“Lord of the Dance” star Michael Flatley is set to be the subject of a new in-depth feature documentary titled “The Billion Dollar Dancer.”
Following Flatley’s life and career from his humble beginnings as the son of Irish immigrants in Chicago to becoming one of the world’s most famous dancers, it will cover everything from bullying to boxing — plus his love of fast cars and his battle with cancer — through archive footage and interviews with the dancing sensation himself.
The doc, which is set to be directed by Ryan Suffern (“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story”), will also follow Flatley in the present as he launches a new show and oversees the 25th anniversary of “Lord of the Dance,” the Irish dancing spectacle that brought him to global attention.
Flatley first found himself in the public eye after creating “Riverdance,” which debuted during the intermission of the Eurovision...
Following Flatley’s life and career from his humble beginnings as the son of Irish immigrants in Chicago to becoming one of the world’s most famous dancers, it will cover everything from bullying to boxing — plus his love of fast cars and his battle with cancer — through archive footage and interviews with the dancing sensation himself.
The doc, which is set to be directed by Ryan Suffern (“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story”), will also follow Flatley in the present as he launches a new show and oversees the 25th anniversary of “Lord of the Dance,” the Irish dancing spectacle that brought him to global attention.
Flatley first found himself in the public eye after creating “Riverdance,” which debuted during the intermission of the Eurovision...
- 9/26/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Disney+’s ‘Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story’ First Look
Above is your first look at Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story, the Disney+ documentary about the legal case between two England players wives that gripped the UK and made tabloid headlines for weeks. Disney has released three images of Coleen Rooney, the wife of former England captain Wayne Rooney, ahead of the show’s launch. The doc follows how Rooney turned amateur online sleuth to find an explanation for why private stories about her and her family kept arising. Her infamous Instagram post revealing the identity of the leaker ‘broke the internet’ and lead to one of the UK’s highest-profile defamation cases, in which Rooney’s claims about Rebekah Vardy, wife of ex-England striker Jamie Vardy, were found to be “substantially true” by a judge. Dorothy Street Pictures and Lorton Entertainment made the doc, with Julia Nottingham, Emma Tutty,...
Above is your first look at Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story, the Disney+ documentary about the legal case between two England players wives that gripped the UK and made tabloid headlines for weeks. Disney has released three images of Coleen Rooney, the wife of former England captain Wayne Rooney, ahead of the show’s launch. The doc follows how Rooney turned amateur online sleuth to find an explanation for why private stories about her and her family kept arising. Her infamous Instagram post revealing the identity of the leaker ‘broke the internet’ and lead to one of the UK’s highest-profile defamation cases, in which Rooney’s claims about Rebekah Vardy, wife of ex-England striker Jamie Vardy, were found to be “substantially true” by a judge. Dorothy Street Pictures and Lorton Entertainment made the doc, with Julia Nottingham, Emma Tutty,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for “Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker,” the new two-part documentary event from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek will premiere globally on April 7, 2023. The docuseries explores every aspect of the man who became a tennis sensation after winning The Wimbledon Championships at the age of just 17, going on to win 49 career titles, including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal, as well as his high-profile, sometimes tumultuous personal life. The filmmakers had special access to Becker for more than three years, until late April 2022, when he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for hiding assets and loans to avoid paying his debts. “Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker” features a series of personal interviews with Becker, including an exclusive conversation with the champion the week of his sentencing, alongside members of his immediate family and tennis stars,...
- 3/23/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Amazon Prime Video has confirmed its latest sports doc will follow Newcastle United, with Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story indie 72 Films producing with Lorton Entertainment.
The as-yet-untitled series exploring the Saudi-owned club will not form part of Prime Video’s All or Nothing series, which has so far spotlighted Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
Cameras have been following Newcastle all season, one in which they are likely to finish higher in the Premier League than they have for years after they were acquired by a consortium including the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which attracted much controversy. They are chasing qualification for the Champion’s League and reached their first cup final for 24 years, which they lost to Manchester United.
72 Films, which also makes the All or Nothing docs, is partnering with Lorton, the producer behind Disney+’s upcoming Wagatha Christie doc.
