Exclusive: A24 and Star Thrower Entertainment have partnered on director David Freyne’s romantic comedy Eternity with Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner in talks to star. Freyne will direct the pic, with Teller and Olsen exec producing.
A24 will finance and produce, with Oscar-nominated producers Trevor White and Tim White under their Star Thrower Entertainment banner, which is best known for producing The Post and King Richard. Pat Cunnane wrote the script, which appeared on the 2022 Black List.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is said to be a romantic comedy where everyone must decide who they want to spend eternity with. A24 will handle the global release.
After starring in the global blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, Teller has continued to stay busy and next will be seen in Apple Original Films’ The Gorge opposite Anya-Taylor Joy. He is currently filming the Michael Jackson biopic Michael,...
A24 will finance and produce, with Oscar-nominated producers Trevor White and Tim White under their Star Thrower Entertainment banner, which is best known for producing The Post and King Richard. Pat Cunnane wrote the script, which appeared on the 2022 Black List.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is said to be a romantic comedy where everyone must decide who they want to spend eternity with. A24 will handle the global release.
After starring in the global blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, Teller has continued to stay busy and next will be seen in Apple Original Films’ The Gorge opposite Anya-Taylor Joy. He is currently filming the Michael Jackson biopic Michael,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
How would you handle coming face to face with your attacker? Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s “Femme” takes that very question — and the revenge story that follows — to a new level, as it follows a lauded drag artist (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) who crosses paths with his homophobic assaulter (George MacKay) in a gay bathhouse months after his terrible attack. What transpires is an unexpected tale of forgiveness, empathy, and yes, even violence.
The official synopsis for the film reads: “With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked by a man (George MacKay) out with a gang of his friends. Although Jules is able to recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatized. Months later, he recognizes his attacker by chance in a gay sauna.
The official synopsis for the film reads: “With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked by a man (George MacKay) out with a gang of his friends. Although Jules is able to recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatized. Months later, he recognizes his attacker by chance in a gay sauna.
- 2/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Signature Entertainment presents thriller Femme on Digital Platforms including Amazon Prime Video.
This neo-noir revenge thriller will get your heart pounding. Jules’ life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack, but when he re-encounters his attacker in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge.
Starring George MacKay (1917), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits), John McCrea (Cabaret), Nima Taleghani (Heartstopper), Aaron Heffernan (Brassic), and Antonia Clarke (The Serpent Queen). With music composed by Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud) and cinematography by James Rhodes (Adele: One Night Only). Femme is produced by Myles Payne (Beast), Sam Ritzenberg, executive produced by Marnie Podos and Eva Yates (The End We Start From) of BBC Films, co-produced by Hayley Williams and written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping based on their 2021 BIFA-winning and BAFTA-nominated short of the same name.
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This neo-noir revenge thriller will get your heart pounding. Jules’ life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack, but when he re-encounters his attacker in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge.
Starring George MacKay (1917), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits), John McCrea (Cabaret), Nima Taleghani (Heartstopper), Aaron Heffernan (Brassic), and Antonia Clarke (The Serpent Queen). With music composed by Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud) and cinematography by James Rhodes (Adele: One Night Only). Femme is produced by Myles Payne (Beast), Sam Ritzenberg, executive produced by Marnie Podos and Eva Yates (The End We Start From) of BBC Films, co-produced by Hayley Williams and written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping based on their 2021 BIFA-winning and BAFTA-nominated short of the same name.
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- 1/18/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
We present our interviews from the red carpet UK Premiere for Femme, starring George MacKay (1917), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits), John McCrea (Cabaret), Nima Taleghani (Heartstopper), Aaron Heffernan (Brassic), and Antonia Clarke (The Serpent Queen).
With music composed by Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud) and cinematography by James Rhodes (Adele: One Night Only). Femme is produced by Myles Payne (Beast), Sam Ritzenberg, executive produced by Marnie Podos and Eva Yates (The End We Start From) of BBC Films, co-produced by Hayley Williams and written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping based on their 2021 BIFA-winning and BAFTA-nominated short of the same name.
