The King’s Speech screenwriter David Seidler has died aged 86.
London-born Seidler had a stammer, as had King George VI, the subject of his Bafta and Oscar-winning 2010 feature, produced by See-Saw Films and Bedlam Productions and directed by Tom Hooper, with Colin Firth playing the future king. Seidler won the Oscar and Bafta for best original screenplay.
A stage adaptation of the film opened in the West End in 2012, also written by Seidler.
According to reports, Seidler died while on a fly fishing trip in New Zealand.
“David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand...
London-born Seidler had a stammer, as had King George VI, the subject of his Bafta and Oscar-winning 2010 feature, produced by See-Saw Films and Bedlam Productions and directed by Tom Hooper, with Colin Firth playing the future king. Seidler won the Oscar and Bafta for best original screenplay.
A stage adaptation of the film opened in the West End in 2012, also written by Seidler.
According to reports, Seidler died while on a fly fishing trip in New Zealand.
“David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand...
- 3/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
David Seidler, the London-born playwright and screenwriter best known for “The King’s Speech,” has died while on a fly-fishing vacation in New Zealand, as per a report in The Guardian. His spokesperson said he was in the location he most revered, doing the activity he most loved when he passed: “It is exactly as he would have scripted it.” The winner of the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for the Colin Firth-led film was 86 years old.
Seidler’s career began in Australian television in the late 1960s. He came to the United States in the early 1980s, working for the soap opera “Another World,” then writing television movies like “Malice in Wonderland,” something of an early version of the series “Feud” as it concerned Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons starring Jane Alexander and Elizabeth Taylor. He also wrote “Onassis: The Richest Man in the World” starring...
Seidler’s career began in Australian television in the late 1960s. He came to the United States in the early 1980s, working for the soap opera “Another World,” then writing television movies like “Malice in Wonderland,” something of an early version of the series “Feud” as it concerned Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons starring Jane Alexander and Elizabeth Taylor. He also wrote “Onassis: The Richest Man in the World” starring...
- 3/18/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Cameras are set to roll in mid-October in Budapest on Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic “Maria” toplining Angelina Jolie in the title role with several new cast members now on board.
Italian star Valeria Golino, whose recent appearances include a lead in Netflix’s Elena Ferrante series “The Lying Life of Adults” and season 2 of Apple Original “The Morning Show,” is set to play the legendary opera singer’s older sister Yakinthi – known as Jackie – while revered Turkish screen and stage veteran Haluk Bilginer (“Winter Sleep”) has landed the role as Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
Fremantle, which is among companies producing “Maria,” also confirmed on Thursday that the film’s additional cast comprises Italian A-listers Alba Rohrwacher and Pierfrancesco Favino and Oscar-nominated Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”), all in unspecified roles.
“Maria” “tells the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer,...
Italian star Valeria Golino, whose recent appearances include a lead in Netflix’s Elena Ferrante series “The Lying Life of Adults” and season 2 of Apple Original “The Morning Show,” is set to play the legendary opera singer’s older sister Yakinthi – known as Jackie – while revered Turkish screen and stage veteran Haluk Bilginer (“Winter Sleep”) has landed the role as Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
Fremantle, which is among companies producing “Maria,” also confirmed on Thursday that the film’s additional cast comprises Italian A-listers Alba Rohrwacher and Pierfrancesco Favino and Oscar-nominated Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”), all in unspecified roles.
“Maria” “tells the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Each July, the idyllic Cycladic islet of Mykonos goes to war. The victors claim sprawling, ultra-luxurious party palaces, built for sipping retsina with the world’s rich and famous. The less-privileged check in to double-bed hotel rooms.
A 33-square-mile speck in the Aegean Sea, Mykonos has one of the densest inventories of luxury private villas anywhere in Greece. In the summer, its population swells from about 15,000 to over 200,000 well-heeled sun-seekers each week. In the last two years, Demi Moore, Elon Musk, Bella Thorne, Nicole Scherzinger, Tommy Hilfiger and A-list stylist Warren Alfie Baker have all visited, but it’s the multitude of semi-anonymous European billionaires, Middle Eastern royals and American status-seekers who really keep the island’s villa economy afloat.
Big names and big money are, of course, nothing new to the island. Long before Lindsay Lohan opened her ill-fated Beach House and billionaires packed out exclusive nightspots like Scorpios,...
A 33-square-mile speck in the Aegean Sea, Mykonos has one of the densest inventories of luxury private villas anywhere in Greece. In the summer, its population swells from about 15,000 to over 200,000 well-heeled sun-seekers each week. In the last two years, Demi Moore, Elon Musk, Bella Thorne, Nicole Scherzinger, Tommy Hilfiger and A-list stylist Warren Alfie Baker have all visited, but it’s the multitude of semi-anonymous European billionaires, Middle Eastern royals and American status-seekers who really keep the island’s villa economy afloat.
Big names and big money are, of course, nothing new to the island. Long before Lindsay Lohan opened her ill-fated Beach House and billionaires packed out exclusive nightspots like Scorpios,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Christopher Cameron
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund wants to make films that get people talking, and his latest — Neon’s Triangle of Sadness, the 2022 Palme d’Or winner, now nominated for three Oscars, including best picture — did exactly that. Set on a yacht for the super-rich that sinks and leaves its guests clamoring for survival on an island, the film is a social satire that also happens to include a 15-minute vomit scene.
“I think if the audience goes to the cinema, and they want to watch a Ruben Östlund film, they should be challenged,” the director tells THR. “There should be a risk involved to go to the cinema. Otherwise, the audience gets bored.” Östlund, whose The Square earned a nom in 2018 for best international film, returns to the Oscars as a directing and original screenplay nominee. He speaks with THR about his provocative social satire starring Harris Dickinson, Dolly de Leon and Charlbi Dean,...
