In the midst of recession, the UK's creative industries have been quietly outperforming the rest of British industry
Colin Welland famously exclaimed "the British are coming!" while accepting an Oscar for Chariots of Fire in 1982. Three decades on, Mr Welland could feel a tinge of satisfaction when looking through the Academy Awards nominations. Heading the list of UK contenders is Londoner Steve McQueen's film 12 Years a Slave, which will be vying for best picture and best director with Gravity, the spacewalk thriller whose visual effects were created at Shepperton Studios. Brit actors Judi Dench, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope have nominations for the comedy Philomena, as do Christian Bale and Sally Hawkins for their roles in American Hustle and Blue Jasmine.
These British hopefuls – and there are many more – may come to little on the night, but even if they do, anyone who shares a Welland-like interest in our...
Colin Welland famously exclaimed "the British are coming!" while accepting an Oscar for Chariots of Fire in 1982. Three decades on, Mr Welland could feel a tinge of satisfaction when looking through the Academy Awards nominations. Heading the list of UK contenders is Londoner Steve McQueen's film 12 Years a Slave, which will be vying for best picture and best director with Gravity, the spacewalk thriller whose visual effects were created at Shepperton Studios. Brit actors Judi Dench, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope have nominations for the comedy Philomena, as do Christian Bale and Sally Hawkins for their roles in American Hustle and Blue Jasmine.
These British hopefuls – and there are many more – may come to little on the night, but even if they do, anyone who shares a Welland-like interest in our...
- 1/20/2014
- by Editorial
- The Guardian - Film News
Comic Con hasn’t been strictly superheroes in a long, long time. We have scoured the schedule for this year’s event and have pulled out the dark, the bloody, the monstrous, and the ghostly panels that look to be right up FEARnet readers’s alley.
Paranormal Passion Panel
Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).
Thursday July 18, 2013 10:30am - 11:30am
Room 24Abc
Masters of the Web
Some of the most prominent and influential film pundits on the web discuss the film industry, writing for film online,...
Paranormal Passion Panel
Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).
Thursday July 18, 2013 10:30am - 11:30am
Room 24Abc
Masters of the Web
Some of the most prominent and influential film pundits on the web discuss the film industry, writing for film online,...
- 7/10/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
We told you way back in September that NBC had picked up a pilot for production that was to be produced by J.J. Abrams and co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Gravity). Co-written by Mark Friedman (The Forgotten), the pilot, which was officially picked up by NBC in January and now has a title – Believe – is about a girl who has special powers which will manifest in seven years, and a man who is released from prison in order to protect her from those who are hunting her.
Casting began earlier this month with Jake McLaughlin (Savages) taking on the role of the ex-con, Tate, and newcomer Johnny Sequoyah as Bo, the girl. Excellent, the main characters are in place, that bodes well for the project. But what has us really really excited is the news, posted by TVLine late last night, that beloved Special Agent Dale Cooper,...
Casting began earlier this month with Jake McLaughlin (Savages) taking on the role of the ex-con, Tate, and newcomer Johnny Sequoyah as Bo, the girl. Excellent, the main characters are in place, that bodes well for the project. But what has us really really excited is the news, posted by TVLine late last night, that beloved Special Agent Dale Cooper,...
- 3/5/2013
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
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