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‘Megalopolis’ Is Talk Of Cannes
A more straightforward affair: After a tense build-up shaped by endless rumors of an imminent #MeToo expose and a potential labor strike, the first week of this year’s Cannes Film Festival has been a more straightforward affair. The most controversial event so far has been Thursday evening’s premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s highly-anticipated Megalopolis. The critical response has been predominantly positive, with some very high highs and inevitably a few low lows. Deadline’s Damon Wise praised the movie, calling it a “mad modern masterwork that reinvents the possibilities of cinema”. He said the film is “something of a mess; unruly, exaggerated, and drawn to pretension like a moth to a flame. It is also, however, a pretty stunning achievement, the...
‘Megalopolis’ Is Talk Of Cannes
A more straightforward affair: After a tense build-up shaped by endless rumors of an imminent #MeToo expose and a potential labor strike, the first week of this year’s Cannes Film Festival has been a more straightforward affair. The most controversial event so far has been Thursday evening’s premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s highly-anticipated Megalopolis. The critical response has been predominantly positive, with some very high highs and inevitably a few low lows. Deadline’s Damon Wise praised the movie, calling it a “mad modern masterwork that reinvents the possibilities of cinema”. He said the film is “something of a mess; unruly, exaggerated, and drawn to pretension like a moth to a flame. It is also, however, a pretty stunning achievement, the...
- 5/17/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Oscar-nominated novelist, screenwriter and essayist Nick Hornby below writes a special tribute for Deadline commemorating Jenne Casarotto, his agent for nearly 30 years, who died on February 29 aged 77.
The industry titan, who co-founded leading British talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 1989, was eulogized today by family, friends and close colleagues at an event named a Celebration of the Life of Jenne Casarotto in the Queen Elizabeth Hall located in London’s Southbank Centre.
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop welcomed guests. Agent colleagues Abby Singer, Mel Kenyon and Jodi Shields spoke of working with Jenne, her son Mark Casarotto commemorated his mother, and producers Jeremy Thomas and Tim Bevan and longtime director clients John Madden and Shawn Slovo told stories about the Jenne they knew and loved.
During the ceremony, it was announced that Casarotto Ramsay & Associates and the National Film and Television School have established The Jenne Casarotto Scholarship...
The industry titan, who co-founded leading British talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 1989, was eulogized today by family, friends and close colleagues at an event named a Celebration of the Life of Jenne Casarotto in the Queen Elizabeth Hall located in London’s Southbank Centre.
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop welcomed guests. Agent colleagues Abby Singer, Mel Kenyon and Jodi Shields spoke of working with Jenne, her son Mark Casarotto commemorated his mother, and producers Jeremy Thomas and Tim Bevan and longtime director clients John Madden and Shawn Slovo told stories about the Jenne they knew and loved.
During the ceremony, it was announced that Casarotto Ramsay & Associates and the National Film and Television School have established The Jenne Casarotto Scholarship...
- 5/13/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Benign and trusted agent who represented writers and directors in film, television and publishing
Jenne Casarotto, who has died aged 77 after a short illness, created in Casarotto Ramsay what Hollywood likes to call a boutique agency. But any business that deals both with the estate of Tennessee Williams and with the films of Steve McQueen clearly exercises a benign cultural reach beyond that of many more self-important addresses. Who else could be effortlessly skilled at doing the best for a playwright such as Caryl Churchill and for a movie director such as Stephen Frears?
Jenne was always dedicated to the interests of her clients with a self-effacement that was quiet, calm and authoritative. It was amazing how completely she could give you her attention, given the number of others queueing at the switchboard. All her clients – Oscar winners or Oscar dodgers – were worthy of her time, regardless of fortune. For...
Jenne Casarotto, who has died aged 77 after a short illness, created in Casarotto Ramsay what Hollywood likes to call a boutique agency. But any business that deals both with the estate of Tennessee Williams and with the films of Steve McQueen clearly exercises a benign cultural reach beyond that of many more self-important addresses. Who else could be effortlessly skilled at doing the best for a playwright such as Caryl Churchill and for a movie director such as Stephen Frears?
Jenne was always dedicated to the interests of her clients with a self-effacement that was quiet, calm and authoritative. It was amazing how completely she could give you her attention, given the number of others queueing at the switchboard. All her clients – Oscar winners or Oscar dodgers – were worthy of her time, regardless of fortune. For...
- 3/19/2024
- by David Hare
- The Guardian - Film News
How do you capture Jenne Casarotto? She was at the intersection of theatre, film and television. It all, seemingly, swirled around her.
Not just around her.
