If you’ve paid any attention to the fantasy fiction section of your local bookstore, you’ve probably heard of Sarah J. Maas. Her books have sold over 13 million copies, she’s a fixture at the top of the New York Times bestseller list, and her complex stories have given rise to the sort of rabid fandom that lends itself to eager YouTube discourse, complicated reader theories about its characters and larger universe, and a bustling Etsy economy of assorted themed fan-made products. People that love Maas’s books, love her books. People who don’t love her books…probably just haven’t read them yet.
Though her first series, Throne of Glass, was published in 2012, it wasn’t until her second, A Court of Thorns and Roses began in 2015 that she became a crossover sensation. Thanks to its feisty heroine, its Beauty and the Beast-inspired narrative framing, and the rich,...
Though her first series, Throne of Glass, was published in 2012, it wasn’t until her second, A Court of Thorns and Roses began in 2015 that she became a crossover sensation. Thanks to its feisty heroine, its Beauty and the Beast-inspired narrative framing, and the rich,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Dania Pasquini and Max Giwa will direct.
UK outfit HanWay Films will commence sales at the European Film Market on Breaking Point, a feature set in the world of breakdancing and directed by the filmmakers behind StreetDance 2 and StreetDance 3D, Dania Pasquini and Max Giwa.
HanWay will represent worldwide sales, excluding UK and Germany, where Sky has retained the rights.
It is the first of a two-parter, and follows two sisters’ rise through the ranks of the British team try-outs, for the chance to compete on the world stage at the London World Championships, and possibly beyond to the...
UK outfit HanWay Films will commence sales at the European Film Market on Breaking Point, a feature set in the world of breakdancing and directed by the filmmakers behind StreetDance 2 and StreetDance 3D, Dania Pasquini and Max Giwa.
HanWay will represent worldwide sales, excluding UK and Germany, where Sky has retained the rights.
It is the first of a two-parter, and follows two sisters’ rise through the ranks of the British team try-outs, for the chance to compete on the world stage at the London World Championships, and possibly beyond to the...
- 2/7/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Euro Box Office Stats For 2021
While European box office in 2021 recovered well from 2020, up 42% to 3.8B euros ($4.23B), the year was still 57% down on pre-pandemic takings in 2019, data from the International Union of Cinemas shows. Unic, which reps European cinema trade associations and operators, said in its preliminary findings that admissions increased by an estimated 38% in 2021, with over 590M visits across the region. Cinemas in many markets were closed in the first part of the year, and moviegoing came back in a big way in the second half, thanks to such tentpoles as Spider-Man: No Way Home, No Time To Die, F9, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Dune. Comparing results for the second half of 2019 with the same period in 2021, revenues for the markets where data is available were on average 35% below pre-pandemic levels including France (-22%), the UK (-26%), Russia (-29.5%) and Poland (-24.3%). Local titles, which have...
While European box office in 2021 recovered well from 2020, up 42% to 3.8B euros ($4.23B), the year was still 57% down on pre-pandemic takings in 2019, data from the International Union of Cinemas shows. Unic, which reps European cinema trade associations and operators, said in its preliminary findings that admissions increased by an estimated 38% in 2021, with over 590M visits across the region. Cinemas in many markets were closed in the first part of the year, and moviegoing came back in a big way in the second half, thanks to such tentpoles as Spider-Man: No Way Home, No Time To Die, F9, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Dune. Comparing results for the second half of 2019 with the same period in 2021, revenues for the markets where data is available were on average 35% below pre-pandemic levels including France (-22%), the UK (-26%), Russia (-29.5%) and Poland (-24.3%). Local titles, which have...
- 2/7/2022
- by Tom Grater, Nancy Tartaglione and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Breaking Point,” a feature about breakdancing from the directors of hit film “StreetDance 3D” will get its sales launch at EFM.