Plot: Jules’ life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack, but when he re-encounters his attacker in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge.
Femme will be released on the 1st of December, 2023. Scott Davis and Ethan Hart were on the carpet,...
With music composed by Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud) and cinematography by James Rhodes (Adele: One Night Only). Femme is produced by Myles Payne (Beast), Sam Ritzenberg, executive produced by Marnie Podos and Eva Yates (The End We Start From) of BBC Films, co-produced by Hayley Williams and written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping based on their 2021 BIFA-winning and BAFTA-nominated short of the same name.
Plot: Jules’ life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack, but when he re-encounters his attacker in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge.
Femme will be released on the 1st of December, 2023. Scott Davis and Ethan Hart were on the carpet,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to revenge thriller “Femme.”
The film centers on Jules, whose life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack. But when he re-encounters his attacker, the deeply-closeted Preston, in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Unrecognizable out of his wig and make-up, Jules infiltrates Preston’s life, and in doing so, discovers power in a different kind of drag.
The film is the debut feature from Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, based on their 2021 BIFA-winning and BAFTA-nominated short film of the same name.
The London-set neo-noir stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (“Candyman”), George MacKay (“1917”) and John McCrea (“Cabaret”). It is produced by Myles Payne and Sam Ritzenberg of Agile Films and co-produced by Hayley Williams for Agile. Marnie Podos of Under New Mgmt executive produced alongside Eva Yates, director of...
The film centers on Jules, whose life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack. But when he re-encounters his attacker, the deeply-closeted Preston, in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Unrecognizable out of his wig and make-up, Jules infiltrates Preston’s life, and in doing so, discovers power in a different kind of drag.
The film is the debut feature from Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, based on their 2021 BIFA-winning and BAFTA-nominated short film of the same name.
The London-set neo-noir stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (“Candyman”), George MacKay (“1917”) and John McCrea (“Cabaret”). It is produced by Myles Payne and Sam Ritzenberg of Agile Films and co-produced by Hayley Williams for Agile. Marnie Podos of Under New Mgmt executive produced alongside Eva Yates, director of...
- 8/16/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett star in acclaimed Berlin Panorama queer thriller.
Utopia has acquired North American rights to Femme, the acclaimed queer thriller which premiered in Berlin Panorama and stars George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping made their feature directing debuts based on their 2021 Bifa-winning and 2022 Bafta-nominated British short of the same name.
The London-set neo-noir feature follows a drag queen who suffers a brutal homophobic attack and gets a shot at revenge when he re-encounters one of his assailants in a gay sauna.
Myles Payne and Sam Ritzenberg of Agile Films produced...
Utopia has acquired North American rights to Femme, the acclaimed queer thriller which premiered in Berlin Panorama and stars George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping made their feature directing debuts based on their 2021 Bifa-winning and 2022 Bafta-nominated British short of the same name.
The London-set neo-noir feature follows a drag queen who suffers a brutal homophobic attack and gets a shot at revenge when he re-encounters one of his assailants in a gay sauna.
Myles Payne and Sam Ritzenberg of Agile Films produced...
- 5/23/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Fresh from her critically acclaimed lead performance in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody and having filmed major roles in Bong Joon-ho’s much-anticipated Mickey 7 and Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut Pussy Island last year, Naomi Ackie has landed another starry feature.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the British actress — also a 2023 BAFTA rising star nominee and BAFTA TV award winner back in 2020 — has joined the A-list cast of Morning, the upcoming sci-fi feature from Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed). Announced last year, the film will also star Oscar and BAFTA winner Laura Dern (Marriage Story, Little Women, Big Little Lies) and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place I & II, Honey Boy), with Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Imitation Game) appearing in a supporting role. Cumberbatch and Dern also exec produce.
Morning is described as a story about “human connection,...