“We are thrilled to be working with Newcastle United,...
The as-yet-untitled series exploring the Saudi-owned club will not form part of Prime Video’s All or Nothing series, which has so far spotlighted Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
Cameras have been following Newcastle all season, one in which they are likely to finish higher in the Premier League than they have for years after they were acquired by a consortium including the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which attracted much controversy. They are chasing qualification for the Champion’s League and reached their first cup final for 24 years, which they lost to Manchester United.
72 Films, which also makes the All or Nothing docs, is partnering with Lorton, the producer behind Disney+’s upcoming Wagatha Christie doc.
“We are thrilled to be working with Newcastle United,...
- 3/23/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Boom! Boom: The World vs. Boris Becker,” the upcoming Apple TV+ documentary that premiered in Berlin last month, has confirmed a release date.
The full two-part doc, about disgraced tennis champ Boris Becker, will drop on the streamer on April. 7.
The documentary, which was directed by Alex Gibney (“Enron”) and produced by John Battsek (“Searching for Sugar Man”), promises to explore “every aspect of the man who became a tennis sensation after winning The Wimbledon Championships at the age of just 17, going on to win 49 career titles, including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal, as well as his high-profile, sometimes tumultuous personal life,” according to the logline.
Becker has long been a staple of both U.K. and German tabloids due to his love life (which included fathering a child during a brief tryst with a waitress in a restaurant) followed by his recent fall from grace after...
The full two-part doc, about disgraced tennis champ Boris Becker, will drop on the streamer on April. 7.
The documentary, which was directed by Alex Gibney (“Enron”) and produced by John Battsek (“Searching for Sugar Man”), promises to explore “every aspect of the man who became a tennis sensation after winning The Wimbledon Championships at the age of just 17, going on to win 49 career titles, including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal, as well as his high-profile, sometimes tumultuous personal life,” according to the logline.
Becker has long been a staple of both U.K. and German tabloids due to his love life (which included fathering a child during a brief tryst with a waitress in a restaurant) followed by his recent fall from grace after...
- 3/6/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Lior Geller is set to direct “The World Will Tremble,” a scripted feature about the first Nazi death camp, which will be produced by Lorton Entertainment.
Of the 320,000 Jews sent to Chelmno, the first Nazi extermination camp, only four are known to have survived.
“The World Will Tremble” tells the story of two of them: Solomon Wiener and Michael Podchlebnik, who, against all odds, managed to escape. On Jan. 19, 1942, they became the first people in the world to provide eyewitness accounts of the systematic murder of Europe’s Jews at the hands of the Third Reich.
“The film will focus on a moment of bravery, resilience, and hope, proving that one’s will to live and tell others, can overcome insurmountable odds and the most indescribable of human conditions,” reads the films longline.
Geller (“We Die Young”) also wrote the film. He has spent over a decade researching the story...
Of the 320,000 Jews sent to Chelmno, the first Nazi extermination camp, only four are known to have survived.
“The World Will Tremble” tells the story of two of them: Solomon Wiener and Michael Podchlebnik, who, against all odds, managed to escape. On Jan. 19, 1942, they became the first people in the world to provide eyewitness accounts of the systematic murder of Europe’s Jews at the hands of the Third Reich.
“The film will focus on a moment of bravery, resilience, and hope, proving that one’s will to live and tell others, can overcome insurmountable odds and the most indescribable of human conditions,” reads the films longline.
Geller (“We Die Young”) also wrote the film. He has spent over a decade researching the story...
- 2/2/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Lorton Entertainment, who are currently working on highly anticipated Disney+ documentary “Wagatha Christie,” have set a new unscripted series titled “Horsepower” at Amazon, Variety can exclusively reveal.
A four-part documentary series which is set to launch on Prime Video U.K. and Ireland from Sept. 23, “Horsepower” gives viewers a rare glimpse into the world of horce racing via its two protagonists, leading trainer Andrew Balding and his principal jockey Oisin Murphy as they compete over a nine month period culminating in the horse racing world’s most prestigious annual event: Royal Ascot.
