“Go as a River,” the emotional and epic debut novel from author Shelley Read, has landed with content producers Fifth Season and Mazur Kaplan for a film adaptation.
Fifth Season, formerly known as Endeavor Content, will produce the project alongside Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan. Released in 2023, the book became an instant national bestseller and topped the Sunday Times list in the United Kingdom.
Compared to American sagas like “The Four Winds” and “Where the Crawdads Sing,” the backdrop for Read’s work is the wild beauty of mid-century Colorado. The coming-of-age story follows a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, “Go as a River” is not only a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but of finding courage, friendship, and, finally, home―where least expected.
Fifth Season, formerly known as Endeavor Content, will produce the project alongside Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan. Released in 2023, the book became an instant national bestseller and topped the Sunday Times list in the United Kingdom.
Compared to American sagas like “The Four Winds” and “Where the Crawdads Sing,” the backdrop for Read’s work is the wild beauty of mid-century Colorado. The coming-of-age story follows a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, “Go as a River” is not only a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but of finding courage, friendship, and, finally, home―where least expected.
- 7/12/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”), Meera Syal (“Yesterday”) and Toby Jones (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) are joining the cast of “Flavia de Luce.”
As revealed by Variety, Isla Gie will star alongside Martin Freeman in the upcoming feature film, which is an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery.”
Protagonist Pictures has launched international sales on the family adventure and is introducing to buyers at the ongoing Cannes film market. CAA Media Finance are handling North America.
Adapted by Susan Coyne (“Daisy Jones and the Six”), the film will follow the adventures of 11-year-old Flavia de Luce (Gie), who is both an amateur detective and a master poisoner. When she discovers a dead body in her family’s decaying British manor house and her father is accused of the murder, Flavia launches her own investigation to...
As revealed by Variety, Isla Gie will star alongside Martin Freeman in the upcoming feature film, which is an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery.”
Protagonist Pictures has launched international sales on the family adventure and is introducing to buyers at the ongoing Cannes film market. CAA Media Finance are handling North America.
Adapted by Susan Coyne (“Daisy Jones and the Six”), the film will follow the adventures of 11-year-old Flavia de Luce (Gie), who is both an amateur detective and a master poisoner. When she discovers a dead body in her family’s decaying British manor house and her father is accused of the murder, Flavia launches her own investigation to...
- 5/19/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Isla Gie (“The Sandman”) will star alongside Martin Freeman in the upcoming feature film adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery.”
Protagonist Pictures is launching international sales on the family adventure and will introduce to buyers at the upcoming Cannes film market. CAA Media Finance are handling North America.
Adapted by Susan Coyne (“Daisy Jones and the Six”), the film will follow the adventures of 11-year-old Flavia de Luce (Gie), who is both an amateur detective and a master poisoner. When she discovers a dead body in her family’s decaying British manor house and her father is accused of the murder, Flavia launches her own investigation to uncover family secrets and bring the true murderer to justice.
The film will be directed by Emmy and BAFTA-nominated director Bharat Nalluri.
The film is being produced by...
Protagonist Pictures is launching international sales on the family adventure and will introduce to buyers at the upcoming Cannes film market. CAA Media Finance are handling North America.
Adapted by Susan Coyne (“Daisy Jones and the Six”), the film will follow the adventures of 11-year-old Flavia de Luce (Gie), who is both an amateur detective and a master poisoner. When she discovers a dead body in her family’s decaying British manor house and her father is accused of the murder, Flavia launches her own investigation to uncover family secrets and bring the true murderer to justice.
The film will be directed by Emmy and BAFTA-nominated director Bharat Nalluri.
The film is being produced by...
- 5/4/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Sk Global and The Mazur Kaplan Company have acquired rights to acclaimed Ghanaian writer and academic Peace Adzo Medie’s novel His Only Wife in a competitive situation.
Billed as “A Crazy Rich Asians for West Africa” in its Kirkus review, His Only Wife tells the empowering story of a young seamstress in Ghana whose life is transformed when she accepts a marriage proposal from the wealthy family of a man she barely knows. She relocates to the capital city of Accra and soon discovers her marriage is not the charmed and happy partnership she’d dreamed of. But as she begins to explore the city, she finds a new independence she never before imagined for herself.
The book was published in September by Algonquin Books. It is a New York Times 2020 Notable Book of the Year, a Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020, and the October selection for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club.
Billed as “A Crazy Rich Asians for West Africa” in its Kirkus review, His Only Wife tells the empowering story of a young seamstress in Ghana whose life is transformed when she accepts a marriage proposal from the wealthy family of a man she barely knows. She relocates to the capital city of Accra and soon discovers her marriage is not the charmed and happy partnership she’d dreamed of. But as she begins to explore the city, she finds a new independence she never before imagined for herself.
The book was published in September by Algonquin Books. It is a New York Times 2020 Notable Book of the Year, a Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020, and the October selection for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club.
- 12/16/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sk Global and LA-based production and literary outfit The Mazur Kaplan Company have closed a first-look development deal, with an initial five books set for adaptation. The pact was jointly announced Tuesday by Sk Global President of Television Marcy Ross, and Mazur Kaplan principals Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan. It is part of Sk Global’s expansion into television under Ross who joined the company in April. The deal also is part of book IP-focused Mazur Kaplan’s push into TV.
Here are the first five books identified for television or feature adaptation under the pact, along the creative auspices attached to each project:
The Hierarchies. Written by debut novelist Ros Anderson and set in the not-too-distant future, The Hierarchies is a character driven story about a sentient pleasure robot designed to cater to her husband’s needs, and her startling self-discovery as she begins to realize more about...
Here are the first five books identified for television or feature adaptation under the pact, along the creative auspices attached to each project:
The Hierarchies. Written by debut novelist Ros Anderson and set in the not-too-distant future, The Hierarchies is a character driven story about a sentient pleasure robot designed to cater to her husband’s needs, and her startling self-discovery as she begins to realize more about...
- 11/17/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy. When they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go, George and Margaret are left with no choice but to fight for their family. You can check out the official trailer for Let Him Go right here!
About The Film Writer/Director: Thomas Bezucha, based on the novel Let Him Go by Larry Watson Producers: Paula Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan Cast: Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Lesley Manville, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, Will Brittain
Let Him Go will open in theaters on November 6, 2020!