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the British actress — also a 2023 BAFTA rising star nominee and BAFTA TV award winner back in 2020 — has joined the A-list cast of Morning, the upcoming sci-fi feature from Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed). Announced last year, the film will also star Oscar and BAFTA winner Laura Dern (Marriage Story, Little Women, Big Little Lies) and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place I & II, Honey Boy), with Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Imitation Game) appearing in a supporting role. Cumberbatch and Dern also exec produce.
Morning is described as a story about “human connection,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Daina Oniunas-Pusić, director of “Rhonna & Donna” and the upcoming A24 movie “Tuesday” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.
Best known for her award-winning 2016 comedy short “Rhonna & Donna,” Oniunas-Pusić is currently in post-production on her debut feature film “Tuesday” for A24, BBC Film, Cinereach and BFI. Written and directed by Oniunas-Pusić, the film was described in the initial announcement as a “mother-daughter fairytale,” starring Louis-Dreyfus, Arinzé Kene and Lola Petticrew. It is set to be released by A24 in early 2023.
The London-based, Croatian-born filmmaker made her professional debut with the 2015 short film “The Beast,” which premiered at Telluride and went on to screen at more than 30 festivals, picking up numerous awards, including the Golden Pram Award at the Zagreb Film Festival, a jury honorable mention at the Slamdance Film Festival and the best short fiction prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Oniunas-Pusić’s comedy...
Best known for her award-winning 2016 comedy short “Rhonna & Donna,” Oniunas-Pusić is currently in post-production on her debut feature film “Tuesday” for A24, BBC Film, Cinereach and BFI. Written and directed by Oniunas-Pusić, the film was described in the initial announcement as a “mother-daughter fairytale,” starring Louis-Dreyfus, Arinzé Kene and Lola Petticrew. It is set to be released by A24 in early 2023.
The London-based, Croatian-born filmmaker made her professional debut with the 2015 short film “The Beast,” which premiered at Telluride and went on to screen at more than 30 festivals, picking up numerous awards, including the Golden Pram Award at the Zagreb Film Festival, a jury honorable mention at the Slamdance Film Festival and the best short fiction prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Oniunas-Pusić’s comedy...
- 10/31/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
British actors George MacKay (1917) and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Candyman) are set to star in revenge thriller Femme, from directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping.
Producer and financier Anton is launching global sales on the title at the Cannes market this year.
Set in London, the dark romance is based on Freeman and Choon Ping’s short-film of the same name and follows the life of Jules, whose life and career as a drag queen is destroyed in a humiliating homophobic attack. When he re-encounters one of his attackers in a gay sauna, the deeply closeted Preston, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Unrecognizable in his boy form, Jules insinuates himself into Preston’s life and what unfolds is a dangerous seduction that risks discovery and backlash at every moment.
The feature is produced by Agile Films, who previously produced the short film, which won a British...
Producer and financier Anton is launching global sales on the title at the Cannes market this year.
Set in London, the dark romance is based on Freeman and Choon Ping’s short-film of the same name and follows the life of Jules, whose life and career as a drag queen is destroyed in a humiliating homophobic attack. When he re-encounters one of his attackers in a gay sauna, the deeply closeted Preston, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Unrecognizable in his boy form, Jules insinuates himself into Preston’s life and what unfolds is a dangerous seduction that risks discovery and backlash at every moment.
The feature is produced by Agile Films, who previously produced the short film, which won a British...
- 5/6/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
“1917’s” George MacKay and “Candyman” actor Nathan Stewart-Jarrett are set to star in drag queen thriller “Femme.”
The feature, which is set to shoot in London, U.K., next month, is directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, based on their short film of the same name. Anton are repping global sales at the Cannes Marche.
“Femme” tells the story of Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Not long after, however, Jules encounters Preston – one of his attackers – in a gay sauna. He quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge on the “deeply-closeted” Preston and seizes the opportunity.
“Unrecognizable in his boy form, Jules insinuates himself into Preston’s life, but in so doing discovers power in a new kind of drag,” reads the synopsis. “What unfolds is a dangerous seduction that risks discovery and backlash at every moment.
