With high-profile projects from Bryan Fuller, David Lynch, Ryan Murphy and more, 2017 already looks worth watching closely. Here are a few choice picks for TV shows from TheWrap’s staff. “24: Legacy” Everything we loved about the classic “24” — Kiefer Sutherland solving international crises under the gun with Stakes That Couldn’t be Higher — we now get out of ABC’s “Designated Survivor.” So our interest in this continuation of “24” is pure curiosity — can the show still keep us watching the clock, now that Corey Harkins is the one racing against time? “Taboo” “Taboo” Tom Hardy is our favorite big-man chameleon maniac.
- 12/16/2016
- by Scott Collins and Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Production, post and distribution company Curious has announced a ramped up production slate across both Australian and Nz projects, including Pat Nalin.s highly anticipated Beyond the Known World due for completion in mid-2015.
Set in The Himalayas, the Nz-India co-production follows an estranged couple who journey to India in order to search for their missing daughter. The cast includes David Wenham (Lord of the Rings, 300, Top of the Lake), Sia Trokenheim (Step Dave, Everything We Loved), and Emmanuelle Beart (8 Femmes) and is currently in post-production at Curious Auckland.
Matthew Horrocks and Kristian Eek will produce while Matt Noonan and Sarah Noonan are the EPs. Arclight Films is handling international sales. Curious will distribute in Australia and Nz.
Director Taika Watiti of Boy and What We Do in The Shadows has a new comic adventure up his sleeve, with Hunt for the Wilderpeople commencing production on May 18, 2015 in New Zealand.
Set in The Himalayas, the Nz-India co-production follows an estranged couple who journey to India in order to search for their missing daughter. The cast includes David Wenham (Lord of the Rings, 300, Top of the Lake), Sia Trokenheim (Step Dave, Everything We Loved), and Emmanuelle Beart (8 Femmes) and is currently in post-production at Curious Auckland.
Matthew Horrocks and Kristian Eek will produce while Matt Noonan and Sarah Noonan are the EPs. Arclight Films is handling international sales. Curious will distribute in Australia and Nz.
Director Taika Watiti of Boy and What We Do in The Shadows has a new comic adventure up his sleeve, with Hunt for the Wilderpeople commencing production on May 18, 2015 in New Zealand.
- 5/18/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
At the beginning of Max Currie’s debut feature “Everything We Loved,” we see a man sharing a few tender moments with his small son. It soon becomes clear that something’s amiss in this twosome however, as Tommy (Ben Clarkson), the boy, inquires after his mommy, and Charlie (Brett Stewart), explains that she’s dead. Tommy’s not buying it though, and so Charlie distracts him with magic tricks and a Christmas celebration. The audience understanding of the situation slowly and continuously evolves as tiny, almost missable bits of information unfold onscreen: a news broadcast about a missing boy; a Christmas book labeled “Hugo”; Charlie telling Tommy, “I’m not the daddy that made you.” The situation becomes crystal clear with the arrival of Charlie’s wife, Angie (Sia Trokenheim). She seems broken and grieving, and horrified that Charlie has a strange boy in the house. A strange boy...
- 12/8/2014
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Aaron Wilson.s WW2 drama Canopy won the jury grand prize and Craig Monahan.s Healing took the audience award at the 16th annual St Tropez Antipodes Film Festival. Rhys Graham.s Galore collected the prize for best female talent for Ashleigh Cummings and Lily Sullivan. Brett Stewart was named best male talent for Everything We Loved, the debut feature from Kiwi writer-director Max Currie. The drama revolves around a magician and his wife who look for a replacement child after their young son dies suddenly. There was a special mention for Galore.s Toby Wallace. The jury headed by Fred Schepisi awarded the best short prize to Miranda Edmonds and Khrob Edmonds. Tango Underpants. Stephen Lance.s My Mistress and Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours also screened in competition. Wilson has been hosting Q&A screenings of Canopy in Us cinemas. The film is released on home entertainment in Australia this week.
- 10/20/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Now playing to enthusiastic public and industry audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival after playing to five and even six star reviews in its home country New Zealand, where it grossed $2 million, "The Dark Horse" (Isa: Seville/eOne) is a provocative, emotionally charged drama about a man who searches for the courage to lead, despite his own challenging mental health issues, and who finds purpose and hope in passing his gift for speed chess to the children in his gang-dominated community.
This film is being hailed as one of the greatest New Zealand films of all time. Seeing that (aside from "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy), there have not been many films playing widely outside of New Zealand since the unprecedented, trend setting and career building "Once Were Warriors", this film is well overdue and widely welcomed by the international film world.