Directed by Dania Pasquini and Max Giwa, who helmed both “StreetDance 3D” and “StreetDance 2,” “Breaking Point” is described as “an adrenaline fuelled, high energy deep dive into the world of breakdancing.”
HanWay Films are handling worldwide sales for the film, which goes into production in April.
“StreetDance 2” alum Niek Traa will reunite with Pasquini and Giwa for the new feature, choreographing the dance scenes. Some of the world’s top international breakdancers, including Kid Karam, Roxy and Jilou, will also appear in the film.
“StreetDance 3D” was the highest-grossing independent British film of its year.
“Breaking Point,” which will be the first in what is set to be a two-part franchise, tells the story of two breakdancing sisters who are fighting – with their competitors and each other...
Directed by Dania Pasquini and Max Giwa, who helmed both “StreetDance 3D” and “StreetDance 2,” “Breaking Point” is described as “an adrenaline fuelled, high energy deep dive into the world of breakdancing.”
HanWay Films are handling worldwide sales for the film, which goes into production in April.
“StreetDance 2” alum Niek Traa will reunite with Pasquini and Giwa for the new feature, choreographing the dance scenes. Some of the world’s top international breakdancers, including Kid Karam, Roxy and Jilou, will also appear in the film.
“StreetDance 3D” was the highest-grossing independent British film of its year.
“Breaking Point,” which will be the first in what is set to be a two-part franchise, tells the story of two breakdancing sisters who are fighting – with their competitors and each other...
- 2/7/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: We have learned that New Line has picked up the feature rights to Sarah Knight’s international bestselling satirical and practical guide The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, which Rachel Hirons will adapt for the big screen. Alexa Faigen will produce through her company, Five Quarters Entertainment.
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck introduced Knight’s Not Sorry Method for mental decluttering, ”a system for identifying what annoys you and clearing it out of your life just as you would with physical junk that no longer serves its purpose.” The book is known for its hysterical prose and commonsense techniques—such as creating a “f*ck budget” to allocate one’s time, energy, and money toward what truly makes them happy—encouraging readers of ridding unwanted obligations and the guilt associated with saying no.
Knight has published five bestselling books and three journals...
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck introduced Knight’s Not Sorry Method for mental decluttering, ”a system for identifying what annoys you and clearing it out of your life just as you would with physical junk that no longer serves its purpose.” The book is known for its hysterical prose and commonsense techniques—such as creating a “f*ck budget” to allocate one’s time, energy, and money toward what truly makes them happy—encouraging readers of ridding unwanted obligations and the guilt associated with saying no.
Knight has published five bestselling books and three journals...
- 5/29/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Cast includes Screen Star Of Tomorrow 2018 Marli Siu.
Michael Caton-Jones’ The Sopranos, an adaptation of Alan Warner’s novel of the same name about a choir of Catholic school girls on a trip to Edinburgh, has begun production in the Scottish capital backed by Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) and Screen Scotland.
Caton-Jones first optioned Warner’s novel in 1998. “It was always fundamental that the spirit of these fantastic strong female characters was brought to life accurately,” he said.
The Scotland-born filmmaker has co-written the film with Alan Sharp and Rachel Hirons. Caton-Jones and Laura Viederman are producing for Four Point Play Pictures,...
Michael Caton-Jones’ The Sopranos, an adaptation of Alan Warner’s novel of the same name about a choir of Catholic school girls on a trip to Edinburgh, has begun production in the Scottish capital backed by Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) and Screen Scotland.
Caton-Jones first optioned Warner’s novel in 1998. “It was always fundamental that the spirit of these fantastic strong female characters was brought to life accurately,” he said.
The Scotland-born filmmaker has co-written the film with Alan Sharp and Rachel Hirons. Caton-Jones and Laura Viederman are producing for Four Point Play Pictures,...
