Exclusive: British writer, director, and producer Alex Marx will make his feature debut with The Queen of Fashion, a long-gestating biopic of fashion editor, stylist, and iconoclast Isabella Blow, with Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough set to produce and play the lead role.
The Queen of Fashion details the ups and downs of Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures like Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, and Sophie Dahl, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. The project will be sold in Cannes by Rocket Science for international, with CAA Media Finance arranging financing for the film and handling domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Blow alongside a robust supporting cast featuring Emilia Clarke as Daphne Guinness, Richard E. Grant as Blow’s father Evelyn Delves Broughton, Fionn O’Shea as Philip Treacy, and Hayley Atwell as Alexandra Schulman. Verity Naughton CDG continues casting key roles,...
The Queen of Fashion details the ups and downs of Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures like Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, and Sophie Dahl, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. The project will be sold in Cannes by Rocket Science for international, with CAA Media Finance arranging financing for the film and handling domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Blow alongside a robust supporting cast featuring Emilia Clarke as Daphne Guinness, Richard E. Grant as Blow’s father Evelyn Delves Broughton, Fionn O’Shea as Philip Treacy, and Hayley Atwell as Alexandra Schulman. Verity Naughton CDG continues casting key roles,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
May December director Todd Haynes said of first reading Samy Burch’s script, “I loved how disquieting it was for the reader and thought, ‘Wow, if there was a way to convey this on screen and ignite that sense of engaged questioning and uncertainty’… It reminded me of the kind of movies that I came of age watching. It made you question your assumptions going in, made you want to discuss them and think about them later.” Haynes was speaking at Deadline’s Contenders London event this afternoon.
Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, the film picks up 20 years after an affair between Gracie (Moore), an adult woman and a much – much – younger man (Melton) made tabloid headlines. In the present day, famous TV star Elizabeth (Portman) visits the now-married couple while researching a film that will be based on the old scandal.
Burch said she was inspired...
Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, the film picks up 20 years after an affair between Gracie (Moore), an adult woman and a much – much – younger man (Melton) made tabloid headlines. In the present day, famous TV star Elizabeth (Portman) visits the now-married couple while researching a film that will be based on the old scandal.
Burch said she was inspired...
- 10/7/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Todd Haynes’ May December will open the New York Film Festival on Friday, but Netflix is giving an intriguing sneak peek via the first official trailer for the film that was the talk of Cannes this year.
Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, the film picks up 20 years after an affair between an adult woman (Moore) and a much (much) younger man (Melton) – think Mary Kay Letourneau – made tabloid headlines. In the present day, famous TV star Elizabeth (Portman) visits the now-married couple while researching a film that will be based on the old scandal.
As the official logline puts it, “as Elizabeth attempts to get closer to the family, the uncomfortable facts of their scandal unfurl, causing difficult, long-dormant emotions to resurface.”
Directed by Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch and story by Burch and Alex Mechanik, the film had its world premiere in Cannes, with...
Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, the film picks up 20 years after an affair between an adult woman (Moore) and a much (much) younger man (Melton) – think Mary Kay Letourneau – made tabloid headlines. In the present day, famous TV star Elizabeth (Portman) visits the now-married couple while researching a film that will be based on the old scandal.
As the official logline puts it, “as Elizabeth attempts to get closer to the family, the uncomfortable facts of their scandal unfurl, causing difficult, long-dormant emotions to resurface.”
Directed by Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch and story by Burch and Alex Mechanik, the film had its world premiere in Cannes, with...
- 9/26/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
What’s better than a May-December romance? One with a salacious national scandal attached to it.
Todd Haynes’s 10th feature film “May December” stars Julianne Moore as a predatory woman who seduced an adolescent boy two decades prior; now, Natalie Portman is bringing her story to the big screen, causing personal mayhem for Moore’s secluded suburban lifestyle.
“May December” is set 20 years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, [as] a married couple (Moore and Charles Melton) buckles under the pressure when actress Elizabeth Berry (Portman) arrives to do research for a film about their past. Meanwhile, Joe, having never fully processed what happened in his youth, starts to confront the reality of life as an empty-nester at 36.
The cast is rounded out by Piper Curda, Elizabeth Yu, and Gabriel Chung, who play Moore and Melton’s onscreen children.
“May December” premiered at Cannes and will open the...
Todd Haynes’s 10th feature film “May December” stars Julianne Moore as a predatory woman who seduced an adolescent boy two decades prior; now, Natalie Portman is bringing her story to the big screen, causing personal mayhem for Moore’s secluded suburban lifestyle.
