Picking up on Berlinale Series Market hits, such as “Lost Boys & Fairies,” and teasing some of the big main competition swings at Series Mania – “Apples Never Fall,” “Rematch,” “So Long, Marianne” – the 2024 London TV Screenings are a powerhouse showcase of some of the biggest TV highlights of 2024, plus the trends shaping TV markets.
To help you cut through the slates, here’s Variety’s picks of 20 shows that will whet buyers’ appetites.
“Apples Never Fall” (NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution)
One highlight for NBCU, hosting the first London TV Screenings showcase on Monday Feb. 26 evening, is “The Day of the Jackal,” starring Eddie Redmayne, produced by “Top Boy” showrunner Ronan Bennett and directed by Brian Kirk (“Game of Thrones”). Highest profile, however – given its cast and now status as the biggest swing in Series Mania main competition – may be Peacock limited series “Apples Never Fall,” with Annette Bening as the...
To help you cut through the slates, here’s Variety’s picks of 20 shows that will whet buyers’ appetites.
“Apples Never Fall” (NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution)
One highlight for NBCU, hosting the first London TV Screenings showcase on Monday Feb. 26 evening, is “The Day of the Jackal,” starring Eddie Redmayne, produced by “Top Boy” showrunner Ronan Bennett and directed by Brian Kirk (“Game of Thrones”). Highest profile, however – given its cast and now status as the biggest swing in Series Mania main competition – may be Peacock limited series “Apples Never Fall,” with Annette Bening as the...
- 2/26/2024
- by John Hopewell and Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Comedian Bill Bailey is hosting a new series, Bring The Drama, which aims to give aspiring actors a chance to break into the industry – a network of film and television careers events will also take place around the UK.
Hosted by actor and comedian Bill Bailey (pictured here when he was a contestant on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing), new reality show Bring The Drama will follow eight aspiring actors as they’re mentored over six weeks by casting director Kelly Valentine Hendry. Hendry’s cast shows including Bridgerton, Gangs Of London, Ghosts and Broadchurch.
In each episode of Bring The Drama, aspiring actors will visit the sets of celebrated UK dramas such as Peaky Blinders, EastEnders and Silent Witness, and will recreate scenes with real scripts, cameras and time pressures that professional actors face.
Bailey said in a statement to the BBC that “it has been a delight...
Hosted by actor and comedian Bill Bailey (pictured here when he was a contestant on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing), new reality show Bring The Drama will follow eight aspiring actors as they’re mentored over six weeks by casting director Kelly Valentine Hendry. Hendry’s cast shows including Bridgerton, Gangs Of London, Ghosts and Broadchurch.
In each episode of Bring The Drama, aspiring actors will visit the sets of celebrated UK dramas such as Peaky Blinders, EastEnders and Silent Witness, and will recreate scenes with real scripts, cameras and time pressures that professional actors face.
Bailey said in a statement to the BBC that “it has been a delight...
- 1/18/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
“The Last Kingdom” is ready for its last run.
With the debut of the feature-length film “Seven Kings Must Die” on Netflix on April 14, the epic series is wrapping up, with the fifth and final season having aired on Netflix in March 2022.
The film serves as a fitting send off to the series, which is based on the Bernard Cornwell novel series “The Saxon Stories.” Like the books, the show follows the fictional character Uhtred (played by Alexander Dreymon), a Saxon who was captured and raised by Danish invaders in England in the ninth century A.D. Uhtred is raised to live the life of a viking, but destiny puts him in the employ of the House of Wessex and King Alfred, who seeks to unite the disparate kingdoms into one country called England.
With a basis in real history and top-notch stunts, acting and writing, the show has quietly...
With the debut of the feature-length film “Seven Kings Must Die” on Netflix on April 14, the epic series is wrapping up, with the fifth and final season having aired on Netflix in March 2022.
The film serves as a fitting send off to the series, which is based on the Bernard Cornwell novel series “The Saxon Stories.” Like the books, the show follows the fictional character Uhtred (played by Alexander Dreymon), a Saxon who was captured and raised by Danish invaders in England in the ninth century A.D. Uhtred is raised to live the life of a viking, but destiny puts him in the employ of the House of Wessex and King Alfred, who seeks to unite the disparate kingdoms into one country called England.
