ITV2 has unveiled the first image from its new show Tom Daley Goes Global.
The programme, previously called Tom Daley Takes on the World, will follow the diver and his best friend Sophie Lee as they backpack around the world.
They are set to stop at back-packing hotspots Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Morocco.
Daley previously said of the show: "Diving and training are my first love but I'm looking forward to a break from the norm and discovering more about places I've never had the chance to explore before."
During the show, viewers will witness Daley crossing items off his bucket list, including flying a plane and bungee jumping.
The Saturdays singer Mollie King will also meet up with him on his trip.
The diver recently admitted to Digital Spy that he is unsure of the future of his show Splash!.
He said: "No decisions have been made.
The programme, previously called Tom Daley Takes on the World, will follow the diver and his best friend Sophie Lee as they backpack around the world.
They are set to stop at back-packing hotspots Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Morocco.
Daley previously said of the show: "Diving and training are my first love but I'm looking forward to a break from the norm and discovering more about places I've never had the chance to explore before."
During the show, viewers will witness Daley crossing items off his bucket list, including flying a plane and bungee jumping.
The Saturdays singer Mollie King will also meet up with him on his trip.
The diver recently admitted to Digital Spy that he is unsure of the future of his show Splash!.
He said: "No decisions have been made.
- 3/8/2014
- Digital Spy
Well, look what we have here! It seems that Olympic diver Tom Daley was photographed by his bestie while taking a shower. Sophie Lee, Daley's Bff, snapped a pic of the 19-year-old's backside and shared it on Instagram. Lee is also shown in the image, making a duck face and pointing at her friend's bum. But it looks like Daley wasn't too keen on having the world see his bottom, as the steamy snapshot was deleted just moments after it was originally posted. But thanks to the wonderful World Wide Web, almost nothing can be completely deleted. So, if you're so inclined, you can take a glance at the diver's sexy butt in all its nude glory here. (And in case it...
- 2/26/2014
- E! Online
Mixed Nuts: Hogan’s Latest a Welcome Return to Roots
After almost two decades knocking around the studio system after the success of his 1994 hit Muriel’s Wedding landed him in Hollywood, Australian director P.J. Hogan returns to his homeland and reunites with leading lady Toni Collette for Mental, one of his most heartfelt features to date. While his latest may not come close to usurping the greatness of Muriel, it sees Hogan once again utilizing his madcap zaniness and over the top flourishes to explore otherwise serious and emotionally heavy motifs. While he always seems to be riding the fine line of schmaltz and kitsch, Hogan’s strongest asset is his ability to disarm us with goofy humor in order to expertly explore serious issues as well as combat stereotypes.
The Moochmore family has always been the odd neighborhood family. While perpetually absent dad Barry (Anthony Lapaglia) may be the town mayor,...
After almost two decades knocking around the studio system after the success of his 1994 hit Muriel’s Wedding landed him in Hollywood, Australian director P.J. Hogan returns to his homeland and reunites with leading lady Toni Collette for Mental, one of his most heartfelt features to date. While his latest may not come close to usurping the greatness of Muriel, it sees Hogan once again utilizing his madcap zaniness and over the top flourishes to explore otherwise serious and emotionally heavy motifs. While he always seems to be riding the fine line of schmaltz and kitsch, Hogan’s strongest asset is his ability to disarm us with goofy humor in order to expertly explore serious issues as well as combat stereotypes.
The Moochmore family has always been the odd neighborhood family. While perpetually absent dad Barry (Anthony Lapaglia) may be the town mayor,...
- 3/27/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Louisa Mellor Caroline Preece Jul 28, 2016
High school, as Buffy The Vampire Slayer literally reminds us, can be hell. Here then, are 27 movie mean girls who make it so...
Some are smart and conniving, some as dumb as a bag of hammers, some are literally evil, some just high school evil, but they all share three things: they're girls, they're mean, and they go to high school. Join us as we count down the 27 meanest high school girls in the movies...
27. Betty Rizzo - Grease
Ah Grease, with your insidious message that taking up smoking and dressing like a massive-haired figure skater was the way to your true love's heart, you truly are a classic amongst teen movies.