“May December” is set 20 years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, [as] a married couple (Moore and Charles Melton) buckles under the pressure when actress Elizabeth Berry (Portman) arrives to do research for a film about their past. Meanwhile, Joe, having never fully processed what happened in his youth, starts to confront the reality of life as an empty-nester at 36.
The cast is rounded out by Piper Curda, Elizabeth Yu, and Gabriel Chung, who play Moore and Melton’s onscreen children.
“May December” premiered at Cannes and will open the...
- 9/26/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Variety has a first look at the anticipated Cannes Film Festival competition premiere “May December,” led by Oscar-winning heavyweights Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman and directed by Todd Haynes.
The title, which is also for sale out of this year’s Marché du Film, represents a “Far From Heaven” reunion for Moore and Haynes and a significant breakout opportunity for “Riverdale” heartthrob Charles Melton.
Moore and Melton star as married couple whose 20-year relationship inspired a national tabloid obsession at its offset. Now preparing to send their grown children off to college – as Melton reconciles with empty nest syndrome in his mid-30s – an actress (Portman) embeds with the family to study them for an upcoming film where she’ll play Moore. The couple buckles under the pressure as Portman probes as deeply as she can for an honest performance.
Piper Curda, Elizabeth Yu, and Gabriel Chung round out the...
The title, which is also for sale out of this year’s Marché du Film, represents a “Far From Heaven” reunion for Moore and Haynes and a significant breakout opportunity for “Riverdale” heartthrob Charles Melton.
Moore and Melton star as married couple whose 20-year relationship inspired a national tabloid obsession at its offset. Now preparing to send their grown children off to college – as Melton reconciles with empty nest syndrome in his mid-30s – an actress (Portman) embeds with the family to study them for an upcoming film where she’ll play Moore. The couple buckles under the pressure as Portman probes as deeply as she can for an honest performance.
Piper Curda, Elizabeth Yu, and Gabriel Chung round out the...
- 5/1/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
New Delhi, Jan 26 (Ians) England all-rounder Nat Sciver’s consistency across all three formats has seen her win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for Icc Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2022. She becomes the third England player to win the honour after Charlotte Edwards (2008) and Claire Taylor (2009).
The three other nominees for the award were India’s left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana, who had won the award in 2021 and 2018, apart from New Zealand’s leg-spin all-rounder Amelia Kerr and Australia’s left-handed opener Beth Mooney.
In total, Nat, the seam-bowling all-rounder, hit 1346 runs and took 22 wickets in 33 matches across all formats in the year, captaining England for much of her side’s home summer as captain Heather Knight was out due to a hip injury which needed surgery. Earlier, in the day, she had won Icc Women’s Odi Player of the Year award for 2022.
“I’ve been really happy with my form this year.
The three other nominees for the award were India’s left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana, who had won the award in 2021 and 2018, apart from New Zealand’s leg-spin all-rounder Amelia Kerr and Australia’s left-handed opener Beth Mooney.
In total, Nat, the seam-bowling all-rounder, hit 1346 runs and took 22 wickets in 33 matches across all formats in the year, captaining England for much of her side’s home summer as captain Heather Knight was out due to a hip injury which needed surgery. Earlier, in the day, she had won Icc Women’s Odi Player of the Year award for 2022.
“I’ve been really happy with my form this year.
- 1/26/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Vancouver-based film and television production company Brightlight Pictures has partnered with Level Film and Rocket Science on feature “Precious Cargo,” based on author Craig Davidson’s memoir, “Precious Cargo, My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077.” This marks the first time Brightlight Pictures has teamed up with Rocket Science, said Brightlight producer Emily Alden and executive producer and Brightlight founder Shawn Williamson.
Now in development with a script adapted by Devon Bain and production slated to begin in the fall, “Precious Cargo” delves into Davidson’s part-time experience as a bus driver for special needs children prior to his success as an author with “Rust and Bone.”
Describing how the project came to them, Alden said that Canadian distribution company Level Film had optioned the film and been looking for a partner. “We came on board and negotiated a deal with Rocket Science to help package it and...
Now in development with a script adapted by Devon Bain and production slated to begin in the fall, “Precious Cargo” delves into Davidson’s part-time experience as a bus driver for special needs children prior to his success as an author with “Rust and Bone.”
Describing how the project came to them, Alden said that Canadian distribution company Level Film had optioned the film and been looking for a partner. “We came on board and negotiated a deal with Rocket Science to help package it and...
