Tea Shop Productions, whose psycho-thriller The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage premiered in Cannes Midnight, has unveiled a dynamic development slate featuring Ruth Paxton and Nicolas Winding Refn projects.
Paxton is lining up her next directing feature after Toronto 2021 title A Banquet with Brock Norman Brock attached to write, while producer Refn and Vertigo are collaborating with Tea Shop on a long-gestating remake of horror classic Witchfinder General.
Also in the pipeline are a co-production with Merman and Searchlight and the debut feature from Jimmy Dean based on the Julia Armfield short story Manti.
Tea Shop, co-founded in 2010 by Los Angeles-based...
Paxton is lining up her next directing feature after Toronto 2021 title A Banquet with Brock Norman Brock attached to write, while producer Refn and Vertigo are collaborating with Tea Shop on a long-gestating remake of horror classic Witchfinder General.
Also in the pipeline are a co-production with Merman and Searchlight and the debut feature from Jimmy Dean based on the Julia Armfield short story Manti.
Tea Shop, co-founded in 2010 by Los Angeles-based...
- 5/20/2024
- ScreenDaily
Charles Collier, co-founder of UK agency Tavistock Wood, has exited the company to set up London-based Chalcot Square Management.
Longterm clients to join him at the company for representation out of the UK include Rebecca Ferguson, Eva Green, Freddie Fox, Brock Norman Brock, Ronan Bennett and Oliver Hirschbiegel. Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger is also among the company’s clients.
Among Collier’s long-term Tavistock Wood clients not currently listed for representation on Chalcot’s website are Alicia Vikander and Lily James. Both continue to be repped by UTA.
Chalcot, which also comprises lawyer Cornelius Medvei and agent Eleanor Johnson, will also produce, provide legal consultancy and branding services.
The website states: “We are a management company, talent agency and production hub, representing actors, directors, producers and writers…We represent creators across arts and media in all sectors of the industry. We provide bespoke personal management, strategic advice, legal consultancy,...
Longterm clients to join him at the company for representation out of the UK include Rebecca Ferguson, Eva Green, Freddie Fox, Brock Norman Brock, Ronan Bennett and Oliver Hirschbiegel. Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger is also among the company’s clients.
Among Collier’s long-term Tavistock Wood clients not currently listed for representation on Chalcot’s website are Alicia Vikander and Lily James. Both continue to be repped by UTA.
Chalcot, which also comprises lawyer Cornelius Medvei and agent Eleanor Johnson, will also produce, provide legal consultancy and branding services.
The website states: “We are a management company, talent agency and production hub, representing actors, directors, producers and writers…We represent creators across arts and media in all sectors of the industry. We provide bespoke personal management, strategic advice, legal consultancy,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Award-winning screenwriter Brock Norman Brock has signed with Artist International Group for management.
Brock most recently co-wrote the script for Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s acclaimed drama The Mustang, starring Matthias Schoenaerts. That title, about a convict who trains wild mustangs as part of a rehabilitation program, was released by Focus Features in 2019.
Brock is perhaps best known for co-writing Nicolas Winding Refn’s critically acclaimed 2009 feature, Bronson, starring Tom Hardy, which told the story of the notorious British criminal of the same name. That Vertigo Films title premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and was in competition at Sundance, as well as the Sydney Film Festival, where it won Best Film.
Brock began his career in theater, seeing his play Here is Monster, directed by Mark Ravenhill, secure a nomination for the Verity Bargate Award, celebrating emerging playwrights. He also adapted the cult novel Yardie for Warp and StudioCanal,...
Brock most recently co-wrote the script for Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s acclaimed drama The Mustang, starring Matthias Schoenaerts. That title, about a convict who trains wild mustangs as part of a rehabilitation program, was released by Focus Features in 2019.
Brock is perhaps best known for co-writing Nicolas Winding Refn’s critically acclaimed 2009 feature, Bronson, starring Tom Hardy, which told the story of the notorious British criminal of the same name. That Vertigo Films title premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and was in competition at Sundance, as well as the Sydney Film Festival, where it won Best Film.
Brock began his career in theater, seeing his play Here is Monster, directed by Mark Ravenhill, secure a nomination for the Verity Bargate Award, celebrating emerging playwrights. He also adapted the cult novel Yardie for Warp and StudioCanal,...
- 5/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Enter this contest from CinemaNerdz for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the advance screening of The Mustang.
For your chance to receive a pair of complimentary passes to see the new film The Mustang starring Matthias Scoenaerts, Connie Britton, and Bruce Dern at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on Monday, March 25th at 7:00 Pm, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page. But hurry because the contest ends soon and there are only a limited number of passes available and when they’re gone, they’re gone! No purchase necessary!
About The Film
The Mustang: Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his violent past, is required to participate in an “outdoor maintenance” program as part of his state-mandated social rehabilitation. Spotted by a no-nonsense veteran trainer (Bruce Dern) and...
For your chance to receive a pair of complimentary passes to see the new film The Mustang starring Matthias Scoenaerts, Connie Britton, and Bruce Dern at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on Monday, March 25th at 7:00 Pm, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page. But hurry because the contest ends soon and there are only a limited number of passes available and when they’re gone, they’re gone! No purchase necessary!
About The Film
The Mustang: Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his violent past, is required to participate in an “outdoor maintenance” program as part of his state-mandated social rehabilitation. Spotted by a no-nonsense veteran trainer (Bruce Dern) and...
- 3/17/2019
- by Administrator
- CinemaNerdz
The second frame of Disney-Marvel’s latest MCU installment, 'Captain Marvel,' is set to top the box office with an estimated $70 million.
The superhero film already pushed past the $200 million mark domestically after taking in $19 million on Friday for a total of about $215 million. It’s also generated $378 million overseas after jolting the domestic box office out of a slump that had seen it down 27% from last year.
“Captain Marvel’s” second weekend will mark the second-highest in March box office history with “Beauty and the Beast” having taken in $90 million in its second frame in 2017. “Captain Marvel’s” weekend take will mark a 54% drop from its debut.
Paramount’s animated adventure film “Wonder Park” should drop into second place with about $17 million from 3,838 North American locations, while CBS Films and Lionsgate’s “Five Feet Apart” is estimated to bring in about $13 million from 2,803 domestic sites for third place.
The superhero film already pushed past the $200 million mark domestically after taking in $19 million on Friday for a total of about $215 million. It’s also generated $378 million overseas after jolting the domestic box office out of a slump that had seen it down 27% from last year.
“Captain Marvel’s” second weekend will mark the second-highest in March box office history with “Beauty and the Beast” having taken in $90 million in its second frame in 2017. “Captain Marvel’s” weekend take will mark a 54% drop from its debut.
Paramount’s animated adventure film “Wonder Park” should drop into second place with about $17 million from 3,838 North American locations, while CBS Films and Lionsgate’s “Five Feet Apart” is estimated to bring in about $13 million from 2,803 domestic sites for third place.
