Shogun director Jonathan van Tulleken will lead a TV adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s debut novel, The Loney.
In a competitive situation, New Regency Television International acquired rights to the book and has attached van Tulleken, who will direct and executive-produce the initial episodes of the upcoming Blade Runner 2099.
Van Tulleken will work with New Regency Television International execs Ed Rubin, Emma Broughton and Beth Pattinson out of the company’s UK office. Shōgun, which he directed for Disney+, has been one of the most streamed originals of 2024 to date.
The Loney, Hurley’s first novel, was a Sunday Times bestseller, tells the story of two brothers on a journey through northwest England where they encounter unnerving secrets and become enmeshed in a series of terrifying events that shape their lives forever. It has attracted praise from the likes of Stephen King and won the the British Book Awards’ Book of the Year.
In a competitive situation, New Regency Television International acquired rights to the book and has attached van Tulleken, who will direct and executive-produce the initial episodes of the upcoming Blade Runner 2099.
Van Tulleken will work with New Regency Television International execs Ed Rubin, Emma Broughton and Beth Pattinson out of the company’s UK office. Shōgun, which he directed for Disney+, has been one of the most streamed originals of 2024 to date.
The Loney, Hurley’s first novel, was a Sunday Times bestseller, tells the story of two brothers on a journey through northwest England where they encounter unnerving secrets and become enmeshed in a series of terrifying events that shape their lives forever. It has attracted praise from the likes of Stephen King and won the the British Book Awards’ Book of the Year.
- 5/1/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
“Shogun” director Jonathan van Tulleken is set to direct the screen adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s debut novel “The Loney.”
Van Tulleken will also executive produce the project, which is produced by New Regency Television after they scooped up the television rights to the novel following a competitive bidding process. New Regency’s London-based team, comprised of Ed Rubin, Emma Broughton, and Beth Pattinson, will work with him on the project.
Described as a “chilling horror” story, “The Loney” has been translated into twenty languages.
“The Loney tells the gripping story of two brothers on a journey through northwest England where they encounter unnerving secrets and become enmeshed in a series of terrifying events that shape their lives forever,” reads the logline.
Hurley has also written “Devil’s Day” and “Starve Acre,” the latter of which has been turned into a film starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
“I...
Van Tulleken will also executive produce the project, which is produced by New Regency Television after they scooped up the television rights to the novel following a competitive bidding process. New Regency’s London-based team, comprised of Ed Rubin, Emma Broughton, and Beth Pattinson, will work with him on the project.
Described as a “chilling horror” story, “The Loney” has been translated into twenty languages.
“The Loney tells the gripping story of two brothers on a journey through northwest England where they encounter unnerving secrets and become enmeshed in a series of terrifying events that shape their lives forever,” reads the logline.
Hurley has also written “Devil’s Day” and “Starve Acre,” the latter of which has been turned into a film starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
“I...
- 5/1/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
White Lotus and One Day breakout Leo Woodall is leading an Apple TV+ thriller opposite Black Adam star Quintessa Swindell about a young maths graduate who discovers the secret to prime numbers, with Ridley Scott producing.
Woodall will play Edward Brook in Prime Target and Scott’s indie Scott Free is producing with New Regency. The show is created by Sherlock scribe Steve Thompson.
Woodall, who is having a moment following performances in HBO’s White Lotus and new Netflix adaptation One Day, is a maths graduate on the verge of succeeded in finding a pattern in prime numbers, which would hold the key to every computer in the world. Soon he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders (Swindell), a female Nsa agent, who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians’ behavior.
Woodall will play Edward Brook in Prime Target and Scott’s indie Scott Free is producing with New Regency. The show is created by Sherlock scribe Steve Thompson.
Woodall, who is having a moment following performances in HBO’s White Lotus and new Netflix adaptation One Day, is a maths graduate on the verge of succeeded in finding a pattern in prime numbers, which would hold the key to every computer in the world. Soon he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders (Swindell), a female Nsa agent, who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians’ behavior.
- 2/14/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“One Day” star Leo Woodall and “Black Adam’s” Quintessa Swindell are set to lead a new thriller series for Apple TV+ titled “Prime Target.”
Created by Steve Thompson (“Sherlock”) and produced by New Regency with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free, the eight-episode drama follows a mathematical genius as he’s plunged into a troubling conspiracy just as he’s about to make a major computational breakthrough.
Woodall plays math post-graduate Edward Brooks, who’s on the verge of working out how to access every computer in the world via a unique mathematical pattern when he realizes an someone is trying to stop him. Swindell takes on the role of Nsa agent Taylah Sanders, whose job is to watch and report on mathematicians with world-changing ideas.
“Together they start to piece together the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of,” reads the logline.
Rounding out the cast are Stephen Rea...
