The BBC adaptation of Ian Rankin’s Rebus will premiere on the 18th May, with Richard Rankin (no relation) in the lead role.
A new adaptation of Ian Rankin’s detective novels, Rebus, is set to air later this month. Gregory Burke, who previously wrote Scottish drama Six Four, wrote all six episodes, which were directed by Niall MacCormick and Fiona Walton.
The new series of Rebus will be a prequel which focuses on the detective in his younger years, as he rises up the ranks in Edinburgh.
Richard Rankin (no relation to author Ian) stars as Rebus, alongside Lucie Shorthouse, Brian Ferguson, Amy Manson, Neshla Caplan, Noof Ousellam, Stuart Bowman, Caroline Lee Johnson, Sean Buchanan, Thoren Ferguson and Michelle Duncan.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Set in Edinburgh, the six-part series reimagines John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael,...
A new adaptation of Ian Rankin’s detective novels, Rebus, is set to air later this month. Gregory Burke, who previously wrote Scottish drama Six Four, wrote all six episodes, which were directed by Niall MacCormick and Fiona Walton.
The new series of Rebus will be a prequel which focuses on the detective in his younger years, as he rises up the ranks in Edinburgh.
Richard Rankin (no relation to author Ian) stars as Rebus, alongside Lucie Shorthouse, Brian Ferguson, Amy Manson, Neshla Caplan, Noof Ousellam, Stuart Bowman, Caroline Lee Johnson, Sean Buchanan, Thoren Ferguson and Michelle Duncan.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Set in Edinburgh, the six-part series reimagines John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Ian Rankin’s iconic detective Rebus is heading back to the small screen. Here’s what we know about the new series…
Ian Rankin’s Rebus is one of the most successful characters in contemporary fiction. Appearing in over 24 novels since 1987, with the 25th, Midnight & Blue, set to be published in October, and over a dozen short stories, Rankin’s dour detective has made an indelible impression on readers the world over.
It wasn’t long before he made his way to the screen. The first iteration starred John Hannah, who played the role for one series in 2000 to 2001. Hannah was unpopular with fans of the books, and he quit the role soon after.
For three series, Ken Stott stepped into the role of the detective. His portrayal was extremely popular, and he became inextricably linked with the role, so much so it has taken well over a decade for...
Ian Rankin’s Rebus is one of the most successful characters in contemporary fiction. Appearing in over 24 novels since 1987, with the 25th, Midnight & Blue, set to be published in October, and over a dozen short stories, Rankin’s dour detective has made an indelible impression on readers the world over.
It wasn’t long before he made his way to the screen. The first iteration starred John Hannah, who played the role for one series in 2000 to 2001. Hannah was unpopular with fans of the books, and he quit the role soon after.
For three series, Ken Stott stepped into the role of the detective. His portrayal was extremely popular, and he became inextricably linked with the role, so much so it has taken well over a decade for...
- 3/7/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
The BBC has acquired crime drama series Rebus, a new adaptation of the best-selling Inspector Rebus novels by Scottish author Ian Rankin, starring Richard Rankin (Outlander, The Replacement) in the lead role.
Adapted for the small screen by Gregory Burke (´71, Six Four) and produced by Eleventh Hour Films for Nordic streamer Viaplay, the six-part series will air on the U.K. public broadcaster’s flagship network BBC One, BBC Scotland and streamer BBC iPlayer this spring.
Rebus has been seen on the screen and stage before. An ITV series ran for four seasons from 2000 until 2007. The fictional inspector has also been featured in radio and theater adaptations.
The show features a younger, and recently divorced and demoted, protagonist. Set in Edinburgh, it “reimagines John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality,...
Adapted for the small screen by Gregory Burke (´71, Six Four) and produced by Eleventh Hour Films for Nordic streamer Viaplay, the six-part series will air on the U.K. public broadcaster’s flagship network BBC One, BBC Scotland and streamer BBC iPlayer this spring.
Rebus has been seen on the screen and stage before. An ITV series ran for four seasons from 2000 until 2007. The fictional inspector has also been featured in radio and theater adaptations.
The show features a younger, and recently divorced and demoted, protagonist. Set in Edinburgh, it “reimagines John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The BBC has bought Viaplay’s Rebus reboot, following international streamer Viaplay’s decision to exit the UK. In further news, we can reveal Australia’s Sbs has also acquired the show from distributor Viaplay Content Distribution.
Set in Edinburgh, the series stars Richard Rankin (Outlander) in the title role, playing a young John Rebus as a detective sergeant, who is drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality.
The show, based on Ian Rankin’s novels and from Eleventh Hour Films, had originally been slated for Viaplay’s UK service, having been its first British commission back in November 2022. However, it will now run exclusively on BBC Scotland, BBC One and BBC iPlayer this spring.
Viaplay decided to pull out of the UK and several other territories following a brutal 202 and is selling its British...
Set in Edinburgh, the series stars Richard Rankin (Outlander) in the title role, playing a young John Rebus as a detective sergeant, who is drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality.
The show, based on Ian Rankin’s novels and from Eleventh Hour Films, had originally been slated for Viaplay’s UK service, having been its first British commission back in November 2022. However, it will now run exclusively on BBC Scotland, BBC One and BBC iPlayer this spring.
Viaplay decided to pull out of the UK and several other territories following a brutal 202 and is selling its British...
- 3/7/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Viaplay’s first U.K. drama commission, “Rebus,” has gone into production in Scotland. The show has also added some new cast members including “Line of Duty’s” Lucie Shorthouse, Brian Ferguson (“The Ipcress File”) and Stuart Bowman (“The Serpent”).
They will join Richard Rankin (“Outlander”) as John Rebus, the much-loved character John Rebus from Ian Rankin’s bestselling novels.
“Rebus” tells the story of a Scottish police detective who “finds himself at a psychological crossroads,” according to the logline. “At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national discord, does the law still have meaning,...
They will join Richard Rankin (“Outlander”) as John Rebus, the much-loved character John Rebus from Ian Rankin’s bestselling novels.
“Rebus” tells the story of a Scottish police detective who “finds himself at a psychological crossroads,” according to the logline. “At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national discord, does the law still have meaning,...
- 4/26/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Scottish actor Richard Rankin (Outlander, The Last Kingdom) is set to play Edinburgh detective John Rebus in a new six-part series based on the acclaimed crime novels by Ian Rankin that will go out on Scandinavian streamer Viaplay, which recently launched in the U.S.
Screenwriter Gregory Burke (Entebbe, ’71) will adapt Rankin’s work for the screen. Eleventh Hour Films is producing the series for Viaplay. Niall MacCormick (Wallander) will direct the series, which starts shooting in Scotland next month and will stream on Viaplay in 2024. The show marks Viaplay’s first U.K. drama commission.
Rankin, best known for his role as Roger Wakefield in Starz’s long-running Outlander, also appeared in thrillers Trust Me and The Replacement; the drama series Thirteen and The Syndicate; and as a guest star in political thriller American Odyssey.
The Rebus novels have been adapted for TV before, with four seasons of Rebus...
