Anthony Hopkins is taking on yet another iconic figure, this time from the world of music.
The stage and screen legend — a two-time Academy Award winner — is attached to star as George Frideric Handel in “The King of Covent Garden,” set during the period the famed opera composer worked on his choral masterpiece “Messiah.” Embankment Films has launched global pre-sales on the project, which is scheduled for a late fall 2025 release.
Andrew Levitas (“Minimata”) will direct “The King of Covent Garden” from a script by Tim Slover, with the filmmakers pitching the feature as “a powerfully majestic celebration of genius breaking all the rules to create an anthem inspiring the popular imagination of global audiences.” Dan Lupovitz (“Death Defying Acts,” “Simpatico”) and Kevan Van Thompson (“Ballerina,” “Jojo Rabbit”) will produce.
Global operatic mezzo-soprano star Katherine Jenkins joins Peter Touche (“Military Wives,” “Blinded by the Light”) as executive producer, adding her musical performance,...
The stage and screen legend — a two-time Academy Award winner — is attached to star as George Frideric Handel in “The King of Covent Garden,” set during the period the famed opera composer worked on his choral masterpiece “Messiah.” Embankment Films has launched global pre-sales on the project, which is scheduled for a late fall 2025 release.
Andrew Levitas (“Minimata”) will direct “The King of Covent Garden” from a script by Tim Slover, with the filmmakers pitching the feature as “a powerfully majestic celebration of genius breaking all the rules to create an anthem inspiring the popular imagination of global audiences.” Dan Lupovitz (“Death Defying Acts,” “Simpatico”) and Kevan Van Thompson (“Ballerina,” “Jojo Rabbit”) will produce.
Global operatic mezzo-soprano star Katherine Jenkins joins Peter Touche (“Military Wives,” “Blinded by the Light”) as executive producer, adding her musical performance,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
The UK’s Embankment Films has launched global pre-sales on The King Of Covent Garden starring Anthony Hopkins as composer George Frideric Handel.
The film is billed as a celebration of the genius of the Baroque composer, who was born in what is modern-day Germany before moving to London in 1712. While living in the UK he composed his masterpiece Messiah in 1741, taking inspiration from a singer named Susannah, who is yet to be cast.
US filmmaker Andrew Levitas directs from a script by Tim Slover. US-based Dan Lupovitz and Kevan Van Thompson produce.
“The storytelling is hinged upon an unlikely pair,...
The film is billed as a celebration of the genius of the Baroque composer, who was born in what is modern-day Germany before moving to London in 1712. While living in the UK he composed his masterpiece Messiah in 1741, taking inspiration from a singer named Susannah, who is yet to be cast.
US filmmaker Andrew Levitas directs from a script by Tim Slover. US-based Dan Lupovitz and Kevan Van Thompson produce.
“The storytelling is hinged upon an unlikely pair,...
- 5/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
“We’re investing in highly intelligent young future leaders,” said Embankment’s Tim Haslam.
London-based production, finance and sales outfit Embankment Films has expanded its team with the appointment of director of acquisitions and production Archie Faulks; acquisitions, production and distribution executive Bianca Fabbri; and international sales and marketing executive Clare Harris.
Faulks and Fabbri will head up Embankment’s scripted production, development and acquisitions team alongside producer Kevin Loader, while working closely with the company’s unscripted production team.
Embankment’s slate includes Sophie Hyde’s upcoming period piece An Ideal Wife, starring Emilia Clarke and Hope Dickson Leach’s biopic Making Noise,...
London-based production, finance and sales outfit Embankment Films has expanded its team with the appointment of director of acquisitions and production Archie Faulks; acquisitions, production and distribution executive Bianca Fabbri; and international sales and marketing executive Clare Harris.
Faulks and Fabbri will head up Embankment’s scripted production, development and acquisitions team alongside producer Kevin Loader, while working closely with the company’s unscripted production team.
Embankment’s slate includes Sophie Hyde’s upcoming period piece An Ideal Wife, starring Emilia Clarke and Hope Dickson Leach’s biopic Making Noise,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The U.K.’s Embankment Films has made four key hires to lead its unscripted division.
Nick Taussig and Malcolm Neaum both join as producer, unscripted; Sophie Harmer as head of production, unscripted; and Henry Farrington as head researcher.
BAFTA and Grierson nominated feature documentary producer Taussig teams with factual television series veteran Neaum to produce varied unscripted series formats.
Harmer and Taussig produced “Call Me Kate” and “Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me,” celebrating the work of this year’s Oscar-winning director and writer.
Embankment’s credits include the Oscar-winning “The Father,” “The Son,” “Emma” and “Purple Hearts.”
Embankment founders Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar said: “Our mission is to enable audience-facing storytellers to produce surprising and emotive entertainment. The company now increases its offering to the market. Film producer Kevin Loader – ‘The Death of Stalin,’ ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield,’ Roger Michel...
Nick Taussig and Malcolm Neaum both join as producer, unscripted; Sophie Harmer as head of production, unscripted; and Henry Farrington as head researcher.
BAFTA and Grierson nominated feature documentary producer Taussig teams with factual television series veteran Neaum to produce varied unscripted series formats.
Harmer and Taussig produced “Call Me Kate” and “Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me,” celebrating the work of this year’s Oscar-winning director and writer.
Embankment’s credits include the Oscar-winning “The Father,” “The Son,” “Emma” and “Purple Hearts.”
Embankment founders Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar said: “Our mission is to enable audience-facing storytellers to produce surprising and emotive entertainment. The company now increases its offering to the market. Film producer Kevin Loader – ‘The Death of Stalin,’ ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield,’ Roger Michel...
- 3/21/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
UK sales and production firm Embankment Films has set a wholesale rejig of its nonfiction arm with four new senior hires.
Producers Nick Taussig, Malcolm Neaum, Sophie Harmer, and researcher Henry Farrington will join the company, taking on their new positions with immediate effect.
Taussig, a BAFTA and Grierson nominated feature documentary producer, will team with Neaum to produce unscripted series formats, including returnable series, for Embankment.
Those two will be joined by Harmer, who, with Taussig, recently produced the feature docs Call Me Kate and Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me. Harmer will be Head of Production Unscripted at Embankment, while Henry Farrington joins as a senior researcher.
These four new hires are the latest to be announced by Embankment since veteran UK producer Kevin Loader joined the fold in May 2022. Embankment teamed up with Loader to create the new label Free Range Entertainment. The key shareholders in the company are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Loader.
The combined company will develop, produce, co-produce, sell, and distribute film, TV, and “allied” content while also investing directly into production and working with third-party investors and financiers.
“Our mission is to enable audience-facing storytellers to produce surprising and emotive entertainment. The company now increases its offering to the market,” Embankment founders Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar said of today’s four new hires.
Taussig added: “We are joining a dynamic and experienced team with a proven record for providing filmmakers a dependable and consistent premium infrastructure to greenlight production through to worldwide distribution.”
Embankment has handled over 50 scripted feature films and five feature documentaries. The company’s next global release is The Miracle Club, starring Maggie Smith, Laura Linney, and Kathy Bates, recently acquired by Sony Picture Classics.
Producers Nick Taussig, Malcolm Neaum, Sophie Harmer, and researcher Henry Farrington will join the company, taking on their new positions with immediate effect.
Taussig, a BAFTA and Grierson nominated feature documentary producer, will team with Neaum to produce unscripted series formats, including returnable series, for Embankment.
Those two will be joined by Harmer, who, with Taussig, recently produced the feature docs Call Me Kate and Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me. Harmer will be Head of Production Unscripted at Embankment, while Henry Farrington joins as a senior researcher.
These four new hires are the latest to be announced by Embankment since veteran UK producer Kevin Loader joined the fold in May 2022. Embankment teamed up with Loader to create the new label Free Range Entertainment. The key shareholders in the company are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Loader.
The combined company will develop, produce, co-produce, sell, and distribute film, TV, and “allied” content while also investing directly into production and working with third-party investors and financiers.