“I think if the audience goes to the cinema, and they want to watch a Ruben Östlund film, they should be challenged,” the director tells THR. “There should be a risk involved to go to the cinema. Otherwise, the audience gets bored.” Östlund, whose The Square earned a nom in 2018 for best international film, returns to the Oscars as a directing and original screenplay nominee. He speaks with THR about his provocative social satire starring Harris Dickinson, Dolly de Leon and Charlbi Dean,...
- 2/27/2023
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Angelina Jolie has landed a new role in acclaimed director Pablo Larraín’s next film- a biopic centered on famous opera singer Maria Callas.
The movie, titled “Maria” tells “the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris,” as per its longline.
Callas was one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century. The American-born Greek soprano singer was born in Manhattan but received her opera training in Greece at age 13 before moving to Italy for her career. Over the years, she faced near-sightedness that nearly left her blind, as well as multiple scandals in both her personal and professional life. She had a major rivalry with Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi and an affair with Aristotle Onassis, whom later married Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, coincidentally the subject of Larraín’s film...
The movie, titled “Maria” tells “the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris,” as per its longline.
Callas was one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century. The American-born Greek soprano singer was born in Manhattan but received her opera training in Greece at age 13 before moving to Italy for her career. Over the years, she faced near-sightedness that nearly left her blind, as well as multiple scandals in both her personal and professional life. She had a major rivalry with Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi and an affair with Aristotle Onassis, whom later married Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, coincidentally the subject of Larraín’s film...
- 10/21/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
No, you are not dreaming, and yes, you are reading this headline correctly. Acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pablo Larraín is capping off his biopic trilogy with a movie about opera singer Maria Callas, starring none other than Angelina Jolie. According to the logline given to Variety, "Maria" will follow "the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world's greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris."
If that type of story sounds familiar to you, it's because it's not unlike the plotlines to Larraín's other biopics: 2016's "Jackie" starring Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy, and 2021's "Spencer" featuring Kristen Stewart as Diana Spencer. Both of those movies portrayed these female figures in a phase of finality, with "Jackie" taking place in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and "Spencer" being about the last Christmas holiday Diana spent with the Royal...
If that type of story sounds familiar to you, it's because it's not unlike the plotlines to Larraín's other biopics: 2016's "Jackie" starring Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy, and 2021's "Spencer" featuring Kristen Stewart as Diana Spencer. Both of those movies portrayed these female figures in a phase of finality, with "Jackie" taking place in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and "Spencer" being about the last Christmas holiday Diana spent with the Royal...
- 10/21/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Angelina Jolie will star in Oscar-nominated director Pablo Larraín’s next movie, a biopic about famous opera singer Maria Callas.
Titled “Maria,” the film “tells the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris,” according to its logline. Steven Knight (“Spencer,” “Peaky Blinders,” “Eastern Promises”) wrote the script.
Callas was an American-born Greek soprano singer and one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century. She was born in Manhattan and received her opera training in Greece when she was 13 and later moved to Italy for her career. Throughout the years, she dealt with near-sightedness that left her nearly blind and multiple scandals in her personal and professional life. She had an intense rivalry with Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi, plus an affair with Aristotle Onassis.
“Having the chance to combine...
Titled “Maria,” the film “tells the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris,” according to its logline. Steven Knight (“Spencer,” “Peaky Blinders,” “Eastern Promises”) wrote the script.
Callas was an American-born Greek soprano singer and one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century. She was born in Manhattan and received her opera training in Greece when she was 13 and later moved to Italy for her career. Throughout the years, she dealt with near-sightedness that left her nearly blind and multiple scandals in her personal and professional life. She had an intense rivalry with Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi, plus an affair with Aristotle Onassis.
“Having the chance to combine...
- 10/21/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Before landing her most well-known role as Michaela Quinn on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” in 1993, Jane Seymour had over three dozen TV credits to her name, most of which were movies or limited series. In 1988, her supporting turn in one of them – “Onassis: The Richest Man in the World” – brought her what remains her only Primetime Emmy award. The film, which focuses on Aristotle Onassis‘s life and career, features Seymour as his longtime romantic partner, Maria Callas, who he left to marry Jacqueline Kennedy.
Seymour, who began her acting career at age 19, was 37 when she took home the Emmy for Best TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress. At the time, she was the sixth youngest woman to ever win the award, and she now ranks 10th. Of the actresses who place higher than her, two nabbed their prizes as teenagers.
Since 1962, a total of 48 actresses have won Emmys for...
Seymour, who began her acting career at age 19, was 37 when she took home the Emmy for Best TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress. At the time, she was the sixth youngest woman to ever win the award, and she now ranks 10th. Of the actresses who place higher than her, two nabbed their prizes as teenagers.
Since 1962, a total of 48 actresses have won Emmys for...
- 8/8/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
It’s been a long two years since audiences ran away from the American remake of “Force Majeure” like it was a killer avalanche cascading towards their families, so perhaps Ruben Östlund — the rascally Swedish filmmaker whose other features include “Play” and 2017’s Cannes-winning, take-no-prisoners caricature of the art world, “The Square” — has just forgotten that other people are perfectly capable of making toothless, watered-down versions of Ruben Östlund movies. He may have dug that particular hole, but he’s under no obligation to fill it himself.
Alas, the much-anticipated “Triangle of Sadness” — which features Woody Harrelson as the alcoholic communist captain of an 100-meter superyacht once owned by Aristotle Onassis, and which ought to be Östlund’s most hostile and ambitious comedy yet — is .
It’s no secret that the Palme d’Or is a prize heavy enough to anchor certain filmmakers in place, but it also seems fair...
Alas, the much-anticipated “Triangle of Sadness” — which features Woody Harrelson as the alcoholic communist captain of an 100-meter superyacht once owned by Aristotle Onassis, and which ought to be Östlund’s most hostile and ambitious comedy yet — is .
It’s no secret that the Palme d’Or is a prize heavy enough to anchor certain filmmakers in place, but it also seems fair...