Screenwriter Gregory Burke (Entebbe, ’71) will adapt Rankin’s work for the screen. Eleventh Hour Films is producing the series for Viaplay. Niall MacCormick (Wallander) will direct the series, which starts shooting in Scotland next month and will stream on Viaplay in 2024. The show marks Viaplay’s first U.K. drama commission.
Rankin, best known for his role as Roger Wakefield in Starz’s long-running Outlander, also appeared in thrillers Trust Me and The Replacement; the drama series Thirteen and The Syndicate; and as a guest star in political thriller American Odyssey.
The Rebus novels have been adapted for TV before, with four seasons of Rebus...
- 3/16/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ragdoll Trailer — AMC+‘s Ragdoll (2021) TV show trailer has been released. The Ragdoll trailer stars Lucy Hale, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Ali Cook, Thalissa Teixeira, Perry Jaques, Douggie McMeekin, Phil Aizlewood, Rene Costa, Tim McDonnell, and Eric Raymond Lim. Crew Niall MacCormick and Toby MacDonald directed various episodes of Ragdoll. Phil Wood crafted the cinematography [...]
Continue reading: Ragdoll (2021) TV Show Trailer: Lucy Hale & Henry Lloyd-Hughes try to Hunt Down a Serial Killer [AMC+]...
Continue reading: Ragdoll (2021) TV Show Trailer: Lucy Hale & Henry Lloyd-Hughes try to Hunt Down a Serial Killer [AMC+]...
- 10/14/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
BBC Studios Teams With ‘The Inbetweeners’ Star
BBC Studios has signed a development, production, and distribution deal with People Person Pictures, the company recently co-founded by The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet (Chickens). BBC Studios will have global rights to People Person shows co-developed, co-produced and commissioned from BBC Studios Productions. Josh Cole, head of comedy at BBC Studios Production, said: “We are long-time admirers of Simon and Jonny’s work – they are not only exceptionally gifted writers and performers but also producers, working closely with the industry’s most exciting, emerging comic talent.”
ViacomCBS First-Look AGC Deal
ViacomCBS has inked a first-look deal for Spanish language content with AGC Television, the television division of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. The first project under the pact is human trafficking drama Te Buscaré Hasta Encontrarte (I Will Look for You Until I Find You).
Channel 4’s ‘Deceit’ Rounds Out Cast
Eddie Marsan,...
BBC Studios has signed a development, production, and distribution deal with People Person Pictures, the company recently co-founded by The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet (Chickens). BBC Studios will have global rights to People Person shows co-developed, co-produced and commissioned from BBC Studios Productions. Josh Cole, head of comedy at BBC Studios Production, said: “We are long-time admirers of Simon and Jonny’s work – they are not only exceptionally gifted writers and performers but also producers, working closely with the industry’s most exciting, emerging comic talent.”
ViacomCBS First-Look AGC Deal
ViacomCBS has inked a first-look deal for Spanish language content with AGC Television, the television division of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. The first project under the pact is human trafficking drama Te Buscaré Hasta Encontrarte (I Will Look for You Until I Find You).
Channel 4’s ‘Deceit’ Rounds Out Cast
Eddie Marsan,...
- 6/30/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“Ragdoll,” the new AMC-Alibi thriller starring Lucy Hale (“Pretty Little Liars”), has started production in London, Variety has learned.
Hale plays DC Lake Edmunds, a new recruit at the London Metropolitan Police, who is tasked with investigating a murderer known as the “Ragdoll Killer”. She is joined by Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“The Irregulars”) as DS Nathan Rose and Thalissa Teixeira (“Anne Boleyn”) as Di Emily Baxter.
As the case develops, the trio come under increasing public scrutiny, especially when the killer — whose modus operandi involves murdering and dismembering his victims before sewing them back together in the shape of one grotesque body — begins taunting Edmunds and her colleagues by sending them a list of his intended victims, which includes Rose.
Shooting started at the end of April and has continued through May in central London.
Based on Daniel Cole’s eponymous novel, the six-part show is scheduled to premiere...
Hale plays DC Lake Edmunds, a new recruit at the London Metropolitan Police, who is tasked with investigating a murderer known as the “Ragdoll Killer”. She is joined by Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“The Irregulars”) as DS Nathan Rose and Thalissa Teixeira (“Anne Boleyn”) as Di Emily Baxter.
As the case develops, the trio come under increasing public scrutiny, especially when the killer — whose modus operandi involves murdering and dismembering his victims before sewing them back together in the shape of one grotesque body — begins taunting Edmunds and her colleagues by sending them a list of his intended victims, which includes Rose.
Shooting started at the end of April and has continued through May in central London.
Based on Daniel Cole’s eponymous novel, the six-part show is scheduled to premiere...
- 5/28/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
AMC and UK’s Alibi have rounded out the the three leads of crime drama series Ragdoll, with Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Thalissa Teixeira joining previously announced Lucy Hale. The series, which begins production today in London, hails from Sid Gentle Films, the British production company behind Killing Eve. Toby MacDonald and Niall MacCormick will direct.
Ragdoll reunites Lloyd-Hughes with AMC Networks and Sid Gentle Films after he played Aaron Peel in season two of Killing Eve. The hit spy thriller originated on AMC Networks’ BBC America and has been also airing on sister network AMC.
Adapted for television by Freddy Syborn from the novel by Daniel Cole, the six-part Ragdoll is described as a modern-day Faustian thriller. It centers on the murder of six people whose bodies have been dismembered and sewn into...
Ragdoll reunites Lloyd-Hughes with AMC Networks and Sid Gentle Films after he played Aaron Peel in season two of Killing Eve. The hit spy thriller originated on AMC Networks’ BBC America and has been also airing on sister network AMC.
Adapted for television by Freddy Syborn from the novel by Daniel Cole, the six-part Ragdoll is described as a modern-day Faustian thriller. It centers on the murder of six people whose bodies have been dismembered and sewn into...
- 4/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Thalissa Teixeira will star alongside Lucy Hale in the AMC-Alibi series “Ragdoll,” Variety has learned.
The six-episode show, which was ordered to series back in February, is set to begin production on April 19 in London. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Cole. Variety exclusively reported Hale’s casting in March.
Assigned to a shocking new case, nicknamed The Ragdoll, are DS Rose (Lloyd-Hughes), Di Baxter (Teixeira) and DC Edmunds (Hale). The “Ragdoll Killer” taunts the police by sending them a list of his next victims, with Rose’s name at the very end. And with those victims to protect, our heroes soon come under intense public scrutiny.
“We’re thrilled to have Lucy, Thalissa and Henry on board as three ideal leads to bring Ragdoll to life,” said Dan McDermott, president of original programming for AMC Networks and co-head of AMC Studios.
The six-episode show, which was ordered to series back in February, is set to begin production on April 19 in London. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Cole. Variety exclusively reported Hale’s casting in March.
Assigned to a shocking new case, nicknamed The Ragdoll, are DS Rose (Lloyd-Hughes), Di Baxter (Teixeira) and DC Edmunds (Hale). The “Ragdoll Killer” taunts the police by sending them a list of his next victims, with Rose’s name at the very end. And with those victims to protect, our heroes soon come under intense public scrutiny.
“We’re thrilled to have Lucy, Thalissa and Henry on board as three ideal leads to bring Ragdoll to life,” said Dan McDermott, president of original programming for AMC Networks and co-head of AMC Studios.