Audiences will get unprecedented behind the scenes access as they follow Balding (brother of sports host Clare Balding) and Murphy from fall 2020 to summer 2021, watching them train at Balding’s Hampshire stables and competing in events across the country. All seems lost, however, when Murphy tests positive for cocaine: will he be banned from the sport he loves...
A four-part documentary series which is set to launch on Prime Video U.K. and Ireland from Sept. 23, “Horsepower” gives viewers a rare glimpse into the world of horce racing via its two protagonists, leading trainer Andrew Balding and his principal jockey Oisin Murphy as they compete over a nine month period culminating in the horse racing world’s most prestigious annual event: Royal Ascot.
Audiences will get unprecedented behind the scenes access as they follow Balding (brother of sports host Clare Balding) and Murphy from fall 2020 to summer 2021, watching them train at Balding’s Hampshire stables and competing in events across the country. All seems lost, however, when Murphy tests positive for cocaine: will he be banned from the sport he loves...
- 9/7/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
James Blunt, the British singer-songwriter behind the romantic anthem of the aughties, “You’re Beautiful,” is the focus of a new documentary.
The project, which is jokingly described as “the story of an ageing, British pop star, still fighting for relevance some 17 years after his star momentarily twinkled,” will follow Blunt all across Europe during his 2022 Greatest Hit Tour.
The doc, which is directed by Chris Atkin, will delve into Blunt’s backstory, from witnessing the genocide of the Kosovo War as a British Army soldier to recording “Back to Bedlam,” the biggest selling album of the 2000s in the U.K. The film will also detail how Blunt endured a harsh backlash following his meteoric success, but “tweeted his way back” by becoming a keen social commentator online.
Blunt, who has 2.2 million followers on Twitter, often responds to trolls online with salty, self-deprecating remarks about his career.
Described as “Spinal Tap” meets “Alan Partridge,...
The project, which is jokingly described as “the story of an ageing, British pop star, still fighting for relevance some 17 years after his star momentarily twinkled,” will follow Blunt all across Europe during his 2022 Greatest Hit Tour.
The doc, which is directed by Chris Atkin, will delve into Blunt’s backstory, from witnessing the genocide of the Kosovo War as a British Army soldier to recording “Back to Bedlam,” the biggest selling album of the 2000s in the U.K. The film will also detail how Blunt endured a harsh backlash following his meteoric success, but “tweeted his way back” by becoming a keen social commentator online.
Blunt, who has 2.2 million followers on Twitter, often responds to trolls online with salty, self-deprecating remarks about his career.
Described as “Spinal Tap” meets “Alan Partridge,...
- 7/20/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Bros: After the Screaming Stops producer Lorton Entertainment is next turning the camera to cult British singer James Blunt in a doc billed as “Spinal Tap meets Alan Partridge.”
The unnamed behind-the-scenes doc from director Chris Atkins is billed as a “brutally honest story of a painfully self-aware, endlessly touring musician, for whom persistence eventually prevails.”
The synposis reads: “This is the story of an ageing, British popstar, still fighting for relevance some 17 years after his star momentarily twinkled. No one has a more extraordinary story than James Blunt. The soldier-turned-singer has one of the most inspiring trajectories in the history of music.”
Blunt served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War before releasing the chart-topping single ‘You’re Beautiful’ and album Back to Bedlam, which remains one of the UK’s biggest sellers of all time. Despite the single and album’s mega-popularity, both were widely panned by music critics...
The unnamed behind-the-scenes doc from director Chris Atkins is billed as a “brutally honest story of a painfully self-aware, endlessly touring musician, for whom persistence eventually prevails.”
The synposis reads: “This is the story of an ageing, British popstar, still fighting for relevance some 17 years after his star momentarily twinkled. No one has a more extraordinary story than James Blunt. The soldier-turned-singer has one of the most inspiring trajectories in the history of music.”
Blunt served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War before releasing the chart-topping single ‘You’re Beautiful’ and album Back to Bedlam, which remains one of the UK’s biggest sellers of all time. Despite the single and album’s mega-popularity, both were widely panned by music critics...