The feature, which is set to shoot in London, U.K., next month, is directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, based on their short film of the same name. Anton are repping global sales at the Cannes Marche.
“Femme” tells the story of Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Not long after, however, Jules encounters Preston – one of his attackers – in a gay sauna. He quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge on the “deeply-closeted” Preston and seizes the opportunity.
“Unrecognizable in his boy form, Jules insinuates himself into Preston’s life, but in so doing discovers power in a new kind of drag,” reads the synopsis. “What unfolds is a dangerous seduction that risks discovery and backlash at every moment.
- 5/6/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
‘Femme’ is based on the Bafta-nominated short film by Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon.
George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett are set to star in Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon’s revenge thriller Femme for Anglo-French producer and financier Anton which will shoot next month in London.
Femme is based on the co-directors’ Bafta-nominated short film, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2021 and won best short film at Bifa 2021. It tells the story of a young man who, after suffering a homophobic attack, has the chance to exact revenge on one his attackers.
Anton is launching worldwide sales at Cannes.
George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett are set to star in Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon’s revenge thriller Femme for Anglo-French producer and financier Anton which will shoot next month in London.
Femme is based on the co-directors’ Bafta-nominated short film, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2021 and won best short film at Bifa 2021. It tells the story of a young man who, after suffering a homophobic attack, has the chance to exact revenge on one his attackers.
Anton is launching worldwide sales at Cannes.
- 5/6/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
‘Femme’ is based on the Bafta-nominated short film by Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon.
George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett are set to star in Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon’s revenge thriller Femme for Anglo-French producer and financier Anton which will shoot next month in London.
Femme is based on the co-directors’ Bafta-nominated short film, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2021 and won best short film at Bifa 2021. It tells the story of a young man who, after suffering a homophobic attack, has the chance to exact revenge on one his attackers.
Anton is launching worldwide sales at Cannes.
George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett are set to star in Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon’s revenge thriller Femme for Anglo-French producer and financier Anton which will shoot next month in London.
Femme is based on the co-directors’ Bafta-nominated short film, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2021 and won best short film at Bifa 2021. It tells the story of a young man who, after suffering a homophobic attack, has the chance to exact revenge on one his attackers.
Anton is launching worldwide sales at Cannes.
- 5/6/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Laura Dern, Noah Jupe and Benedict Cumberbatch will star together in a futuristic drama called “Morning” from Australian director Justin Kurzel.
Dern and Jupe star in “Morning” as a mother and son living in a world in which a pill does away the need for sleep and an artificial sun makes it so that there’s no end to the morning daylight of living and work. Cumberbatch also stars in a supporting role. Here’s the full synopsis:
Ambitious and driven Cathy (Dern) was an early advocate of a sleepless world, but as she and her son Danny (Jupe) pick up the pieces of their lives following the death of her husband Frank (Cumberbatch), she finds the universe she helped to build is starting to crumble around her, whilst memories she fought so hard to repress are bleeding into her waking life. As Danny is further drawn into a subversive underworld of dreamers,...
Dern and Jupe star in “Morning” as a mother and son living in a world in which a pill does away the need for sleep and an artificial sun makes it so that there’s no end to the morning daylight of living and work. Cumberbatch also stars in a supporting role. Here’s the full synopsis:
Ambitious and driven Cathy (Dern) was an early advocate of a sleepless world, but as she and her son Danny (Jupe) pick up the pieces of their lives following the death of her husband Frank (Cumberbatch), she finds the universe she helped to build is starting to crumble around her, whilst memories she fought so hard to repress are bleeding into her waking life. As Danny is further drawn into a subversive underworld of dreamers,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Laura Dern, Noah Jupe, Benedict Cumberbatch to star.
HanWay Films has boarded sales on Justin Kurzel’s upcoming feature Morning, which it is launching to buyers at next month’s online European Film Market.
HanWay is handling international sales, with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group co-representing the US sale.
Shooting dates are yet to be confirmed. The film will be set in a near future where a pill exists that removes the need to sleep. A woman who previously advocated for such living sees her world begin to crumble, as she and her son pick up the...
