Hot right now, Adam Driver has entered into talks to star opposite Matt Damon in Ridley Scott’s period drama ‘The Last Duel’.
Driver is up for the role which has recently been vacated by Ben Affleck. Affleck has had to step away from the project due to scheduling conflicts. If the deal comes through, Driver would star opposite Damon in a supporting role alongside Jodie Comer.
Based on the novel by Eric Jager, the story centres around two best friends – the Norman knight Jean de Carrouges and the squire Jacques Le Gris. de Carrouges goes to war and returns to accuse Le Gris of raping his wife Margerite de Carrouges (Comer). No one believes the woman, and the soldier appeals to the king of France to undo a decision handed down by Count Pierre d’Anencon, which favoured Le Gris.
The decision handed down is that the two men...
Driver is up for the role which has recently been vacated by Ben Affleck. Affleck has had to step away from the project due to scheduling conflicts. If the deal comes through, Driver would star opposite Damon in a supporting role alongside Jodie Comer.
Based on the novel by Eric Jager, the story centres around two best friends – the Norman knight Jean de Carrouges and the squire Jacques Le Gris. de Carrouges goes to war and returns to accuse Le Gris of raping his wife Margerite de Carrouges (Comer). No one believes the woman, and the soldier appeals to the king of France to undo a decision handed down by Count Pierre d’Anencon, which favoured Le Gris.
The decision handed down is that the two men...
- 10/23/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: After making its biggest investment to date – which we hear from sources was tens of millions of dollars – in BBC and HBO’s $100M+ super-drama His Dark Materials, European financier and co-producer Anton is getting closer to where it wants to be.
“We have great momentum and our business volume is much higher than it has ever been,” CEO and founder Sébastien Reybaud (pictured below) tells me in his first sit down interview.
We meet at Anton’s smart London HQ in trendy Clerkenwell, between the madding crowd of Soho and east London’s art galleries and financial district.
“We’re very happy with where we are now,” the Frenchman explains about the under-the-radar finance, sales and production firm, which has taken a fresh approach to Euro film and TV funding since its 2011 launch as a media-focused merchant banking boutique. “We pivoted the business in 2016 when we organized a management buy-out.
“We have great momentum and our business volume is much higher than it has ever been,” CEO and founder Sébastien Reybaud (pictured below) tells me in his first sit down interview.
We meet at Anton’s smart London HQ in trendy Clerkenwell, between the madding crowd of Soho and east London’s art galleries and financial district.
“We’re very happy with where we are now,” the Frenchman explains about the under-the-radar finance, sales and production firm, which has taken a fresh approach to Euro film and TV funding since its 2011 launch as a media-focused merchant banking boutique. “We pivoted the business in 2016 when we organized a management buy-out.
- 10/23/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Adam Driver is in talks to join Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Killing Eve star Jodie Comer in The Last Duel, a period drama based on a novel by Eric Jager. Ridley Scott is at the helm, directing from a screenplay adaptation by Damon and Affleck. Published in 2004, the follows story of two best friends, the Norman knight Jean de Carrouges and the squire Jacques Le Gris. One goes to war and returns to accuse Le Gris of raping his wife Margerite de Carrouges. No one will believe the woman, and the soldier appeals to the king of France to undo a decision handed down by Count Pierre d’Anencon, which favored Le Gris. The decision handed down is that the two men fight a duel to the death. The one left alive would be declared the winner as a sign of God’s will. And if Jean de Carrouges loses,...
- 10/22/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Vampire drama series The Passage, based on Justin Cronin’s novels, will not be getting a second season on Fox.
The series, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, from Liz Heldens, Matt Reeves, Scott Free and 20th Century Fox TV, got off to a promising start with its January 12 series premiere. It notched a 1.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.218 million viewers (Live+same day), building onto its The Resident demo lead-in (1.1/5.522M). But the serialized drama’s ratings then declined, ending the season with new lows in both the demo (0.7) and total viewers (3.122M) in its two-hour March 11 season finale.
Written by Heldens, The Passage was an epic, character‐driven thriller about a secret government medical facility experimenting with a dangerous virus that could either cure all disease or cause the downfall of the human race. The series focused on a 10‐year‐old girl named Amy Bellafonte (Saniyya Sidney), who was...