“Our mission is to enable audience-facing storytellers to produce surprising and emotive entertainment. The company now increases its offering to the market,” Embankment founders Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar said of today’s four new hires.
Taussig added: “We are joining a dynamic and experienced team with a proven record for providing filmmakers a dependable and consistent premium infrastructure to greenlight production through to worldwide distribution.”
Embankment has handled over 50 scripted feature films and five feature documentaries. The company’s next global release is The Miracle Club, starring Maggie Smith, Laura Linney, and Kathy Bates, recently acquired by Sony Picture Classics.
- 3/21/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to “Joyride,” a road-trip comedy starring Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and Charlie Reid. The indie studio will release the film in theaters and on demand on Dec. 23.
The picture was directed by Emer Reynolds (“Songs for While I’m Away”) and written by Ailbhe Keogan (“Bad Sisters). The cast also includes Lochlann O Mearáin, Olwen Fouéré, Ruth McCabe, and Tommy Tiernan.
“Joyride” follows 12-year-old Mully (Reid), who, after fleeing his father, steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy (Colman), in the back seat with a baby. Joy has decided to give her child away to a friend, and Mully needs some distance from his debt-ridden dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. So the middle-aged mother and adolescent embark on a journey across Ireland — a trip that causes a bond to form between them.
Colman, who is...
The picture was directed by Emer Reynolds (“Songs for While I’m Away”) and written by Ailbhe Keogan (“Bad Sisters). The cast also includes Lochlann O Mearáin, Olwen Fouéré, Ruth McCabe, and Tommy Tiernan.
“Joyride” follows 12-year-old Mully (Reid), who, after fleeing his father, steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy (Colman), in the back seat with a baby. Joy has decided to give her child away to a friend, and Mully needs some distance from his debt-ridden dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. So the middle-aged mother and adolescent embark on a journey across Ireland — a trip that causes a bond to form between them.
Colman, who is...
- 11/14/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
UK production and sales company Embankment Films has hired former WestEnd Films executive Toby Hill as Head of Production & Acquisitions.
At Embankment, Hill will manage company IP with the goal of converting IP to production and global distribution. He will work closely with Embankment CEO Tim Haslam, co-founding partner Hugo Grumbar, and producer Kevin Loader — who teamed with Embankment earlier this year to create a new label, Free Range Entertainment.
Hill succeeds Max Pirkis, who leaves Embankment after nine years.
Hill was previously Head of Acquisitions & Development at WestEnd Films, where he worked on titles like Mr. Malcolm’s List, The Last Rifleman, and the forthcoming Freud’s Last Session, starring Anthony Hopkins.
Prior to that, he was Head of Global Acquisitions at the UK-based financing company AI Film. During his time at AI, Hill was responsible for greenlighting titles like I, Tonya, American Animals, Mr. Holmes, and Lee Daniels’ The Butler.
At Embankment, Hill will manage company IP with the goal of converting IP to production and global distribution. He will work closely with Embankment CEO Tim Haslam, co-founding partner Hugo Grumbar, and producer Kevin Loader — who teamed with Embankment earlier this year to create a new label, Free Range Entertainment.
Hill succeeds Max Pirkis, who leaves Embankment after nine years.
Hill was previously Head of Acquisitions & Development at WestEnd Films, where he worked on titles like Mr. Malcolm’s List, The Last Rifleman, and the forthcoming Freud’s Last Session, starring Anthony Hopkins.
Prior to that, he was Head of Global Acquisitions at the UK-based financing company AI Film. During his time at AI, Hill was responsible for greenlighting titles like I, Tonya, American Animals, Mr. Holmes, and Lee Daniels’ The Butler.
- 10/26/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Hill joins as head of production and acquisitions.
UK production and sales outfit Embankment Films has hired former WestEnd Films and AI Film executive Toby Hill as head of production and acquisitions.
Hill will lead all of Embankment’s management of intellectual property, converting IP into production and global distribution. He will collaborate closely with producer Kevin Loader – whose London-based production outfit Free Range Films joined forces in May of this year with Embankment to form new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment – plus Embankment CEO Tim Haslam and co-founding partner Hugo Grumbar.
Hill takes over from Max Pirkis, head of acquisitions and distribution,...
UK production and sales outfit Embankment Films has hired former WestEnd Films and AI Film executive Toby Hill as head of production and acquisitions.
Hill will lead all of Embankment’s management of intellectual property, converting IP into production and global distribution. He will collaborate closely with producer Kevin Loader – whose London-based production outfit Free Range Films joined forces in May of this year with Embankment to form new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment – plus Embankment CEO Tim Haslam and co-founding partner Hugo Grumbar.
Hill takes over from Max Pirkis, head of acquisitions and distribution,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exec joins Irish screen agency after six year spell at Embankment.
Screen Ireland has appointed Greg Martin to the new role of project manager for feature film.
Martin joins the recently expanded production and development team within Screen Ireland and will work across Screen Ireland-supported feature film and documentary projects, throughout production, financing and market exploitation.
Previously Martin spent six years working in acquisitions and distribution for international financing outfit Embankment Films.
While at Embankment, Martin worked on films such as Florian Zeller’s The Son and The Father, Frances O’Connor’s Emily and Guy Nattiv’s Golda.
Recent Irish...
Screen Ireland has appointed Greg Martin to the new role of project manager for feature film.
Martin joins the recently expanded production and development team within Screen Ireland and will work across Screen Ireland-supported feature film and documentary projects, throughout production, financing and market exploitation.
Previously Martin spent six years working in acquisitions and distribution for international financing outfit Embankment Films.
While at Embankment, Martin worked on films such as Florian Zeller’s The Son and The Father, Frances O’Connor’s Emily and Guy Nattiv’s Golda.
Recent Irish...
- 9/29/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Variety can reveal a first look at Maggie Smith and Laura Linney in the new drama “The Miracle Club,” which has wrapped production in Ireland and is now in post.
The Dublin-shot film, which also stars Kathy Bates, centers on four Dublin women who come together on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Lourdes in France, where they discover the solidarity in their friendship and unveil their own personal miracles.
Directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan, “The Miracle Club” wrapped over the summer at Ardmore Studios in Dublin.
The film also features Oscar nominee Stephen Rea and up-and-coming star Agnes O’Casey.
Linney most recently starred in the last season of Netflix’s “Ozark,” while Smith was last in “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” where she plays the salty Dowager Countess. Bates starred in the 2020 film “Home,” directed by German actor Franka Potente.
“The Miracle Club” is an official co-production between Chris Curling...
The Dublin-shot film, which also stars Kathy Bates, centers on four Dublin women who come together on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Lourdes in France, where they discover the solidarity in their friendship and unveil their own personal miracles.
Directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan, “The Miracle Club” wrapped over the summer at Ardmore Studios in Dublin.
The film also features Oscar nominee Stephen Rea and up-and-coming star Agnes O’Casey.
Linney most recently starred in the last season of Netflix’s “Ozark,” while Smith was last in “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” where she plays the salty Dowager Countess. Bates starred in the 2020 film “Home,” directed by German actor Franka Potente.
“The Miracle Club” is an official co-production between Chris Curling...
- 9/1/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Lane appointed new head of worldwide sales and distribution.
UK sales agent Embankment Films has appointed HanWay Films’ Mark Lane as its new head of worldwide sales and distribution, taking over from Calum Gray.
Lane has joined after 13 years at UK sales agent HanWay Films, where he was director of sales.
Gray is leaving Embankment to start his own film industry business venture.
In May of this year, Embankment joined forces with Kevin Loader’s London-based production outfit Free Range Films to create a new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment.
Lane said: “It’s so refreshing that 2.5 years of...
UK sales agent Embankment Films has appointed HanWay Films’ Mark Lane as its new head of worldwide sales and distribution, taking over from Calum Gray.
Lane has joined after 13 years at UK sales agent HanWay Films, where he was director of sales.