- 11/9/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sarah J. Maas's bestselling fantasy novel A Court of Thorns and Roses is headed to the big screen after German producer Constantin Film picked up the rights. The company, whose credits include The Baader Meinhof Complex, the Resident Evil franchise and TV series Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, is working with Piers Tempest and Jo Bamford's Tempo Entertainment on the project, which will be written by rising British writer Rachel Hirons (Kiss Me First). No cast or…...
- 3/23/2018
- Deadline
Birds Eye View its launching its new training programme Filmonomics at this year’s Loco London Comedy Film Festival on Jan 26.
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
- 1/24/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Birds Eye View its launching its new training programme Filmonomics at this year’s Loco London Comedy Film Festival on Jan 26.
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
- 1/24/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Up-and-coming director Mj Delaney takes a raunchy but realistic peep behind the door where no man can venture
Getting the female perspective across in mainstream cinema has been a long slog. It is still unusual to find a young woman behind the camera as well as in front of it. But, at 27, director Mj Delaney has now put the unvarnished truth on screen. Her new film, Powder Room, which stars Sheridan Smith and Jaime Winstone in an adaptation of a play by Rachel Hirons, expresses an unapologetic disregard for the meek, self-effacing heroines that commonly earn screen time.
Yet this was not what drew her to the story. "I just thought it was funny, honest and truthful, as well as refreshingly realistic and grimy," she told the Observer this weekend.
The idea that the plot, which revolves around the ladies' loo in a nightclub, might alienate male cinema-goers did not occur to her.
Getting the female perspective across in mainstream cinema has been a long slog. It is still unusual to find a young woman behind the camera as well as in front of it. But, at 27, director Mj Delaney has now put the unvarnished truth on screen. Her new film, Powder Room, which stars Sheridan Smith and Jaime Winstone in an adaptation of a play by Rachel Hirons, expresses an unapologetic disregard for the meek, self-effacing heroines that commonly earn screen time.
Yet this was not what drew her to the story. "I just thought it was funny, honest and truthful, as well as refreshingly realistic and grimy," she told the Observer this weekend.
The idea that the plot, which revolves around the ladies' loo in a nightclub, might alienate male cinema-goers did not occur to her.
- 12/8/2013
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
The HeyUGuys Interview: YouTube sensation M.J. Delaney on making the move into film with Powder Room
Upon entering into a room playing Christmas songs on a loop to interview debut director M.J. Delaney ahead of her farcical comedy Powder Room, it’s fair to say her appearance was somewhat surprising, as a stylish and glamorous young woman, who comes across more as a star of the screen, rather than the creative force behind it.
Perhaps it’s because we associate the craft typically with older, more well-versed figures, with the impression that in order to get the financial backing to be trusted with a feature film, you need to have been around the block a fair few times. However this opportunist 26-year-old represents a new breed of filmmakers, as an innovator of the ‘YouTube generation’ – of young, self-taught directors who are taking their cyber-space skill set, and bringing it to life on the big screen, enforcing an inspiring, do-it-yourself approach to filmmaking.
“I’m one of...
Perhaps it’s because we associate the craft typically with older, more well-versed figures, with the impression that in order to get the financial backing to be trusted with a feature film, you need to have been around the block a fair few times. However this opportunist 26-year-old represents a new breed of filmmakers, as an innovator of the ‘YouTube generation’ – of young, self-taught directors who are taking their cyber-space skill set, and bringing it to life on the big screen, enforcing an inspiring, do-it-yourself approach to filmmaking.
“I’m one of...
- 12/6/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A cackhanded attempt to do a British Bridesmaids is pure ITV2
Oh, here we go: the semi-inevitable cackhanded British attempt to summon up one-gazillionth of the interest generated by Bridesmaids or Girls. Mj Delaney's film explores various resistible ways of opening out Rachel Hirons' stageplay When Women Wee, set over one evening in a Croydon nightclub's loos: attitudinous musical interludes, in-yer-face puking inserts, cutaways to Kate Nash snorting coke to the accompaniment of a comedy bugle. When the pottymouthing stops, it emerges that Hirons has points to make about female status anxiety – but Powder Room is only as empowering as anything else that might go out on ITV2 after the watershed.
