The onscreen exploits of stuntwomen, and their off-screen battles for fair and equal treatment, is explored in Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story, a new documentary from director April Wright for Shout! Studios that debuts September 22 on digital platforms.
Narrated by Fast & Furious franchise star Michelle Rodriquez and based on Mollie Gregory’s 2015 best-seller, the film chronicles the lives of women who perform the stunts in some of Hollywood’s biggest action sequences — from the early days of silent movies to today’s blockbusters. The producers are Stephanie Austin, Michael Gruskoff and Marion Rosenberg.
“These unheralded heroines are the generations of stuntwomen who risked their lives in front of the camera, while behind it they fought for equal rights with male stunt performers, battled sexism and harassment, sustained life-threatening injuries and returned to the fray after each battle,” the producing team said in a joint statement.
Ben Mankiewicz, film historian...
Narrated by Fast & Furious franchise star Michelle Rodriquez and based on Mollie Gregory’s 2015 best-seller, the film chronicles the lives of women who perform the stunts in some of Hollywood’s biggest action sequences — from the early days of silent movies to today’s blockbusters. The producers are Stephanie Austin, Michael Gruskoff and Marion Rosenberg.
“These unheralded heroines are the generations of stuntwomen who risked their lives in front of the camera, while behind it they fought for equal rights with male stunt performers, battled sexism and harassment, sustained life-threatening injuries and returned to the fray after each battle,” the producing team said in a joint statement.
Ben Mankiewicz, film historian...
- 8/3/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Screen canvasses industry opinion on Langan’s tenure and the prospects for one of the UK’s cornerstone funders.
There have been warm tributes to Christine Langan as news broke yesterday of her impending departure from BBC Films to join UK production outfit Baby Cow.
Attention is also now beginning to turn to who is likely to be her successor and what plans the BBC has for its film arm in the long run.
“Christine leaves BBC Films in good shape,” commented producer Stewart Mackinnon of Headline Pictures, who worked with the broadcaster’s film arm on titles including Quartet and The Invisible Woman, among other projects.
Pride producer David Livingstone noted Langan’s “incisiveness.”
“The thing I remember particularly about Christine is her giving very good notes about the final editing of the film (Pride). She was very clear and very precise, and with a light hand on the tiller,” Livingstone said.
“Obviously...
There have been warm tributes to Christine Langan as news broke yesterday of her impending departure from BBC Films to join UK production outfit Baby Cow.
Attention is also now beginning to turn to who is likely to be her successor and what plans the BBC has for its film arm in the long run.
“Christine leaves BBC Films in good shape,” commented producer Stewart Mackinnon of Headline Pictures, who worked with the broadcaster’s film arm on titles including Quartet and The Invisible Woman, among other projects.
Pride producer David Livingstone noted Langan’s “incisiveness.”
“The thing I remember particularly about Christine is her giving very good notes about the final editing of the film (Pride). She was very clear and very precise, and with a light hand on the tiller,” Livingstone said.
“Obviously...
- 7/20/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The streaming platform has acquired Us and select international rights to Ricky Gervais’ upcoming film excluding the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
David Brent: Life On The Road will premiere on Netflix in 2017 and catches up with the notorious paper company middle manager from BBC smash The Office.
In the mockumentary, Brent now plies his trade as a travelling salesman and holds on to his dream of rock stardom by self-funding a UK tour with his band, Foregone Conclusion.
eOne plans a saturation theatrical release in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in August.
Netflix and Gervais collaborated...
David Brent: Life On The Road will premiere on Netflix in 2017 and catches up with the notorious paper company middle manager from BBC smash The Office.
In the mockumentary, Brent now plies his trade as a travelling salesman and holds on to his dream of rock stardom by self-funding a UK tour with his band, Foregone Conclusion.
eOne plans a saturation theatrical release in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in August.
Netflix and Gervais collaborated...
- 6/16/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Indie giant talks slate and strategy as it predicts bounce-back year.
Indie distribution giant eOne UK has broken a number of records since launching seven years ago. The outfit anticipates breaking another in 2016.
Speaking to Screen ahead of the company’s 2016 slate presentation at Picturehouse Central in London (Dec 2), eOne Films UK managing director Alex Hamilton predicts big things for the company next year.
“I’m convinced that 2016 will be our biggest ever year as a UK company,” said Hamilton boldly. “I’m always saying we need to have top-quality content and with the best will, some years your top-quality content will be better than others. But next year our line-up is the strongest it’s ever been.”
Fuelled in its early years by the success of the Twilight franchise, but more recently turning the likes of 12 Years A Slave and Mr. Turner into significant UK hits, eOne Films UK has grossed more than half a billion...
Indie distribution giant eOne UK has broken a number of records since launching seven years ago. The outfit anticipates breaking another in 2016.
Speaking to Screen ahead of the company’s 2016 slate presentation at Picturehouse Central in London (Dec 2), eOne Films UK managing director Alex Hamilton predicts big things for the company next year.
“I’m convinced that 2016 will be our biggest ever year as a UK company,” said Hamilton boldly. “I’m always saying we need to have top-quality content and with the best will, some years your top-quality content will be better than others. But next year our line-up is the strongest it’s ever been.”