Gray is leaving Embankment to start his own film industry business venture.
In May of this year, Embankment joined forces with Kevin Loader’s London-based production outfit Free Range Films to create a new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment.
Lane said: “It’s so refreshing that 2.5 years of...
- 7/14/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The UK companies will both operate under umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment.
London-based production outfit Free Range Films and UK sales agent Embankment have joined forces to create a new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment (Fre).
The key shareholders are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range Films’ Kevin Loader.
Through its Free Range Films and Embankment divisions, Fre will develop, produce, co-produce, sell and distribute, while investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
All resources between the two companies will be pooled, but with Embankment continuing to operate as the sales and financing arm.
London-based production outfit Free Range Films and UK sales agent Embankment have joined forces to create a new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment (Fre).
The key shareholders are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range Films’ Kevin Loader.
Through its Free Range Films and Embankment divisions, Fre will develop, produce, co-produce, sell and distribute, while investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
All resources between the two companies will be pooled, but with Embankment continuing to operate as the sales and financing arm.
- 5/9/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK sales and production firm Embankment is teaming up with veteran UK producer Kevin Loader to create new label Free Range Entertainment.
The key shareholders in the company are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range’s Kevin Loader.
The combined company will develop, produce, co-produce, sell, and distribute film, TV and “allied” content, while also investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
Tim Haslam explained: “Free Range Entertainment is a creative hub for like-minded storytellers, writers, directors, and producers; converting IP from inception and development, through to production and commercial global exploitation. The Embankment sales brand will continue.”
Free Range Films was founded by producer Kevin Loader and director Roger Michell in 1996. Following Michell’s untimely passing last September, the production company has decided to embark on a new structural partnership.
The key shareholders in the company are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range’s Kevin Loader.
The combined company will develop, produce, co-produce, sell, and distribute film, TV and “allied” content, while also investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
Tim Haslam explained: “Free Range Entertainment is a creative hub for like-minded storytellers, writers, directors, and producers; converting IP from inception and development, through to production and commercial global exploitation. The Embankment sales brand will continue.”
Free Range Films was founded by producer Kevin Loader and director Roger Michell in 1996. Following Michell’s untimely passing last September, the production company has decided to embark on a new structural partnership.
- 5/9/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Bérénice Bejo, Oscar nominated for “The Artist,” and two-time Goya winner Antonio de la Torre are to star in “The Movie Teller,” which is to be directed by Lone Scherfig, a BAFTA nominee with “An Education.” Embankment is launching worldwide sales on the Spanish-language film at the virtual AFM.
Walter Salles, a BAFTA winner with “The Motorcycle Diaries” and “Central Station,” and Rafa Russo have adapted Hernán Rivera Letelier’s novel, which is the story of life in a mining town in Chile’s Atacama Desert, and a tribute to the inspirational power of cinema, reminiscent of “Cinema Paradiso.”
The film is produced by Adolfo Blanco (“The Bookshop”) of A Contracorriente Films and Vincent Juillerat of Selenium Films and Al Tiro Films. Embankment is an executive producer, and co-represents Latin American rights with Latido Films. It shoots in the Atacama Desert in the first quarter of next year.
Bejo stars as María Magnolia,...
Walter Salles, a BAFTA winner with “The Motorcycle Diaries” and “Central Station,” and Rafa Russo have adapted Hernán Rivera Letelier’s novel, which is the story of life in a mining town in Chile’s Atacama Desert, and a tribute to the inspirational power of cinema, reminiscent of “Cinema Paradiso.”
The film is produced by Adolfo Blanco (“The Bookshop”) of A Contracorriente Films and Vincent Juillerat of Selenium Films and Al Tiro Films. Embankment is an executive producer, and co-represents Latin American rights with Latido Films. It shoots in the Atacama Desert in the first quarter of next year.
Bejo stars as María Magnolia,...
- 11/1/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Chosen Jacobs (It), John Harlan Kim (9-1-1), Anthony Ippolito (Grand Army), Kat Cunning (Trinkets), Sarah Rich (#Like), Scott Deckert (Venom) and Linden Ashby (Teen Wolf) will round out the cast of Purple Hearts, the Netflix YA romance pic starring Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine.
The streamer also tells Deadline that Grammy nominee Justin Tranter will write and produce the film’s original songs, with Carson co-writing and performing additional music.
Purple Hearts is based on the novel of the same name by Tess Wakefield. It tells the story of aspiring singer-songwriter Cassie (Carson) and marine Luke (Galitzine), who in spite of their many differences and against all odds, fall hopelessly in love.
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum is directing the film from a script by Tony Award nominee Kyle Jarrow (Valor) and Liz Garcia (The Lifeguard), with production currently underway in California.
Leslie Morgenstein...
The streamer also tells Deadline that Grammy nominee Justin Tranter will write and produce the film’s original songs, with Carson co-writing and performing additional music.
Purple Hearts is based on the novel of the same name by Tess Wakefield. It tells the story of aspiring singer-songwriter Cassie (Carson) and marine Luke (Galitzine), who in spite of their many differences and against all odds, fall hopelessly in love.
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum is directing the film from a script by Tony Award nominee Kyle Jarrow (Valor) and Liz Garcia (The Lifeguard), with production currently underway in California.
Leslie Morgenstein...
- 9/27/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has scooped up global rights to Alloy Entertainment’s Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum-directed romance feature Purple Hearts with Nicholas Galitzine cast as the male lead opposite previously announced Sofia Carson. The movie will begin shooting in California later this summer.
Adapted from Tess Wakefield’s novel by Tony nominee Kyle Jarrow (Valor) and Liz Garcia (The Lifeguard), Purple Hearts follows an aspiring singer-songwriter, Cassie (Carson), and U.S. Marine Luke (Galitzine), who fall hopelessly in love despite their many differences and against all odds. Galitzine can next be seen as as Prince Robert in Amazon’s Cinderella, opposite Camila Cabello. His credits also include the Netflix series Chambers, in which he starred opposite Uma Thurman; Pippa Bianco’s Share; and Blumhouse’s The Craft: Legacy.
Carson, the star of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and Disney’s Descendants franchise, will co-write and perform Purple Hearts‘ original soundtrack. She also will serve as EP.
Adapted from Tess Wakefield’s novel by Tony nominee Kyle Jarrow (Valor) and Liz Garcia (The Lifeguard), Purple Hearts follows an aspiring singer-songwriter, Cassie (Carson), and U.S. Marine Luke (Galitzine), who fall hopelessly in love despite their many differences and against all odds. Galitzine can next be seen as as Prince Robert in Amazon’s Cinderella, opposite Camila Cabello. His credits also include the Netflix series Chambers, in which he starred opposite Uma Thurman; Pippa Bianco’s Share; and Blumhouse’s The Craft: Legacy.
Carson, the star of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and Disney’s Descendants franchise, will co-write and perform Purple Hearts‘ original soundtrack. She also will serve as EP.
- 8/4/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Embankment, Cross City Films handle international sales.
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights for the US and multiple territories on Florian Zeller’s drama The Son starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby.
The distributor has also picked up rights for South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe, and Turkey to the story of a man and his new partner whose busy life is disrupted when his ex-wife arrives with their troubled and distant son.
Zeller co-adapted the screenplay from his stage play alongside Christopher Hampton. Producers are Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, Christophe Spadone,...
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights for the US and multiple territories on Florian Zeller’s drama The Son starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby.
The distributor has also picked up rights for South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe, and Turkey to the story of a man and his new partner whose busy life is disrupted when his ex-wife arrives with their troubled and distant son.
Zeller co-adapted the screenplay from his stage play alongside Christopher Hampton. Producers are Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, Christophe Spadone,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Embankment, Cross City Films handle international sales.
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights for the US and multiple territories on Florian Zeller’s drama The Son starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby.
The distributor has also picked up rights for South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe, and Turkey to the story of a man and his new partner whose busy life is disrupted when his ex-wife arrives with their troubled and distant son.
