In director Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit,” plucky young Hitler Youth Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (newbie Roman Griffin Davis) is driven by his singular obsession with an imagined Adolf Hilter (Waititi), wanting nothing more than to turn World War II into his personal coming-of-age adventure alongside his insane Bff. But when he discovers his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding terrified Jewish teenager Elsa Korr (Thomasin McKenzie) in their home, he’s forced to reckon with the logical end point of his current beliefs. Suddenly, Jojo has two secret friends, only one of whom is going to turn him into a better person.
As it turns out, “Jojo” belongs as much to Elsa as it does the titular young Nazi. In Waititi’s wild satire, the 19-year-old McKenzie is tasked with her most grounded role to date — she’s certainly not mistaking any murderous dictators as close personal pals — and rises to the challenge with ease.
As it turns out, “Jojo” belongs as much to Elsa as it does the titular young Nazi. In Waititi’s wild satire, the 19-year-old McKenzie is tasked with her most grounded role to date — she’s certainly not mistaking any murderous dictators as close personal pals — and rises to the challenge with ease.
- 11/7/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Jenji Kohan.
Jenji Kohan, the creator of Netflix’s most-watched original show, Orange is the New Black, will headline New Zealand’s Spada (Screen Production and Development Association of New Zealand) conference this year, which will also feature an international address from Lord David Puttnam.
Spada 2019 will be held at Auckland’s Aotea Centre across November 20-21 and will conclude to align with the 2019 Nz TV Awards.
Kohan is a coup for the Nz screen industry event which will focus strongly on the international development of local content and opportunities for global co-production.
“We’re thrilled to have such an exceptional line-up of international and domestic speakers at this year’s conference. Rather than narrow ourselves to one theme, we’ve developed sessions to drive conversation around key issues that affect us as an industry both now and in the future,” says Spada’s executive director Sandy Gildea tells If.
Jenji Kohan, the creator of Netflix’s most-watched original show, Orange is the New Black, will headline New Zealand’s Spada (Screen Production and Development Association of New Zealand) conference this year, which will also feature an international address from Lord David Puttnam.
Spada 2019 will be held at Auckland’s Aotea Centre across November 20-21 and will conclude to align with the 2019 Nz TV Awards.
Kohan is a coup for the Nz screen industry event which will focus strongly on the international development of local content and opportunities for global co-production.
“We’re thrilled to have such an exceptional line-up of international and domestic speakers at this year’s conference. Rather than narrow ourselves to one theme, we’ve developed sessions to drive conversation around key issues that affect us as an industry both now and in the future,” says Spada’s executive director Sandy Gildea tells If.
- 9/16/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘The Farewell’ Director Lulu Wang, Producer Cassian Elwes Join Toronto Film Festival’s Filmmaker Lab
Directors Lulu Wang (“The Farewell”) and Patricia Rozema (“I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing”) and producer Cassian Elwes will serve as mentors at the Toronto International Film Festival’s 2019 Tiff Filmmaker Lab, Tiff organizers announced on Wednesday.
The festival also unveiled its lineup of Canadian films, which will include new work directed by Atom Egoyan, Louise Archambault, Ellen Page and Amy Jo Johnson, and starring Felicity Huffman, Imogen Poots and David Cronenberg, among others. And it announced participants in industry programs and the Canadian honorees in its annual Tiff Rising Stars showcase.
The films were spread across eight different sections of the Toronto Film Festival, some of which have yet to announce their non-Canadian programming.
Also Read: Mister Rogers, the Joker and Judy Garland Are All Headed to Toronto Film Festival
The Canadian galas, all previously announced, are the opening-night documentary “Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band,” Semi...
The festival also unveiled its lineup of Canadian films, which will include new work directed by Atom Egoyan, Louise Archambault, Ellen Page and Amy Jo Johnson, and starring Felicity Huffman, Imogen Poots and David Cronenberg, among others. And it announced participants in industry programs and the Canadian honorees in its annual Tiff Rising Stars showcase.