Fuelled in its early years by the success of the Twilight franchise, but more recently turning the likes of 12 Years A Slave and Mr. Turner into significant UK hits, eOne Films UK has grossed more than half a billion...
- 12/2/2015
- by matt.mueller@screendaily.com (Matt Mueller)
- ScreenDaily
Feature is based on the character made famous in BBC comedy The Office.
Principal photography has begun today on David Brent: Life On The Road, directed, written and starring Ricky Gervais.
The feature sees a documentary crew catching up with David Brent 12 years on from the BBC2 ‘documentary’ The Office. Brent is now a travelling salesman, chasing his dream of rock stardom by self-financing a UK tour with his band, Foregone Conclusion.
Shooting on location in and around London and Slough, production will shoot for five weeks and is due to wrap on Dec 18.
In addition to Gervais, the cast includes Ben Bailey Smith as Dom, most recently seen rapping in Brent’s Equality Street and writer-comedian Tom Basden as Dan, Brent’s road manager.
The film sees the introduction of Brent’s new office colleagues including love-struck Pauline (Jo Hartley), his ‘comedic’ partner in crime Nigel (Tom Bennett), his office nemesis Jezza (Andrew Brooke) and his...
Principal photography has begun today on David Brent: Life On The Road, directed, written and starring Ricky Gervais.
The feature sees a documentary crew catching up with David Brent 12 years on from the BBC2 ‘documentary’ The Office. Brent is now a travelling salesman, chasing his dream of rock stardom by self-financing a UK tour with his band, Foregone Conclusion.
Shooting on location in and around London and Slough, production will shoot for five weeks and is due to wrap on Dec 18.
In addition to Gervais, the cast includes Ben Bailey Smith as Dom, most recently seen rapping in Brent’s Equality Street and writer-comedian Tom Basden as Dan, Brent’s road manager.
The film sees the introduction of Brent’s new office colleagues including love-struck Pauline (Jo Hartley), his ‘comedic’ partner in crime Nigel (Tom Bennett), his office nemesis Jezza (Andrew Brooke) and his...
- 11/17/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Content deal will give Amazon Prime UK members early access to new eOne films.
Entertainment One (eOne) has renewed and expanded its content deal with Amazon Video, giving Amazon Prime members in the UK exclusive early access to all eOne new release films.
The deal will cover films on eOne’s upcoming slate including Steven Spielberg’s Roald Dahl adaptation The Bfg; Ricky Gervais’ David Brent: Life On The Road; Trumbo [pictured] starring Bryan Cranston and awards contender Spotlight.
The deal sees eOne and Amazon continue their successful relationship which previously brought films from The Twilight Saga and Divergent franchises, as well as such big box-office successes as 12 Years a Slave, The Impossible and Gnomeo and Juliet, to the Prime Video service.
“We are thrilled to extend our relationship with Amazon,” said Alex Hamilton, Managing Director, eOne Films UK. “We have some fantastic films coming over the next couple of years, and the fact...
Entertainment One (eOne) has renewed and expanded its content deal with Amazon Video, giving Amazon Prime members in the UK exclusive early access to all eOne new release films.
The deal will cover films on eOne’s upcoming slate including Steven Spielberg’s Roald Dahl adaptation The Bfg; Ricky Gervais’ David Brent: Life On The Road; Trumbo [pictured] starring Bryan Cranston and awards contender Spotlight.
The deal sees eOne and Amazon continue their successful relationship which previously brought films from The Twilight Saga and Divergent franchises, as well as such big box-office successes as 12 Years a Slave, The Impossible and Gnomeo and Juliet, to the Prime Video service.
“We are thrilled to extend our relationship with Amazon,” said Alex Hamilton, Managing Director, eOne Films UK. “We have some fantastic films coming over the next couple of years, and the fact...
- 11/3/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Non-profit theater company Page 73 Productions announced the 2013 semi-finalists for their developmental programs and an increase in their annual Fellowship grant. Page 73 Productions provides various developmental programs for early-career playwrights each year, helping them craft their first-drafts into production-ready scripts. Along with producing a New York or world premiere of a new production, Page 73 offers programs including the P73 Playwriting Fellowship, the Interstate 73 writing group, the Page 2 workshop, and a summer residency program at Yale University. Out of 330 applications, 31 semi-finalists were chosen for the various, highly competitive Page 73 development programs. Those selected include Alexander Borinsky, Andy Bragen, George Brant, Stephen Brown, Mia Chung, Philip Dawkins, Gabriel Jason Dean, Meghan Deans, Ryan Dowler, Cory Finley, Nick Gandiello, Peter Gil-Sheridan, Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, Paul Cameron Hardy, David Jenkins, Sukari Jones, Meghan Kennedy, Kait Kerrigan, Gordon Leary, Kimber Lee, Jc Lee, Em Lewis, Tim J. Lord, Caroline V. McGraw, Julia Meinwald, Dominic Orlando, Brian Otaño,...
- 9/27/2012
- backstage.com
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