- 11/3/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Vertigo Releasing has acquired Canadian auteur David Cronenberg’s body-horror film “Crimes of the Future” for U.K. and Ireland distribution.
The film stars Oscar nominees Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”) and Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) and Palme d’Or winner Léa Seydoux (“No Time To Die”).
The film, which bowed in competition at Cannes earlier this year, explores the human species adapting to a synthetic environment where the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. It follows celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser (Mortensen) who with his partner Caprice (Seydoux) publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed.
Reviewing the film for Variety, critic Owen Gleiberman wrote: “David Cronenberg is out to provoke and disturb us with something far more traumatic than mere monsters.”
Vertigo Releasing acquired the rights from Rocket Science,...
The film stars Oscar nominees Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”) and Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) and Palme d’Or winner Léa Seydoux (“No Time To Die”).
The film, which bowed in competition at Cannes earlier this year, explores the human species adapting to a synthetic environment where the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. It follows celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser (Mortensen) who with his partner Caprice (Seydoux) publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed.
Reviewing the film for Variety, critic Owen Gleiberman wrote: “David Cronenberg is out to provoke and disturb us with something far more traumatic than mere monsters.”
Vertigo Releasing acquired the rights from Rocket Science,...
- 7/7/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
IFC Midnight and Shudder have closed a multi-territory deal for “She Will,” a psychological horror directed by artist and filmmaker Charlotte Colbert.
The film is a gothic fairy tale about Veronica Ghent who after a double mastectomy, goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland with her young nurse Desi. There, she discovers that the process of such surgery opens up questions about her very existence, leading her to start to question and confront past traumas. The two develop an unlikely bond as mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.
“She Will” has been a hit on the festival circuit. It won the Golden Leopard for Best First Film at Locarno Film Festival and was in the official selection at the London Film Festival, Sitges, Fantastic Fest and Thessaloniki.
“She Will” stars Alice Krige (“Sleepwalkers”), Kota Eberhardt (“Dark Phoenix”), Rupert Everett (“My Best Friend’s Wedding...
The film is a gothic fairy tale about Veronica Ghent who after a double mastectomy, goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland with her young nurse Desi. There, she discovers that the process of such surgery opens up questions about her very existence, leading her to start to question and confront past traumas. The two develop an unlikely bond as mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.
“She Will” has been a hit on the festival circuit. It won the Golden Leopard for Best First Film at Locarno Film Festival and was in the official selection at the London Film Festival, Sitges, Fantastic Fest and Thessaloniki.
“She Will” stars Alice Krige (“Sleepwalkers”), Kota Eberhardt (“Dark Phoenix”), Rupert Everett (“My Best Friend’s Wedding...
- 2/7/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Most U.K. sales agents sent slimmed-down teams — or none at all — to Cannes this year, but Rocket Science CEO Thorsten Schumacher had no qualms about getting back to business as usual on the Croisette.
Rocket Science has two films in the festival: Sean Penn-directed competition title “Flag Day” and Eva Husson’s “Mothering Sunday,” starring Josh O’Connor and Odessa Young. The sales firm is also shopping one of the buzziest titles at the Pre-Cannes Screenings: Todd Haynes’ “May December.”
“As a business decision, it obviously would have been easier and cheaper to do it on Zoom, but I thought it was [important] for us as a company to project that we’re at the forefront of reopening that door and going back out and supporting the festival,” says Schumacher, a former managing director of HanWay Films. He brought a large team down to Cannes, where the shingle is again...
Rocket Science has two films in the festival: Sean Penn-directed competition title “Flag Day” and Eva Husson’s “Mothering Sunday,” starring Josh O’Connor and Odessa Young. The sales firm is also shopping one of the buzziest titles at the Pre-Cannes Screenings: Todd Haynes’ “May December.”
“As a business decision, it obviously would have been easier and cheaper to do it on Zoom, but I thought it was [important] for us as a company to project that we’re at the forefront of reopening that door and going back out and supporting the festival,” says Schumacher, a former managing director of HanWay Films. He brought a large team down to Cannes, where the shingle is again...
- 7/10/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
However a slimmed-down US and UK industry presence in general.
All the US buyers who typically look to acquire films in Official Selection are out in force at Cannes this year, despite a slimmed-down US presence overall due to a confluence of pandemic travel concerns, July Fourth holiday, and the recent virtual market.
IFC president Arianna Bocco, who has Benedetta, Bergman Island and Paris 13th District in Competition, is attending, as are Tom Quinn and a small entourage from Neon, who have Memoria and Titane in Competition and The Year Of The Everlasting Storm in Special Screenings.
