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To mark the passing of the British Monarch, the Toronto Film Festival is planning a free screening of Roger Michell’s Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) on Sunday.
The last film from the Notting Hill rom-com director stars Queen Elizabeth II. Michell’s documentary comprises archival footage edited into an impressionistic collage, and offers behind-the-scenes access to the long-serving Queen.
Michell, the British stage, television and film director, died a year ago, aged 65 years. The free screening of Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) will take place at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto. The British Queen’s funeral will take place on Monday.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch in history, at 96 years of age, came at the beginning of Toronto’s 47th edition a week ago. The national period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth in Canada amid TIFF...
To mark the passing of the British Monarch, the Toronto Film Festival is planning a free screening of Roger Michell’s Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) on Sunday.
The last film from the Notting Hill rom-com director stars Queen Elizabeth II. Michell’s documentary comprises archival footage edited into an impressionistic collage, and offers behind-the-scenes access to the long-serving Queen.
Michell, the British stage, television and film director, died a year ago, aged 65 years. The free screening of Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) will take place at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto. The British Queen’s funeral will take place on Monday.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch in history, at 96 years of age, came at the beginning of Toronto’s 47th edition a week ago. The national period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth in Canada amid TIFF...
- 9/15/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The impact of the death of Queen Elizabeth II is being felt widely outside Britain. Many global broadcasters tore up their usual programming schedules within minutes of the news, in order to pay tribute to a beloved monarch’s legacy.
“Whenever something of this massive scale happens, whether it’s a death, a natural disaster, a declaration of war or an attack, news takes priority over all programming,” said Aline Pivot, head of news at TF1, France’s leading commercial TV channel.
Pivot said her news department began to get ready its dedicated coverage from Thursday morning when the BBC first reported that the Queen had been placed under medical surveillance. “We immediately sent correspondents to Balmoral [in the Scottish Highlands, where the Queen died],” Pivot continued.
TF1’s programming was entirely dedicated to the Queen’s death on Thursday evening, with a special magazine show hosted by a pair of star journalists from around 7:30 p.m.
“Whenever something of this massive scale happens, whether it’s a death, a natural disaster, a declaration of war or an attack, news takes priority over all programming,” said Aline Pivot, head of news at TF1, France’s leading commercial TV channel.
Pivot said her news department began to get ready its dedicated coverage from Thursday morning when the BBC first reported that the Queen had been placed under medical surveillance. “We immediately sent correspondents to Balmoral [in the Scottish Highlands, where the Queen died],” Pivot continued.
TF1’s programming was entirely dedicated to the Queen’s death on Thursday evening, with a special magazine show hosted by a pair of star journalists from around 7:30 p.m.
- 9/9/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The team behind a new film, The Princess, explain why the royal family possess all the vital ingredients to make them the perfect cinematic subjects
Only a genius of longform plotting could have planned the sting in the tail of the royal 2022. In the rolling melodrama of the British monarchy, the platinum jubilee was always slated for this year, gratitude splashed across the Daily Express. But now the mood will darken. So it is that 70 years of the Queen segues directly into 25 since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. In Macbeth, the ghost haunted the feast. Here she returns with the pink gin hangovers barely faded. On with the show.
A film will mark the occasion: The Princess, a much buzzed-about new documentary. It also follows a celebration of the Queen, the fond bio-doc Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts. That was the last movie directed by the late, highly regarded Roger Michell.
Only a genius of longform plotting could have planned the sting in the tail of the royal 2022. In the rolling melodrama of the British monarchy, the platinum jubilee was always slated for this year, gratitude splashed across the Daily Express. But now the mood will darken. So it is that 70 years of the Queen segues directly into 25 since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. In Macbeth, the ghost haunted the feast. Here she returns with the pink gin hangovers barely faded. On with the show.
A film will mark the occasion: The Princess, a much buzzed-about new documentary. It also follows a celebration of the Queen, the fond bio-doc Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts. That was the last movie directed by the late, highly regarded Roger Michell.
