We won’t be seeing the follow-up to “The Raid 2” anytime soon, but Gareth Evans isn’t exactly resting on his laurels. The writer/director began shooting “Apostle” last month, and we now have a first-look photo and synopsis for the cult thriller starring Dan “Cousin Matthew” Stevens.
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Here’s the synopsis: “The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return. It soon becomes clear that the cult will regret the day it baited this man, as he digs deeper and deeper into the secrets and lies upon which the commune is built.”
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Here’s the synopsis: “The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return. It soon becomes clear that the cult will regret the day it baited this man, as he digs deeper and deeper into the secrets and lies upon which the commune is built.”
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Evans first made...
- 5/6/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
If Dan Stevens was last seen sporting heavy prosthetic for Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast – a lucrative reimagining of the fairytale classic that has since gone on to become a box office juggernaut – the actor’s next project couldn’t be more different.
It’s called Apostle, and it comes from the mind of Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans. If that name rings a bell, it should; Evans is the creative genius behind hardboiled action thriller The Raid and its divisive sequel, and after flirting with the possibility of a third film in the franchise – incidentally, the filmmaker recently gave his seal of approval to an English-language reimagining involving Frank Grillo and Joe Carnahan – Gareth Evans is now knee-deep in his bloody revenge thriller.
As the official synopsis reveals, Dan Stevens is on board to play the part of Thomas Richardson, a lone protagonist who wanders onto a remote...
It’s called Apostle, and it comes from the mind of Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans. If that name rings a bell, it should; Evans is the creative genius behind hardboiled action thriller The Raid and its divisive sequel, and after flirting with the possibility of a third film in the franchise – incidentally, the filmmaker recently gave his seal of approval to an English-language reimagining involving Frank Grillo and Joe Carnahan – Gareth Evans is now knee-deep in his bloody revenge thriller.
As the official synopsis reveals, Dan Stevens is on board to play the part of Thomas Richardson, a lone protagonist who wanders onto a remote...
- 5/4/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
From Optimum Releasing to Paddington and Legend, Studiocanal is now the UK’s biggest indie producer-distributor. Screen speaks to CEO Danny Perkins.
In 1999, the year Danny Perkins, Will Clarke and Paul Higgins launched Optimum Releasing, they set out their stall as smart, nimble new operators in the UK distribution arena by re-releasing black-and-white British classic The Third Man (a Studiocanal film) opposite the George Lucas juggernaut Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
Fast forward to 2016: Studiocanal UK (whose French parent Studiocanal, the subsidiary of pay TV giant Canal Plus, purchased Optimum in 2006) has assumed the mantle of the UK’s largest non-studio producer-distributor.
Off the back of huge successes including Paddington and Legend, it now finds itself entrusted with delivering the key building blocks of corporate owner Vivendi’s content strategy.
“A lot of the core values are still there,” Studiocanal UK CEO Perkins tells Screen of the heady journey from scrappy newcomer to cornerstone...
In 1999, the year Danny Perkins, Will Clarke and Paul Higgins launched Optimum Releasing, they set out their stall as smart, nimble new operators in the UK distribution arena by re-releasing black-and-white British classic The Third Man (a Studiocanal film) opposite the George Lucas juggernaut Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
Fast forward to 2016: Studiocanal UK (whose French parent Studiocanal, the subsidiary of pay TV giant Canal Plus, purchased Optimum in 2006) has assumed the mantle of the UK’s largest non-studio producer-distributor.
Off the back of huge successes including Paddington and Legend, it now finds itself entrusted with delivering the key building blocks of corporate owner Vivendi’s content strategy.
“A lot of the core values are still there,” Studiocanal UK CEO Perkins tells Screen of the heady journey from scrappy newcomer to cornerstone...
- 7/5/2016
- by matt.mueller@screendaily.com (Matt Mueller)
- ScreenDaily
From Optimum Releasing to Paddington and Legend, Studiocanal is now the UK’s biggest indie producer-distributor. Screen speaks to CEO Dany Perkins.