The films were spread across eight different sections of the Toronto Film Festival, some of which have yet to announce their non-Canadian programming.
Also Read: Mister Rogers, the Joker and Judy Garland Are All Headed to Toronto Film Festival
The Canadian galas, all previously announced, are the opening-night documentary “Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band,” Semi...
- 7/31/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Many older sisters would do anything to save their younger brothers, even if it means facing a malevolent spirit from ancient times. To save her sibling, Laura Chant (Erana James) must engage in a supernatural showdown in the new movie The Changeover, and to celebrate its theatrical and VOD release, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers!
You can watch Laura receive an ominous message from her reflection in the mirror in our exclusive clip below. The Changeover is now in theaters and on VOD platforms from Vertical Entertainment.
Directed by Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt, and based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover stars Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynksey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt, and Benji Purchase.
Synopsis: "Sixteen year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko (Benji Purchase) in a poor new...
You can watch Laura receive an ominous message from her reflection in the mirror in our exclusive clip below. The Changeover is now in theaters and on VOD platforms from Vertical Entertainment.
Directed by Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt, and based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover stars Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynksey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt, and Benji Purchase.
Synopsis: "Sixteen year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko (Benji Purchase) in a poor new...
- 2/22/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A young woman finds her inner strength in Miranda Harcourt & Stuart McKenzie's dark fantasy film The Changeover. Based on a popular 1984 novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover follows the plucky sixteen-year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) as she tries to save her young brother from an ancient curse. Standing in her way is Carmody Braque (Timothy Spall), an ageless spirit who poses as an antique dealer as a way of luring unwitting souls to their doom. Before she can save her brother, she must realize her own destiny and gain access to an inborn power that she doesn't know how to harness. The story is a well-known one in New Zealand, where it was written and where it is based, and so it's surprising that...
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- 2/21/2019
- Screen Anarchy
The Changeover In Theaters & On Demand February 22nd Directed by Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt Written by Stuart McKenzie Based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Margaret Mahy Starring Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynksey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt and Benji Purchase Sixteen year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) lives with her mother …
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The post The Changeover: Trailer – Opens Feb. 22nd (Based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Mahy) appeared first on Hnn | Horrornews.net.
- 2/4/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Here’s the trailer for an interesting upcoming New Zealand horror film called The Changeover. The story centers on a young teen girl who finds herself facing off with an ancient evil spirt to save her younger brother.
This is more on the low-budget end of spectrum, but it still looks like it tells an interesting story that I’d enjoy. I’m curious to see how this story plays out. Here’s the synopsis:
Sixteen year-old Laura Chant lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
This is more on the low-budget end of spectrum, but it still looks like it tells an interesting story that I’d enjoy. I’m curious to see how this story plays out. Here’s the synopsis:
Sixteen year-old Laura Chant lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
- 1/11/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
With a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, “Leave No Trace” is one of the year’s most acclaimed films and could bring Debra Granik back to the Oscars. Her last narrative feature, “Winter’s Bone” (2010), scored four nominations including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay for Granik, and acting bids for Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes. Gold Derby recently spoke with Granik and stars Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie about their work on the film.
Based on Peter Rock‘s book “My Abandonment,” the film focuses on an Army vet (Foster) raising his daughter (McKenzie) in the woods of Portland, Or. Granik has always been “curious about … ordinary people in our country who live against the grain,” so she was drawn immediately to this story. “It starts with a mystery about why a family is living undetected in a municipal park and how they managed to do that,” she adds. In approaching that mystery,...
Based on Peter Rock‘s book “My Abandonment,” the film focuses on an Army vet (Foster) raising his daughter (McKenzie) in the woods of Portland, Or. Granik has always been “curious about … ordinary people in our country who live against the grain,” so she was drawn immediately to this story. “It starts with a mystery about why a family is living undetected in a municipal park and how they managed to do that,” she adds. In approaching that mystery,...