It was the brilliant team that she assembled at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, the agency that’s been at the epicenter of UK arts culture for over three decades. Correction: The company’s reach extended far beyond the environs of London’s Soho.
One would see her in Venice, Cannes, Toronto and Sydney. One would not be at all surprised to be at a screening at, let’s say, Sundance, and there’d be a tap on the shoulder when the lights came up. “That was great stuff, wasn’t it?” She’d say gleefully.
It was a bit of a test because she’d expect you to be honest with her. Well, it was godawful, actually, and she’d nod sagely, her eyes twinkling behind her specs.
Not just around her.
It was the brilliant team that she assembled at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, the agency that’s been at the epicenter of UK arts culture for over three decades. Correction: The company’s reach extended far beyond the environs of London’s Soho.
One would see her in Venice, Cannes, Toronto and Sydney. One would not be at all surprised to be at a screening at, let’s say, Sundance, and there’d be a tap on the shoulder when the lights came up. “That was great stuff, wasn’t it?” She’d say gleefully.
It was a bit of a test because she’d expect you to be honest with her. Well, it was godawful, actually, and she’d nod sagely, her eyes twinkling behind her specs.
- 3/7/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Jenne Casarotto, who co-founded the London-based global talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates and represented the likes of Tennessee Williams, Stephen Frears, David Hare, Terry Gilliam, Steve McQueen, Neil Jordan and John Madden during her long career, has died. She was 77.
Casarotto died Thursday in the U.K. of complications from a short illness, her firm announced.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Casarotto was “an award-winning agent who was highly regarded throughout the world for her impeccable taste in writers and directors, unwavering dedication to her clients and for her calm and creative leadership,” Casarotto Ramsay & Associates said in a statement.
She and her husband, Giorgio Romeo Casarotto, launched the company in 1989.
Her illustrious list of clients — several of whom worked alongside her since their feature film debuts — also included J.G. Ballard, John Crowley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matteo Garrone, Christopher Hampton, Nick Hornby, Bob Hoskins, Neil Gaiman, Hilary Bevan Jones,...
Casarotto died Thursday in the U.K. of complications from a short illness, her firm announced.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Casarotto was “an award-winning agent who was highly regarded throughout the world for her impeccable taste in writers and directors, unwavering dedication to her clients and for her calm and creative leadership,” Casarotto Ramsay & Associates said in a statement.
She and her husband, Giorgio Romeo Casarotto, launched the company in 1989.
Her illustrious list of clients — several of whom worked alongside her since their feature film debuts — also included J.G. Ballard, John Crowley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matteo Garrone, Christopher Hampton, Nick Hornby, Bob Hoskins, Neil Gaiman, Hilary Bevan Jones,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jenne Casarotto, co-founder of the London agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates which represents some of the leading names working behind the camera, died on Feb. 29. She was 77.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jenne Casarotto, co-founder of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates,” said the company in a statement.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Casarotto co-founded Casarotto Ramsay & Associates alongside her husband Giorgio in 1989, helping re-shape the agency landscape. The company’s roster would grow to include many of the world’s best-known writers, directors, creatives, literary properties and heads of departments across film, theatre and television.
Among her list of clients over the years were J.G. Ballard, John Crowley, the Dahl Estate, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Frears, Matteo Garrone, Christopher Hampton, David Hare, Nick Hornby, Bob Hoskins, Neil Gaiman, Terry Gilliam, Hilary Bevan Jones, Neil Jordan, David Leland, John Madden, Steve McQueen, Cynthia Payne, Neal Purvis,...
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jenne Casarotto, co-founder of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates,” said the company in a statement.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Casarotto co-founded Casarotto Ramsay & Associates alongside her husband Giorgio in 1989, helping re-shape the agency landscape. The company’s roster would grow to include many of the world’s best-known writers, directors, creatives, literary properties and heads of departments across film, theatre and television.
Among her list of clients over the years were J.G. Ballard, John Crowley, the Dahl Estate, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Frears, Matteo Garrone, Christopher Hampton, David Hare, Nick Hornby, Bob Hoskins, Neil Gaiman, Terry Gilliam, Hilary Bevan Jones, Neil Jordan, David Leland, John Madden, Steve McQueen, Cynthia Payne, Neal Purvis,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Jenne Casarotto, who co-founded leading British talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 1989 and repped some of the nation’s greatest talents, died Thursday following complications from a short illness. She was 77.
Casarotto died “peacefully, according to a statement from the agency.