Created by Steve Thompson (“Sherlock”) and produced by New Regency with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free, the eight-episode drama follows a mathematical genius as he’s plunged into a troubling conspiracy just as he’s about to make a major computational breakthrough.
Woodall plays math post-graduate Edward Brooks, who’s on the verge of working out how to access every computer in the world via a unique mathematical pattern when he realizes an someone is trying to stop him. Swindell takes on the role of Nsa agent Taylah Sanders, whose job is to watch and report on mathematicians with world-changing ideas.
“Together they start to piece together the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of,” reads the logline.
Rounding out the cast are Stephen Rea...
- 2/14/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran producer Bibby Dunn has been promoted to president of Mark Gordon Pictures.
In the expanded role, Dunn will run production and development, produce scripted film and television content, manage sales across broadcast, cable and streaming, and oversee operations of the company’s three offices in Los Angeles, New York and London.
“Bibby is a fantastic developer, a meticulous and tenacious producer and a wonderful human being most of all,” Gordon said, announcing Dunn’s promotion. “I have watched her grow and thrive over the past 8 years, and there is no one I would rather have lead our team of producers into the next chapter of our company.”
Dunn was instrumental in the launch of Mark Gordon Pictures in March 2020, following Gordon’s exit as President and Chief Content Officer of eOne in 2019.
“I’ve learned so much from Mark over the years and am honored to take on this...
In the expanded role, Dunn will run production and development, produce scripted film and television content, manage sales across broadcast, cable and streaming, and oversee operations of the company’s three offices in Los Angeles, New York and London.
“Bibby is a fantastic developer, a meticulous and tenacious producer and a wonderful human being most of all,” Gordon said, announcing Dunn’s promotion. “I have watched her grow and thrive over the past 8 years, and there is no one I would rather have lead our team of producers into the next chapter of our company.”
Dunn was instrumental in the launch of Mark Gordon Pictures in March 2020, following Gordon’s exit as President and Chief Content Officer of eOne in 2019.
“I’ve learned so much from Mark over the years and am honored to take on this...
- 10/1/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Producer Bibby Dunn has been promoted to President of Mark Gordon Pictures. In the expanded role, Dunn will run production and development for the company, produce scripted film and television content, manage sales across broadcast, cable and streaming, and oversee operations of the company’s three offices in Los Angeles, New York and London.
“I’ve learned so much from Mark over the years and am honored to take on this new role at Mark Gordon Pictures,” Dunn said. “Just as Mark’s work has never been defined by any one genre or type, what I love about the company we are building is that everyone has a voice, and because of that we have an eclectic selection of projects that reflect our interest and passions. I am excited to be working alongside him and our fantastic team of producers as the company continues to grow into its next iteration.
“I’ve learned so much from Mark over the years and am honored to take on this new role at Mark Gordon Pictures,” Dunn said. “Just as Mark’s work has never been defined by any one genre or type, what I love about the company we are building is that everyone has a voice, and because of that we have an eclectic selection of projects that reflect our interest and passions. I am excited to be working alongside him and our fantastic team of producers as the company continues to grow into its next iteration.
- 10/1/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Gordon Pictures acquired screen rights to “The Code Breaker,” based on Walter Isaacson’s “The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.” The book was published March 9 by Simon & Schuster, and spent several weeks on the top of New York Times best sellers list.
The book centers on how Doudna and her collaborators invented an easy-to-use tool to edit DNA. The Nobel Prize winning scientist’s DNA work has been central in the rapid development of diagnostics and vaccines for coronavirus, along with sickle cell anemia and certain forms of cancer.
“The Code Breaker” will be executive produced by Mark Gordon and Beth Pattinson of Mark Gordon Pictures. Gordon and Isaacson previously collaborated on the producer’s adaptation of Isaacson’s bestselling book “Steve Jobs.” That movie was nominated for two Oscars in acting categories.
“At a time when science is more in the public eye than ever,...
The book centers on how Doudna and her collaborators invented an easy-to-use tool to edit DNA. The Nobel Prize winning scientist’s DNA work has been central in the rapid development of diagnostics and vaccines for coronavirus, along with sickle cell anemia and certain forms of cancer.
“The Code Breaker” will be executive produced by Mark Gordon and Beth Pattinson of Mark Gordon Pictures. Gordon and Isaacson previously collaborated on the producer’s adaptation of Isaacson’s bestselling book “Steve Jobs.” That movie was nominated for two Oscars in acting categories.
“At a time when science is more in the public eye than ever,...
- 7/27/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Gordon Pictures has snapped up screen rights to Walter Isaacson’s latest book The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race, about Nobel Prize-winning scientist and co-inventor of Crispr technology Jennifer Doudna, which the label will develop as a limited series.
The project reteams Gordon and Isaacson, the former having previously optioned the latter’s bestselling 2011 biography Steve Jobs, which was turned into a 2015 Oscar-nominated movie directed by Danny Boyle, adapted by Aaron Sorkin and starring Michael Fassbender as Jobs.
