The Gunman
Ray Winstone has joined the cast of Pierre Morel's "The Gunman" for Silver Pictures and Studio Canal. Winstone plays the mentor of a hitman (Sean Penn) who is betrayed and then hunted by the organization he worked for.
Javier Bardem and Idris Elba star as the villains of this lethal game of cat and mouse. Jasmine Trinca stars as the female lead. [Source: Deadline]
Suite Francaise
Sam Riley ("Control," "On the Road") has joined the cast of Saul Dibb's WW2 drama "Suite Française" based on Irene Nemirovsky’s novel. Riley will play the role of a French soldier named Benoit.
The story follows a young woman (Michelle Williams) in Nazi-occupied France who ends up falling in love with a German officer (Matthias Schoenaerts). Dibb and Matt Charman adapted the story, and shooting begins in Belgium and Paris later this summer. [Source: Deadline]
Electricity
Agyness Deyn ("Pusher") is set to lead "Electricity,...
Ray Winstone has joined the cast of Pierre Morel's "The Gunman" for Silver Pictures and Studio Canal. Winstone plays the mentor of a hitman (Sean Penn) who is betrayed and then hunted by the organization he worked for.
Javier Bardem and Idris Elba star as the villains of this lethal game of cat and mouse. Jasmine Trinca stars as the female lead. [Source: Deadline]
Suite Francaise
Sam Riley ("Control," "On the Road") has joined the cast of Saul Dibb's WW2 drama "Suite Française" based on Irene Nemirovsky’s novel. Riley will play the role of a French soldier named Benoit.
The story follows a young woman (Michelle Williams) in Nazi-occupied France who ends up falling in love with a German officer (Matthias Schoenaerts). Dibb and Matt Charman adapted the story, and shooting begins in Belgium and Paris later this summer. [Source: Deadline]
Electricity
Agyness Deyn ("Pusher") is set to lead "Electricity,...
- 6/16/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Former model for Burberry and Giorgio Armani and star of last year’s high-energy remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s 1996 Danish crime thriller Pusher, Agyness Deyn joined director Bryn Higgins’ adaptation of the novel Electricity. A recent report in The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Deyn signed on to play the film’s lead role, a young woman battling epilepsy who leaves her small British hometown in search of her missing brother. Deyn joined a cast that includes Lenora Crichlow, Christian Cooke, Paul Anderson, Tom Georgeson and Alice Lowe. Screenwriter Joe Fisher adapted Ray Robinson’s novel for the movie.
- 6/15/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Agyness Deyn will star in Bryn Higgins's Electricity.
Shooting has begun on the drama, which will adapt Ray Robinson's novel of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The former model will star as a young epileptic who is plagued by hallucinations after leaving her seaside home to search for her missing brother.
Lenora Crichlow (Being Human), Christian Cooke (Cemetery Junction), Paul Anderson (The Sweeney), Tom Georgeson (Notes on a Scandal) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers) will also appear in the movie.
Deyn has previously featured in Pusher and Clash of the Titans.
Electricity will shoot in London and the North-East of England for the next six weeks.
Shooting has begun on the drama, which will adapt Ray Robinson's novel of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The former model will star as a young epileptic who is plagued by hallucinations after leaving her seaside home to search for her missing brother.
Lenora Crichlow (Being Human), Christian Cooke (Cemetery Junction), Paul Anderson (The Sweeney), Tom Georgeson (Notes on a Scandal) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers) will also appear in the movie.
Deyn has previously featured in Pusher and Clash of the Titans.
Electricity will shoot in London and the North-East of England for the next six weeks.
- 6/14/2013
- Digital Spy
Principal photography has started on Electricity, starring Agyness Deyn [pictured], Lenora Crichlow, Christian Cooke, Paul Anderson, Tom Georgeson and Alice Lowe.
Bryn Higgins directs from Joe Fisher’s script adapted from Ray Robinson’s award-winning novel.
Clare Duggan produces for Stone City Films. Alison Morgan executive produces. Soda Pictures has UK rights.
The film is shooting for 6 weeks in the Northeast and London.
The story is about brash young woman (Deyn) who leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long lost brother, and experiences hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy.