- 12/30/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
A version of this story on Thomasin McKenzie and “Leave No Trace” first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
When she was a young girl in New Zealand, Thomasin McKenzie wasn’t sure what she wanted to be when she grew up. But she knew what she didn’t want to be.
“My grandma told me that one day she asked me if I wanted to be an actor, and I listed every single thing I did want to be: vet, firefighter, teacher, zookeeper … ” the 18-year-old star of Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” said. “And at the end, I said, ‘I do not want to be an actress.'”
In part, that was because McKenzie’s mother, Miranda Harcourt, was an actress and her father, Stuart McKenzie a theater and film director. But by the time she was 13, she’d embraced the family...
When she was a young girl in New Zealand, Thomasin McKenzie wasn’t sure what she wanted to be when she grew up. But she knew what she didn’t want to be.
“My grandma told me that one day she asked me if I wanted to be an actor, and I listed every single thing I did want to be: vet, firefighter, teacher, zookeeper … ” the 18-year-old star of Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” said. “And at the end, I said, ‘I do not want to be an actress.'”
In part, that was because McKenzie’s mother, Miranda Harcourt, was an actress and her father, Stuart McKenzie a theater and film director. But by the time she was 13, she’d embraced the family...
- 12/13/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“It’s a film about the goodness in people” declares Thomasin McKenzie of Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace.” The young actress portrays Tom, a girl living with her father off the grid in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. Watch our exclusive video above as the young actress appreciates that there were no villains in the film, but rather two people “trying to do what they think is best.”
Tom’s father Will suffers from Ptsd and is played by Ben Foster. “I really loved that it was a story about a Dad and a daughter” says McKenzie. Both actors trained in the various survivalist skills their characters used in the movie. Foster arrived at training first and was even able to show skills to McKenzie the way a father would his daughter. It was a process McKenzie says “really helped with the chemistry.”
SEEBen Foster Interview: ‘Leave No Trace...
Tom’s father Will suffers from Ptsd and is played by Ben Foster. “I really loved that it was a story about a Dad and a daughter” says McKenzie. Both actors trained in the various survivalist skills their characters used in the movie. Foster arrived at training first and was even able to show skills to McKenzie the way a father would his daughter. It was a process McKenzie says “really helped with the chemistry.”
SEEBen Foster Interview: ‘Leave No Trace...
- 12/6/2018
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Who
Thomasin McKenzie
Age: 18
Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand
What
In Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, McKenzie is Tom, daughter to Ben Foster’s Ptsd-affected Will. Unable to cope with society, Will has carved out a subsistence off-grid life with Tom in wooded parkland outside of Portland, Oregon, until authorities intervene and threaten their isolated idyll. Those survival skills are also the real deal. “We learned about what things you can find in the forest to eat,” McKenzie says. “How to camouflage yourself, how to listen to birds’ language, how to build shelters, and how to make fires.”
Why
Comparisons to Granik’s other wilderness drama breakout star, Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone, may be ham-fisted since McKenzie’s style is all her own, but based simply on talent level, they’re much deserved. McKenzie goes toe-to-toe with the accomplished Foster and more than holds her own. Bringing her...
Thomasin McKenzie
Age: 18
Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand
What
In Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, McKenzie is Tom, daughter to Ben Foster’s Ptsd-affected Will. Unable to cope with society, Will has carved out a subsistence off-grid life with Tom in wooded parkland outside of Portland, Oregon, until authorities intervene and threaten their isolated idyll. Those survival skills are also the real deal. “We learned about what things you can find in the forest to eat,” McKenzie says. “How to camouflage yourself, how to listen to birds’ language, how to build shelters, and how to make fires.”
Why
Comparisons to Granik’s other wilderness drama breakout star, Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone, may be ham-fisted since McKenzie’s style is all her own, but based simply on talent level, they’re much deserved. McKenzie goes toe-to-toe with the accomplished Foster and more than holds her own. Bringing her...
- 11/16/2018
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
’Harry Potter’’s David Yates executive produces.
Norwegian writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen makes her feature directorial debut with Phoenix, which will have its world premiere in Tiff Discovery on Sept 7.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for the film above.
