Last Letter from Your Lover
Director Augustine Frizzell commenced a London-set Canadian production of Last Letter from Your Lover for her sophomore feature not much time after putting out some television work in a pair of episodes for Sweetbitter. A Netflix project based on the best-selling novel by Jojo Moyes; produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Stephen Traynor, Simone Urdl and Jennifer Weiss, Frizzell nabs Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones (both executive producing) to headline, with Joe Alwyn, Nabhaan Rizwan, Callum Turner and Ncuti Gatwa also in the cast. Frizzell’s first feature, Never Goin’ Back, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was also programmed in SXSW.…...
Director Augustine Frizzell commenced a London-set Canadian production of Last Letter from Your Lover for her sophomore feature not much time after putting out some television work in a pair of episodes for Sweetbitter. A Netflix project based on the best-selling novel by Jojo Moyes; produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Stephen Traynor, Simone Urdl and Jennifer Weiss, Frizzell nabs Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones (both executive producing) to headline, with Joe Alwyn, Nabhaan Rizwan, Callum Turner and Ncuti Gatwa also in the cast. Frizzell’s first feature, Never Goin’ Back, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was also programmed in SXSW.…...
- 12/31/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The UK’s Isabelle Stead, Canada’s George Ayoub and Australia’s Kristian Moliere are among those selected for this year’s Producers Lab Toronto.
The24 producers from Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand will participate in the fifth edition of the networking platform, which runs Sept 3-6 during the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14).
Plt is targeted at producers who have had previous experience in working on international co-productions and now have projects in the pipeline that could be interesting for the international market.
European producers
The ten European producers were selected by European Film Promotion’s member organisations from previous participants of its Cannes-based initiative Producers on the Move. They include:
Human Films’ co-founder Isabelle Stead, who has played a key role in the new wave of Iraqi cinema by producing such award-winning films as Mohamed Al-Daradji’s Son Of Babylon and In The Sands Of Babylon. She is now...
The24 producers from Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand will participate in the fifth edition of the networking platform, which runs Sept 3-6 during the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14).
Plt is targeted at producers who have had previous experience in working on international co-productions and now have projects in the pipeline that could be interesting for the international market.
European producers
The ten European producers were selected by European Film Promotion’s member organisations from previous participants of its Cannes-based initiative Producers on the Move. They include:
Human Films’ co-founder Isabelle Stead, who has played a key role in the new wave of Iraqi cinema by producing such award-winning films as Mohamed Al-Daradji’s Son Of Babylon and In The Sands Of Babylon. She is now...
- 8/20/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
A24 films announced the U.S. acquisition of Atom Egoyan's “The Captive” Friday morning, as the Cannes Competition selection had its first press screening. Starring Ryan Reynolds and Rosario Dawson, the psychological thriller studies the effect of a child's kidnapping on her family. A24 will release the film in the fall. The deal was made in partnership with DirecTV. Egoyan is represented by Wme Global. The film is produced by Egoyan, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss and Stephen Traynor. Here's the international trailer:...
- 5/16/2014
- by Dana Harris
- Indiewire
Exclusive: eOne gets Us deal on Atom Egoyan’s Cannes Competition thriller.
A24 has become the second Us buyer to snap up a competition title this week, after finalising rights in Cannes for Atom Egoyan’s thriller The Captive with eOne International.
The enterprising Us outfit, which acquired the film in partnership with DirecTV and plans to release this fall, brokered the deal with Wme on behalf of eOne and the filmmakers.
Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman and Rosario Dawson star in the thriller, which examines how the kidnapping of a man’s young daughter destroys the relationships among those involved.
CAA co-repped The Captive with Wme
Croisette regular Egoyan wrote the script with David Fraser. Producers are Egoyan, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss and Stephen Traynor.
“On behalf of my team, we are delighted that A24 will release The Captive in the Us,” said the director. “I am impressed with the calibre of films and campaigns they have...
A24 has become the second Us buyer to snap up a competition title this week, after finalising rights in Cannes for Atom Egoyan’s thriller The Captive with eOne International.
The enterprising Us outfit, which acquired the film in partnership with DirecTV and plans to release this fall, brokered the deal with Wme on behalf of eOne and the filmmakers.
Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman and Rosario Dawson star in the thriller, which examines how the kidnapping of a man’s young daughter destroys the relationships among those involved.
CAA co-repped The Captive with Wme
Croisette regular Egoyan wrote the script with David Fraser. Producers are Egoyan, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss and Stephen Traynor.
“On behalf of my team, we are delighted that A24 will release The Captive in the Us,” said the director. “I am impressed with the calibre of films and campaigns they have...