The lead actor, Cliff Curtis ("Training Day","Whale Rider", "Once Were Warriors", "Three Kings") was initially not sure he wanted to work on this film and did not trust the producer, and writer-director, nor were they sure of him to play the part of a man so physically unlike Curtis. They spoke many times about the story, the role, so unlike any Curtis had ever played. When Curtis told James that he thought the key to the character of Genesis was Love, James felt that perhaps he could play the role, but then he would have to gain weight (Curtis inhabits a tight, muscled, lean body and Genesis was more of a big bear of a man, weighed 300 pounds, was missing front teeth). And he would have to method act to create the image of Genesis as James wanted to depict him. The concept of love however bound the team in a united effort to make the movie work. It is no surprise that the word Curtis used to describe what kept the film going was Aroha, which in Maori means Love. Cliff put himself at risk, playing such a role which, if it failed to deliver, could ruin his career, and trust was necessary for everyone in undertaking to tell this story. After many conversations and then after seeing "I'm Not Harry Jenson.", Curtis agreed to make the movie.
Over the six week shoot, the family and friends of Genesis visited the set, watched dailies, saw the editing; the spirit of Genesis hovered over the production, and even over its world premiere in Toronto, where Genesis' widow and their three year old son; the child actor, Wayne Hapi, and Xavier Horan who plays Jedi were present.
Also always present during the shoot, and even today, was chess and the love of the game. Genesis himself, once a local chess champion, derailed by mental illness that kept him in institutions until he was released into the care of his gang-member brother who lived in a gang-dominated society, used the game of chess as a spiritual talisman to transcend his earthbound world through love of people and of the game.
Director James Napier Robertson played chess but Curtis did not. However, he learned quickly, coached by chess master, Milton Green, and by Genesis' own chess mates! Jedi and Noble. Everyday hundreds of games were being played on the set. They still are all playing!
"The Dark Horse" was written and directed by James Napier Robertson and produced by Tom Hern, who previously worked together on "I'm Not Harry Jenson.", a micro budgeted whodunit thriller which played to full houses at their home country's New Zealand International Film Festival where it also garnered strong reviews. This team of two went on to make a short, "Lambs", which played at Clermont Ferrand, Berlin, Melbourne and Raindance, and to produce two more feature films films under the banner of their own production company, Four Knights backed by Autralasian entrepreneurs who cane aboard after seeing "I'm Not Harry". Both features have been released theatrically in New Zealand, the fragile meditative drama, "Everything We Loved" and "The Dark Horse", the emotionally charged drama inspired by the colorful true life of bi-polar suffering-Maori-speed-chess-playing genius, Genesis Point.
Tom saw a documentary in 2003, also called "Dark Horse" on TV about Genesis which deeply moved him. With so many families wracked with mental illness, including his own, Tom felt he had to turn Genesis' story into a feature film. He and James worked three years on the script, keeping the authenticity of the story by staying in close touch with Genesis and his friends and chess mates and family. As James wrote, he was conscious of wanting to capture Genesis's spirit and spoke a lot with Genesis and the other people in his community. Unfortunately, Genesis himself died very unexpectedly during the first year of work. He was very articulate about his illness and was a great storyteller, self-taught in religious and spiritual texts and practices; he was a deeply spiritual man.
This film is being hailed as one of the greatest New Zealand films of all time. Seeing that (aside from "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy), there have not been many films playing widely outside of New Zealand since the unprecedented, trend setting and career building "Once Were Warriors", this film is well overdue and widely welcomed by the international film world.
The lead actor, Cliff Curtis ("Training Day","Whale Rider", "Once Were Warriors", "Three Kings") was initially not sure he wanted to work on this film and did not trust the producer, and writer-director, nor were they sure of him to play the part of a man so physically unlike Curtis. They spoke many times about the story, the role, so unlike any Curtis had ever played. When Curtis told James that he thought the key to the character of Genesis was Love, James felt that perhaps he could play the role, but then he would have to gain weight (Curtis inhabits a tight, muscled, lean body and Genesis was more of a big bear of a man, weighed 300 pounds, was missing front teeth). And he would have to method act to create the image of Genesis as James wanted to depict him. The concept of love however bound the team in a united effort to make the movie work. It is no surprise that the word Curtis used to describe what kept the film going was Aroha, which in Maori means Love. Cliff put himself at risk, playing such a role which, if it failed to deliver, could ruin his career, and trust was necessary for everyone in undertaking to tell this story. After many conversations and then after seeing "I'm Not Harry Jenson.", Curtis agreed to make the movie.
Over the six week shoot, the family and friends of Genesis visited the set, watched dailies, saw the editing; the spirit of Genesis hovered over the production, and even over its world premiere in Toronto, where Genesis' widow and their three year old son; the child actor, Wayne Hapi, and Xavier Horan who plays Jedi were present.
Also always present during the shoot, and even today, was chess and the love of the game. Genesis himself, once a local chess champion, derailed by mental illness that kept him in institutions until he was released into the care of his gang-member brother who lived in a gang-dominated society, used the game of chess as a spiritual talisman to transcend his earthbound world through love of people and of the game.