For more information, please visit:
Official Site / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / #LetHimGo
The post Official Trailer for Let Him Go Released first appeared on CinemaNerdz.
About The Film Writer/Director: Thomas Bezucha, based on the novel Let Him Go by Larry Watson Producers: Paula Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan Cast: Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Lesley Manville, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, Will Brittain
Let Him Go will open in theaters on November 6, 2020!
For more information, please visit:
Official Site / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / #LetHimGo
The post Official Trailer for Let Him Go Released first appeared on CinemaNerdz.
- 8/20/2020
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Thomas Bezucha, whose 2000 feature “Big Eden” was a queer festival favorite, is back with his first film as writer-director in nearly a decade. While his last effort, “Monte Carlo,” was a lighthearted family comedy, his next feature, “Let Him Go” is a much darker effort. The film’s first trailer plays like a Western riff on the “Taken” franchise. “Let Him Go” is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Larry Watson.
“Let Him Go” stars Kevin Costner as a retired sheriff and Diane Lane as his wife. Following the loss of their son, the couple leave their Montana ranch to rescue their grandson, who has fallen into the clutches of a dangerous off-the-grid family headed by a matriarch named Blanche Weboy (played by “Phantom Thread” Oscar nominee Lesley Manville). The couple are forced to fight for their family when they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go.
“Let Him Go” stars Kevin Costner as a retired sheriff and Diane Lane as his wife. Following the loss of their son, the couple leave their Montana ranch to rescue their grandson, who has fallen into the clutches of a dangerous off-the-grid family headed by a matriarch named Blanche Weboy (played by “Phantom Thread” Oscar nominee Lesley Manville). The couple are forced to fight for their family when they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go.
- 8/20/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Focus Features’ Let Him Go is departing its Aug 21 release date for Nov. 6, which is when Disney has Marvel’s Black Widow scheduled for release at U.S./Canada theaters. Let Him Go will go wide.
Based on the Larry Watson novel, Let Him Go follows retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) who leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy (Lesley Manville). When they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go, George and Margaret are left with no choice but to fight for their family.
Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, and Will Brittain also star. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of The Mazur Kaplan Company produced alongside Thomas Bezucha, who adapted Watson’s novel and directs.
Focus Features’ also has...
Based on the Larry Watson novel, Let Him Go follows retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) who leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy (Lesley Manville). When they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go, George and Margaret are left with no choice but to fight for their family.
Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, and Will Brittain also star. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of The Mazur Kaplan Company produced alongside Thomas Bezucha, who adapted Watson’s novel and directs.
Focus Features’ also has...
- 7/8/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Twilight” star Booboo Stewart will join Kevin Costner and Diane Lane in the Focus Features suspense thriller “Let Him Go,” based on Larry Watson’s novel of the same name.
Lesley Manville, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter and Will Brittain are also on board. “The Family Stone” filmmaker Thomas Bezucha is set to direct from his own screenplay. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of the Mazur Kaplan Company will produce alongside Bezucha. Costner will executive produce with Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert and Rod Lake.
Production of “Let Him Go” is expected to start in the spring.
Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide. Focus president of production Josh McLaughlin will oversee the movie.
Costner will play a retired sheriff and Lane will portray his wife. After the loss of their son, the couple leaves their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of...
Lesley Manville, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter and Will Brittain are also on board. “The Family Stone” filmmaker Thomas Bezucha is set to direct from his own screenplay. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of the Mazur Kaplan Company will produce alongside Bezucha. Costner will executive produce with Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert and Rod Lake.
Production of “Let Him Go” is expected to start in the spring.
Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide. Focus president of production Josh McLaughlin will oversee the movie.
Costner will play a retired sheriff and Lane will portray his wife. After the loss of their son, the couple leaves their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of...
- 5/1/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Lesley Manville, Kayli Carter, Jeffrey Donovan and Will Brittain are set to join the cast of “Let Him Go,” a suspense thriller starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane.
Focus Features has tapped Thomas Bezucha (“The Family Stone”) is set to direct from his own screenplay, based on Larry Watson’s novel of the same name. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of the Mazur Kaplan Company will produce alongside Bezucha. Costner will executive produce with Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert and Rod Lake. Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide.
Costner will play a retired sheriff and Lane will portray his wife. After the loss of their son, the couple leaves their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas. When they arrive, they discover the family has no intention of letting the child go.
Focus Features has tapped Thomas Bezucha (“The Family Stone”) is set to direct from his own screenplay, based on Larry Watson’s novel of the same name. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of the Mazur Kaplan Company will produce alongside Bezucha. Costner will executive produce with Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert and Rod Lake. Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide.
Costner will play a retired sheriff and Lane will portray his wife. After the loss of their son, the couple leaves their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas. When they arrive, they discover the family has no intention of letting the child go.
- 4/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Focus Features has tapped Kevin Costner and Diane Lane to star as a husband and wife in the suspense thriller “Let Him Go.” The two also collaborated on “Man of Steel” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” as the parents of Superman.
Thomas Bezucha (“The Family Stone”) is set to direct his own screenplay, based on Larry Watson’s novel of the same name. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of the Mazur Kaplan Company will produce alongside Bezucha. Costner will executive produce with Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert, and Rod Lake.
Production of “Let Him Go” is expected to start in the spring.
Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide. Josh McLaughlin, Focus Features president of production, will oversee the movie.
Costner will play a retired sheriff and Lane will portray his wife. After the loss of their son, the couple leaves their Montana ranch...
Thomas Bezucha (“The Family Stone”) is set to direct his own screenplay, based on Larry Watson’s novel of the same name. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of the Mazur Kaplan Company will produce alongside Bezucha. Costner will executive produce with Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert, and Rod Lake.
Production of “Let Him Go” is expected to start in the spring.
Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide. Josh McLaughlin, Focus Features president of production, will oversee the movie.
Costner will play a retired sheriff and Lane will portray his wife. After the loss of their son, the couple leaves their Montana ranch...
- 2/21/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Two-time Oscar winner Kevin Costner and Diane Lane will topline Let Him Go, a suspense thriller written and directed by The Family Stone helmer Thomas Bezucha. The pic is at Focus Features and is based on the novel of the same name by Larry Watson.
Bezucha will also produce the project with Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of The Mazur Kaplan Company. Production is slated to commence in the spring.
Costner and Lane star as retired sheriff George Blackledge and his wife Margaret who, following the loss of their son, leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy. When they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go, George and Margaret are left with no choice but to fight for their family.