The series, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, from Liz Heldens, Matt Reeves, Scott Free and 20th Century Fox TV, got off to a promising start with its January 12 series premiere. It notched a 1.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.218 million viewers (Live+same day), building onto its The Resident demo lead-in (1.1/5.522M). But the serialized drama’s ratings then declined, ending the season with new lows in both the demo (0.7) and total viewers (3.122M) in its two-hour March 11 season finale.
Written by Heldens, The Passage was an epic, character‐driven thriller about a secret government medical facility experimenting with a dangerous virus that could either cure all disease or cause the downfall of the human race. The series focused on a 10‐year‐old girl named Amy Bellafonte (Saniyya Sidney), who was...
- 5/10/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Ed Skrein is set to join John Boyega and Olivia Cooke in the legal drama “A Naked Singularity” with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions on board to produce.
The movie is based on Sergio De La Pava’s debut novel, which centers on a successful New York public defender whose life begins to unravel after he loses his first case. Attorney De La Pava self-published the book in 2008 and won the Pen/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction after it was re-published in 2012.
It’s currently unknown who Skrein would be playing.
Chase Palmer, one of the co-writers of the “It” screenplay, is on board to direct from a script by David Matthews. Scott Free and Tony Ganz are producing, while 3311 Productions is financing.
Skrein, who broke out as Ryan Reynolds’ nemesis in the first “Deadpool,” is also known for being the first actor to play Daario...
The movie is based on Sergio De La Pava’s debut novel, which centers on a successful New York public defender whose life begins to unravel after he loses his first case. Attorney De La Pava self-published the book in 2008 and won the Pen/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction after it was re-published in 2012.
It’s currently unknown who Skrein would be playing.
Chase Palmer, one of the co-writers of the “It” screenplay, is on board to direct from a script by David Matthews. Scott Free and Tony Ganz are producing, while 3311 Productions is financing.
Skrein, who broke out as Ryan Reynolds’ nemesis in the first “Deadpool,” is also known for being the first actor to play Daario...
- 5/9/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Miniseries shooting now and will air in December in Us.
Us basic cable channel FX is boarding BBC One’s upcoming miniseries A Christmas Carol from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.
FX Productions will produce the three-part series for BBC One and FX with Scott Free and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker. The three companies and the BBC previously collaborated on Knight’s Taboo series starring Hardy.
A Christmas Carol is currently shooting and is set to air in December on FX in the Us, with Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Charlotte Riley and Joe Alwyn starring and Nick Murphy directing.
Us basic cable channel FX is boarding BBC One’s upcoming miniseries A Christmas Carol from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.
FX Productions will produce the three-part series for BBC One and FX with Scott Free and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker. The three companies and the BBC previously collaborated on Knight’s Taboo series starring Hardy.
A Christmas Carol is currently shooting and is set to air in December on FX in the Us, with Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Charlotte Riley and Joe Alwyn starring and Nick Murphy directing.
- 5/9/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
FX has boarded BBC One’s “A Christmas Carol” miniseries from Ridley Scott’s Scott Free and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker, the cable network said Thursday.
A new three-part special of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic, “A Christmas Carol” is written by “Taboo” creator Steven Knight and features an ensemble cast including Guy Pearce (“Mary Queen of Scots”) playing Ebenezer Scrooge; Andy Serkis (“Black Panther”) as Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham (“This Is England”) as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (“Peaky Blinders”) as Lottie; Joe Alwyn (“The Favourite”) as Bob Cratchit; Vinette Robinson (“Doctor Who”) as Mary Cratchit; Rutger Hauer (“True Blood”) as the Ghost of Christmas Future; Kayvan Novak (“What We Do In The Shadows”) as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush (“Old Boys”) as Tim Cratchit.
Per FX, the miniseries is “a unique and original take on the Charles Dickens’ iconic ghost story” and “a haunting, hallucinatory, spine-tingling...