- 7/20/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Group says it has raised ’signficant capital’ for drama and documentary fund
UK-based Lorton Entertainment has launched a content fund to invest in film and TV drama and documentary.
The finance, sales, production and distribution group said the Lorton Media Fund will be one of the largest private investment funds focused on UK content.
Lorton Entertainment did not provide details on the size of the fund, but said t it marked a move away from its traditional model of financing indvidual films.
The company said it had been able to raise ‘signficant capital’ from long-term investors thanks to its track...
UK-based Lorton Entertainment has launched a content fund to invest in film and TV drama and documentary.
The finance, sales, production and distribution group said the Lorton Media Fund will be one of the largest private investment funds focused on UK content.
Lorton Entertainment did not provide details on the size of the fund, but said t it marked a move away from its traditional model of financing indvidual films.
The company said it had been able to raise ‘signficant capital’ from long-term investors thanks to its track...
- 5/13/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Lorton Entertainment, whose credits include documentaries, Asif Kapadia’s Cannes title “Diego Maradona” and Matt Smith’s Amazon Prime Video film “Rooney,” has launched a content fund.
The Lorton Media Fund, which will invest in drama and documentary across film and television, is a Jersey-based vehicle, which is administered by Oakbridge Fund Services (Jersey) Limited. It will be one of the largest private investment funds focused on U.K. content.
The company said that it has been able to “raise significant capital after a run of 17 hit films in the last six years alone.” Lordon’s credits also include a Boris Becker documentary that’s headed to the Cannes market, “Oasis: Supersonic” and “Bros: After the Screaming Stops.”
Lorton Entertainment was founded by CEO Julian Bird and a consortium of private financiers in 2016 with the abiding principle of bringing the strict discipline of the financial world into the film and television content sector.
The Lorton Media Fund, which will invest in drama and documentary across film and television, is a Jersey-based vehicle, which is administered by Oakbridge Fund Services (Jersey) Limited. It will be one of the largest private investment funds focused on U.K. content.
The company said that it has been able to “raise significant capital after a run of 17 hit films in the last six years alone.” Lordon’s credits also include a Boris Becker documentary that’s headed to the Cannes market, “Oasis: Supersonic” and “Bros: After the Screaming Stops.”
Lorton Entertainment was founded by CEO Julian Bird and a consortium of private financiers in 2016 with the abiding principle of bringing the strict discipline of the financial world into the film and television content sector.
- 5/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
BBC One greenlights Aberdeen-set drama ‘Granite Harbour’
BBC One has greenlit Granite Harbour, a three-part Scotland-set drama series featuring rising talents Romario Simpson (Small Axe) and Hannah Donaldson (Annika). The show from LA Productions centers on the story of Lance Corporal Davis Lindo, who arrives in Aberdeen as a new recruit to Police Scotland. Having completed his final tour with the Royal Military Police, Lindo dreams of being a detective at New Scotland Yard. However, he finds himself being sent to train as a Detective Constable in the North East of Scotland, he must quickly adapt to his new life in Aberdeen, a world away from anything the soldier has known before. Filming started a few weeks ago in locations through Aberdeenshire and Glasgow and the show will air on both BBC One and the BBC Scotland channel, in a similar vein to critical hit Guilt. BBC Scotland Head of...
BBC One has greenlit Granite Harbour, a three-part Scotland-set drama series featuring rising talents Romario Simpson (Small Axe) and Hannah Donaldson (Annika). The show from LA Productions centers on the story of Lance Corporal Davis Lindo, who arrives in Aberdeen as a new recruit to Police Scotland. Having completed his final tour with the Royal Military Police, Lindo dreams of being a detective at New Scotland Yard. However, he finds himself being sent to train as a Detective Constable in the North East of Scotland, he must quickly adapt to his new life in Aberdeen, a world away from anything the soldier has known before. Filming started a few weeks ago in locations through Aberdeenshire and Glasgow and the show will air on both BBC One and the BBC Scotland channel, in a similar vein to critical hit Guilt. BBC Scotland Head of...