Costner, Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert,...
Bezucha will also produce the project with Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of The Mazur Kaplan Company. Production is slated to commence in the spring.
Costner and Lane star as retired sheriff George Blackledge and his wife Margaret who, following the loss of their son, leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy. When they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go, George and Margaret are left with no choice but to fight for their family.
Costner, Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert,...
- 2/20/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Diane Lane and Kevin Costner are set to star in Focus Features' suspense thriller Let Him Go.
The story, based by a novel of the same name by Larry Watson, follows retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) as they leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy.
Thomas Bezucha will direct from a script he wrote.
Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of The Mazur Kaplan Company will produce, alongside Bezucha. Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert, Costner and Rod Lake will executive ...
The story, based by a novel of the same name by Larry Watson, follows retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) as they leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy.
Thomas Bezucha will direct from a script he wrote.
Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of The Mazur Kaplan Company will produce, alongside Bezucha. Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert, Costner and Rod Lake will executive ...
- 2/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Diane Lane and Kevin Costner are set to star in Focus Features' suspense thriller Let Him Go.
The story, based by a novel of the same name by Larry Watson, follows retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) as they leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy.
Thomas Bezucha will direct from a script he wrote.
Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of The Mazur Kaplan Company will produce, alongside Bezucha. Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert, Costner and Rod Lake will executive ...
The story, based by a novel of the same name by Larry Watson, follows retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) as they leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy.
Thomas Bezucha will direct from a script he wrote.
Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan of The Mazur Kaplan Company will produce, alongside Bezucha. Kimi Armstrong Stein, Jeffrey Lampert, Costner and Rod Lake will executive ...
- 2/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Hearts Beat Loud director Brett Haley has been set to helm All the Bright Places, with Justice Smith joining Elle Fanning to star in the film adaptation of Jennifer Niven’s Ya novel, which is ramping up again behind the Mazur/Kaplan Company and Echo Lake Entertainment.
Liz Hannah (The Post) has come aboard to write the script with Niven, and production now is set to begin in the fall in a project that at one time had Miguel Arteta attached to direct Fanning. FilmNation is handling international sales, and Endeavor Content and producers are in talks for a domestic deal.
Niven’s 2015 novel tells the story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, who meet and change each other’s lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they come together, discovering that even the smallest places and moments can mean something. The...
Liz Hannah (The Post) has come aboard to write the script with Niven, and production now is set to begin in the fall in a project that at one time had Miguel Arteta attached to direct Fanning. FilmNation is handling international sales, and Endeavor Content and producers are in talks for a domestic deal.
Niven’s 2015 novel tells the story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, who meet and change each other’s lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they come together, discovering that even the smallest places and moments can mean something. The...
- 7/23/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
This evening the film destined to win the imaginary Oscar for Strangest Name for a Film had its World Premiere in London Town. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel, and is directed by Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter director Mike Newell.
Attending the world premiere were Lily James (Juliet Ashton), Jessica Brown Findlay (Elizabeth Mckenna), Michiel Huisman (Dawsey Adams), Glen Powell (Mark Reynolds), Tom Courtenay (Eben Ramsey), Mike Newell (Director), Annie Barrows (Co-author and niece of author Mary Ann Shaffer), Graham Broadbent (Producer), Paula Mazur (Producer), Mitchell Kaplan (Producer), Kimi Armstrong Stein (Producer), Peter Czernin (Producer), Thomas Bezucha (Writer).
Zehra Phelan and Colin Hart were on the carpet to talk with the cast and crew, here’s how they got on.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is in UK cinemas on the 20th of April.
Attending the world premiere were Lily James (Juliet Ashton), Jessica Brown Findlay (Elizabeth Mckenna), Michiel Huisman (Dawsey Adams), Glen Powell (Mark Reynolds), Tom Courtenay (Eben Ramsey), Mike Newell (Director), Annie Barrows (Co-author and niece of author Mary Ann Shaffer), Graham Broadbent (Producer), Paula Mazur (Producer), Mitchell Kaplan (Producer), Kimi Armstrong Stein (Producer), Peter Czernin (Producer), Thomas Bezucha (Writer).
Zehra Phelan and Colin Hart were on the carpet to talk with the cast and crew, here’s how they got on.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is in UK cinemas on the 20th of April.
- 4/9/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
SVoD service strikes deal with Studiocanal.
Netflix has taken a host of territories on Mike Newell’s Lily James-starring historical drama The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society.
The SVoD service has picked up rights for Us, Canada, Latin America, Italy, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, while Studiocanal will distribute in its territories the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany. The film has now sold out worldwide and the roll-out commences with Australia on April 19, the UK on April 20 and New Zealand on April 25, followed by France on June 13 and Germany on August 9.
Produced by Studiocanal with...
Netflix has taken a host of territories on Mike Newell’s Lily James-starring historical drama The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society.
The SVoD service has picked up rights for Us, Canada, Latin America, Italy, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, while Studiocanal will distribute in its territories the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany. The film has now sold out worldwide and the roll-out commences with Australia on April 19, the UK on April 20 and New Zealand on April 25, followed by France on June 13 and Germany on August 9.
Produced by Studiocanal with...
- 3/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Author: Zehra Phelan
As filming wraps on the Lily James-led Guernsey (aka The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society), two official images from the project have been released of the 1940’s based British production with James leading the charge as journalist Juliet Ashton.
Related: Lily James news and interviews.
The British production of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel, carries one of the oddest titles of recent times, and has Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s Mike Newell at the helm of the Don Roos (Marley & Me, The Opposite of Sex) adapted screenplay.
Set in 1946 Lily James plays free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey during WWII. Juliet...
As filming wraps on the Lily James-led Guernsey (aka The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society), two official images from the project have been released of the 1940’s based British production with James leading the charge as journalist Juliet Ashton.
Related: Lily James news and interviews.
The British production of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel, carries one of the oddest titles of recent times, and has Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s Mike Newell at the helm of the Don Roos (Marley & Me, The Opposite of Sex) adapted screenplay.
Set in 1946 Lily James plays free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey during WWII. Juliet...
- 5/15/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The distributor has picked up Us, Latin American, Scandinavian, Benelux and Eastern Europen rights ahead of a December start on the family film starring Dan Stevens (pictured), Christopher Plummer and Jonathan Pryce.