- 6/17/2022
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
Marti Noxon & Frank Doegler Among Showrunner Speakers For Series Mania And Beta’s Seriesmakers Initiative As It Opens For Submissions
Series Mania Forum and European content powerhouse Beta Group have opened their €120,000 Seriesmakers initiative for submissions and unveiled several high-profile speakers for its inaugural event. Marti Noxon, Agnieszka Holland, Michael Hirst are among nine speakers unveiled for the initative’s first online edition. Janine Jackowski, Israeli script doctor Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz (The Girl From Oslo), Isabelle Lindberg Pechou (Trom) and Brazil’s Felipe Braga are among the mentors. Feature film directors who have had at least one movie screen in the official selection of a top film festival in the past five years who are looking to move into series production can now submit projects, with...
Series Mania Forum and European content powerhouse Beta Group have opened their €120,000 Seriesmakers initiative for submissions and unveiled several high-profile speakers for its inaugural event. Marti Noxon, Agnieszka Holland, Michael Hirst are among nine speakers unveiled for the initative’s first online edition. Janine Jackowski, Israeli script doctor Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz (The Girl From Oslo), Isabelle Lindberg Pechou (Trom) and Brazil’s Felipe Braga are among the mentors. Feature film directors who have had at least one movie screen in the official selection of a top film festival in the past five years who are looking to move into series production can now submit projects, with...
- 6/13/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Becoming Elizabeth, premiering Sunday, June 12 at 9/8c on Starz, tackles relatively unfamiliar territory.
Set during Elizabeth I’s teenage years, the series explores her tumultuous journey in the immediate aftermath of Henry VIII’s death. Elizabeth’s nine-year-old brother Edward (The Romanoffs’ Oliver Zetterström) takes the throne, setting off a dangerous scramble for power with Henry’s surviving children — Elizabeth (Genius’ Alicia von Rittberg), Mary (Suffragette’s Romola Garai) and Edward— caught in the middle.
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Set during Elizabeth I’s teenage years, the series explores her tumultuous journey in the immediate aftermath of Henry VIII’s death. Elizabeth’s nine-year-old brother Edward (The Romanoffs’ Oliver Zetterström) takes the throne, setting off a dangerous scramble for power with Henry’s surviving children — Elizabeth (Genius’ Alicia von Rittberg), Mary (Suffragette’s Romola Garai) and Edward— caught in the middle.
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- 6/10/2022
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
To celebrate the release of Being Elizabeth, the new historical series beginning on Starz this week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the cast to find out all about the epic new show.
Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor was an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court. The death of King Henry VIII sets into motion a dangerous scramble for power as his 9-year-old son is crowned king, and he and his sisters become pawns for the great families of England and the powers of Europe who vie for control of the country. To survive the young Elizabeth Tudor must learn the rules quickly at a time in which every man or woman of the court is on the wheel of fortune, which may take them to a position of great power one moment, or the executioner’s block the next.
Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor was an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court. The death of King Henry VIII sets into motion a dangerous scramble for power as his 9-year-old son is crowned king, and he and his sisters become pawns for the great families of England and the powers of Europe who vie for control of the country. To survive the young Elizabeth Tudor must learn the rules quickly at a time in which every man or woman of the court is on the wheel of fortune, which may take them to a position of great power one moment, or the executioner’s block the next.
- 6/10/2022
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Greetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is May 31, 2022, which means it’s now 16 days until Emmy nominations-round voting begins on June 16 and 27 days until Emmy nomination round voting ends on June 27. From there, it’s 42 days until Emmy nominations are announced on July 12; then 73 days until final round voting begins on August 12, followed by 83 days until final round voting ends on August 22. Then comes the finales: It’s 95 days until the Creative Arts Emmys kicks off its two-night event on September 3; and then it’s 104 days until the 74th Emmy Awards takes place, live on NBC, September 12.
It’s a special Tuesday edition of Awards HQ due to the Memorial Day holiday, the traditional bridge between the end of the TV season and the start of summer.
Today is also the final day of Emmy eligibility for the 2021-2022 TV season, and we saw quite a frenzy of just-under-the-wire premieres...
It’s a special Tuesday edition of Awards HQ due to the Memorial Day holiday, the traditional bridge between the end of the TV season and the start of summer.
Today is also the final day of Emmy eligibility for the 2021-2022 TV season, and we saw quite a frenzy of just-under-the-wire premieres...