With a basis in real history and top-notch stunts, acting and writing, the show has quietly...
- 4/14/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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After a week of pomp, ceremony and royal snootiness courtesy of the latest season of The Crown, the British capital is now about to get showered in blood and guts once again.
The second season of Gangs of London, the super-violent crime series originally created by The Raid writer/director Gareth Evans and produced by Pulse Films and Sister, has arrived on AMC+, grabbing the entrails of the first outing in 2021 and managing to up the eye-watering carnage — and body count — some more.
Ṣọpẹ Dìrísu is back in the lead role as ex-squaddie turned undercover cop Elliot Finch, now forced to work as a hitman for a group of shady billionaires known as The Investors, while many of the (still alive) mob bosses from season 1 return to battle for control of London’s criminal networks.
But there’s a new — terrifying — addition to the mix in Koba,...
After a week of pomp, ceremony and royal snootiness courtesy of the latest season of The Crown, the British capital is now about to get showered in blood and guts once again.
The second season of Gangs of London, the super-violent crime series originally created by The Raid writer/director Gareth Evans and produced by Pulse Films and Sister, has arrived on AMC+, grabbing the entrails of the first outing in 2021 and managing to up the eye-watering carnage — and body count — some more.
Ṣọpẹ Dìrísu is back in the lead role as ex-squaddie turned undercover cop Elliot Finch, now forced to work as a hitman for a group of shady billionaires known as The Investors, while many of the (still alive) mob bosses from season 1 return to battle for control of London’s criminal networks.
But there’s a new — terrifying — addition to the mix in Koba,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Clara Rugaard (I Am Mother) and Kit Harington (Game Of Thrones) are set to star in a new movie about the life and circle of Frankenstein scribe Mary Shelley.
The period film, which will have a contemporary sheen to it, will deal with Mary’s mental struggle to write her seminal novel. Rising Danish actress Rugaard will play Mary Shelley and Harington will be ‘the monster.’
The film’s official synopsis reads: “Mary is seduced by her own inner monster catapulting her into a dangerous, destructive psychological romance. Realising the monster is inextricably linked to her own mental state, her only route to salvation is in bringing him to life”.
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (Coda) will play Mary’s husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Sebastian de Souza (Normal People) will play Byron. Additional casting is underway.
Described by producers as a “high-concept, rock’n’roll take” on the Romantic period, the...
The period film, which will have a contemporary sheen to it, will deal with Mary’s mental struggle to write her seminal novel. Rising Danish actress Rugaard will play Mary Shelley and Harington will be ‘the monster.’
The film’s official synopsis reads: “Mary is seduced by her own inner monster catapulting her into a dangerous, destructive psychological romance. Realising the monster is inextricably linked to her own mental state, her only route to salvation is in bringing him to life”.
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (Coda) will play Mary’s husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Sebastian de Souza (Normal People) will play Byron. Additional casting is underway.
Described by producers as a “high-concept, rock’n’roll take” on the Romantic period, the...
- 5/17/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The ceremony is set to take place on February 22.
Aleem Khan’s After Love, Ben Sharrock’s Limbo and Henry Blake’s County Lines are among the titles nominated for the UK and Ireland’s Casting Directors’ Guild’s (CDG) Casting Awards 2022.
Shaheen Baig has three nominations across two different categories.
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Baig has been shortlisted for best casting in an independent film (under £3m) for her work on Khan’s debut After Love, starring Joanna Scanlan and Nasser Memarzia; and alongside Jonny Boutwood for Billie Piper’s directorial debut Rare Beasts, with a cast including Piper,...
Aleem Khan’s After Love, Ben Sharrock’s Limbo and Henry Blake’s County Lines are among the titles nominated for the UK and Ireland’s Casting Directors’ Guild’s (CDG) Casting Awards 2022.
Shaheen Baig has three nominations across two different categories.
Scroll down for nominees
Baig has been shortlisted for best casting in an independent film (under £3m) for her work on Khan’s debut After Love, starring Joanna Scanlan and Nasser Memarzia; and alongside Jonny Boutwood for Billie Piper’s directorial debut Rare Beasts, with a cast including Piper,...
