms.
Fremantle, Winterbottom’s production company Revolution Films and Passenger are joining forces on the production.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Billy the Kid star Blyth will play volunteer ambulance driver Frederic Henry, who is wounded and falls in love with his nurse in Italy during World War One.
Published in 1929, A Farewell To Arms is inspired by Hemingway’s own experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian Army on the Isonzo Front.
Considered one of the greatest war novels of the twentieth century, it established Hemingway as a household name.
The novel has previously been...
Fremantle, Winterbottom’s production company Revolution Films and Passenger are joining forces on the production.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Billy the Kid star Blyth will play volunteer ambulance driver Frederic Henry, who is wounded and falls in love with his nurse in Italy during World War One.
Published in 1929, A Farewell To Arms is inspired by Hemingway’s own experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian Army on the Isonzo Front.
Considered one of the greatest war novels of the twentieth century, it established Hemingway as a household name.
The novel has previously been...
- 12/7/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
’Shoshana’ world premiered at Toronto, ahead of screenings at Dinard film festival and BFI London Film Festival.
Michael Winterbottom is one of the UK’s more prolific independent filmmakers, with over 30 features to his name across a 35-year career – but his latest, Shoshana, has been rather a slow burn.
The drama, based on real people and events, premiered in Toronto, before playing in French festival of UK and Irish film Dinard, and will have its UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival on October 7.
It is set in 1930s Tel Aviv, as violence erupt in the British Mandate for Palestine,...
Michael Winterbottom is one of the UK’s more prolific independent filmmakers, with over 30 features to his name across a 35-year career – but his latest, Shoshana, has been rather a slow burn.
The drama, based on real people and events, premiered in Toronto, before playing in French festival of UK and Irish film Dinard, and will have its UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival on October 7.
It is set in 1930s Tel Aviv, as violence erupt in the British Mandate for Palestine,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Michael Winterbottom’s production company Revolution Films is opening an Italian outpost, Variety can exclusively confirm.
The production outfit, known for films and TV series including the Boris Johnson-inspired “This England” and the upcoming TIFF contender “Shoshana,” is in the process of setting up an office in the country, say sources with knowledge of the expansion. Longtime Revolution exec Melissa Parmenter will be running the new branch.
Revolution has increasingly been working in Italy in recent years and a source tells Variety the company is looking to make more films there. “Shoshana” (which was previously titled “Promised Land”) is set in Israel but was entirely shot in Italy. The film, which will premiere at TIFF on Friday, is set during the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1930s, when the daughter of an Israeli revolutionary (Irina Starshenbaum) falls in love with a British soldier (played by Douglas Booth).
“Shoshana...
The production outfit, known for films and TV series including the Boris Johnson-inspired “This England” and the upcoming TIFF contender “Shoshana,” is in the process of setting up an office in the country, say sources with knowledge of the expansion. Longtime Revolution exec Melissa Parmenter will be running the new branch.
Revolution has increasingly been working in Italy in recent years and a source tells Variety the company is looking to make more films there. “Shoshana” (which was previously titled “Promised Land”) is set in Israel but was entirely shot in Italy. The film, which will premiere at TIFF on Friday, is set during the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1930s, when the daughter of an Israeli revolutionary (Irina Starshenbaum) falls in love with a British soldier (played by Douglas Booth).
“Shoshana...
- 9/5/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
U.S.-Lebanese actor Tony Shalhoub, who played the “defective detective” on “Monk,” is set to star as former auto mogul-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn in a high-profile TV series directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Ghosn is the French-Lebanese-Brazilian former CEO of automakers Nissan and Renault who in 2020 jumped bail and absconded to Beirut hidden in a music case on a private jet while on trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan.
The six-part series titled “Fall of the God of Cars” is written by Winterbottom, the prolific British director of “Welcome to Sarajevo,” whose TV work comprises hit sitcom series “The Trip” and, more recently, “This is England” starring Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson.
The Winterbottom Ghosn show is being produced by Fremantle, Revolution Films, Passenger and Anonymous Content.
The project was originally developed by Winterbottom and Alfonso Cuaron for Anonymous Content, the...
Ghosn is the French-Lebanese-Brazilian former CEO of automakers Nissan and Renault who in 2020 jumped bail and absconded to Beirut hidden in a music case on a private jet while on trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan.
The six-part series titled “Fall of the God of Cars” is written by Winterbottom, the prolific British director of “Welcome to Sarajevo,” whose TV work comprises hit sitcom series “The Trip” and, more recently, “This is England” starring Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson.
The Winterbottom Ghosn show is being produced by Fremantle, Revolution Films, Passenger and Anonymous Content.
The project was originally developed by Winterbottom and Alfonso Cuaron for Anonymous Content, the...
- 3/24/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Director’s Revolution Films has partnered with Fremantle, Passenger and Anonymous Content on six-parter
Director Michael Winterbottom is making a six-part drama, Fall Of The God Of Cars, about former Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn.
Winterbottom’s Revolution Films is collaborating with Fremantle, Passenger and Anonymous Content on the series, which tells the story of the Brazilian-Lebanese businessman who was arrested in Japan and one year later orchestrated his own escape to Beirut, hidden in a music case on a private jet.
The series is written and directed by Winterbottom. Tony Shalhoub stars as Ghosn.
The series was originally developed by Winterbottom,...
Director Michael Winterbottom is making a six-part drama, Fall Of The God Of Cars, about former Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn.
Winterbottom’s Revolution Films is collaborating with Fremantle, Passenger and Anonymous Content on the series, which tells the story of the Brazilian-Lebanese businessman who was arrested in Japan and one year later orchestrated his own escape to Beirut, hidden in a music case on a private jet.
The series is written and directed by Winterbottom. Tony Shalhoub stars as Ghosn.
The series was originally developed by Winterbottom,...
- 3/24/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
A dramatization of the life of Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan/Renault CEO who escaped from arrest hidden in a music case, is in the works from Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón and This England’s Michael Winterbottom.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Monk star Tony Shalhoub is set to play Ghosn in the six-part TV series Fall of the God of Cars, which comes from Fremantle, Anonymous Content, Richard Brown’s Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films.
Ghosn was the wealthy Brazilian-Lebanese CEO of Nissan and Renault whose world came tumbling down when he was arrested in Japan in 2018 on allegations of under-reporting his salary and gross misuse of company assets. One year later, he orchestrated an escape to Beirut, hidden in a music case on a private jet, and, with multiple warrants out for his arrest, he has remained there ever since.
The big-budget series was originally developed by Winterbottom,...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Monk star Tony Shalhoub is set to play Ghosn in the six-part TV series Fall of the God of Cars, which comes from Fremantle, Anonymous Content, Richard Brown’s Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films.
Ghosn was the wealthy Brazilian-Lebanese CEO of Nissan and Renault whose world came tumbling down when he was arrested in Japan in 2018 on allegations of under-reporting his salary and gross misuse of company assets. One year later, he orchestrated an escape to Beirut, hidden in a music case on a private jet, and, with multiple warrants out for his arrest, he has remained there ever since.