The drama is about two kids having to grow up too soon because their mother is mentally ill; their father’s visit provides a temporary respite. Yet it’s not a kitchen-sink drama, there are elements of fantasy as seen especially from the daughter’s point of view.
Strøm Henriksen has been a successful actress for many years and...
Norwegian writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen makes her feature directorial debut with Phoenix, which will have its world premiere in Tiff Discovery on Sept 7.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for the film above.
The drama is about two kids having to grow up too soon because their mother is mentally ill; their father’s visit provides a temporary respite. Yet it’s not a kitchen-sink drama, there are elements of fantasy as seen especially from the daughter’s point of view.
Strøm Henriksen has been a successful actress for many years and...
- 9/4/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
’Harry Potter’’s David Yates executive produces.
Norwegian writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen makes her feature directorial debut with Phoenix, which will have its world premiere in Tiff Discovery on Sept 7.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for the film above.
The drama is about two kids having to grow up too soon because their mother is mentally ill; their father’s visit provides a temporary respite. Yet it’s not a kitchen-sink drama, there are elements of fantasy as seen especially from the daughter’s point of view.
Strøm Henriksen has been a successful actress for many years and...
Norwegian writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen makes her feature directorial debut with Phoenix, which will have its world premiere in Tiff Discovery on Sept 7.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for the film above.
The drama is about two kids having to grow up too soon because their mother is mentally ill; their father’s visit provides a temporary respite. Yet it’s not a kitchen-sink drama, there are elements of fantasy as seen especially from the daughter’s point of view.
Strøm Henriksen has been a successful actress for many years and...
- 9/4/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Adapted from the award-winning novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover is a collaboration between first-time director Miranda Harcourt and writer Stuart Mackenzie. Set in Christchurch, New Zealand following a devastating earthquake, Laura Chant (Erana James) and her brother Jacko (Benji Purchase) come across a shipping container, inside they find a collection of old antiquities and one extremely creepy Timothy Spall. The encounter with the disheveled and mysterious Carmody Braque (Spall) sets in motion a series of events which leads Laura to believe that Braque is slowly siphoning her brother’s life. Laura has the power to help her brother, as a “sensitive” she’s just one trippy dream-like state away from becoming a fully-fledged witch. Help comes in the form of fellow witch, Sorensen Carlisle (Nicholas Galitzine) and his family.
What at first seems like an obvious and predictable Ya film, in fact explores hidden emotional depths, whether it’s aware of it or not.
What at first seems like an obvious and predictable Ya film, in fact explores hidden emotional depths, whether it’s aware of it or not.
- 7/19/2018
- by April McIntyre
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A new film has emerged at the 70th Cannes Film Festival titled The Changeover. It is based on Margaret Mahy’s best-selling, Carnegie Award-winning novel from New Zealand.
When a sinister visitor arrives in her town, sixteen-year-old Laura Chant discovers awesome new powers within herself that she must harness in order to rescue her younger brother from the man’s evil plans.
The supernatural thriller stars Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, Harry Potter series), Melanie Lynskey (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Up in the Air, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Lucy Lawless (Parks and Recreation, Battlestar Galactica, Xena: Warrior Princess), Nicholas Galitzine (Handsome Devil, High Strung), Erana James.
In 2014, Spall won the Best Actor award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for portraying J. M. W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s biographical film Mr. Turner. He also collaborated with Leigh on Topsy-turvy and the brilliant Secrets & Lies.
When a sinister visitor arrives in her town, sixteen-year-old Laura Chant discovers awesome new powers within herself that she must harness in order to rescue her younger brother from the man’s evil plans.
The supernatural thriller stars Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, Harry Potter series), Melanie Lynskey (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Up in the Air, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Lucy Lawless (Parks and Recreation, Battlestar Galactica, Xena: Warrior Princess), Nicholas Galitzine (Handsome Devil, High Strung), Erana James.