- 4/19/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
It’s easy enough to imagine the skeleton of Hulu’s new maybe-supernatural thriller The Sister reconfigured just slightly into a compact B-movie. With a shorter running time, writer Neil Cross’ featureless protagonist (played by Russell Tovey of HBO’s Looking and Years and Years), director Niall MacCormick’s more-generic-than-aspirin atmospherics and their indifference-inducing twists might’ve seemed less glaring. But stretched out over four hourlong installments, their tale feels droopy and drab.
Initially offered as a Halloween treat on the U.K.’s ITV, The Sister begins with Tovey’s Nathan, a well-to-do, 30-something married man, reeling after a visit on a rainy night by an old ...
Initially offered as a Halloween treat on the U.K.’s ITV, The Sister begins with Tovey’s Nathan, a well-to-do, 30-something married man, reeling after a visit on a rainy night by an old ...
- 1/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s easy enough to imagine the skeleton of Hulu’s new maybe-supernatural thriller The Sister reconfigured just slightly into a compact B-movie. With a shorter running time, writer Neil Cross’ featureless protagonist (played by Russell Tovey of HBO’s Looking and Years and Years), director Niall MacCormick’s more-generic-than-aspirin atmospherics and their indifference-inducing twists might’ve seemed less glaring. But stretched out over four hourlong installments, their tale feels droopy and drab.
Initially offered as a Halloween treat on the U.K.’s ITV, The Sister begins with Tovey’s Nathan, a well-to-do, 30-something married man, reeling after a visit on a rainy night by an old ...
Initially offered as a Halloween treat on the U.K.’s ITV, The Sister begins with Tovey’s Nathan, a well-to-do, 30-something married man, reeling after a visit on a rainy night by an old ...
- 1/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Sister Trailer — Niall MacCormick‘s Because the Night / The Sister (2020) TV mini-series trailer has been released by Hulu and stars Russell Tovey, Bertie Carvel, Amrita Acharia, Nina Toussaint-White, Paul Bazely, Amanda Root, Fleur Keith, Ruth Horrocks, Alex Boxall, Tim Plester, and Simone Ashley. Crew Neil Cross wrote the screenplays for The Sister. [...]
Continue reading: The Sister (2020) TV Mini-series Trailer: Family-man Russell Tovey’s Life is Turned upside by A Visit From the Past [Hulu]...
Continue reading: The Sister (2020) TV Mini-series Trailer: Family-man Russell Tovey’s Life is Turned upside by A Visit From the Past [Hulu]...
- 1/9/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
ITV and Hulu drama “The Sister,” an adaptation of Neil Cross’ bestselling novel “Burial,” has sold around the world following a successful terrestrial run in the U.K.
The series, led by captivating “Years and Years” star Russell Tovey, has sold into 75 global territories, including HBO for Spain and Portugal, Pickbox for Eastern Europe, Rte for Ireland, new SVOD service Salto for France, Cosmote for Greece, Manoto TV for the Middle East and North Africa, TV2 for Norway, Canal Plus for Poland, Viasat for Russia, Svt for Sweden, Turkcell for Turkey and Sbs Australia, among others.
Hulu holds U.S. rights to the series and will launch the show next year, though an exact date is still unknown.
Produced by Fremantle-backed banner Euston Films, “The Sister” was commissioned by ITV and is distributed internationally by Fremantle. It was commissioned for the U.K. broadcaster by head of drama Polly Hill.
The series, led by captivating “Years and Years” star Russell Tovey, has sold into 75 global territories, including HBO for Spain and Portugal, Pickbox for Eastern Europe, Rte for Ireland, new SVOD service Salto for France, Cosmote for Greece, Manoto TV for the Middle East and North Africa, TV2 for Norway, Canal Plus for Poland, Viasat for Russia, Svt for Sweden, Turkcell for Turkey and Sbs Australia, among others.
Hulu holds U.S. rights to the series and will launch the show next year, though an exact date is still unknown.
Produced by Fremantle-backed banner Euston Films, “The Sister” was commissioned by ITV and is distributed internationally by Fremantle. It was commissioned for the U.K. broadcaster by head of drama Polly Hill.
- 11/9/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran and Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Niamh Algar, who is set to star in HBO Max’s upcoming Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi drama Raised By Wolves, is to front a crime drama for the UK’s Channel 4.
The British broadcaster has ordered My Name is Lizzie (w/t), which tells the true story of the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992.
The series is written by Emilia di Girolamo, who wrote The Tunnel, Sky’s UK version of The Bridge, and produced by All3Media-backed Story Films.
Algar, who also starred in C4 drama The Virtues, plays Lizzie James, female undercover officer, who is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.
The police were desperate to solve the crime, which was headline news in the UK at the time and becoming a national obsession. First identified through a BBC Crimewatch appeal, the evidence is stacked against Colin Stagg,...
The British broadcaster has ordered My Name is Lizzie (w/t), which tells the true story of the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992.
The series is written by Emilia di Girolamo, who wrote The Tunnel, Sky’s UK version of The Bridge, and produced by All3Media-backed Story Films.
Algar, who also starred in C4 drama The Virtues, plays Lizzie James, female undercover officer, who is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.
The police were desperate to solve the crime, which was headline news in the UK at the time and becoming a national obsession. First identified through a BBC Crimewatch appeal, the evidence is stacked against Colin Stagg,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Ayoade will host the Bafta TV Awards for the first time on July 31.
Chernobyl leads the nominations for this year’s Bafta Television and Bafta Craft awards, which were postponed from May to July due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Sky/HBO mini-series is up for 14 awards (11 craft and three television), including Jarred Harris for leading actor, Stellan Skarsgard for supporting actor and best mini-series.
The Crown has the next highest number of nominations with seven, including drama series, Josh O’Connor for supporting actor and Helena Bonham Carter for supporting actress.
Fleabag and Giri/Haji both have six nominations.
Chernobyl leads the nominations for this year’s Bafta Television and Bafta Craft awards, which were postponed from May to July due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Sky/HBO mini-series is up for 14 awards (11 craft and three television), including Jarred Harris for leading actor, Stellan Skarsgard for supporting actor and best mini-series.
The Crown has the next highest number of nominations with seven, including drama series, Josh O’Connor for supporting actor and Helena Bonham Carter for supporting actress.
Fleabag and Giri/Haji both have six nominations.
- 6/4/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Russell Tovey-fronted drama The Sister, an adaptation of Neil Cross thriller Burial, is coming to Hulu.
The digital service has boarded the drama, originally commissioned by ITV and produced by Fremantle’s Euston Films.
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The Years & Years star leads a cast that also includes Bertie Carvel (Baghdad Central), Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones), Nina Toussaint-White (GameFace) and Paul Bazely (Benidorm) in the four-part series.
Tovey plays well-meaning but directionless Nathan, a man trying to escape his past. Nathan has a terrible secret he’s long prayed would stay buried and for which he’s long worked hard to make recompense. Almost a...
The digital service has boarded the drama, originally commissioned by ITV and produced by Fremantle’s Euston Films.