- 3/16/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Horses and men have been mythic companions as long as movies have been around, so why does it feel as if within only the last couple of years, with “The Rider,” “Lean on Pete,” and now French filmmaker Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s touching drama “The Mustang,” have we gotten a fuller examination of this relationship?
Maybe because we’re finally seeing horses treated as flesh-and-blood characters and not simply beautiful accessories or four-legged extensions of the rider’s personality (or just vehicles for transport). Which is surely why de Clermont-Tonnerre was drawn to the stories coming out of prison programs around the world that utilized animals as therapy — living, breathing, loving creatures who could help resocialize those coarsened by incarceration.
But “The Mustang” — which de Clermont-Tonnerre wrote with Mona Fastvold (“The Childhood of a Leader”) and Brock Norman Brock (“Yardie”), and which recently premiered at Sundance — isn’t just about...
Maybe because we’re finally seeing horses treated as flesh-and-blood characters and not simply beautiful accessories or four-legged extensions of the rider’s personality (or just vehicles for transport). Which is surely why de Clermont-Tonnerre was drawn to the stories coming out of prison programs around the world that utilized animals as therapy — living, breathing, loving creatures who could help resocialize those coarsened by incarceration.
But “The Mustang” — which de Clermont-Tonnerre wrote with Mona Fastvold (“The Childhood of a Leader”) and Brock Norman Brock (“Yardie”), and which recently premiered at Sundance — isn’t just about...
- 3/15/2019
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
There’s something missing in “Yardie,” Idris Elba’s directorial debut, but I can’t quite place my finger on it. The acting is decent, the cinematography is well-executed, and the music is on point, but the delivery and the tone are completely mismatched. It feels as if the film itself is aching to say something more, but is ultimately muted by choices the freshman director withheld from making.
Based on the 1992 book by Victor Headley, the film opens in 1973 Kingston, Jamaica. There’s a gang war, and young D (Antwayne Eccleston) is being raised by his older brother, Jerry Dread while King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd) — a gang leader, don, and music producer — acts a sort of father figure to both. During a concert meant to unite rival gangs in Kingston, Jerry is gunned down, leaving D to be raised by King Fox.
Years later, adult D is working for...
Based on the 1992 book by Victor Headley, the film opens in 1973 Kingston, Jamaica. There’s a gang war, and young D (Antwayne Eccleston) is being raised by his older brother, Jerry Dread while King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd) — a gang leader, don, and music producer — acts a sort of father figure to both. During a concert meant to unite rival gangs in Kingston, Jerry is gunned down, leaving D to be raised by King Fox.
Years later, adult D is working for...
- 3/15/2019
- by Yolanda Machado
- The Wrap
It’s rare when a young female filmmaker scores a breakout like Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre did when she unleashed The Mustang at Sundance 2019. Now audiences can see what all the shouting is about. The ticking time bomb of male rage — dangerous if you get too close — may seem like an unlikely topic for a French actress to tackle in her feature debut as a director. But don’t expect this firebrand to stay corraled by sexist preconceptions. Clermont-Tonnerre comes from a place of defiance, and her fearless instincts surge through every frame.
- 3/13/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Lost souls of the animal and human variety coming together in a quest for salvation has been depicted on film numerous times before. Rarely, however, has it also been a prison movie where this story is being told. That’s where The Mustang comes into play. This flick never tries to be anything more than it is, but what it is somehow becomes beautiful. In the wrong hands, it could have been unrelentingly bleak and almost impossible to sit through. The threat of violence looms around every corner. Yet, what stays with you here is the passion that can be had through dedication. What stays with you is the power of redemption. All told, what stays with you is how good a work The Mustang truly is. The movie is a prison drama, centered on the story of Roman (Matthias Schoenaerts) an inmate serving time for a violent crime. We...
- 3/13/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
From time to time, it’s worth considering whether a director or a screenwriter has more influence over the final outcome of a film. Can a bad script undercut a good director? Is a good one able to hide the flaws of a bad filmmaker? The answer to both probably resides somewhere in between. The one thing I’m fairly certain of is this: a first time director can’t make do with a poor screenplay. Unfortunately for Idris Elba, the actor is making his directorial debut utilizing a script that’s lacking in juice. This makes Yardie, his first effort behind the camera, a step or two down from where it otherwise could have been. Elba shows some chops, but the material fails him throughout. He elevates it somewhat, but not enough to save the day. The film is a crime drama, with the sort of plot we’ve...
- 3/13/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Mustang Focus Features Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net by: Harvey Karten Director: Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre Screenwriter: Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre, Mona Fastvold, Brock Norman Brock Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Gideon Adlon, Connie Britton Screened at: Digital Arts, NYC, 2/4/19 Opens: March 15, 2019 In Frank Loesser’s musical “Guys and Dolls,” Nicely sings […]
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- 3/10/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) is the kind of man who would get into a fistfight with a horse. In fact, that’s exactly what the bald-headed bruiser does the first time he’s placed in a round pen with the unruly mustang who he’s been assigned to tame and prepare for auction. Never mind that the stallion weighs upwards of 1,000 pounds, or — for that matter — that horses don’t have fists; Roman only knows how to express himself through violence. That’s why he’s been locked up in the Northern Nevada Correction Center for the better part of a decade, and why his long prison stint has frequently been interrupted by stretches of solitary confinement.
“I’m not good with people,” Roman growls at the prison psychologist (Connie Britton) who tries to help ease him back into the general population. It would seem that he isn’t any better with animals.
“I’m not good with people,” Roman growls at the prison psychologist (Connie Britton) who tries to help ease him back into the general population. It would seem that he isn’t any better with animals.
- 2/1/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Can we talk about Matthias Schoenaerts? The Belgian actor made a splash on the festival circuit with Bullhead in 2011, leading to roles–both lead and supporting–in everything from Rust & Bone to Red Sparrow. Since his breakout though, he’s never matched the same attention despite a decade’s worth of good work. With Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s The Mustang, let’s hope that changes. The prison drama is a well-worn sub-genre, ripe with predictive beats and expected narrative turns. Those behind this picture are determined to subvert those expectations, and the attempt–though not fully realized–is much appreciated.
Here Schoenaerts plays Roman Coleman, an inmate of a Nevada prison who is placed in a state-mandated rehabilitation program to train wild horses. The mustang he’s paired is particularly unruly, a trait applicable to Roman himself. When his estranged daughter (an impressive Gideon Adlon) visits, all he wants is...
Here Schoenaerts plays Roman Coleman, an inmate of a Nevada prison who is placed in a state-mandated rehabilitation program to train wild horses. The mustang he’s paired is particularly unruly, a trait applicable to Roman himself. When his estranged daughter (an impressive Gideon Adlon) visits, all he wants is...
- 2/1/2019
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Idris Elba’s directorial debut, a gang drama set in Jamaica called “Yardie,” has been acquired for U.S. rights by Rialto Pictures, the New York-based company announced Thursday.