The book follows Doudna and her collaborators who turned a curiosity of nature into an invention poised to transform human health: an easy-to-use tool known as Crispr that can edit DNA. Essentially, Crispr-Cas9 allows scientists to rewrite DNA – the code of life – in any organism, including human cells, with unprecedented efficiency and precision, opening up a world of new possibilities and potential. Doudna...
The project reteams Gordon and Isaacson, the former having previously optioned the latter’s bestselling 2011 biography Steve Jobs, which was turned into a 2015 Oscar-nominated movie directed by Danny Boyle, adapted by Aaron Sorkin and starring Michael Fassbender as Jobs.
The book follows Doudna and her collaborators who turned a curiosity of nature into an invention poised to transform human health: an easy-to-use tool known as Crispr that can edit DNA. Essentially, Crispr-Cas9 allows scientists to rewrite DNA – the code of life – in any organism, including human cells, with unprecedented efficiency and precision, opening up a world of new possibilities and potential. Doudna...
- 7/26/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Gordon Pictures has pick up the screen rights to Walter Isaacson’s scientific discovery book The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.
The Hollywood producer plans a limited TV series about Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and co-inventor of Crispr technology, a tool to rewrite and edit human genes, or the code of life.
Simon & Schuster published Isaacson’s latest book in March. Mark Gordon and Beth Pattinson will executive produce the limited TV series adaptation for Mark Gordon Pictures.
The project reunites Gordon with Isaacson after the Hollywood producer earlier optioned the ...
The Hollywood producer plans a limited TV series about Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and co-inventor of Crispr technology, a tool to rewrite and edit human genes, or the code of life.
Simon & Schuster published Isaacson’s latest book in March. Mark Gordon and Beth Pattinson will executive produce the limited TV series adaptation for Mark Gordon Pictures.
The project reunites Gordon with Isaacson after the Hollywood producer earlier optioned the ...
- 7/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Mark Gordon Pictures has pick up the screen rights to Walter Isaacson’s scientific discovery book The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.
The Hollywood producer plans a limited TV series about Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and co-inventor of Crispr technology, a tool to rewrite and edit human genes, or the code of life.
Simon & Schuster published Isaacson’s latest book in March. Mark Gordon and Beth Pattinson will executive produce the limited TV series adaptation for Mark Gordon Pictures.
The project reunites Gordon with Isaacson after the Hollywood producer earlier optioned the ...
The Hollywood producer plans a limited TV series about Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and co-inventor of Crispr technology, a tool to rewrite and edit human genes, or the code of life.
Simon & Schuster published Isaacson’s latest book in March. Mark Gordon and Beth Pattinson will executive produce the limited TV series adaptation for Mark Gordon Pictures.
The project reunites Gordon with Isaacson after the Hollywood producer earlier optioned the ...
- 7/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Mark Gordon Pictures has acquired the rights Stephen McGinty’s forthcoming book, The Dive with plans to develop as a feature film and has tapped Edward Hemming to adapt. Mark Gordon and Beth Pattinson will produce for Mark Gordon Pictures.
“I’m delighted to be working with Mark, Beth and Ed as they adapt The Dive into a movie,” McGinty said. “The story of the rescue of Pisces III is one of the great tales of ocean adventure: when a band of blue-collar workers from Canada, America and Britain pulled together to rescue two men from a crushing depth never attempted before. I’ve long been an admirer of Mark’s extensive filmography – from Saving Private Ryan and Speed to Steve Jobs and Molly’s Game and feel confident that The Dive is now in the best possible hands.”
Based on a true story, The Dive recounts the harrowing...
“I’m delighted to be working with Mark, Beth and Ed as they adapt The Dive into a movie,” McGinty said. “The story of the rescue of Pisces III is one of the great tales of ocean adventure: when a band of blue-collar workers from Canada, America and Britain pulled together to rescue two men from a crushing depth never attempted before. I’ve long been an admirer of Mark’s extensive filmography – from Saving Private Ryan and Speed to Steve Jobs and Molly’s Game and feel confident that The Dive is now in the best possible hands.”
Based on a true story, The Dive recounts the harrowing...
- 5/13/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, the UK office of Mark Gordon Pictures has won film and TV rights to Calla Henkel’s debut novel, Other People’s Clothes, and set Emmy-nominated Unorthodox co-writer and co-creator Alexa Karolinski to adapt.
Set in Berlin in 2009, darkly-comedic thriller Other People’s Clothes charts the story of two young American art students whose lives spiral out of control after they rent an apartment from an eccentric crime writer.
Hodder & Stoughton imprint Sceptre will publish the novel in the UK, Australia and New Zealand as their lead debut on July 8, 2021. Doubleday U.S. will subsequently publish stateside. Emily Hayward-Whitlock at The Artists Partnership brokered the deal on behalf of Eleanor Birne at Pew Literary.