HanWay Films has boarded sales on Justin Kurzel’s upcoming feature Morning, which it is launching to buyers at next month’s online European Film Market.
HanWay is handling international sales, with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group co-representing the US sale.
Shooting dates are yet to be confirmed. The film will be set in a near future where a pill exists that removes the need to sleep. A woman who previously advocated for such living sees her world begin to crumble, as she and her son pick up the...
- 1/31/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Benedict Cumberbatch, Laura Dern and Noah Jupe are set to star in “Morning,” an upcoming feature from “Assassin’s Creed” director Justin Kurzel.
Dern (“Marriage Story”) and Jupe (“A Quiet Place”) will lead while “Doctor Strange” star Cumberbatch appears in a supporting role.
Kurzel’s last feature, “Nitram,” was nominated for a Palme d’Or.
Set in the near future, “Morning” is set in a society that has evolved beyond the need to sleep thanks to a new pill and artificial sun.
Ambitious Cathy (played by Dern) is an early proponent of the new normal – until the death of her husband Frank (Cumberbatch). As her sleepless world crumbles around her, her memories began impinging on her waking hours. Meanwhile her son Danny (Jupe), part of a new generation that has grown up without ever sleeping, is drawn into a “subversive underworld of dreamers” who begin to rebel in an attempt to reclaim their dreams.
Dern (“Marriage Story”) and Jupe (“A Quiet Place”) will lead while “Doctor Strange” star Cumberbatch appears in a supporting role.
Kurzel’s last feature, “Nitram,” was nominated for a Palme d’Or.
Set in the near future, “Morning” is set in a society that has evolved beyond the need to sleep thanks to a new pill and artificial sun.
Ambitious Cathy (played by Dern) is an early proponent of the new normal – until the death of her husband Frank (Cumberbatch). As her sleepless world crumbles around her, her memories began impinging on her waking hours. Meanwhile her son Danny (Jupe), part of a new generation that has grown up without ever sleeping, is drawn into a “subversive underworld of dreamers” who begin to rebel in an attempt to reclaim their dreams.
- 1/31/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to star in the upcoming A24 movie “Tuesday.”
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film is being described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.”
Irish actor Lola Petticrew, whose credits include indie comedies “A Bump Along the Way” and “Dating Amber” will play the Louis Dreyfus’ daughter, named Tuesday, in the film. The cast also includes British actor and playwright Arinzé Kene.
BBC Film is co-financing the film with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures.
Along with A24, producers include Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films.
London-based filmmaker Daina O. Pusic is directing “Tuesday” in her feature film directorial debut. She gained recognition after her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2015. Her follow-up short film,...
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film is being described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.”
Irish actor Lola Petticrew, whose credits include indie comedies “A Bump Along the Way” and “Dating Amber” will play the Louis Dreyfus’ daughter, named Tuesday, in the film. The cast also includes British actor and playwright Arinzé Kene.
BBC Film is co-financing the film with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures.
Along with A24, producers include Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films.
London-based filmmaker Daina O. Pusic is directing “Tuesday” in her feature film directorial debut. She gained recognition after her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2015. Her follow-up short film,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Daina O. Pusic has set her debut feature film Tuesday at A24, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus on board to star. Lola Petticrew will co-star opposite Louis-Dreyfus as her daughter, with Arinzé Kene rounding out the ensemble.
Ivana MacKinnon will produce through her Wild Swim Films along with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films alongside A24.
A mother-daughter fairytale, the plot is being kept under wraps.
The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Louis-Dreyfus is coming off two features, lending her voice to the Pixar animated pic Onward and starring opposite Will Ferrell in Downhill. She also appeared in the Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Pusic is an award-winning Croatian writer and director based in London. In 2015 her short film The Beast...
Ivana MacKinnon will produce through her Wild Swim Films along with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films alongside A24.
A mother-daughter fairytale, the plot is being kept under wraps.