“Yardie” will receive a theatrical release on March 15. The film originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 in the world cinema – dramatic competition and was chosen as the opening night film at this year’s Caribbean Film Festival at Bam in New York City.
Directed and executive produced by Elba, “Yardie” was written by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman based on Victor Headley’s novel.
Also Read: Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton Attached to Star in New George Miller Project
Set in ’70s Kingston and 1980s Hackney (a neighborhood in London with a large Jamaican community), “Yardie” (a term used for Jamaican gang members) centers around the intertwined worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry, following...
“Yardie” will receive a theatrical release on March 15. The film originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 in the world cinema – dramatic competition and was chosen as the opening night film at this year’s Caribbean Film Festival at Bam in New York City.
Directed and executive produced by Elba, “Yardie” was written by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman based on Victor Headley’s novel.
Also Read: Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton Attached to Star in New George Miller Project
Set in ’70s Kingston and 1980s Hackney (a neighborhood in London with a large Jamaican community), “Yardie” (a term used for Jamaican gang members) centers around the intertwined worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry, following...
- 1/24/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Rialto Pictures has acquired rights to Yardie, the film that marks the directorial debut of Idris Elba. The company has set a March 15 theatrical release date for the 1970s- and ’80s-set crime drama that revolves around the intertwined worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry. The deal comes almost a year after the pic had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Directed and executive produced by Elba and penned by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman based on the Victor Headley novel of the same name, the pic follows a courier named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) from Kingston to Hackney in London where he seeks revenge for his brother’s murder and also reunites with his estranged girlfriend (Shantol Jackson) and child.
UK-based Warp Films’ Gina Carter and Robin Gutch produce the movie, which was financed by Studiocanal, the BFI, BBC Films and Screen Yorkshire. The U.
Directed and executive produced by Elba and penned by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman based on the Victor Headley novel of the same name, the pic follows a courier named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) from Kingston to Hackney in London where he seeks revenge for his brother’s murder and also reunites with his estranged girlfriend (Shantol Jackson) and child.
UK-based Warp Films’ Gina Carter and Robin Gutch produce the movie, which was financed by Studiocanal, the BFI, BBC Films and Screen Yorkshire. The U.
- 1/24/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Antwayne Eccleston, Fraser James, Rayon McLean, Mark Rhino Smith, Sheldon Shepherd, Christopher Daly, Alexandra Vaz, Chris-Ann Fletcher, Paul Haughton, Everaldo Creary | Written by Brock Norman Brock, Martin Stellman | Directed by Idris Elba
Yardie is the much anticipated directorial debut from much beloved British acting veteran Idris Elba – who’s famed for his turn as grizzly and gritty roles ranging from his much-beloved turn as Dci John Luther to Hollywood action prowess of Pacific Rim, Thor and Star Trek Beyond.
With Yardie, adapted from the novel by the same name by author Victor Headley released in 1992, Elba strips away the Hollywood gloss and expense, pushing himself into the deep end in the realm of the dearly missed British production of a gritty and dark tale of greed and murder, reminiscent of the vast social politic and exaggerations from the likes of Alan Clarke and Guy Ritchie,...
Yardie is the much anticipated directorial debut from much beloved British acting veteran Idris Elba – who’s famed for his turn as grizzly and gritty roles ranging from his much-beloved turn as Dci John Luther to Hollywood action prowess of Pacific Rim, Thor and Star Trek Beyond.
With Yardie, adapted from the novel by the same name by author Victor Headley released in 1992, Elba strips away the Hollywood gloss and expense, pushing himself into the deep end in the realm of the dearly missed British production of a gritty and dark tale of greed and murder, reminiscent of the vast social politic and exaggerations from the likes of Alan Clarke and Guy Ritchie,...
- 12/31/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
The first official trailer for the Robert Redford-produced ‘The Mustang’ featuring Matthias Schoenaerts as a convict and horse tamer has been released.
Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre from a script by Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock, the film stars Connie Britton, Bruce Dern, Jason Mitchell and Josh Stewart alongside Schoenaerts.
Also in trailers – Would you choose to cooperate or resist? Full trailer for Captive State lands
The film is scheduled to premiere at the Sundance film festival in January with a limited Us release on March 15th 2019.
The Mustang Official Synopsis
Roman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a prison in rural Nevada, participates in a rehabilitation program in which he trains wild mustangs. He struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates alike. But in time, working alongside young convict Henry (Jason Mitchell) and an old trainer Myles (Bruce Dern), Roman soothes an especially feisty horse...
Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre from a script by Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock, the film stars Connie Britton, Bruce Dern, Jason Mitchell and Josh Stewart alongside Schoenaerts.
Also in trailers – Would you choose to cooperate or resist? Full trailer for Captive State lands
The film is scheduled to premiere at the Sundance film festival in January with a limited Us release on March 15th 2019.
The Mustang Official Synopsis
Roman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a prison in rural Nevada, participates in a rehabilitation program in which he trains wild mustangs. He struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates alike. But in time, working alongside young convict Henry (Jason Mitchell) and an old trainer Myles (Bruce Dern), Roman soothes an especially feisty horse...
- 12/14/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: The Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab has accepted 15 writers from countries including the U.S., Lebanon, South Africa, Turkey and the UK who will bring 12 projects to the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah from January 18-23.
The January Screenwriters Lab was created and organized under the leadership of Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program Founding Director Michelle Satter and Labs Director Ilyse McKimmie. The team of Creative Advisors includes Artistic Director Dana Stevens, Michael Arndt, Thomas Bidegain, Todd Graff, Phil Hay, Erik Jendresen, Richard Lagravenese, Jenny Lumet, Malia Scotch Marmo, Walter Mosley, Nicole Perlman, Susan Shilliday, Zach Sklar, Elena Soarez, Veena Sud, Robin Swicord, Joan Tewkesbury and Tyger Williams. This year’s Lab is dedicated to the memory of two cherished Creative Advisors: Tom Rickman and Audrey Wells. The Lab provides one-on-one story sessions for Fellows with the Creative Advisors. The Lab is the first step in a year-round continuum...
The January Screenwriters Lab was created and organized under the leadership of Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program Founding Director Michelle Satter and Labs Director Ilyse McKimmie. The team of Creative Advisors includes Artistic Director Dana Stevens, Michael Arndt, Thomas Bidegain, Todd Graff, Phil Hay, Erik Jendresen, Richard Lagravenese, Jenny Lumet, Malia Scotch Marmo, Walter Mosley, Nicole Perlman, Susan Shilliday, Zach Sklar, Elena Soarez, Veena Sud, Robin Swicord, Joan Tewkesbury and Tyger Williams. This year’s Lab is dedicated to the memory of two cherished Creative Advisors: Tom Rickman and Audrey Wells. The Lab provides one-on-one story sessions for Fellows with the Creative Advisors. The Lab is the first step in a year-round continuum...