In 1999, the year Danny Perkins, Will Clarke and Paul Higgins launched Optimum Releasing, they set out their stall as smart, nimble new operators in the UK distribution arena by re-releasing black-and-white British classic The Third Man (a Studiocanal film) opposite the George Lucas juggernaut Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
Fast forward to 2016: Studiocanal UK (whose French parent Studiocanal, the subsidiary of pay TV giant Canal Plus, purchased Optimum in 2006) has assumed the mantle of the UK’s largest non-studio producer-distributor.
Off the back of huge successes including Paddington and Legend, it now finds itself entrusted with delivering the key building blocks of French owner Vivendi’s content strategy.
“A lot of the core values are still there,” Studiocanal UK CEO Perkins tells Screen of the heady journey from scrappy newcomer to cornerstone...
In 1999, the year Danny Perkins, Will Clarke and Paul Higgins launched Optimum Releasing, they set out their stall as smart, nimble new operators in the UK distribution arena by re-releasing black-and-white British classic The Third Man (a Studiocanal film) opposite the George Lucas juggernaut Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
Fast forward to 2016: Studiocanal UK (whose French parent Studiocanal, the subsidiary of pay TV giant Canal Plus, purchased Optimum in 2006) has assumed the mantle of the UK’s largest non-studio producer-distributor.
Off the back of huge successes including Paddington and Legend, it now finds itself entrusted with delivering the key building blocks of French owner Vivendi’s content strategy.
“A lot of the core values are still there,” Studiocanal UK CEO Perkins tells Screen of the heady journey from scrappy newcomer to cornerstone...
- 7/5/2016
- by matt.mueller@screendaily.com (Matt Mueller)
- ScreenDaily
Johannes Bah Kuhnke leads the underwater thriller about a special ops unit that travels to the bottom of the Yellow Sea.
Studiocanal has picked up Ben Parker’s The Chamber ahead of its world premiere at FrightFest in August this year.
The film marks Parker’s directorial debut following his 2011 short Shifter, which played at FrightFest in 2011 as well as Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
Force Majeure actor Johannes Bah Kuhnke leads the story of an elite special ops unit that commanders a submersible research vessel to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea.
Also starring are Charlotte Salt (The Musketeers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), and Elliot Levey (The Lady In The Van).
Producers are Jen Handorf and Paul Higgins. Studiocanal’s head of international creative marketing Hugh Spearing is executive producer.
Financing came from Fields Park Media Partners, Ffilm Cymru Wales and Great Point Media. Shooting took place...
Studiocanal has picked up Ben Parker’s The Chamber ahead of its world premiere at FrightFest in August this year.
The film marks Parker’s directorial debut following his 2011 short Shifter, which played at FrightFest in 2011 as well as Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
Force Majeure actor Johannes Bah Kuhnke leads the story of an elite special ops unit that commanders a submersible research vessel to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea.
Also starring are Charlotte Salt (The Musketeers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), and Elliot Levey (The Lady In The Van).
Producers are Jen Handorf and Paul Higgins. Studiocanal’s head of international creative marketing Hugh Spearing is executive producer.
Financing came from Fields Park Media Partners, Ffilm Cymru Wales and Great Point Media. Shooting took place...
- 7/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
Terrific acting carries Tom Geens’s harrowing study of a grieving couple who decide to live wild in the Pyrenees
The second feature by Belgian-born director Tom Geens means what it says. It’s about a couple, and they’re in a hole, literally. Traumatised by the death of their son, Karen (Kate Dickie) and John (Paul Higgins), a Scottish couple living in the Pyrenees, have taken up residence underneath a fallen tree and live like troglodytes, shunning human company. This strange film is a ruralist cross between British psychological realism and the wilder, Artaud-inflected fringes of French art cinema. Although it doesn’t quite sustain its intensity to the end, Geens sticks uncompromisingly to the narrative’s emotional logic, while Sam Care’s photography evokes a subtle nightmare in moss green. The acting is terrific all round, with Dickie – so good recently in The Witch – increasingly resembling a female answer to Christian Bale,...