Bleecker Street anticipates a 2017 holiday season release. The Solution Entertainment Group represents international sales on behalf of producers Parallel Films and Rhombus Media.
Bharat Nalluri will direct the film, which takes place in October 1843 as down-at-heel Charles Dickens races to self-publish A Christmas Carol, the celebrated fable that will change his fortunes and transform the perception of the holiday.
Stevens (pictured) will play Dickens, while Pryce will play his father, and Plummer will portray Scrooge. Susan Coyne adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name by Les Standiford.
Robert Mickelson and Ian Sharples produce, while Paula Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan, Andrew Karpen and Vadim Jean are executive producers.
Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy brokered the deal on behalf of Bleecker Street with CAA for the...
Bleecker Street anticipates a 2017 holiday season release. The Solution Entertainment Group represents international sales on behalf of producers Parallel Films and Rhombus Media.
Bharat Nalluri will direct the film, which takes place in October 1843 as down-at-heel Charles Dickens races to self-publish A Christmas Carol, the celebrated fable that will change his fortunes and transform the perception of the holiday.
Stevens (pictured) will play Dickens, while Pryce will play his father, and Plummer will portray Scrooge. Susan Coyne adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name by Les Standiford.
Robert Mickelson and Ian Sharples produce, while Paula Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan, Andrew Karpen and Vadim Jean are executive producers.
Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy brokered the deal on behalf of Bleecker Street with CAA for the...
- 11/7/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: In-demand British actress Lily James is set to star in The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, with Mike Newell attached to direct. Script is written by Don Roos and Tom Bezucha and is based on the international bestseller of the same name by Annie Barros and Mary Ann Shaffer. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan from The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Blueprint Pictures' Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin will produce. Studiocanal is financing the project and…...
- 10/20/2016
- Deadline
Few would argue that Rosamund Pike stole the show in David Fincher’s psychological thriller Gone Girl, portraying an unhinged sociopath that still sends shivers down our spines to this day. Imagine our disappointment, then, when the Oscar-nominated actress followed up Fincher’s opus with middling thriller Return To Sender.
No matter, because Deadline reports that Pike is circling her next potential project, and it’s one that goes by the name Guernsey. Mike Newell of Four Weddings and a Funeral fame is behind the camera, and it’s understood that Pike is currently in contention to play the role of Juliet Ashton – a role that’s attracted the likes of Kate Winslet, Lily James and Rebecca Ferguson in recent times.
Billed as an adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-seller, Guernsey is the name of a quaint island off the British coast, with the story chronicling Ashton...
No matter, because Deadline reports that Pike is circling her next potential project, and it’s one that goes by the name Guernsey. Mike Newell of Four Weddings and a Funeral fame is behind the camera, and it’s understood that Pike is currently in contention to play the role of Juliet Ashton – a role that’s attracted the likes of Kate Winslet, Lily James and Rebecca Ferguson in recent times.
Billed as an adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-seller, Guernsey is the name of a quaint island off the British coast, with the story chronicling Ashton...
- 2/5/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Rosamund Pike is circling the long-gestating feature "Guernsey" while Mike Newell ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire") is in talks to direct the project.
Based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows's novel, the story follows a writer as she forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
The likes of Kate Winslet, Lily James and Rebecca Ferguson have been attached to the project at one point or another. Don Roos adapted the script while Mitchell Kaplan and Paula Mazur are producing.
The project has yet to be green lit, and financing is still coming together.
Source: Deadline...
Based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows's novel, the story follows a writer as she forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
The likes of Kate Winslet, Lily James and Rebecca Ferguson have been attached to the project at one point or another. Don Roos adapted the script while Mitchell Kaplan and Paula Mazur are producing.
The project has yet to be green lit, and financing is still coming together.
Source: Deadline...
- 2/5/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Ske) has come on to fully finance and co-produce the thriller that FilmNation is introducing to buyers at the market.
The move reunites Kimmel with director Adrian Lyne nearly 30 years after he served as producer on Nine 1/2 Weeks in 1986.
As revealed exclusively on Screendaily, The Silent Wife is expected to become one of the most sought-after prestige titles of this year’s market. Nicole Kidman awill star as a wronged woman who embarks on a game of cat-and-mouse with her philandering husband.
Billy Ray wrote the screenplay based on A.S.A. Harrison’s book. CAA represents Us rights to the film and brokered the deal with FilmNation to handle international sales.
Kimmel will produce The Silent Wife with Kidman and Per Saari’s Blossom Films, Lyne, and Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan’s Mazur/Kaplan Company.
Ske president of production Carla Hacken and Ske president John Penotti will serve as executive producers. Hacken was the...
The move reunites Kimmel with director Adrian Lyne nearly 30 years after he served as producer on Nine 1/2 Weeks in 1986.
As revealed exclusively on Screendaily, The Silent Wife is expected to become one of the most sought-after prestige titles of this year’s market. Nicole Kidman awill star as a wronged woman who embarks on a game of cat-and-mouse with her philandering husband.
Billy Ray wrote the screenplay based on A.S.A. Harrison’s book. CAA represents Us rights to the film and brokered the deal with FilmNation to handle international sales.
Kimmel will produce The Silent Wife with Kidman and Per Saari’s Blossom Films, Lyne, and Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan’s Mazur/Kaplan Company.
Ske president of production Carla Hacken and Ske president John Penotti will serve as executive producers. Hacken was the...
- 11/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Fatal Attraction director boards script from Captain Phillips writer Billy Ray.
Oscar-nominated Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne is set to make his directorial come-back on Nicole Kidman thriller The Silent Wife.
FilmNation has swooped on international sales rights to the package, which is seen as one of the hottest prestige titles heading into the Afm.
In Billy Ray’s (Captain Phillips) buzzed-about screenplay, Kidman will play Jodi, a dedicated wife who, despite her husband Todd’s frequent indiscretions, continues to play the part with immaculate precision.
When confronted with the brutal truth of him leaving her for a younger woman, Jodi will not accept defeat. What begins as a tragic dissolution of a marriage quickly spirals into a game of cat and mouse with calamitous stakes.
First reported on two years ago, the long-time Kidman passion project - based on the original bestselling book by A.S.A. Harrison - has now got fresh impetus through Oscar-nominee Ray’s script...
Oscar-nominated Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne is set to make his directorial come-back on Nicole Kidman thriller The Silent Wife.