- 5/21/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The King’s Man and Quantum Of Solace star Gemma Arterton is set to play Jackie Kennedy in new feature 37 Heavens, we can reveal.
The movie will chart the much-speculated-about relationship between Kennedy and British diplomat Lord David Harlech, who will be played by Mare Of Easttown and The Hurt Locker star Guy Pearce.
Metro International is launching international sales on the hot package ahead of the Cannes virtual market with CAA Media Finance repping North America.
The Third Day and The Secret Garden director Marc Munden will direct from a script by Steve Austin. Production is scheduled for early 2022.
The film will chart the highly-publicized 1967 visit Kennedy made to Cambodia with Harlech, the war veteran and former British Ambassador to the Kennedy White House. Arriving in Cambodia as the personal guest of Prince Sihanouk, who is desperate to restore diplomatic ties with the United States, the former First...
The movie will chart the much-speculated-about relationship between Kennedy and British diplomat Lord David Harlech, who will be played by Mare Of Easttown and The Hurt Locker star Guy Pearce.
Metro International is launching international sales on the hot package ahead of the Cannes virtual market with CAA Media Finance repping North America.
The Third Day and The Secret Garden director Marc Munden will direct from a script by Steve Austin. Production is scheduled for early 2022.
The film will chart the highly-publicized 1967 visit Kennedy made to Cambodia with Harlech, the war veteran and former British Ambassador to the Kennedy White House. Arriving in Cambodia as the personal guest of Prince Sihanouk, who is desperate to restore diplomatic ties with the United States, the former First...
- 6/10/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Ruben Ostlund, who won the 2017 Palme d’Or and was Oscar-nominated for “The Square,” finished filming his followup, dark comedy “Triangle of Sadness,” on Saturday after a 73-day shoot. Shooting started on Feb. 19, but repeated delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic turned an already lengthy schedule into a marathon. He speaks to Variety about the experience.
Filming took place on the stages of Film i Vast in Trollhättan, Sweden, and on location in Greece, and on a yacht sailing in the Mediterranean – not just any old yacht, mind you, Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy’s yacht, The Christina O, whose passengers have included Winston Churchill, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe. The elegant yacht is, sadly, going to be seen being blown to smithereens in the film.
The film, Ostlund’s first in the English language, finished the first 25-day leg of the shoot just as lockdowns were being implemented across Europe.
Filming took place on the stages of Film i Vast in Trollhättan, Sweden, and on location in Greece, and on a yacht sailing in the Mediterranean – not just any old yacht, mind you, Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy’s yacht, The Christina O, whose passengers have included Winston Churchill, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe. The elegant yacht is, sadly, going to be seen being blown to smithereens in the film.
The film, Ostlund’s first in the English language, finished the first 25-day leg of the shoot just as lockdowns were being implemented across Europe.
- 11/17/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Even tantalizing glimpses of 20th-century Anglo-Irish modernist Eileen Gray’s most iconic designs, including scenes shot in the seminal E-1027, a seaside villa she built for her former lover Jean Badovici on France’s Côte d’Azur, fail to compensate for the rest of the treacle comprising “The Price of Desire.” Essentially a recounting of how envious Swiss architect Le Corbusier effectively undermined Gray’s artistry and for many years obscured her place in the design pantheon, this tedious 2014 production from Irish multi-hyphenate Mary McGuckian (“Man on the Train”) receives a belated digital and on-demand release via Giant Pictures on June 2.
Gray’s remarkable life, talent and legacy receives more inspiring treatment in “Gray Matters,” a companion documentary helmed at the same time by Marco Antonio Orsini, available on iTunes.
“It’s the price of desire,” quips the collector queried about the unprecedented $28 million she pays for Gray’s sensual...
Gray’s remarkable life, talent and legacy receives more inspiring treatment in “Gray Matters,” a companion documentary helmed at the same time by Marco Antonio Orsini, available on iTunes.
“It’s the price of desire,” quips the collector queried about the unprecedented $28 million she pays for Gray’s sensual...
- 6/2/2020
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Maria Callas. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
In many ways, American-born soprano Maria Callas’ life was operatic, with plenty of triumph and tragedy. Early in Maria By Callas, we see Maria Callas being interviewed by television host David Frost, as she describes her life being divided into two parts, a professional self she calls Callas and a personal self she calls Maria. Maria Callas was a fabulously famous opera star and icon of the mid-20th century who embodied the word diva, and also an intriguing international celebrity avidly covered by tabloid media. Maria By Callas allows the singer herself to set the record straight on personal and professional gossip.
Maria Callas was the most acclaimed soprano of her time but she was nothing like the stereotype of an opera singer – you know, the heavy woman in elaborate costume standing stiffly while singing. Tall, slim, with large eyes and strong regal features,...
In many ways, American-born soprano Maria Callas’ life was operatic, with plenty of triumph and tragedy. Early in Maria By Callas, we see Maria Callas being interviewed by television host David Frost, as she describes her life being divided into two parts, a professional self she calls Callas and a personal self she calls Maria. Maria Callas was a fabulously famous opera star and icon of the mid-20th century who embodied the word diva, and also an intriguing international celebrity avidly covered by tabloid media. Maria By Callas allows the singer herself to set the record straight on personal and professional gossip.
Maria Callas was the most acclaimed soprano of her time but she was nothing like the stereotype of an opera singer – you know, the heavy woman in elaborate costume standing stiffly while singing. Tall, slim, with large eyes and strong regal features,...
- 11/30/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There was once a more mysterious version of celebrity. The wall that separated a famous artist’s performance from that same artist’s private life was more difficult to scale. Popular singers didn’t routinely executive produce advertorials stuffed with behind-the-scenes footage of themselves: no rehearsal time laid bare, no banal shopping trips, no nervous visit to their personal ear, nose, and throat specialist. Fans didn’t have the immediate access provided by the internet; a star was more or less allowed to keep the public at arm’s length.