- 5/16/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Captive
Director: Atom Egoyan
Writers: Atom Egoyan, David Fraser
Producers: Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss, Stephen Traynor, Atom Egoyan
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson
While we were a bit disappointed in Egoyan’s 2013 offering, Devil’s Knot, which managed to hit all the rote clichés of an unnecessary and glamorized reenactment of a rather well documented criminal case, we’re holding onto hope for this latest effort, a glossy looking thriller starring some Egoyan regulars (Bruce Greenwood, Speedman) and some American matinee presence. It seems 2009′s Chloe marked a major turning point for Egoyan, whose independent films once had a distinct tone and attitude. While Chloe was a remake of an Anne Fontaine film and Knot was based on actual events, we’re thinking Egoyan has less pressure facing this venture as there shouldn’t be so much weighted preconception. We’re not crazy about the new title,...
Director: Atom Egoyan
Writers: Atom Egoyan, David Fraser
Producers: Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss, Stephen Traynor, Atom Egoyan
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson
While we were a bit disappointed in Egoyan’s 2013 offering, Devil’s Knot, which managed to hit all the rote clichés of an unnecessary and glamorized reenactment of a rather well documented criminal case, we’re holding onto hope for this latest effort, a glossy looking thriller starring some Egoyan regulars (Bruce Greenwood, Speedman) and some American matinee presence. It seems 2009′s Chloe marked a major turning point for Egoyan, whose independent films once had a distinct tone and attitude. While Chloe was a remake of an Anne Fontaine film and Knot was based on actual events, we’re thinking Egoyan has less pressure facing this venture as there shouldn’t be so much weighted preconception. We’re not crazy about the new title,...
- 2/19/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Perhaps not as sturdy or as developed as it is with Cannes or Tiff, Atom Egoyan’s relationship with Sundance remains a good one when you double his output of films directed (Next of Kin and Exotica) with films that he exec-produced in The Saddest Music in the World and Away From Her. Formerly going by the title of “Queen of the Night,” The Captive features Ryan Reynolds, Egoyan lucky charm Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, Alexia Fast and the almost always dependable Bruce Greenwood in what should be some welcome genre diversion at the fest and one that will make us forget about the poorly executed Devil’s Knot.
Gist: Written by Egoyan & David Fraser, a pick up truck pulls off the highway at a diner. Confident that his young daughter is safe in the back seat and promising to return with ice cream, the father...
Gist: Written by Egoyan & David Fraser, a pick up truck pulls off the highway at a diner. Confident that his young daughter is safe in the back seat and promising to return with ice cream, the father...
- 11/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
“Tracking Shot” is a monthly featurette here on Ioncinema.com that looks at a dozen or so projects that are moments away from lensing. This February we’ve got a slew of projects that we feel are worth signaling out: we start with a sequel (and pictured above) we find The Raid 2 (also known as Berandal) which has set up shop with the same producing team, star player and writer/director Gareth Huw Evans. Sony Pictures Classics backed the film prior to production. This picks up two hours after the first installment ends.
We have the highly touted Black List screenplay that could very well place itself in the fall festival releases in David O. Russell’s adaptation of American Bullshit – a film we imagine will be much talked about because of its cast (Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Louis C.K.) and the plotline (an FBI sting...
We have the highly touted Black List screenplay that could very well place itself in the fall festival releases in David O. Russell’s adaptation of American Bullshit – a film we imagine will be much talked about because of its cast (Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Louis C.K.) and the plotline (an FBI sting...
- 2/1/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
At some point in the not too distant future, Ryan Reynolds will be facing down hordes of sword-wielding immortals in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Highlander remake. Before he heads to Scotland, however, Reynolds is off to Canada to star in Atom Egoyan's Queen Of The Night.No, it's not an entire film based on a Whitney Houston song or an operatic character. The details are scarce at this point, but the film is apparently a kidnap thriller in which Reynolds will play the father of an abducted child. Don't expect much in the way of clock-ticking revenge action though: Egoyan's films (like Calendar, Exotica, Ararat and Adoration) tend to be more cerebral than that.Egoyan, as usual, has co-written the screenplay, and will produce the indie thriller along with Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss and Stephen Traynor. He's currently still hard at work on The Devil's Knot, his dramatisation of...
- 8/9/2012
- EmpireOnline
Toronto – Ryan Reynolds has joined Queen of the Night, the kidnap thriller from Canadian director Atom Egoyan to shoot in February 2013. Based on a screenplay by Egoyan and David Fraser, the feature from Ego Film Arts and The Film Farm will see Reynolds play the father of an abducted child. Queen of the Night is produced by Egoyan, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss and Stephen Traynor. The film will be distributed in Canada by Entertainment One, which will also handle international sales. In France, Arp Selection will distribute the Canadian indie.
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- 8/8/2012
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ryan Reynolds is set to headline Atom Egoyan's next production, Queen of the Night , says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . He'll play the father of a kidnapped girl. Egoyan, best known for films like The Sweet Hereafter and Chloe , is currently finishing work on his West Memphis Three tale, Devil's Knot . That film stars Reese Witherspoon who is slated to soon team with Reynolds for Big Eyes . Written by Egoyan and David Fraser, Queen of the Night will be produced by Egoyan, Stephen Traynor, Simone Urdl and Jennifer Weiss. Production is slated for early next year. (Photo Credit: C.Smith / WENN.com)...
- 8/8/2012
- Comingsoon.net
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