- 5/13/2022
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
A new documentary on tennis superstar Boris Becker is nearing completion and is set to be sold at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Alex Gibney, Oscar-winning director of “Taxi to the Dark Side” and John Battsek, producer of the Oscar-winning “One Day in September,” have had exclusive access to Becker since 2019 and have been documenting him from then until late April, when he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for hiding assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
The as-yet-untitled documentary aims to explore every aspect of the man who became a tennis sensation after winning the Wimbledon Championship at the age of just 17 and went on to win 49 career titles including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal. Off court, Becker has had a tumultuous personal life. The film will also speak to major figures in his life, from family members to tennis greats John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg.
Alex Gibney, Oscar-winning director of “Taxi to the Dark Side” and John Battsek, producer of the Oscar-winning “One Day in September,” have had exclusive access to Becker since 2019 and have been documenting him from then until late April, when he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for hiding assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
The as-yet-untitled documentary aims to explore every aspect of the man who became a tennis sensation after winning the Wimbledon Championship at the age of just 17 and went on to win 49 career titles including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal. Off court, Becker has had a tumultuous personal life. The film will also speak to major figures in his life, from family members to tennis greats John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg.
- 5/10/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ian Bonhôte, a double BAFTA nominee for the feature documentary “McQueen,” has attached as the director on narrative feature “Faithfull,” about the singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull. Altitude has acquired worldwide sales rights.
As previously reported, Lucy Boynton, who played Mary Austin in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and appears in Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” for Netflix, stars as Faithfull.
Casting is underway for the role of Mick Jagger with casting director Sarah Crowe, BAFTA-nominated for “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” on board. Production is set for this fall.
The story is set in London in the mid-1960s and depicts Faithfull’s roller-coaster journey from being discovered as a convent schoolgirl of 17, finding fame as a pop idol, living through hedonistic times and a tumultuous romance with Jagger, to being a homeless drug addict in London.
Through her determination not to be known as just a footnote in rock and roll history,...
As previously reported, Lucy Boynton, who played Mary Austin in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and appears in Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” for Netflix, stars as Faithfull.
Casting is underway for the role of Mick Jagger with casting director Sarah Crowe, BAFTA-nominated for “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” on board. Production is set for this fall.
The story is set in London in the mid-1960s and depicts Faithfull’s roller-coaster journey from being discovered as a convent schoolgirl of 17, finding fame as a pop idol, living through hedonistic times and a tumultuous romance with Jagger, to being a homeless drug addict in London.
Through her determination not to be known as just a footnote in rock and roll history,...
- 2/4/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Ian Bonhôte, a BAFTA nominee for his documentary McQueen, will helm upcoming musician biopic Faithfull.
As we revealed back in October, Bohemian Rhapsody actress Lucy Boynton will star as Marianne Faithfull, the iconic singer-songwriter who recorded 21 albums including the acclaimed Broken English and the more recent Negative Capability. Her publicized romance with Mick Jagger was influential on the Rolling Stones.
The film will track her rollercoaster career from initial stardom, her time as a homeless drug addict, and then her subsequent recovery.
Casting director Sarah Crowe (The Personal History Of David Copperfield) has been brought onboard and the search is now underway to fill the role of Jagger.
Producers on the pic are Julia Taylor-Stanley of Artemis Films, Colin Vaines of Synchronistic Pictures, and Andee Ryder of Misfits Entertainment. UK outfit Altitude has acquired worldwide sales rights.
Boynton will also executive produce alongside Julian Bird and Abi Gadsby from Lorton Entertainment,...
As we revealed back in October, Bohemian Rhapsody actress Lucy Boynton will star as Marianne Faithfull, the iconic singer-songwriter who recorded 21 albums including the acclaimed Broken English and the more recent Negative Capability. Her publicized romance with Mick Jagger was influential on the Rolling Stones.
The film will track her rollercoaster career from initial stardom, her time as a homeless drug addict, and then her subsequent recovery.
Casting director Sarah Crowe (The Personal History Of David Copperfield) has been brought onboard and the search is now underway to fill the role of Jagger.