Filmmaker Tom Volf reaches into the past to change that in “Maria by Callas,” a lovingly assembled documentary about the life and career of American opera legend Maria Callas, whose voice is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century. Here, the private Callas is made public.
Curated from live performance footage, television interviews, the singer’s own...
Filmmaker Tom Volf reaches into the past to change that in “Maria by Callas,” a lovingly assembled documentary about the life and career of American opera legend Maria Callas, whose voice is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century. Here, the private Callas is made public.
Curated from live performance footage, television interviews, the singer’s own...
- 11/2/2018
- by Dave White
- The Wrap
If you want the truth about Greek-American opera star Maria Callas, why not get it straight from the diva’s mouth. That’s the refreshing premise of Maria by Callas, a dazzling documentary from Tom Volf that draws from letters, unpublished memoirs, home movies, family photos, performances (far from audio perfection), journals (read by contemporary opera singer Joyce Didonato) and TV interviews (there’s a doozy with David Frost) that allow Callas to speak — and sing — for herself. No narrator, no talking heads feeding you insights, just the lady letting...
- 11/1/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
“Maria by Callas,” an adoring profile of the Greek-American opera legend, is a one-sided documentary, using Callas’ own words in journals, letters and interview appearances to narrate her personal history. Yet this is not meant as criticism; it’s only fair that Callas’ voice finally gets heard off the stage, given how much the tabloids reinforced her image as a tempestuous diva, when the real person was much more complicated. First-time director Tom Volf plainly adores Callas — sometimes to a fault — but his film stands as a necessary corrective to decades of bad press. It’s an unalloyed tribute to her as a musical genius who gave all of herself to the public. Opera aficionados will be first in line when Sony Pictures Classics releases the film in early November, but the doc doubles as an accessible primer for the less schooled, too, with an abundance of classic recordings on the soundtrack.
- 9/11/2018
- by Scott Tobias
- Variety Film + TV
Jackie Kennedy has been a favorite role for actresses the past half-century. Click on to see who’s donned the pink suit and pillbox hat to play one of America’s most famous First Ladies.
The real Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994) was born Jacqueline Bouvier and married the future President Kennedy in 1953, 10 years before he was assassinated in Dallas.
Divine “Eat Your Makeup” (1968).
Yes, the drag queen later famous for John Waters movies such as “Hairspray” impersonated Jackie in this tasteless reenactment of the JFK assassination, from Waters’ first 16 mm short.
Jacqueline Bisset
“The Greek Tycoon” (1978).
This drama was loosely based on the former First Lady’s relationship with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
Blair Brown
“Kennedy” (1983).
This NBC miniseries starring Martin Sheen as the title character was pegged to the 20th anniversary of the JFK assassination.
Stephanie Romanov
“Thirteen Days” (2000).
This political thriller about the Cuban missile crisis starred Kevin Costner...
The real Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994) was born Jacqueline Bouvier and married the future President Kennedy in 1953, 10 years before he was assassinated in Dallas.
Divine “Eat Your Makeup” (1968).
Yes, the drag queen later famous for John Waters movies such as “Hairspray” impersonated Jackie in this tasteless reenactment of the JFK assassination, from Waters’ first 16 mm short.
Jacqueline Bisset
“The Greek Tycoon” (1978).
This drama was loosely based on the former First Lady’s relationship with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
Blair Brown
“Kennedy” (1983).
This NBC miniseries starring Martin Sheen as the title character was pegged to the 20th anniversary of the JFK assassination.
Stephanie Romanov
“Thirteen Days” (2000).
This political thriller about the Cuban missile crisis starred Kevin Costner...
- 6/6/2018
- by Scott Collins
- The Wrap
There are a few ways to think about Edith Bouvier Beale, the fallen ’30 debutante–turned–head-scarf-wearing aristocratic freak who became a cult figure in “Grey Gardens,” the 1975 Maysles brothers documentary that’s now regarded as a vérité classic. When you first see “Little Edie,” she comes off as someone who, if she didn’t exist, John Waters would have had to invent. Swanning around in her too-bright lipstick and Ocd kerchiefs (think Muslim head scarves designed by Coco Chanel), she’s a found-object character, a High Wasp fruitcake dropping breathy pensées that make her sound weirdly worldly and utterly around the bend. That’s why she’s a camp icon.
But how did she get that way? The astounding musical version of “Grey Gardens,” which premiered Off Broadway in 2006, dove deep into Edie’s past and came up with an interpretation of how, exactly, she wound up living with her ancient domineering mother,...
But how did she get that way? The astounding musical version of “Grey Gardens,” which premiered Off Broadway in 2006, dove deep into Edie’s past and came up with an interpretation of how, exactly, she wound up living with her ancient domineering mother,...
- 5/25/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
“Black Swan” producer Brian Oliver, who is officially launching New Republic Pictures as a production and financing company, has signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures.
The company was announced Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival and will be backed by a film fund made up of investors out of the U.S., Europe, India, and the Middle East. Additionally, the first-look agreement with Paramount may include co-financing and distributing some theatrical features.
New Republic has also signed on to co-finance Paramount’s Elton John biographical musical “Rocketman,” written by Lee Hall and directed by Dexter Fletcher (“Bohemian Rhapsody”). Taron Egerton came on board to star in April.
Prior to forming New Republic, Oliver co-founded the production and financing company Cross Creek Pictures, where he spearheaded “Black Swan” and “Hacksaw Ridge.” Oliver received an Academy Award best picture nomination for “Black Swan.
Joining him in his new venture are his...
The company was announced Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival and will be backed by a film fund made up of investors out of the U.S., Europe, India, and the Middle East. Additionally, the first-look agreement with Paramount may include co-financing and distributing some theatrical features.
New Republic has also signed on to co-finance Paramount’s Elton John biographical musical “Rocketman,” written by Lee Hall and directed by Dexter Fletcher (“Bohemian Rhapsody”). Taron Egerton came on board to star in April.