Rating: 2/5
DramaJaime WinstoneMike McCahill
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Oh, here we go: the semi-inevitable cackhanded British attempt to summon up one-gazillionth of the interest generated by Bridesmaids or Girls. Mj Delaney's film explores various resistible ways of opening out Rachel Hirons' stageplay When Women Wee, set over one evening in a Croydon nightclub's loos: attitudinous musical interludes, in-yer-face puking inserts, cutaways to Kate Nash snorting coke to the accompaniment of a comedy bugle. When the pottymouthing stops, it emerges that Hirons has points to make about female status anxiety – but Powder Room is only as empowering as anything else that might go out on ITV2 after the watershed.
Rating: 2/5
DramaJaime WinstoneMike McCahill
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- 12/6/2013
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Screen Film Summit: As Mj Delaney’s low-budget Powder Room heads into its opening weekend with all investment already recouped, producer Damian Jones has confirmed that his next project will be a remake of TV perennial Dad’s Army.
Jones and Delaney also told the Screen Film Summit that despite a tough 19-day shoot for the £175,000 Powder Room, they were planning to work with each other again on a big-screen adaptation of Apples, Richard Milward’s cult 2007 novel about teenage life on a Middlesborough housing estate with Milward set to adapt.
Award-winning producer Jones (The Iron Lady) told the conference that he was now focused on Dad’s Army, for which he holds the rights, although no further details were forthcoming.
Jones was principal producer and also principle financier on Powder Room through the BFI’s “Locked Box” producer equity scheme. When Universal took world rights at Cannes, the Mg paid out all investment and the film...
Jones and Delaney also told the Screen Film Summit that despite a tough 19-day shoot for the £175,000 Powder Room, they were planning to work with each other again on a big-screen adaptation of Apples, Richard Milward’s cult 2007 novel about teenage life on a Middlesborough housing estate with Milward set to adapt.
Award-winning producer Jones (The Iron Lady) told the conference that he was now focused on Dad’s Army, for which he holds the rights, although no further details were forthcoming.
Jones was principal producer and also principle financier on Powder Room through the BFI’s “Locked Box” producer equity scheme. When Universal took world rights at Cannes, the Mg paid out all investment and the film...
- 12/2/2013
- by halliganfinn@gmail.com (Fionnuala Halligan)
- ScreenDaily
Director: Mj Delaney; Screenwriter: Rachel Hirons, Starring: Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Kate Nash, Oona Chaplin; Running time: 86 mins; Certificate: 15
Here's a turn-up for the books: a chick flick without romance. But there's plenty of heart and lots of cheek as well in a British comedy set mostly in and around the ladies toilets at a nightclub. It's not as stifling as it sounds. For one thing, leading lady Sheridan Smith is totally engaging as a twenty-something partygoer thrown into a personal crisis.
A dynamic opener with fast tracking shots and Scorsese-style freeze-frames introduces Sam (Smith) as a bit of a loser on her way to the club - "late... not even fashionably". Her mates are already in the queue, including Jaime Winstone as the loudest of them, Chanel, and Riann Steele (graduate of Holby City) a likeable presence as the quietest of the bunch, Paige. She'd much rather be sitting...
Here's a turn-up for the books: a chick flick without romance. But there's plenty of heart and lots of cheek as well in a British comedy set mostly in and around the ladies toilets at a nightclub. It's not as stifling as it sounds. For one thing, leading lady Sheridan Smith is totally engaging as a twenty-something partygoer thrown into a personal crisis.
A dynamic opener with fast tracking shots and Scorsese-style freeze-frames introduces Sam (Smith) as a bit of a loser on her way to the club - "late... not even fashionably". Her mates are already in the queue, including Jaime Winstone as the loudest of them, Chanel, and Riann Steele (graduate of Holby City) a likeable presence as the quietest of the bunch, Paige. She'd much rather be sitting...