More from DeadlineNew WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar Talks HBO Max Expansion, Importance Of Tech, Future Of Linear TV & Theatrical WindowsMoviegoers Highly Likely To Return To Theaters Upon Reopening, But More Than Half Will Wait A Bit, Study SuggestsWarnerMedia Sets Ex-Hulu Boss & Amazon Exec Jason Kilar As CEO
The Years & Years star leads a cast that also includes Bertie Carvel (Baghdad Central), Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones), Nina Toussaint-White (GameFace) and Paul Bazely (Benidorm) in the four-part series.
Tovey plays well-meaning but directionless Nathan, a man trying to escape his past. Nathan has a terrible secret he’s long prayed would stay buried and for which he’s long worked hard to make recompense. Almost a...
- 4/2/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Years & Years star Russell Tovey is to star in ITV drama Because the Night from Luther creator Neil Cross.
Tovey is to star alongside Bertie Carvel (Doctor Foster), Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones), Nina Toussaint-White (GameFace) and Paul Bazely (Benidorm) in the four-part series from Fremantle-owned Hard Sun producer Euston Films. Filming has started on the thriller about ghosts and murder in London.
Tovey plays well-meaning but directionless Nathan, a man trying to escape his past. Nathan has a terrible secret he’s long prayed would stay buried and for which he’s long worked hard to make recompense. Almost a decade into his new and devoted married life, Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, played by Carvel an unwelcome face from the past, turns up on his doorstep with shocking news, triggering a series of catastrophic decisions which cleverly drive a tense and compelling narrative of psychological suspense,...
Tovey is to star alongside Bertie Carvel (Doctor Foster), Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones), Nina Toussaint-White (GameFace) and Paul Bazely (Benidorm) in the four-part series from Fremantle-owned Hard Sun producer Euston Films. Filming has started on the thriller about ghosts and murder in London.
Tovey plays well-meaning but directionless Nathan, a man trying to escape his past. Nathan has a terrible secret he’s long prayed would stay buried and for which he’s long worked hard to make recompense. Almost a decade into his new and devoted married life, Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, played by Carvel an unwelcome face from the past, turns up on his doorstep with shocking news, triggering a series of catastrophic decisions which cleverly drive a tense and compelling narrative of psychological suspense,...
- 10/14/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
BritBox has acquired BBC One’s Kelly Macdonald-fronted crime drama The Victim as the anchor of its forthcoming fall slate.
The four-part Stv Studios-produced series will air exclusively on the Svod service, which is run by BBC Studios and ITV. It was created by The Man In The High Castle writer Rob Williams and is co-funded and internationally distributed by Sky Vision.
Trainspotting star Kelly Macdonald plays Anna Dean, a Scottish mother whose nine-year old boy was murdered fifteen years ago by a 13-year old. Years later, having campaigned to be told of the killer’s new identity she is accused of revealing his new name online. Rising actor James Harkness, who had small roles in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread, plays Craig Myers, who is attacked after Macdonald’s Dean accuses him of being the child killer. Misfits and The Level star...
The four-part Stv Studios-produced series will air exclusively on the Svod service, which is run by BBC Studios and ITV. It was created by The Man In The High Castle writer Rob Williams and is co-funded and internationally distributed by Sky Vision.
Trainspotting star Kelly Macdonald plays Anna Dean, a Scottish mother whose nine-year old boy was murdered fifteen years ago by a 13-year old. Years later, having campaigned to be told of the killer’s new identity she is accused of revealing his new name online. Rising actor James Harkness, who had small roles in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread, plays Craig Myers, who is attacked after Macdonald’s Dean accuses him of being the child killer. Misfits and The Level star...
- 7/17/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“Luther” creator Neil Cross is adapting his own novel of murder and the supernatural into a four-part series, “Because the Night,” for British commercial broadcaster ITV.
The drama is being produced by Euston Films, the classic label revived five years ago by Fremantle, which will oversee international distribution. Polly Hill, ITV’s head of drama, commissioned the series, which is based on Cross’ book “Burial.”
The show centers on Nathan, a well-meaning but aimless man who harbors a dark secret and is shaken when a figure from his past shows up on his doorstep. “I’m truly excited to be working with ITV to make ‘Because the Night,’” said Cross. “It’s one of my favorite stories: a tale of psychological suspense, of guilt and ghosts and murder. Oh, and love. Always love.”
Hill described the series as a “gripping contemporary thriller, which is both chilling and compelling.”
Euston Films...
The drama is being produced by Euston Films, the classic label revived five years ago by Fremantle, which will oversee international distribution. Polly Hill, ITV’s head of drama, commissioned the series, which is based on Cross’ book “Burial.”
The show centers on Nathan, a well-meaning but aimless man who harbors a dark secret and is shaken when a figure from his past shows up on his doorstep. “I’m truly excited to be working with ITV to make ‘Because the Night,’” said Cross. “It’s one of my favorite stories: a tale of psychological suspense, of guilt and ghosts and murder. Oh, and love. Always love.”
Hill described the series as a “gripping contemporary thriller, which is both chilling and compelling.”
Euston Films...
- 7/15/2019
- by Henry Chu
- Variety Film + TV
Luther creator Neil Cross has scored a four-part drama about ghosts and murder for British broadcaster ITV.
The network has commissioned Because The Night, produced by Hard Sun producer Euston Films. Inspired by Cross’ own novel Burial, the series follows the well-meaning but directionless Nathan, who has a terrible secret he’s long prayed would stay buried and for which he’s long worked hard to make recompense. Almost a decade into his new and devoted married life, Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, an unwelcome face from the past, turns up on his doorstep with shocking news that triggers a series of catastrophic decisions which cleverly drive a tense and compelling narrative of psychological suspense, dread, love and possible redemption.
Euston Films is backed by Fremantle, where Cross struck an overall deal in December 2017.
The series was commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill and...
The network has commissioned Because The Night, produced by Hard Sun producer Euston Films. Inspired by Cross’ own novel Burial, the series follows the well-meaning but directionless Nathan, who has a terrible secret he’s long prayed would stay buried and for which he’s long worked hard to make recompense. Almost a decade into his new and devoted married life, Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, an unwelcome face from the past, turns up on his doorstep with shocking news that triggers a series of catastrophic decisions which cleverly drive a tense and compelling narrative of psychological suspense, dread, love and possible redemption.
Euston Films is backed by Fremantle, where Cross struck an overall deal in December 2017.
The series was commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill and...
- 7/15/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has acquired British period drama Julian Fellowes Presents Doctor Thorne for premiere on May 20. The series, from Downton Abbey creator Fellowes and the Weinstein Company, is based on the book series by Anthony Trollope and stars Tom Hollander (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), Ian McShane (Ray Donovan) and Alison Brie (Mad Men). Niall MacCormick directs. It centers on Dr. Thomas Thorne (Hollander), who lives a quiet life with his niece Mary (Stefani…...
- 5/3/2016
- Deadline TV
Former "Downton Abby" star Jessica Brown Findlay says she regrets going topless for a 2011 film.
Findlay told Radio Times magazine that it was "naiveté" that led her to bare her breasts for her lead role in Niall MacCormick's movie "Albatross."
"To be honest, 'Albatross' was naiveté and not knowing that I could say no," she said, according to Us Magazine's promo for the interview. "I had no idea what was going to happen and thought I was going to be shot from behind."
She added that a nude scene is likely "not something" she would do again.
