Exclusive: Naomi Scott (Aladdin), Kit Harington (Game Of Thrones) and Simon Callow (Shakespeare in Love) have wrapped shoot on romance Eternal Return, for Village Roadshow, Macro and Bk Studios.
Since it was announced last Cannes, Macro and Bk Studios are among new elements to have joined the project, which marks one of the last features produced by Brit Bill Kenwright who passed away in late October. Lakeshore is handling international sales.
Also starring are Sonoya Mizuno and Jay Lycurgo. Yaniv Raz (Dr. Bird’s Advice For Sad Poets) directs.
The film follows Cass (Scott), a young woman who has resigned herself to a life without love—until she meets Virgil (Harington), an enigmatic mapmaker who charts journeys to imaginary places, and his partner-in-crime, Malcolm (Simon Callow), whose relentless quest to travel back in time awakens Cass to love again.
Filming took place in London, Cardiff and Bristol with Range Select repping domestic and Lakeshore repping international.
Since it was announced last Cannes, Macro and Bk Studios are among new elements to have joined the project, which marks one of the last features produced by Brit Bill Kenwright who passed away in late October. Lakeshore is handling international sales.
Also starring are Sonoya Mizuno and Jay Lycurgo. Yaniv Raz (Dr. Bird’s Advice For Sad Poets) directs.
The film follows Cass (Scott), a young woman who has resigned herself to a life without love—until she meets Virgil (Harington), an enigmatic mapmaker who charts journeys to imaginary places, and his partner-in-crime, Malcolm (Simon Callow), whose relentless quest to travel back in time awakens Cass to love again.
Filming took place in London, Cardiff and Bristol with Range Select repping domestic and Lakeshore repping international.
- 12/14/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Christopher Smith has built up a solid following in the horror community over the last twenty years by taking the helm of such films as Creep (2004), Severance, Triangle, Black Death, Detour, The Banishing, and Consecration. Now he has lined up his next genre project, signing on to direct Spider Island for Vertigo Films. Protagonist Pictures is handling the project’s worldwide rights and will be launching distribution sales ahead of the American Film Market, which is set to be held in Santa Monica, California from October 31st through November 5th.
Scripted by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick (Veep), Spider Island will follow a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.
The killer spider effects will be handled by Automatik VFX, a company that has previously designed creatures for Monsters: Dark Continent,...
Scripted by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick (Veep), Spider Island will follow a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.
The killer spider effects will be handled by Automatik VFX, a company that has previously designed creatures for Monsters: Dark Continent,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Horror Director Christopher Smith is getting ready to unleash arachnophobia-inducing horror-comedy madness in Spider Island. The project was announced today by Protagonist Pictures’ CEO Dave Bishop.
Spider Island “follows a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.”
The film is written by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick. Vertigo Films will produce the film, and Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights, launching sales ahead of the upcoming American Film Market.
While the specifics behind these lethal spiders remain under wraps, we at least know that they’ll be handled via VFX.
From the press release: “The state-of-the-art VFX will be handled by Automatik VFX, the visual effects studio responsible for the brilliant creature design on Monsters Dark Continent, ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Wheel Of Time.’ Seb Barker will serve as VFX supervisor.
Spider Island “follows a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.”
The film is written by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick. Vertigo Films will produce the film, and Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights, launching sales ahead of the upcoming American Film Market.
While the specifics behind these lethal spiders remain under wraps, we at least know that they’ll be handled via VFX.
From the press release: “The state-of-the-art VFX will be handled by Automatik VFX, the visual effects studio responsible for the brilliant creature design on Monsters Dark Continent, ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Wheel Of Time.’ Seb Barker will serve as VFX supervisor.
- 10/18/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Award-winning horror writer-director Christopher Smith will direct concept horror comedy “Spider Island.”
Written by Christopher Jolley (“The Price We Pay”) and David Quantick (“Veep”), the film will follow a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island – one that is infested with deadly spiders.
Smith has won awards at Neuchatel for “Detour” and “Black Death” and at Bucheon for “Severance.” Most recently he directed HBO series “Spy/Master.”
The U.K.’s Vertigo Films will produce the film. Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights, launching sales ahead of the upcoming American Film Market. Automatik VFX will handle visual effects with Seb Barker (“The Wheel of Time”) serving as VFX supervisor.
Production is set to begin in early 2024 in Mauritius. The film will feature a multinational cast.
Smith said: “For a while now, I’ve been searching for the perfect project...
Written by Christopher Jolley (“The Price We Pay”) and David Quantick (“Veep”), the film will follow a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island – one that is infested with deadly spiders.
Smith has won awards at Neuchatel for “Detour” and “Black Death” and at Bucheon for “Severance.” Most recently he directed HBO series “Spy/Master.”
The U.K.’s Vertigo Films will produce the film. Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights, launching sales ahead of the upcoming American Film Market. Automatik VFX will handle visual effects with Seb Barker (“The Wheel of Time”) serving as VFX supervisor.
Production is set to begin in early 2024 in Mauritius. The film will feature a multinational cast.
Smith said: “For a while now, I’ve been searching for the perfect project...
- 10/18/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A couple months ago, the Shudder streaming service announced that they would be releasing the survival thriller Quicksand in the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on June 23rd… but those plans have now changed. Quicksand‘s has moved back to July 14th, while June 23rd will see the Shudder release of the creature feature Unwelcome.
Directed by Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba) from a screenplay by Matt Pitts (Fringe), Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán, who provided the voice of Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, and Allan Hawco of Jack Ryan. The English-language thriller was filmed in the Colombian capital Bogota and tells the story of a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.
Quicksand was produced by Sangre Films,...