Michael Barker from...
All the US buyers who typically look to acquire films in Official Selection are out in force at Cannes this year, despite a slimmed-down US presence overall due to a confluence of pandemic travel concerns, July Fourth holiday, and the recent virtual market.
IFC president Arianna Bocco, who has Benedetta, Bergman Island and Paris 13th District in Competition, is attending, as are Tom Quinn and a small entourage from Neon, who have Memoria and Titane in Competition and The Year Of The Everlasting Storm in Special Screenings.
Michael Barker from...
- 7/6/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Dubai, Feb 2 (Ians) The International Cricket Council (Icc) on Tuesday announced the nominees for the inaugural Icc Player of the Month Awards, in which India's Rishabh Pant and England's Joe Root have found a place in the men's category.
Pant played two Tests against Australia where he scored a 97 at Sydney to ensure a draw before an unbeaten 89 at Brisbane that led India to a historic Border-Gavaskar series win.
Root, on the other hand, played two Tests against Sri Lanka, where he scored a 228 and 186 and led his team to a 2-0 Test series victory. The third nominee in the category, Ireland's Paul Stirling played two ODIs against UAE and three ODIs against Afghanistan, where he scored three centuries.
Meanwhile, Diana Baig of Pakistan, South Africa's Shabnim Ismail and her compatriot all-rounder Marizanne Kapp have found a place in the women's category. Baig played three ODIs and two T20Is against South Africa,...
Pant played two Tests against Australia where he scored a 97 at Sydney to ensure a draw before an unbeaten 89 at Brisbane that led India to a historic Border-Gavaskar series win.
Root, on the other hand, played two Tests against Sri Lanka, where he scored a 228 and 186 and led his team to a 2-0 Test series victory. The third nominee in the category, Ireland's Paul Stirling played two ODIs against UAE and three ODIs against Afghanistan, where he scored three centuries.
Meanwhile, Diana Baig of Pakistan, South Africa's Shabnim Ismail and her compatriot all-rounder Marizanne Kapp have found a place in the women's category. Baig played three ODIs and two T20Is against South Africa,...
- 2/2/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Hey, "NCIS: Los Angeles" fans. We hope you guys are having a fantastic weekend. We are indeed back with a brand new spoiler article for you. This one is for the next, new episode 5 that's due out next week. Thanks to the wonderful CBS folks, we were able to get our hands on a couple of teaser descriptions for episode 5 via their new, episode 5 press release. So, we will definitely be referencing it for this spoiler session. To get things started, episode 5 has been given an official title. The producers are calling it, "Provenance." It sounds like episode 5 will feature some action-filled, very scandalous and interesting scenes. In this new episode 5, a very valuable painting is going to get stolen. This particular painting is so friggin valuable that it's worth a whopping $40 million dollars! That's right, guys. This painting is no joke. What's worse is there will be some...
- 10/20/2019
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
HanWay appoints head of sales and head of distribution and marketing.
Blue chip UK sales outfit HanWay Films has appointed a new head of sales and head of distribution and marketing amid a company shake-up.
In a new role sitting atop of the company’s sales division, former Fortissimo executive Nicole Mackey has been appointed head of sales.
Mackey will oversee the company’s revered theatrical sales business, and will work hand in hand with boutique label HanWay Select.
Anna Chettle has been promoted to senior sales manager.
In a new role, former Warner Bros. UK executive Tom Grievson has been hired as head of distribution and marketing. In the same department, Simone Talfourd has been promoted to senior marketing manager.
Grievson will look to develop HanWay’s brand strategy and explore “‘direct to consumer’ distribution opportunities”.
Mackey previously spent 12 years at Fortissimo Films, prior to which she worked at Capitol, Signpost and Lolafilms...
Blue chip UK sales outfit HanWay Films has appointed a new head of sales and head of distribution and marketing amid a company shake-up.
In a new role sitting atop of the company’s sales division, former Fortissimo executive Nicole Mackey has been appointed head of sales.
Mackey will oversee the company’s revered theatrical sales business, and will work hand in hand with boutique label HanWay Select.
Anna Chettle has been promoted to senior sales manager.
In a new role, former Warner Bros. UK executive Tom Grievson has been hired as head of distribution and marketing. In the same department, Simone Talfourd has been promoted to senior marketing manager.
Grievson will look to develop HanWay’s brand strategy and explore “‘direct to consumer’ distribution opportunities”.