Prior to forming New Republic, Oliver co-founded the production and financing company Cross Creek Pictures, where he spearheaded “Black Swan” and “Hacksaw Ridge.” Oliver received an Academy Award best picture nomination for “Black Swan.
Joining him in his new venture are his...
- 5/8/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Four-year pact kicks off with Elton John musical Rocketman starring Taron Egerton.
Producer-financier Brian Oliver is officially launching his New Republic Pictures in Cannes backed by a fund out of the Us, Europe, India and the Middle East, and has struck a first-look co-financing and distribution deal with Paramount Pictures.
The four-year pact kicks off with Elton John musical Rocketman to star Taron Egerton, which Paramount will distribute worldwide and goes into production this year. Dexter Fletcher will direct from a screenplay by Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall.
Under the tiered deal, Paramount gets first look on a 50-50 co-finance split and worldwide distribution.
Producer-financier Brian Oliver is officially launching his New Republic Pictures in Cannes backed by a fund out of the Us, Europe, India and the Middle East, and has struck a first-look co-financing and distribution deal with Paramount Pictures.
The four-year pact kicks off with Elton John musical Rocketman to star Taron Egerton, which Paramount will distribute worldwide and goes into production this year. Dexter Fletcher will direct from a screenplay by Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall.
Under the tiered deal, Paramount gets first look on a 50-50 co-finance split and worldwide distribution.
- 5/8/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The “Grey Gardens” mystique becomes even more intriguing with “That Summer,” a prequel of sorts to the famed Maysles film that fills in background information while furthering the hagiographic cult surrounding Big and Little Edie. Almost exclusively composed of 16mm footage shot in 1972 and lost until now, Göran Hugo Olsson’s fascinating documentary recounts the summer when Lee Radziwill and photographer Peter Beard decided to record Radziwill’s reclusive aunt and first cousin, hiring the Maysles and shooting in and around Grey Gardens while workers fixed the place up — yes, it’s hard to believe, but the house was in even worse shape before the 1975 documentary. Given the two Edies’ large fan base and the iconic status of the earlier film, “That Summer” is certain to make a big splash on art-house screens and streaming sites.
Back in 1972, Beard and Radziwill had the idea of making a documentary about the rapid vulgarization of East Hampton,...
Back in 1972, Beard and Radziwill had the idea of making a documentary about the rapid vulgarization of East Hampton,...
- 3/30/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
The world always saw Jackie Kennedy as a model of strength and elegance — but now a new book reveals untold details about her inner struggle and deep depression following her husband’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963.
In Jackie, Janet and Lee by J. Randy Taraborrelli, — excerpted in this week’s issue of People, on newsstands Friday — the author describes how Jackie was “constantly crying” and confessed she was drinking too much in the months that followed her husband’s tragic death.
“She often threatened suicide,” the author said. “She couldn’t sleep; she had nightmares.”
Jackie also blamed herself for her...
In Jackie, Janet and Lee by J. Randy Taraborrelli, — excerpted in this week’s issue of People, on newsstands Friday — the author describes how Jackie was “constantly crying” and confessed she was drinking too much in the months that followed her husband’s tragic death.
“She often threatened suicide,” the author said. “She couldn’t sleep; she had nightmares.”
Jackie also blamed herself for her...
- 1/25/2018
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
A new book, Jackie, Janet and Lee, by J. Randy Taraborrelli — excerpted exclusively in the latest issue of People, on newsstands Friday — reveals new details of the love affair between Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Jack Warnecke, the dashing architect whom she she met when he was commissioned to save the historical buildings surrounding Lafayette Square in Washington D.C. in 1962.
In the days following her husband President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Jackie hired Warnecke to design the President’s memorial with the eternal flame at Arlington National Cemetery.
In the year that followed, Warnecke — an early pioneer of contextual...
In the days following her husband President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Jackie hired Warnecke to design the President’s memorial with the eternal flame at Arlington National Cemetery.
In the year that followed, Warnecke — an early pioneer of contextual...
- 1/24/2018
- by Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
They were two of the most famous women in the world — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her sister Lee Radziwill — and their lives have been written about countless times, but a new book, Jackie, Janet and Lee by J. Randy Taraborrelli, reveals new details about the sisters’ complicated relationship, their lifelong rivalry and the powerful influence of their mother, Janet Auchincloss.
Unlike previous Jackie biographers, Taraborrelli decided to focus on Jackie’s family, not John F. Kennedy’s famous clan.
“Jackie had a full life before she married J.F.K.,” Taraborrelli tells People in the latest issue, on newsstands Friday.
Unlike previous Jackie biographers, Taraborrelli decided to focus on Jackie’s family, not John F. Kennedy’s famous clan.
“Jackie had a full life before she married J.F.K.,” Taraborrelli tells People in the latest issue, on newsstands Friday.
- 1/24/2018
- by Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
A new memoir offers an inside look at Jacqueline Kennedy‘s second marriage, to Greek-shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
“It was hard to tell by Madam’s business-like demeanor whether she was happy,” writes Kathy McKeon, the former first lady’s live-in assistant for more than a decade, in her new book Jackie’s Girl: My Life With The Kennedy Family (exclusively excerpted in this week’s People).
When Jackie shared the news of her wedding that coming weekend, writes McKeon, “Is this what she wants? I couldn’t help but wonder. She and Mr. Onassis seemed like friends, not a couple.
“It was hard to tell by Madam’s business-like demeanor whether she was happy,” writes Kathy McKeon, the former first lady’s live-in assistant for more than a decade, in her new book Jackie’s Girl: My Life With The Kennedy Family (exclusively excerpted in this week’s People).
When Jackie shared the news of her wedding that coming weekend, writes McKeon, “Is this what she wants? I couldn’t help but wonder. She and Mr. Onassis seemed like friends, not a couple.
- 4/27/2017
- by Sam Gillette and Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
Jackie Kennedy was the most famous woman in the world when Kathy McKeon, a 19-year-old Irish immigrant, became her live-in assistant and occasional nanny to her two young kids, Caroline and John, in 1964.
