A former paratrooper claims he suffered sustained panic attacks and post-traumatic stress after being waterboarded for a scene in a new film by Ken Loach. Trevor Williams said he was strapped to a bench press, had his feet elevated, hands tied and face covered with a rag while experiencing "simulated drowning" for a total of 80 seconds, halting only when he gave small thumb signals to the crew.
- 3/18/2011
- The Independent - Film
Codemasters has accused Playground Games - the studio set up by former Codemasters executives Nicholas Wheelwright and Trevor Williams - of poaching its staff. In a legal writ filed at the High Court last week, the British publisher alleged that Playground lured away key development staff to gain access to confidential information. The company believes that Playground targeted the employees because they could help it develop a new racing game, which has reportedly been offered to Microsoft and Sega. Alongside Williams and Wheelwright, Codemasters (more)...
- 5/10/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
You really can't script a better Super Bowl—two best-in-breed Pro Quarterbacks in Peyton Manning and Drew Brees marching their nearly-undefeated teams into the big game. Brees' Saints are the scrappy first-timers to the dance, carrying the hopes of a wounded city galvanized by the unlikely success of this band of brothers. Then there's the always calculating Manning, one of the only true player-coaches left in the game, himself a seasoned general on the field marching his Ring-sporting champs back into the stadium where they won it all in 2007. But the latest episode (above) out from 12 Angry Mascots of their popular web series NFL Writers Room, thrashes all notions that this game is actually determined on the field. Atom.com picked up the latest episode, and probably the last of the season of the Espn commissioned comedy, in a exclusive distribution deal for the Super Bowl edition. The New York...
- 2/6/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
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Ken Loach is reuniting with cinematographer Chris Menges on his latest film titled "Route Irish," penned by the filmmaker's longtime writing partner Paul Laverty and produced by Rebecca O'Brien.
Menges, whose resume boasts previous Loach movies including "Poor Cow" and "Kes," returns to work with Loach on the movie billed as a tense love triangle between two men and a woman.
The film stars big-screen debutants Mark Womack ("Sorted") and Andrea Lowe ("Where the Heart is") and also boasts comedian John Bishop. They join the supporting cast of Trevor Williams and Talib Hamafraj.
It details the story of two men who work as private security contractors in Iraq who risk their lives in a city awash with violence and greed. When Frankie is killed on "Route Irish" -- the road linking Baghdad airport with the Green Zone -- Fergus, wracked with grief and guilt, rejects the official...
Ken Loach is reuniting with cinematographer Chris Menges on his latest film titled "Route Irish," penned by the filmmaker's longtime writing partner Paul Laverty and produced by Rebecca O'Brien.
Menges, whose resume boasts previous Loach movies including "Poor Cow" and "Kes," returns to work with Loach on the movie billed as a tense love triangle between two men and a woman.
The film stars big-screen debutants Mark Womack ("Sorted") and Andrea Lowe ("Where the Heart is") and also boasts comedian John Bishop. They join the supporting cast of Trevor Williams and Talib Hamafraj.
It details the story of two men who work as private security contractors in Iraq who risk their lives in a city awash with violence and greed. When Frankie is killed on "Route Irish" -- the road linking Baghdad airport with the Green Zone -- Fergus, wracked with grief and guilt, rejects the official...
- 11/5/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Imagine the situations a skinnier, stupider, and utterly hilarious version of Tony Soprano would get into and you've got a pretty good idea about what you will be getting into with Octane Pistols of Fury. The brainchild of a collaboration of Escape Pod Films and Jet Lag Productions, both groups come out of the Channel 101 New York community, so they are no strangers to short-form episodic comedy. The show stars Andrew Pifko (The Godfather Video Game), Greg Stees (Vamps), Trevor Williams (Nice Brothers), and Chris Prine (Sandwich of Terror). Related News:Weekend Watching: 5 Web Series Launches Worth A Look‘Fury of Solace’ Series Launches From ‘Dr. Horrible’ Fan VideoNYTVF Winners: ‘Johnny B Homeless,’ ‘Satan’ and ‘Odd Jobs’ Score Big...
- 9/28/2009
- by Jenni Powell
- Tubefilter.com
Fox TV Studios, Vancouver’s Omni Film Productions and the Canadian network CTV are teaming up to bring you the show that’s being dubbed “Grey’s Anatomy in space”. Yeah, that’s a weird tagline, right? Perhaps a longer explanation is in order.
Back in 2004 the BBC produced a series called Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, which is the inspiration for Defying Gravity. Space Odyssey was broadcasted as a docudrama about a group of astronauts traveling to different planets. Defying Gravity has a similar premise: “[it's a] sexy, provocative relationship drama set in the very near future against the background of our solar system, in which eight astronauts from five countries (four women and four men) undertake a mysterious six-year international space mission covering eight billion miles. With the eyes of the world upon them – everything they do is monitored, and every emotion they feel, scrutinized – they soon discover that...
Back in 2004 the BBC produced a series called Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, which is the inspiration for Defying Gravity. Space Odyssey was broadcasted as a docudrama about a group of astronauts traveling to different planets. Defying Gravity has a similar premise: “[it's a] sexy, provocative relationship drama set in the very near future against the background of our solar system, in which eight astronauts from five countries (four women and four men) undertake a mysterious six-year international space mission covering eight billion miles. With the eyes of the world upon them – everything they do is monitored, and every emotion they feel, scrutinized – they soon discover that...
- 7/11/2009
- by clarissa
- TVovermind.com
I've been a fan of women in space movies ever since I watched Kate Capshaw and Lea Thompson in Space Camp as a kid. Although I've never gotten into the Star Trek or Star Wars franchises too much, because they rarely give women leadership roles — except for Star Trek: Voyager, which I've seen all seven seasons of — and I've only watched some of the Battlestar Galactica episodes, I enjoyed Jodie Foster's Contact (at least the first half), and Lori and I both loved the 2002 Showtime series Odyssey Five.
So I was excited to hear about the new space drama coming to America (and Canada, Germany, and the U.K.).
Last week, ABC purchased 13 episodes of the new Canadian sci-fi drama Defying Gravity, which has this description, "In the near future, eight astronauts from five countries (four women and four men) undertake a mysterious six-year international space mission covering thirteen billion kilometers.
So I was excited to hear about the new space drama coming to America (and Canada, Germany, and the U.K.).
Last week, ABC purchased 13 episodes of the new Canadian sci-fi drama Defying Gravity, which has this description, "In the near future, eight astronauts from five countries (four women and four men) undertake a mysterious six-year international space mission covering thirteen billion kilometers.
- 7/10/2009
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
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