Director James Napier Robertson played chess but Curtis did not. However, he learned quickly, coached by chess master, Milton Green, and by Genesis' own chess mates! Jedi and Noble. Everyday hundreds of games were being played on the set. They still are all playing!
"The Dark Horse" was written and directed by James Napier Robertson and produced by Tom Hern, who previously worked together on "I'm Not Harry Jenson.", a micro budgeted whodunit thriller which played to full houses at their home country's New Zealand International Film Festival where it also garnered strong reviews. This team of two went on to make a short, "Lambs", which played at Clermont Ferrand, Berlin, Melbourne and Raindance, and to produce two more feature films films under the banner of their own production company, Four Knights backed by Autralasian entrepreneurs who cane aboard after seeing "I'm Not Harry". Both features have been released theatrically in New Zealand, the fragile meditative drama, "Everything We Loved" and "The Dark Horse", the emotionally charged drama inspired by the colorful true life of bi-polar suffering-Maori-speed-chess-playing genius, Genesis Point.
Tom saw a documentary in 2003, also called "Dark Horse" on TV about Genesis which deeply moved him. With so many families wracked with mental illness, including his own, Tom felt he had to turn Genesis' story into a feature film. He and James worked three years on the script, keeping the authenticity of the story by staying in close touch with Genesis and his friends and chess mates and family. As James wrote, he was conscious of wanting to capture Genesis's spirit and spoke a lot with Genesis and the other people in his community. Unfortunately, Genesis himself died very unexpectedly during the first year of work. He was very articulate about his illness and was a great storyteller, self-taught in religious and spiritual texts and practices; he was a deeply spiritual man.
- 9/8/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Digital Spy presents Doctor Who Week - seven days of special features celebrating the return of the world's favourite sci-fi series, and the arrival of a brand new Doctor - on August 23.
We've known he was coming since August 2013 - and he's officially been our Doctor since Christmas - but in a mere three days, Doctor Who fans will finally get the chance to size up Peter Capaldi's debut as a new, "more mysterious" Time Lord.
Between 1963 and 2014, the show's had 11 stabs at introducing a new Doctor - so before Steven Moffat's 'Deep Breath' is unveiled to the general public, let's take a look back at those other attempts - from the awesome to the audacious to the seriously misjudged.
The musical world of Doctor Who: From Ron Grainer to The Klf
An Unearthly Child
Aired November 23-December 14, 1963
Doctor Who fans accustomed to David Tennant...
We've known he was coming since August 2013 - and he's officially been our Doctor since Christmas - but in a mere three days, Doctor Who fans will finally get the chance to size up Peter Capaldi's debut as a new, "more mysterious" Time Lord.
Between 1963 and 2014, the show's had 11 stabs at introducing a new Doctor - so before Steven Moffat's 'Deep Breath' is unveiled to the general public, let's take a look back at those other attempts - from the awesome to the audacious to the seriously misjudged.
The musical world of Doctor Who: From Ron Grainer to The Klf
An Unearthly Child
Aired November 23-December 14, 1963
Doctor Who fans accustomed to David Tennant...
- 8/20/2014
- Digital Spy
12 films in official competition include six debut features; Krzysztof Zanussi [pictured] to receive lifetime achievement award.
Transilvania International Film Festival (May 30-June 8) has announced the 12 films in its official competition.
Coming from countries include Iran, New Zealand and Spain, the selection includes six debut features and six second-time directors. After two years without a Romanian title in competition, Andrei Gruzniczki’s Quod Erat Demonstrandum has been selected for this year.
Commenting on this year’s selection, artistic director Mihai Chirilov noted: “It’s not about shock or provocation for the sake of provocation, but about the ambition to tell an original story by defying convention and by going off the beaten track.”
Other titles in the selection include Max Currie’s Everything We Loved (receiving its European premiere at the festival), Tomasz Wasilewski’s Floating Skyscrapers and Noaz Deshe’s White Shadow.
The festival has also announced that Polish film-maker Krzysztof Zanussi will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at...
Transilvania International Film Festival (May 30-June 8) has announced the 12 films in its official competition.
Coming from countries include Iran, New Zealand and Spain, the selection includes six debut features and six second-time directors. After two years without a Romanian title in competition, Andrei Gruzniczki’s Quod Erat Demonstrandum has been selected for this year.
Commenting on this year’s selection, artistic director Mihai Chirilov noted: “It’s not about shock or provocation for the sake of provocation, but about the ambition to tell an original story by defying convention and by going off the beaten track.”
Other titles in the selection include Max Currie’s Everything We Loved (receiving its European premiere at the festival), Tomasz Wasilewski’s Floating Skyscrapers and Noaz Deshe’s White Shadow.
The festival has also announced that Polish film-maker Krzysztof Zanussi will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at...
- 5/2/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
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