The second feature by Belgian-born director Tom Geens means what it says. It’s about a couple, and they’re in a hole, literally. Traumatised by the death of their son, Karen (Kate Dickie) and John (Paul Higgins), a Scottish couple living in the Pyrenees, have taken up residence underneath a fallen tree and live like troglodytes, shunning human company. This strange film is a ruralist cross between British psychological realism and the wilder, Artaud-inflected fringes of French art cinema. Although it doesn’t quite sustain its intensity to the end, Geens sticks uncompromisingly to the narrative’s emotional logic, while Sam Care’s photography evokes a subtle nightmare in moss green. The acting is terrific all round, with Dickie – so good recently in The Witch – increasingly resembling a female answer to Christian Bale,...
- 4/10/2016
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
Terrific acting carries Tom Geens’s harrowing study of a grieving couple who decide to live wild in the Pyrenees
The second feature by Belgian-born director Tom Geens means what it says. It’s about a couple, and they’re in a hole, literally. Traumatised by the death of their son, Karen (Kate Dickie) and John (Paul Higgins), a Scottish couple living in the Pyrenees, have taken up residence underneath a fallen tree and live like troglodytes, shunning human company. This strange film is a ruralist cross between British psychological realism and the wilder, Artaud-inflected fringes of French art cinema. Although it doesn’t quite sustain its intensity to the end, Geens sticks uncompromisingly to the narrative’s emotional logic, while Sam Care’s photography evokes a subtle nightmare in moss green. The acting is terrific all round, with Dickie – so good recently in The Witch – increasingly resembling a female answer to Christian Bale,...
The second feature by Belgian-born director Tom Geens means what it says. It’s about a couple, and they’re in a hole, literally. Traumatised by the death of their son, Karen (Kate Dickie) and John (Paul Higgins), a Scottish couple living in the Pyrenees, have taken up residence underneath a fallen tree and live like troglodytes, shunning human company. This strange film is a ruralist cross between British psychological realism and the wilder, Artaud-inflected fringes of French art cinema. Although it doesn’t quite sustain its intensity to the end, Geens sticks uncompromisingly to the narrative’s emotional logic, while Sam Care’s photography evokes a subtle nightmare in moss green. The acting is terrific all round, with Dickie – so good recently in The Witch – increasingly resembling a female answer to Christian Bale,...
- 4/10/2016
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
Johannes Bah Kuhnke stars in underwater thriller.
Shooting has begun in Wales this week on underwater thriller The Chamber, starring Swedish actor Johannes Bah Kuhnke in his first film role since his international breakthrough performance in family drama Force Majeure.
The Chamber also stars Charlotte Salt (The Musketeers), James McArdle (The James Plays), and Elliot Levey (The Lady In The Van).
The Chamber of the title is a special ops unit, which commandeer a commercial research vessel and it’s submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an explosion causes the sub to overturn and take on water, the crew begins to understand that not all of them will escape and a fight for survival ensues.
It marks the first feature of Ben Parker who previously made the short Shifter, which played at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Producers are Jen Handorf and Paul Higgins, and executive...
Shooting has begun in Wales this week on underwater thriller The Chamber, starring Swedish actor Johannes Bah Kuhnke in his first film role since his international breakthrough performance in family drama Force Majeure.
The Chamber also stars Charlotte Salt (The Musketeers), James McArdle (The James Plays), and Elliot Levey (The Lady In The Van).
The Chamber of the title is a special ops unit, which commandeer a commercial research vessel and it’s submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an explosion causes the sub to overturn and take on water, the crew begins to understand that not all of them will escape and a fight for survival ensues.