- 12/2/2013
- Digital Spy
A new British comedy focuses on the very modern frustrations of a group of female friends, but says more about life today – for men and women – than most battle-of-the-sexes movies do
A new British film, Powder Room, released next month, features an all-female five-piece rock band, Fake Club. Which, if you watched a lot of editions of Top of the Pops in the 1970s, is nice. Back then, though female singers existed, no women actually played musical instruments, apart from Suzi Quatro. Though lots of the men had long hair, or wore makeup, presumably in compensation.
That, however, is not the only respect in which Powder Room is notable, gender-wise. It's being described as the British Bridesmaids, since it's a comedy about and for women. But, unlike Bridesmaids, it has no male lead characters – just a couple of tiny walk-on parts. This is not surprising, bearing in mind that nearly...
A new British film, Powder Room, released next month, features an all-female five-piece rock band, Fake Club. Which, if you watched a lot of editions of Top of the Pops in the 1970s, is nice. Back then, though female singers existed, no women actually played musical instruments, apart from Suzi Quatro. Though lots of the men had long hair, or wore makeup, presumably in compensation.
That, however, is not the only respect in which Powder Room is notable, gender-wise. It's being described as the British Bridesmaids, since it's a comedy about and for women. But, unlike Bridesmaids, it has no male lead characters – just a couple of tiny walk-on parts. This is not surprising, bearing in mind that nearly...
- 10/18/2013
- by Deborah Orr
- The Guardian - Film News
Powder Room has premiered its first trailer exclusively through Digital Spy.
Sheridan Smith leads the cast of the British comedy as Sam, who experiences a turbulent night out with close friends Chanel (Jaime Winstone), Saskia (Sarah Hoare) and Paige (Riann Steele).
Kate Nash and Game of Thrones star Oona Chaplin also feature in the cast for the movie, which is based on the play When Women Wee.
Rachel Hirons wrote the script for the film, while Damian Jones, James Cotton and Nichola Martin are serving as producers.
Mj Delaney makes her directorial debut on the project after shooting to the British film industry's attention with 'Newport State of Mind', a spoof of Jay Z's 'Empire State of Mind' that racked up more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
Powder Room will be released in cinemas on November 29 through Vertigo Films.
Sheridan Smith leads the cast of the British comedy as Sam, who experiences a turbulent night out with close friends Chanel (Jaime Winstone), Saskia (Sarah Hoare) and Paige (Riann Steele).
Kate Nash and Game of Thrones star Oona Chaplin also feature in the cast for the movie, which is based on the play When Women Wee.
Rachel Hirons wrote the script for the film, while Damian Jones, James Cotton and Nichola Martin are serving as producers.
Mj Delaney makes her directorial debut on the project after shooting to the British film industry's attention with 'Newport State of Mind', a spoof of Jay Z's 'Empire State of Mind' that racked up more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
Powder Room will be released in cinemas on November 29 through Vertigo Films.
- 8/19/2013
- Digital Spy
Universal’s home entertainment division takes world rights.
Vertigo Films will release Mj Delaney’s feature debut Powder Room in UK cinemas from Nov 29.
Meanwhile, producer Damian Jones’ DJ Films has sold the world rights to Universal Pictures International Entertainment.
Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Oona Chaplin and Kate Nash star in the ensemble comedy set in a nightclub toilet, introducing a group of women at various stages of love and live during the course of one crazy night out.
The film is based on the play When Women Wee, adapted for the screen by playwright Rachel Hirons. Producers are Damian Jones, James Cotton and Nichola Martin. Executive producers are Steve Norris and Ivan Dunleavy.
DJ Films financed Powder Room through the BFI’s producer equity scheme, in association with Pinewood Films.