The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Louis-Dreyfus is coming off two features, lending her voice to the Pixar animated pic Onward and starring opposite Will Ferrell in Downhill. She also appeared in the Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Pusic is an award-winning Croatian writer and director based in London. In 2015 her short film The Beast...
- 5/19/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to star in Daina O. Pusic’s debut feature film “Tuesday” at A24, the company announced Wednesday.
Lola Petticrew will play the role of Tuesday, co-starring as Louis-Dreyfus’ daughter in the film. Actor and playwright Arinzé Kene has also joined the cast.
Described as a mother-daughter fairytale, the plot of the film is being kept under wraps. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI and Gingerbread Pictures.
Producing alongside A24 are Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Daina O. Pusic is an award-winning Croatian writer and director based in London. In 2015, her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and subsequently screened at over 30 festivals. Her follow-up project, a comedy short called “Rhonna & Donna,...
Lola Petticrew will play the role of Tuesday, co-starring as Louis-Dreyfus’ daughter in the film. Actor and playwright Arinzé Kene has also joined the cast.
Described as a mother-daughter fairytale, the plot of the film is being kept under wraps. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI and Gingerbread Pictures.
Producing alongside A24 are Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Daina O. Pusic is an award-winning Croatian writer and director based in London. In 2015, her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and subsequently screened at over 30 festivals. Her follow-up project, a comedy short called “Rhonna & Donna,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino is adapting her stage show “Amy and the Orphans” into a feature film at Netflix.
Ferrentino will write and direct the movie, marking her feature directorial debut. Aggregate Films is producing “Amy and the Orphans.”
The story follows estranged siblings Maggie and Jake, who are adults by the time their elderly father dies, but still wish a “grown up” could sort it out. Their biggest worry is determining how to break the bad news to their sister Amy, a person with Down syndrome who has lived in a state home for years. Over a Thanksgiving weekend, in which they travel to Long Island, the three siblings find out just how much they don’t know about their family — and each other.
The stage show premiered at the Roundabout Theater Company in New York. Jamie Brewer, who portrayed Amy in the Off-Broadway production, became the first actor with...
Ferrentino will write and direct the movie, marking her feature directorial debut. Aggregate Films is producing “Amy and the Orphans.”
The story follows estranged siblings Maggie and Jake, who are adults by the time their elderly father dies, but still wish a “grown up” could sort it out. Their biggest worry is determining how to break the bad news to their sister Amy, a person with Down syndrome who has lived in a state home for years. Over a Thanksgiving weekend, in which they travel to Long Island, the three siblings find out just how much they don’t know about their family — and each other.
The stage show premiered at the Roundabout Theater Company in New York. Jamie Brewer, who portrayed Amy in the Off-Broadway production, became the first actor with...
- 3/16/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Imagine a world where humans lose the capacity to store long-term recollections and instead are issued a government memory chip. This is the world of In Memoriam, a new drama in development at HBO Max.
The series comes from rising British playwright Charley Miles and Mr Robot director Niels Arden Oplev.
Produced by Buccaneer Media, whose Anna Friel-fronted drama Marcella is in its third season at Netflix, and Participant, the thriller is a returnable, serialised series set in the UK.
Miles, who was the Channel 4 Playwright-in-Residence at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2017, writes and Oplev, who also helmed the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie, directs.
The story is set in the near future. Whilst humanity was busy uploading photos to the cloud and digitising every book ever written, the human brain was quietly evolving, and we lost the capacity to store long-term memory. But...
The series comes from rising British playwright Charley Miles and Mr Robot director Niels Arden Oplev.
Produced by Buccaneer Media, whose Anna Friel-fronted drama Marcella is in its third season at Netflix, and Participant, the thriller is a returnable, serialised series set in the UK.
Miles, who was the Channel 4 Playwright-in-Residence at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2017, writes and Oplev, who also helmed the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie, directs.
The story is set in the near future. Whilst humanity was busy uploading photos to the cloud and digitising every book ever written, the human brain was quietly evolving, and we lost the capacity to store long-term memory. But...