FilmNation has swooped on international sales rights to the package, which is seen as one of the hottest prestige titles heading into the Afm.
In Billy Ray’s (Captain Phillips) buzzed-about screenplay, Kidman will play Jodi, a dedicated wife who, despite her husband Todd’s frequent indiscretions, continues to play the part with immaculate precision.
When confronted with the brutal truth of him leaving her for a younger woman, Jodi will not accept defeat. What begins as a tragic dissolution of a marriage quickly spirals into a game of cat and mouse with calamitous stakes.
First reported on two years ago, the long-time Kidman passion project - based on the original bestselling book by A.S.A. Harrison - has now got fresh impetus through Oscar-nominee Ray’s script...
- 10/29/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Miguel Arteta will direct the feature film adaptation of author Jennifer Niven’s best-selling young adult novel “All the Bright Places,” producers announced on Monday. Elle Fanning has been attached to star as Violet since last year. Nivens will write the script for the film being produced by financier Demarest Media and book-centric production company Mazur/Kaplan, founded by producer Paula Mazur and independent bookseller Mitchell Kaplan. Following in the footsteps of terminally ill teen romances “The Fault in Our Stars” and Sundance hit “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” “All the Bright Places” follows Fanning’s character as...
- 7/27/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Olympus Pictures have optioned Holly Goldberg Sloan’s bestselling novel Counting By 7s. They’ve attached Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild star Quvenzhané Wallis and will build the movie around her. The bestseller centers on Willow Chance, a bright young girl who, after the death of her adoptive parents, is taken in by an unlikely surrogate family and an unfit guidance counselor. In the wake of tremendous loss, she rises to build a community that she heals and that heals her.
“I am honored to play the role of Willow in Counting by 7s,” Wallis said. “I love the message behind the story. I am excited to be a part of it and to see it come to life.” Wallis just wrapped her first big studio film in the musical Annie, and also will star in the upcoming adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,...
“I am honored to play the role of Willow in Counting by 7s,” Wallis said. “I love the message behind the story. I am excited to be a part of it and to see it come to life.” Wallis just wrapped her first big studio film in the musical Annie, and also will star in the upcoming adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Elle Fanning, 16, is attached to star in the forthcoming adaptation of “All the Bright Places,” according to Variety. Jennifer Niven‘s debut young adult novel — which won’t be released until January 6, 2015 — is being brought to the big screen by producing team Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan (“Nim’s Island”, “Delirium”). It is a love story that follows Violet (Fanning), a girl who “learns to live” from Finch, a boy who intends to die. When the two meet at the bell tower of their school, they quickly bond and promise each other to “stop counting the days and [...]
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- 8/4/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Get a box of tissues or a sponge ready. The next big tearjerker is coming.
Elle Fanning, who was last seen in Maleficent, will be starring in an adaptation of Jennifer Niven’s young adult novel, All The Bright Places.
The novel will hit stores on January 6, 2015, but the story has already been optioned by Hollywood producers Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan, amongst huge advanced buzz.
Fanning will play Violet Markey, a precocious High Schooler who remains optimistic about the future, even in the wake of her sister’s death. Her character will fatefully meet Theodore Finch, a misanthrope obsessed with the idea of killing himself.
What follows is a unique and inseparable bond and a promise – stop counting the days and start living them. The pair finds they can truly express themselves when they’re with each other. But how long will their time together last?
After the massive...
Elle Fanning, who was last seen in Maleficent, will be starring in an adaptation of Jennifer Niven’s young adult novel, All The Bright Places.
The novel will hit stores on January 6, 2015, but the story has already been optioned by Hollywood producers Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan, amongst huge advanced buzz.
Fanning will play Violet Markey, a precocious High Schooler who remains optimistic about the future, even in the wake of her sister’s death. Her character will fatefully meet Theodore Finch, a misanthrope obsessed with the idea of killing himself.
What follows is a unique and inseparable bond and a promise – stop counting the days and start living them. The pair finds they can truly express themselves when they’re with each other. But how long will their time together last?
After the massive...
- 7/31/2014
- by Harrison Okin
- LRMonline.com
Her first major Hollywood studio starring performance in the Sony Pictures remake of Annie some months away from its theatrical premiere (December 19, 2014), Quvenzhané Wallis has landed what will be another starring role, this time in an adaptation of author Holly Goldberg Sloan’s New York Times bestselling young adult novel, Counting by 7s. Set up at The Mazur/Kaplan Company (launched in 2009 by Hollywood producer Paula Mazur and prominent independent bookseller Mitchell Kaplan, with the objective of producing literary properties for film and TV), Counting by 7s tells the story of Willow Chance, a 12 year old genius, coping with the loss of her adoptive...
- 5/19/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Nicole Kidman is set to star in and produce the psychological thriller "The Silent Wife" for Blossom Films and Mazur/Kaplan.
The story is based on the 2013 novel by A.S.A. Harrison, and follows an affluent Chicago couple who have been together for two decades.
While her priority is taking care of him, he is screwing around behind her back. The book itself swapped between the man and woman's viewpoint from chapter to chapter.
Per Saari, Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan will produce.
Source: Deadline...
The story is based on the 2013 novel by A.S.A. Harrison, and follows an affluent Chicago couple who have been together for two decades.
While her priority is taking care of him, he is screwing around behind her back. The book itself swapped between the man and woman's viewpoint from chapter to chapter.
Per Saari, Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan will produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 10/11/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Nicole Kidman will star in and produce an adaptation of The Silent Wife.
The psychological thriller - based on Asa Harrison's recent breakout novel - follows a seemingly happy Chicago couple who have been together for 20 years, Deadline reports.
The story follows Jodi and Todd as they head towards catastrophe as a result of lies and adultery.
Mazur/Kaplan partners Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan have teamed up with Kidman and Per Saari's Blossom Films to commission the project.
Canadian author Harrison died earlier this year, shortly before the publication of The Silent Wife. The novel has gone on to receive overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and readers.
Kidman's Grace of Monaco was recently delayed until 2014 to allow director Olivier Dahan more time to complete the Grace Kelly biopic.
The film was originally scheduled to debut on November 27. It will instead arrive at an unspecified date in spring 2014. Watch...
The psychological thriller - based on Asa Harrison's recent breakout novel - follows a seemingly happy Chicago couple who have been together for 20 years, Deadline reports.