Zeller co-adapted the screenplay from his stage play alongside Christopher Hampton. Producers are Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, Christophe Spadone,...
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights for the US and multiple territories on Florian Zeller’s drama The Son starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby.
The distributor has also picked up rights for South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe, and Turkey to the story of a man and his new partner whose busy life is disrupted when his ex-wife arrives with their troubled and distant son.
Zeller co-adapted the screenplay from his stage play alongside Christopher Hampton. Producers are Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, Christophe Spadone,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the U.S. rights to “The Son,” the next film from “The Father” director Florian Zeller that stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby.
SPC also released “The Father,” which was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two, including one for Best Actor Anthony Hopkins and the other for best Screenplay.
Production on “The Son” will begin in August.
Along with the U.S., SPC also acquired rights for “The Son” for South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe and Turkey.
“The Son” follows Peter (Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Beth (Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) arrives with their troubled and distant teenage son, setting the family on a dangerous collision course.
Zeller and Christopher Hampton are adapting “The Son” for the screen. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Joanna Laurie...
SPC also released “The Father,” which was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two, including one for Best Actor Anthony Hopkins and the other for best Screenplay.
Production on “The Son” will begin in August.
Along with the U.S., SPC also acquired rights for “The Son” for South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe and Turkey.
“The Son” follows Peter (Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Beth (Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) arrives with their troubled and distant teenage son, setting the family on a dangerous collision course.
Zeller and Christopher Hampton are adapting “The Son” for the screen. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Joanna Laurie...
- 7/7/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Sony Pictures Classics has taken US, South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe and Turkey rights to Florian Zeller’s The Father follow-up, The Son starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby. Zeller is directing from the screenplay he co-adapted from his stage play with Christopher Hampton.
The Son follows Peter (Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Beth (Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) arrives with their troubled and distant teenage son, setting the family on a dangerous collision course.
Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, Christophe Spadone and Zeller are producing. The film will be funded by Film4 and Ingenious Media and will begin production in August.
Executive Producers are Hugh Jackman, Simon Gillis for See-Saw Films, Daniel Battsek, Lauren Dark and Ollie Madden for Film4, Philippe Carcassonne for Ciné-@, Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar...
The Son follows Peter (Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Beth (Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) arrives with their troubled and distant teenage son, setting the family on a dangerous collision course.
Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, Christophe Spadone and Zeller are producing. The film will be funded by Film4 and Ingenious Media and will begin production in August.
Executive Producers are Hugh Jackman, Simon Gillis for See-Saw Films, Daniel Battsek, Lauren Dark and Ollie Madden for Film4, Philippe Carcassonne for Ciné-@, Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar...
- 7/7/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Vanessa Kirby, an Oscar nominee for last year’s “Pieces of a Woman,” is set to star in the next film from “The Father” director Florian Zeller, a drama called “The Son.”
Kirby joins a cast that includes Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern and is based on another of Zeller’s acclaimed stage plays.
Kirby in “The Son” will play Jackman’s new partner, with whom they are now caring for a newborn baby. But their life is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife, played by Dern, turns up with their troubled teenage son.
Zeller along with Christopher Hampton are adapting “The Son” for the screen. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Joanna Laurie are producing with Christophe Spadone alongside Zeller. Film4 are co-financing the production.
Embankment and Cross City Films are handling international sales on the film and Cross City Films and CAA Media Finance are co-representing the U.S.
Kirby joins a cast that includes Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern and is based on another of Zeller’s acclaimed stage plays.
Kirby in “The Son” will play Jackman’s new partner, with whom they are now caring for a newborn baby. But their life is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife, played by Dern, turns up with their troubled teenage son.
Zeller along with Christopher Hampton are adapting “The Son” for the screen. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Joanna Laurie are producing with Christophe Spadone alongside Zeller. Film4 are co-financing the production.
Embankment and Cross City Films are handling international sales on the film and Cross City Films and CAA Media Finance are co-representing the U.S.
- 6/28/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
For most of those involved in the film pre-sales business, the virtual Pre-Cannes Screenings, running June 21-25, is the main event, with the in-person Cannes festival and market in July almost a sideshow. The mood of those approaching this month’s bazaar is mostly upbeat, but with a note of sober caution.
“I would say that [the independent film business] is back on track in a way that is almost boring, in how — but for a few quirks of things like travel — it would be hard to distinguish it from many of the years prior. It’s a very adaptable business by nature because producers, financiers, sales agents and distributors in this space are used to being entrepreneurial and flexible and quick to react. And that’s just the nature of the business,” Benjamin Kramer, co-head, CAA Media Finance, says.
In the territories where movie theaters have reopened, the box office numbers are “encouraging,...
“I would say that [the independent film business] is back on track in a way that is almost boring, in how — but for a few quirks of things like travel — it would be hard to distinguish it from many of the years prior. It’s a very adaptable business by nature because producers, financiers, sales agents and distributors in this space are used to being entrepreneurial and flexible and quick to react. And that’s just the nature of the business,” Benjamin Kramer, co-head, CAA Media Finance, says.
In the territories where movie theaters have reopened, the box office numbers are “encouraging,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Nominated For Six Academy Awards – Winner Of Actor In A Leading Role (Anthony Hopkins)
And Writing (Adapted Screenplay) – Available on Digital today and to Own on Blu-ray May 18th
A man (Anthony Hopkins) refuses all assistance from his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Blu-ray, DVD And Digital Bonus Materials
Deleted Scenes Homecoming: Making The Father Perception Check: Portrait of The Father
Cast And Crew
Directed By: Florian Zeller
Screenplay By: Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Based on the Play “The Father” By: Florian Zeller
Producers: Christophe Spadone, Simon Friend, David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, Philippe Carcassonne
Executive Producers: Héloïse Spadone, Alessandro Mauceri, Lauren Dark, Ollie Madden, Daniel Battsek, Tim Haslam, Hugo Grumbar, Paul Grindey
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots,...
And Writing (Adapted Screenplay) – Available on Digital today and to Own on Blu-ray May 18th
A man (Anthony Hopkins) refuses all assistance from his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Blu-ray, DVD And Digital Bonus Materials
Deleted Scenes Homecoming: Making The Father Perception Check: Portrait of The Father
Cast And Crew
Directed By: Florian Zeller
Screenplay By: Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Based on the Play “The Father” By: Florian Zeller
Producers: Christophe Spadone, Simon Friend, David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, Philippe Carcassonne
Executive Producers: Héloïse Spadone, Alessandro Mauceri, Lauren Dark, Ollie Madden, Daniel Battsek, Tim Haslam, Hugo Grumbar, Paul Grindey
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots,...
- 5/4/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Flying high after two Academy Awards for “The Father,” which it produced and sold, London-based Embankment has unveiled a first look photo of “Sex Education” star Emma Mackey in “Emily,” as well as robust early pre-sales on the feature, an Emily Brontë origin story.
Mackey was nominated on Wednesday for a BAFTA TV Award for Netflix’s “Sex Education” in the category of female performance in a comedy program.
News of first major territories sold, including much of Europe, comes as “Emily” begins principal photography. The film marks the writer-director feature debut of actor Frances O’Connor, a double Golden Globe nominee for her performances in “Madame Bovary” and “Missing.”
First major territory deals have been struck with significant distributors and also take in one multi-territory deal — both signs of the film’s perceived market potential.
Warner Bros., for instance, has closed the U.K. while Wild Bunch has clinched France,...
Mackey was nominated on Wednesday for a BAFTA TV Award for Netflix’s “Sex Education” in the category of female performance in a comedy program.
News of first major territories sold, including much of Europe, comes as “Emily” begins principal photography. The film marks the writer-director feature debut of actor Frances O’Connor, a double Golden Globe nominee for her performances in “Madame Bovary” and “Missing.”
First major territory deals have been struck with significant distributors and also take in one multi-territory deal — both signs of the film’s perceived market potential.