Mackey previously spent 12 years at Fortissimo Films, prior to which she worked at Capitol, Signpost and Lolafilms...
- 12/20/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: First interview with new seller about company ambitions.
Despite concerns over a punishing exchange rate following the Brexit vote, thirty-eight UK sales companies will exhibit at this year’s Afm, the highest number since at least 2009.
Few come with as much intrigue as newly minted Rocket Science, the London-based operation launched last month by former HanWay Films MD Thorsten Schumacher, who worked at Jeremy Thomas’ blue chip sales company for 13 years.
Rocket Science’s impressive debut market slate includes Saoirse Ronan drama On Chesil Beach from Number 9 Films, Nick Hornby adaptation Juliet, Naked with Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd in talks to star, and David Lowery’s crime caper Old Man And The Gun set to star Robert Redford and Casey Affleck.
The company is backed by a consortium of undisclosed investors across Europe, the Middle East and Asia and plans to expand to Los Angeles next year with the aim of growing...
Despite concerns over a punishing exchange rate following the Brexit vote, thirty-eight UK sales companies will exhibit at this year’s Afm, the highest number since at least 2009.
Few come with as much intrigue as newly minted Rocket Science, the London-based operation launched last month by former HanWay Films MD Thorsten Schumacher, who worked at Jeremy Thomas’ blue chip sales company for 13 years.
Rocket Science’s impressive debut market slate includes Saoirse Ronan drama On Chesil Beach from Number 9 Films, Nick Hornby adaptation Juliet, Naked with Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd in talks to star, and David Lowery’s crime caper Old Man And The Gun set to star Robert Redford and Casey Affleck.
The company is backed by a consortium of undisclosed investors across Europe, the Middle East and Asia and plans to expand to Los Angeles next year with the aim of growing...
- 11/2/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Chicago – After snagging the Best Actor prize at the 68th Venice Film Festival, Michael Fassbender’s acclaimed performance in Steve McQueen’s drama, “Shame,” will be able to premiere on American screens in the near future. On Sept. 9, Fox Searchlight Pictures presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced that their studio had acquired U.S. rights to the film, while HanWay Films will handle international sales.
“Shame” marks the second intimate collaboration between McQueen and Fassbender, who each earned raves for 2008’s “Hunger,” a galvanizing look at the last days of Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. Whereas “Hunger” required Fassbender to drop a great deal of pounds, “Shame” entailed an entirely different but equally extreme level of physical commitment from the actor.
He plays a Brandon, a New Yorker whose sexual addiction causes him to live an isolated existence until a visit from his sister (Carey Mulligan) reawakens demons from his past.
“Shame” marks the second intimate collaboration between McQueen and Fassbender, who each earned raves for 2008’s “Hunger,” a galvanizing look at the last days of Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. Whereas “Hunger” required Fassbender to drop a great deal of pounds, “Shame” entailed an entirely different but equally extreme level of physical commitment from the actor.
He plays a Brandon, a New Yorker whose sexual addiction causes him to live an isolated existence until a visit from his sister (Carey Mulligan) reawakens demons from his past.
- 9/12/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In what might be my favorite news of the entire week, Deadline tells us that Fox Searchlight has picked up Steve McQueen‘s Shame for American distribution. Just hearing that it’s been acquired is good enough, but it means more in this case — after all, we were all questioning just a few days ago who would take on a film that has such graphic content.
Said content includes full-frontal nudity from Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, in addition to uncompromising sex scenes featuring the former. McQueen won’t remove a single frame from his film; he should — by no means whatsoever — be required to do so, but this insistence was causing a problem when it came to real distribution in the U.S. No signs point to Searchlight cutting it, which means that the release of it is going to be quite limited. Ironically enough, the bid came down...
Said content includes full-frontal nudity from Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, in addition to uncompromising sex scenes featuring the former. McQueen won’t remove a single frame from his film; he should — by no means whatsoever — be required to do so, but this insistence was causing a problem when it came to real distribution in the U.S. No signs point to Searchlight cutting it, which means that the release of it is going to be quite limited. Ironically enough, the bid came down...
- 9/10/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
One of the biggest critical hits at the Venice Film Festival was Shame, in which Hunger director Steve McQueen once again works with actor Michael Fassbender to tell a story of a man who doesn't quite have control over his sexual urges. I've edged away from full reviews, but reports peg it as both gruesome (for one scene) and quite sexually explcit, with full frontal displays from Fassbender and co-star Carey Mulligan. (THR [1] mentioned "male and female full-frontal nudity, graphic depictions of straight/gay/threeway sex, masturbation, urination and a gruesome [redacted to avoid spoilers].") Scanning reviews paints Shame as a venue for a very effective performance from Michael Fassbender, if nothing else. And as McQueen has refused to cut the film, it is also one which will go out as an Nc-17. So it has been the subject of debate for the past week -- who'll pick this one up? As it turns out,...