The story follows Jodi and Todd as they head towards catastrophe as a result of lies and adultery.
Mazur/Kaplan partners Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan have teamed up with Kidman and Per Saari's Blossom Films to commission the project.
Canadian author Harrison died earlier this year, shortly before the publication of The Silent Wife. The novel has gone on to receive overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and readers.
Kidman's Grace of Monaco was recently delayed until 2014 to allow director Olivier Dahan more time to complete the Grace Kelly biopic.
The film was originally scheduled to debut on November 27. It will instead arrive at an unspecified date in spring 2014. Watch...
- 10/11/2013
- Digital Spy
Nicole Kidman will star in and produce an adaptation of author A. S. A. Harrison's The Silent Wife , reports Deadline . Mazur/Kaplan partners Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan have teamed with Kidman and Per Saari's Blossom Films to option the psychological thriller. The book, which was released on June 25, is described as follows: Jodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead in their beautiful waterfront condo in Chicago, as she, the killer, and he, the victim, rush haplessly toward the main event. He is a committed cheater. She lives and breathes denial. He exists in dual worlds. She likes to settle scores. He decides to play for keeps. She has nothing left to lose. Told in alternating voices, The Silent Wife is...
- 10/11/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Exclusive: Nicole Kidman will star in and produce an adaptation of The Silent Wife, the summer literary breakout novel by A.S.A. Harrison. Mazur/Kaplan partners Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan have teamed with Kidman and Per Saari’s Blossom Films to option the psychological thriller and produce. Mazur/Kaplan will fund development. The novel focuses on an affluent Chicago couple who’ve been together 20 years and seem very stable. Trouble is, while her priority is taking care of him and living an ordered life, his is screwing around behind her back. The novel cleverly alternates viewpoint from chapter to chapter, one told from his vantage point, the next from hers, and the tale builds toward catastrophe. It was the first work of fiction by the author, who died a few months before her book became such a literary sensation. The movie deal was made with Harrison’s estate,...
- 10/10/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Jeanine Mason, who won Season 5 of Fox‘s competition series So You Think You Can Dance, has been cast in the network’s drama pilot Delirium. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV and Chernin Entertainment and based on Lauren Oliver’s book trilogy, is set in a world where love is deemed illegal and is able to be eradicated with a special procedure. With 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, Lena Holoway (Emma Roberts) falls in love. Mason will play Lena’s best friend Hana, who also faces the procedure. An apparently flirty girl who lives next door to Julian Fineman (Gregg Sulkin) and enjoys messing with his head, she is ultimately less rebellious than she appears. Billy Campbell, Corey Reynolds and Daren Kagasoff co star in the pilot, written and executive produced by Karyn Usher. Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Paula Mazur are also exec producers. Mason,...
- 3/1/2013
- by PATRICK HIPES, Managing Editor
- Deadline TV
The Killing‘s Billy Campbell, whose character won’t be returning for Season 3, has quickly lined up another drama project. Campbell will co-star opposite Emma Roberts in Delirium, Fox‘s drama pilot from Karyn Usher, 20th TV and Chernin Entertainment. Based on Lauren Oliver’s bestselling book trilogy, it is set in a world where love is deemed illegal and can be eradicated with a special procedure. With 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, Lena Holoway (Roberts) does the unthinkable: she falls in love. Campbell will play wealthy political leader Thomas Fineman. With laser-white teeth and a John Boehner tan, he is the head of a lobbying organization called Deliria Free America who supports the use of the brain modification that prevents citizens from falling in love and leads to a peaceful, ordered society. Usher executive produces the pilot with Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Paula Mazur. Campbell, repped by CAA and Klwgn,...
- 2/12/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Fox's drama pilot Delirium has landed The Killing star Billy Campbell the series co-starring with Emma Roberts, reports Deadline. The project from Karyn Usher, 20th Century Fox TV and Chernin Entertainment, is based on the bestselling trilogy by Lauren Oliver and set in a world where it's illegal to love, and can be destroyed employing a special treatment. Roberts plays Lena who, with 95 days to go, falls in love. Campbell would play Thomas Fineman, a wealthy political leader and head of Deliria Free America who supports the use of the eradication that prevents folks from falling in love. Usher serves as executive producer with Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Paula Mazur.
- 2/12/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Fox's drama pilot Delirium has landed The Killing star Billy Campbell the series co-starring with Emma Roberts, reports Deadline. The project from Karyn Usher, 20th Century Fox TV and Chernin Entertainment, is based on the bestselling trilogy by Lauren Oliver and set in a world where it's illegal to love, and can be destroyed employing a special treatment. Roberts plays Lena who, with 95 days to go, falls in love. Campbell would play Thomas Fineman, a wealthy political leader and head of Deliria Free America who supports the use of the eradication that prevents folks from falling in love. Usher serves as executive producer with Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Paula Mazur.
- 2/12/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Fans of the Hunger Games, you’re going to want to pay attention. The young adult dystopian novel, Delirium is getting it’s own TV adaptation and this just in, Emma Roberts will take the starring role. Feeling delirious yet?
The pilot is being developed as a Fox network series. Delirium was a originally a series of novels from bestselling author Lauren Oliver. The story is set in an alternative present-day Maine where civilization has been nearly obliterated by war and a harsh government preaches that love is literally a disease, which they call “the delirium”.
To that I say, well, love does hurt sometimes.
“There’s a surgical cure for love that’s mandatory for citizens 18 and older,” reported EW, who had the scoop on Robert’s epic win. She’ll play Lena, our 17-year-old protagonist, who can’t wait to get the cure until the unthinkable happens. Lena...
The pilot is being developed as a Fox network series. Delirium was a originally a series of novels from bestselling author Lauren Oliver. The story is set in an alternative present-day Maine where civilization has been nearly obliterated by war and a harsh government preaches that love is literally a disease, which they call “the delirium”.
To that I say, well, love does hurt sometimes.
“There’s a surgical cure for love that’s mandatory for citizens 18 and older,” reported EW, who had the scoop on Robert’s epic win. She’ll play Lena, our 17-year-old protagonist, who can’t wait to get the cure until the unthinkable happens. Lena...