The big-budget series was originally developed by Winterbottom,...
- 3/24/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Carlos Ghosn, the disgraced Nissan exec whose dramatic fall from grace as one of the biggest names in the motoring industry has already led to several documentaries, is getting the scripted treatment.
Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub (Monk, The Marvelous Miss Maisel) will play the Brazilian-Lebanese exec in the newly-announced six-part drama Fall of the God of Cars, written and directed by prolific Brit filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (Welcome to Sarajevo, The Trip, 24 Hour Party People). The series comes from Fremantle, Winterbottom’s Revolution films (This England, A Mighty Heart), Passenger (True Detective, Outlaw King, Catch-22) and Anonymous Content (The Revenant, Mr Robot, Maniac). It was originally developed by Winterbottom, Alfonso Cuaron and Anonymous Content.
Ghosn, a major business figure who for several years headed up both Renault and Nissan and helped save Nissan from near-bankruptcy in 1999, was arrested in Japan in December 2018 over allegations of under-reporting his salary and gross misuse of company assets,...
Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub (Monk, The Marvelous Miss Maisel) will play the Brazilian-Lebanese exec in the newly-announced six-part drama Fall of the God of Cars, written and directed by prolific Brit filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (Welcome to Sarajevo, The Trip, 24 Hour Party People). The series comes from Fremantle, Winterbottom’s Revolution films (This England, A Mighty Heart), Passenger (True Detective, Outlaw King, Catch-22) and Anonymous Content (The Revenant, Mr Robot, Maniac). It was originally developed by Winterbottom, Alfonso Cuaron and Anonymous Content.
Ghosn, a major business figure who for several years headed up both Renault and Nissan and helped save Nissan from near-bankruptcy in 1999, was arrested in Japan in December 2018 over allegations of under-reporting his salary and gross misuse of company assets,...
- 3/24/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Winterbottom and Mohammed Sawwaf have co-directed the film.
UK production stalwart Revolution Films is making its distribution debut with Eleven Days In May, a documentary narrated by Kate Winslet about the bombing of Gaza in May 2021.
It filmed in 2021 and completed post-production in January this year. It is co-directed by Mohammed Sawwaf of Palestinian production company Alef Multimedia, and Revolution founder Michael Winterbottom.
At least 60 children were killed in the Palestinian territory of Gaza over the course of 11 days of bombing in May 2021.
Eleven Days In May is described by Revolution as “a simple memorial to the children who lost their lives.
UK production stalwart Revolution Films is making its distribution debut with Eleven Days In May, a documentary narrated by Kate Winslet about the bombing of Gaza in May 2021.
It filmed in 2021 and completed post-production in January this year. It is co-directed by Mohammed Sawwaf of Palestinian production company Alef Multimedia, and Revolution founder Michael Winterbottom.
At least 60 children were killed in the Palestinian territory of Gaza over the course of 11 days of bombing in May 2021.
Eleven Days In May is described by Revolution as “a simple memorial to the children who lost their lives.
- 3/24/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sky’s buzzy series on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has found its latest protagonists in the shape of Elementary actress Ophelia Lovibond and Brexit: The Uncivil War star Simon Paisley Day.
Deadline can reveal that Lovibond will star next to Kenneth Branagh as Johnson’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds, in This Sceptred Isle. Paisley Day will play Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s most senior adviser at the height of the coronavirus crisis, which provides the backdrop to the five-part series.
Co-written and directed by The Trip helmer Michael Winterbottom, This Sceptred Isle is based on first-hand testimony from those close to Johnson. It will chart the events surrounding the Pm, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global coronavirus pandemic.
There is little doubt it was an extraordinary period for the British leader, who fell critically ill with Covid-19 and weeks after his discharge from hospital,...
Deadline can reveal that Lovibond will star next to Kenneth Branagh as Johnson’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds, in This Sceptred Isle. Paisley Day will play Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s most senior adviser at the height of the coronavirus crisis, which provides the backdrop to the five-part series.
Co-written and directed by The Trip helmer Michael Winterbottom, This Sceptred Isle is based on first-hand testimony from those close to Johnson. It will chart the events surrounding the Pm, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global coronavirus pandemic.
There is little doubt it was an extraordinary period for the British leader, who fell critically ill with Covid-19 and weeks after his discharge from hospital,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Filming is underway on the Sky Original TV drama.
Filming is underway on Sky Original TV drama This Sceptred Isle, which has revealed a first-look image of Kenneth Branagh as UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
The five-episode drama is directed by Michael Winterbottom and produced by his Revolution Films with Richard Brown’s Passenger and Fremantle.
It will air in autumn 2022 on Sky Atlantic and streaming service Now TV.
Winterbottom has co-written the series with Kieron Quirke and will executive produce with Brown. Revolution’s Melissa Parmenter will produce with Josh Hyams and Anthony Wilcox.
The drama will focus on...
Filming is underway on Sky Original TV drama This Sceptred Isle, which has revealed a first-look image of Kenneth Branagh as UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
The five-episode drama is directed by Michael Winterbottom and produced by his Revolution Films with Richard Brown’s Passenger and Fremantle.
It will air in autumn 2022 on Sky Atlantic and streaming service Now TV.
Winterbottom has co-written the series with Kieron Quirke and will executive produce with Brown. Revolution’s Melissa Parmenter will produce with Josh Hyams and Anthony Wilcox.
The drama will focus on...
- 2/25/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sky has released a first-look image of Kenneth Branagh as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in its upcoming Michael Winterbottom series This Sceptred Isle.
Filming has commenced on the five-part series, which will premiere in fall 2022. The project first emerged last year as part of a deal between The Trip director Winterbottom and Fremantle’s Passenger, run by True Detective producer Richard Brown.
Produced by Fremantle, Passenger, and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films, the series will chart the events surrounding the U.K. Prime Minister, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global coronavirus pandemic.
It will trace the impact on Britain, and the response of scientists, nurses, and doctors as they worked to contain and overcome the virus. It is based on the first-hand testimony of people including those from Number 10 Downing Street, the Department of Health, The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies...
Filming has commenced on the five-part series, which will premiere in fall 2022. The project first emerged last year as part of a deal between The Trip director Winterbottom and Fremantle’s Passenger, run by True Detective producer Richard Brown.
Produced by Fremantle, Passenger, and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films, the series will chart the events surrounding the U.K. Prime Minister, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global coronavirus pandemic.
It will trace the impact on Britain, and the response of scientists, nurses, and doctors as they worked to contain and overcome the virus. It is based on the first-hand testimony of people including those from Number 10 Downing Street, the Department of Health, The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies...
- 2/25/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Kenneth Branagh has been tapped to play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Michael Winterbottom’s “This Sceptred Isle.”
The five-part limited series will depict the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.K., Johnson’s handling of the crisis and the response of health care workers and scientists, as they battle the deadly virus.
