Adaptation of James Bowen’s novel stars Luke Treadaway; set for release through Sony in 2016.
A Street Cat Named Bob, the film adaptation of James Bowen’s bestselling novel, wrapped principal photography on Sunday (Dec 6).
Starring Luke Treadaway (Unbroken, Clash of the Titans), A Street Cat Named Bob tells the true story of the unlikely friendship between a young homeless busker and a stray ginger cat named Bob who changed his life.
Treadaway previously won an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Also starring Ruta Gedmintas (The Strain, The Incident) Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey, Filth) Anthony Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Bob the cat, filming took place over six weeks in London, mainly in Covent Garden where the two used to busk.
The film is directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Turner & Hooch...
A Street Cat Named Bob, the film adaptation of James Bowen’s bestselling novel, wrapped principal photography on Sunday (Dec 6).
Starring Luke Treadaway (Unbroken, Clash of the Titans), A Street Cat Named Bob tells the true story of the unlikely friendship between a young homeless busker and a stray ginger cat named Bob who changed his life.
Treadaway previously won an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Also starring Ruta Gedmintas (The Strain, The Incident) Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey, Filth) Anthony Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Bob the cat, filming took place over six weeks in London, mainly in Covent Garden where the two used to busk.
The film is directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Turner & Hooch...
- 12/11/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Looks like Gavin Hood isn't waiting around for Fox to sign him to direct Wolverine 2. Can't imagine he'd relish the job even if it was offered. Instead, he's looking to jump on a dog sled with Walden Media. The company is looking to adapt the book The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic, and is negotiating with Hood to direct. THR reports on the film, which was written by Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples based on Gay and Laney Salisbury's book. The Alaska-set story is currently untitled. Others have tried to make this movie before; it was last in development at Miramax, where it was called Ice Bound. Walden Media wants to start the film this summer. The book covers the efforts of 20 men and 200 dogs, who ran a dogsled relay beset by crushing winter conditions, to carry anti-diptheria ...
- 1/26/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Gavin Hood, director of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is in negotiations to helm a film about a historic real-life journey across Alaska.
The as-yet-untitled project will be based on Gay and Laney Salisbury's book The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The book tells the true story of the 1925 serum race to Nome, also called The Great Race to Mercy, in which 20 men and 200 dogs rushed a diphtheria antidote 674 miles across Alaska to save the small city of Nome and surrounding communities from an epidemic.
The group braved gales, blizzards and extreme temperatures - the lowest being minus 52C (minus 62F) at its lowest and a wind-chill of minus 65C (minus 85F) - and completed the journey in a record-breaking five and a half days.
Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples have written the screenplay and studio Walden...
The as-yet-untitled project will be based on Gay and Laney Salisbury's book The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The book tells the true story of the 1925 serum race to Nome, also called The Great Race to Mercy, in which 20 men and 200 dogs rushed a diphtheria antidote 674 miles across Alaska to save the small city of Nome and surrounding communities from an epidemic.
The group braved gales, blizzards and extreme temperatures - the lowest being minus 52C (minus 62F) at its lowest and a wind-chill of minus 65C (minus 85F) - and completed the journey in a record-breaking five and a half days.
Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples have written the screenplay and studio Walden...
- 1/26/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
No, Gavin Hood hasn't been banished to Sarah Palin country to escape the ire of fanboys who didn't care for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He's negotiating to direct an adaptation of a book about heroic dog sled teams who helped to carry an antidote across the state.The film doesn't yet have a title, but the book, by Gay and Laney Salisbury, is called The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story Of Dogs And Men In A Race Against An Epidemic, so you can understand why the producers have chosen not to run with that. Miramax was developing it at one point, with the slightly more marquee-friendly Ice Bound.It's certainly a cinematic tale: the efforts of 20 men and 200 dogs who braved minus-60 degree temperatures, a weather phenomenon known as ice fog and many other dangers to get a diphtheria immunization to Nome in 1925, which had been largely cut off by a blizzard.
- 1/26/2010
- EmpireOnline
Gavin Hood is in negotiations to direct an untitled Alaskan adventure project for Walden Media. Mark Johnson is producing.
Based on Gay and Laney Salisbury's book "The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic," the true story centers on a 674-mile journey undertaken by 20 men and 200 dogs who rushed a diphtheria antidote to Nome, Alaska, in 1925. The group braved temperatures of minus-60 degrees, a phenomenon known as ice fog and other dangers, capturing the attention of the lower 48 states. One lead dog even got a statue in New York's Central Park.
Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples wrote the adaptation.
Walden is eyeing a summer start for the project, which at one point was in development at Miramax under the title "Ice Bound."
The deal marks the first project for Hood since directing "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which grossed $373 million worldwide.
Walden is...
