Despite its smattering of shortcomings, “A Castle For Christmas” is gently disarming, heartening, holiday-themed escapism that’s as satisfying as a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter’s night. Director Mary Lambert’s romcom is centered on a divorcée who, after a public meltdown, buys a castle in Scotland, meets a dreamy duke and regains her creative vitality. Trading cloying for cute, treacly for tolerable, and caustic for comforting, its sincere, aspirational sentiments about it never being too late to write your own second chapter feel genuinely meaningful, making up for its struggles to pay off unrequited setups.
Sophie Brown (Brooke Shields) is a successful romcom novelist, having released a dozen books in the popular “Emma Gale” series. However, the celebrated author has recently come under fire by her fans since choosing to kill off her protagonist’s love interest — a creative decision motivated by her own bitter...
Sophie Brown (Brooke Shields) is a successful romcom novelist, having released a dozen books in the popular “Emma Gale” series. However, the celebrated author has recently come under fire by her fans since choosing to kill off her protagonist’s love interest — a creative decision motivated by her own bitter...
- 11/26/2021
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
And that's what you get when you combine a producer from The Passion of the Christ (Stephen McEveety) with a writer (David McFadzean) from Tim Allen's TV series "Home Improvement": complete and utter chaos. But when you combine a box office and critical disaster like North with the modern comedy classic Groundhog Day, there has to be some semblance of a decent comedy hidden in there right? That's the hope as THR reports that development on Hello, I Love You, a comedy about a teenager who wishes for a new family only to find herself waking up each successive day with a new and strange one, is progressing well. Sunu Gonera (Pride), seen in the photo above, will direct from a script by Kim Beyer-Johnson, and though there's probably some fun to be had with this concept, the same producing team also brought us the equally recycled and...
- 11/4/2009
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
"The Passion of the Christ" producer Stephen McEveety and "Home Improvement" scribe David McFadzean are teaming up on "Hello, I Love You," a family comedy with an unusual twist.
The pair will develop a pic about a teenager who wishes for a new family but finds herself waking up each successive day with a new and strange one. Sunu Gonera has signed to direct from a script by Kim Beyer-Johnson.
McEveety will produce via his Mpower Pictures banner, and McFadzean will exec produce through his Wind Dancer Films shingle. The two, who will be peddling rights to the project at Afm this week, teamed in the same roles on the Mel Gibson starrer "What Women Want."
The group also announced that "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson has signed to serve as music supervisor for the project.
Mpower developed a number of family- and spirituality-themed pics including the Christopher Lloyd family...
The pair will develop a pic about a teenager who wishes for a new family but finds herself waking up each successive day with a new and strange one. Sunu Gonera has signed to direct from a script by Kim Beyer-Johnson.
McEveety will produce via his Mpower Pictures banner, and McFadzean will exec produce through his Wind Dancer Films shingle. The two, who will be peddling rights to the project at Afm this week, teamed in the same roles on the Mel Gibson starrer "What Women Want."
The group also announced that "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson has signed to serve as music supervisor for the project.
Mpower developed a number of family- and spirituality-themed pics including the Christopher Lloyd family...
- 11/3/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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