The series, co-written by Winterbottom and Kieron Quirke, is based on first-hand testimony from hospitals and care homes in the U.K., Number 10 Downing Street, the Department of Health and The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.
Winterbottom will direct all five episodes and executive produce with Richard Brown. Melissa Parmenter will produce with Josh Hyams and Anthony Wilcox.
“The first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will be remembered forever. A time when the country came together to battle an invisible enemy. A time when people were more aware than ever of the importance of community,...
The five-part limited series will depict the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.K., Johnson’s handling of the crisis and the response of health care workers and scientists, as they battle the deadly virus.
The series, co-written by Winterbottom and Kieron Quirke, is based on first-hand testimony from hospitals and care homes in the U.K., Number 10 Downing Street, the Department of Health and The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.
Winterbottom will direct all five episodes and executive produce with Richard Brown. Melissa Parmenter will produce with Josh Hyams and Anthony Wilcox.
“The first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will be remembered forever. A time when the country came together to battle an invisible enemy. A time when people were more aware than ever of the importance of community,...
- 1/23/2021
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Kenneth Branagh will play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a new Sky TV series detailing Britain’s muddled response to the Covid-19 crisis. The five-part drama will be directed and written by “The Trip” helmer Michael Winterbottom.
Entitled “This Sceptred Isle,” the show will be produced by Fremantle, Richard Brown’s Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films. The project — which was announced in June but had yet to secure a broadcast partner and announce casting — will chart the events surrounding Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic. The U.K. leader in late March was hospitalized with Covid-19 for over a week, with a number of days spent in intensive care.
The series will launch on Sky in fall 2022.
“The first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will be remembered forever,” said Winterbottom. “A time when the country came together to battle an invisible enemy.
Entitled “This Sceptred Isle,” the show will be produced by Fremantle, Richard Brown’s Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films. The project — which was announced in June but had yet to secure a broadcast partner and announce casting — will chart the events surrounding Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic. The U.K. leader in late March was hospitalized with Covid-19 for over a week, with a number of days spent in intensive care.
The series will launch on Sky in fall 2022.
“The first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will be remembered forever,” said Winterbottom. “A time when the country came together to battle an invisible enemy.
- 1/23/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Henry V star Kenneth Branagh is to play British Prime Minister in Sky drama This Sceptred Isle.
The project first emerged as part of a deal between The Trip director Michael Winterbottom and Fremantle’s Passenger, run by True Detective producer Richard Brown.
Sky Atlantic has now boarded the series with Branagh, who recently starred in Tenet, in the lead. It is produced by Passenger and Michael Winterbottom’s Revolution Films.
The five-part drama will chart the events surrounding the U.K. Prime Minister, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.
It will trace the impact on Britain from the pandemic, and the response of scientists, nurses, and doctors as they worked to contain and overcome the virus. It is based on the first-hand testimony of people including those from Number 10 Downing Street, the Department of Health, The Scientific Advisory Group...
The project first emerged as part of a deal between The Trip director Michael Winterbottom and Fremantle’s Passenger, run by True Detective producer Richard Brown.
Sky Atlantic has now boarded the series with Branagh, who recently starred in Tenet, in the lead. It is produced by Passenger and Michael Winterbottom’s Revolution Films.
The five-part drama will chart the events surrounding the U.K. Prime Minister, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.
It will trace the impact on Britain from the pandemic, and the response of scientists, nurses, and doctors as they worked to contain and overcome the virus. It is based on the first-hand testimony of people including those from Number 10 Downing Street, the Department of Health, The Scientific Advisory Group...
- 1/23/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Fremantle also has first-look arrangements with Chile’s Larraín brothers and Luca Guadagnino.
Michael Winterbottom’s UK production company Revolution Films has signed a first-look deal with global producer and distributor Fremantle to develop and produce scripted series and films.
Fremantle will co-produce the projects under the deal, and distribute them worldwide. The deal has been made in collaboration with Richard Brown and his New York- and London-based firm Passenger, which signed its own first-look deal with Fremantle in 2019.
The first project in the deal will be UK political title This Sceptred Isle, a real-life drama series about the national...
Michael Winterbottom’s UK production company Revolution Films has signed a first-look deal with global producer and distributor Fremantle to develop and produce scripted series and films.
Fremantle will co-produce the projects under the deal, and distribute them worldwide. The deal has been made in collaboration with Richard Brown and his New York- and London-based firm Passenger, which signed its own first-look deal with Fremantle in 2019.
The first project in the deal will be UK political title This Sceptred Isle, a real-life drama series about the national...
- 11/16/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Fremantle has announced an exclusive first-look deal with BAFTA-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom’s Revolution Films, starting with U.K. political drama series “This Sceptred Isle.”
Under the terms of the deal, Revolution Films will develop and produce scripted series and films with Fremantle co-producing and distributing the projects worldwide. The deal is done in collaboration with Richard Brown and his company Passenger.
The deal will kick off with “This Sceptred Isle,” a drama series about an extraordinary period in the life of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, set against the backdrop of the global pandemic. The series will be co-written and directed by Winterbottom, with Melissa Parmenter (Revolution Films) and Richard Brown (Passenger) serving as executive producers. Tim Shipman, political editor of The Sunday Times, is acting as a consultant on the series.
Winner of a BAFTA and a Berlin Golden Bear for “In This World,” Winterbottom’s credits...
Under the terms of the deal, Revolution Films will develop and produce scripted series and films with Fremantle co-producing and distributing the projects worldwide. The deal is done in collaboration with Richard Brown and his company Passenger.
The deal will kick off with “This Sceptred Isle,” a drama series about an extraordinary period in the life of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, set against the backdrop of the global pandemic. The series will be co-written and directed by Winterbottom, with Melissa Parmenter (Revolution Films) and Richard Brown (Passenger) serving as executive producers. Tim Shipman, political editor of The Sunday Times, is acting as a consultant on the series.
Winner of a BAFTA and a Berlin Golden Bear for “In This World,” Winterbottom’s credits...
- 11/16/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Winterbottom, the BAFTA-winning director behind The Trip and 24 Hour Party People, has signed a first-look deal with Fremantle after collaborating with the producer on a project about Boris Johnson’s time as UK prime minister.
Winterbottom and his company Revolution Films will develop films and TV shows with Fremantle, which in turn will co-produce and distribute the projects around the world. The deal was inked in partnership with True Detective executive producer Richard Brown’s Fremantle-backed company Passenger, which is making the Johnson series with Revolution.
The UK political drama, which is titled This Sceptred Isle, will be directed and co-written by Winterbottom. It follows Johnson’s story from his appointment as prime minister, through to the arrival of Covid-19 in the UK, the British leader falling critically ill, and the birth of his son. Brown (Passenger) and Melissa Parmenter (Revolution Films) are executive producers.
Fremantle COO Andrea Scrosati...