Th 35-year-old outfit described its founder as a “visionary leader and a giant within the global entertainment industry,” saying, “With a career spanning over 50 years, Jenne was an award winning agent who was highly regarded throughout the world for her impeccable taste in writers and directors, unwavering dedication to her clients, and for her calm and creative leadership.”
Casarotto co-founded the London shop in 1989 with husband Giorgio and went on to represent some of the best-known and most successful writers, directors, playwrights, creatives and HODs in the business at an agency that has been at the forefront of the UK sector for years.
Casarotto’s enviable client list included J.G. Ballard,...
Casarotto died “peacefully, according to a statement from the agency.
Th 35-year-old outfit described its founder as a “visionary leader and a giant within the global entertainment industry,” saying, “With a career spanning over 50 years, Jenne was an award winning agent who was highly regarded throughout the world for her impeccable taste in writers and directors, unwavering dedication to her clients, and for her calm and creative leadership.”
Casarotto co-founded the London shop in 1989 with husband Giorgio and went on to represent some of the best-known and most successful writers, directors, playwrights, creatives and HODs in the business at an agency that has been at the forefront of the UK sector for years.
Casarotto’s enviable client list included J.G. Ballard,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jenne Casarotto, co-founder of UK talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, has died aged 77, the agency has confirmed.
Casarotto passed away “peacefully on Thursday, February 29 surrounded by her loving family, following complications as part of a short illness,” read a statement from the agency.
A major player in the UK agency landscape for several decades, Casarotto founded Casarotto Ramsay & Associates with her husband Giorgio in 1989. Her client list with the company included J.G. Ballard, the Dahl estate, Christopher Hampton, Tennessee Williams, David Yates, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Steve McQueen, Shawn Slovo, Neil Jordan, David Hare, Matteo Garrone and Cynthia Payne.
“I have...
Casarotto passed away “peacefully on Thursday, February 29 surrounded by her loving family, following complications as part of a short illness,” read a statement from the agency.
A major player in the UK agency landscape for several decades, Casarotto founded Casarotto Ramsay & Associates with her husband Giorgio in 1989. Her client list with the company included J.G. Ballard, the Dahl estate, Christopher Hampton, Tennessee Williams, David Yates, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Steve McQueen, Shawn Slovo, Neil Jordan, David Hare, Matteo Garrone and Cynthia Payne.
“I have...
- 3/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
The organisation will receive the Special Jury Prize on December 3.
UK-based Black cinema distributor and supporter We Are Parable will receive the honorary Special Jury Prize at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (Bifas).
Anthony Andrews and Teanne Andrews, founders and directors of We Are Parable, will accept the award at the ceremony on Sunday, December 3.
The duo launched We Are Parable in 2013, as a means of giving audiences a chance to experience Black cinema and television. Across the past decade, they have hosted screenings and events for films including Black Panther and its sequel; The Woman King; Rocks...
UK-based Black cinema distributor and supporter We Are Parable will receive the honorary Special Jury Prize at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (Bifas).
Anthony Andrews and Teanne Andrews, founders and directors of We Are Parable, will accept the award at the ceremony on Sunday, December 3.
The duo launched We Are Parable in 2013, as a means of giving audiences a chance to experience Black cinema and television. Across the past decade, they have hosted screenings and events for films including Black Panther and its sequel; The Woman King; Rocks...
- 12/1/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
UK agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has named former Meta and Film4 exec Anna Higgs as Managing Director.
She will join in August, having most recently been Director of Entertainment Partnerships at Meta, which has been cutting staff as it seeks to reshape its business amid economic uncertainty.
Higgs is also the Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee, having been recently reelected. She was also The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory’s digital lead, Film4’s Head of Digital and worked at online channel Nowness. Further back she founded Quark Films.
Higgs joins a team of over 60 staff, who look after a client roster that includes Academy Award winning directors Steve McQueen, Edward Berger and Lenny Abrahamson; Academy Award winning writer Christopher Hampton; Mood creator Nicôle Lecky; Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne; playwrights such as Sir David Hare and Lucy Kirkwood; and several others. It...
She will join in August, having most recently been Director of Entertainment Partnerships at Meta, which has been cutting staff as it seeks to reshape its business amid economic uncertainty.
Higgs is also the Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee, having been recently reelected. She was also The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory’s digital lead, Film4’s Head of Digital and worked at online channel Nowness. Further back she founded Quark Films.
Higgs joins a team of over 60 staff, who look after a client roster that includes Academy Award winning directors Steve McQueen, Edward Berger and Lenny Abrahamson; Academy Award winning writer Christopher Hampton; Mood creator Nicôle Lecky; Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne; playwrights such as Sir David Hare and Lucy Kirkwood; and several others. It...