Producers on the pic are Julia Taylor-Stanley of Artemis Films, Colin Vaines of Synchronistic Pictures, and Andee Ryder of Misfits Entertainment. UK outfit Altitude has acquired worldwide sales rights.
Boynton will also executive produce alongside Julian Bird and Abi Gadsby from Lorton Entertainment,...
- 2/4/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Lucy Boynton to play the iconic singer and actress.
Ian Bonhôte, co-director of Bafta-nominated documentary McQueen, has signed to direct Faithfull, a biopic of Marianne Faithfull, which the UK’s Altitude has acquired to sell worldwide.
Set in mid-1960s London, Faithfull is set to star the previously announced Lucy Boynton, best known for Bohemian Rhapsody, as the iconic singer-songwriter. Faithful went from inspiring some of the biggest hits of the Rolling Stones while in a tumultuous relationship with Mick Jagger to becoming a homeless drug addict in London.
Bonhôte, whose documentary about fashion designer Alexander McQueen was nominated for...
Ian Bonhôte, co-director of Bafta-nominated documentary McQueen, has signed to direct Faithfull, a biopic of Marianne Faithfull, which the UK’s Altitude has acquired to sell worldwide.
Set in mid-1960s London, Faithfull is set to star the previously announced Lucy Boynton, best known for Bohemian Rhapsody, as the iconic singer-songwriter. Faithful went from inspiring some of the biggest hits of the Rolling Stones while in a tumultuous relationship with Mick Jagger to becoming a homeless drug addict in London.
Bonhôte, whose documentary about fashion designer Alexander McQueen was nominated for...
- 2/4/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
John Battsek of Passion Pictures producing doc.
Alex Gibney, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Taxi To The Dark Side and Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison Of Belief, is making a documentary about former tennis star Boris Becker.
Lorton Entertainment, the London-based company which financed 2019 Cannes title Diego Maradona, is executive producing and fully-financing Becker (working title). The company also holds the project’s global rights and will be introducing it to potential partners in Cannes.
John Battsek of Passion Pictures is producing the documentary with Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions.
The film will explore the life of Becker, who became a...
Alex Gibney, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Taxi To The Dark Side and Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison Of Belief, is making a documentary about former tennis star Boris Becker.
Lorton Entertainment, the London-based company which financed 2019 Cannes title Diego Maradona, is executive producing and fully-financing Becker (working title). The company also holds the project’s global rights and will be introducing it to potential partners in Cannes.
John Battsek of Passion Pictures is producing the documentary with Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions.
The film will explore the life of Becker, who became a...
- 5/14/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Cannes out of competition selection to get awards-qualifying release in Us.
HBO has acquired exclusive Us television and streaming rights to Asif Kapadia’s documentary Diego Maradona ahead of its out-of-competition slot in Cannes later this month, and will plan an awards-qualifying run later this year.
The film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Diego Maradona draws on more than 500 hours of previously unseen footage from its subject’s personal archives and chronicles the tumultuous life of the man regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time.
Maradona...
HBO has acquired exclusive Us television and streaming rights to Asif Kapadia’s documentary Diego Maradona ahead of its out-of-competition slot in Cannes later this month, and will plan an awards-qualifying run later this year.
The film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Diego Maradona draws on more than 500 hours of previously unseen footage from its subject’s personal archives and chronicles the tumultuous life of the man regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time.
Maradona...
- 5/1/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In the second major acquisition ahead of the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25), HBO has picked up the anticipated sports documentary “Diego Maradona,” from Oscar and BAFTA-winner Asif Kapadia, who launched music biodoc “Amy” (A24) at Cannes 2015 before winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Sony Pictures Classics also scooped up Ira Sach’s Competition title “Frankie,” starring Cannes regular Isabelle Huppert.
“Diego Maradona” will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition). HBO acquired the exclusive U.S. television and streaming rights, announced Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports. HBO will qualify “Diego Maradona” for the documentary Oscar before its debut on the channel on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt); the film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Much like his editing feat on race car documentary “Senna,” Kapadia drew on more than...