- 12/13/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The era of the modern horse film gallops on, with no signs of slowing down. With Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider” recently named Film Comment’s top movie of the year and Andrew Haigh’s “Lean on Pete” landing on more than a few critics’ end-of-year lists, it seems the special bond between a man and his horse continues to captivate indie filmmakers.
The newest entry into this growing canon is “The Mustang,” a sensitive drama from executive producer Robert Redford that will premiere at next year’s Sundance Film Festival before a spring release from Focus Features.
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The official synopsis reads: “Roman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his violent past, is required to participate in an ‘outdoor maintenance’ program as part of his state-mandated social rehabilitation.
The newest entry into this growing canon is “The Mustang,” a sensitive drama from executive producer Robert Redford that will premiere at next year’s Sundance Film Festival before a spring release from Focus Features.
Read More: Denis Villeneuve Adores ‘A Star Is Born’: ‘It Marks the Birth of a Great Director’
The official synopsis reads: “Roman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his violent past, is required to participate in an ‘outdoor maintenance’ program as part of his state-mandated social rehabilitation.
- 12/13/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
We present our red carpet interviews with Everaldo Creary, Adnan Mustafa, Sheldon Shepherd, Akin Gazi, Duramaney Kamara, Shantol Jackson and writer Brock Norman Brock at the Premiere of Idris Elba’s movie Yardie starring Aml Ameen and Stephen Graham.
Colin Hart and Scott Davis were our crew on the carpet, here’s how they got on.
Yardie Premiere Interviews
Yardie is released in the UK on the 24th of August.
Plot: Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Fox dispatches him to London, where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne (Shantol Jackson), and his daughter who he...
Colin Hart and Scott Davis were our crew on the carpet, here’s how they got on.
Yardie Premiere Interviews
Yardie is released in the UK on the 24th of August.
Plot: Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Fox dispatches him to London, where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne (Shantol Jackson), and his daughter who he...
- 8/23/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Joseph Baxter Jan 24, 2019
Idris Elba makes his feature directorial debut with Yardie, an adaptation of Victor Headley’s bellwether British crime novel.
Idris Elba continues to juggle numerous occupations, from film and TV star, to writer, producer, DJ and even a professional kickboxer who banked a win in his one and only fight after training for a documentary series. However, the upcoming release of the crime drama, Yardie, reveals yet another occupation for Elba, that of feature film director.
Elba’s film-helming debut works off a script by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman that adapts the acclaimed 1992 crime novel, Yardie, by Victor Headley; a groundbreaking Black-British story, spearheaded by a grassroots distribution strategy that achieved success through slow word-of-mouth. Elba's indie-produced adaptation was distributed in the U.K. by StudioCanal.
Yardie Release Date
Yardie is set to arrive at theaters in the U.S. on March 15.
The film premiered...
Idris Elba makes his feature directorial debut with Yardie, an adaptation of Victor Headley’s bellwether British crime novel.
Idris Elba continues to juggle numerous occupations, from film and TV star, to writer, producer, DJ and even a professional kickboxer who banked a win in his one and only fight after training for a documentary series. However, the upcoming release of the crime drama, Yardie, reveals yet another occupation for Elba, that of feature film director.
Elba’s film-helming debut works off a script by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman that adapts the acclaimed 1992 crime novel, Yardie, by Victor Headley; a groundbreaking Black-British story, spearheaded by a grassroots distribution strategy that achieved success through slow word-of-mouth. Elba's indie-produced adaptation was distributed in the U.K. by StudioCanal.
Yardie Release Date
Yardie is set to arrive at theaters in the U.S. on March 15.
The film premiered...
- 6/1/2018
- Den of Geek
Brock Norman Brock on how Yardie was written for the screen.
Screenwriters don’t often get the chance to talk about a film. It’s a bit too much like asking the bride’s ex-boyfriend to give a speech at her wedding. Maybe if there’s dirt to be dished, there’s some prurient interest, but otherwise, why bring up the past? The film is the thing.
Still, there is a script. And for four years, Yardie, the film, existed only in my head. Just as, I suppose, there was a time before me and it was just Victor Headley and the book.
Screenwriters don’t often get the chance to talk about a film. It’s a bit too much like asking the bride’s ex-boyfriend to give a speech at her wedding. Maybe if there’s dirt to be dished, there’s some prurient interest, but otherwise, why bring up the past? The film is the thing.
Still, there is a script. And for four years, Yardie, the film, existed only in my head. Just as, I suppose, there was a time before me and it was just Victor Headley and the book.
- 6/1/2018
- by Brock Norman Brock
- Pure Movies
It’s easy enough to understand why Idris Elba would choose to make “Yardie” for his directorial debut. For one thing, it’s the kind of story that seems pretty hard to mess up: Adapted from Victor Headley’s 1992 novel of the same name, “Yardie” is a nuts-and-bolts revenge saga about a young Jamaican kid who survives the gang warfare in his home country, grows up to be a low-level hood, and then traffics a brick of coke to London with the ulterior motive of finding the man who killed his brother. Borrowing heavily from the likes of “City of God,” “Goodfellas,” and “Layer Cake,” it’s a premise so familiar that even a first-time filmmaker should be able to wrangle it into decent shape. And yet…
And yet it’s hard to understand virtually anything else about “Yardie.” Literally. This flat and formulaic crime yarn has all sorts of flaws — woefully under-developed characters,...
And yet it’s hard to understand virtually anything else about “Yardie.” Literally. This flat and formulaic crime yarn has all sorts of flaws — woefully under-developed characters,...
- 1/27/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Idris Elba discusses his Sundance debut Yardie.
Source: BBC Films
‘Idris Elba and Aml Ameen on the set of Yardie’
In 2015, Idris Elba was about to board a flight from London to La when he bumped into fellow actor Aml Ameen. The two didn’t know each other well but had met a couple of times before. The encounter would prove serendipitous.
After seeing Ameen in Maze Runner, Elba had wanted to get in touch with the rising actor’s representatives to talk about the lead role in his directorial debut Yardie, an adaptation of Jamaican-born British writer Victor Headley’s 1992 crime novel about a courier carrying cocaine from Jamaica to London who decides to go it alone and disappears into the mean streets of Hackney with a kilo of white powder. The thriller has a cult reputation in the UK where it proved a publishing hit.
“I was like, ‘Oh right, I know...
Source: BBC Films
‘Idris Elba and Aml Ameen on the set of Yardie’
In 2015, Idris Elba was about to board a flight from London to La when he bumped into fellow actor Aml Ameen. The two didn’t know each other well but had met a couple of times before. The encounter would prove serendipitous.
After seeing Ameen in Maze Runner, Elba had wanted to get in touch with the rising actor’s representatives to talk about the lead role in his directorial debut Yardie, an adaptation of Jamaican-born British writer Victor Headley’s 1992 crime novel about a courier carrying cocaine from Jamaica to London who decides to go it alone and disappears into the mean streets of Hackney with a kilo of white powder. The thriller has a cult reputation in the UK where it proved a publishing hit.
“I was like, ‘Oh right, I know...