Executive producers will be Beth Pattinson and Mark Gordon for Mark Gordon Pictures, and Danny Davids.
As we first revealed, producer Gordon launched eOne-backed Mark Gordon Pictures last year. The firm has bases in LA,...
Set in Berlin in 2009, darkly-comedic thriller Other People’s Clothes charts the story of two young American art students whose lives spiral out of control after they rent an apartment from an eccentric crime writer.
Hodder & Stoughton imprint Sceptre will publish the novel in the UK, Australia and New Zealand as their lead debut on July 8, 2021. Doubleday U.S. will subsequently publish stateside. Emily Hayward-Whitlock at The Artists Partnership brokered the deal on behalf of Eleanor Birne at Pew Literary.
Executive producers will be Beth Pattinson and Mark Gordon for Mark Gordon Pictures, and Danny Davids.
As we first revealed, producer Gordon launched eOne-backed Mark Gordon Pictures last year. The firm has bases in LA,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“Curtain Call,” starring starring Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Paapa Essiedu and Simon Russell Beale, has sold to several major territories.
To be directed by “Shopgirl” filmmaker Anand Tucker, the film will commence production later this year in the U.K.
Culmination Productions has sold to Squareone Entertainment (German-speaking Europe), Notorious Pictures (Italy), California Filmes (Latin America), Cineart (Benelux), Tanweer (Greece), Lusomundo (Portugal), Sena (Iceland), Hagi Films (Poland), Shoval Film (Israel), Selim Ramia & Co (The Middle East), Empire (South Africa), Benchmark Films (Taiwan) and to Spain, where a distributor is yet to be announced.
Adapted by Oscar-nominee Patrick Marber (“Notes on a Scandal”) from Anthony Quinn’s novel of the same name, “Curtain Call” revolves around Jimmy Erskine (Beale), the most feared theatre critic of the age, his loyal and long-suffering assistant Tom Turner (Essiedu), David Brooke (Firth), the new owner of the newspaper who wants to be rid of Jimmy,...
To be directed by “Shopgirl” filmmaker Anand Tucker, the film will commence production later this year in the U.K.
Culmination Productions has sold to Squareone Entertainment (German-speaking Europe), Notorious Pictures (Italy), California Filmes (Latin America), Cineart (Benelux), Tanweer (Greece), Lusomundo (Portugal), Sena (Iceland), Hagi Films (Poland), Shoval Film (Israel), Selim Ramia & Co (The Middle East), Empire (South Africa), Benchmark Films (Taiwan) and to Spain, where a distributor is yet to be announced.
Adapted by Oscar-nominee Patrick Marber (“Notes on a Scandal”) from Anthony Quinn’s novel of the same name, “Curtain Call” revolves around Jimmy Erskine (Beale), the most feared theatre critic of the age, his loyal and long-suffering assistant Tom Turner (Essiedu), David Brooke (Firth), the new owner of the newspaper who wants to be rid of Jimmy,...
- 2/22/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Anand Tucker’s (Hilary & Jackie) period-drama Curtain Call, which is due to star Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Paapa Essiedu and Simon Russell Beale, has been pre-sold by Culmination Productions to a host of key territories ahead of shoot later this year in the UK.
In addition to the previously announced sales to Sony Pictures International Productions for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, the film has been sold to Squareone Entertainment (German Speaking Europe), Notorious Pictures (Italy), California Filmes (Latin America), Cineart (Benelux), Tanweer (Greece) and Lusomundo (Portugal).
Deals were also inked with Sena (Iceland), Hagi Films (Poland), Shoval Film (Israel), Selim Ramia & Co (The Middle East), Empire (South Africa) and Benchmark Films (Taiwan).
The film revolves around Jimmy Erskine (Beale), the most feared theatre critic of the age, his loyal and long-suffering assistant Tom Turner (Essiedu), David Brooke (Firth), the new owner of the newspaper who wants to be rid of Jimmy,...
In addition to the previously announced sales to Sony Pictures International Productions for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, the film has been sold to Squareone Entertainment (German Speaking Europe), Notorious Pictures (Italy), California Filmes (Latin America), Cineart (Benelux), Tanweer (Greece) and Lusomundo (Portugal).
Deals were also inked with Sena (Iceland), Hagi Films (Poland), Shoval Film (Israel), Selim Ramia & Co (The Middle East), Empire (South Africa) and Benchmark Films (Taiwan).
The film revolves around Jimmy Erskine (Beale), the most feared theatre critic of the age, his loyal and long-suffering assistant Tom Turner (Essiedu), David Brooke (Firth), the new owner of the newspaper who wants to be rid of Jimmy,...
- 2/22/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures International Productions on board as co-producer.
Culmination Productions has licensed major territories ahead of an anticipated start of production in the UK later this year on Anand Tucker’s EFM sales title Curtain Call starring Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Paapa Essiedu, and Simon Russell Beale.