- 6/25/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: NBCUniversal International Studios is teaming up with Marcella producer Buccaneer Media and Danish scribe Ingeborg Topsoe on crime-drama series Moths.
Topsoe is riding high following the Berlin Film Festival premiere last week of Scandi crime-drama feature Wildland, which was one of the best-reviewed movies at the festival. She previously collaborated with NBCUniversal’s international TV arm on Hanna.
The premise of Moths is that a young woman in California receives a call that her sister has been found dead of an apparent suicide in Tokyo, where she had been working as a scientific researcher. Thus begins a journey to uncover in death who her sister was in life – and how she both adapted and failed to adapt to her new native land.
Topsoe, who has already written multiple episodes of the eight-episode (8 x 60mins) show, will be in L.A. this week with the studio to discuss the project...
Topsoe is riding high following the Berlin Film Festival premiere last week of Scandi crime-drama feature Wildland, which was one of the best-reviewed movies at the festival. She previously collaborated with NBCUniversal’s international TV arm on Hanna.
The premise of Moths is that a young woman in California receives a call that her sister has been found dead of an apparent suicide in Tokyo, where she had been working as a scientific researcher. Thus begins a journey to uncover in death who her sister was in life – and how she both adapted and failed to adapt to her new native land.
Topsoe, who has already written multiple episodes of the eight-episode (8 x 60mins) show, will be in L.A. this week with the studio to discuss the project...
- 3/2/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Emily Blunt is in talks to star in “Not Fade Away,” a feature set up at Annapurna based on a 2015 memoir of the same name that has David O. Russell and John Krasinski attached to produce, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
“Not Fade Away” is based on Rebecca Alexander’s memoir “Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found.” Alexander was born with a rare genetic mutation known as Usher syndrome Type III. Starting in her childhood, Alexander slowly started losing both her sight and hearing, with the expectation she would go completely blind and deaf by age 30.
Lindsey Ferrentino is adapting the memoir for Annapurna.
Also Read: Emily Blunt on How Mary Poppins' Adventures Are 'Like Heroin to Her'
While neither Russell or Krasinski are attached to direct at this point, Krasinski will produce with Allyson Seeger via their Sunday Night banner, and O.
“Not Fade Away” is based on Rebecca Alexander’s memoir “Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found.” Alexander was born with a rare genetic mutation known as Usher syndrome Type III. Starting in her childhood, Alexander slowly started losing both her sight and hearing, with the expectation she would go completely blind and deaf by age 30.
Lindsey Ferrentino is adapting the memoir for Annapurna.
Also Read: Emily Blunt on How Mary Poppins' Adventures Are 'Like Heroin to Her'
While neither Russell or Krasinski are attached to direct at this point, Krasinski will produce with Allyson Seeger via their Sunday Night banner, and O.
- 3/21/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: London-based lit agent Marnie Podos has left United Agents after eight years to form new management company Under New Mgmt.
She will retain her client list including in-demand screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns, whose 1917 script with Sam Mendes is due to shoot next year, playwright Chris Urch (Lee), whose stage play The Rolling Stone heads to Lincoln Center next summer, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair).
Also among her roster are writers Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies The Bone), Bifa-winner Ingeborg Topsoe (Wildland), Sam Steiner, Sam Freeman (Unmasked), Charley Miles (Blackthorn), Ed Whitworth (Powell), Sarah Farinha (Proximity) and The Cured filmmaker David Freyne.
U.S.-born Podos has lived in the UK for 15 years and is respected on both sides of the pond for nurturing a boutique lineup of emerging talent and developing their projects with them.
Her breakaway is the latest sign of evolution in the UK agency space,...
She will retain her client list including in-demand screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns, whose 1917 script with Sam Mendes is due to shoot next year, playwright Chris Urch (Lee), whose stage play The Rolling Stone heads to Lincoln Center next summer, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair).
Also among her roster are writers Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies The Bone), Bifa-winner Ingeborg Topsoe (Wildland), Sam Steiner, Sam Freeman (Unmasked), Charley Miles (Blackthorn), Ed Whitworth (Powell), Sarah Farinha (Proximity) and The Cured filmmaker David Freyne.