- 1/18/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Marco Bellocchio Honorary Prize
The 2022 edition of the Visions du Réel film festival in Nyon, Switzerland, will present its Honorary Award to Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio. The Fists In My Pocket and The Traitor director will attend the festival to pick up his prize. He will host a masterclass during the event, while a retrospective of his films will be screened, as well as his new documentary. “Marco Bellocchio exercises impressive liberty and modernity to combine registers of images and genres, moving between fiction and documentary, between the intimate and the collective. We are extremely happy and delighted to pay tribute to an indisputable master of contemporary filmmaking, as well as to a body of work which, from the very first films, has demonstrated dazzling modernity, and is brooding, subversive and audacious, formidably eclectic,” said Emilie Bujès, Artistic Director of Visions du Réel.
The prize will be awarded during the 53rd edition of the fest,...
The 2022 edition of the Visions du Réel film festival in Nyon, Switzerland, will present its Honorary Award to Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio. The Fists In My Pocket and The Traitor director will attend the festival to pick up his prize. He will host a masterclass during the event, while a retrospective of his films will be screened, as well as his new documentary. “Marco Bellocchio exercises impressive liberty and modernity to combine registers of images and genres, moving between fiction and documentary, between the intimate and the collective. We are extremely happy and delighted to pay tribute to an indisputable master of contemporary filmmaking, as well as to a body of work which, from the very first films, has demonstrated dazzling modernity, and is brooding, subversive and audacious, formidably eclectic,” said Emilie Bujès, Artistic Director of Visions du Réel.
The prize will be awarded during the 53rd edition of the fest,...
- 1/17/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Casting Society of America has made the first callbacks for the 37th annual Artios Awards. The group today revealed its nominees for television, theater, short films and shortform series.
Netflix leads with 11 noms, nearly double the haul for runners-up HBO and Hulu, which grabbed six apiece. Disney+ is next with four, followed Amazon Prime Video and Nickelodeon, which scooped three apiece. The winners will be feted during the CSA’s in-person trophy show on March 17 at the Beverly Hilton.
Vying in the Television Series – Drama category are The Boys, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Mandalorian, Pose and This Is Us. Up for the Comedy Series prize are A Black Lady Sketch Show, Call My Agent, Pen15 and three series that wrapped their runs this year: The Kominsky Method, Shrill and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.
The nominees for Television Pilot or First Season – Drama are Bridgerton, Ginny & Georgia, Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason,...
Netflix leads with 11 noms, nearly double the haul for runners-up HBO and Hulu, which grabbed six apiece. Disney+ is next with four, followed Amazon Prime Video and Nickelodeon, which scooped three apiece. The winners will be feted during the CSA’s in-person trophy show on March 17 at the Beverly Hilton.
Vying in the Television Series – Drama category are The Boys, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Mandalorian, Pose and This Is Us. Up for the Comedy Series prize are A Black Lady Sketch Show, Call My Agent, Pen15 and three series that wrapped their runs this year: The Kominsky Method, Shrill and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.
The nominees for Television Pilot or First Season – Drama are Bridgerton, Ginny & Georgia, Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason,...
- 11/22/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“Bridgerton” debuted Christmas Day of 2020 on Netflix and within weeks became the streaming service’s most watched series in history. More than 80 million households tuned in to see the romantic entanglements of the London upper classes during the Victorian era. The drama’s wild popularity has led to Netflix renewing it for three additional seasons.
Based on the series of novels by Julia Quinn, the first season of “Bridgerton” focuses on the titular family, in particular, oldest daughter Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor). Daphne enters the world as a debutante who is favored by Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) and meets Simon (Regé-Jean Page), a duke who refuses to marry. Their turbulent love story is set against the backdrop of the city’s obsession with a scandal-obsessed gossip writer known as Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews), whose identity is revealed to the audience as Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), a warm-hearted but often overlooked young lady.
Based on the series of novels by Julia Quinn, the first season of “Bridgerton” focuses on the titular family, in particular, oldest daughter Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor). Daphne enters the world as a debutante who is favored by Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) and meets Simon (Regé-Jean Page), a duke who refuses to marry. Their turbulent love story is set against the backdrop of the city’s obsession with a scandal-obsessed gossip writer known as Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews), whose identity is revealed to the audience as Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), a warm-hearted but often overlooked young lady.