- 1/21/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Susan Sarandon and Gideon Adlon have come aboard the Focus Features drama Mustang, from French actress and first-time director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The two join a cast that includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell and Bruce Dern, production slated to begin this month in Nevada.
Schoenaerts stars as Roman, a convict who is given the chance to participate in the rehabilitation-therapy program training wild mustangs. Roman forms a strong bond with a particularly difficult horse, which forces him to confront his harsh past and innermost demons.
Sarandon will play the prison therapist, and Adlon is Roman’s daughter.
Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock co-wrote the screenplay with de Clermont-Tonnerre. Alain Goldman is producing through his company Legende, while Molly Hallam will serve as executive producer.
Sarandon is coming off an Emmy-nominated role in the FX anthology series Feud: Bette and Joan and recurs on Showtime’s Ray Donovan.
Schoenaerts stars as Roman, a convict who is given the chance to participate in the rehabilitation-therapy program training wild mustangs. Roman forms a strong bond with a particularly difficult horse, which forces him to confront his harsh past and innermost demons.
Sarandon will play the prison therapist, and Adlon is Roman’s daughter.
Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock co-wrote the screenplay with de Clermont-Tonnerre. Alain Goldman is producing through his company Legende, while Molly Hallam will serve as executive producer.
Sarandon is coming off an Emmy-nominated role in the FX anthology series Feud: Bette and Joan and recurs on Showtime’s Ray Donovan.
- 10/4/2017
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Little Stranger,” excluding the U.K., France and Switzerland, where it will be distributed by Pathé. Academy Award nominee Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”) will direct the film, a chilling ghost story, which will begin production in the U.K. this summer for release in 2018. “The Little Stranger” will star Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson and Will Poulter. Lucinda Coxon, who wrote the screenplay adaptation of Focus’ “The Danish Girl,” has adapted “The Little Stranger” from Sarah Waters’ acclaimed 2009 novel of the same name.
In a remote English village after the close of World War II, a local practitioner, Dr. Faraday (Gleeson), is called to the...
– Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Little Stranger,” excluding the U.K., France and Switzerland, where it will be distributed by Pathé. Academy Award nominee Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”) will direct the film, a chilling ghost story, which will begin production in the U.K. this summer for release in 2018. “The Little Stranger” will star Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson and Will Poulter. Lucinda Coxon, who wrote the screenplay adaptation of Focus’ “The Danish Girl,” has adapted “The Little Stranger” from Sarah Waters’ acclaimed 2009 novel of the same name.
In a remote English village after the close of World War II, a local practitioner, Dr. Faraday (Gleeson), is called to the...
- 5/26/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights, excluding France, to director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s drama “Mustang.” Matthias Schoenaerts (“The Danish Girl”) and Jason Mitchell (“Kong: Skull Island”) will star in the film, which will begin production in September from a script by de Clermont-Tonnerre with Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock. Schoenaerts will play a convict named Roman who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program training wild mustangs. With little connection to his fellow inmates, Roman now struggles to communicate with the animals. Also Read: Focus Features Acquires Wim Wenders' Pope Francis Doc 'Man...
- 5/21/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
In one of the first major acquisitions on the ground in Cannes, Focus Features has nabbed worldwide rights, excluding France, to Mustang, a drama that will star Matthias Schoenaerts and Jason Mitchell and mark the feature directing debut of French helmer Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre.
Written by de Clermont-Tonnerre, Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock, the film centers on a convict named Roman (Schoenaerts) who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program training wild mustangs. With little connection to his fellow inmates, Roman struggles to communicate with the animals. Working alongside young convict Henry (Mitchell), Roman forges...
Written by de Clermont-Tonnerre, Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock, the film centers on a convict named Roman (Schoenaerts) who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program training wild mustangs. With little connection to his fellow inmates, Roman struggles to communicate with the animals. Working alongside young convict Henry (Mitchell), Roman forges...
- 5/20/2017
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filming has begun on the project, which is based on Victor Headley’s cult novel.
The first image from Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie has been released.
Studiocanal announced today (16 March) that principal photography has started on the film, based on Victor Headley’s cult novel.
Yardie stars Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner) in the lead role of ‘D’, with Stephen Graham and Elba playing supporting roles.
The film will introduce Jamaican actors Shantol Jackson, Sheldon Shepherd and Everaldo Creary.
Yardie will shoot on location in London and Jamaica for seven weeks and is financed by Studiocanal, BFI, BBC Films and Screen Yorkshire.
It follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones.
Idris Elba...
The first image from Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie has been released.
Studiocanal announced today (16 March) that principal photography has started on the film, based on Victor Headley’s cult novel.
Yardie stars Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner) in the lead role of ‘D’, with Stephen Graham and Elba playing supporting roles.
The film will introduce Jamaican actors Shantol Jackson, Sheldon Shepherd and Everaldo Creary.
Yardie will shoot on location in London and Jamaica for seven weeks and is financed by Studiocanal, BFI, BBC Films and Screen Yorkshire.
It follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones.
Idris Elba...
- 5/16/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: 12 projects selected for the Film London scheme, which in the past has produced films starring Riz Ahmed (pictured) and Ben Drew.
Film London has announced the 12 entries shortlisted for Microwave - the scheme to help emerging filmmakers from the capital with their first projects.
This year’s shortlisted films and crews are:
Beneath the Mind, Ella Bennett (director), Kieran Bourne (writer), Oliver Nlemadim (producer), Hannah Bailey (producer).Bird of Truth, Oninye Egenti (writer-director), Linda Biney (producer).Borderline, Alice Seabright (director), Miles Mantle (writer), Merlin Merton (producer).Divided, Rayna Campbell (writer-director), Sue Caro (producer), Audrey Davenport (producer).Down From London, Douglas Ray (writer-director), Louise Palmqvist (producer)Hackney Marsh, Ryan Vernava (writer-director), Joe Copplestone (writer), Matt Hopper (producer).Mari, Georgia Parris (writer-director), Emma Duffy (producer)Miss Universe, 2016 Screen Star of Tomorrow Kate Herron (writer-director), Briony Redman (writer), Dougie Cox (producer). Outgrown, Jay Choi (director), Clare Sumi (writer), Kyle Blanshard (producer)Smalltown Boy, Alex Winckler (writer-director...
Film London has announced the 12 entries shortlisted for Microwave - the scheme to help emerging filmmakers from the capital with their first projects.
This year’s shortlisted films and crews are:
Beneath the Mind, Ella Bennett (director), Kieran Bourne (writer), Oliver Nlemadim (producer), Hannah Bailey (producer).Bird of Truth, Oninye Egenti (writer-director), Linda Biney (producer).Borderline, Alice Seabright (director), Miles Mantle (writer), Merlin Merton (producer).Divided, Rayna Campbell (writer-director), Sue Caro (producer), Audrey Davenport (producer).Down From London, Douglas Ray (writer-director), Louise Palmqvist (producer)Hackney Marsh, Ryan Vernava (writer-director), Joe Copplestone (writer), Matt Hopper (producer).Mari, Georgia Parris (writer-director), Emma Duffy (producer)Miss Universe, 2016 Screen Star of Tomorrow Kate Herron (writer-director), Briony Redman (writer), Dougie Cox (producer). Outgrown, Jay Choi (director), Clare Sumi (writer), Kyle Blanshard (producer)Smalltown Boy, Alex Winckler (writer-director...