U.S.-born Podos has lived in the UK for 15 years and is respected on both sides of the pond for nurturing a boutique lineup of emerging talent and developing their projects with them.
Her breakaway is the latest sign of evolution in the UK agency space,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated With Full List Of Scripts, Writers, And Reps: Catherine The Great, about the rise and life of the famous (sometimes notorious) 18th-Century Russian monarch, was the top vote-getter among 70 scripts chosen for the 2014 Black List of the year’s best un-produced scripts. The screenplay, by Los Angeles writer and producer Kristina Lauren Anderson, was announced as part of an hour-plus process on Twitter and YouTube this morning.
Each of the 70 screenplays on this 10th annual list was chosen by a group of 250 development executives, agents and other Hollywood insiders as among the year’s best un-produced scripts in a process overseen by Franklin Leonard of http://www.blcklst.com. Anderson’s screenplay received 51 votes.
Other notables in the list include writer/actor/director Kenneth Lonergan with Manchester-By-The-Sea, which is being produced by Matt Damon and Chris Moore. Randall Green had two scripts make the list, The Swimsuit Issue and Cartoon Girl.
Each of the 70 screenplays on this 10th annual list was chosen by a group of 250 development executives, agents and other Hollywood insiders as among the year’s best un-produced scripts in a process overseen by Franklin Leonard of http://www.blcklst.com. Anderson’s screenplay received 51 votes.
Other notables in the list include writer/actor/director Kenneth Lonergan with Manchester-By-The-Sea, which is being produced by Matt Damon and Chris Moore. Randall Green had two scripts make the list, The Swimsuit Issue and Cartoon Girl.
- 12/15/2014
- by David Bloom and Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Word on a new spec script that was just acquired by FilmNation landed online today, and we have the very sketchy early details on the sci-fi/thriller known as Aether.
Per Deadline, FilmNation Entertainment will produce, finance, and handle worldwide sales on the sci-fi thriller Aether, written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns. FilmNation is moving quickly, already looking for a director for the British writer’s script.
Plot details are currently being kept under wraps, but FilmNation is obviously quite high on it. "I’m astounded by the level of talent and inventiveness we’ve come across from such a young voice," said FilmNation production president Aaron Ryder. "We’re terribly excited to produce this film. We’re also anxious to learn how to pronounce its title!"
Wilson-Cairns initially developed the script with her UK agent and then finished it on spec. It was brought in by FilmNation Director of Development Patrick Chu.
Per Deadline, FilmNation Entertainment will produce, finance, and handle worldwide sales on the sci-fi thriller Aether, written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns. FilmNation is moving quickly, already looking for a director for the British writer’s script.
Plot details are currently being kept under wraps, but FilmNation is obviously quite high on it. "I’m astounded by the level of talent and inventiveness we’ve come across from such a young voice," said FilmNation production president Aaron Ryder. "We’re terribly excited to produce this film. We’re also anxious to learn how to pronounce its title!"
Wilson-Cairns initially developed the script with her UK agent and then finished it on spec. It was brought in by FilmNation Director of Development Patrick Chu.
- 3/13/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Just when it seemed we might see a week without a big spec script auction, FilmNation Entertainment just landed Aether, and will produce, finance and handle worldwide sales on the sci-fi thriller written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns. FilmNation is moving quickly, already looking for a director for the British writer’s script. Plot details are currently being kept under wraps. “I’m astounded by the level of talent and inventiveness we’ve come across from such a young voice,” said FilmNation production president Aaron Ryder. “We’re terribly excited to produce this film. We’re also anxious to learn how to pronounce its title!” Wilson-Cairns initially developed the script with her UK agent and then wrote on spec. It was brought in by FilmNation director of development Patrick Chu. Ryder, along with Evp Karen Lunder, will shepherd the project. The deal was done by FilmNation’s Alison Cohen and United Agents...
- 3/13/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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