- 5/31/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
‘Bob’s Burgers’, ‘Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts’ competing with the blockbuster.
Long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick takes flight in 737 UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend through Paramount – the fifth widest opening of all time in the territory.
The number – coincidentally a significant one for the aviation industry – is also the third-widest opening for a 12A certificate film, behind Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and No Time To Die.
Top Gun: Maverick is one of the last blockbusters that were originally scheduled for the pandemic months to hit cinemas. It was originally dated for July 12, 2019, before a delay to June 26, 2020 due filming certain action sequences.
Long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick takes flight in 737 UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend through Paramount – the fifth widest opening of all time in the territory.
The number – coincidentally a significant one for the aviation industry – is also the third-widest opening for a 12A certificate film, behind Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and No Time To Die.
Top Gun: Maverick is one of the last blockbusters that were originally scheduled for the pandemic months to hit cinemas. It was originally dated for July 12, 2019, before a delay to June 26, 2020 due filming certain action sequences.
- 5/27/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Showtime has announced that the documentary feature Elizabeth: A Portrait In Part(S), directed by Roger Michell, will air on Showtime this Friday, May 27 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt and will be available on streaming and on demand ahead of the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee this June. The film was a passion […]
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- 5/23/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
The UK companies will both operate under umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment.
London-based production outfit Free Range Films and UK sales agent Embankment have joined forces to create a new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment (Fre).
The key shareholders are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range Films’ Kevin Loader.
Through its Free Range Films and Embankment divisions, Fre will develop, produce, co-produce, sell and distribute, while investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
All resources between the two companies will be pooled, but with Embankment continuing to operate as the sales and financing arm.
London-based production outfit Free Range Films and UK sales agent Embankment have joined forces to create a new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment (Fre).
The key shareholders are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range Films’ Kevin Loader.
Through its Free Range Films and Embankment divisions, Fre will develop, produce, co-produce, sell and distribute, while investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
All resources between the two companies will be pooled, but with Embankment continuing to operate as the sales and financing arm.
- 5/9/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK sales and production firm Embankment is teaming up with veteran UK producer Kevin Loader to create new label Free Range Entertainment.
The key shareholders in the company are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range’s Kevin Loader.
The combined company will develop, produce, co-produce, sell, and distribute film, TV and “allied” content, while also investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
Tim Haslam explained: “Free Range Entertainment is a creative hub for like-minded storytellers, writers, directors, and producers; converting IP from inception and development, through to production and commercial global exploitation. The Embankment sales brand will continue.”
Free Range Films was founded by producer Kevin Loader and director Roger Michell in 1996. Following Michell’s untimely passing last September, the production company has decided to embark on a new structural partnership.
The key shareholders in the company are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range’s Kevin Loader.
The combined company will develop, produce, co-produce, sell, and distribute film, TV and “allied” content, while also investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
Tim Haslam explained: “Free Range Entertainment is a creative hub for like-minded storytellers, writers, directors, and producers; converting IP from inception and development, through to production and commercial global exploitation. The Embankment sales brand will continue.”
Free Range Films was founded by producer Kevin Loader and director Roger Michell in 1996. Following Michell’s untimely passing last September, the production company has decided to embark on a new structural partnership.
- 5/9/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power” star Simon Merrells and “We Hunt Together’s” Hermione Corfield will lead the sci-fi thriller “A Million Days.”
Signature Entertainment (“Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts”) will introduce the film to buyers at next month’s Cannes Film Festival as part of its international sales slate. The film is the third pic from photographer and director Mitch Jenkins, whose debut feature “The Show” was written by graphic novel legend and “Watchmen” creator Alan Moore.
The film stars Simon Merrells (who will soon appear in the “Lord of the Rings” prequel series for Amazon’s Prime Video) alongside Hermione Corfield (“Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi”), Kemi-Bo Jacobs (“London Has Fallen”) and Darrell D’Silva (“Wrath of Man”).
Here’s an official description for the pic:
The year is 2041 and the next step in the future of humankind is imminent. After decades of training and research,...
Signature Entertainment (“Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts”) will introduce the film to buyers at next month’s Cannes Film Festival as part of its international sales slate. The film is the third pic from photographer and director Mitch Jenkins, whose debut feature “The Show” was written by graphic novel legend and “Watchmen” creator Alan Moore.