Winterbottom and his company Revolution Films will develop films and TV shows with Fremantle, which in turn will co-produce and distribute the projects around the world. The deal was inked in partnership with True Detective executive producer Richard Brown’s Fremantle-backed company Passenger, which is making the Johnson series with Revolution.
The UK political drama, which is titled This Sceptred Isle, will be directed and co-written by Winterbottom. It follows Johnson’s story from his appointment as prime minister, through to the arrival of Covid-19 in the UK, the British leader falling critically ill, and the birth of his son. Brown (Passenger) and Melissa Parmenter (Revolution Films) are executive producers.
Fremantle COO Andrea Scrosati...
- 11/16/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
English director Michael Winterbottom is one of five directors taking part.
Production is underway on Europe C-19 (working title), a documentary feature from five top European directors portraying local dramas and responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The co-production will consist of five short films of approximately 15 minutes each to be shot by the UK’s Michael Winterbottom, Germany’s director Julia von Heinz; Spain’s Fernando León de Aranoa; Belgium’s Jaco Von Dormael; and Italy’s Michele Placido.
Guglielomo Marchetti’s Rome-based Notorious Pictures is producing the feature with backing from Germany’s FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Belgium’s Casa Kafka Pictures and VooBeTV,...
Production is underway on Europe C-19 (working title), a documentary feature from five top European directors portraying local dramas and responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The co-production will consist of five short films of approximately 15 minutes each to be shot by the UK’s Michael Winterbottom, Germany’s director Julia von Heinz; Spain’s Fernando León de Aranoa; Belgium’s Jaco Von Dormael; and Italy’s Michele Placido.
Guglielomo Marchetti’s Rome-based Notorious Pictures is producing the feature with backing from Germany’s FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Belgium’s Casa Kafka Pictures and VooBeTV,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and his own crippling battle with the disease are to be the subject of a new TV series helmed by BAFTA-winning director Michael Winterbottom.
Deadline understands that deals were done to develop the drama this week, with the project being housed at Fremantle in partnership with True Detective executive producer Richard Brown’s Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films. Fremantle signed an overall agreement with Brown last year.
24 Hour Party People filmmaker Winterbottom will direct and co-write the series, while Brown (Passenger) and Melissa Parmenter (Revolution Films) are executive producers. The Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman will serve as a consultant on the show. Shipman’s book All Out War provided the inspiration for Channel 4 and HBO’s drama Brexit: The Uncivil War, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
Although no network or streamer is yet attached, there is hope...
Deadline understands that deals were done to develop the drama this week, with the project being housed at Fremantle in partnership with True Detective executive producer Richard Brown’s Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films. Fremantle signed an overall agreement with Brown last year.
24 Hour Party People filmmaker Winterbottom will direct and co-write the series, while Brown (Passenger) and Melissa Parmenter (Revolution Films) are executive producers. The Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman will serve as a consultant on the show. Shipman’s book All Out War provided the inspiration for Channel 4 and HBO’s drama Brexit: The Uncivil War, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
Although no network or streamer is yet attached, there is hope...
- 6/26/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Fremantle, Passenger, and Revolution Films are partnering on the series.
Michael Winterbottom is working on a high-end TV series about the life of UK prime minister Boris Johnson, his government, and his country during the coronavirus pandemic.
The series will cover several significant events across the past year, including Johnson’s appointment as prime minister; the discovery of the first UK cases of Covid-19; Johnson falling critically ill, through to a recovery that coincided with the arrival of his new son; and coronavirus claiming more lives in Britain than anywhere else in Europe.
Winterbottom will co-write and direct the as-yet-untitled series for his Revolution Films.
Michael Winterbottom is working on a high-end TV series about the life of UK prime minister Boris Johnson, his government, and his country during the coronavirus pandemic.
The series will cover several significant events across the past year, including Johnson’s appointment as prime minister; the discovery of the first UK cases of Covid-19; Johnson falling critically ill, through to a recovery that coincided with the arrival of his new son; and coronavirus claiming more lives in Britain than anywhere else in Europe.
Winterbottom will co-write and direct the as-yet-untitled series for his Revolution Films.
- 6/26/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
“The Trip” helmer Michael Winterbottom is set to direct a series depicting the U.K.’s muddled response to the coronavirus crisis under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Producer-distributor Fremantle is partnering with “True Detective” executive producer Richard Brown’s nascent production outfit Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films on the project, which will have a keen focus on Johnson, who was admitted to intensive care with Covid-19 in late March and spent more than a week in hospital.
The Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman will serve as a consultant on the series, which will tell the true story of one of the most grave national and personal crises to befall a government leader since World War II. It will detail Johnson’s appointment as Prime Minister, to the discovery of the first cases of Covid-19 in the U.K., through to Johnson’s hospitalization and recovery, which also coincided...
Producer-distributor Fremantle is partnering with “True Detective” executive producer Richard Brown’s nascent production outfit Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films on the project, which will have a keen focus on Johnson, who was admitted to intensive care with Covid-19 in late March and spent more than a week in hospital.
The Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman will serve as a consultant on the series, which will tell the true story of one of the most grave national and personal crises to befall a government leader since World War II. It will detail Johnson’s appointment as Prime Minister, to the discovery of the first cases of Covid-19 in the U.K., through to Johnson’s hospitalization and recovery, which also coincided...
- 6/26/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Screen’s UK Film Finance Forum takes place on December 5 at Everyman Broadgate.
Llewellyn Radley, managing director, UK, and executive vice president, international Stx Entertainment, Mary Burke, BFI senior production and development executive, and Danny Perkins, former CEO of Studiocanal UK and now co-founder of Elysian Film Group, have joined the Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place in London on December 5.
Radley and Perkins will join Andy Mayson, co-ceo of Altitude and Vanessa Saal, managing director, sales and distribution at Protagonist Pictures, to talk about how UK films play in the local and international market.
Burke joins Hugo Heppell,...
Llewellyn Radley, managing director, UK, and executive vice president, international Stx Entertainment, Mary Burke, BFI senior production and development executive, and Danny Perkins, former CEO of Studiocanal UK and now co-founder of Elysian Film Group, have joined the Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place in London on December 5.
Radley and Perkins will join Andy Mayson, co-ceo of Altitude and Vanessa Saal, managing director, sales and distribution at Protagonist Pictures, to talk about how UK films play in the local and international market.
Burke joins Hugo Heppell,...
- 12/2/2019
- ScreenDaily
They include producers Damian Jones and Melissa Parmenter, and Altitude co-ceo Andy Mayson.
Eight further speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019. They are:
Damian Jones - producer Andy Mayson - co-ceo, Altitude Hugo Heppell - head of investment, Screen Yorkshire Melissa Parmenter - producer Vanessa Saal - managing director, sales and distribution, Protagonist Pictures David Smith - director of screen, Screen Scotland John Glencross - CEO, Calculus Capital Catherine Davies - co-founder, producer and creative director, Skipyard Productions
They join previously announced speakers including producers...