- 2/8/2013
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
Fox has fallen in love with Emma Roberts. The actress has been tapped as the lead of the network's drama pilot "Delirium," based on Lauren Oliver’s bestselling book trilogy, according to Deadline. "Delirium" takes place in a dystopia where the emotion of love is outlawed, and is forcibly from people through a special operation. A few months before her scheduled procedure, Lena Holoway (Roberts) finds herself deeply in love. Karyn Usher ("Prison Break") is executive producing the pilot, along with Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Paula Mazur. Roberts' first major TV role was on the Nickelodeon series "Unfabulous." She was recently seen on the big screen in...
- 2/7/2013
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Emma Roberts is returning to TV with Fox's "Delirium."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress, who got her big break on Nickelodeon's "Unfabulous," will star in Fox's new drama pilot. Roberts will play Lena Holoway in Karyn Usher's adaptation of "Delirium," based on Lauren Oliver's best-selling trilogy of the same name.
In the world of "Delirium," "love is deemed illegal and is able to be eradicated with a special procedure," according to THR. Lena has 95 days until her scheduled treatment, but then she commits an unthinkable act: She falls in love.
Usher penned the 20th Television "Delirium" pilot and will executive produce alongside Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan.
Roberts' boyfriend, Evan Peters, stars on one of the biggest shows on TV, "American Horror Story," a part of Fox Entertainment Group's cable channel FX.
In more pilot news ...
Jacki Weaver will star in "The McCarthys.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress, who got her big break on Nickelodeon's "Unfabulous," will star in Fox's new drama pilot. Roberts will play Lena Holoway in Karyn Usher's adaptation of "Delirium," based on Lauren Oliver's best-selling trilogy of the same name.
In the world of "Delirium," "love is deemed illegal and is able to be eradicated with a special procedure," according to THR. Lena has 95 days until her scheduled treatment, but then she commits an unthinkable act: She falls in love.
Usher penned the 20th Television "Delirium" pilot and will executive produce alongside Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan.
Roberts' boyfriend, Evan Peters, stars on one of the biggest shows on TV, "American Horror Story," a part of Fox Entertainment Group's cable channel FX.
In more pilot news ...
Jacki Weaver will star in "The McCarthys.
- 2/7/2013
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Huffington Post
Emma Roberts has been tapped as the lead of Delirium, Fox‘s drama pilot from Karyn Usher, 20th TV and Chernin Entertainment. Based on Lauren Oliver’s bestselling book trilogy about a world where love is deemed illegal and can be eradicated with a special procedure. With 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, Lena Holoway (Roberts) does the unthinkable: she falls in love. Usher executive produces the pilot with Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope and Paula Mazur. This marks Roberts’ return to television, where she rose to fame as the teenage star of the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous. The actress, daughter of Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts, had been focused on features for the past six years despite multiple pilot offers from the broadcast networks. Roberts, repped by CAA and manager David Sweeney, recently completed the New Line comedy We’re The Millers, Lionsgate’s Empire State and the indie Palo Alto Stories.
- 2/7/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Emma Roberts is returning to TV as the star of Fox’s Delirium.
The Nancy Drew and Scream 4 actress has been cast in the lead role in Fox’s pilot based on the bestselling young adult novels by Lauren Oliver.
The books take place in an alternative present-day Maine when civilization has been partly destroyed by war and a totalitarian government teaches that love is literally a disease (commonly called the delirium). There’s a surgical cure for love that’s mandatory for citizens 18 and older. The story follows 17-year-old Lena (Roberts) who is eagerly awaiting her turn to...
The Nancy Drew and Scream 4 actress has been cast in the lead role in Fox’s pilot based on the bestselling young adult novels by Lauren Oliver.
The books take place in an alternative present-day Maine when civilization has been partly destroyed by war and a totalitarian government teaches that love is literally a disease (commonly called the delirium). There’s a surgical cure for love that’s mandatory for citizens 18 and older. The story follows 17-year-old Lena (Roberts) who is eagerly awaiting her turn to...
- 2/7/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Filming has begun in Queensland for Nim’s Island 2, starring Steve Irwin’s daughter Bindi as Nim, a role originally played by Little Miss Sunshine’s Abigail Breslin.
Shot at Village Roadshow Studios, the film is produced by Chris Brown, Paula Mazur and Tom Hoffie for Nims Productions, directed by Sisters of War’s Brendan Maher and written by Cathy Randall.
Scream’s Matthew Lillard plays Nim’s father, Jack with a cast of Australian actors including Offspring’s John Waters, Nathan Derrick of Rush, and Jack Pearson of Winners and Losers.
Brown said: “I am absolutely delighted to be bringing another exciting project to Queensland. This time with our own home-grown star Bindi Irwin.”
Mazur, also producer on the original Nim’s Island which grossed $100m internationally, said: “Nim’s Island 2 follows our hero Nim into another great action adventure story that will appeal to cinema goers of all ages,...
Shot at Village Roadshow Studios, the film is produced by Chris Brown, Paula Mazur and Tom Hoffie for Nims Productions, directed by Sisters of War’s Brendan Maher and written by Cathy Randall.
Scream’s Matthew Lillard plays Nim’s father, Jack with a cast of Australian actors including Offspring’s John Waters, Nathan Derrick of Rush, and Jack Pearson of Winners and Losers.
Brown said: “I am absolutely delighted to be bringing another exciting project to Queensland. This time with our own home-grown star Bindi Irwin.”
Mazur, also producer on the original Nim’s Island which grossed $100m internationally, said: “Nim’s Island 2 follows our hero Nim into another great action adventure story that will appeal to cinema goers of all ages,...
- 8/7/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Family adventure film Nim's Island 2, starring Bindi Irwin, has begun shooting on the Gold Coast.
The film also stars Us actor Matthew Lillard (The Descendants, Scooby Doo), who plays marine scientist Jack, the father of Nim (Bindi Irwin), as well as local actors John Waters (Looking Through the Glass Onion, Offspring), Toby Wallace (Surviving Georgia, Neighbours), Nathan Derrick (Rush, Bed of Roses), Sebastian Gregory (Neighbours, Accidents Happen) and Jack Pearson (Winners & Losers).
The original Nim's Island grossed $US48 million in North America and almost $6.2 million at the Australian box office. While it was shot in Queensland, it did not qualify as an Australian production, unlike the sequel which is now underway.
Nim's Island was a far bigger production, starring Jodi Foster, and was distributed by Universal. The sequel will be distributed in Australia by Pinnacle Films, which has specialised in limited theatrical releases, while international distribution is being handled by Walden Entertainment.