Following previously announced sales to Sony Pictures International Productions for the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, the film has gone to Square One Entertainment for German-speaking Europe, Notorious Pictures for Italy, and California Filmes for Latin America.
In other deals, Selim Ramia & Co. has acquired rights for The Middle East, Cineart for Benelux,...
Culmination Productions has licensed major territories ahead of an anticipated start of production in the UK later this year on Anand Tucker’s EFM sales title Curtain Call starring Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Paapa Essiedu, and Simon Russell Beale.
Following previously announced sales to Sony Pictures International Productions for the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, the film has gone to Square One Entertainment for German-speaking Europe, Notorious Pictures for Italy, and California Filmes for Latin America.
In other deals, Selim Ramia & Co. has acquired rights for The Middle East, Cineart for Benelux,...
- 2/22/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Benedict Cumberbatch, Gemma Arterton murder mystery ‘Curtain Call’ sells for Culmination Productions
Sony Pictures International Productions on board as co-producer.
Culmination Productions has licensed major territories ahead of an anticipated start of production in the UK later this year on Anand Tucker’s EFM sales title Curtain Call starring Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Paapa Essiedu, and Simon Russell Beale.
Following previously announced sales to Sony Pictures International Productions for the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, the film has gone to Square One Entertainment for German-speaking Europe, Notorious Pictures for Italy, and California Filmes for Latin America.
In other deals, Selim Ramia & Co. has acquired rights for The Middle East, Cineart for Benelux,...
Culmination Productions has licensed major territories ahead of an anticipated start of production in the UK later this year on Anand Tucker’s EFM sales title Curtain Call starring Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Paapa Essiedu, and Simon Russell Beale.
Following previously announced sales to Sony Pictures International Productions for the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, the film has gone to Square One Entertainment for German-speaking Europe, Notorious Pictures for Italy, and California Filmes for Latin America.
In other deals, Selim Ramia & Co. has acquired rights for The Middle East, Cineart for Benelux,...
- 2/22/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Simon Russell Beale and Pappa Essiedu are attached to star in the period drama “Curtain Call” with Anand Tucker directing for Mark Gordon Pictures and Fearless Minds.
The film, set in 1930s London, revolves around a feared theater critic named Jimmy Erskine (Beale), his loyal assistant (Essiedu), a newspaper owner (Firth) who wants to get rid of the critic and an actress (Arterton) who has been devastated by the excoriating theatrical reviews. The critic’s determination to survive ensures that the other characters are caught in a web of blackmail, deceit and murder. Patrick Marber adapted the script from Anthony Quinn’s novel.
“Patrick’s script is one of the sharpest and most entertaining I have ever read,” Tucker said. “It’s no surprise it has attracted such an extraordinary cast, and I can’t wait to bring this urgent story to audiences around the world.
The film, set in 1930s London, revolves around a feared theater critic named Jimmy Erskine (Beale), his loyal assistant (Essiedu), a newspaper owner (Firth) who wants to get rid of the critic and an actress (Arterton) who has been devastated by the excoriating theatrical reviews. The critic’s determination to survive ensures that the other characters are caught in a web of blackmail, deceit and murder. Patrick Marber adapted the script from Anthony Quinn’s novel.
“Patrick’s script is one of the sharpest and most entertaining I have ever read,” Tucker said. “It’s no surprise it has attracted such an extraordinary cast, and I can’t wait to bring this urgent story to audiences around the world.
- 11/13/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Prolific producer Mark Gordon is setting sail with a new production company, Mark Gordon Pictures.
The venture is backed by Entertainment One, where Gordon served as president until July 2019 in the wake of friction with the group. He then transitioned to a development and production deal with the company, which has since been acquired by toy giant Hasbro. The Mark Gordon Company was fully acquired by eOne in 2018, three years after eOne took a majority stake in the company.
Gordon, the producer of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Criminal Minds,” and major films such as “Saving Private Ryan,” has now launched a company that intends to create projects for film and television, in addition to expanding into theater domestically and in the U.K. Mark Gordon Pictures, which has a “significant” in-house development fund, will continue to create content for eOne as part of their existing agreement.
With offices in Los Angeles, New York and London,...
The venture is backed by Entertainment One, where Gordon served as president until July 2019 in the wake of friction with the group. He then transitioned to a development and production deal with the company, which has since been acquired by toy giant Hasbro. The Mark Gordon Company was fully acquired by eOne in 2018, three years after eOne took a majority stake in the company.
Gordon, the producer of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Criminal Minds,” and major films such as “Saving Private Ryan,” has now launched a company that intends to create projects for film and television, in addition to expanding into theater domestically and in the U.K. Mark Gordon Pictures, which has a “significant” in-house development fund, will continue to create content for eOne as part of their existing agreement.
With offices in Los Angeles, New York and London,...