It marks the first feature of Ben Parker who previously made the short Shifter, which played at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Producers are Jen Handorf and Paul Higgins, and executive...
- 5/7/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Racking up some serious frequent flyer miles, the members of One Direction hopped a plane at Lax International Airport and flew to Sydney, Australia earlier this week.
Following their extensive North American press tour for their new album Four, Zayn, Niall, Liam, Louis and Harry arrived in the Land Down Under ahead of the 2014 Aria Awards, and they looked to be in good spirits as fans offered a warm welcome.
Meanwhile, with all of the positive things going on as of late it also seems that One Direction has suffered a loss with the resignation of their longtime tour manager Paul Higgins.
According to a source, “There have been issues behind the scenes for a while, and they’ve finally come to a head leading to Paul’s relationship with the band coming to an end.”
“In many ways he has completely run the show while they’ve been on...
Following their extensive North American press tour for their new album Four, Zayn, Niall, Liam, Louis and Harry arrived in the Land Down Under ahead of the 2014 Aria Awards, and they looked to be in good spirits as fans offered a warm welcome.
Meanwhile, with all of the positive things going on as of late it also seems that One Direction has suffered a loss with the resignation of their longtime tour manager Paul Higgins.
According to a source, “There have been issues behind the scenes for a while, and they’ve finally come to a head leading to Paul’s relationship with the band coming to an end.”
“In many ways he has completely run the show while they’ve been on...
- 11/26/2014
- GossipCenter
Afm slate also includes Brit-List sci-fi The Call-Up, horror The Last Word and a documentary about alt-rock band Pulp.
Altitude Film Sales is to bring five market debuts to the American Film Market (Afm) next week, including spy-thriller Spooks: The Greater Good - a feature version of the BAFTA-winning BBC TV series that ran for 10 series from 2002 to 2011.
Bharat Nalluri, who was the originating director of the TV series (known as Mi-5 in the Us), will take the reins of the feature that will shoot in the first quarter of 2014.
The film opens when terrorist Adam Qasim escapes from MI5 custody during a routine handover and head of counterterrorism, Harry Pearce, is blamed.
When the disgraced Pearce disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames, his protégé Will Crombie is called in to help uncover what happened. With a devastating attack on London imminent, Will finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that stretches...
Altitude Film Sales is to bring five market debuts to the American Film Market (Afm) next week, including spy-thriller Spooks: The Greater Good - a feature version of the BAFTA-winning BBC TV series that ran for 10 series from 2002 to 2011.
Bharat Nalluri, who was the originating director of the TV series (known as Mi-5 in the Us), will take the reins of the feature that will shoot in the first quarter of 2014.
The film opens when terrorist Adam Qasim escapes from MI5 custody during a routine handover and head of counterterrorism, Harry Pearce, is blamed.
When the disgraced Pearce disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames, his protégé Will Crombie is called in to help uncover what happened. With a devastating attack on London imminent, Will finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that stretches...
- 11/1/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
Beginning with this trailer back in February, I’ve hated the marketing for The Internship. It looks like an unfunny Google ad that hopes everybody still really likes the Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson pairing. To be fair, this film does have an appealing cast on paper. I like Vaughn and Wilson, and there’s a funny film to be made with them, John Goodman, Rose Byrne, Josh Gad, Aasif Mandvi, and the rest. I’m just not feeling good about this being it.
Still, maybe The Internship will be much better than the trailers and TV spots have made it seem. That’s something we can find out this weekend. Right now I want to stop with the speculation and instead look back on some of my favorite recent comedies and their awesome casts. I stuck to films whose main goal is...
Beginning with this trailer back in February, I’ve hated the marketing for The Internship. It looks like an unfunny Google ad that hopes everybody still really likes the Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson pairing. To be fair, this film does have an appealing cast on paper. I like Vaughn and Wilson, and there’s a funny film to be made with them, John Goodman, Rose Byrne, Josh Gad, Aasif Mandvi, and the rest. I’m just not feeling good about this being it.