“Diego Maradona” will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition). HBO acquired the exclusive U.S. television and streaming rights, announced Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports. HBO will qualify “Diego Maradona” for the documentary Oscar before its debut on the channel on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt); the film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Much like his editing feat on race car documentary “Senna,” Kapadia drew on more than...
- 5/1/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
In the second major acquisition ahead of the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25), HBO has picked up the anticipated sports documentary “Diego Maradona,” from Oscar and BAFTA-winner Asif Kapadia, who launched music biodoc “Amy” (A24) at Cannes 2015 before winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Sony Pictures Classics also scooped up Ira Sach’s Competition title “Frankie,” starring Cannes regular Isabelle Huppert.
“Diego Maradona” will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition). HBO acquired the exclusive U.S. television and streaming rights, announced Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports. HBO will qualify “Diego Maradona” for the documentary Oscar before its debut on the channel on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt); the film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Much like his editing feat on race car documentary “Senna,” Kapadia drew on more than...
“Diego Maradona” will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition). HBO acquired the exclusive U.S. television and streaming rights, announced Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports. HBO will qualify “Diego Maradona” for the documentary Oscar before its debut on the channel on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt); the film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Much like his editing feat on race car documentary “Senna,” Kapadia drew on more than...
- 5/1/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
HBO has acquired exclusive rights to Amy and Senna director Asif Kapadia’s feature-length documentary Diego Maradona, which will debut at Cannes later this month. Drawing on more than 500 hours of rare footage from the Argentine icon’s personal archives, the documentary charts the trials and triumphs of the legendary footballer during his years at Italian club Napoli.
The film will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition) at Cannes. HBO, which landed theatrical, streaming and TV rights to the pic, has set a September 24 premiere date on the premium channel, and the pic will get limited qualifying theatrical run in the U.S. before that.
“Diego Maradona has long been considered the greatest footballer ever, and Asif Kapadia’s filmmaking perfectly captures every high and low of his transcendent career, from his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal to his awakening of Napoli, and more,” commented Peter Nelson,...
The film will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition) at Cannes. HBO, which landed theatrical, streaming and TV rights to the pic, has set a September 24 premiere date on the premium channel, and the pic will get limited qualifying theatrical run in the U.S. before that.
“Diego Maradona has long been considered the greatest footballer ever, and Asif Kapadia’s filmmaking perfectly captures every high and low of his transcendent career, from his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal to his awakening of Napoli, and more,” commented Peter Nelson,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has acquired the U.S. television and streaming rights to the feature-length documentary “Diego Maradona,” the network announced on Wednesday.
The documentary, which will have its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, documents the trials and triumphs of the legendary soccer player. HBO plans to release the documentary, which was executive produced and directed by Asif Kapadia, on Sept. 24.
“Diego Maradona has long been considered the greatest footballer ever, and Asif Kapadia’s filmmaking perfectly captures every high and low of his transcendent career, from his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal to his awakening of Napoli, and more,” Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports, said. “We look forward to sharing this landmark documentary with both soccer and non-soccer fans alike.”
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The documentary, which will have its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, documents the trials and triumphs of the legendary soccer player. HBO plans to release the documentary, which was executive produced and directed by Asif Kapadia, on Sept. 24.
“Diego Maradona has long been considered the greatest footballer ever, and Asif Kapadia’s filmmaking perfectly captures every high and low of his transcendent career, from his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal to his awakening of Napoli, and more,” Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports, said. “We look forward to sharing this landmark documentary with both soccer and non-soccer fans alike.”
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“My producers and I are delighted to be working with HBO on the release of ‘Diego Maradona’ in North America,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Production is under way on Altitude Film Entertainment and Citrus Films’ family movie Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans, based on the popular children’s book series by Terry Deary and illustrated by Martin Brown.