- 8/31/2020
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer Mark Gordon has launched Mark Gordon Pictures, a new production venture that is backed by EOne. Gordon has put together a staff of producers to create new film and TV productions and continue to shepherd the ones he already had in the works. Part of the plan is to expand into theater in the U.S. and U.K.
Gordon exited as president of EOne in June, 2019, this after selling to EOne 51% of the Mark Gordon Co. in 2015 for $133 Million, and the remaining 49% of The Mark Gordon Co. for $209 million in January 2018. Gordon has a long track record as a hit making producer of such TV shows as Grey’s Anatomy, Ray Donovan and Criminal Minds, and for eOne Designated Survivor and the Nathan Fillion-starrer The Rookie. Gordon’s long list of movie credits includes Saving Private Ryan, Speed, Murder on the Orient Express, The Messenger, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow,...
Gordon exited as president of EOne in June, 2019, this after selling to EOne 51% of the Mark Gordon Co. in 2015 for $133 Million, and the remaining 49% of The Mark Gordon Co. for $209 million in January 2018. Gordon has a long track record as a hit making producer of such TV shows as Grey’s Anatomy, Ray Donovan and Criminal Minds, and for eOne Designated Survivor and the Nathan Fillion-starrer The Rookie. Gordon’s long list of movie credits includes Saving Private Ryan, Speed, Murder on the Orient Express, The Messenger, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow,...
- 8/31/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon has big programming ambitions for its Prime Video service in Europe and Georgia Brown is tasked with making them a reality. The former BBC Worldwide and FremantleMedia executive joined the streamer last year as its first director of original television for Europe.
Beth Pattinson has since joined her team, coming over from the BBC to work on development, as has Ram Murali, previously part of the Amazon Studios original movies team.
Alongside the global juggernauts such as “Good Omens,” local programming, such as the first French original, Franco-German comedy “Deutsch Les Landes,” and debut Spanish offering, football doc “Six Days,” is bubbling up. Brown talks Variety through her plans and rise to the top.
What’s the opportunity in terms of original content in Europe?
In Europe we have an incredible opportunity to change the creative conversation and define what we believe to be truly original and distinctive television.
Beth Pattinson has since joined her team, coming over from the BBC to work on development, as has Ram Murali, previously part of the Amazon Studios original movies team.
Alongside the global juggernauts such as “Good Omens,” local programming, such as the first French original, Franco-German comedy “Deutsch Les Landes,” and debut Spanish offering, football doc “Six Days,” is bubbling up. Brown talks Variety through her plans and rise to the top.
What’s the opportunity in terms of original content in Europe?
In Europe we have an incredible opportunity to change the creative conversation and define what we believe to be truly original and distinctive television.
- 4/7/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to the newlywed drama On Chesil Beach, starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle.
The Brooklyn Oscar nominee and the Dunkirk actor, respectively, play a newlywed couple who remained virgins until their wedding night. Their honeymoon retreat along the English seaside in 1962 becomes a challenge as they find themselves ill-equipped to consummate their marriage.
Former Royal Court Theatre head Dominic Cooke directed the adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel from the author's script. Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley produced, with Joe Oppenheimer, Thorsten Schumacher, Zygi Kamasa, Beth Pattinson, Chiara Gelardin, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden and Ian McEwan serving as executive producers.
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The Brooklyn Oscar nominee and the Dunkirk actor, respectively, play a newlywed couple who remained virgins until their wedding night. Their honeymoon retreat along the English seaside in 1962 becomes a challenge as they find themselves ill-equipped to consummate their marriage.
Former Royal Court Theatre head Dominic Cooke directed the adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel from the author's script. Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley produced, with Joe Oppenheimer, Thorsten Schumacher, Zygi Kamasa, Beth Pattinson, Chiara Gelardin, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden and Ian McEwan serving as executive producers.
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- 9/7/2017
- by Ashley Lee,Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Project co-financed by Lorton Entertainment and produced by Silvertown Films.
BBC Films and Lorton Entertainment are co-financing battle rap drama Vs., which stars rising British actor Connor Swindells (pictured) and Adam Rooney aka Shotty Horroh.
The project was announced today by producer Bennett McGhee of Silvertown Films and is currently in production in London and Essex.
British filmmaker Ed Lilly (The Hive) makes his feature film debut, directing from an original screenplay co-written with Daniel Hayes.
The cast also includes Fola Evans-Akingbola (Game of Thrones), Ruth Sheen (Another Year) and Nicholas Pinnock (Fortitude).
Vs. is a drama about a withdrawn foster-teen (Swindells) teetering on the edge of self-destruction, who finds his feet – and his voice - in the world of UK battle rap.
BBC Films developed the film with Joe Oppenheimer and Beth Pattinson serving as executive producers alongside Lorton Entertainment’s Julian Bird and Wildgaze Films’ Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey. Jack Tarling (God’s...