Warner Bros., for instance, has closed the U.K. while Wild Bunch has clinched France,...
- 4/28/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
London-based film sales and financing house Embankment Films has closed a major international deal for “Joyride,” starring Olivia Colman, who is Oscar nominated for Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” another of Embankment’s titles. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has bought “Joyride” for the world, excluding North America and U.K.
The deal comes as Embankment – led by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar – amps up its pre-sales slate, with the recent addition of Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to the cast of Zeller’s “The Son,” which sees Zeller reuniting with “The Father” co-writer Christopher Hampton, and news that Helen Mirren will play Israel’s legendary Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda,” directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, and produced by BAFTA winner Michael Kuhn (“Florence Foster Jenkins”).
“Joyride” is a feel-good, foul-mouthed fairy-tale centering on two lovable rogues. Joy, played by Colman, is pissed off. She’s got a baby...
The deal comes as Embankment – led by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar – amps up its pre-sales slate, with the recent addition of Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to the cast of Zeller’s “The Son,” which sees Zeller reuniting with “The Father” co-writer Christopher Hampton, and news that Helen Mirren will play Israel’s legendary Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda,” directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, and produced by BAFTA winner Michael Kuhn (“Florence Foster Jenkins”).
“Joyride” is a feel-good, foul-mouthed fairy-tale centering on two lovable rogues. Joy, played by Colman, is pissed off. She’s got a baby...
- 4/19/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern will star in “The Son,” writer-director Florian Zeller’s follow-up to the BAFTA winning and Academy Award nominated “The Father.” The film is adapted from Zeller’s acclaimed stage play by Zeller and Christopher Hampton, who is Oscar nominated for adapting “The Father” with Zeller, and who won an Oscar with “Dangerous Liaisons,” and was Oscar nominated with “Atonement.”
Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, who were Oscar nominated for best picture for “Lion,” and won the best picture Oscar for “The King’s Speech,” and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films produce with Christophe Spadone (“The Father”), alongside Zeller. Film4 is co-financing production.
Cross City Films and Embankment are launching international sales on “The Son,” while Cross City and CAA Media Finance are co-representing the U.S. rights.
In “The Son,” Peter (Jackman) has a busy life with new partner Emma and their baby. This is thrown...
Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, who were Oscar nominated for best picture for “Lion,” and won the best picture Oscar for “The King’s Speech,” and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films produce with Christophe Spadone (“The Father”), alongside Zeller. Film4 is co-financing production.
Cross City Films and Embankment are launching international sales on “The Son,” while Cross City and CAA Media Finance are co-representing the U.S. rights.
In “The Son,” Peter (Jackman) has a busy life with new partner Emma and their baby. This is thrown...
- 4/14/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Florian Zeller, director of the Best Picture nominee “The Father,” has set his follow-up film based on another of his plays called “The Son,” and Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman are set to star.
Zeller will adapt the screenplay for “The Son” along with his writing partner on “The Father,” Christopher Hampton. Zeller will also produce along with Oscar winners Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, Joanna Laurie for See-Saw Films and Christophe Spadone.
Film4 is co-financing “The Son.” Cross City Films and Embankment are also launching international sales, and Cross City Films and CAA Media Finance are co-representing the U.S. rights.
“The Son” follows Jackman as Peter, who has a busy life with his new partner, Emma, as they care for their newborn baby. But his life is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife, Katie, played by Dern, turns up with their teenage son Nicholas. Something is amiss from...
Zeller will adapt the screenplay for “The Son” along with his writing partner on “The Father,” Christopher Hampton. Zeller will also produce along with Oscar winners Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, Joanna Laurie for See-Saw Films and Christophe Spadone.
Film4 is co-financing “The Son.” Cross City Films and Embankment are also launching international sales, and Cross City Films and CAA Media Finance are co-representing the U.S. rights.
“The Son” follows Jackman as Peter, who has a busy life with his new partner, Emma, as they care for their newborn baby. But his life is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife, Katie, played by Dern, turns up with their teenage son Nicholas. Something is amiss from...
- 4/14/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman and Oscar winner Laura Dern have been set to star in blue-chip feature drama The Son, writer-director Florian Zeller’s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated movie The Father.
Oscar winners Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (The King’s Speech), and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, produce with Christophe Spadone (The Father) alongside Zeller. Film4 are co-financing production.
Cross City Films and Embankment are launching international sales, with Cross City Films and CAA Media Finance co-representing U.S. rights.
Adapted by Zeller and Oscar-winner Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons), from Zeller’s acclaimed stage play, The Son focuses on Peter (Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Emma and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas. The young man is is troubled, distant and angry, playing truant from school for months. Peter strives to be a better father,...
Oscar winners Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (The King’s Speech), and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, produce with Christophe Spadone (The Father) alongside Zeller. Film4 are co-financing production.
Cross City Films and Embankment are launching international sales, with Cross City Films and CAA Media Finance co-representing U.S. rights.
Adapted by Zeller and Oscar-winner Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons), from Zeller’s acclaimed stage play, The Son focuses on Peter (Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Emma and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas. The young man is is troubled, distant and angry, playing truant from school for months. Peter strives to be a better father,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Embankment is launching international sales on the project with Cross-City Films.
Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern are set to star in The Son, writer-director Florian Zeller’s follow-up to awards contender The Father.
See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Joanna Laurie are producing alongside Zeller and Christophe Spadone, who was also a producer on The Father. Film4 is co-financing production while Cross City Films and Embankment are handling international sales. Cross City Films and CAA Media Finance are co-representing US rights.
Zeller and Christopher Hampton adapted the project from Zeller’s stage play, which ran in London’s...
Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern are set to star in The Son, writer-director Florian Zeller’s follow-up to awards contender The Father.
See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Joanna Laurie are producing alongside Zeller and Christophe Spadone, who was also a producer on The Father. Film4 is co-financing production while Cross City Films and Embankment are handling international sales. Cross City Films and CAA Media Finance are co-representing US rights.
Zeller and Christopher Hampton adapted the project from Zeller’s stage play, which ran in London’s...
- 4/14/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Broadbent (“The Duke”) will lead the cast of “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,” an adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s bestselling novel.
Broadbent will play the eponymous Harold, who embarks upon a 450-mile walk across the U.K. in the belief that his journey will save the life of his old friend Queenie who is dying in a hospice.
BAFTA winner Hettie Macdonald (“Normal People”) will direct.
“Rachel’s beautiful story is made for cinema: a raw and emotional portrait of a man battling long-buried feelings of grief and guilt in a vast landscape,” said Macdonald. “I find Harold’s journey across England and his belief that he can make a difference extraordinarily moving and inspiring. I am enormously excited to be working with Jim Broadbent who I know will use his warmth, range and sensitivity to create an onscreen Harold who will...
Broadbent will play the eponymous Harold, who embarks upon a 450-mile walk across the U.K. in the belief that his journey will save the life of his old friend Queenie who is dying in a hospice.
BAFTA winner Hettie Macdonald (“Normal People”) will direct.
“Rachel’s beautiful story is made for cinema: a raw and emotional portrait of a man battling long-buried feelings of grief and guilt in a vast landscape,” said Macdonald. “I find Harold’s journey across England and his belief that he can make a difference extraordinarily moving and inspiring. I am enormously excited to be working with Jim Broadbent who I know will use his warmth, range and sensitivity to create an onscreen Harold who will...
- 2/12/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Embankment to introduce feature at AFM.
Olivia Colman is to star in upcoming Irish feature Joyride, which Embankment will introduce to buyers at the AFM this week.
Shooting is set to begin along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way in 2021, produced by Dublin-based Subotica. UK-based Embankment is also on board as executive producer.
It will mark the feature directorial debut of Emer Reynolds, who won an Emmy in 2018 with space documentary The Farthest. The script was written by Ailbhe Keogan and developed in partnership with Screen Ireland.
Producers are Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch.
Colman, who will next be seen...
Olivia Colman is to star in upcoming Irish feature Joyride, which Embankment will introduce to buyers at the AFM this week.