Delaney is the director of hit YouTube video Newport State of Mind.
Vertigo Films will release Mj Delaney’s feature debut Powder Room in UK cinemas from Nov 29.
Meanwhile, producer Damian Jones’ DJ Films has sold the world rights to Universal Pictures International Entertainment.
Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Oona Chaplin and Kate Nash star in the ensemble comedy set in a nightclub toilet, introducing a group of women at various stages of love and live during the course of one crazy night out.
The film is based on the play When Women Wee, adapted for the screen by playwright Rachel Hirons. Producers are Damian Jones, James Cotton and Nichola Martin. Executive producers are Steve Norris and Ivan Dunleavy.
DJ Films financed Powder Room through the BFI’s producer equity scheme, in association with Pinewood Films.
Delaney is the director of hit YouTube video Newport State of Mind.
- 8/19/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Universal’s home entertainment division takes world rights.
Vertigo Films will release Mj Delaney’s feature debut Powder Room in UK cinemas from Nov 29.
Meanwhile, producer Damian Jones’ DJ Films has sold the world rights to Universal Pictures International Entertainment.
Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Oona Chaplin and Kate Nash star in the ensemble comedy set in a nightclub toilet, introducing a group of women at various stages of love and live during the course of one crazy night out.
The film is based on the play When Women Wee, adapted for the screen by playwright Rachel Hirons. Producers are Damian Jones, James Cotton and Nichola Martin. Executive Producers are Steve Norris and Ivan Dunleavy.
DJ Films financed Powder Room through the BFI’s producer equity scheme, in association with Pinewood Films.
Delaney is the director of hit YouTube video Newport State of Mind.
Vertigo Films will release Mj Delaney’s feature debut Powder Room in UK cinemas from Nov 29.
Meanwhile, producer Damian Jones’ DJ Films has sold the world rights to Universal Pictures International Entertainment.
Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Oona Chaplin and Kate Nash star in the ensemble comedy set in a nightclub toilet, introducing a group of women at various stages of love and live during the course of one crazy night out.
The film is based on the play When Women Wee, adapted for the screen by playwright Rachel Hirons. Producers are Damian Jones, James Cotton and Nichola Martin. Executive Producers are Steve Norris and Ivan Dunleavy.
DJ Films financed Powder Room through the BFI’s producer equity scheme, in association with Pinewood Films.
Delaney is the director of hit YouTube video Newport State of Mind.
- 8/19/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Based on the hit Edinburgh festival play, When Women Wee, Powder Room is set to hit cinemas on our shores later this year.
Young director Mj Delaney makes her feature directorial debut with the British comedy, led by the ever-brilliant Sheridan Smith, who has very much been deservedly on the rise in recent years.
And after a long wait, the first teaser trailer has finally landed online.
A ribald, rowdy exposé of what goes on behind the closed doors of the ladies’ toilets, Powder Room is outrageously funny. Pulling back the curtain on a world that remains a mystery to men and is delightfully familiar to women, it has broad appeal and is surprisingly full of heart. Featuring a wide array of weird and wonderful characters, from novice teenaged party girls, to seasoned ravers this is a no-holds-barred look at women’s friendships, rivalries and romances in all their infinite variety.
Young director Mj Delaney makes her feature directorial debut with the British comedy, led by the ever-brilliant Sheridan Smith, who has very much been deservedly on the rise in recent years.
And after a long wait, the first teaser trailer has finally landed online.
A ribald, rowdy exposé of what goes on behind the closed doors of the ladies’ toilets, Powder Room is outrageously funny. Pulling back the curtain on a world that remains a mystery to men and is delightfully familiar to women, it has broad appeal and is surprisingly full of heart. Featuring a wide array of weird and wonderful characters, from novice teenaged party girls, to seasoned ravers this is a no-holds-barred look at women’s friendships, rivalries and romances in all their infinite variety.
- 5/7/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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