BBC Films and Lorton Entertainment are co-financing battle rap drama Vs., which stars rising British actor Connor Swindells (pictured) and Adam Rooney aka Shotty Horroh.
The project was announced today by producer Bennett McGhee of Silvertown Films and is currently in production in London and Essex.
British filmmaker Ed Lilly (The Hive) makes his feature film debut, directing from an original screenplay co-written with Daniel Hayes.
The cast also includes Fola Evans-Akingbola (Game of Thrones), Ruth Sheen (Another Year) and Nicholas Pinnock (Fortitude).
Vs. is a drama about a withdrawn foster-teen (Swindells) teetering on the edge of self-destruction, who finds his feet – and his voice - in the world of UK battle rap.
BBC Films developed the film with Joe Oppenheimer and Beth Pattinson serving as executive producers alongside Lorton Entertainment’s Julian Bird and Wildgaze Films’ Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey. Jack Tarling (God’s...
- 6/9/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Laurent Lafitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Louis Hofmann also board project.
Ralph Fiennes has joined the cast of The White Crow, his project about Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
Fiennes will play Nureyev’s teacher and mentor, Pushkin, who helped launch Nureyev’s career out of St Petersburg, and will also direct the feature.
As previously reported, professional dancer Oleg Ivenko will play the lead role of Nureyev, while fellow dancer Sergei Polunin, Blue Is The Warmest Colour star Adèle Exarchopoulos and Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova are among the cast.
The production has now also attached Elle star Laurent Lafitte, The French Minister star Raphaël Personnaz, Personal Shopper actor Calypso Valois and Land Of Mine star Louis Hofmann ahead of its summer 2017 shoot in St Petersburg and Paris, with locations including the Mariinsky Theatre and the Palais Garnier.
Two-time Oscar-nominee David Hare (The Hours, The Reader) has adapted the screenplay from Julie Kavanagh’s book Rudolf Nureyev, which...
Ralph Fiennes has joined the cast of The White Crow, his project about Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
Fiennes will play Nureyev’s teacher and mentor, Pushkin, who helped launch Nureyev’s career out of St Petersburg, and will also direct the feature.
As previously reported, professional dancer Oleg Ivenko will play the lead role of Nureyev, while fellow dancer Sergei Polunin, Blue Is The Warmest Colour star Adèle Exarchopoulos and Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova are among the cast.
The production has now also attached Elle star Laurent Lafitte, The French Minister star Raphaël Personnaz, Personal Shopper actor Calypso Valois and Land Of Mine star Louis Hofmann ahead of its summer 2017 shoot in St Petersburg and Paris, with locations including the Mariinsky Theatre and the Palais Garnier.
Two-time Oscar-nominee David Hare (The Hours, The Reader) has adapted the screenplay from Julie Kavanagh’s book Rudolf Nureyev, which...
- 5/3/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Fox Searchlight, BBC Films produced novel adaptation set in 1946 Germany.
The Aftermath, Fox Searchlight Pictures and BBC Films’ drama set in post-war Germany in 1946, has wrapped after shooting on location in Prague and Hamburg.
Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke lead the cast of the film, which follows a woman who is reunited with her husband in Hamburg, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city following the war.
James Kent (Testament Of Youth) directs from a script by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse (Race) and Rhidian Brook. The screenplay was adapted from Brook’s novel of the same name.
Additional cast includes Flora Thiemann, Fionn O’Shea, Kate Phillips, and Martin Compston.
Jack Arbuthnott and Malte Grunert produced and Ridley Scott and Carlo Dusi executive produced with Joe Oppenheimer and Beth Pattinson of BBC Films, who developed the project. It has support funding from Filmförderung Hamburg - Schleswig Holstein.
Crew included...
The Aftermath, Fox Searchlight Pictures and BBC Films’ drama set in post-war Germany in 1946, has wrapped after shooting on location in Prague and Hamburg.
Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke lead the cast of the film, which follows a woman who is reunited with her husband in Hamburg, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city following the war.
James Kent (Testament Of Youth) directs from a script by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse (Race) and Rhidian Brook. The screenplay was adapted from Brook’s novel of the same name.
Additional cast includes Flora Thiemann, Fionn O’Shea, Kate Phillips, and Martin Compston.
Jack Arbuthnott and Malte Grunert produced and Ridley Scott and Carlo Dusi executive produced with Joe Oppenheimer and Beth Pattinson of BBC Films, who developed the project. It has support funding from Filmförderung Hamburg - Schleswig Holstein.
Crew included...
- 3/9/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Adèle Exarchopoulos and dancers Oleg Ivenko and Sergei Polunin will star in The White Crow; HanWay to handle world sales.
Blue Is The Warmest Colour star Adèle Exarchopoulos, Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova (Good Bye Lenin!) and dancers Sergei Polunin and Oleg Ivenko are to star in Ralph Fiennes’ Rudolf Nureyev drama The White Crow.