Deyn said: “I love Lily’s journey, she is a survivor. Her strength and her ability to live in the present really drew me to her. She is a delight to discover and she’s teaching me a lot.”
The BFI Film Fund has backed the project, alongside the Wellcome Trust.
The filmmaking team previously worked together on Unconditional.
Bryn Higgins directs from Joe Fisher’s script adapted from Ray Robinson’s award-winning novel.
Clare Duggan produces for Stone City Films. Alison Morgan executive produces. Soda Pictures has UK rights.
The film is shooting for 6 weeks in the Northeast and London.
The story is about brash young woman (Deyn) who leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long lost brother, and experiences hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy.
Deyn said: “I love Lily’s journey, she is a survivor. Her strength and her ability to live in the present really drew me to her. She is a delight to discover and she’s teaching me a lot.”
The BFI Film Fund has backed the project, alongside the Wellcome Trust.
The filmmaking team previously worked together on Unconditional.
- 6/14/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Based on Deadline‘s report David Oyelowo is set to play iconic boxer Sugar Ray Robinson in the biopic Sweet Thunder.
An award-winning author and journalist and a national reporter for the Washington Post, Wil Haygood, author of ‘Sweet Thunder: The Life And Times Of Sugar Ray Robinson’, brings the champion’s story, in the ring and out, powerfully to life against a vividly painted backdrop of the world he captivated. He also wrote a draft of the Sweet Thunder script.
This project was first announced almost exactly two years ago and it appears that the same team is still very much involved including Moneyball producer Racheal Horowitz and Game Change screenwriter Danny Strong.
No director is attached yet, but there is a rumor it might Lee Daniels be on the short list since Strong, Oyelowo and Haygood were brought together on Daniels’ The Butler, which is based on an...
An award-winning author and journalist and a national reporter for the Washington Post, Wil Haygood, author of ‘Sweet Thunder: The Life And Times Of Sugar Ray Robinson’, brings the champion’s story, in the ring and out, powerfully to life against a vividly painted backdrop of the world he captivated. He also wrote a draft of the Sweet Thunder script.
This project was first announced almost exactly two years ago and it appears that the same team is still very much involved including Moneyball producer Racheal Horowitz and Game Change screenwriter Danny Strong.
No director is attached yet, but there is a rumor it might Lee Daniels be on the short list since Strong, Oyelowo and Haygood were brought together on Daniels’ The Butler, which is based on an...
- 10/21/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Reuters Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco June 6, 2011.
“Oh wow.” Two words that can have many meanings.
Steve Jobs’s sister Mona Simpson has a moving tribute in the New York Times detailing some of his final moments and his last words.
According to the article, titled “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs,” Jobs’s last words were “Oh Wow. Oh Wow. Oh Wow.” (The words were rendered in...
“Oh wow.” Two words that can have many meanings.
Steve Jobs’s sister Mona Simpson has a moving tribute in the New York Times detailing some of his final moments and his last words.
According to the article, titled “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs,” Jobs’s last words were “Oh Wow. Oh Wow. Oh Wow.” (The words were rendered in...
- 10/31/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Here's a grat collection of screenshots and a few trailers from the new boxing video game Fight Night: Champion show you the detailed realistic damage that you can inflict on your boxing oponent. I've always been a big fan of these Fight Night games, and it looks like they've once again taken it to a whole new level bloody boxing carnage.
The single-player mode is intended to recreate the dramatic and emotional aspects of the sport.
A new mode called "Champion Mode" will be featured in the game. It revolves around a storyline which follows a boxer named Andre Bishop. Most other modes, such as Legacy Mode (the career mode of the series) are expected to return.
EA is promising a refined physics-based animation system and a new "Full Spectrum Punch Control" scheme. There will also be a demo launching on both Xbox Live and Psn on the 1st of February.
The single-player mode is intended to recreate the dramatic and emotional aspects of the sport.
A new mode called "Champion Mode" will be featured in the game. It revolves around a storyline which follows a boxer named Andre Bishop. Most other modes, such as Legacy Mode (the career mode of the series) are expected to return.
EA is promising a refined physics-based animation system and a new "Full Spectrum Punch Control" scheme. There will also be a demo launching on both Xbox Live and Psn on the 1st of February.
- 2/23/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
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