- 7/5/2021
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
Casting directors wade through hundreds and hundreds of actors sometimes just for one role, and it’s safe to say they’ve seen it all when it comes to thespians trying to stand out from the crowd and land the part. When asked to share some do’s and don’ts for auditioning actors during Gold Derby’s Meet the Btl Experts: TV Casting Directors panel (watch above), Julie Harkin (“I May Destroy You” and “Industry”) had one key one. “Don’t get naked. I’ve had some self-tapes recently with people with their tops off. Don’t do that!” she exclaims.
As for what you should do, “just be natural,” she advises, with which our other panelists Kelly Valentine Hendry (“Bridgerton”), Victoria Thomas (“The Mosquito Coast”), Theo Park (“Ted Lasso”) and Michael V. Nicolo (“Young Rock”) all agreed. “I’m a big champion of being yourself and being who...
As for what you should do, “just be natural,” she advises, with which our other panelists Kelly Valentine Hendry (“Bridgerton”), Victoria Thomas (“The Mosquito Coast”), Theo Park (“Ted Lasso”) and Michael V. Nicolo (“Young Rock”) all agreed. “I’m a big champion of being yourself and being who...
- 5/28/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
When you know, you know — and casting director Kelly Valentine Hendry certainly did when Rege-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor read together for the roles of Simon, Duke of Hastings and Daphne Bridgerton, respectively, on Netflix’s Regency-era hit “Bridgerton.”
“We never went, ‘That’s the person, that’s the person’ for those roles because Rege, truthfully, wasn’t available until right at the end [when] he became a possibility. And when he read with her in L.A., that was the first time Simon and Daphne came alive,” Hendry tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: TV Casting Directors panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And that was it. It was done. So all of those months leading up to it, we weren’t quite sure about people. You couldn’t quite put your finger on what it was … and then those two did what you guys have seen onscreen and it’s like,...
“We never went, ‘That’s the person, that’s the person’ for those roles because Rege, truthfully, wasn’t available until right at the end [when] he became a possibility. And when he read with her in L.A., that was the first time Simon and Daphne came alive,” Hendry tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: TV Casting Directors panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And that was it. It was done. So all of those months leading up to it, we weren’t quite sure about people. You couldn’t quite put your finger on what it was … and then those two did what you guys have seen onscreen and it’s like,...
- 5/28/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Five top TV casting directors will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Friday, May 21, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Joyce Eng and a group chat with Joyce and all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“Bridgerton”: Kelly Valentine Hendry
Hendry’s career has included “Brave New World,” “Grantchester,” “Episodes” and “Broadchurch.”
“I May Destroy You...
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“Bridgerton”: Kelly Valentine Hendry
Hendry’s career has included “Brave New World,” “Grantchester,” “Episodes” and “Broadchurch.”
“I May Destroy You...
- 5/13/2021
- by Chris Beachum and Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Johnny Flynn-fronted heist musical “The Score” has wrapped production in the U.K., joining a handful of films that have started and completed filming during the pandemic.
The directorial debut of U.K. filmmaker Malachi Smyth finished production on Friday (Oct. 2) after two months of filming between Luton Hoo and the Royal Gunpowder Mills in England. The feature joins the ranks of Akshay Kumar’s “Bellbottom,” which also shot in its entirety during the pandemic.
The film, which is sold internationally by WestEnd Films, technically started production on March 16, but shot for just one day before being forced to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filming resumed on Aug. 31.
“From March until Aug. 31, that whole time was spent monitoring the Covid-19 situation, figuring out how to go back to work, figuring out the insurance situation, making sure cast and agents were comfortable, and plotting what a return to...
The directorial debut of U.K. filmmaker Malachi Smyth finished production on Friday (Oct. 2) after two months of filming between Luton Hoo and the Royal Gunpowder Mills in England. The feature joins the ranks of Akshay Kumar’s “Bellbottom,” which also shot in its entirety during the pandemic.