McKeon worked for the former First Lady for 13 years (living in her fabled apartment at 1040 5th Avenue for 11 of those years) and grew quite fond of Jackie and her children, whom she writes about in her new memoir, Jackie’s Girl: My Life With The Kennedy Family, excerpted exclusively in ns week’s People.
McKeon, 72, saw a human side of the private woman she called “Madam” that few ever saw,...
McKeon worked for the former First Lady for 13 years (living in her fabled apartment at 1040 5th Avenue for 11 of those years) and grew quite fond of Jackie and her children, whom she writes about in her new memoir, Jackie’s Girl: My Life With The Kennedy Family, excerpted exclusively in ns week’s People.
McKeon, 72, saw a human side of the private woman she called “Madam” that few ever saw,...
- 4/26/2017
- by Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
Love letters exchanged between Jackie Kennedy and former U.K. ambassador David Ormsby-Gore that reveal the depth of their passionate relationship and the heartbreak that followed when she decided to marry shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis are up for auction. The former First Lady and ambassador’s relationship after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in November, 1963 — and Ormsby-Gore’s subsequent marriage proposal — have been documented in several Kennedy family biographies. But the newly discovered writings shed fresh light on not only their relationship but also on the early days of her marriage to Onassis. “I care about you so much, and before Georgia.
- 3/6/2017
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
In the early years after her husband’s assassination, a heartbroken Jackie Kennedy turned to one of JFK‘s closest friends, former British ambassador David Ormsby Gore, for comfort. When the two traveled to Cambodia together in November 1967 in a highly publicized trip, there was much speculation that they were romantically involved.
But less than a year later, the former first lady married Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping magnate 23 years her senior, in a decision that surprised many.
Now, a heart-wrenching, never-before-seen letter that Jackie wrote to Ormsby Gore, also known as Lord Harlech, reveals why she turned down his...
But less than a year later, the former first lady married Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping magnate 23 years her senior, in a decision that surprised many.
Now, a heart-wrenching, never-before-seen letter that Jackie wrote to Ormsby Gore, also known as Lord Harlech, reveals why she turned down his...
- 2/9/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
With the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, America’s most iconic First Lady became America’s Greatest Widow. Jacqueline Kennedy was left in a state of shock, anguish and grief, and yet she also seems to have an intuited an important truth: The wave of suffering that threatened to overwhelm her (and the nation) counted for little against the longer obliterating tides of time and history.
It was her duty not only to mourn publicly, and properly, but to shore up the legacy of her husband’s never-to-be-completed first term.
Meanwhile — a smaller but sharper...
It was her duty not only to mourn publicly, and properly, but to shore up the legacy of her husband’s never-to-be-completed first term.
Meanwhile — a smaller but sharper...
- 12/1/2016
- by tgliatto
- PEOPLE.com
Katie Holmes makes another striking transformation into Jaqueline Kennedy for The Kennedys sequel, The Kennedys: After Camelot, and this time she's joined by Matthew Perry.
The new miniseries picks up where the last one left off after the assassination of Robert Kennedy in the late '60s. Perry plays Senator Ted Kennedy with the help of a prosthetic nose, who is fighting the Chappaquiddick scandal in the series. The highly publicized incident took place on July 18, 1969 when a vehicle that Ted was driving veered into a body of water. Campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, reportedly drown in the accident, while Ted swam to safety.
Pics: Katie Holmes Glows as Jackie Kennedy in Her Wedding Dress in 'The Kennedys: After Camelot'
This is just one of the many family sagas that get examined in the series, after the original stirred up controversy for its unflinching look at the lives of one of America's most prominent political families...
The new miniseries picks up where the last one left off after the assassination of Robert Kennedy in the late '60s. Perry plays Senator Ted Kennedy with the help of a prosthetic nose, who is fighting the Chappaquiddick scandal in the series. The highly publicized incident took place on July 18, 1969 when a vehicle that Ted was driving veered into a body of water. Campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, reportedly drown in the accident, while Ted swam to safety.
Pics: Katie Holmes Glows as Jackie Kennedy in Her Wedding Dress in 'The Kennedys: After Camelot'
This is just one of the many family sagas that get examined in the series, after the original stirred up controversy for its unflinching look at the lives of one of America's most prominent political families...
- 11/11/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
She's a vision in white! Katie Holmes was photographed on the set of The Kennedys—After Camelot wearing a stunning wedding dress that was a dead ringer for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on her wedding day to second husband Aristotle Onassis. The 37-year-old is reprising her uncanny role as Jackie O., whom she played in 2011 in the series' first installment, The Kennedys. In the pictures, Holmes stands next to Alexander Siddig, who plays the role of Aristotle. The two are a perfect match for one of history's most famous couples. Also on set during filming just so happens to be Holmes' daughter, Suri Cruise. But based on another photo, it appears Suri has earned a new title:...
- 6/21/2016
- E! Online
Katie Holmes is a vision in white. Holmes was recently photographed on set while filming scenes for the upcoming tv miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot wearing a stunning white wedding dress. The 37-year-old bears an uncanny resemblance to the iconic first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, whom she previously played in The Kennedys in 2011. In the photos, Holmes is seen alongside actor and costar Alexander Siddig, playing the role of Jackie O.'s second husband and Greek shipping mogul Aristotle Onassis, as they reenact one of the biggest events in the couple's lives. The pictures from the set of the 1968 wedding...
- 6/21/2016
- by Maya Anderman
- PEOPLE.com
Katie Holmes is a vision in white.
Holmes was recently photographed on set while filming scenes for the upcoming tv miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot wearing a stunning white wedding dress.
The 37-year-old bears an uncanny resemblance to the iconic first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, whom she previously played in The Kennedys in 2011.
In the photos, Holmes is seen alongside actor and costar Alexander Siddig, playing the role of Jackie O.'s second husband and Greek shipping mogul Aristotle Onassis, as they reenact one of the biggest events in the couple's lives.