Directed by Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba) from a screenplay by Matt Pitts (Fringe), Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán, who provided the voice of Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, and Allan Hawco of Jack Ryan. The English-language thriller was filmed in the Colombian capital Bogota and tells the story of a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.
Quicksand was produced by Sangre Films,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Over a year ago, a trailer was released for director Jon Wright’s creature feature Unwelcome – and at the time, we were told the film would be receiving a theatrical release in March of 2022. That didn’t happen, but now our friends at Bloody Disgusting have been able to confirm that Well Go USA Entertainment is planning to give Unwelcome a theatrical release on March 10th, with a PVOD release to follow on March 14th. Unwelcome is also set to reach theatres in the UK and Ireland on January 27th. We’ve been waiting for this movie for a while, and it looks like the wait is almost over.
Originally announced under the title The Little People and described as “Gremlins meets Straw Dogs“, Unwelcome stars Hannah John-Kamen of Ant-Man and the Wasp, the Netflix series The Stranger, and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City). The film centers on a...
Originally announced under the title The Little People and described as “Gremlins meets Straw Dogs“, Unwelcome stars Hannah John-Kamen of Ant-Man and the Wasp, the Netflix series The Stranger, and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City). The film centers on a...
- 1/23/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Jon Wright’s horror film, Unwelcome, with plans to release it in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2022.
The film will be distributed to UK theaters by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. and make its streaming premiere following the close of its theatrical window via AMC Network’s Shudder, which negotiated exclusive North American rights with Well Go.
Hannah John-Kamen and Douglas Booth star in the creature feature, as a couple who escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland, only to hear stories of mysterious beings who live in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden. As warned by their new neighbors, in Irish mythology, the Redcaps will come when called to help souls in dire need of rescue, but it’s crucial to...
The film will be distributed to UK theaters by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. and make its streaming premiere following the close of its theatrical window via AMC Network’s Shudder, which negotiated exclusive North American rights with Well Go.
Hannah John-Kamen and Douglas Booth star in the creature feature, as a couple who escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland, only to hear stories of mysterious beings who live in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden. As warned by their new neighbors, in Irish mythology, the Redcaps will come when called to help souls in dire need of rescue, but it’s crucial to...
- 10/26/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“American Honey” took the top prize at the 2016 British Independent Film Awards, which was held on Sunday at London’s Old Billingsgate.
“American Honey” was named Best British Independent Film, and also scored three additional awards (including Best Director for Andrea Arnold). Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was the night’s only non-uk winner, picking up honors for Best International Independent Film.
The 19th annual Bifa ceremony, hosted by Jennifer Saunders, also presented Clare Binns with the Special Jury Prize for her “unstinting efforts in bringing independent film to new audiences.”
Naomie Harris was also presented the Variety Award by Danny Boyle, in recognition of the global impact she made this year in helping to focus the international film spotlight on the UK.
Read More: La Film Critics Association Name the Best Films and Performances of 2016
The Richard Harris Award was given to Alison Steadman by Richard Harris’ granddaughter Ella Harris and...
“American Honey” was named Best British Independent Film, and also scored three additional awards (including Best Director for Andrea Arnold). Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was the night’s only non-uk winner, picking up honors for Best International Independent Film.
The 19th annual Bifa ceremony, hosted by Jennifer Saunders, also presented Clare Binns with the Special Jury Prize for her “unstinting efforts in bringing independent film to new audiences.”
Naomie Harris was also presented the Variety Award by Danny Boyle, in recognition of the global impact she made this year in helping to focus the international film spotlight on the UK.
Read More: La Film Critics Association Name the Best Films and Performances of 2016
The Richard Harris Award was given to Alison Steadman by Richard Harris’ granddaughter Ella Harris and...
- 12/4/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The 2016 British Independent Film Award nominations have been announced, with Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or–winning “I, Daniel Blake” leading the pack with seven nominations. Andrea Arnold’s “American Honey,” Babak Anvari’s “Under the Shadow” and Rachel Tunnard’s “Adult Life Skills” all landed six nods apiece. More than 130 British films were submitted for consideration, and 32 British features have been nominated. Full list:
Best British Independent Film
“American Honey”
“Couple in a Hole”
“I, Daniel Blake”
“Notes on Blindness”
“Under the Shadow”
Best International Independent Film
“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
“Mustang”
“Toni Erdmann”
Best Director
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
Ben Wheatley, “Free Fire”
Ken Loach, “I, Daniel Blake”
Peter Middleton and James Spinney, “Notes on Blindness”
Best Screenplay
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
Billy O’Brien and Christopher Hyde, “I Am Not a Serial Killer”
Paul Laverty,...
Best British Independent Film
“American Honey”
“Couple in a Hole”
“I, Daniel Blake”
“Notes on Blindness”
“Under the Shadow”
Best International Independent Film
“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
“Mustang”
“Toni Erdmann”
Best Director
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
Ben Wheatley, “Free Fire”
Ken Loach, “I, Daniel Blake”
Peter Middleton and James Spinney, “Notes on Blindness”
Best Screenplay
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
Billy O’Brien and Christopher Hyde, “I Am Not a Serial Killer”
Paul Laverty,...
- 11/1/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
A 15-stone man has claimed that a fox intimidated him into handing over his shopping. Civil servant Seb Baker says he was cornered and then circled before the fox started leaping up at him in an attempt to grab his Tesco shopping bag. "I had expected it to run away. I thought a fox would be scared of a 15-stone man," Baker told The Sun. "I turned down an alley, but when I looked round I saw it running towards me. I stopped, thinking it would run off. "But the fox started circling me and then jumped up, trying (more)...
- 3/8/2012
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
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