The film, which is sold internationally by WestEnd Films, technically started production on March 16, but shot for just one day before being forced to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filming resumed on Aug. 31.
“From March until Aug. 31, that whole time was spent monitoring the Covid-19 situation, figuring out how to go back to work, figuring out the insurance situation, making sure cast and agents were comfortable, and plotting what a return to...
- 10/5/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Open casting search underway to fill one further key role.
Ralph Ineson, Brian Vernel and Lorn Macdonald have joined dark family thriller Kill from UK production company Synchronicity Films.
It marks the debut directorial feature of Rodger Griffiths and will be co-produced by Mr B Films. Glasgow-based Synchronicity said it would be its first project to go into production once Covid-19 lockdown measures are lifted.
The story centres on three brothers and their violent father (Ineson), who live in a remote forest. The brothers attempt to kill their father while on a hunting expedition but this begins a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
Ralph Ineson, Brian Vernel and Lorn Macdonald have joined dark family thriller Kill from UK production company Synchronicity Films.
It marks the debut directorial feature of Rodger Griffiths and will be co-produced by Mr B Films. Glasgow-based Synchronicity said it would be its first project to go into production once Covid-19 lockdown measures are lifted.
The story centres on three brothers and their violent father (Ineson), who live in a remote forest. The brothers attempt to kill their father while on a hunting expedition but this begins a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
- 6/16/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
World sales agency WestEnd Films has boarded “The Score,” a heist musical starring Johnny Flynn, Will Poulter (“The Revenant”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”) and Antonia Thomas (Netflix’s “Lovesick”), from one of the producers of Beatles music themed hit “Yesterday,” which grossed $154 million worldwide.
“The Score” combines a heist thriller suspense with offbeat romance. Two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission – the “score” – that they both expect will transform their circumstances. At a roadside café, as they wait for the handover, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to question his life choices. But it may be too late to change because, unbeknownst to him, Mike has brought him here to kill him.
“The Score” is written and directed by Malachi Smyth (“Gateway 6”), and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films, and Ben Pullen of...
“The Score” combines a heist thriller suspense with offbeat romance. Two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission – the “score” – that they both expect will transform their circumstances. At a roadside café, as they wait for the handover, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to question his life choices. But it may be too late to change because, unbeknownst to him, Mike has brought him here to kill him.
“The Score” is written and directed by Malachi Smyth (“Gateway 6”), and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films, and Ben Pullen of...
- 2/21/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
’Yesterday’ producer Matthew James Wilkinson producing; Malachi Smyth directing.
Beast star Johnny Flynn will lead the cast of The Score, a UK heist musical that will also feature Flynn’s own music.
Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker), both former Screen Stars of Tomorrow from 2017 (as was Flynn back in 2005), have also been cast as has Antonia Thomas (Sunshine On Leith).
The film is a musical take on a doomed love story - two small time crooks drive to a secluded cafe for a big ‘score’. While Troy (Swindells) falls for the waitress...
Beast star Johnny Flynn will lead the cast of The Score, a UK heist musical that will also feature Flynn’s own music.
Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker), both former Screen Stars of Tomorrow from 2017 (as was Flynn back in 2005), have also been cast as has Antonia Thomas (Sunshine On Leith).
The film is a musical take on a doomed love story - two small time crooks drive to a secluded cafe for a big ‘score’. While Troy (Swindells) falls for the waitress...
- 5/18/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! UnforgottenNicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar return for series four of cold-case drama Unforgotten. The show returned for a well-received third series this summer, following Bhaskar and Walker as mismatched London detectives investigating historical disappearances. Series four is set to film on location across England in late 2019 and early 2020, with casting directors Victor Jenkins, Kelly Valentine Hendry, and Vicki Thomson. HarlotsHulu have confirmed that racy historical drama Harlots is returning for a third instalment, exploring the lives of a cast of high-class prostitutes in 18th century London, based on real testimonies. Oscar-nominated Lesley Manville is returning as madam and matriarch Lydia Quigley; Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown-Findlay is returning as Charlotte Wells, and Liv Tyler...