Eight further speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019. They are:
Damian Jones - producer Andy Mayson - co-ceo, Altitude Hugo Heppell - head of investment, Screen Yorkshire Melissa Parmenter - producer Vanessa Saal - managing director, sales and distribution, Protagonist Pictures David Smith - director of screen, Screen Scotland John Glencross - CEO, Calculus Capital Catherine Davies - co-founder, producer and creative director, Skipyard Productions
They join previously announced speakers including producers...
- 11/26/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The fourth film in “The Trip” franchise, “The Trip to Greece,” starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and directed by Michael Winterbottom, has been acquired for U.S. distribution by IFC Films, IFC announced Friday. The distributor is planning a summer 2020 release.
This comes as no surprise, as IFC Films has released all three of the previous movies in “The Trip” franchise, including the original from 2010, “The Trip to Italy” in 2014 and “The Trip to Spain” in 2017.
Coogan and Brydon — who play themselves in the scripted travel-themed film series — reunite yet again for more meals with expensive, gourmet dishes along with more conversation and more impressions of British luminaries.
Here’s the official synopsis:
When Odysseus left Troy it took him 10 years to get back to his home in Ithaca. Steve and...
This comes as no surprise, as IFC Films has released all three of the previous movies in “The Trip” franchise, including the original from 2010, “The Trip to Italy” in 2014 and “The Trip to Spain” in 2017.
Coogan and Brydon — who play themselves in the scripted travel-themed film series — reunite yet again for more meals with expensive, gourmet dishes along with more conversation and more impressions of British luminaries.
Here’s the official synopsis:
When Odysseus left Troy it took him 10 years to get back to his home in Ithaca. Steve and...
- 11/8/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Goalpost Film sells fourth episode to Australia, Canada, Latin America, Scandinavia, others.
IFC Films has acquired Us rights to Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Greece, the fourth entry in the acclaimed culinary anthology series starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
Goalpost Film has concluded a raft of pre-sales on the film, licensing rights in Australia (Madman Entertainment), Canada (Elevation Pictures), Scandinavia (Non Stop), Latin America (California Filmes), South Korea (Challan), Middle East (Front Row), and Greece (Filmtrade). Cinesky acquired rights for global airlines.
IFC Films has earmarked a summer 2020 theatrical release for The Trip To Greece, its 11th collaboration...
IFC Films has acquired Us rights to Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Greece, the fourth entry in the acclaimed culinary anthology series starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
Goalpost Film has concluded a raft of pre-sales on the film, licensing rights in Australia (Madman Entertainment), Canada (Elevation Pictures), Scandinavia (Non Stop), Latin America (California Filmes), South Korea (Challan), Middle East (Front Row), and Greece (Filmtrade). Cinesky acquired rights for global airlines.
IFC Films has earmarked a summer 2020 theatrical release for The Trip To Greece, its 11th collaboration...
- 11/8/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
As they began preparing “The Trip to Greece,” the fourth installment in Michael Winterbottom’s acclaimed comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, the creative team returned to the time-tested formula that made the previous three chapters so successful: a combination of food, wanderlust and the comedians’ impeccable improv skills.
But with Winterbottom insisting this will be the franchise’s final installment, producer Melissa Parmenter, of Revolution Films, says the decision to re-create the epic journey of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca in modern-day Greece gave the project added poignancy.
“Steve is continuing his journey back home, like Odysseus,” she says. “Being the last one for this idea of an epic journey is quite special.”
Nearly a decade after the “Trip” franchise launched, the long-time collaborators were on familiar ground in more ways than one. Last year Winterbottom, Parmenter and Coogan traveled to Greece to film “Greed,” a satire...
But with Winterbottom insisting this will be the franchise’s final installment, producer Melissa Parmenter, of Revolution Films, says the decision to re-create the epic journey of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca in modern-day Greece gave the project added poignancy.
“Steve is continuing his journey back home, like Odysseus,” she says. “Being the last one for this idea of an epic journey is quite special.”
Nearly a decade after the “Trip” franchise launched, the long-time collaborators were on familiar ground in more ways than one. Last year Winterbottom, Parmenter and Coogan traveled to Greece to film “Greed,” a satire...
- 10/24/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “Greed,” a satire about the super-rich from director Michael Winterbottom starring Steve Coogan, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
The film, which made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend at the Elgin Theater, skewers the world of high fashion, specifically looking at the grotesque inequality between a greedy billionaire (Coogan) and the female garment workers who toil on his fashion line. Winterbottom follows the billionaire as he preps his lavish, 60th birthday party in Mykonos, as overseen by reality TV cameras, all while Syrian refugees have arrived and set up camp on the Greek shores.
David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Dinita Gohil, Shanina Shaik and Sarah Solemani co-star in the film that Winterbottom wrote and directed, with additional material from Sean Gray.
Also Read: Sony Pictures Classics Acquires...
The film, which made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend at the Elgin Theater, skewers the world of high fashion, specifically looking at the grotesque inequality between a greedy billionaire (Coogan) and the female garment workers who toil on his fashion line. Winterbottom follows the billionaire as he preps his lavish, 60th birthday party in Mykonos, as overseen by reality TV cameras, all while Syrian refugees have arrived and set up camp on the Greek shores.
David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Dinita Gohil, Shanina Shaik and Sarah Solemani co-star in the film that Winterbottom wrote and directed, with additional material from Sean Gray.
Also Read: Sony Pictures Classics Acquires...
- 9/11/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Classics is negotiating a U.S. distribution deal for Greed, the Michael Winterbottom-directed fashion industry satire, Deadline hears. The film makes its World Premiere today at the Elgin Theatre here in Toronto.
Pic stars Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Dinita Gohil, Shanina Shaik, and Sarah Solemani. Coogan, who worked with Winterbottom on The Trip To Spain and The Trip To Italy, here plays a retail billionaire preparing for a lavish celebration of his 60th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. The occasion is overseen by a reality-tv camera crew, and a writer (Mitchell) hired to craft McCreadie’s hagiographic biography with assistance from McCreadie’s ex-wife (Fisher). Meanwhile, refugees from Syria have set up camp on a nearby beach, much to the consternation of hotel staff and local authorities. In the process, horrendous truths regarding McCreadie’s past are revealed...
Pic stars Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Dinita Gohil, Shanina Shaik, and Sarah Solemani. Coogan, who worked with Winterbottom on The Trip To Spain and The Trip To Italy, here plays a retail billionaire preparing for a lavish celebration of his 60th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. The occasion is overseen by a reality-tv camera crew, and a writer (Mitchell) hired to craft McCreadie’s hagiographic biography with assistance from McCreadie’s ex-wife (Fisher). Meanwhile, refugees from Syria have set up camp on a nearby beach, much to the consternation of hotel staff and local authorities. In the process, horrendous truths regarding McCreadie’s past are revealed...