Shooting is set to begin along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way in 2021, produced by Dublin-based Subotica. UK-based Embankment is also on board as executive producer.
It will mark the feature directorial debut of Emer Reynolds, who won an Emmy in 2018 with space documentary The Farthest. The script was written by Ailbhe Keogan and developed in partnership with Screen Ireland.
Producers are Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch.
Colman, who will next be seen...
- 11/9/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Embankment to introduce feature at AFM.
Olivia Colman is to star in upcoming Irish feature Joyride, which Embankment will introduce to buyers at the AFM this week.
Shooting is set to begin along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way in 2021, produced by Dublin-based Subotica. UK-based Embankment is also on board as executive producer.
It will mark the feature directorial debut of Emer Reynolds, who won an Emmy in 2018 with space documentary The Farthest. The script was written by Ailbhe Keoghan and developed in partnership with Screen Ireland.
Producers are Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch.
Colman, who will next be seen...
Olivia Colman is to star in upcoming Irish feature Joyride, which Embankment will introduce to buyers at the AFM this week.
Shooting is set to begin along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way in 2021, produced by Dublin-based Subotica. UK-based Embankment is also on board as executive producer.
It will mark the feature directorial debut of Emer Reynolds, who won an Emmy in 2018 with space documentary The Farthest. The script was written by Ailbhe Keoghan and developed in partnership with Screen Ireland.
Producers are Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch.
Colman, who will next be seen...
- 11/9/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
“The Crown” star Olivia Colman, Oscar-winner for “The Favourite,” will play the lead in “Joyride,” the first dramatic feature film from Emmy-wining documentary filmmaker Emer Reynolds (“The Farthest”).
Colman will play Joy, a train-wreck who is on an adventure but ready to give away her new-born baby to her best friend. What she can’t anticipate is that a cheeky street urchin is also along for the ride. Both are on the run; two diamonds in the rough forming a riotous pair.
Dublin-based Subotica (“Michael Inside”), led by Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch, is producing. The film is set to shoot in 2021 along the Wild Atlantic Way in West Ireland.
The U.K.’s Embankment is on board as executive producers and will be selling the film worldwide at AFM. The script was written by Ailbhe Keoghan. The screenplay was developed in partnership with Screen Ireland.
Producer Aoife O...
Colman will play Joy, a train-wreck who is on an adventure but ready to give away her new-born baby to her best friend. What she can’t anticipate is that a cheeky street urchin is also along for the ride. Both are on the run; two diamonds in the rough forming a riotous pair.
Dublin-based Subotica (“Michael Inside”), led by Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch, is producing. The film is set to shoot in 2021 along the Wild Atlantic Way in West Ireland.
The U.K.’s Embankment is on board as executive producers and will be selling the film worldwide at AFM. The script was written by Ailbhe Keoghan. The screenplay was developed in partnership with Screen Ireland.
Producer Aoife O...
- 11/9/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The U.K.’s Embankment Films has launched worldwide sales ahead of the Toronto Film Festival on “Call Me Kate,” a feature documentary on Katharine ‘Kate’ Hepburn, the actor from Hollywood’s Golden Age.
The feature documentary is from director Lorna Tucker and produced by Salon Pictures, the producers of the BAFTA nominated “McQueen.”
Hepburn was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning a record four for best actress. Her distinctive defiance and enduring talent have made her an icon to generations of women. In her own words: “I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.”
Tucker said: “I’ve always admired Katharine Hepburn: her badass attitude, poise and dignity. How she felt, what kept her going, what private turmoil she faced? She never gave up, and kept moving forward, through her resilience and fight to live her dreams – that’s truly inspirational”.
Nick Taussig...
The feature documentary is from director Lorna Tucker and produced by Salon Pictures, the producers of the BAFTA nominated “McQueen.”
Hepburn was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning a record four for best actress. Her distinctive defiance and enduring talent have made her an icon to generations of women. In her own words: “I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.”
Tucker said: “I’ve always admired Katharine Hepburn: her badass attitude, poise and dignity. How she felt, what kept her going, what private turmoil she faced? She never gave up, and kept moving forward, through her resilience and fight to live her dreams – that’s truly inspirational”.
Nick Taussig...
- 9/4/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Kristin Scott Thomas (“Fleabag”), Daisy Ridley (the “Star Wars” franchise) and Nina Hoss (“My Little Sister”) will star in writer-director Jane Anderson’s “Women in the Castle.”
Adapted by Anderson from Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller, the film, set in the ruins of WW2 Germany, follows three women, bound by their past and clinging to each other for a future, who must grapple with the realities of liberation from the Nazis, and face the consequences of decisions they cannot undo.
The film is produced by Anonymous Content’s Rosalie Swedlin (“The Wife”), Doreen Wilcox Little (“Mapplethorpe”) and Michael Scheel (“Berlin Station”).
Jane Anderson previously adapted Meg Wolitzer’s “The Wife,” featuring an Academy Award and BAFTA nominated performance from Glenn Close. Anderson won two Emmys for her HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge,” starring Frances McDormand, and was also DGA nominated as writer-director of HBO’s “Normal,” starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson,...
Adapted by Anderson from Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller, the film, set in the ruins of WW2 Germany, follows three women, bound by their past and clinging to each other for a future, who must grapple with the realities of liberation from the Nazis, and face the consequences of decisions they cannot undo.
The film is produced by Anonymous Content’s Rosalie Swedlin (“The Wife”), Doreen Wilcox Little (“Mapplethorpe”) and Michael Scheel (“Berlin Station”).
Jane Anderson previously adapted Meg Wolitzer’s “The Wife,” featuring an Academy Award and BAFTA nominated performance from Glenn Close. Anderson won two Emmys for her HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge,” starring Frances McDormand, and was also DGA nominated as writer-director of HBO’s “Normal,” starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The exciting trio of Daisy Ridley (Star Wars), Kristin Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour) and Nina Hoss (Phoenix) have been set to star in Jane Anderson’s (The Wife) adaptation of Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller Women In The Castle, about three widows of conspirators involved in an assassination attempt on Hitler.
The story of the three German women, set during and after World War II, explores how each deals with the fallout of her personal life and the devastation around her differently. Shattuck’s main characters are fictional but the story draws on familial – she is half-German – and historical accounts from the period.
Anderson, who will adapt and direct, previously adapted Meg Wolitzer’s 2017 drama The Wife, the box office breakout which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe win for Glenn Close. The U.S. screenwriter also won two Emmys for her HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge,...
The story of the three German women, set during and after World War II, explores how each deals with the fallout of her personal life and the devastation around her differently. Shattuck’s main characters are fictional but the story draws on familial – she is half-German – and historical accounts from the period.
Anderson, who will adapt and direct, previously adapted Meg Wolitzer’s 2017 drama The Wife, the box office breakout which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe win for Glenn Close. The U.S. screenwriter also won two Emmys for her HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Maggie Smith (“Downton Abbey”), Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”) and Laura Linney (“Ozark”) will headline the cast of “The Miracle Club,” to be directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan (“Silent Witness”).
Based on an original screenplay by Jimmy Smallhorne (“2by4”), Timothy Prager (“Crossing Lines”) and Josh Maurer, the film will follow the journey of a group of riotous working-class women from Dublin, whose pilgrimage to Lourdes in France leads them to discover each other’s friendship and their own personal miracles.
The film is produced by Chris Curling (“Falling”) for Zephyr Films and Josh Maurer (“Papillon”) and Alixandre Witlin (television’s “Howards End”), for City Films Entertainment. James Flynn (“Penny Dreadful”) will serve as executive producer.
Maurer said: “At its heart, this film captures the strength, resilience and love of remarkable woman as they define themselves under their own terms, and by the power of their friendship and faith.”
Embankment raised the film...