- 7/20/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat is set to helm Running Wild, an adaptation J.G. Ballard’s novella off a screenplay by David Leland.
CAA Media Finance will represent this film’s worldwide rights with Hillcoat producing with Jonathan Pavesi through Blank Films Inc.
The movie is set in an exclusive gated community in the desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles where thirty-two adults, all brilliant, successful professionals, who have built their homes with pride, are brutally murdered, and their children abducted with not so much as a trace. A Forensic Psychologist is enlisted to delve into the circumstances of this heinous crime. As their investigation continues and they dig deeper into the events, they soon runs into conflict with their superiors as their suspicions fall on a very different kind of community – a religious cult, invoking memories of the Branch Davidians and their charismatic leader, David Koresh.
Ballard’s...
CAA Media Finance will represent this film’s worldwide rights with Hillcoat producing with Jonathan Pavesi through Blank Films Inc.
The movie is set in an exclusive gated community in the desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles where thirty-two adults, all brilliant, successful professionals, who have built their homes with pride, are brutally murdered, and their children abducted with not so much as a trace. A Forensic Psychologist is enlisted to delve into the circumstances of this heinous crime. As their investigation continues and they dig deeper into the events, they soon runs into conflict with their superiors as their suspicions fall on a very different kind of community – a religious cult, invoking memories of the Branch Davidians and their charismatic leader, David Koresh.
Ballard’s...
- 6/7/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The proposal has been backed by Bafta, BFI, Bectu and the Production Managers Association.
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
- 5/5/2022
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
The proposal has been backed by Bafta, BFI, Bectu and the Production Managers Association.
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
- 5/5/2022
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
UK acting and filmmaking talents have weighed in with their picks for an ‘alternative BAFTA list’ that highlights more diverse candidates.
The campaign, launched by the UK wing of Time’s Up, is designed to recognize the number of women and people of color who were overlooked in this year’s awards race.
The BAFTA nominations were decried for selecting an all-male field of director nominations and no non-white actors, sparking a #BAFTAsSoWhite trend on social media. The awards body has since said it will carry out a detailed review of its voting procedures after this year’s ceremony, which takes place on Sunday (February 2).
Dame Heather Rabbatts, the chair of Time’s Up UK, slammed this year’s BAFTA noms as having “glaring omissions.”
“This ‘invisibility’ is even more shocking given the choices which were available and the strength of films and performances where Black talent was apparent this year,...
The campaign, launched by the UK wing of Time’s Up, is designed to recognize the number of women and people of color who were overlooked in this year’s awards race.
The BAFTA nominations were decried for selecting an all-male field of director nominations and no non-white actors, sparking a #BAFTAsSoWhite trend on social media. The awards body has since said it will carry out a detailed review of its voting procedures after this year’s ceremony, which takes place on Sunday (February 2).
Dame Heather Rabbatts, the chair of Time’s Up UK, slammed this year’s BAFTA noms as having “glaring omissions.”
“This ‘invisibility’ is even more shocking given the choices which were available and the strength of films and performances where Black talent was apparent this year,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CAA has signed screenwriter and author Nick Hornby.
Hornby’s novels adapted for the screen include High Fidelity, About A Boy, Fever Pitch, A Long Way Down and Juliet, Naked. His books have sold 6 million copies worldwide. As screenwriter, he adapted the 2014 film Wild, which starred Reese Witherspoon and Laure Dern. He received Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nominations for Brooklyn and An Education, both films earning Best Picture and Best Actress nominations.
He will continue to be represented by Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in the UK.
Hornby’s novels adapted for the screen include High Fidelity, About A Boy, Fever Pitch, A Long Way Down and Juliet, Naked. His books have sold 6 million copies worldwide. As screenwriter, he adapted the 2014 film Wild, which starred Reese Witherspoon and Laure Dern. He received Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nominations for Brooklyn and An Education, both films earning Best Picture and Best Actress nominations.
He will continue to be represented by Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in the UK.
- 4/10/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“Lucy was a pioneer in making scriptwriting accessible.”
Lucy Scher, who co-ran UK screenwriting talent incubator The Script Factory from 1996, has died at the age of 53.
Scher joined the organisation a few months after its founding by Charlotte Macleod and helped develop it into a vital part of the UK’s screenwriting development scene, training more than a thousand emerging writers and developers and attracting funding successively from the UK Film Council, Skillset and Creative Europe.
Her colleagues at The Script Factory over the years included Briony Hanson, now director of film at the British Council, and Tricia Tuttle, now...
Lucy Scher, who co-ran UK screenwriting talent incubator The Script Factory from 1996, has died at the age of 53.