- 9/7/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Greed
Michael Winterbottom unites once more with actor Steve Coogan for his latest project, Greed, their first collaboration since the third installment of their Trip franchise with 2016’s The Trip to Spain. Produced by Laine Kline and Luke Scrase of Sony Pictures International Productions, Damian Jones of DJ Films, Melissa Parmenter for Revolution Films, plus Daniel Battsek and Ollie Madden for Film4 (their sixth production with Winterbottom), the film also stars Isla Fisher, David Mitchell, Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sarah Solemani, Shanina Shaik, Dinita Gohil, Asim Chaudhry, Pearl Mackie, Jonny Sweet, Ollie Locke, and Stephen Fry in what sounds a bit similar to Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (2013).…...
Michael Winterbottom unites once more with actor Steve Coogan for his latest project, Greed, their first collaboration since the third installment of their Trip franchise with 2016’s The Trip to Spain. Produced by Laine Kline and Luke Scrase of Sony Pictures International Productions, Damian Jones of DJ Films, Melissa Parmenter for Revolution Films, plus Daniel Battsek and Ollie Madden for Film4 (their sixth production with Winterbottom), the film also stars Isla Fisher, David Mitchell, Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sarah Solemani, Shanina Shaik, Dinita Gohil, Asim Chaudhry, Pearl Mackie, Jonny Sweet, Ollie Locke, and Stephen Fry in what sounds a bit similar to Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (2013).…...
- 1/3/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sony Pictures International Productions and Film4 team on the feature.
Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) and Film4 have wrapped production on Greed, a satire from Michael Winterbottom starring Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher and David Mitchell.
First images of Coogan in the film have been released. Set in the celebrity-heavy world of luxury fashion, the film follows the build-up to the 60th birthday party of a retail billionaire on the Greek island of Mykonos.
Newly announced cast members include Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sarah Solemani, Shanina Shaik, Dinita Gohil, Asim Chaudhry, Pearl Mackie, Jonny Sweet, Ollie Locke and Stephen Fry.
Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) and Film4 have wrapped production on Greed, a satire from Michael Winterbottom starring Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher and David Mitchell.
First images of Coogan in the film have been released. Set in the celebrity-heavy world of luxury fashion, the film follows the build-up to the 60th birthday party of a retail billionaire on the Greek island of Mykonos.
Newly announced cast members include Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sarah Solemani, Shanina Shaik, Dinita Gohil, Asim Chaudhry, Pearl Mackie, Jonny Sweet, Ollie Locke and Stephen Fry.
- 12/5/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures International Productions and Film4 have wrapped production on Michael Winterbottom (The Killer Inside Me) comedy Greed, starring Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher and David Mitchell.
Also starring are Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sarah Solemani, Shanina Shaik, Dinita Gohil, Asim Chaudhry, Pearl Mackie, Jonny Sweet, Ollie Locke and Stephen Fry. Sony has also released some fun first-look images.
The satire, whose lead cast we revealed in September, is co-written by Winterbottom and two-time Emmy Award winner Sean Gray (Veep), and is produced by Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) for Revolution Films and DJ Films’ Damian Jones (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie).
The film tells the fictional story of a retail billionaire, and is set in the glamorous and celebrity-filled world of luxury fashion, with a build up to a spectacular 60th birthday party in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos. Many believe the film’s subject was...
Also starring are Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sarah Solemani, Shanina Shaik, Dinita Gohil, Asim Chaudhry, Pearl Mackie, Jonny Sweet, Ollie Locke and Stephen Fry. Sony has also released some fun first-look images.
The satire, whose lead cast we revealed in September, is co-written by Winterbottom and two-time Emmy Award winner Sean Gray (Veep), and is produced by Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) for Revolution Films and DJ Films’ Damian Jones (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie).
The film tells the fictional story of a retail billionaire, and is set in the glamorous and celebrity-filled world of luxury fashion, with a build up to a spectacular 60th birthday party in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos. Many believe the film’s subject was...
- 12/5/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
IFC Films announced on Wednesday that it has acquired the U.S. rights to British writer-director Michael Winterbottom’s “The Wedding Guest,” starring Dev Patel.
The thriller follows a mysterious British man (Patel) who leaves London for Pakistan. He arrives at a Punjabi village, where the locals are getting ready for a lavish wedding, arranged by the bride’s rich, respectable family while she was in Britain. The man tells the villagers that he is a friend of the family, but this isn’t true. The man has a lot of secrets.
Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh also star in the film.
Also Read: Dev Patel and 'The Wedding Guest' Co-Star Radhika Apte Feel Fortunate for Diversity Shift in Hollywood (Video)
“We are thrilled to be teaming up with [director Michael Winterbottom] again, as this marks our tenth film together over the last decade. After working with him most recently on the comedic series ‘The Trip,...
The thriller follows a mysterious British man (Patel) who leaves London for Pakistan. He arrives at a Punjabi village, where the locals are getting ready for a lavish wedding, arranged by the bride’s rich, respectable family while she was in Britain. The man tells the villagers that he is a friend of the family, but this isn’t true. The man has a lot of secrets.
Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh also star in the film.
Also Read: Dev Patel and 'The Wedding Guest' Co-Star Radhika Apte Feel Fortunate for Diversity Shift in Hollywood (Video)
“We are thrilled to be teaming up with [director Michael Winterbottom] again, as this marks our tenth film together over the last decade. After working with him most recently on the comedic series ‘The Trip,...
- 10/31/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions retains worldwide rights excluding the Us.
IFC Films has picked up Us rights to The Wedding Guest starring Dev Patel following its recent world premiere at Tiff.
Michael Winterbottom reunites with the distributor on the drama about a British man who sets off to the wedding of a rich family’s daughter in Pakistan armed with fake ID’s and a gun. Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh also star.
Melissa Parmenter, Winterbottom, Deepak Nayar, Nik Bower and Patel produced, and Peter Touche and Andrea Scarso served as executive producers.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films, Riverstone Pictures...
IFC Films has picked up Us rights to The Wedding Guest starring Dev Patel following its recent world premiere at Tiff.
Michael Winterbottom reunites with the distributor on the drama about a British man who sets off to the wedding of a rich family’s daughter in Pakistan armed with fake ID’s and a gun. Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh also star.
Melissa Parmenter, Winterbottom, Deepak Nayar, Nik Bower and Patel produced, and Peter Touche and Andrea Scarso served as executive producers.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films, Riverstone Pictures...
- 10/30/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Michael Winterbottom’s thriller “The Wedding Guest” with Dev Patel.
The movie, which had its world premiere at Toronto in the Special Presentations section, stars Patel as a mysterious British man who leaves London and embarks on a journey across Pakistan and India with fake ID cards. He arrives at a lavish wedding, pretending to be a friend of the family, but this isn’t true. The man has a gun and a job to do; he also has a lot of secrets, and so does the bride. Patel stars opposite Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh.
This marks the 10th collaboration between IFC Films/Sundance Selects and Winterbottom who last worked together on the director’s hit series “The Trip” with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
“After working with him most recently on the comedic series ‘The Trip,’ we’re looking forward...