Based on an original screenplay by Jimmy Smallhorne (“2by4”), Timothy Prager (“Crossing Lines”) and Josh Maurer, the film will follow the journey of a group of riotous working-class women from Dublin, whose pilgrimage to Lourdes in France leads them to discover each other’s friendship and their own personal miracles.
The film is produced by Chris Curling (“Falling”) for Zephyr Films and Josh Maurer (“Papillon”) and Alixandre Witlin (television’s “Howards End”), for City Films Entertainment. James Flynn (“Penny Dreadful”) will serve as executive producer.
Maurer said: “At its heart, this film captures the strength, resilience and love of remarkable woman as they define themselves under their own terms, and by the power of their friendship and faith.”
Embankment raised the film...
- 6/17/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Thomasin McKenzie, who starred in “Jojo Rabbit,” will play Joy “Joika” Womack, the American ballet dancer, in James Napier Robertson’s “Joika,” to shoot in New Zealand in early 2021. Embankment has launched worldwide sales and co-reps U.S. rights with UTA Independent Film Group.
Kiwi writer-director Napier Robertson, producing partner Tom Hern, and McKenzie are already in prep and the production will “utilize innovative digital technology to navigate ongoing pandemic restrictions,” according to a statement.
Based on Womack’s true story, the film sees McKenzie step into ballet pumps and brave the most competitive dance school in the world: Moscow’s Bolshoi. “Testing the limits of dedication, determination, sacrifice and virtuosity, and spurred on by the passions of first love, Joy’s leap into the unknown touched perfection,” Embankment said.
McKenzie broke out in Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” and starred in Taika Waititi’s Oscar winning “Jojo Rabbit.
Kiwi writer-director Napier Robertson, producing partner Tom Hern, and McKenzie are already in prep and the production will “utilize innovative digital technology to navigate ongoing pandemic restrictions,” according to a statement.
Based on Womack’s true story, the film sees McKenzie step into ballet pumps and brave the most competitive dance school in the world: Moscow’s Bolshoi. “Testing the limits of dedication, determination, sacrifice and virtuosity, and spurred on by the passions of first love, Joy’s leap into the unknown touched perfection,” Embankment said.
McKenzie broke out in Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” and starred in Taika Waititi’s Oscar winning “Jojo Rabbit.
- 6/11/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Fast-rising actress Thomasin McKenzie, star of Jojo Rabbit and Leave No Trace, is to play American ballet dancer Joy Womack in biopic Joika.
Womack, who is only the second American to graduate from Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is personally overseeing McKenzie’s training and will act as the actress’s double for more demanding sequences.
The film will chart the dancer’s intense training, which tested the limits of her dedication, determination, sacrifice and virtuosity, and how she was spurred on by the passions of first love. Womack, now 26, went on to become the principal dancer with the Universal Ballet in Korea then returned to America where she dances with the Boston Ballet. ‘Joika’ was the name Womack was given in Russia.
Set to shoot in pandemic-free New Zealand in early 2021, writer-director James Napier Robertson, producing partner Tom Hern and fellow Kiwi McKenzie are already prepping...
Womack, who is only the second American to graduate from Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is personally overseeing McKenzie’s training and will act as the actress’s double for more demanding sequences.
The film will chart the dancer’s intense training, which tested the limits of her dedication, determination, sacrifice and virtuosity, and how she was spurred on by the passions of first love. Womack, now 26, went on to become the principal dancer with the Universal Ballet in Korea then returned to America where she dances with the Boston Ballet. ‘Joika’ was the name Womack was given in Russia.
Set to shoot in pandemic-free New Zealand in early 2021, writer-director James Napier Robertson, producing partner Tom Hern and fellow Kiwi McKenzie are already prepping...
- 6/11/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Emma Mackey, Joe Alwyn, Fionn Whitehead and Emily Beecham have boarded Emily Brontë’s origin story “Emily,” helmed and scripted by Frances O’Connor. Embankment has launched worldwide sales on the film.
In her script, O’Connor has imagined the transformative journey to womanhood of Brontë – a rebel and a misfit, and author of “Wuthering Heights.”
O’Connor, known for her extensive acting career including “Mansfield Park,” “Bedazzled,” “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” and “The Missing,” makes her directorial debut.
O’Connor said: “Emily Brontë’s work and words are full of passion, feeling, violence, and fierce intelligence. In creating an imagined life for Emily, she will live again for our audience. Her story is about a young woman daring to form herself, to embrace her true nature, despite the consequences. Emily is, in fact, a love letter to women today, especially young women, a calling to them to challenge themselves to connect...
In her script, O’Connor has imagined the transformative journey to womanhood of Brontë – a rebel and a misfit, and author of “Wuthering Heights.”
O’Connor, known for her extensive acting career including “Mansfield Park,” “Bedazzled,” “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” and “The Missing,” makes her directorial debut.
O’Connor said: “Emily Brontë’s work and words are full of passion, feeling, violence, and fierce intelligence. In creating an imagined life for Emily, she will live again for our audience. Her story is about a young woman daring to form herself, to embrace her true nature, despite the consequences. Emily is, in fact, a love letter to women today, especially young women, a calling to them to challenge themselves to connect...
- 5/21/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: In-demand young talents Emma Mackey (Sex Education), Joe Alwyn (The Favourite), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk) and Emily Beecham (Cruella) will star in Emily, Golden Globe-nominated actress Frances O’Connor’s (Mansfield Park) directorial debut about the early life of Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë.
Mackey, star of Netflix smash Sex Education and Fox’s upcoming Death On The Nile, will star as Emily. Harriet and The Favourite actor Alwyn will play Brontë’s conflicted lover. Whitehead, well known for Dunkirk and Emmy-winner Bandersnatch, plays Branwell Brontë, Emily’s inspiring but self-destructive brother, and Cannes 2019’s Best Actress winner Emily Beecham (Little Joe) completes the quartet as sibling writer Charlotte Brontë.
Embankment will handle world sales on the project, which is slated to shoot in Yorkshire, UK, in Q1, 2021. The firm will be selling from now and during the upcoming Cannes virtual market.
From a self-penned script, O’Connor imagines the transformative,...
Mackey, star of Netflix smash Sex Education and Fox’s upcoming Death On The Nile, will star as Emily. Harriet and The Favourite actor Alwyn will play Brontë’s conflicted lover. Whitehead, well known for Dunkirk and Emmy-winner Bandersnatch, plays Branwell Brontë, Emily’s inspiring but self-destructive brother, and Cannes 2019’s Best Actress winner Emily Beecham (Little Joe) completes the quartet as sibling writer Charlotte Brontë.
Embankment will handle world sales on the project, which is slated to shoot in Yorkshire, UK, in Q1, 2021. The firm will be selling from now and during the upcoming Cannes virtual market.
From a self-penned script, O’Connor imagines the transformative,...
- 5/21/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
”We are all in it together. We’re all in the same business. There is no differentiation between who it is hurting.”
A leading UK film sales company is calling for public intervention to support the industry as it scrambles to deal with the fast-changing and various impacts of the coronavirus outbreak.
“BFI, Screen Ireland and all these bodies have a huge amount to do. This is the biggest moment they’ve got to make a difference. They should be looking at producers, filmmakers, sales agents and distributors - the whole business,” Tim Haslam, a founding partner at Embankment Films told Screen.
A leading UK film sales company is calling for public intervention to support the industry as it scrambles to deal with the fast-changing and various impacts of the coronavirus outbreak.
“BFI, Screen Ireland and all these bodies have a huge amount to do. This is the biggest moment they’ve got to make a difference. They should be looking at producers, filmmakers, sales agents and distributors - the whole business,” Tim Haslam, a founding partner at Embankment Films told Screen.
- 3/13/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦¬1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦¬88¦Louise Tutt¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Screen’s UK Film Finance Forum takes place on December 5 at Everyman Broadgate.
Llewellyn Radley, managing director, UK, and executive vice president, international Stx Entertainment, Mary Burke, BFI senior production and development executive, and Danny Perkins, former CEO of Studiocanal UK and now co-founder of Elysian Film Group, have joined the Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place in London on December 5.