Still, maybe The Internship will be much better than the trailers and TV spots have made it seem. That’s something we can find out this weekend. Right now I want to stop with the speculation and instead look back on some of my favorite recent comedies and their awesome casts. I stuck to films whose main goal is...
- 6/6/2013
- by Shane T. Nier
- The Scorecard Review
Unable to ever return to their old lives, Ian and Becky are forced to face the terrifying reality of life on the run. Meanwhile, Dugdale is drawn deeper and deeper into a plot that threatens to have fatal consequences. Starring: Adeel Akhtar as Wilson Alexandra Roach as Becky James Fox as Assistant Michael Smiley as Detective Reynolds Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Ian Oliver Woollford as Grant Paul Higgins as Michael Dugdale Paul Ready and Neil Maskell as Network henchmen Fiona O'Shaughnessy as Jessica Hyde Directed by Marc Munden LEEE777 - I'm hooked already, episode two shown tonight at 10Pm on Channel 4 and Channel 4 +1 at 11Pm (UK/Ireland).
- 1/22/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Here are your first official looks (via 2 trailers) at Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits) in the upcoming new C4 6-part, 6-hour series titled Utopia, which he stars in alongside Paul Higgins, Alexandra Roach and Neil Maskell. Directed by Marc Munden, from a script written by Dennis Kelly, Utopia's synopsis reads: The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. But when Ian, Becky, Grant and Wilson Wilson, a small group of previously unconnected people find themselves in possession of an original manuscript of the fabled book, their lives suddenly and brutally implode. Targeted swiftly and relentlessly by a...
- 1/11/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Review Louisa Mellor Jan 8, 2013
Channel 4's six-part graphic novel conspiracy drama gets off to a hugely promising start...
An episode of Spooks and superlative BBC Three comedy Pulling aside, you’re more likely to have encountered Dennis Kelly’s writing on the stage than on television. Prior to collaborating with Tim Minchin and the RSC on hit musical Matilda, Kelly wrote a series of plays combining humour and - though he hesitates to use the word - dark themes.
Tales of ordinary people in extremis (accidental death, infanticide, random violence, suicide, debt, torture, terrorist attacks) are Kelly’s thing; tense, dramatic stories that are both harrowing and funny.
It’s this combination of brutality, tension and comedy that Kelly draws together in original six-part Channel Four drama Utopia. Set in an alternative present where a food shortage is beginning to threaten the West and a shady conspiracy infiltrates the lives of previously unrelated people,...
Channel 4's six-part graphic novel conspiracy drama gets off to a hugely promising start...
An episode of Spooks and superlative BBC Three comedy Pulling aside, you’re more likely to have encountered Dennis Kelly’s writing on the stage than on television. Prior to collaborating with Tim Minchin and the RSC on hit musical Matilda, Kelly wrote a series of plays combining humour and - though he hesitates to use the word - dark themes.
Tales of ordinary people in extremis (accidental death, infanticide, random violence, suicide, debt, torture, terrorist attacks) are Kelly’s thing; tense, dramatic stories that are both harrowing and funny.
It’s this combination of brutality, tension and comedy that Kelly draws together in original six-part Channel Four drama Utopia. Set in an alternative present where a food shortage is beginning to threaten the West and a shady conspiracy infiltrates the lives of previously unrelated people,...
- 1/8/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
C4 didn't have a hi-res version of the above image, but it's your first official look at Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits) in the upcoming new C4 6-part, 6-hour series titled Utopia, which he stars in alongside Paul Higgins, Alexandra Roach and Neil Maskell. To be directed by Marc Munden, from a script written by Dennis Kelly, Utopia's synopsis reads: The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. But when Ian, Becky, Grant and Wilson Wilson, a small group of previously unconnected people find themselves in possession of an original manuscript of the fabled book, their lives suddenly and brutally...