The movie, which had its world premiere at Toronto in the Special Presentations section, stars Patel as a mysterious British man who leaves London and embarks on a journey across Pakistan and India with fake ID cards. He arrives at a lavish wedding, pretending to be a friend of the family, but this isn’t true. The man has a gun and a job to do; he also has a lot of secrets, and so does the bride. Patel stars opposite Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh.
This marks the 10th collaboration between IFC Films/Sundance Selects and Winterbottom who last worked together on the director’s hit series “The Trip” with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
“After working with him most recently on the comedic series ‘The Trip,’ we’re looking forward...
- 10/30/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Adrian Grenier and Mya Taylor join “Stage Mother,” Steve Coogan teams up with Michael Winterbottom and Kandoo Releasing launches. Castings Film Mode Entertainment and Branded Pictures Entertainment have added Adrian Grenier and Mya Taylor (“Tangerine”) to the cast of the drama-comedy “Stage Mother.” Jacki Weaver and Lucy Liu have been previously announced as starring in “Stage Mother,” set in the drag world of San Francisco. The film is set to go into production on Sept. 14 with much of the filming to take place in Nova Scotia. Rights for the film are for sale at the Toronto International Film Festival. Film Mode Entertainment’s Clay Epstein and Branded Pictures Entertainment founder and producer J. Todd Harris announced the project at the Cannes Film Festival. Grenier is best known for his starring role in “Entourage.” Taylor won the Gotham Award for “Breakthrough Actor” for her performance...
- 9/8/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Film4, Sony involved in film about retail magnate.
Steve Coogan and David Mitchell are attached to star in Michael Winterbottom’s untitled satire about a retail magnate.
Sony and Film4 are backing the project ahead of shooting this autumn. The story focuses on the 60th birthday party of a businessman in Greece which goes wrong.
Melissa Parmenter is producing for Revolution Films with Damian Jones for his banner DJ Films.
The film was previously announced as Greed with Sacha Baron Cohen in the lead role.
Director Winterbottom is in Toronto this week with his latest feature The Wedding Guest, starring...
Steve Coogan and David Mitchell are attached to star in Michael Winterbottom’s untitled satire about a retail magnate.
Sony and Film4 are backing the project ahead of shooting this autumn. The story focuses on the 60th birthday party of a businessman in Greece which goes wrong.
Melissa Parmenter is producing for Revolution Films with Damian Jones for his banner DJ Films.
The film was previously announced as Greed with Sacha Baron Cohen in the lead role.
Director Winterbottom is in Toronto this week with his latest feature The Wedding Guest, starring...
- 9/7/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Steve Coogan and David Mitchell are set to star in Michael Winterbottom’s (The Wedding Guest) untitled satirical movie about the super-rich, I can reveal.
Sony Pictures International Productions and Film4 are behind the movie, which is gearing up for a fall shoot. Melissa Parmenter (The Face Of An Angel) is producing for Revolution Films with The Iron Lady producer Damian Jones of DJ Films. The project was previously known as Greed but that is no longer the title, I understand.
The story is a satirical take on the world of the super-rich with Alan Partridge and Philomena star Coogan set to play a ruthless, perma-tanned and self-absorbed retail clothing billionaire. Actor and writer Mitchell (Peep Show) is due to play a mild-mannered journalist hired by Coogan’s character to chronicle his life story. Additional casting is under way.
Winterbottom is no stranger to this subject having directed Russell Brand...
Sony Pictures International Productions and Film4 are behind the movie, which is gearing up for a fall shoot. Melissa Parmenter (The Face Of An Angel) is producing for Revolution Films with The Iron Lady producer Damian Jones of DJ Films. The project was previously known as Greed but that is no longer the title, I understand.
The story is a satirical take on the world of the super-rich with Alan Partridge and Philomena star Coogan set to play a ruthless, perma-tanned and self-absorbed retail clothing billionaire. Actor and writer Mitchell (Peep Show) is due to play a mild-mannered journalist hired by Coogan’s character to chronicle his life story. Additional casting is under way.
Winterbottom is no stranger to this subject having directed Russell Brand...
- 9/7/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fox Searchlight is circling rights to the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy Greed, produced by UK production banner Revolution Films. Baron Cohen is teaming with Brit helmer Michael Winterbottom, who is set to direct, with Melissa Parmenter producing. I’m hearing the story is a satirical take on the world of the super-rich with Baron Cohen playing a cut-throat retail billionaire. While further details are being kept under wraps, it’s believed to be a role inspired by…...
- 11/30/2016
- Deadline
Independent boards feature about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
UK sales outfit Independent has boarded international sales on Michael Winterbottom’s music feature On The Road, about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
The film, which gets its world premiere at the London Film Festival, follows the Grammy nominated group on their tour earlier this year.
Producers are Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) and Anthony Wilcox for Revolution Films. Julian Bird, Abi Gadsby at Lorton Entertainment (Oasis: Supersonic) are executive-producing alongside Declan Reddington.
Lorton Distribution will release in the UK in 2017. Independent will be selling the project at the Afm next month.
Independent’s MD Andrew Orr said: “We are thrilled to be working with Michael Winterbottom again. Playful and innovative, On The Road combines his masterful ability to shoot fiction so real, it seems like documentary, and to document a true story so well, it almost seems like fic-tion.”...
UK sales outfit Independent has boarded international sales on Michael Winterbottom’s music feature On The Road, about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
The film, which gets its world premiere at the London Film Festival, follows the Grammy nominated group on their tour earlier this year.
Producers are Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) and Anthony Wilcox for Revolution Films. Julian Bird, Abi Gadsby at Lorton Entertainment (Oasis: Supersonic) are executive-producing alongside Declan Reddington.
Lorton Distribution will release in the UK in 2017. Independent will be selling the project at the Afm next month.
Independent’s MD Andrew Orr said: “We are thrilled to be working with Michael Winterbottom again. Playful and innovative, On The Road combines his masterful ability to shoot fiction so real, it seems like documentary, and to document a true story so well, it almost seems like fic-tion.”...
- 10/6/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Film follows Grammy-nominated British rock band Wolf Alice on tour.
Michael Winterbottom’s On The Road will receive its world premiere at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.
The film will be presented within the festival’s Sonic strand on Oct 9 at the BFI Southbank and follows Grammy-nominated British rock band Wolf Alice, from North London, on tour.
Winterbottom joined the band on the road earlier this year, capturing 16 different gigs and daily life backstage. The film records the tour from the point of view of a new member of their crew and stars rising British actors Leah Harvey and James McArdle.
“The starting point for the film was a long time ago in a bar in New York when we met up with a band called Ash. They told us all about their life on the road - an endless string of festivals and gigs. It sounded romantic and terrible at the same time. I was curious...
Michael Winterbottom’s On The Road will receive its world premiere at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.
The film will be presented within the festival’s Sonic strand on Oct 9 at the BFI Southbank and follows Grammy-nominated British rock band Wolf Alice, from North London, on tour.