- 11/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
Idris Elba is a busy guy. Between a recent spate of voice-acting roles (“Zootopia,” “The Jungle Book,” “Finding Dory”), a role in this month’s “Star Trek Beyond” and unending rumors about his potential to be the next Bond, he’s apparently found time in his schedule to get behind the camera. Elba will make his directorial debut with “Yardie,” an adaptation of Victor Headley’s novel of the same name.
Read More: ‘The Dark Tower’ First Art Revealed In New Idris Elba Teaser
The book follows a cocaine courier (what a job title) named D tasked with delivering a kilo from Jamaica to London in the 1980s. Like so many fictional characters before him, he considers it a good idea go behind his employer’s back and sell the product himself. No casting news has been announced, though it’s possible Elba could do the honors himself; “Bronson” co-writer...
Read More: ‘The Dark Tower’ First Art Revealed In New Idris Elba Teaser
The book follows a cocaine courier (what a job title) named D tasked with delivering a kilo from Jamaica to London in the 1980s. Like so many fictional characters before him, he considers it a good idea go behind his employer’s back and sell the product himself. No casting news has been announced, though it’s possible Elba could do the honors himself; “Bronson” co-writer...
- 7/5/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Film starring Rhys Ifans and Sophie Kennedy Clark gets international sales deal.
UK sales outfit Starline Entertainment has boarded international sales rights to Jake Chapman’s feature The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, which Sky Arts aired as a four-part series in June.
Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Sophie Kennedy Clark (Philomena) star in the surreal romantic fiction from artist Chapman, one half of the Turner prize-nominated artistic duo, The Chapman Brothers.
Adapted from his novel of the same name by Brock Norman Brock (Bronson), Chapman’s story is a parody of Mills & Boon-style romantic fiction.
The film follows a young woman who finds herself in an Alice In Wonderland-type dream world after her wealthy surgeon fiancé gives her a mysterious tropical island as a wedding gift.
Colin Vaines (Coriolanus) produced with Andy Noble (20,000 Days on Earth) for Morass Productions.
Jake’s brother, Dinos Chapman, provided the score along with Ilan Eshkeri (Kick-Ass).
The...
UK sales outfit Starline Entertainment has boarded international sales rights to Jake Chapman’s feature The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, which Sky Arts aired as a four-part series in June.
Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Sophie Kennedy Clark (Philomena) star in the surreal romantic fiction from artist Chapman, one half of the Turner prize-nominated artistic duo, The Chapman Brothers.
Adapted from his novel of the same name by Brock Norman Brock (Bronson), Chapman’s story is a parody of Mills & Boon-style romantic fiction.
The film follows a young woman who finds herself in an Alice In Wonderland-type dream world after her wealthy surgeon fiancé gives her a mysterious tropical island as a wedding gift.
Colin Vaines (Coriolanus) produced with Andy Noble (20,000 Days on Earth) for Morass Productions.
Jake’s brother, Dinos Chapman, provided the score along with Ilan Eshkeri (Kick-Ass).
The...
- 11/30/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
After directing two episodes of the second series of Broadchurch, Jonathan Teplitzky is in Malaysia calling the shots on three episodes of Indian Summers.
Set in colonial India in 1935, the second season of Indian Summers chronicles the further decline of the British Empire and clashes with the locals who are desperate for independence.
Julie Walters stars alongside. James Fleet, Rachel Griffiths and Art Malik. Walters portrays Cynthia, a widow and doyenne of the expats Royal Club in Shimla, a town in the foothills of the Himalayas. Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley) is Lord Hawthorne, Malik is the Maharaja Maritpur and Griffiths is his enigmatic Australian mistress Sirene.
The drama, which airs on the UK's Channel 4 and here on BBC First, is the second collaboration between Teplitzky and Griffiths: she co-starred in his 2011 film Burning Man with Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic and Essie Davis.
The series is being filmed in Penang,...
Set in colonial India in 1935, the second season of Indian Summers chronicles the further decline of the British Empire and clashes with the locals who are desperate for independence.
Julie Walters stars alongside. James Fleet, Rachel Griffiths and Art Malik. Walters portrays Cynthia, a widow and doyenne of the expats Royal Club in Shimla, a town in the foothills of the Himalayas. Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley) is Lord Hawthorne, Malik is the Maharaja Maritpur and Griffiths is his enigmatic Australian mistress Sirene.
The drama, which airs on the UK's Channel 4 and here on BBC First, is the second collaboration between Teplitzky and Griffiths: she co-starred in his 2011 film Burning Man with Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic and Essie Davis.
The series is being filmed in Penang,...
- 7/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
After directing two episodes of the second series of British crime drama Broadchurch, Jonathan Teplitzky is juggling a sizable slate of film and TV projects.
The Railway Man director aims to re-team with producer Chris Brown on Mr Crankypants, a black comedy in the vein of their 2003 hit Gettin. Square.
With Us-born, UK-based writer Brock Norman Brock he.s developing Don Don, a feature about the encounter between a New York millionaire and a Thai Buddhist monk, both named Don.
He.s attached to direct Choir of Hard Knocks, a drama about a group of desperate people who find dignity and purpose under the baton of their choirmaster, which Pip Karmel is scripting for producer Marian Macgowan.
Moreover, he.s in talks to direct an episode of Essential Media & Entertainment.s 6-part Jack Irish series for the ABC and he.s keen to work in the new series of Essential.s Rake.
The Railway Man director aims to re-team with producer Chris Brown on Mr Crankypants, a black comedy in the vein of their 2003 hit Gettin. Square.
With Us-born, UK-based writer Brock Norman Brock he.s developing Don Don, a feature about the encounter between a New York millionaire and a Thai Buddhist monk, both named Don.
He.s attached to direct Choir of Hard Knocks, a drama about a group of desperate people who find dignity and purpose under the baton of their choirmaster, which Pip Karmel is scripting for producer Marian Macgowan.
Moreover, he.s in talks to direct an episode of Essential Media & Entertainment.s 6-part Jack Irish series for the ABC and he.s keen to work in the new series of Essential.s Rake.
- 1/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Varuh meje (Guardian of the Frontier)
Written by Brock Norman Brock, Zoran Hocevar, & Maja Weiss
Directed by Maja Weiss
2002, France/Germany/Slovenia
A lazy trip down a river turns into a nightmare. It’s a plot that has been tread on many times in the horror genre, and even more in the adventure and thriller genres. Varuh meje takes an interesting approach to the old girl known as the river trip. It approaches the trip from a decidedly female and nationalist perspective. Suffice to say if the viewer has no interest in Slovenia or in the role of women in Slovenian culture, then they need not bother with Varuh meje.