- 12/20/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Two top young British actors, Misfits' star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and fast-rising Welsh actress Alexandra Roach headline the cast in Utopia, a brand new six-part drama series for Channel 4 which is currently filming in Liverpool. They star alongside Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, James Fox and Geraldine James in the conspiracy drama.
Nathan (now represented by Curtis Brown) is a Central drama school graduate and plays Curtis in E4's BAFTA-winning drama Misfits; he is the sole-surviving original cast member to appear in the up-coming 4th series. He will play Ian in Utopia, one of a group of previously unconnected people who end up in possession of a manuscript of cult graphic novel Utopia which knocks their lives out of kilter by explosive events.
Alexandra Roach (represented by Troika), who plays Becky in Utopia, was one of Screen International Stars of Tomorrow from 2011. She is a graduate of Rada drama...
Nathan (now represented by Curtis Brown) is a Central drama school graduate and plays Curtis in E4's BAFTA-winning drama Misfits; he is the sole-surviving original cast member to appear in the up-coming 4th series. He will play Ian in Utopia, one of a group of previously unconnected people who end up in possession of a manuscript of cult graphic novel Utopia which knocks their lives out of kilter by explosive events.
Alexandra Roach (represented by Troika), who plays Becky in Utopia, was one of Screen International Stars of Tomorrow from 2011. She is a graduate of Rada drama...
- 8/15/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits) has been cast alongside Paul Higgins, Alexandra Roach and Neil Maskell to headline an ensemble cast for a new C4 6-part, 6-hour series titled Utopia. To be directed by Marc Munden, from a script written by Dennis Kelly, Utopia's synopsis reads: The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. But when Ian, Becky, Grant and Wilson Wilson, a small group of previously unconnected people find themselves in possession of an original manuscript of the fabled book, their lives suddenly and brutally implode. Targeted swiftly and relentlessly by a murderous organisation known as The Network this terrified group are...
- 8/15/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Gina McKee and Neil Morrissey are among the stars who have signed up for roles in BBC Two's new drama Line of Duty. The five-part series has been written by Jed Mercurio, who previously penned shows including Bodies and Strike Back. The drama will revolve around Tony Gates (The Walking Dead's Lennie James), a popular policeman accused of corruption. Monarch of the Glen star Martin Compston and BAFTA-winning This Is England '86 actress Vicky McClure will star as the officers investigating crookedness in the force. McKee and Morrissey will also appear in the drama alongside Adrian Dunbar, Kate Ashfield, Craig Parkinson and Paul Higgins. (more)...
- 8/24/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
The founder and CEO of Optimum Releasing is leaving to become a producer with long-time business partner Paul Higgins. It was Higgins who bankrolled Clarke in the first place, setting up Optimum on £13,000 back in 1999. Optimum’s turnover last year was £36 million. I’m told that Clarke personally made £16 million ($24 million) when StudioCanal bought it for £22-25 million in 2006. I suspect that Clarke has always been more of an entrepreneur than a manager. And he has wanted to produce for a long time, steering Optimum towards production with its Brighton Rock remake and comedy Attack the [...]...
- 6/22/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
London -- Will Clarke, the founder and CEO of Optimum Releasing, is leaving the company at the end of this year to set up a production and media banner with longtime business partner Paul Higgins.
Clarke leaves a company he founded 11 years ago with Higgins. Optimum was acquired by France's StudioCanal in 2006.
He also leaves safe in the knowledge that StudioCanal has pledged to strike a production and development deal with his new label. Details are being ironed out.
Longtime Optimum executive Danny Perkins, most recently the distribution label's COO, will be upped to CEO from September this year.
Perkins joined Optimum when it was formed in 1999 and most recently supervised distribution for the company's releases and library across theatrical, DVD and television.
He will report to StudioCanal chairman and CEO Olivier Courson and be responsible for all U.K. operations.
StudioCanal said Clarke and Higgins will "remain close" to...
Clarke leaves a company he founded 11 years ago with Higgins. Optimum was acquired by France's StudioCanal in 2006.