The 23-year-old actress, who played Lady Sybil Branson in the period drama "Downton Abby," will next star alongside Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe in the upcoming film "Winter's Tale."
Visit Radio Times for an official preview of the interview. The full version was published in the magazine's print version.
Findlay...
Findlay told Radio Times magazine that it was "naiveté" that led her to bare her breasts for her lead role in Niall MacCormick's movie "Albatross."
"To be honest, 'Albatross' was naiveté and not knowing that I could say no," she said, according to Us Magazine's promo for the interview. "I had no idea what was going to happen and thought I was going to be shot from behind."
She added that a nude scene is likely "not something" she would do again.
The 23-year-old actress, who played Lady Sybil Branson in the period drama "Downton Abby," will next star alongside Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe in the upcoming film "Winter's Tale."
Visit Radio Times for an official preview of the interview. The full version was published in the magazine's print version.
Findlay...
- 3/27/2013
- by Dominique Mosbergen
- Huffington Post
Felicity Jones turns in a star-making performance as the bookish Beth, a withdrawn teenager who befriends Emilia (Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay), a boozy wild child who has just arrived in town. However, when Emilia begins an affair with Beth's hotelier father and aspiring writer Sebastian Koch their friendship is faced with devastating consequences. Director Niall MacCormick's compelling Isle of Man-set drama belies its low budget.
- 9/7/2012
- Sky Movies
With his next starring project, Lee Daniels' The Paperboy, making its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Brit actor David Oyelowo (who we recently interviewed Here) will star in the Channel 4 (UK) drama titled Complicit. The project will be directed by Niall MacCormick (Albatross) from a script penned by Guy Hibbert (Omagh), and, per Oyelowo, is "about the politics of torture within MI5," adding further that it's "about that thin line that MI5 officers have to straddle in the wake of Guantanamo.” The "MI5" being the UK's internal counter-intelligence and security agency; and "Guantanamo" of course being the...
- 5/21/2012
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Content Media Corporation has acquired worldwide rights to "Complicit," a drama about terrorism and torture that begins shooting immediately in London and Morocco. The announcement was made in Cannes on Monday. Directed by Niall MacCormick and written by Guy Hibbert, the film stars David Oyelowo (left), Arsher Ali and Stephen Campbell Moore. It deals with a British intelligence agent involved in the torture of a suspected terrorist. The film will receive a UK premiere on Channel 4, which commissioned its production, before its worldwide theatrical release. "It is a privilege to be bringing...
- 5/21/2012
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Tanya Wexler’s first film in a decade has a good cast, sees a reunion with writer Stephen Dyer and, if the images which have appeared online are anything to go by, some nice period detail however there’s an excellent chance that it’ll be referred to everywhere as ‘that Vibrator movie’.
Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce are joined by Felicity Jones whose star is firmly in the ascendant following a couple of choice roles with Niall MacCormick’s Albatross and long-distance love fest Like Crazy. Oh, and Rupert Everett’s in it which means it’ll be great.
Gyllenhaal spoke about her role in 2010,
In Hysteria I play a firecracker whose father is a doctor who is in the business of curing hysterical women. He cures them basically by getting them off and that actually happened. I end up having a sort of unexpected love affair with...
Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce are joined by Felicity Jones whose star is firmly in the ascendant following a couple of choice roles with Niall MacCormick’s Albatross and long-distance love fest Like Crazy. Oh, and Rupert Everett’s in it which means it’ll be great.
Gyllenhaal spoke about her role in 2010,
In Hysteria I play a firecracker whose father is a doctor who is in the business of curing hysterical women. He cures them basically by getting them off and that actually happened. I end up having a sort of unexpected love affair with...
- 4/16/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Albatross
Stars: Jessica Brown-Findlay, Felicity Jones, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond | Written by Tamzin Rafn | Directed by Niall MacCormick
Looking for a quirky, British, coming-of-age dramedy, that though far from rubbish, isn’t quite as good as it thinks it is? Then look no further than Albatross, the debut cinematic effort for both its director and its writer, Niall MacCormick and Tamzin Rafn.
The lives of a family on the Isle of Man are turned upside down and inside out when a new cleaner, Emelia, is hired to work at their hotel. Emelia is seventeen, precocious and belligerent. She befriends the family’s bookish elder daughter Beth and begins an affair with her father, one hit wonder novelist Jonathan and events inevitably spiral out of control.
The double act between Jessica Brown-Findlay (Emelia) and rising star Felicity Jones (Beth) is the film’s strongest asset. The scenes of friendship...
Stars: Jessica Brown-Findlay, Felicity Jones, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond | Written by Tamzin Rafn | Directed by Niall MacCormick
Looking for a quirky, British, coming-of-age dramedy, that though far from rubbish, isn’t quite as good as it thinks it is? Then look no further than Albatross, the debut cinematic effort for both its director and its writer, Niall MacCormick and Tamzin Rafn.
The lives of a family on the Isle of Man are turned upside down and inside out when a new cleaner, Emelia, is hired to work at their hotel. Emelia is seventeen, precocious and belligerent. She befriends the family’s bookish elder daughter Beth and begins an affair with her father, one hit wonder novelist Jonathan and events inevitably spiral out of control.
The double act between Jessica Brown-Findlay (Emelia) and rising star Felicity Jones (Beth) is the film’s strongest asset. The scenes of friendship...
- 3/17/2012
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
International TV industry event Input is coming to Sydney between 7 to 11 May. The Australian Director’s Guild has partnered with Input for an early offering for Melbourne members of the guild on Monday 26 March.
The announcement:
Input
The television industry’s most free thinking event, is coming to Australia for the very first time in May 2012. Over five days in Sydney, from 7th – 11th May, delegates will watch television’s latest programs across every genre, ask questions of the year’s most interesting producers, and network with hundreds of international commissioning editors, acquisitions executives and producer colleagues.
The Adg, in partnership with Input, is offering Melbourne members an exclusive early taste of the Input experience on Monday March 26. Three fascinating and provocative television programs will be screened and Greg Waters, ABC Drama Development Manager, and Joseph Maxwell, Commissioning Editor, Sbs Documentaries, will be guest speakers and the program makers will...
The announcement:
Input
The television industry’s most free thinking event, is coming to Australia for the very first time in May 2012. Over five days in Sydney, from 7th – 11th May, delegates will watch television’s latest programs across every genre, ask questions of the year’s most interesting producers, and network with hundreds of international commissioning editors, acquisitions executives and producer colleagues.
The Adg, in partnership with Input, is offering Melbourne members an exclusive early taste of the Input experience on Monday March 26. Three fascinating and provocative television programs will be screened and Greg Waters, ABC Drama Development Manager, and Joseph Maxwell, Commissioning Editor, Sbs Documentaries, will be guest speakers and the program makers will...
- 3/14/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Hitting DVD this week is Albatross, a coming-of-age comedy-drama about a Emelia (Jessica Brown Findlay), a verbose, would-be writer’s incendiary effect on a struggling author, Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), and his respective family, including wife Joa (Julia Ormond) and daughter Beth (Felicity Jones).
The film, which premiered at last year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival to wide acclaim, is BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Niall MacCormick’s feature film debut.