The pictures from the set of the 1968 wedding...
Holmes was recently photographed on set while filming scenes for the upcoming tv miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot wearing a stunning white wedding dress.
The 37-year-old bears an uncanny resemblance to the iconic first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, whom she previously played in The Kennedys in 2011.
In the photos, Holmes is seen alongside actor and costar Alexander Siddig, playing the role of Jackie O.'s second husband and Greek shipping mogul Aristotle Onassis, as they reenact one of the biggest events in the couple's lives.
The pictures from the set of the 1968 wedding...
- 6/21/2016
- by Maya Anderman
- People.com - TV Watch
Jackie-oh! Katie Holmes stepped out on the set of her upcoming Reelz Channel miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot dressed head to toe as Jacqueline Kennedy - and the resemblance is striking. Holmes, 37, channeled the poise and class of the former first lady as she filmed scenes alongside the actor who plays Maurice Tempelsman, Kennedy's last companion. In the scene, Holmes is seen smiling as she as she walks arm-in-arm with Tempelsman, leaning her head on his shoulder and even stopping to give him a loving kiss. Kennedy and Tempelsman began their longtime companionship in 1980, five years after the...
- 5/11/2016
- by Jodi Guglielmi, @JodiGug3
- PEOPLE.com
Jackie-oh! Katie Holmes stepped out on the set of her upcoming Reelz Channel miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot dressed head to toe as Jacqueline Kennedy - and the resemblance is striking. Holmes, 37, channeled the poise and class of the former first lady as she filmed scenes alongside the actor who plays Maurice Tempelsman, Kennedy's last companion. In the scene, Holmes is seen smiling as she as she walks arm-in-arm with Tempelsman, leaning her head on his shoulder and even stopping to give him a loving kiss. Kennedy and Tempelsman began their longtime companionship in 1980, five years after the...
- 5/11/2016
- by Jodi Guglielmi, @JodiGug3
- PEOPLE.com
Diana Hardcastle and Kristin Booth have signed on to Reelz’s The Kennedys: After Camelot, reprising their roles as Rose Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, respectively, from the original The Kennedys miniseries. The latest cast members join previously announced Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Matthew Perry as Ted Kennedy, and Alexander Siddig as Aristotle Onassis. Kristen Hager will play Ted Kennedy’s first wife Joan Kennedy. Principal photography begins today in Toronto…...
- 5/11/2016
- Deadline TV
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's marriage to Greek shipping magnate nm1238516 autoAristotle Onassis[/link] sparked headlines around the world - but it was in more intimate circles where it caused the real drama. Jackie's relationship with Onassis is thought to have tremendously hurt her sister, Lee Radziwill, who was reportedly romantically involved with Onassis in the early 60's, while Jackie was married to President John F. Kennedy. Jackie kept her engagement to Onassis a secret - and didn't even tell her own sister. Onassis was the one to clue Radziwill in, and her reaction was swift. Lee recently told Vanity Fair that...
- 5/2/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's marriage to Greek shipping magnate nm1238516 autoAristotle Onassis[/link] sparked headlines around the world - but it was in more intimate circles where it caused the real drama. Jackie's relationship with Onassis was a dagger in the heart of her sister, Lee Radziwill, who was reportedly romantically involved with Onassis in the early 60's, while Jackie was married to President John F. Kennedy. Jackie kept her engagement to Onassis a secret - and didn't even tell her own sister. Onassis was the one to clue Radziwill in, and her reaction was swift. Lee recently told Vanity Fair...
- 5/2/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
Athina Onassis's horse was killed after a rare show-jumping accident on Thursday evening at the Credit Suisse Grand Prix event in Geneva, Switzerland. The French-Greek heiress, who was riding the 11-year-old mare Camille Z, was unharmed, local news reports say. Onassis, 29, and Camille Z were competing in front of a full arena. After failing to successfully clear an oxer - a show-jumping obstacle that is both tall and wide -, Onassis was thrown and her horse suffered a break in its rear leg. According to the Tribune de Geneve, it required 45 minutes for teams to tranquilize the animal and remove...
- 12/12/2014
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
Katie Holmes will reprise the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in The Kennedys — After Camelot, Reelz’s four-part follow-up to the 2011 miniseries The Kennedys.
Holmes will also serve as an executive producer on the new mini, which is based on J. Randy Taraborrelli’s After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family (1968 to the Present), as well as direct one of the four episodes. The Kennedys‘ Jon Cassar will helm the other three.
“The Kennedys was a brilliant execution of storytelling based on the lives of one of the world’s best known families,” Reelz CEO Stan E. Hubbard said in a statement.
Holmes will also serve as an executive producer on the new mini, which is based on J. Randy Taraborrelli’s After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family (1968 to the Present), as well as direct one of the four episodes. The Kennedys‘ Jon Cassar will helm the other three.
“The Kennedys was a brilliant execution of storytelling based on the lives of one of the world’s best known families,” Reelz CEO Stan E. Hubbard said in a statement.
- 10/13/2014
- TVLine.com
It's not TV, it's Meryl Streep. The acting legend will play opera legend Maria Callas in director Mike Nichols’ HBO adaptation of Terrence McNally's play “Master Class,” TheWrap has confirmed, bringing her two Oscars to the small screen. The play first opened in 1995 on Broadway, with Zoe Caldwell in the role of Callas, who tells stories about her life. She lived a dramatic life with a difficult family, great fame, an affair with Aristotle Onassis (who left her for Jackie Kennedy), and plenty of physical transformations.