Even after seven seasons playing the First Lady in The West Wing, Stockard Channing is still best known as spunky Rizzo, the girl with an acid tongue and a quick, if not always intelligible,...
High school, as Buffy The Vampire Slayer literally reminds us, can be hell. Here then, are 27 movie mean girls who make it so...
Some are smart and conniving, some as dumb as a bag of hammers, some are literally evil, some just high school evil, but they all share three things: they're girls, they're mean, and they go to high school. Join us as we count down the 27 meanest high school girls in the movies...
27. Betty Rizzo - Grease
Ah Grease, with your insidious message that taking up smoking and dressing like a massive-haired figure skater was the way to your true love's heart, you truly are a classic amongst teen movies.
Even after seven seasons playing the First Lady in The West Wing, Stockard Channing is still best known as spunky Rizzo, the girl with an acid tongue and a quick, if not always intelligible,...
- 8/23/2012
- Den of Geek
Producer Bec Dakin, scriptwriter Karl Mather and direct Zenon Kohler have won the Chauvel Award script adaptation as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival.
The competition, worth $40,000, aims to encourage the work of producers and writers at an early stage in a project’s life.
Dakin, Mather and Kohler have won for the adaptation of the John Birmingham novel, the Tasmanian Babes Fiasco.
The support will also see the team work closely with Screen Queensland.
Tasmanian Babes Fiasco is about a house full of misfits and a catastrophic week of adventure. It is the sequel to He Died with a Felafel in his Hand which was adapted in 2001 by Richard Lowenstein and starred Noah Taylor and Sophie Lee.
Receiving $25,000 is Brisbane scriptwriter Vicki Englund as development support of the adaptation of Painted Love Letters, based on the young adult fiction by Catherine Bateson.
Stephen Lance, Mairi Cameron and Leanne Tonkes...
The competition, worth $40,000, aims to encourage the work of producers and writers at an early stage in a project’s life.
Dakin, Mather and Kohler have won for the adaptation of the John Birmingham novel, the Tasmanian Babes Fiasco.
The support will also see the team work closely with Screen Queensland.
Tasmanian Babes Fiasco is about a house full of misfits and a catastrophic week of adventure. It is the sequel to He Died with a Felafel in his Hand which was adapted in 2001 by Richard Lowenstein and starred Noah Taylor and Sophie Lee.
Receiving $25,000 is Brisbane scriptwriter Vicki Englund as development support of the adaptation of Painted Love Letters, based on the young adult fiction by Catherine Bateson.
Stephen Lance, Mairi Cameron and Leanne Tonkes...
- 12/2/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
With a title like "He Died With a Felafel in His Hand," and Richard Lowenstein, director of 1986's offbeat "Dogs in Space", at the helm, could this film be headed anywhere else than directly for cult status?
After directing several award-winning videos for the rock band INXS, Lowenstein knows his way around wild subject matter. The film is based on John Birmingham's highly popular book about share-housing, based on his experiences of living in dozens of houses with dozens of people throughout Australia.
Driven by absurdist humor, random off-the-wall moments of originality and a generally anarchic tone, "He Died With a Felafel" mixes the heightened silliness of youth cinema with a more studied, film-literate approach.
It's the type of film that should click with festival audiences looking for a comedic shot in the arm among the usually more serious offerings. The fact that the film also drops references to all kinds of elements of popular culture, as well as several cinematic icons (such as Jean-Luc Godard and Hal Hartley), should make it a hit with serious film enthusiasts looking to spot the influences, too.
The oddball aesthetic, combined with its left-of-center cast, might deter mainstream audiences from embracing the Australian offering, but those who like their cinema on the edge should find a lot to enjoy here.
Danny, a fine study in comedic reserve by Noah Taylor ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", "Almost Famous"), is trapped in share-house hell. He moves from house to house, sharing space with people he hardly knows, watching his life slowly unravel.