Scher joined the organisation a few months after its founding by Charlotte Macleod and helped develop it into a vital part of the UK’s screenwriting development scene, training more than a thousand emerging writers and developers and attracting funding successively from the UK Film Council, Skillset and Creative Europe.
Her colleagues at The Script Factory over the years included Briony Hanson, now director of film at the British Council, and Tricia Tuttle, now...
- 8/2/2018
- by Charles Gant
- ScreenDaily
While live-blogging the Oscars you really don't get too much of a chance to take in all the acceptance speeches. I catch a few moments here and there, and I can pretty much tell when the air is being let out of the room as well as those moments where someone is really capturing the moment. What I've put together below are the five speeches where I think the winner really managed to stand-out. I also love the true excitement coupled with the words chosen in these speeches. Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave, especially, seemed to capture the room with her infectious smile as much as Jennifer Lawrence a year before, not to forget her brother, Peter, who photobombed Ellen's Twitter-breaking selfie and is clearly someone very special in Lupita's life and she in his. The only truly strange thing about these speeches is John Ridley and Steve McQueen failing...
- 3/3/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Oscars speech of the night goes to newcomer Lupita Nyong’o, who won best supporting actress for her role as Patsey in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave.
Transcripts of all Academy Awards winners’ onstage speeches…
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Yes! Thank you to the Academy for this incredible recognition. It doesn’t escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s. And so I want to salute the spirit of Patsey for her guidance. And for Solomon, thank you for telling her story and your own. Steve McQueen, you charge everything you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Thank you so much for putting me in this position. This has been the joy of my life. I’m certain that the dead are standing about you and watching and they...
Transcripts of all Academy Awards winners’ onstage speeches…
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Yes! Thank you to the Academy for this incredible recognition. It doesn’t escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s. And so I want to salute the spirit of Patsey for her guidance. And for Solomon, thank you for telling her story and your own. Steve McQueen, you charge everything you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Thank you so much for putting me in this position. This has been the joy of my life. I’m certain that the dead are standing about you and watching and they...
- 3/3/2014
- ScreenDaily
David Yates, director of the last four Harry Potter movies, has signed on to helm high-profile FX drama pilot Tyrant, from Homeland executive producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff and Six Feet Under alum Craig Wright. Yates replaces Ang Lee, who originally committed to Tyrant but pulled out last month for personal reasons. Created by Raff and developed by Gordon and Wright, Tyrant tells the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Gordon, Raff and Wright executive produce in association with Keshet Broadcasting. The Fox 21-produced project, which will film the pilot in Morocco, has a big commitment at FX and is expected to go to series. On the TV side, Brit Yates directed the acclaimed British miniseries State Of Play, which was made into a Hollywood movie starring Russell Crowe, and the HBO film The Girl In The Cafe, which earned him an Emmy nomination.
- 6/12/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: CAA has signed Chiwetel Ejiofor, shortly after the British actor starred as the principal character in the Steve McQueen-directed Twelve Years A Slave, opposite Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt. Ejiofor, for my money one of the best actors around, has credits that include Dirty Pretty Things, Love Actually, Children Of Men, American Gangster, Salt and Inside Man. His next acting turn comes in the BBC production of the Stephen Poliakoff-directed Dancing On The Edge. He also wrote and directed the short film Slapper and is adapting the William Kamkwamba book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. With the move, he ends a long run at ICM Partners. Ejiofor continues to be repped in the U.K. by Alex Irwin of Markham, Froggatt and Irwin and Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto, Ramsay & Associates, and attorney Robert Wallerstein.
- 1/10/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Random House Children's Books and Jane Turnbull have announced that Working Title Films and PeaPie Films have acquired the film rights to "Trash," the acclaimed novel by British author, Andy Mulligan, in a deal brokered by Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay Associates. Richard Curtis will adapt the novel. Alongside his many award-winning original screenplays for television ("Blackadder," "Vicar of Dibley") and film ( Four Weddings and a Funeral , Notting Hill ), Curtis has also adapted previous literary work, including "The Ladies Detective Agency" and recently War Horse for director Steven Spielberg. Stephen Daldry, three-time Academy Award nominated ( Billy Elliot , The Hours , The Reader ) and Tony Award winning director, is...
- 4/5/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech took the lion’s share of the awards on offer last night at the 13th British Independent Film Awards, winning the Best British Independent Film, Best Actor for Colin Firth and Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Cater, who also took home the Richard Harris award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film.