After an extensive search the production has settled on Russian dancer Ivenko to play iconic dancer Nureyev in the feature, which Fiennes will look to shoot on location in St Petersburg and Paris, including the iconic Mariinsky Theatre and the Palais Garnier, in summer 2017.
David Hare’s (The Hours) script, based on the biography Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanagh, charts the iconic dancer’s famed defection from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite Kgb efforts to stop him.
The script’s finale is set at Le Bourget airport in Paris and traces the dramatic day of the...
Blue Is The Warmest Colour star Adèle Exarchopoulos, Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova (Good Bye Lenin!) and dancers Sergei Polunin and Oleg Ivenko are to star in Ralph Fiennes’ Rudolf Nureyev drama The White Crow.
After an extensive search the production has settled on Russian dancer Ivenko to play iconic dancer Nureyev in the feature, which Fiennes will look to shoot on location in St Petersburg and Paris, including the iconic Mariinsky Theatre and the Palais Garnier, in summer 2017.
David Hare’s (The Hours) script, based on the biography Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanagh, charts the iconic dancer’s famed defection from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite Kgb efforts to stop him.
The script’s finale is set at Le Bourget airport in Paris and traces the dramatic day of the...
- 2/3/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: FilmNation and BBC Films are co-financing the Duncan Kenworthy production, which has sold out worldwide.
Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci and 2016 Screen Star Of Tomorrow Fionn Whitehead are to star in director Richard Eyre’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s The Children Act.
Filming on the Duncan Kenworthy production will take place on location in London from mid-October. FilmNation Entertainment, who are co-financing with BBC Films, is handling worldwide rights and has sold out the film internationally. McEwan adapted his own 2014 novel for the screen.
International distributors who have boarded the film include: eOne in the UK and Canada, Telemunchen in Germany, Bim in Italy, Vertigo in Spain, Roadshow in Australia, Kino in Japan, Swen in Latin America, Cineart in Benelux, Scanbox in Scandinavia, Spentzos in Greece, Lev in Israel, Italia in the Middle East, Ster Kinekor in South Africa and Bravos in Hong Kong.
Thompson stars in The Children Act as Fiona Maye, an eminent...
Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci and 2016 Screen Star Of Tomorrow Fionn Whitehead are to star in director Richard Eyre’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s The Children Act.
Filming on the Duncan Kenworthy production will take place on location in London from mid-October. FilmNation Entertainment, who are co-financing with BBC Films, is handling worldwide rights and has sold out the film internationally. McEwan adapted his own 2014 novel for the screen.
International distributors who have boarded the film include: eOne in the UK and Canada, Telemunchen in Germany, Bim in Italy, Vertigo in Spain, Roadshow in Australia, Kino in Japan, Swen in Latin America, Cineart in Benelux, Scanbox in Scandinavia, Spentzos in Greece, Lev in Israel, Italia in the Middle East, Ster Kinekor in South Africa and Bravos in Hong Kong.
Thompson stars in The Children Act as Fiona Maye, an eminent...
- 10/3/2016
- by matt.mueller@screendaily.com (Matt Mueller)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Playwright Charlotte Josephine has won the inaugural BBC Screenplay First Award, bestowed by BBC Films and BBC Writersroom.
The prize was set up to reward UK writers with previous credits in theatre, TV or radio, who were yet to have a feature film produced.
A total of 445 scripts were submitted to BBC Writersroom for consideration, with the applications judged by Anne Edyvean, head of BBC Writersroom, and Beth Pattinson, development executive, BBC Films.
Josephine, co-artistic director of Snuff Box Theatre, will receive the £10,000 Award and get support from BBC Films development team to develop her original feature screenplay.
Playwright Patricia Cumper was awarded a runner up prize of £5,000.
Edyvean said: “The standard of submissions was incredibly high, making it difficult to decide on the shortlist, let alone a single winner…In the end, we created a Runner Up award so as to offer both Charlotte and Pat a development opportunity with BBC Films!”
Pattinson added:...
The prize was set up to reward UK writers with previous credits in theatre, TV or radio, who were yet to have a feature film produced.
A total of 445 scripts were submitted to BBC Writersroom for consideration, with the applications judged by Anne Edyvean, head of BBC Writersroom, and Beth Pattinson, development executive, BBC Films.
Josephine, co-artistic director of Snuff Box Theatre, will receive the £10,000 Award and get support from BBC Films development team to develop her original feature screenplay.
Playwright Patricia Cumper was awarded a runner up prize of £5,000.
Edyvean said: “The standard of submissions was incredibly high, making it difficult to decide on the shortlist, let alone a single winner…In the end, we created a Runner Up award so as to offer both Charlotte and Pat a development opportunity with BBC Films!”
Pattinson added:...
- 6/27/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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