- 9/10/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
hollywoodnews.com:Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired U. S. rights to the intimate and provocative drama Shame. The film is directed by Steve McQueen, written by McQueen and Abi Morgan and stars Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan. Shame is a See-Saw Films production for Film4 and U.K. Film Council and produced by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman. Tessa Ross, Robert Walak, Peter Hampden and Tim Haslam are executive producers with Bergen Swanson as co-producer. HanWay Films is handling international sales. The film is scheduled to be released in 2011.
“Steve McQueen’s courageous exploration of modern life’s extremes is breathtaking. He has crafted an extraordinary film that probes some of the deepest and darkest issues ever portrayed on screen with amazingly gifted performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan,” said Gilula and Utley.
“Fox Searchlight contacted us immediately...
“Steve McQueen’s courageous exploration of modern life’s extremes is breathtaking. He has crafted an extraordinary film that probes some of the deepest and darkest issues ever portrayed on screen with amazingly gifted performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan,” said Gilula and Utley.
“Fox Searchlight contacted us immediately...
- 9/9/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Fox Searchlight has picked up Steve McQueen's Nc-17 drama Shame. Deadline reports that this is one of the first deals made during this years Toronto Film Festival. Both Searchlight and The Weinstein Company were involved in bidding on this film that is said to be a powerful performance by Michael Fassbender, who plays "a New Yorker unable to manage his sex life when his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves in to his apartment, and his world spirals out of control."
This is great news for this controversial film, which "is unabashedly Nc-17, features graphic sex scenes and nudity, and McQueen has final cut and will not change a frame." The deal also will call for a late-year release and Best Actor campaign for Fassbender; Searchlight will already be waging a campaign in the same category for George Clooney in the Alexander Payne-directed The Descendants.
For more information...
This is great news for this controversial film, which "is unabashedly Nc-17, features graphic sex scenes and nudity, and McQueen has final cut and will not change a frame." The deal also will call for a late-year release and Best Actor campaign for Fassbender; Searchlight will already be waging a campaign in the same category for George Clooney in the Alexander Payne-directed The Descendants.
For more information...
- 9/9/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
CSI: NY has decided to tackle 9/11 when it returns for its season 8 premiere. With the tenth anniversary approaching this year, the show wanted to do a tribute that producer Zachary Reite told TV Guide is "simple and respectful, and I think we accomplished that."
At the end of the seventh season, Mac (Gary Sinise) vowed to take time off from the lab. When the show opens, Mac will be working with his friend, retired fire chief Joe Vincent. Robert Forster will be making a guest appearance as Joe Vincent and the two characters will be working on a memorial project together, since Joe lost his son on 9/11, while Mac lost his wife.
Jaime Ray Newman will be making a guest appearance as Mac's deceased wife, Claire Taylor. The episode will take place in the present, where Mac is unveiling the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, and in flashbacks, where each member...
At the end of the seventh season, Mac (Gary Sinise) vowed to take time off from the lab. When the show opens, Mac will be working with his friend, retired fire chief Joe Vincent. Robert Forster will be making a guest appearance as Joe Vincent and the two characters will be working on a memorial project together, since Joe lost his son on 9/11, while Mac lost his wife.
Jaime Ray Newman will be making a guest appearance as Mac's deceased wife, Claire Taylor. The episode will take place in the present, where Mac is unveiling the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, and in flashbacks, where each member...
- 8/26/2011
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
After seven seasons of CSI: NY, viewers will finally meet Mrs. Mac Taylor.
Check out photos of the CSI: NY cast
Former General Hospital and Eastwick star Jaime Ray Newman has been tapped to play Claire Taylor, the wife Mac (Gary Sinise) lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. As we previously reported, Claire will appear in flashbacks during the show's Season 8 premiere, which honors the 10th anniversary of 9/11...
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Check out photos of the CSI: NY cast
Former General Hospital and Eastwick star Jaime Ray Newman has been tapped to play Claire Taylor, the wife Mac (Gary Sinise) lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. As we previously reported, Claire will appear in flashbacks during the show's Season 8 premiere, which honors the 10th anniversary of 9/11...
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- 7/28/2011
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide - Breaking News
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