David Seidler won an award for his screenplay for The King’s Speech and Carey Mulligan repeated last year’s Best Actress win for her work in Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Never Let Me Go, and while many expected Romanek to triumph in the Best Director award it was not to be. Instead it was Gareth Edwards’ night, taking home the award as well as Best Technical Achievement and Achievement in Production awards for Monsters.
Recalling the love for Duncan Jones’ Moon last year it...
David Seidler won an award for his screenplay for The King’s Speech and Carey Mulligan repeated last year’s Best Actress win for her work in Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Never Let Me Go, and while many expected Romanek to triumph in the Best Director award it was not to be. Instead it was Gareth Edwards’ night, taking home the award as well as Best Technical Achievement and Achievement in Production awards for Monsters.
Recalling the love for Duncan Jones’ Moon last year it...
- 12/6/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“The King’s Speech” may turn an apprehensive monarch into the darling of awards season. The film took home an impressive five British Independent Film Awards from the ceremony in London’s East End.
The ones it pocketed were some of the biggies (not to mention almost every award for which it was eligible), including Best Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and Best Screenplay (David Seidler).
Directed by Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech” tells the story of Britain’s King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne—and the unconventional speech therapist who helped the stammering monarch become worthy of it.
We don’t know about you, but we’re pretty sure this has Oscar written all over it.
To see the night’s other big winners, check out the complete list below.
Best British Independent Film:...
The ones it pocketed were some of the biggies (not to mention almost every award for which it was eligible), including Best Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and Best Screenplay (David Seidler).
Directed by Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech” tells the story of Britain’s King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne—and the unconventional speech therapist who helped the stammering monarch become worthy of it.
We don’t know about you, but we’re pretty sure this has Oscar written all over it.
To see the night’s other big winners, check out the complete list below.
Best British Independent Film:...
- 12/6/2010
- by Elizabeth Durand
- NextMovie
Story of George VI's battle to overcome his chronic stammer tipped for more success during awards season
On paper, it sounds less than thrilling – one man, one stammer, one speech therapist. But big things are being predicted for The King's Speech and its expected awards season success began last night when it won the top prize at the British independent film awards.
The film, telling the true story of George VI's battle to overcome his chronic stammer and make the speech of his life, was named best film at the 13th Bifas.
It won the biggest share of prizes – five awards in total at the London ceremony, also hoovering up most of the acting honours.
Colin Firth won best actor for his moving performance as the reluctant king who was forced on to the throne by his brother's abdication in December 1936 – a portrayal that is also putting him on most Oscar tip-lists.
On paper, it sounds less than thrilling – one man, one stammer, one speech therapist. But big things are being predicted for The King's Speech and its expected awards season success began last night when it won the top prize at the British independent film awards.
The film, telling the true story of George VI's battle to overcome his chronic stammer and make the speech of his life, was named best film at the 13th Bifas.
It won the biggest share of prizes – five awards in total at the London ceremony, also hoovering up most of the acting honours.
Colin Firth won best actor for his moving performance as the reluctant king who was forced on to the throne by his brother's abdication in December 1936 – a portrayal that is also putting him on most Oscar tip-lists.
- 12/6/2010
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Winner of the best film at The Toronto International Film Festival, The King’s Speech has managed to snag five more awards including Best British Independent Film, Best Screenplay (David Seidler), Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter). The night’s other big winner was Gareth Edwards, who won Best Director and Best Technical Achievement for his horror film Monsters. Here is the full list of winners from the 2010 British Independent Film Awards.
Best British Independent Film
The King’S Speech
Best Director
Gareth Edwards (Monsters)
The Douglas Hickox Award [Best Debut Director]
Clio Barnard (The Arbor)
Best Screenplay
David Seidler (The King’S Speech)
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go)
Best Actor
Colin Firth (The King’S Speech)
Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter (The King’S Speech)
Best Supporting Actor
Geoffrey Rush (The King’S Speech)
Most Promising Newcomer
Joanne Froggatt...
Best British Independent Film
The King’S Speech
Best Director
Gareth Edwards (Monsters)
The Douglas Hickox Award [Best Debut Director]
Clio Barnard (The Arbor)
Best Screenplay
David Seidler (The King’S Speech)
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go)
Best Actor
Colin Firth (The King’S Speech)
Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter (The King’S Speech)
Best Supporting Actor
Geoffrey Rush (The King’S Speech)
Most Promising Newcomer
Joanne Froggatt...