In 2014, Spall won the Best Actor award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for portraying J. M. W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s biographical film Mr. Turner. He also collaborated with Leigh on Topsy-turvy and the brilliant Secrets & Lies.
- 5/18/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Angie Fielder, Luke Davies, star Dev Patel, Garth Davis and Dp Greig Fraser.
Oscar heavyweight Lion has earned more at the Aussie box office than all of last year.s local films combined — not bad for a filmmaker making his feature debut..
Garth Davis was approached about the project by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman at the Sundance Film Festival, where the trio were premiering the first season of.Top of the Lake.
Davis heard the story and raced off to his lodge to read up on the extraordinary case of Saroo Brierley, a small boy adopted by an Australian couple after falling asleep on a train and waking up on the other side of India, unable to find his way home.
To map out Brierley.s story, the producers turned to screenwriter Luke Davies, an old collaborator.
Davies had worked on Candy, based on his own autobiographical novel,...
Oscar heavyweight Lion has earned more at the Aussie box office than all of last year.s local films combined — not bad for a filmmaker making his feature debut..
Garth Davis was approached about the project by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman at the Sundance Film Festival, where the trio were premiering the first season of.Top of the Lake.
Davis heard the story and raced off to his lodge to read up on the extraordinary case of Saroo Brierley, a small boy adopted by an Australian couple after falling asleep on a train and waking up on the other side of India, unable to find his way home.
To map out Brierley.s story, the producers turned to screenwriter Luke Davies, an old collaborator.
Davies had worked on Candy, based on his own autobiographical novel,...
- 3/30/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
One of the more amazing true stories to come out of this year’s film festival circuit was that of Saroo Brierley, whose memoir A Long Way Home was adapted into the film Lion.
It tells the story of how Saroo, at a young age, was separated from his older brother and mother in India, ending up thousands of miles away where he would eventually be adopted by a young Australian couple. Decades later, the 20-something Saroo (played in the film by Dev Patel) would try to find his home using his memories along with Google Earth, beginning his second amazing journey to get back to his family.
What’s even more impressive about Lion is that it is Garth Davis’ directorial debut, after he received some acclaim for co-directing the Sundance Channel series Top of the Lake a few years back. For Davis’ debut, he ended up filming all over India,...
It tells the story of how Saroo, at a young age, was separated from his older brother and mother in India, ending up thousands of miles away where he would eventually be adopted by a young Australian couple. Decades later, the 20-something Saroo (played in the film by Dev Patel) would try to find his home using his memories along with Google Earth, beginning his second amazing journey to get back to his family.
What’s even more impressive about Lion is that it is Garth Davis’ directorial debut, after he received some acclaim for co-directing the Sundance Channel series Top of the Lake a few years back. For Davis’ debut, he ended up filming all over India,...
- 12/15/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
The Rehearsal is a youthful melodrama that becomes a bit too “mellow” during its elongated midsection of teenage irresponsibility. A soul-searching beginning and an applause-worth end sandwich a hefty helping of chewy, overdone archetypes reminiscent of every passable coming-of-age tale you’ve ever sat through. Filmmaker Alison Maclean does certain justice to Eleanor Catton’s source novelization, but it’s not exactly the poignant theater-culture showstopper that’d halt talent agents in their tracks. Familiarity and dry plotting by way of bad decisions are Maclean’s worst enemies, yet those more tolerant viewers should have no trouble sticking around for a rousing final act. The kids aren’t alright – but is anyone, really?
James Rolleston stars as Stanley, an aspiring actor who’s just beginning his first-year of specialty schooling. On a bus one day, he meets Isolde (Ella Edward), and they begin “dating.” Isolde is the sister of a...
James Rolleston stars as Stanley, an aspiring actor who’s just beginning his first-year of specialty schooling. On a bus one day, he meets Isolde (Ella Edward), and they begin “dating.” Isolde is the sister of a...
- 10/7/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Star of Tiff selection Handsome Devil has joined Timothy Spall and Melanie Lynskey in the supernatural thriller.