Coming from a female director in Maja Weiss, Varuh meje comes at its topics from a very female perspective. The commentary is layered, and often it’s so steeped in the relationship between Slovenia and Croatia that losing your footing is very easy.
Written by Brock Norman Brock, Zoran Hocevar, & Maja Weiss
Directed by Maja Weiss
2002, France/Germany/Slovenia
A lazy trip down a river turns into a nightmare. It’s a plot that has been tread on many times in the horror genre, and even more in the adventure and thriller genres. Varuh meje takes an interesting approach to the old girl known as the river trip. It approaches the trip from a decidedly female and nationalist perspective. Suffice to say if the viewer has no interest in Slovenia or in the role of women in Slovenian culture, then they need not bother with Varuh meje.
Coming from a female director in Maja Weiss, Varuh meje comes at its topics from a very female perspective. The commentary is layered, and often it’s so steeped in the relationship between Slovenia and Croatia that losing your footing is very easy.
- 10/22/2014
- by Bill Thompson
- SoundOnSight
Actors on Actors.
Paul: You need a fighting name. Like a movie star.
Michael: [long pause] Charlton Heston.
Paul: Look, love. Nobody's gives a toss about Charlton Heston. The man's a c***.
You're more the Charles Bronson type.
Michael: [sounding out the name] Charles Bronson.
Paul: Yes, Death Wish. Fits you down to a "t"... Perfect. Charlie F***ing Bronson.
Matt King (Paul) & Tom Hardy (Michael) in Bronson.
Screenplay by Nicholas Winding Refn & Brock Norman Brock.
Tom Hardy is such a freak in Bronson, chewing on each word like it's a bloody steak. And we love him for it.
Paul: You need a fighting name. Like a movie star.
Michael: [long pause] Charlton Heston.
Paul: Look, love. Nobody's gives a toss about Charlton Heston. The man's a c***.
You're more the Charles Bronson type.
Michael: [sounding out the name] Charles Bronson.
Paul: Yes, Death Wish. Fits you down to a "t"... Perfect. Charlie F***ing Bronson.
Matt King (Paul) & Tom Hardy (Michael) in Bronson.
Screenplay by Nicholas Winding Refn & Brock Norman Brock.
Tom Hardy is such a freak in Bronson, chewing on each word like it's a bloody steak. And we love him for it.
- 8/10/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Bronson
Guest review by Kelly Alyse…
Stars: Tom Hardy, Matt King, Kelly Adams, Luing Andrews | Written by Brock Norman Brock and Nicolas Winding Refn | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Every now and again we get high on a British film that’s so full of life and eccentricity that you can’t help but fall in love with it, and slowly become addicted. Our next dose of this metaphorical drug is Bronson.
Definitely one for the niche film fans, this is as odd as a rabbit playing pool whilst roller skating. It’s quirky, dark, brutal and brilliant. It has that raw edge that makes British cinema stand out from the clean cut world of Hollywood. It’s not pretty and perfect. It’s not modified or brightened. It’s natural, hard and mean.
Although slightly hard to handle every now and again, mainly due to the intense fight scenes...
Guest review by Kelly Alyse…
Stars: Tom Hardy, Matt King, Kelly Adams, Luing Andrews | Written by Brock Norman Brock and Nicolas Winding Refn | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Every now and again we get high on a British film that’s so full of life and eccentricity that you can’t help but fall in love with it, and slowly become addicted. Our next dose of this metaphorical drug is Bronson.
Definitely one for the niche film fans, this is as odd as a rabbit playing pool whilst roller skating. It’s quirky, dark, brutal and brilliant. It has that raw edge that makes British cinema stand out from the clean cut world of Hollywood. It’s not pretty and perfect. It’s not modified or brightened. It’s natural, hard and mean.
Although slightly hard to handle every now and again, mainly due to the intense fight scenes...
- 7/25/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Writer(s): Brock Norman Brock, Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Tom Hardy The year is 1974. We find our humble narrator and star of the film, Michael Peterson (Tom Hardy), attempting to rob a post office with a homemade sawn-off shotgun (he scores just under 30 quid). Peterson, a highly volatile 22 year old from Luton, England with an already checkered past under his collar is promptly apprehended and sentenced to seven years in jail. He quickly adapts to his new milieu, so much so that he extends his stay indefinitely – spending a total of four months outside of custody and over 30 years in solitary confinement to date. Peterson uses his prison time to transcend into a carefully crafted alter ego – Charles Bronson. A superstar in his own mind, Peterson/Bronson becomes increasingly violent to a point that the British prison system can no longer hold him (he spends...
- 9/23/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
It looks like I had a slow week since six of these choices are grouped into two spots, but there's a reason for all that as I will detail below. As always, remember you can keep tabs on my personal Netflix queue right here. Now, here's the recap of my week in movies... Shocker (1989), Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) and The People Under the Stairs (1991) Quick Thoughts: I watched these three Wes Craven features as they will be released on September 15 in a three-movie Wes Craven Collection, which you can buy at Amazon right now for only $15.49. Are they greatest of films? Nope, and The Serpent and the Rainbow is probably my least favorite of the bunch as I never get too into movies involving any kind of voodoo or hoodoo stuff. However, both Shocker and The People Under the Stairs were so wildly stupid I managed to have a lot of fun with them.
- 9/13/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Bronson is bloody, brutal, and stylish with all the makings of a cult favorite. The controversial biopic by filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is loosely based on the notorious thug and lifetime prisoner, Charles Bronson.
Born Michael Peterson, the anti-hero led a relatively normal life in Luton, U.K. He was a mild-mannered kid that wound up in the occasional schoolyard scrape before later marrying and fathering a son.
In his twenties, Peterson was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to 7 years in prison for swiping a pittance from the post office. At the trial, his mother said, “Don’t worry, you’ll be out in four.” The stint has bulked up to 34 years — 30 in solitary confinement — and counting.
On the inside Peterson saw isolation as an opportunity to “sharpen his tools,” which meant physical training to tone his hammer fists and hulking size. Peterson repeatedly brawled with prison guards and captured hostages,...
Born Michael Peterson, the anti-hero led a relatively normal life in Luton, U.K. He was a mild-mannered kid that wound up in the occasional schoolyard scrape before later marrying and fathering a son.
In his twenties, Peterson was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to 7 years in prison for swiping a pittance from the post office. At the trial, his mother said, “Don’t worry, you’ll be out in four.” The stint has bulked up to 34 years — 30 in solitary confinement — and counting.
On the inside Peterson saw isolation as an opportunity to “sharpen his tools,” which meant physical training to tone his hammer fists and hulking size. Peterson repeatedly brawled with prison guards and captured hostages,...