Based on Gay and Laney Salisbury's book "The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic," the true story centers on a 674-mile journey undertaken by 20 men and 200 dogs who rushed a diphtheria antidote to Nome, Alaska, in 1925. The group braved temperatures of minus-60 degrees, a phenomenon known as ice fog and other dangers, capturing the attention of the lower 48 states. One lead dog even got a statue in New York's Central Park.
Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples wrote the adaptation.
Walden is eyeing a summer start for the project, which at one point was in development at Miramax under the title "Ice Bound."
The deal marks the first project for Hood since directing "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which grossed $373 million worldwide.
Walden is...
- 1/25/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A brave doctor who was portrayed on screen by Susan Sarandon has died, aged 57.
Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer when she was the only physician at a South Pole research station in the late 1990s - and wrote about the ordeal in Ice Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole.
The book was turned into a 2003 TV movie, starring Sarandon.
FitzGerald died at her home in Massachusetts on Tuesday after her cancer returned in 2005.
Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer when she was the only physician at a South Pole research station in the late 1990s - and wrote about the ordeal in Ice Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole.
The book was turned into a 2003 TV movie, starring Sarandon.
FitzGerald died at her home in Massachusetts on Tuesday after her cancer returned in 2005.
- 6/25/2009
- WENN
Lifetime is getting Love Sick with an original movie toplined by Sally Pressman, star of the network's new hit Army Wives, and David James Elliott.
Additionally, Elliott has been tapped to star in the indie The Rainbow Tribe.
Love Sick is based on Sue William Silverman’s memoir "Love Sick: One Woman's Journey through Sexual Addiction." It tells the true story of Sue (Pressman), an attractive married woman with a seemingly normal life who has a dirty little secret: She is a sex addict. The film chronicles her downward spiral into sex addiction as well as her way to recovery. Elliott will play Rick, a guy with whom she has secret rendezvous at a seedy motel every Thursday.
Maria Nation (CBS' Ice Bound) penned the script for Love Sick, which will be directed by Grant Harvey. Tim Johnson and Jean Abounader are executive producing.
Pressman, who plays Roxy LeBlanc on Wives, is repped by Stone Manners Agency and manager Mike Smith at Principal Entertainment.
Elliott recently started filming Tribe, a coming-of-age tale set at a summer camp in Minnesota from writer-producer Daniel S.
Additionally, Elliott has been tapped to star in the indie The Rainbow Tribe.
Love Sick is based on Sue William Silverman’s memoir "Love Sick: One Woman's Journey through Sexual Addiction." It tells the true story of Sue (Pressman), an attractive married woman with a seemingly normal life who has a dirty little secret: She is a sex addict. The film chronicles her downward spiral into sex addiction as well as her way to recovery. Elliott will play Rick, a guy with whom she has secret rendezvous at a seedy motel every Thursday.
Maria Nation (CBS' Ice Bound) penned the script for Love Sick, which will be directed by Grant Harvey. Tim Johnson and Jean Abounader are executive producing.
Pressman, who plays Roxy LeBlanc on Wives, is repped by Stone Manners Agency and manager Mike Smith at Principal Entertainment.
Elliott recently started filming Tribe, a coming-of-age tale set at a summer camp in Minnesota from writer-producer Daniel S.
- 8/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Academy Award-winning actresses Susan Sarandon and Marisa Tomei are in negotiations to join the cast of Paramount Pictures' untitled remake of the 1966 romantic comedy Alfie for director Charles Shyer. The project begins shooting in September. The contemporary update, penned by Shyer and Elaine Pope, stars Jude Law as Alfie, a womanizer forced to rethink his superficial existence. Sarandon would play Lizzie, a bored suburban housewife who has weekly rendezvous with Alfie because her husband has no interest in sleeping with her. Tomei would play Julie, a single mom who is Alfie's most steady girl. She calls the whole thing off when she finds evidence that Alfie is cheating. Sienna Miller and Nia Long also star in the project, which was based on Bill Naughton's play. Sarandon, repped by ICM, most recently starred in the original telefilm Ice Bound. She is in production on Miramax Films' Shall We Dance? opposite Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Tomei, repped by UTA and manager Sue Leibman, most recently appeared in Anger Management.
- 7/31/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the Sunday night duel between Moses and Hope, ABC's telecast of the 1956 Charlton Heston starrer The Ten Commandments had more pull with younger viewers, while NBC's two-hour Bob Hope 100th birthday salute drew more total viewers. Meanwhile, Fox's regular Sunday comedy block and CBS' Susan Sarandon telefilm Ice Bound were overshadowed by the heavyweight competition, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. ABC won the night in the adults 18-49 demographic with its annual Easter Sunday 7-11 p.m. airing of Cecil B. DeMille's biblical extravaganza, which averaged 10.6 million viewers and 4.1 rating/12 share in the key demo. Commandments has ranked as the No. 1 movie of Easter week during each of the past four years, and it looks like a safe bet that Moses and Co. will come through again this year for ABC.
- 4/22/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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