Dominic Minghella, brother of the late Oscar-winning filmmaker Anthony, is currently prepping three films for his Island Pictures banner with a Puccini biopic likely to go first.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Minghella has written the $19 million-budgeted costume drama on which he hopes to make his feature directorial debut. Rainer Mockert is already onboard as producer.
The story follows the opera composer who lived the high life due to the rewards from the classical works he created. The action is set during his dry spell between his two most famed operas - "La Boheme" and "Madame Butterfly" - and the unique relationship with a housemaid that helped him break out of it.
Minghella and partner Sarah Beardsall are also developing an adaptation of Ben Hatch's UK travelog "Are We Nearly There Yet?" and an original script by Australian comedienne Tania Lacey called "Virtually Kitty".
Minghella's previous work includes creating and...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Minghella has written the $19 million-budgeted costume drama on which he hopes to make his feature directorial debut. Rainer Mockert is already onboard as producer.
The story follows the opera composer who lived the high life due to the rewards from the classical works he created. The action is set during his dry spell between his two most famed operas - "La Boheme" and "Madame Butterfly" - and the unique relationship with a housemaid that helped him break out of it.
Minghella and partner Sarah Beardsall are also developing an adaptation of Ben Hatch's UK travelog "Are We Nearly There Yet?" and an original script by Australian comedienne Tania Lacey called "Virtually Kitty".
Minghella's previous work includes creating and...
- 9/24/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Matthew Rhys ("Brothers and Sisters") and Eileen Atkins ("Robin Hood") have signed to star in a film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1957 psychological thriller novel "The Scapegoat" at Island Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story follows a man who meets his perfect double and takes over his life. Sturridge adapted the script and is directing. The film will air in the UK on ITV1 next year before rolling out worldwide in a theatrical release. Dominic Minghella and Sarah Beardsall will produce.
Alfred Hitchcock adapted three of her works into classics of his own - "Jamaica Inn," "The Birds" and his Best Picture Oscar winner "Rebecca". Nic Roeg also turned her "Don't Look Now" into what's considered a cornerstone work of horror and British cinema.
The story follows a man who meets his perfect double and takes over his life. Sturridge adapted the script and is directing. The film will air in the UK on ITV1 next year before rolling out worldwide in a theatrical release. Dominic Minghella and Sarah Beardsall will produce.
Alfred Hitchcock adapted three of her works into classics of his own - "Jamaica Inn," "The Birds" and his Best Picture Oscar winner "Rebecca". Nic Roeg also turned her "Don't Look Now" into what's considered a cornerstone work of horror and British cinema.
- 10/13/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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