Late last week, HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak to Niall about what initially attracted him to Tamzin Rafn’s screenplay, the process behind finding the perfect actress to play Emelia and his thoughts on the difference between TV and film.
Here’s how it went down:
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HeyUGuys: What was it about Tazmin Rafn’s screenplay that interested you the most about Albatross?
It was the relationship between the two girls. To me, the film is really about the beautiful imperfection of friendship.
The film, which premiered at last year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival to wide acclaim, is BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Niall MacCormick’s feature film debut.
Late last week, HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak to Niall about what initially attracted him to Tamzin Rafn’s screenplay, the process behind finding the perfect actress to play Emelia and his thoughts on the difference between TV and film.
Here’s how it went down:
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HeyUGuys: What was it about Tazmin Rafn’s screenplay that interested you the most about Albatross?
It was the relationship between the two girls. To me, the film is really about the beautiful imperfection of friendship.
- 2/8/2012
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Albatross Trailer. Niall MacCormick‘s Albatross (2011) movie trailer stars Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, and Peter Vaughan. Albatross‘ plot synopsis: “Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth’s father that threatens to have devastating consequences.”
A decent looking coming-of-age drama. The beginning of this movie trailer almost makes the film look like a comedy though, Young Adult style.
Albatross also stars Angus Barnett, Kenneth Collard, James Richard Marshall, Harry Treadaway, and Alexis Zegerman.
Watch the Albatross movie trailer and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section below. For more Albatross photos, videos, and information, visit our Albatross Page. Albatross will be released in limited Us theaters through IFC Films on January 13, 2012.
A decent looking coming-of-age drama. The beginning of this movie trailer almost makes the film look like a comedy though, Young Adult style.
Albatross also stars Angus Barnett, Kenneth Collard, James Richard Marshall, Harry Treadaway, and Alexis Zegerman.
Watch the Albatross movie trailer and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section below. For more Albatross photos, videos, and information, visit our Albatross Page. Albatross will be released in limited Us theaters through IFC Films on January 13, 2012.
- 1/15/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Featuring “Like Crazy” up-and-comer Felicity Jones alongside Julia Ormond and German actor Sebastian Koch ("The Lives of Others"), the British indie film "Albatross" possesses a pretty impressive cast, especially considering the director Niall MacCormick (U.K. TV and BBC films "The Song of Lunch," "Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley" and "Wallander") is making his feature film debut. But the true shining star here, the gem to watch for in the future, is the film’s lead, Jessica Brown Findlay (the British TV series “Downton Abbey”). Unfortunately, that’s about all the movie has to offer that feels fresh, inspired and genuine. MacCormick may have directed stars like Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Andrea Riseborough and more in the past, but the cloying, unfortunately sentimental tone and predictable story beats in "Albatross" don’t do this familiar coming-of-age tale any...
- 1/11/2012
- The Playlist
The coming-of-age comedy drama film Albatross helmed by BAFTA-nominated director Niall MacCormick and written by Tamzin Rafn presents their debut feature film. The film, which premise revolves around a teenage aspiring writer entering the lives of a dysfunctional family living in the south coast of England, premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June [...]
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- 12/30/2011
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a 10-minute behind-the-scenes featurette on Albatross , the Niall MacCormick drama starring Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastian Koch and Julia Ormond. The film is now available to watch on SundanceNOW and Cable VOD ahead of its theatrical release on January 2nd. Albatross is the story of Emelia Conan-Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay, "Downton Abbey"), a cheeky force of nature and the 17-year-old heir to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle. Harboring an ambition to follow in the literary footsteps of her grandfather, Emelia writes while working at a stuffy seaside hotel populated by another blocked novelist Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), his put-upon wife (Julia Ormond) and their daughter Beth (Felicity Jones, Like Crazy...
- 12/29/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Trailer, poster for Albatross, starring Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay The Niall MacCormick drama opens in theaters via IFC Films on January 2nd, but you can watch it on SundanceNOW right now. Albatross is the story of Emelia Conan-Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton Abbey), a cheeky force of nature and the 17 year old heir to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle. Harboring an ambition to follow in the literary footsteps of her grandfather, Emelia writes while working at a stuffy seaside hotel populated by another blocked novelist Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), his put-upon wife (Julia Ormond) and their daughter Beth (Felicity Jones, Like Crazy). Instigating a whirlwind of change, Emilia first befriends and emancipates the bookish daughter Beth (Jones), alarms her career frustrated mother (Ormond), before bewitching Jonathan himself.
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, poster for Albatross, starring Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay The Niall MacCormick drama opens in theaters via IFC Films on January 2nd, but you can watch it on SundanceNOW right now. Albatross is the story of Emelia Conan-Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton Abbey), a cheeky force of nature and the 17 year old heir to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle. Harboring an ambition to follow in the literary footsteps of her grandfather, Emelia writes while working at a stuffy seaside hotel populated by another blocked novelist Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), his put-upon wife (Julia Ormond) and their daughter Beth (Felicity Jones, Like Crazy). Instigating a whirlwind of change, Emilia first befriends and emancipates the bookish daughter Beth (Jones), alarms her career frustrated mother (Ormond), before bewitching Jonathan himself.
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, poster for Albatross, starring Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay The Niall MacCormick drama opens in theaters via IFC Films on January 2nd, but you can watch it on SundanceNOW right now. Albatross is the story of Emelia Conan-Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton Abbey), a cheeky force of nature and the 17 year old heir to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle. Harboring an ambition to follow in the literary footsteps of her grandfather, Emelia writes while working at a stuffy seaside hotel populated by another blocked novelist Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), his put-upon wife (Julia Ormond) and their daughter Beth (Felicity Jones, Like Crazy). Instigating a whirlwind of change, Emilia first befriends and emancipates the bookish daughter Beth (Jones), alarms her career frustrated mother (Ormond), before bewitching Jonathan himself.
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Albatross, the feature debut of BAFTA winning TV director Niall MacCormick, is now available to watch on SundanceNOW and Cable VOD before it is released in theaters!
Aspiring writer and heir to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle, Emelia (Jessica Brown-Findlay) takes a job as a cleaner in a seaside hotel owned by the dysfunctional Fischer family. Instigating a whirlwind of change, Emilia first befriends and emancipates the bookish daughter Beth (Felicity Jones, Like Crazy), alarms her career frustrated mother (Julia Ormond, My Week With Marilyn), before bewitching Beth’s novelist father Jonathan (Sebastian Koch, Unknown). Albatross is available on SundanceNOW, and cable VOD via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House now ahead of its theatrical release on January 2nd. Watch Albatross On SundanceNow.com: http://www.sundancenow.com/film/albatross/778
Synopsis: Albatross is the story of Emelia Conan-Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton Abbey), a cheeky force of...
Aspiring writer and heir to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle, Emelia (Jessica Brown-Findlay) takes a job as a cleaner in a seaside hotel owned by the dysfunctional Fischer family. Instigating a whirlwind of change, Emilia first befriends and emancipates the bookish daughter Beth (Felicity Jones, Like Crazy), alarms her career frustrated mother (Julia Ormond, My Week With Marilyn), before bewitching Beth’s novelist father Jonathan (Sebastian Koch, Unknown). Albatross is available on SundanceNOW, and cable VOD via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House now ahead of its theatrical release on January 2nd. Watch Albatross On SundanceNow.com: http://www.sundancenow.com/film/albatross/778
Synopsis: Albatross is the story of Emelia Conan-Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton Abbey), a cheeky force of...