Radley and Perkins will join Andy Mayson, co-ceo of Altitude and Vanessa Saal, managing director, sales and distribution at Protagonist Pictures, to talk about how UK films play in the local and international market.
Burke joins Hugo Heppell,...
Llewellyn Radley, managing director, UK, and executive vice president, international Stx Entertainment, Mary Burke, BFI senior production and development executive, and Danny Perkins, former CEO of Studiocanal UK and now co-founder of Elysian Film Group, have joined the Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place in London on December 5.
Radley and Perkins will join Andy Mayson, co-ceo of Altitude and Vanessa Saal, managing director, sales and distribution at Protagonist Pictures, to talk about how UK films play in the local and international market.
Burke joins Hugo Heppell,...
- 12/2/2019
- ScreenDaily
They include producers Damian Jones and Melissa Parmenter, and Altitude co-ceo Andy Mayson.
Eight further speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019. They are:
Damian Jones - producer Andy Mayson - co-ceo, Altitude Hugo Heppell - head of investment, Screen Yorkshire Melissa Parmenter - producer Vanessa Saal - managing director, sales and distribution, Protagonist Pictures David Smith - director of screen, Screen Scotland John Glencross - CEO, Calculus Capital Catherine Davies - co-founder, producer and creative director, Skipyard Productions
They join previously announced speakers including producers...
Eight further speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019. They are:
Damian Jones - producer Andy Mayson - co-ceo, Altitude Hugo Heppell - head of investment, Screen Yorkshire Melissa Parmenter - producer Vanessa Saal - managing director, sales and distribution, Protagonist Pictures David Smith - director of screen, Screen Scotland John Glencross - CEO, Calculus Capital Catherine Davies - co-founder, producer and creative director, Skipyard Productions
They join previously announced speakers including producers...
- 11/26/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The event takes place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
Three new speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
They are: Nik Bower, co-founder of London-and Los Angeles-based financing outfit Riverstone Pictures; Dave Morrison, partner at London-based entertainment accountancy firm and Eis specialists Nyman Libson Paul (Nlp); and Celia Meirow, senior vice president, business development at London-based film and TV financier Anton.
They join previously announced speakers including producers Kevin Loader (The Personal History of David Copperfield) and Dominic Buchanan (The End Of The F...
Three new speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
They are: Nik Bower, co-founder of London-and Los Angeles-based financing outfit Riverstone Pictures; Dave Morrison, partner at London-based entertainment accountancy firm and Eis specialists Nyman Libson Paul (Nlp); and Celia Meirow, senior vice president, business development at London-based film and TV financier Anton.
They join previously announced speakers including producers Kevin Loader (The Personal History of David Copperfield) and Dominic Buchanan (The End Of The F...
- 11/21/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The event takes place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
Three new speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
They are: Nik Bower, co-founder of London-and Los Angeles-based financing outfit Riverstone Pictures; Dave Morrison, partner at London-based entertainment accountancy firm and Eis specialists Nyman Libson Paul (Nlp); and Celia Meirow, senior vice president, business development at London-based film and TV financier Anton.
They join previously announced speakers including producers Kevin Loader (The Personal History of David Copperfield) and Dominic Buchanan (The End Of The F...
Three new speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
They are: Nik Bower, co-founder of London-and Los Angeles-based financing outfit Riverstone Pictures; Dave Morrison, partner at London-based entertainment accountancy firm and Eis specialists Nyman Libson Paul (Nlp); and Celia Meirow, senior vice president, business development at London-based film and TV financier Anton.
They join previously announced speakers including producers Kevin Loader (The Personal History of David Copperfield) and Dominic Buchanan (The End Of The F...
- 11/21/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The event takes place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
Three new speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
They are: Nik Bower, co-founder of La-based financing outfit Riverstone Pictures; Dave Morrison, partner at Entertainment accountancy firm Nyman Libson Paul (Nlp); and Celia Meirow, senior vice president, business development at film and TV financiers Anton Corp.
They join previously announced speakers including producers Kevin Loader (The Death Of Stalin) and Dominic Buchanan (The End Of The F***ing World); Pioneer Pictures owner Ildiko Kemeny; Samantha Perahia,...
Three new speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
They are: Nik Bower, co-founder of La-based financing outfit Riverstone Pictures; Dave Morrison, partner at Entertainment accountancy firm Nyman Libson Paul (Nlp); and Celia Meirow, senior vice president, business development at film and TV financiers Anton Corp.
They join previously announced speakers including producers Kevin Loader (The Death Of Stalin) and Dominic Buchanan (The End Of The F***ing World); Pioneer Pictures owner Ildiko Kemeny; Samantha Perahia,...
- 11/21/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The event is taking place at London’s Everyman Broadgate on December 5.
The first speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
Confirmed speakers include producer Dominic Buchanan, a 2012 Screen Star of Tomorrow, whose second season of The End Of The F***ing World premiered on Channel 4 last night (November 4). Also included is producer Kevin Loader, whose credits include Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, The Death Of Stalin, recent Toronto premiere and London Film Festival opener The Personal History Of David Copperfield and HBO’s upcoming Avenue 5.
The first speakers have been confirmed for Screen International’s UK Film Finance Forum taking place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
Confirmed speakers include producer Dominic Buchanan, a 2012 Screen Star of Tomorrow, whose second season of The End Of The F***ing World premiered on Channel 4 last night (November 4). Also included is producer Kevin Loader, whose credits include Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, The Death Of Stalin, recent Toronto premiere and London Film Festival opener The Personal History Of David Copperfield and HBO’s upcoming Avenue 5.
- 11/6/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
With key deals secured for ’Military Wives’ and ’The Father’, co-founder Tim Haslam says market is robust for the right projects.
UK-based sales, financing and packaging outfit Embankment Films has revealed a raft of deals out of Toronto for Peter Cattaneo’s comedy-drama Military Wives and The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.
Military Wives proved the first major acquisition at this year’s Tiff, selling to Bleecker Street for the Us after being circled by a number of distributors following a Special Presentations screening.
It has now sold to Leonine, the new German indie media group founded by...
UK-based sales, financing and packaging outfit Embankment Films has revealed a raft of deals out of Toronto for Peter Cattaneo’s comedy-drama Military Wives and The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.
Military Wives proved the first major acquisition at this year’s Tiff, selling to Bleecker Street for the Us after being circled by a number of distributors following a Special Presentations screening.
It has now sold to Leonine, the new German indie media group founded by...
- 10/2/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “Military Wives,” a British, feel-good drama starring Kristin Scott Thomas that made its premiere at Tiff on Friday, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Several distributors chased the film following its premiere screening, and Bleecker Street plans to release the film theatrically.
“Military Wives” is about a group of British wives whose husbands are serving overseas in Afghanistan and decide to form a choir in their absence. Their joy for singing soon inspires a media sensation and a global movement. The film is directed by Peter Cattaneo (“The Full Monty”) and written by Rosanne Flynn and Rachel Tunnard.
Also Read: 'Jojo Rabbit' Film Review: Taika Waititi Insists That Nazis Can Be Funny
Sharon Horgan, Greg Wise and Jason Flemyng co-star in “Military Wives,” and the story is inspired by other similar choirs composed of military wives.
Several distributors chased the film following its premiere screening, and Bleecker Street plans to release the film theatrically.
“Military Wives” is about a group of British wives whose husbands are serving overseas in Afghanistan and decide to form a choir in their absence. Their joy for singing soon inspires a media sensation and a global movement. The film is directed by Peter Cattaneo (“The Full Monty”) and written by Rosanne Flynn and Rachel Tunnard.
Also Read: 'Jojo Rabbit' Film Review: Taika Waititi Insists That Nazis Can Be Funny
Sharon Horgan, Greg Wise and Jason Flemyng co-star in “Military Wives,” and the story is inspired by other similar choirs composed of military wives.
- 9/9/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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