Screen 2015 Star Of Tomorrow Nicholas Galitzine, who will be seen in tonight’s (Sept 11) world premiere of Toronto International Film Festival’s Contemporary World Cinema selection Handsome Devil [pictured], has joined The Changeover, which Radiant Films International is selling.
Previously announced Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless and Erana James also star in the supernatural thriller, which is scheduled to begin shooting on September 19.
Co-directors Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will shoot entirely in New Zealand, in and around the Christchurch Central Business District. McKenzie adapted the screenplay from New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.
The story centres on a 16-year-old girl who discovers her true identity and the supernatural powers within her after an ancient spirit attacks her infant brother.
Emma Slade of Firefly Films produces with investment from the [link...
Screen 2015 Star Of Tomorrow Nicholas Galitzine, who will be seen in tonight’s (Sept 11) world premiere of Toronto International Film Festival’s Contemporary World Cinema selection Handsome Devil [pictured], has joined The Changeover, which Radiant Films International is selling.
Previously announced Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless and Erana James also star in the supernatural thriller, which is scheduled to begin shooting on September 19.
Co-directors Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will shoot entirely in New Zealand, in and around the Christchurch Central Business District. McKenzie adapted the screenplay from New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.
The story centres on a 16-year-old girl who discovers her true identity and the supernatural powers within her after an ancient spirit attacks her infant brother.
Emma Slade of Firefly Films produces with investment from the [link...
- 9/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has boarded worldwide rights to the supernatural thriller heading into Cannes excluding Australia and New Zealand.
Playwright Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will direct The Changeover, which will also star Melanie Lynskey, Charlie Heaton, Lucy Lawless, and New Zealand rising stars Erana James, Stefania Lavie Owen, and internet celebrity Jamie Curry.
McKenzie also wrote the screenplay based on New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.
Firefly Films’ Emma Slade is producing and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Christchurch, New Zealand, in August. Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post will create visual effects.
The story centres on a 16-year-old Laura Chant, who learns she has the supernatural powers to save her younger brother after an ancient spirit attacks him.
Radiant’s Cannes slate also includes the action thriller Juveniles starring Beau Knapp and Stephen Moyer that premieres in the market; as well as rom-com...
Playwright Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will direct The Changeover, which will also star Melanie Lynskey, Charlie Heaton, Lucy Lawless, and New Zealand rising stars Erana James, Stefania Lavie Owen, and internet celebrity Jamie Curry.
McKenzie also wrote the screenplay based on New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.
Firefly Films’ Emma Slade is producing and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Christchurch, New Zealand, in August. Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post will create visual effects.
The story centres on a 16-year-old Laura Chant, who learns she has the supernatural powers to save her younger brother after an ancient spirit attacks him.
Radiant’s Cannes slate also includes the action thriller Juveniles starring Beau Knapp and Stephen Moyer that premieres in the market; as well as rom-com...
- 5/4/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
For first-time writer-director James Raue, regular trips to therapy growing up constituted a form of torture.
"I used to hate psychologists as a child. I always use to visit them because my mum was obsessed with Dr. Phil, so if there were any issues in the family we'd all go and see a psychologist. It always felt as though they were too distant and too clinical"..
"Now my girlfriend is a psychologist and my best friend is a psychologist. I ended up seeing things from their point of view - the weight of all these clients they were carrying around all the time, and the dark sense of humour they had to develop. They had to be able to joke about suicide and mental illness because it was the only way to survive"..
Making films since high school, Raue came up with "this idea of a psychologist who lost five...
"I used to hate psychologists as a child. I always use to visit them because my mum was obsessed with Dr. Phil, so if there were any issues in the family we'd all go and see a psychologist. It always felt as though they were too distant and too clinical"..
"Now my girlfriend is a psychologist and my best friend is a psychologist. I ended up seeing things from their point of view - the weight of all these clients they were carrying around all the time, and the dark sense of humour they had to develop. They had to be able to joke about suicide and mental illness because it was the only way to survive"..
Making films since high school, Raue came up with "this idea of a psychologist who lost five...
- 2/11/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
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