- 12/13/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Earlier this year it was reported that Ralph Fiennes was to follow up his directorial debut with an Abi Morgan scripted adaptation of Claire Tomalin’s book The Invisible Woman and with last night’s triumph for Vanessa Redgrave at the British Independent Film Awards for her Best Supporting Actress win for Coriolanus it is being reported that Fiennes has found his leading lady for his next film.
Felicity Jones was rumoured to be in contention for the role along with Carey Mulligan, Abbie Cornish and Imogen Poots and now Baz Bamigboye is reporting that Jones has signed up to play Nelly Ternan, the woman with whom Charles Dickens had a relationship for the last thirteen years of his life.
2011 has been quite a year for Jones with roles in Julie Taymor’s The Tempest and Drake Doremus’s Like Crazy as well as making Chalet Girl better than it...
Felicity Jones was rumoured to be in contention for the role along with Carey Mulligan, Abbie Cornish and Imogen Poots and now Baz Bamigboye is reporting that Jones has signed up to play Nelly Ternan, the woman with whom Charles Dickens had a relationship for the last thirteen years of his life.
2011 has been quite a year for Jones with roles in Julie Taymor’s The Tempest and Drake Doremus’s Like Crazy as well as making Chalet Girl better than it...
- 12/5/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hot property in the mid-90s, Julia Ormond turned her back on Hollywood in favour of political activism – which may just have saved her sanity
Sitting by a hotel pool in Santa Monica with a cappuccino, Julia Ormond is recalling, and with some relish, her first movie disaster, the Cannes premiere of Peter Greenaway's The Baby of Mâcon in 1993.
"The film was so disturbing. There's a mercy-killing of a child, and its body is then cut up and preserved as relics in jars and disseminated across the world, as happened with saints – you know, 'I present you with the finger of Saint John the Whatever.' So the movie's a pretty heavy slog already," she guffaws. "But someone made a mistake with all the programmes, posters and signs – and they misnamed it The Baby of Bacon! And then in the screening itself, there's this scene that goes on for ever,...
Sitting by a hotel pool in Santa Monica with a cappuccino, Julia Ormond is recalling, and with some relish, her first movie disaster, the Cannes premiere of Peter Greenaway's The Baby of Mâcon in 1993.
"The film was so disturbing. There's a mercy-killing of a child, and its body is then cut up and preserved as relics in jars and disseminated across the world, as happened with saints – you know, 'I present you with the finger of Saint John the Whatever.' So the movie's a pretty heavy slog already," she guffaws. "But someone made a mistake with all the programmes, posters and signs – and they misnamed it The Baby of Bacon! And then in the screening itself, there's this scene that goes on for ever,...
- 10/25/2011
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Sleeping Beauty (18)
(Julia Leigh, 2011, Aus) Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll. 101 mins
The outer limits of the service industry are explored in this strange anti-fairytale, as a student submits her unconscious body to the desires of sagging, wealthy old men. There's no prospect of a prince coming in any sense. Bravely elusive and surreally detached in the manner of Kubrick or Buñuel, it's occasionally spellbinding.
Real Steel (12A)
(Shawn Levy, 2011, Us) Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo. 128 mins
Can Jackman train a robot to fight while reconnecting with his estranged son and his old flame? Or will this family-friendly amalgam of Rocky and Transformers subvert the formula of every fight movie ever?
The Three Musketeers (12A)
(Paul Ws Anderson, 2011, Ger/Fra/UK/Us) Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich. 110 mins
The Resident Evil director delivers action spectacle by any means necessary. Forget 17th-century history; bring on the aerial warships!
(Julia Leigh, 2011, Aus) Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll. 101 mins
The outer limits of the service industry are explored in this strange anti-fairytale, as a student submits her unconscious body to the desires of sagging, wealthy old men. There's no prospect of a prince coming in any sense. Bravely elusive and surreally detached in the manner of Kubrick or Buñuel, it's occasionally spellbinding.
Real Steel (12A)
(Shawn Levy, 2011, Us) Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo. 128 mins
Can Jackman train a robot to fight while reconnecting with his estranged son and his old flame? Or will this family-friendly amalgam of Rocky and Transformers subvert the formula of every fight movie ever?
The Three Musketeers (12A)
(Paul Ws Anderson, 2011, Ger/Fra/UK/Us) Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich. 110 mins
The Resident Evil director delivers action spectacle by any means necessary. Forget 17th-century history; bring on the aerial warships!
- 10/14/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
(Our review from the Edinburgh Film Festival re-posted as Albatross is out now in the UK)
Emelia (Jessica Brown Findlay) has something of a gift for effrontery. She is not scared to say what is on her mind. She doesn’t suffer fools gladly, nor miss an opportunity to shock a stuffy, boring adult. Her surname is Conan Doyle, and she introduces herself as the great-great-granddaughter of Arthur Conan Doyle. Like him, she wants to be a writer. She comes into the life of Beth (Felicity Jones) when Beth’s parents hire her as a cleaner for their Bed & Breakfast. Beth is well-educated, polite, and well-behaved. The girls are both 17; of the two, Beth is the one who has never drank, or had sex.
Anyone who has seen a coming-of-age movie before, particularly a British one, will see where this is going; Emelia is the influence...
(Our review from the Edinburgh Film Festival re-posted as Albatross is out now in the UK)
Emelia (Jessica Brown Findlay) has something of a gift for effrontery. She is not scared to say what is on her mind. She doesn’t suffer fools gladly, nor miss an opportunity to shock a stuffy, boring adult. Her surname is Conan Doyle, and she introduces herself as the great-great-granddaughter of Arthur Conan Doyle. Like him, she wants to be a writer. She comes into the life of Beth (Felicity Jones) when Beth’s parents hire her as a cleaner for their Bed & Breakfast. Beth is well-educated, polite, and well-behaved. The girls are both 17; of the two, Beth is the one who has never drank, or had sex.
Anyone who has seen a coming-of-age movie before, particularly a British one, will see where this is going; Emelia is the influence...
- 10/14/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
Albatross, a coming-of-age comedy-drama, stars Jessica Brown-Findlay as Emilia: a boisterous force of nature who, upon accepting a job at an idyllic seaside hotel, strikes up a friendship with bookish teenager Beth (Felicity Jones). When she then embarks upon an affair with struggling novelist and Beth’s father Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), she threatens to destroy their seemingly rosy lifestyle.
To mark the impending release of Niall MacCormick’s debut feature film, HeyUGuys caught up with rising actress Brown-Findlay to talk briefly about her first role as leading lady, the differences between Emilia and Lady Sybil, the character she plays on Downton Abbey, and what she loved so much about this quirky British comedy.
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HeyUGuys: What initially drew you to Albatross?
Jessica Brown-Findlay: It really excited me. It felt honest, and also, you know, out of the ordinary. It was just irresistible – I couldn’t turn down the offer.
To mark the impending release of Niall MacCormick’s debut feature film, HeyUGuys caught up with rising actress Brown-Findlay to talk briefly about her first role as leading lady, the differences between Emilia and Lady Sybil, the character she plays on Downton Abbey, and what she loved so much about this quirky British comedy.
