Former Manchester United striker Eric Cantona in The United Way London-based feature film financer and distributor Embankment Films is pushing further into feature docs with a new slate of titles, following its success with McQueen and Harvey Weinstein exposé Untouchable. Led by partners Hugo Grumbar and Tim...
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...
Kristin Scott Thomas will receive the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards on December 1. Scott Thomas joins previous winners including Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and last year’s winner Judi Dench, in receiving...
After less than 2 weeks in cinemas, RIDE LIKE A GIRL has become the highest grossing Australian film of 2019. The box office total now stands at $5.3m. RIDE LIKE A GIRL was released on 26th September by Transmission Films and it is currently screening at...
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t that excited to attend a preview screening of Ride Like A Girl. The movie, which hits cinemas tomorrow, tells the story of Michelle Payne, who in 2015 became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. I had an interview lined...
EXCLUSIVE: Bleecker Street is at the altar for U.S. rights to the Toronto Film Festival acquisitions title Military Wives, the Peter Cattaneo-directed film that stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan and Jason Flemyng. Cattaneo is best known for The Full Monty, and this one also has a feel-good element to it. Pic tells the true story...
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? IS A SWEET AND FUNNY ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH AN INCREDIBLY CHARMING LEADING DUO IN TYLER HOECHLIN AND ALEXANDRA DADDARIO. Romantic comedies have made a resurgence in recent years, thanks in part to streaming services like Netflix giving a platform to mid-range...
Palm Springs, CA (November 8, 2018) – The 30th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Glenn Close with the Icon Award at its annual Awards Gala for her performance in The Wife. The Awards Gala, hosted by Mary Hart and presenting sponsor Entertainment...
Netflix has released the trailer for “Malevolent,” one of many horror offerings debuting on the streaming service during this most spooky of months. It has the benefit of starring Florence Pugh, who endeared herself to many with her role in “Lady Macbeth” and also stars in Netflix’s...
The story of automobile designer and entrepreneur John DeLorean’s decline and fall becomes a comedy-tinged buddy movie with a twist in Nick Hamm’s follow-up to another very different male-bonding saga, The Journey. Once again, two fine central performances bring a clever Colin Bateman script alive,...
Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan have signed to star in Peter Cattaneo’s Military Wives for London and Los Angeles-based outfit 42. Embankment Films arranged financing for the film and is launching worldwide sales in Toronto. CAA co-represents US rights. Lionsgate has acquired the film for the UK. Written...
"I'm all about female empowerment." Alexandra Daddario is venturing into producing after almost 20 years acting in projects from Parenthood and Percy Jackson to Baywatch and San Andreas. Daddario will be starring in and executive producing Can You Keep a Secret?, based on the book by Sophie Kinsella and directed by Elise Duran (Below Deck)....