The film stars Simon Merrells (who will soon appear in the “Lord of the Rings” prequel series for Amazon’s Prime Video) alongside Hermione Corfield (“Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi”), Kemi-Bo Jacobs (“London Has Fallen”) and Darrell D’Silva (“Wrath of Man”).
Here’s an official description for the pic:
The year is 2041 and the next step in the future of humankind is imminent. After decades of training and research,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
I’ve always been haunted by the clips of the young Queen Elizabeth II that were used in “The Filth and the Fury,” Julien Temple’s great documentary about the Sex Pistols. They were featured in a montage of images to accompany “God Save the Queen,” the thrillingly vandalistic Sex Pistols single released in 1977 to coincide with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. At the time, the song was a singular scandal. When Johnny Rotten sneered the line “She ain’t no human being,” he seemed to be trashing something sacred and doing it in an apocalyptic yet profound way. What he meant, of course, is that if the Queen is no human being, that’s because she reigns over an inhuman system; she’s the monarch of a cruel empire. Yet in “The Filth and the Fury,” released 23 years after the Sex Pistols’ revolt, Elizabeth looked soft, radiant, beguiling, complex.
- 4/27/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A24 will release Roger Michell’s last movie, the documentary Elizabeth about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, we can reveal. The stateside debut has yet to be dated.
The late British filmmaker, known for movies including Notting Hill, The Duke, Hyde Park On Hudson and My Cousin Rachel, completed Elizabeth just days before he passed away last September.
The film has been previously described to us as a “nostalgic, uplifting and fresh modern chronicle of the extraordinary 70-year reign of Her Majesty the Queen, the longest-lived, longest-reigning British monarch and longest-serving female head of state in history.”
Pic is produced by UK producer Kevin Loader, known for movies including Nowhere Boy, The Lady in the Van and The Death of Stalin. Composer is five-time Oscar-nominee George Fenton.
In the UK, Signature Entertainment has set a June 3 theatrical release to coincide with the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee. Embankment handles international sales.
The late British filmmaker, known for movies including Notting Hill, The Duke, Hyde Park On Hudson and My Cousin Rachel, completed Elizabeth just days before he passed away last September.
The film has been previously described to us as a “nostalgic, uplifting and fresh modern chronicle of the extraordinary 70-year reign of Her Majesty the Queen, the longest-lived, longest-reigning British monarch and longest-serving female head of state in history.”
Pic is produced by UK producer Kevin Loader, known for movies including Nowhere Boy, The Lady in the Van and The Death of Stalin. Composer is five-time Oscar-nominee George Fenton.
In the UK, Signature Entertainment has set a June 3 theatrical release to coincide with the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee. Embankment handles international sales.
- 2/1/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Roger Michell’s last movie, the documentary Elizabeth about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, has been picked up by Signature Entertainment and set for a Friday 3 June theatrical release to coincide with the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee.
The late British filmmaker, known for movies including Notting Hill, The Duke, Hyde Park On Hudson and My Cousin Rachel, completed Elizabeth just days before he passed away last September.
The film is described to us as a “nostalgic, uplifting and fresh modern chronicle of the extraordinary 70-year reign of Her Majesty the Queen, the longest-lived, longest-reigning British monarch and longest-serving female head of state in history.”
Elizabeth is produced by UK producer Kevin Loader, known for movies including Nowhere Boy, The Lady in the Van and The Death of Stalin.
Loader commented: “Roger literally finished this last film the day before he left us, and I know he was excited...
The late British filmmaker, known for movies including Notting Hill, The Duke, Hyde Park On Hudson and My Cousin Rachel, completed Elizabeth just days before he passed away last September.
The film is described to us as a “nostalgic, uplifting and fresh modern chronicle of the extraordinary 70-year reign of Her Majesty the Queen, the longest-lived, longest-reigning British monarch and longest-serving female head of state in history.”
Elizabeth is produced by UK producer Kevin Loader, known for movies including Nowhere Boy, The Lady in the Van and The Death of Stalin.
Loader commented: “Roger literally finished this last film the day before he left us, and I know he was excited...
- 1/20/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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