- 10/8/2018
- backstage.com
Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! “Fleabag”Series 2 of the critically acclaimed BBC Three dry comedy “Fleabag” is gearing up to film later this summer. Written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the second installment builds on the story of a young woman trying to cope with life in London and coming to terms with the death of a best friend. The shoot will be in August and last seven weeks. The second installment is likely to see a return of casting team Kelly Valentine Hendry, Alex Irwin, and Victor Jenkins. “Toff Guys”Guy Ritchie returns with a gangster flick with a difference. The story follows a British drug lord trying to sell his business to a family of billionaires from Oklahoma,...
- 7/16/2018
- backstage.com
While the Oscars have yet to make room for casting directors — a pivotal part of the Best Picture equation — the oversight isn't stopping the Casting Society of America from readying its third decade of picking up the Academy's slack. Csa announced Monday morning that the 30th Annual Artios Awards will honor Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director Rob Marshall and Emmy Award-winning casting director Ellen Lewis for their individual work in the world of casting. The news arrives with nominations in categories of television, theater, new media and short film, and on the heels of the ceremony's move from November to Jan. 22, the thick of the awards season. Feature film nominations will be announced closer to the show date. Marshall, whose adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" bows Dec. 25, will receive the New York Apple Award, "recognizing individuals who have made special contributions to the New York entertainment...
- 9/22/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
Kenneth Branagh is set to direct Guernsey, a film adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows’s best-selling novel, the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Kate Winslet will star as writer Juliet Ashton, who penned columns for a magazine during World War II. After the war, she is contacted by Channel Islander Dawsey Adams and, as their correspondence continues, the story unfolds of how a book society was established on Nazi-occupied Guernsey to fool curfew patrols.
Open auditions are being held to find a girl from Guernsey to play the part of Kit, who is aged between four and six, the adopted child of Juliet Ashton (Kate Winslet).
Casting Brief
Kit: 4 years old - would consider casting a 6 year old as a 4 year old if she could play down. It's important that she is believably that age. A rural, intelligent young girl. A chatter box. Hugely infectious.
Kate Winslet will star as writer Juliet Ashton, who penned columns for a magazine during World War II. After the war, she is contacted by Channel Islander Dawsey Adams and, as their correspondence continues, the story unfolds of how a book society was established on Nazi-occupied Guernsey to fool curfew patrols.
Open auditions are being held to find a girl from Guernsey to play the part of Kit, who is aged between four and six, the adopted child of Juliet Ashton (Kate Winslet).
Casting Brief
Kit: 4 years old - would consider casting a 6 year old as a 4 year old if she could play down. It's important that she is believably that age. A rural, intelligent young girl. A chatter box. Hugely infectious.
- 1/25/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Head over to twitter.com/TwistTheMovie and hashtag your video #faginsgang DescriptionHOW Do I Audition?
Via Twitter. Submit videos to us on our Twitter page: @twistthemovie using the hashtag #faginsgang. The videos must show you performing Parkour or any transferable skill or discipline (eg skateboarding, bike Parkour, breakdancing, gymnastics etc) and please introduce yourself (we need to see your charisma and your face).
Who Are We Looking For?
In this Casting Call we, the Producers of the film, are looking for actors who are also practitioners of Parkour and freerunning (or skateboarding, breakdancing etc), 16-24, male and female, to star as Fagin’s gang:
Oliver
Oliver is 17, an orphan who has learned to live off his wits, as well as his speed, there’s not many who can catch him. When he meets the gang and starts to learn Parkour just as fast, he’s going to become an invaluable asset to Fagin.
Via Twitter. Submit videos to us on our Twitter page: @twistthemovie using the hashtag #faginsgang. The videos must show you performing Parkour or any transferable skill or discipline (eg skateboarding, bike Parkour, breakdancing, gymnastics etc) and please introduce yourself (we need to see your charisma and your face).
Who Are We Looking For?
In this Casting Call we, the Producers of the film, are looking for actors who are also practitioners of Parkour and freerunning (or skateboarding, breakdancing etc), 16-24, male and female, to star as Fagin’s gang:
Oliver
Oliver is 17, an orphan who has learned to live off his wits, as well as his speed, there’s not many who can catch him. When he meets the gang and starts to learn Parkour just as fast, he’s going to become an invaluable asset to Fagin.
- 10/30/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
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