- 12/6/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Weinstein Co movie won 5 British Independent Film Awards at the ceremony in London’s East End tonight, including Best Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and Best Screenplay. Micro-budget sci-film Monsters won 3 awards: Best Director (Gareth Edwards), Best Achievement in Production and Best Technical Achievement, while Carey Mulligan was named best actress for Never Let Me Go. Best British Independent Film The King’S Speech Best Director Gareth Edwards (Monsters) The Douglas Hickox Award [Best Debut Director] Clio Barnard (The Arbor) Best Screenplay David Seidler (The King’S Speech) Best Actress Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go) Best Actor Colin Firth (The King’S Speech) Best Supporting Actress Helena Bonham Carter (The King’S Speech) Best Supporting Actor Geoffrey Rush (The King’S Speech) Most Promising Newcomer Joanne Froggatt (In Our Name) Best Achievement In Production Monsters Raindance Award Son Of Babylon...
- 12/6/2010
- by TIM ADLER in London
- Deadline London
"The King's Speech" has been hailed at the 13th annual British Independent Film Awards. The movie was a favorite at numerous film festivals and now collects its prizes from the Sunday, December 5 prize-giving event.
The drama film takes the coveted title of Best Film in addition to helping Colin Firth win Best Actor kudo. Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush are named Best Supporting Actress and Actor respectively, with the actress additionally honored with Richard Harris Award. The other gong obtained by "The King's Speech" is for the Best Screenplay.
Low-budgeted "Monsters" also takes home multiple nods. The movie has become a vehicle for Gareth Edwards to get his Best Director prize. His own efforts with the special effects additionally result in Best Technical Achievement and the sci-fi thriller is chosen as the winner of Best Achievement in Production title.
Carey Mulligan has a thing to celebrate that night, too,...
The drama film takes the coveted title of Best Film in addition to helping Colin Firth win Best Actor kudo. Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush are named Best Supporting Actress and Actor respectively, with the actress additionally honored with Richard Harris Award. The other gong obtained by "The King's Speech" is for the Best Screenplay.
Low-budgeted "Monsters" also takes home multiple nods. The movie has become a vehicle for Gareth Edwards to get his Best Director prize. His own efforts with the special effects additionally result in Best Technical Achievement and the sci-fi thriller is chosen as the winner of Best Achievement in Production title.
Carey Mulligan has a thing to celebrate that night, too,...
- 12/6/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: David Fincher’s “The Social Network” won big with the National Board of Review a few days back. Tonight, it was time for Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” to re-exert its pre-Oscar muscle.
The British drama collected five key wins at the 2010 British Independent Film Awards, which were handed out Sunday evening in London. “Speech” grabbed Best British Independent Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter) and Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush).
A full list of the evening’s winners:
Best British Independent Film: “The King’s Speech”
Best Foreign Independent Film: “A Prophet”
Best Director: Gareth Edwards, “Monsters”
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, “Never Let Me Go”
Best Actor: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
Best Supporting Actress: Helena Bonham Carter, “The King’s Speech”
Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush, “The King’s Speech”
Best Screenplay: David Seidler,...
Hollywoodnews.com: David Fincher’s “The Social Network” won big with the National Board of Review a few days back. Tonight, it was time for Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” to re-exert its pre-Oscar muscle.
The British drama collected five key wins at the 2010 British Independent Film Awards, which were handed out Sunday evening in London. “Speech” grabbed Best British Independent Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter) and Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush).
A full list of the evening’s winners:
Best British Independent Film: “The King’s Speech”
Best Foreign Independent Film: “A Prophet”
Best Director: Gareth Edwards, “Monsters”
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, “Never Let Me Go”
Best Actor: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
Best Supporting Actress: Helena Bonham Carter, “The King’s Speech”
Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush, “The King’s Speech”
Best Screenplay: David Seidler,...
- 12/6/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace) have been hired to write an original action thriller by the Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald of Parkes/MacDonald. The thriller, devised by producer Michael Lieber and Parkes, follows an American anthropologist called back to the Sahara to help clear the name of a friend accused of a terrorist attack. The story will be set among the Taureg tribes of Sahara West Africa, a nomadic people whose uranium rich land has become a flashpoint for both energy companies and terrorists. “We're always looking for interesting character-based movies and this one has a fascinating man at the centre of it,” Purvis tells Deadline. “The fact that it takes place in a magical, forgotten part of the world and we get to work with great producers is of course a bonus.” No word on what it’s called yet,...
- 8/18/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
On the heels of a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination for An Education, Nick Hornby has signed with Wme. It's the first time the British writer has had a U.S. agent. Wme will work on film and TV opportunities with U.K.-based Jenne Casarotto. nm2251451 autoCaroline Dawnay[/link] at United Agents makes Hornby's book deals. Hornby’s books have long been catnip for filmmakers. Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About A Boy have been turned into films, and A Long Way Down is being developed at Warner Bros. Hornby’s latest is Juliet, Naked.