Shooting now on location in the UK and Bulgaria, the film will cast the antics of the Roman Empire in a comedic light. It will follow Atti, a Roman teenager with brains but very little brawn. When one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero, he is forced to join the army and is sent to miserable, cold, wet Britain where the natives are revolting – quite literally. Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
Dominic Brigstocke, director of the TV version of the series, will make his feature directorial debut. Script comes from Jessica Swale together with Giles Pilbrow and Caroline Norris.
Shooting now on location in the UK and Bulgaria, the film will cast the antics of the Roman Empire in a comedic light. It will follow Atti, a Roman teenager with brains but very little brawn. When one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero, he is forced to join the army and is sent to miserable, cold, wet Britain where the natives are revolting – quite literally. Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
Dominic Brigstocke, director of the TV version of the series, will make his feature directorial debut. Script comes from Jessica Swale together with Giles Pilbrow and Caroline Norris.
- 10/3/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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: Fulwell 73 (The Class of 92) and Lorton (Maradona) team on boxing biopic.
The Class Of 92 and I Am Bolt production outfit Fulwell 73 is in pre-production on feature biopic Benn v Eubank, about the rivalry between celebrated UK boxers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank.
The drama will chart the former world champion fighter’s journeys and maverick personalities and the intense rivalry that culminated in two anticipated fights in the early 1990s.
Benn v Eubank will be directed and co-written by Kieron Hawkes (Piggy), whose recent high-end TV credits include J K Rowling crime-drama Cormoran Strike for BBC, Ripper Street and Fortitude.
The film will be co-written by sports writer Daniel Harris and produced by Fulwell 73’s Leo Pearlman. It will be financed in conjunction with Julian Bird at Lorton Entertainment, whose credits include Oasis documentary Supersonic and Asif Kapadia’s upcoming documentary Maradona.
The production is aiming to shoot later this year...
The Class Of 92 and I Am Bolt production outfit Fulwell 73 is in pre-production on feature biopic Benn v Eubank, about the rivalry between celebrated UK boxers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank.
The drama will chart the former world champion fighter’s journeys and maverick personalities and the intense rivalry that culminated in two anticipated fights in the early 1990s.
Benn v Eubank will be directed and co-written by Kieron Hawkes (Piggy), whose recent high-end TV credits include J K Rowling crime-drama Cormoran Strike for BBC, Ripper Street and Fortitude.
The film will be co-written by sports writer Daniel Harris and produced by Fulwell 73’s Leo Pearlman. It will be financed in conjunction with Julian Bird at Lorton Entertainment, whose credits include Oasis documentary Supersonic and Asif Kapadia’s upcoming documentary Maradona.
The production is aiming to shoot later this year...
- 4/4/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Independent boards feature about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
UK sales outfit Independent has boarded international sales on Michael Winterbottom’s music feature On The Road, about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
The film, which gets its world premiere at the London Film Festival, follows the Grammy nominated group on their tour earlier this year.
Producers are Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) and Anthony Wilcox for Revolution Films. Julian Bird, Abi Gadsby at Lorton Entertainment (Oasis: Supersonic) are executive-producing alongside Declan Reddington.
Lorton Distribution will release in the UK in 2017. Independent will be selling the project at the Afm next month.
Independent’s MD Andrew Orr said: “We are thrilled to be working with Michael Winterbottom again. Playful and innovative, On The Road combines his masterful ability to shoot fiction so real, it seems like documentary, and to document a true story so well, it almost seems like fic-tion.”...
UK sales outfit Independent has boarded international sales on Michael Winterbottom’s music feature On The Road, about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
The film, which gets its world premiere at the London Film Festival, follows the Grammy nominated group on their tour earlier this year.
Producers are Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) and Anthony Wilcox for Revolution Films. Julian Bird, Abi Gadsby at Lorton Entertainment (Oasis: Supersonic) are executive-producing alongside Declan Reddington.
Lorton Distribution will release in the UK in 2017. Independent will be selling the project at the Afm next month.
Independent’s MD Andrew Orr said: “We are thrilled to be working with Michael Winterbottom again. Playful and innovative, On The Road combines his masterful ability to shoot fiction so real, it seems like documentary, and to document a true story so well, it almost seems like fic-tion.”...
- 10/6/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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