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HeyUGuys: What initially drew you to Albatross?
Jessica Brown-Findlay: It really excited me. It felt honest, and also, you know, out of the ordinary. It was just irresistible – I couldn’t turn down the offer.
- 10/14/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
She's known to most as Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey, but Jessica Brown-Findlay also puts in a fine lead performance in Albatross, director Niall MacCormick's debut. This week on Film Weekly, Jason Solomons meets the rising star to discuss her role as the sulky teenage temptress in this coming-of-age romance, which is set on the Isle of Man and also stars Sebastian Koch and Julia Ormond.
Jason is also joined by Guardian film critics Peter Bradshaw and Xan Brooks, who drop into the pod to preview this year's BFI London film festival. There's no better guide to the films worth braving Leicester Square for …
Xan and Jason also review some of this week's other big releases including Retreat, starring Thandie Newton, Cillian Murphy and Jamie Bell as a group of isolated travellers who may or may not be witnessing an apocalyptic event, Morgan Spurlock's sell-out spectacular The Greatest Movie Ever Sold...
Jason is also joined by Guardian film critics Peter Bradshaw and Xan Brooks, who drop into the pod to preview this year's BFI London film festival. There's no better guide to the films worth braving Leicester Square for …
Xan and Jason also review some of this week's other big releases including Retreat, starring Thandie Newton, Cillian Murphy and Jamie Bell as a group of isolated travellers who may or may not be witnessing an apocalyptic event, Morgan Spurlock's sell-out spectacular The Greatest Movie Ever Sold...
- 10/13/2011
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Jason Phipps
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆ Niall MacCormick's British coming of age drama Albatross (2011) eloquently portays the collision between Emelia, a charming wayward teen played by Jessica Brown Findlay and the dysfunctional Fischer family, headed up by Julia Ormond and Sebastian Koch. The film also stars rising British actress Felicity Jones.
LOVEFiLM hosted a Q&A with lead actress Brown Findlay and scriptwriter Tamzin Rafn, who revealed that this semi-autobiographical production was loosely based on the adolescent exploits of Rafn. Impressively, Albatross is also the debut feature film for Brown Findlay and BAFTA Award nominee MacCormick.
Shot in the idyllic surroundings of a quaint seaside town in the Isle of Man, Emelia is a budding writer who - after taking a job as a cleaner in the Fischer family’s guest-house - becomes increasingly embroiled in their lives with bitter sweet consequences.
When a friendship develops between Emelia and Beth (Jones), the eldest Fischer daughter...
LOVEFiLM hosted a Q&A with lead actress Brown Findlay and scriptwriter Tamzin Rafn, who revealed that this semi-autobiographical production was loosely based on the adolescent exploits of Rafn. Impressively, Albatross is also the debut feature film for Brown Findlay and BAFTA Award nominee MacCormick.
Shot in the idyllic surroundings of a quaint seaside town in the Isle of Man, Emelia is a budding writer who - after taking a job as a cleaner in the Fischer family’s guest-house - becomes increasingly embroiled in their lives with bitter sweet consequences.
When a friendship develops between Emelia and Beth (Jones), the eldest Fischer daughter...
- 10/12/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Premiering at the 65th Edinburgh International Film Festival in June to – mostly – rapturous applause, Albatross is a coming-of-age comedy-drama centring on verbose, would-be writer Emilia’s incendiary effect on a struggling author, Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), and his respective family, including wife Joa (Julia Ormond) and daughter Beth (Felicity Jones.
Last week, HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak to the films riotous writer Tamzin Rafn about Albatross’ inspiration, the trials and tribulations letting her script be made into a film, how she felt about Niall MacCormick as a director, her neglected yet brilliantly titled rom-com and her plans for the future.
Here is said interview in its full, unabridged glory.
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HeyUGuys: Firstly, what was your inspiration behind Albatross?
Tamzin Rafn: Albatross wasn’t my first screenplay. My first ever screenplay was a rom-com called Audrey Disorderly – a great title given the disorderly mess of the writing in it – and it...
Last week, HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak to the films riotous writer Tamzin Rafn about Albatross’ inspiration, the trials and tribulations letting her script be made into a film, how she felt about Niall MacCormick as a director, her neglected yet brilliantly titled rom-com and her plans for the future.
Here is said interview in its full, unabridged glory.
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HeyUGuys: Firstly, what was your inspiration behind Albatross?
Tamzin Rafn: Albatross wasn’t my first screenplay. My first ever screenplay was a rom-com called Audrey Disorderly – a great title given the disorderly mess of the writing in it – and it...
- 10/11/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The word on “Like Crazy” out of Sundance this year was that it’s the film that broke the most hearts. Felicity Jones emerged from last winter’s festival as a talent to pay attention to. That’s why she’ll be honored with the “New Hollywood Award” at this year’s 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards.
This year’s ceremony, presented by Starz Entertainment, is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Jones will accept the award for her work in “Crazy,” a long-distance love affair co-starring Anton Yelchin that was co-written and directed by Drake Doremus.
Paramount Vantage plans to open “Like Crazy” in theaters on Oct. 28.
In the meantime, here’s Jones’s full bio:
Felicity Jones earned a Special Jury Award for acting when “Like Crazy” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
Hollywoodnews.com: The word on “Like Crazy” out of Sundance this year was that it’s the film that broke the most hearts. Felicity Jones emerged from last winter’s festival as a talent to pay attention to. That’s why she’ll be honored with the “New Hollywood Award” at this year’s 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards.
This year’s ceremony, presented by Starz Entertainment, is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Jones will accept the award for her work in “Crazy,” a long-distance love affair co-starring Anton Yelchin that was co-written and directed by Drake Doremus.
Paramount Vantage plans to open “Like Crazy” in theaters on Oct. 28.
In the meantime, here’s Jones’s full bio:
Felicity Jones earned a Special Jury Award for acting when “Like Crazy” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
- 9/26/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
CinemaNX have unveiled the official U.K. poster for Niall MacCormick’s coming-of-age drama Albatross.
Written by Tamzin Rafn, Albatross centers on a 17-year-old force of nature who bursts into the lives of the dysfunctional Fischer family.
The film stars Felicity Jones (Cemetery Junction), Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others), Julia Ormond (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Jessica Brown-Findlay (Downtown Abbey), Peter Vaughn (Straw Dogs) and Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank).
Albatross will be released in the U.K. in October.
Check out the poster below, featuring a star-rating from HeyUGuys’ review:
Source: Yahoo!
Written by Tamzin Rafn, Albatross centers on a 17-year-old force of nature who bursts into the lives of the dysfunctional Fischer family.
The film stars Felicity Jones (Cemetery Junction), Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others), Julia Ormond (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Jessica Brown-Findlay (Downtown Abbey), Peter Vaughn (Straw Dogs) and Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank).
Albatross will be released in the U.K. in October.
Check out the poster below, featuring a star-rating from HeyUGuys’ review:
Source: Yahoo!
- 8/23/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? I'm interrupting this normally scheduled column so I can talk ever so briefly about a project I'm not only excited about but only discovered earlier this week.
- 8/20/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
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