Winterbottom joined the band on the road earlier this year, capturing 16 different gigs and daily life backstage. The film records the tour from the point of view of a new member of their crew and stars rising British actors Leah Harvey and James McArdle.
“The starting point for the film was a long time ago in a bar in New York when we met up with a band called Ash. They told us all about their life on the road - an endless string of festivals and gigs. It sounded romantic and terrible at the same time. I was curious...
- 9/8/2016
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Goalpost also inks France deal on Kevin Costner classic Dances With Wolves.
Goalpost Film has scored key pre-sales on the The Trip To Spain, the upcoming third instalment in Michael Winterbottom’s popular comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Rob Brydon (Cinderella).
Deals have concluded with IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia, eOne for Canada, NonStop for Scandinavia, Front Row for Middle East, Challan for South Korea and Cinesky for Airlines.
IFC, which distributed both prior instalments, took $3m at the Us box office from well received 2014 edition The Trip To Italy.
IFC president Jonathan Sehring said: “We’re very happy to be a key component in what is becoming the most wonderful independent franchise”.
Coogan and Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot in late 2016, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs...
Goalpost Film has scored key pre-sales on the The Trip To Spain, the upcoming third instalment in Michael Winterbottom’s popular comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Rob Brydon (Cinderella).
Deals have concluded with IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia, eOne for Canada, NonStop for Scandinavia, Front Row for Middle East, Challan for South Korea and Cinesky for Airlines.
IFC, which distributed both prior instalments, took $3m at the Us box office from well received 2014 edition The Trip To Italy.
IFC president Jonathan Sehring said: “We’re very happy to be a key component in what is becoming the most wonderful independent franchise”.
Coogan and Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot in late 2016, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs...
- 6/7/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Goalpost also inks France deal on Kevin Costner classic Dances With Wolves.
Goalpost Film has scored key pre-sales on the The Trip To Spain, the upcoming third instalment in Michael Winterbottom’s popular comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Rob Brydon (Cinderella).
Deals have concluded with IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia, eOne for Canada, NonStop for Scandinavia, Front Row for Middle East, Challan for South Korea and Cinesky for Airlines.
IFC, which distributed both prior instalments, took $3m at the Us box office from well received 2014 edition The Trip To Italy.
IFC president Jonathan Sehring said: “We’re very happy to be a key component in what is becoming the most wonderful independent franchise”.
Coogan and Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot in late 2016, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs...
Goalpost Film has scored key pre-sales on the The Trip To Spain, the upcoming third instalment in Michael Winterbottom’s popular comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Rob Brydon (Cinderella).
Deals have concluded with IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia, eOne for Canada, NonStop for Scandinavia, Front Row for Middle East, Challan for South Korea and Cinesky for Airlines.
IFC, which distributed both prior instalments, took $3m at the Us box office from well received 2014 edition The Trip To Italy.
IFC president Jonathan Sehring said: “We’re very happy to be a key component in what is becoming the most wonderful independent franchise”.
Coogan and Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot in late 2016, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs...
- 6/7/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Goalpost will kick off sales on third instalment in popular franchise.
Goalpost Film is to kick off sales in Cannes on The Trip To Spain, the third instalment in the popular comedy franchise from director Michael Winterbottom.
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot later this year, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs) produces alongside Revolution Films, Baby Cow and Small Man.
Sky will broadcast the series in the UK but Goalpost will package the third instalment as a feature, as it has the previous two series.
The Trip To Italy [pictured] pre-sold in Cannes three years ago to IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia/New Zealand, Non-Stop Entertainment for Scandinavia and Wild Bunch for Benelux, among others.
Goalpost will also be selling Kevin Costner classic Dances With Wolves, for which it...
Goalpost Film is to kick off sales in Cannes on The Trip To Spain, the third instalment in the popular comedy franchise from director Michael Winterbottom.
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy which will shoot later this year, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs) produces alongside Revolution Films, Baby Cow and Small Man.
Sky will broadcast the series in the UK but Goalpost will package the third instalment as a feature, as it has the previous two series.
The Trip To Italy [pictured] pre-sold in Cannes three years ago to IFC for the Us, Madman for Australia/New Zealand, Non-Stop Entertainment for Scandinavia and Wild Bunch for Benelux, among others.
Goalpost will also be selling Kevin Costner classic Dances With Wolves, for which it...
- 5/11/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Vatican Connection
Director: Michael Winterbottom // Writer: Paul Viragh
The incredibly prolific Michael Winterbottom had two 2014 titles, so we’re sure to see this latest project materialize before the end of the year, though major cast has not yet been announced since the news broke during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. While The Trip to Italy was a light piece of entertainment, Winterbottom’s other 2014 title, The Face of an Angel, which played Venice and Toronto wasn’t as well received, even though it was a compelling take on how we adapt true crime stories to film. This latest, The Vatican Connection, seems to be in that vein, based on the real-life story of the NYPD detective who first uncovered the Vatican Bank’s links to the Mafia in the 1970s.
Cast: Tba.
Producers: Ivanhoe Pictures’ John Penotti (Violet & Daisy), Muse Productions’ Chris Hanley (London Fields), Most Films’ Jeff Most (The Crow...
Director: Michael Winterbottom // Writer: Paul Viragh
The incredibly prolific Michael Winterbottom had two 2014 titles, so we’re sure to see this latest project materialize before the end of the year, though major cast has not yet been announced since the news broke during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. While The Trip to Italy was a light piece of entertainment, Winterbottom’s other 2014 title, The Face of an Angel, which played Venice and Toronto wasn’t as well received, even though it was a compelling take on how we adapt true crime stories to film. This latest, The Vatican Connection, seems to be in that vein, based on the real-life story of the NYPD detective who first uncovered the Vatican Bank’s links to the Mafia in the 1970s.
Cast: Tba.
Producers: Ivanhoe Pictures’ John Penotti (Violet & Daisy), Muse Productions’ Chris Hanley (London Fields), Most Films’ Jeff Most (The Crow...
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights to The Face Of An Angel, director Michael Winterbottom’s psychological thriller inspired by the killing of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy and the resulting trial of her flatmate, American student Amanda Knox. Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale, Valerio Mastandrea and Cara Delevingne star in the tale of a film director (Brühl) researching a movie based on a violent Kercher-esque murder case who becomes tormented by the motivations of everyone involved, including himself. The WestEnd Films production premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last month and next hits the London Film Festival this week. Screen Media is planning a day and date release in Q2 of 2015.
The Face Of An Angel is scripted by Paul Viragh and produced by Melissa Parmenter. It’s based on the book Angel Face: The True Story Of Student Killer Amanda Knox by Barbie Latza Nadeau, an...
The Face Of An Angel is scripted by Paul Viragh and produced by Melissa Parmenter. It’s based on the book Angel Face: The True Story Of Student Killer Amanda Knox by Barbie Latza Nadeau, an...
- 10/14/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
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