It doesn't help that the same eccentrics keep following him from city to city: the boyishly sexy Sam (fresh-faced newcomer Emily Hamilton), French anarchist Anya (a very impressive Romane Bohringer) and drug-addled Flip (Brett Stewart).
But when he hits Sydney, and shares house with a bitter homosexual and a society bitch (Francis McMahon and Sophie Lee, respectively, are both sidesplittingly hilarious), Danny's rambling life finally catches up with him.
Lowenstein fills the screen with vivid imagery and even more vivid characters and manages to hold them back from overstepping the mark and falling headlong into complete absurdity. It's a risky ploy, but one that works. "He Died With a Felafel" walks on the right side of the fine line between being a charming mess and a total shambles.
HE DIED WITH A FELAFEL IN HIS HAND
The Australian Film Finance Corp.
presents in association with Fandango and
the New South Wales Film and Television Office
a Notorious Films production
Producers: Andrew McPhail, Domenico Procacci
Director: Richard Lowenstein
Screenwriter: Richard Lowenstein
Based on the book by: John Birmingham
Director of photography: Andrew De Groot
Production designer: Ian Aitken
Editor: Richard Lowenstein
Costume designer: Meg Gordon
Stereo/color
Cast:
Danny: Noah Taylor
Sam: Emily Hamilton
Anya: Romane Bohringer
Taylor: Alex Menglet
Nina: Sophie Lee
Flip: Brett Stewart
Milo: Damian Walshe-Howling
Otis: Torquil Nelson
Running time -- 107 minutes
No MPAA rating...
After directing several award-winning videos for the rock band INXS, Lowenstein knows his way around wild subject matter. The film is based on John Birmingham's highly popular book about share-housing, based on his experiences of living in dozens of houses with dozens of people throughout Australia.
Driven by absurdist humor, random off-the-wall moments of originality and a generally anarchic tone, "He Died With a Felafel" mixes the heightened silliness of youth cinema with a more studied, film-literate approach.
It's the type of film that should click with festival audiences looking for a comedic shot in the arm among the usually more serious offerings. The fact that the film also drops references to all kinds of elements of popular culture, as well as several cinematic icons (such as Jean-Luc Godard and Hal Hartley), should make it a hit with serious film enthusiasts looking to spot the influences, too.
The oddball aesthetic, combined with its left-of-center cast, might deter mainstream audiences from embracing the Australian offering, but those who like their cinema on the edge should find a lot to enjoy here.
Danny, a fine study in comedic reserve by Noah Taylor ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", "Almost Famous"), is trapped in share-house hell. He moves from house to house, sharing space with people he hardly knows, watching his life slowly unravel.
It doesn't help that the same eccentrics keep following him from city to city: the boyishly sexy Sam (fresh-faced newcomer Emily Hamilton), French anarchist Anya (a very impressive Romane Bohringer) and drug-addled Flip (Brett Stewart).
But when he hits Sydney, and shares house with a bitter homosexual and a society bitch (Francis McMahon and Sophie Lee, respectively, are both sidesplittingly hilarious), Danny's rambling life finally catches up with him.
Lowenstein fills the screen with vivid imagery and even more vivid characters and manages to hold them back from overstepping the mark and falling headlong into complete absurdity. It's a risky ploy, but one that works. "He Died With a Felafel" walks on the right side of the fine line between being a charming mess and a total shambles.
HE DIED WITH A FELAFEL IN HIS HAND
The Australian Film Finance Corp.
presents in association with Fandango and
the New South Wales Film and Television Office
a Notorious Films production
Producers: Andrew McPhail, Domenico Procacci
Director: Richard Lowenstein
Screenwriter: Richard Lowenstein
Based on the book by: John Birmingham
Director of photography: Andrew De Groot
Production designer: Ian Aitken
Editor: Richard Lowenstein
Costume designer: Meg Gordon
Stereo/color
Cast:
Danny: Noah Taylor
Sam: Emily Hamilton
Anya: Romane Bohringer
Taylor: Alex Menglet
Nina: Sophie Lee
Flip: Brett Stewart
Milo: Damian Walshe-Howling
Otis: Torquil Nelson
Running time -- 107 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/30/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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