A new three-part special of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic, “A Christmas Carol” is written by “Taboo” creator Steven Knight and features an ensemble cast including Guy Pearce (“Mary Queen of Scots”) playing Ebenezer Scrooge; Andy Serkis (“Black Panther”) as Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham (“This Is England”) as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (“Peaky Blinders”) as Lottie; Joe Alwyn (“The Favourite”) as Bob Cratchit; Vinette Robinson (“Doctor Who”) as Mary Cratchit; Rutger Hauer (“True Blood”) as the Ghost of Christmas Future; Kayvan Novak (“What We Do In The Shadows”) as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush (“Old Boys”) as Tim Cratchit.
Per FX, the miniseries is “a unique and original take on the Charles Dickens’ iconic ghost story” and “a haunting, hallucinatory, spine-tingling...
- 5/9/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
FX has boarded “Peaky Blinders” scribe Steven Knight’s upcoming adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” with Guy Pearce playing Scrooge and Andy Serkis the Ghost of Christmas Past. The new take on the Dickens classic had already been announced in the U.K., and FX has now come on as the U.S. partner. It is the latest trans-Atlantic cooperation between the U.K. pubcaster and U.S. cable network after “Taboo.”
The three-parter will be produced by FX Productions, Scott Free, and Hardy Son & Baker. Other cast members include Stephen Graham (“This Is England”) as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (“Peaky Blinders”) as Lottie; and Joe Alwyn (“The Favourite”) as Bob Cratchit.
Vinette Robinson (“Doctor Who”) has also signed on and will play Mary Cratchit, and Rutger Hauer (“True Blood”) will be the Ghost of Christmas Future.
“This production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ will respectfully present what we believe to...
The three-parter will be produced by FX Productions, Scott Free, and Hardy Son & Baker. Other cast members include Stephen Graham (“This Is England”) as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (“Peaky Blinders”) as Lottie; and Joe Alwyn (“The Favourite”) as Bob Cratchit.
Vinette Robinson (“Doctor Who”) has also signed on and will play Mary Cratchit, and Rutger Hauer (“True Blood”) will be the Ghost of Christmas Future.
“This production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ will respectfully present what we believe to...
- 5/9/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
FX has boarded the BBC’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. The three-part series is produced by Ridley Scott’s Scott Free, Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker and FX Productions.
The U.S. cable network will air the series in December, the latest collaboration between the two broadcasters following Taboo. The project was first announced by the BBC in November 2017.
The remake stars Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge, Andy Serkis as Ghost of Christmas Past, Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley, Charlotte Riley as Lottie, Joe Alwyn as Bob Cratchit, Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit, Rutger Hauer as the Ghost of Christmas Future, Kayvan Novak as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush as Tim Cratchit.
The new take on the story is written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and is directed by Nick Murphy (The Awakening). It is exec produced by Knight, Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker,...
The U.S. cable network will air the series in December, the latest collaboration between the two broadcasters following Taboo. The project was first announced by the BBC in November 2017.
The remake stars Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge, Andy Serkis as Ghost of Christmas Past, Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley, Charlotte Riley as Lottie, Joe Alwyn as Bob Cratchit, Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit, Rutger Hauer as the Ghost of Christmas Future, Kayvan Novak as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush as Tim Cratchit.
The new take on the story is written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and is directed by Nick Murphy (The Awakening). It is exec produced by Knight, Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker,...
- 5/9/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It may be summer, but FX and BBC are already thinking about Christmas.
FX and BBC are teaming for a new take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
The three-part special, set to air in December, is the first in a series of new adaptations of classic Charles Dickens novels being produced by Scott Free, Tom Hardy, the BBC and FX Productions.
Guy Pearce will star as Ebenezer Scrooge. The cast includes Andy Serkis (Black Panther) as the Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham (This Is England) as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders) as Lottie; Joe Alwyn (The Favourite) as ...
FX and BBC are teaming for a new take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
The three-part special, set to air in December, is the first in a series of new adaptations of classic Charles Dickens novels being produced by Scott Free, Tom Hardy, the BBC and FX Productions.
Guy Pearce will star as Ebenezer Scrooge. The cast includes Andy Serkis (Black Panther) as the Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham (This Is England) as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders) as Lottie; Joe Alwyn (The Favourite) as ...
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