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All articles by Leon Forde – Page 17
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Winterbottom firms cast for 24 Hour Party People
Ascending British actor John Simm has been cast as Bernard Sumner, frontman of seminal British music group New Order, in Michael Winterbottom's Manchester club scene film, 24 Hour Party People.Simm, who previously appeared in Winterbottom's Wonderland and Justin Kerrigan's clubland drama Human Traffic, joins Paddy Considine, who will play the ...
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UK production outfit Talisman appoints film head
Hans Baernhoft has stepped down as head of film and TV at UK production house Cylo Film to join Talisman Films, the UK production outfit best known for 1995's Rob Roy.Baernhoft aims to step up feature activities at Talisman, which was set up in 1991 to develop and produce theatrical ...
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Industry figures get British New Year Honours
Film industry figures receiving recognition in the British New Year Honours List include veteran actors Tom Courtenay, who receives a knighthood, and Paul Scofield, best known for his Shakespearean work, who becomes a Companion Of Honour.Producer William Kenwright, whose credits include Don't Go Breaking My Heart, receives a CBE, while ...
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Saura, Bornedal projects win Eurimages support
Carlos Saura's Bunuel And King Solomon's Table and Dina, to be directed by Denmark's Ole Bornedal, are among the eight projects to receive support from Council of Europe-backed funding body Eurimages in its fifth round of funding this year.Dina, which is being produced by Denmark's Per Holst with co-production partners ...
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Hart, McElhone join Killing Me Softly cast
UK actors Ian Hart and Natascha McElhone have joined the cast of Chen Kaige's first English-language project Killing Me Softly, currently gearing up to shoot from the end of October for eleven weeks in the UK. Festen's Ulrich Thomsen has also been confirmed for the film, which stars Heather Graham ...
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Jacquot, Diaz Yanes score Eurimages funding
Council of Europe-backed finance body Eurimages is to plough Euros3.075m into eight European co-productions in its third funding round of this year, including new projects from Benoit Jacquot and Agustin Diaz Yanes.Eurimages has two schemes for production funding, both with distinct cultural objectives. The first scheme's awards are based on ...
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Ibiza comedy Harry cranks up for Sky
Sky Pictures has started production on Is Harry On The Boat', a TV movie with a cast headed by Human Traffic's Danny Dyer and Davinia Taylor, Kate McGowan, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Will Mellor and Ralph Little. UK comedian Keith Allen is also taking a role.Based on the book of the same ...
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Billy Elliot leads race for BIFAs
Stephen Daldry's Billy Elliot has garnered five nominations at the forthcoming British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), including nods for best British independent film and best director. The low-budget film, co-produced by Working Title, Tiger Aspect and the BBC, has also picked up nominations for best actress (Julie Walters), best screenplay ...
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Sky starts shooting three films over next month
Sky Pictures, the feature production arm of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, is readying three features to start shooting over the next month, kicking off with Gypsy Woman.The film, scheduled to crank up on September 25, stars The Talented Mr Ripley's Jack Davenport and Neve Mackintosh, whose credits include the recent BBC2 ...
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UK cast lines up for Pasolini's Napoleon picture
Tom Watson, Tim McInnerny, Trevor Cooper, Chris Langham and Nigel Terry have joined Ian Holm and Iben Hjejle in the cast of The Emperor's New Clothes, a Napoleon fantasy story from The Full Monty producer Uberto Pasolini.Palookaville director Alan Taylor started shooting the Redwave Films production on location in Italy ...
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BSkyB, NTL sign programming agreement
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB has signed a five-year programming supply deal with cable operator NTL which irons out several sticking points between the two companies. Under the deal - which is subject to the approval of telecom watchdog OFTEL - BSkyB will be paid according to NTL's growth projections, rather ...
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Granada, WGBH to co-produce Uncle Silas
The UK's Granada Media and US public broadcaster WGBH have struck a deal to co-produce My Uncle Silas, a mini-series based on short stories by HE Bates, set to star Albert Finney and Charlotte Rampling.Granada-owned Yorkshire Television will produce the series - about a ten-year-old boy sent to the country ...
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BBC, Telewest mull UKTV float
Telewest is considering floating its joint pay-TV venture with the BBC, UKTV, according to Telewest CEO Adam Singer.Speaking at last weekend's Edinburgh International Television Festival, Singer said the venture, which controls a stable of six cable TV channels, including UK Gold and UK Play, is valued at more than $1.47bn ...
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ScriptNet picks out Ghanaian shorts
ScriptNet 2000, a charitable British skill-sharing project between the UK and Ghana, is currently preparing five Ghanaian short films for production in the country from December.ScriptNet 2000 launched a nationwide scriptwriting competition in Ghana last October and initially received 150 story treatments, which were then developed through a series of ...
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Tribeca lines up Oscar nominee for debut feature
JJ Keith, nominated for an Oscar in 1999 for his short film Holiday Romance, is attached to direct the first feature from UK production outfit Tribeca Films.Tony Curtis Kissed Me, produced by Matthew Hobbs, is a gritty contemporary drama about a dysfunctional family. It will shoot on location in Preston ...
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Gabriel rises to commercial challenge
Hong Kong-produced films racked up $61m (HK$475.98m) at the local box office in 2001, according to industry body, the Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA), an impressive 24% increase on the previous year. The growth comes despite a decrease in the number of films screened. 133 locally produced films were released ...
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Goldbacher signs on for Robber Bride
Sandra Goldbacher, whose credits include 1998's The Governess, has signed to direct The Robber Bride, for UK outfit The Producers and Canada's FilmWorks. The film, based on Canadian author Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name about sexual power and female friendship, was optioned by FilmWorks. "Sandra knew this novel ...
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Eurimages pumps $3.6m into 11 projects
Eurimages, the Council of Europe-backed production finance body, has pumped $3.58m (Euros3.75m) into European co-productions in its second round of funding this year.After a funding round in Budapest (July 3-5), Eurimages announced that it will provide production finance for 11 features and underwrite the release of a further 19 European ...
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Carlton Cinema bags Columbia premieres
UK digital channel Carlton Cinema has secured first-run rights for the UK to 35 titles from Columbia TriStar International Television (CTIT).In addition, Carlton Cinema has acquired rights to broadcast My Best Friend's Wedding and As Good As It Gets immediately after their terrestrial premieres. The deal is the third between ...
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Granada set to buy Border television assets
The UK's ITV television network faces further consolidation following news that UK radio broadcaster Capital Radio will sell Border Group's television assets to Granada Group if its proposed takeover of the company is successful.Granada has agreed to pay $80.2m (£50.5m) for Border's TV assets. Capital will retain Border's radio stations. ...