Lucy Hale appeared in Cannes during the film festival last week, living the good life but also helping launch Good Life, a new feature film project from Angel Oak Films.
The $10 million production will be steered by filmmaker Bonnie Rodini, who directed the 2021 South African film of the same name. The adaptation is described as a coming-of-age tale set against the idyllic Italian countryside. It casts Hale as Olive, a young woman grappling with her family’s complex history. Production is set to begin in Italy in September, uniting Pascal Borno and Alain Gillissen of Angel Oak Films with Silvio Muraglia of Paradox Studios.
Hale is coming off a busy 2023 that saw the releases of Which Brings Me to You, Puppy Love and Inside Man. She is best known for roles in the TV series Pretty Little Liars and the Blumhouse and Universal horror entry Truth or Dare.
“The Good...
The $10 million production will be steered by filmmaker Bonnie Rodini, who directed the 2021 South African film of the same name. The adaptation is described as a coming-of-age tale set against the idyllic Italian countryside. It casts Hale as Olive, a young woman grappling with her family’s complex history. Production is set to begin in Italy in September, uniting Pascal Borno and Alain Gillissen of Angel Oak Films with Silvio Muraglia of Paradox Studios.
Hale is coming off a busy 2023 that saw the releases of Which Brings Me to You, Puppy Love and Inside Man. She is best known for roles in the TV series Pretty Little Liars and the Blumhouse and Universal horror entry Truth or Dare.
“The Good...
- 5/20/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles and Brussels-based Angel Oak Films is preparing a $10m adaptation of the 2021 South African drama Good Life to star Lucy Hale and has commenced sales talks on the new project in Cannes.
Whereas the original film and TIFF selection was set in Greece, this “fresh interpretation” of the coming-of-age drama will be situated in the Italian countryside.
Hale will play Olive, a young woman grappling with heartache who feels trapped in her New York life and flees to Italy.
Without a place to stay she sleeps in the ruins of her late father’s house, only to encounter hostility from the locals.
Whereas the original film and TIFF selection was set in Greece, this “fresh interpretation” of the coming-of-age drama will be situated in the Italian countryside.
Hale will play Olive, a young woman grappling with heartache who feels trapped in her New York life and flees to Italy.
Without a place to stay she sleeps in the ruins of her late father’s house, only to encounter hostility from the locals.
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Award-winning South African drama “Good Life” is set for a U.S. release after sales agent Angel Oak Films inked a deal with distributor Level 33.
Set in Cape Town and Greece, “Good Life” tells the story of Olive Papadopoulous (played by Erica Wessels), a thirty-something year-old with a broken heart. Fleeing to a small town in Greece, she finds herself even more miserable thanks to the villagers’ hostility – until she hires a 7-year-old Albanian refugee, Jet (played by Caleb Payne) as her guide and negotiator. Before long, Jet becomes her friend too, teaching Olive how to live a “good life.”
Robyn Scott (“After Life of The Party”), Leon Clingman (“The Mauritanian”), Marco Mintaka (“What Lies Beneath”) and Sven Ruygrok (“Around the World in 80 Days”) also star in the film.
“Good Life” was written, directed and produced by Bonnie Rodini and is loosely based on Rodini’s own experiences. It represents her directorial feature debut.
Set in Cape Town and Greece, “Good Life” tells the story of Olive Papadopoulous (played by Erica Wessels), a thirty-something year-old with a broken heart. Fleeing to a small town in Greece, she finds herself even more miserable thanks to the villagers’ hostility – until she hires a 7-year-old Albanian refugee, Jet (played by Caleb Payne) as her guide and negotiator. Before long, Jet becomes her friend too, teaching Olive how to live a “good life.”
Robyn Scott (“After Life of The Party”), Leon Clingman (“The Mauritanian”), Marco Mintaka (“What Lies Beneath”) and Sven Ruygrok (“Around the World in 80 Days”) also star in the film.
“Good Life” was written, directed and produced by Bonnie Rodini and is loosely based on Rodini’s own experiences. It represents her directorial feature debut.
- 4/12/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Erica Wessels plays broken-hearted oral hygienist who flees Cape Town for Greece.
Angel Oak Films, the production and sales venture led by Pascal Borno and Alain Gillissen and based in Los Angeles and Brussels, has reported initial sales on South African drama Good Life.
Bonnie Rodini directed the story about Olive Pappadopoulous, a thirtysomething oral hygienist who flees Cape Town for Greece to try get over a broken heart and encounters local hostility and a seven-year-old refugee who teaches her how to live. Erica Wessels stars.
Deals have closed with Best Film in Poland, Twelve Oaks Pictures in Spain, and Level 33 in North America.
Angel Oak Films, the production and sales venture led by Pascal Borno and Alain Gillissen and based in Los Angeles and Brussels, has reported initial sales on South African drama Good Life.
Bonnie Rodini directed the story about Olive Pappadopoulous, a thirtysomething oral hygienist who flees Cape Town for Greece to try get over a broken heart and encounters local hostility and a seven-year-old refugee who teaches her how to live. Erica Wessels stars.
Deals have closed with Best Film in Poland, Twelve Oaks Pictures in Spain, and Level 33 in North America.
- 12/1/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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Fans of the beasties wanted more. Deep Blue Sea 2 debuted in July 2018 and was released direct-to-video.
Today, Deep Blue Sea 3 is available to watch, so dive in for the deadliest, bloodiest return to the deep blue sea yet.
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/deep-blue-sea-3
Welcome to Little Happy, a tiny man-made island in the Mozambique Channel that’s home to a flourishing nursery of marine life, where Great Whites come to mate and give birth every year. This peaceful conservatory is overseen by Emma Collins and her team of environmentalists, determined to continue her late father’s legacy. This idyllic...
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