He also leaves safe in the knowledge that StudioCanal has pledged to strike a production and development deal with his new label. Details are being ironed out.
Longtime Optimum executive Danny Perkins, most recently the distribution label's COO, will be upped to CEO from September this year.
Perkins joined Optimum when it was formed in 1999 and most recently supervised distribution for the company's releases and library across theatrical, DVD and television.
He will report to StudioCanal chairman and CEO Olivier Courson and be responsible for all U.K. operations.
StudioCanal said Clarke and Higgins will "remain close" to...
- 6/22/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Writer/director Richard Ayoade has persuaded Sally Hawkins, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine and newcomer Craig Roberts to dive into his movie debut "Submarine."
Ayoade, who directed rock concert film "Arctic Monkeys at the Apollo," and starred in comedy shows including Channel 4's' "The It Crowd," is directing the adaptation of Joe Dunthorne's novel of the same name.
Billed as a coming of age comedy, the film is set in Swansea and details the story of 15-year-old Oliver Tate who is living through his parents' marriage breakup and his first love.
The movie is produced by Andy Stebbing and Mark Herbert with Mary Burke under the Warp FIlms production banner and Red Hour Films.
It has backing from Film4, the U.K. Film Council's New Cinema Fund, Wales Creative IP Fund and Film Agency Wales and begins shooting in Swansea Monday for seven weeks.
Protagonist Pictures are handling international...
Ayoade, who directed rock concert film "Arctic Monkeys at the Apollo," and starred in comedy shows including Channel 4's' "The It Crowd," is directing the adaptation of Joe Dunthorne's novel of the same name.
Billed as a coming of age comedy, the film is set in Swansea and details the story of 15-year-old Oliver Tate who is living through his parents' marriage breakup and his first love.
The movie is produced by Andy Stebbing and Mark Herbert with Mary Burke under the Warp FIlms production banner and Red Hour Films.
It has backing from Film4, the U.K. Film Council's New Cinema Fund, Wales Creative IP Fund and Film Agency Wales and begins shooting in Swansea Monday for seven weeks.
Protagonist Pictures are handling international...
- 10/26/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- James Gandolfini, Steve Coogan, David Rasche and former child actor Anna Chlumsky will star in the political satire "In the Loop" for BBC Films.
Gandolfini will play a U.S. general in the unofficial adaptation of the BBC series "The Thick of It", which parodies the inner workings of U.S. and British government agencies and their international relations in a tale of war-hungry politicians. Chlumsky plays a State Department assistant and Rache ("United 93") is an undersecretary of state, and Coogan ("Hamlet 2") plays a disgruntled U.S. citizen.
"Thick" scribe Armando Iannucci is directing from his screenplay. Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Paul Higgins from the British series star, and series writers Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche and Ian Martin co-wrote the film. Tom Hollander and Gina McKee also star.
Kevin Loader (Miramax's "Venus", "Brideshead Revisited") and Adam Tandy are among the producers, and the U.K. Film Council also is producing in association with Aramid Entertainment. Optimum Releasing has obtained U.K. theatrical rights.
Gandolfini will play a U.S. general in the unofficial adaptation of the BBC series "The Thick of It", which parodies the inner workings of U.S. and British government agencies and their international relations in a tale of war-hungry politicians. Chlumsky plays a State Department assistant and Rache ("United 93") is an undersecretary of state, and Coogan ("Hamlet 2") plays a disgruntled U.S. citizen.
"Thick" scribe Armando Iannucci is directing from his screenplay. Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Paul Higgins from the British series star, and series writers Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche and Ian Martin co-wrote the film. Tom Hollander and Gina McKee also star.
Kevin Loader (Miramax's "Venus", "Brideshead Revisited") and Adam Tandy are among the producers, and the U.K. Film Council also is producing in association with Aramid Entertainment. Optimum Releasing has obtained U.K. theatrical rights.
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