The film also stars Us actor Matthew Lillard (The Descendants, Scooby Doo), who plays marine scientist Jack, the father of Nim (Bindi Irwin), as well as local actors John Waters (Looking Through the Glass Onion, Offspring), Toby Wallace (Surviving Georgia, Neighbours), Nathan Derrick (Rush, Bed of Roses), Sebastian Gregory (Neighbours, Accidents Happen) and Jack Pearson (Winners & Losers).
The original Nim's Island grossed $US48 million in North America and almost $6.2 million at the Australian box office. While it was shot in Queensland, it did not qualify as an Australian production, unlike the sequel which is now underway.
Nim's Island was a far bigger production, starring Jodi Foster, and was distributed by Universal. The sequel will be distributed in Australia by Pinnacle Films, which has specialised in limited theatrical releases, while international distribution is being handled by Walden Entertainment.
- 8/7/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Kenneth Branagh's upcoming war film set in Guernsey has been delayed for another year. The Thor director announced earlier this year that he will helm an adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece Annie Barrows. However, the project has suffered "continued casting and timing issues", according to a representative for Guernsey's Commerce and Employment Department. Producer Paula Mazur has stated that the delay will help improve the production when it begins in the future. "It really is important to get the right cast on board," she said. "[The delay] will also allow for the shoot to take (more)...
- 4/2/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Actress Kate Winslet will have to wait another year to reunite with her Hamlet co-star Kenneth Branagh - their forthcoming war tale has been postponed until next year.
The Titanic beauty was due to begin shooting actor/director Branagh's next film, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, this spring, but the project has been delayed due to "continued casting and timing issues", according to a representative for Guernsey's Commerce and Employment Department.
And the movie's creative producer Paula Mazur is convinced the postponed schedule will work in the crew's favour.
She says, "It really is important to get the right cast on board... It (the delay) will also allow for the shoot to take place when the wild flowers and vegetation are at their best in Guernsey, which personally was my ultimate goal."
The movie is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' bestselling 2008 book, about a group of Guernsey islanders who outsmarted their German occupiers during World War Two.
Winslet will play a modern-day magazine columnist who uncovers evidence of the book club the locals set up amid the chaos of war.
The Titanic beauty was due to begin shooting actor/director Branagh's next film, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, this spring, but the project has been delayed due to "continued casting and timing issues", according to a representative for Guernsey's Commerce and Employment Department.
And the movie's creative producer Paula Mazur is convinced the postponed schedule will work in the crew's favour.
She says, "It really is important to get the right cast on board... It (the delay) will also allow for the shoot to take place when the wild flowers and vegetation are at their best in Guernsey, which personally was my ultimate goal."
The movie is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' bestselling 2008 book, about a group of Guernsey islanders who outsmarted their German occupiers during World War Two.
Winslet will play a modern-day magazine columnist who uncovers evidence of the book club the locals set up amid the chaos of war.
- 4/2/2012
- WENN
From "Nosferatu" to "Twilight," supernatural movies have never gone out of style. Vampires and their monster homies have enjoyed a constant stream of cinematic exposure since the turn of the last century, but they've never been more pervasive than in the last few years, breaking out of horror confines and sparkling their way into other genres.
We'd be naive to say supernaturals are on their way out — they'll never leave, and we wouldn't want them to. But we'd be blind not to notice the creepy new sheriff in town: Dystopia.
As themes go, it's nothing new ("Children of Men," "Blade Runner"... "Idiocracy") but amidst the insane success of "The Hunger Games," studios are snapping up the rights to similar books the moment they land on shelves — and in a few cases, before that.
So move over, monsters. In honor of "The Hunger Games'" record-breaking opening weekend, we're looking at...
We'd be naive to say supernaturals are on their way out — they'll never leave, and we wouldn't want them to. But we'd be blind not to notice the creepy new sheriff in town: Dystopia.
As themes go, it's nothing new ("Children of Men," "Blade Runner"... "Idiocracy") but amidst the insane success of "The Hunger Games," studios are snapping up the rights to similar books the moment they land on shelves — and in a few cases, before that.
So move over, monsters. In honor of "The Hunger Games'" record-breaking opening weekend, we're looking at...
- 3/26/2012
- by Brooke Tarnoff
- NextMovie
Kate Winslet is attached to star in director Kenneth Branagh's "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," TheWrap has confirmed. The pairing for Fox 2000's drama-romance marks a reunion for Winslet and Branagh, who previously teamed for 1996's "Hamlet." "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" is adapted by Don Roos ("Marley & Me") from the 2008 bestselling novel by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. The film is produced by Mitchell Kaplan and Paula Mazur. Also read: Kate Winslet, Sam Mendes Splitting Up Set in post-World War II London, the story deals...
- 1/13/2012
- by Kurt Orzeck
- The Wrap
It is an angst-ridden time for fans of young adult books and their movie adaptations: We’ve seen Breaking Dawn Part 1 too many times, the March debut of The Hunger Games seems eons away, and they still haven’t announced the rest of the Mortal Instruments cast. That’s why we here at TheFABlife have teamed up with our friends at Hollywood Crush and NextMovie to bring you Dystopian Week! A week of interviews, movie updates reviews and guest blogs all about these dark fictional depictions of the future is sure to cheer us all up about the present, right? First up, we’ve got Delirium author Lauren Oliver.
Delirium poses a scary question: What if the world decided that love is the root of all of our problems, and scientists discovered a way to cure us all of this terribly destructive “disease” (amor deliria nervosa) on our 18th birthday?...
Delirium poses a scary question: What if the world decided that love is the root of all of our problems, and scientists discovered a way to cure us all of this terribly destructive “disease” (amor deliria nervosa) on our 18th birthday?...
- 11/28/2011
- by Sabrina Rojas Weiss
- TheFabLife - Movies
Kenneth Branagh may have found his first directing gig since Thor. Variety reports that 20th Century Fox is circling the director to helm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Dan Roos penned the script for the film, which will be produced by Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan.
The film is based on the Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestseller by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. Tale has been described "as a love story set in London and on the island of Guernsey shortly after WWII." Branagh is great with directing historical period films, so this is a great news. He will next be seen on the big screen as Sir Laurence Olivier in My Week With Marilyn.
I would've loved to see him direct the Thor sequel, but am content known that he will be directing a project like this. What are your thoughts?
Source: Variety (http://www.
- 8/4/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
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