He last brought us misfiring hit man comedy drama Wild Target, but Jonathan Lynn is hoping for more success with a musical buddy comedy. He’s now recruited Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks for The Hurricanes.Annalisa D’Innella wrote the screenplay. It follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of hit '80s girl-band The Hurricanes. Today, she works as a children’s entertainer and struggles as a single parent. But then an iconic Hurricanes tune is sampled by top rapper Mc Freak and shoots straight to number one, so Kim figures the royalties will soon be pouring in.Kim tracks down Freak but soon discovers that a dodgy contract proves he owes her nothing. Nonetheless, struck by her fighting spirit, he offers her a lifeline. He will let her perform with him, but there’s a catch: he wants all three of the Hurricanes.
- 11/5/2014
- EmpireOnline
Exclusive: Metro International to launch sales on female buddy movie.
Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.
Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.
Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.
Additional casting is underway.
Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).
The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.
The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...
Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.
Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.
Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.
Additional casting is underway.
Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).
The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.
The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...
- 11/5/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Metro International to launch sales on female buddy movie.
Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.
Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.
Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.
Additional casting is underway.
Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).
The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.
The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...
Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.
Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.
Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.
Additional casting is underway.
Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).
The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.
The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...
- 11/5/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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