- 3/10/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline Hollywood
Jude Law and Forest Whitaker are set to topline the futuristic adventure thriller "Repossession Mambo" for Universal Pictures.
Miguel Sapochnik, a one-time storyboard artist, will make his feature directorial debut with the film, which centers on a repo man made up of artificial organs who, after receiving a heart transplant, struggles to make payments. He must go on the run from his former partner.
Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner penned the screenplay.
Scott Stuber and Mary Parent are producing through their studio-based shingle.
Universal's Jeffrey Kirschenbaum is overseeing for the studio, which is eyeing a September start date.
Law is no stranger to the sci-fi genre. His credits include "Gattaca", "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" and "A.I. Artificial Intelligence". The actor, who most recently appeared in "All the King's Men" and "The Holiday", next appears in "My Blueberry Nights", which unspooled in May at the Festival de Cannes.
Law is repped by Endeavor and attorney Karl Austen. He is additionally repped by Tor Belfrage of Julian Belfrage and Associates and Miguel Sapochnik, Rachel Holroyd and Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates and manager Seth Jaret.
Miguel Sapochnik, a one-time storyboard artist, will make his feature directorial debut with the film, which centers on a repo man made up of artificial organs who, after receiving a heart transplant, struggles to make payments. He must go on the run from his former partner.
Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner penned the screenplay.
Scott Stuber and Mary Parent are producing through their studio-based shingle.
Universal's Jeffrey Kirschenbaum is overseeing for the studio, which is eyeing a September start date.
Law is no stranger to the sci-fi genre. His credits include "Gattaca", "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" and "A.I. Artificial Intelligence". The actor, who most recently appeared in "All the King's Men" and "The Holiday", next appears in "My Blueberry Nights", which unspooled in May at the Festival de Cannes.
Law is repped by Endeavor and attorney Karl Austen. He is additionally repped by Tor Belfrage of Julian Belfrage and Associates and Miguel Sapochnik, Rachel Holroyd and Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates and manager Seth Jaret.
- 6/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neil Jordan will rewrite and direct Heart-Shaped Box, an adaptation of the horror novel by Joe Hill, for Warner Bros. Pictures. Akiva Goldsman is producing.
The book, published in February, centers on a rock star obsessed with the occult who buys a suit advertised at an online auction site as haunted by its dead owner's ghost. He ultimately is forced to confront the ghost and the demons of his own past.
Tom Pabst wrote the original draft.
Hill is the son of Stephen King, who chose his pen name out of a desire to succeed based on his own merits. After achieving some success -- among the awards he has collected are the Bram Stoker Award for best fiction collection -- he revealed his identity.
Kevin McCormick is overseeing for the studio.
Jordan, repped by repped by CAA and Jenne Casarotto in the U.K., recently wrapped The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster, for Warners. He most recently helmed 2005's Breakfast on Pluto and is attached to direct A Killing on Carnival Row, a fantasy for New Line.
The book, published in February, centers on a rock star obsessed with the occult who buys a suit advertised at an online auction site as haunted by its dead owner's ghost. He ultimately is forced to confront the ghost and the demons of his own past.
Tom Pabst wrote the original draft.
Hill is the son of Stephen King, who chose his pen name out of a desire to succeed based on his own merits. After achieving some success -- among the awards he has collected are the Bram Stoker Award for best fiction collection -- he revealed his identity.
Kevin McCormick is overseeing for the studio.
Jordan, repped by repped by CAA and Jenne Casarotto in the U.K., recently wrapped The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster, for Warners. He most recently helmed 2005's Breakfast on Pluto and is attached to direct A Killing on Carnival Row, a fantasy for New Line.
Columbia Pictures is in talks with The Good Thief helmer Neil Jordan to rewrite and direct its feature Me and My Monster. The project, which is being produced by Laura Ziskin and Oscar-winning effects creator Stan Winston, revolves around a young boy who has a friendship with an extraordinary creature that changes the course of his life as he becomes an adult. Me and My Monster was penned by Dan Milano and Matthew Huffman, with Columbia's executive vp production Rachel O'Connor overseeing for the studio. Jordan, who last directed the 2002 Nick Nolte starrer The Good Thief, has previously helmed such features as The End of the Affair and The Crying Game, for which he won a screenplay Oscar. He is also attached to direct the untitled Ann Biderman thriller (currently known as Untitled Neil Jordan Thriller) for Warner Bros. Pictures and Section Eight. Jordan is repped by WMA, London-based agent Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto, Ramsay and Associates and attorney Tom Hansen.
- 10/15/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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