- 8/29/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Year: 2009
Directors: Nicolas Refn
Writers: Nicolas Refn & Brock Norman Brock
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 7 out of 10
The names glare red-on-black in the true crime sections of British bookshops: "Mad" Frankie Frazer. Dave Courtney. Cass. "Razor" Smith. Charles Bronson himself. Violent criminals who have gone on to fame and fortune by producing badly written, often unrepentant autobiographies that are usually little more than a curiously dull string of events and dates. Throughout its length the biopic "Bronson" threatens to be exactly this kind of lowest common-denominator rubbish, ridden with cliché and bereft of insight, but its unusual style and some interesting performances raise the tone considerably.
Charles Bronson is, as the film's tagline has it, Britain's most famous prisoner. Only guilty of fairly minor instances of robbery on the outside, he has spent most of his life behind bars due to his reluctance to accept prison life,...
Directors: Nicolas Refn
Writers: Nicolas Refn & Brock Norman Brock
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 7 out of 10
The names glare red-on-black in the true crime sections of British bookshops: "Mad" Frankie Frazer. Dave Courtney. Cass. "Razor" Smith. Charles Bronson himself. Violent criminals who have gone on to fame and fortune by producing badly written, often unrepentant autobiographies that are usually little more than a curiously dull string of events and dates. Throughout its length the biopic "Bronson" threatens to be exactly this kind of lowest common-denominator rubbish, ridden with cliché and bereft of insight, but its unusual style and some interesting performances raise the tone considerably.
Charles Bronson is, as the film's tagline has it, Britain's most famous prisoner. Only guilty of fairly minor instances of robbery on the outside, he has spent most of his life behind bars due to his reluctance to accept prison life,...
- 3/18/2009
- QuietEarth.us
I am heading out the door and have no time to really dig into this, but here is the line-up for next year's 2009 Sundance Film Festival as reported by Variety. Dramatic Competition Adam, directed and written by Max Mayer ("Better Living"), about a slightly dysfunctional man's attempt at a relationship with an alluring new neighbor. Stars Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison. Amreeka, directed and written by Cherien Dabis, a drama examining the challenges faced by a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son upon moving to rural Illinois. With Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem. Arlen Faber, directed and written by John Hindman, about the intrusion of two strangers into the life of a famous reclusive author. With Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Pucci, Olivia Thirlby, Kat Dennings. Big Fan, directed and written by Robert Siegel (writer of "The Wrestler"), which hinges on the reaction of a...
- 12/3/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
U.S. Dramatic Competition
This year's 16 films were selected from 1,026 submissions. Each film is a world premiere.
Adam (Director-screenwriter: Max Mayer)
A strange and lyrical love story between a somewhat socially dysfunctional young man and the woman of his dreams. Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison.
Amreeka (Director-screenwriter: Cherien Dabis)
When a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son move to rural Illinois at the outset of the Iraq war, they find their new lives replete with challenges. Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Alia Shawkat.
Big Fan (Director-screenwriter: Robert Siegel)
The world of a parking garage attendant who happens to be the New York Giants' biggest fan is turned upside down after an altercation with his favorite player. Cast: Patton Oswalt, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Matt Servitto.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (Director-screenwriter: John Krasinski)
When her boyfriend leaves with little explanation,...
This year's 16 films were selected from 1,026 submissions. Each film is a world premiere.
Adam (Director-screenwriter: Max Mayer)
A strange and lyrical love story between a somewhat socially dysfunctional young man and the woman of his dreams. Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison.
Amreeka (Director-screenwriter: Cherien Dabis)
When a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son move to rural Illinois at the outset of the Iraq war, they find their new lives replete with challenges. Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Alia Shawkat.
Big Fan (Director-screenwriter: Robert Siegel)
The world of a parking garage attendant who happens to be the New York Giants' biggest fan is turned upside down after an altercation with his favorite player. Cast: Patton Oswalt, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Matt Servitto.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (Director-screenwriter: John Krasinski)
When her boyfriend leaves with little explanation,...
- 12/3/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Germany's Oliver Hirschbiegel and Denmark’s own Lone Scherfig and Nicolas Winding Refn are among those representing their latest works in the World Dramatic Competition. The selection committee had the crazy task of bringing down the total number 1,012 submissions down to 16. Films screening in World Cinema Dramatic Competition are: Before Tomorrow (Le Jour Avant Lendemain) / Canada (Directors: Madeline Piujuq & Marie-Helene Cousineau)—A wise old woman fights to survive impossible circumstances with her young grandson in the Canadian arctic. Cast: Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Mary Qulitalik, Tumasie Sivuarapik. U.S. Premiere Bronson / UK (Director: Nicolas Winding Refn; Screenwriter: Brock Norman Brock)—Bronson traces the transformation of Mickey Peterson into Britain's most notorious, dangerous, and charismatic prisoner, Charles Bronson. Cast: Tom Hardy. North American Premiere Carmo, Hit the Road / Spain (Director and Screenwriter: Murilo Pasta)— A lonely, handicapped smuggler and a beautiful girl embark on a reckless ride
- 12/3/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
LONDON -- A quartet of movie projects -- about spies, superheroes, fairies and a man who thinks he's a dog -- have secured development funding from the U.K. Film Council, the organization said Wednesday.
The latest round of National Lottery awards from the Film Council's Development Fund includes more than £60,000 ($117,200) to "Blowback", billed as a spy satire from film and television writer Rupert Walters ("Spooks").
Stephen Garrett ("Spooks") and former Film4 chief Paul Webster ("Pride and Prejudice") are set to produce for indie banner Kudos Film & TV.
Independent U.K. distributor and producer Vertigo Films ("Football Factory") received £13,750 ($26,850) for "Bad Dog", which is billed as an "extreme U.K. horror film" from writer-director Sam Walker ("Tea Break") and co-writer Rob Morgan ("Monster").
Allan Niblo and Brock Norman Brock will produce the story of a bored bloke who winds up drugged by a family of French maniacs who torture him into submission and use him as the family dog.
The superhero comedy "Hero Trip", a first feature script from James Henry ("Green Wing"), also flies to the fund to fashion a script about an all-American superhero forced to drive his captured arch-nemesis across the U.S.
The latest round of National Lottery awards from the Film Council's Development Fund includes more than £60,000 ($117,200) to "Blowback", billed as a spy satire from film and television writer Rupert Walters ("Spooks").
Stephen Garrett ("Spooks") and former Film4 chief Paul Webster ("Pride and Prejudice") are set to produce for indie banner Kudos Film & TV.
Independent U.K. distributor and producer Vertigo Films ("Football Factory") received £13,750 ($26,850) for "Bad Dog", which is billed as an "extreme U.K. horror film" from writer-director Sam Walker ("Tea Break") and co-writer Rob Morgan ("Monster").
Allan Niblo and Brock Norman Brock will produce the story of a bored bloke who winds up drugged by a family of French maniacs who torture him into submission and use him as the family dog.
The superhero comedy "Hero Trip", a first feature script from James Henry ("Green Wing"), also flies to the fund to fashion a script about an all-American superhero forced to drive his captured arch-nemesis across the U.S.
- 2/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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