- 6/19/2014
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Wrap
While Hollywood has tried for years to mount a Maria Callas biopic (we haven't heard much about Niki Caro's developing movie for a while now), it's not like it hasn't been done. Over a decade ago, Fanny Ardant toplined Franco Zeffirelli's "Callas Forever," and now Meryl Streep — who will be showing off her pipes later this year in "Into The Woods" — is giving it a go. The actress is reportedly reteaming with Mike Nichols (“Silkwood,” “Heartburn,” “Postcards From the Edge,” “Angels in America”) for an adaptation of the Broadway play "Master Class." Told from the perspective of Callas, it frankly covers "her storied career and personal life, which included being dumped by Aristotle Onassis for Jacqueline Kennedy." The project is set up at HBO, and it would mark Nichols' first film since 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War," but it's not clear when shooting will begin. And will also curious...
- 6/19/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Today would have been JFK's 97th birthday, prompting Americans to look back on his time as president and his romance with Jacqueline Kennedy - an icon in her own right. From a prominent family herself, she was declared debutante of the year in 1948, when she was still Jacqueline Bouvier. After reportedly meeting JFK through a friend in Spring 1952, she and Jack started dating seriously, and their engagement came soon after in June 1953. Jackie and JFK, then a senator, were married that September in Newport, Ri, before settling down in Virginia. After moving to Washington DC's Georgetown neighborhood, Jackie gave birth to Caroline in 1957, followed by John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1960, just weeks after JFK won the general election. As the first lady, Jackie was young, fresh, and fashionable. She worked on restoring and redesigning parts of the White House, and in the below interviews, she talks about her vision for the space,...
- 5/29/2014
- by Laura Marie Meyers
- Popsugar.com
The assassination of JFK and the conspiracy theories that followed have proved irresistible to writers and artists, from Oliver Stone to Stephen King
• Mark Lawson on the 10 best books inspired by JFK
The grassy knoll. The book depository. Any further description of the location is superfluous. We know where we are, and when. Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963: the scene of the assassination of President John F Kennedy. History assumes mythic proportions when its very familiarity requires no further explanation or scene-setting; when it provides instead a well-signposted point of departure for artistic creativity. The matter of Dallas has been as resonant in the fiction and film of the past half century as the story of the Trojan war was in the literature of classical antiquity. Only Hitler and the Nazis rival its influence on the modern imagination.
Yet the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination will not be marked by consensus.
• Mark Lawson on the 10 best books inspired by JFK
The grassy knoll. The book depository. Any further description of the location is superfluous. We know where we are, and when. Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963: the scene of the assassination of President John F Kennedy. History assumes mythic proportions when its very familiarity requires no further explanation or scene-setting; when it provides instead a well-signposted point of departure for artistic creativity. The matter of Dallas has been as resonant in the fiction and film of the past half century as the story of the Trojan war was in the literature of classical antiquity. Only Hitler and the Nazis rival its influence on the modern imagination.
Yet the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination will not be marked by consensus.
- 11/2/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
If not for a last minute change, legendary opera star Maria Callas would have been the female lead in The Guns of Navarone.
Opera superstar Maria Callas was set to make her movie debut in Carl Foreman’s iconic war film The Guns Of Navarone, according to a new book, The Making Of The Guns Of Navarone launched this weekend at the Bradford Widescreen Film Festival (April 26-29) by Scottish film historian Brian Hannan.
The singer had scandalised the world by her affair with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who would later marry Jackie Kennedy, widow of assassinated president John F Kennedy. Callas was first choice for the role of the older female Greek partisan. Producer Carl Foreman promised ‘mucho love scenes’ with star Gregory Peck.
Commented Hannan, ‘At the time, Maria Callas was the most famous woman in the world, a fiery mixture of Princess Diana and Madonna, the...
Opera superstar Maria Callas was set to make her movie debut in Carl Foreman’s iconic war film The Guns Of Navarone, according to a new book, The Making Of The Guns Of Navarone launched this weekend at the Bradford Widescreen Film Festival (April 26-29) by Scottish film historian Brian Hannan.
The singer had scandalised the world by her affair with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who would later marry Jackie Kennedy, widow of assassinated president John F Kennedy. Callas was first choice for the role of the older female Greek partisan. Producer Carl Foreman promised ‘mucho love scenes’ with star Gregory Peck.
Commented Hannan, ‘At the time, Maria Callas was the most famous woman in the world, a fiery mixture of Princess Diana and Madonna, the...
- 4/25/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Get ready for another biopic guys! This time, we’ll have 360 helmer Fernando Meirelles on board to direct project titled Nemesis, an adaptation of Peter Evans book Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys. So, yes, we’re talking about Onassis biopic, but as you [...]
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- 4/6/2012
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Naomi Watts takes leading role in Caught In Flight, the first serious feature biopic about the princess
There have been many films about 9/11, but surprisingly few about 8/31, Britain's own day of trauma – when Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash with her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed.
The announcement of a new film, Caught in Flight, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (who made Downfall) and starring Naomi Watts in the leading role, is the first serious feature biopic about the princess. It reportedly focuses on the last two years of her life.
Cinema has not been entirely silent on this subject. Stephen Frears' The Queen (2006) was all about the media-constitutional crisis in that frantic week between the princess's death and the funeral, but the focus was not on Diana: it was on Helen Mirren's shrewd yet troubled monarch and Michael Sheen's callow prime minister Tony Blair, the heroic survivors of this trauma.
There have been many films about 9/11, but surprisingly few about 8/31, Britain's own day of trauma – when Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash with her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed.
The announcement of a new film, Caught in Flight, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (who made Downfall) and starring Naomi Watts in the leading role, is the first serious feature biopic about the princess. It reportedly focuses on the last two years of her life.
Cinema has not been entirely silent on this subject. Stephen Frears' The Queen (2006) was all about the media-constitutional crisis in that frantic week between the princess's death and the funeral, but the focus was not on Diana: it was on Helen Mirren's shrewd yet troubled monarch and Michael Sheen's callow prime minister Tony Blair, the heroic survivors of this trauma.
- 2/10/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
He may have directed one of the best films of the last decade in City of God, yet news of another Fernando Meirelles project no longer interests me. After the good-but-not-nearly-as-important-as-it-thinks-it-is The Constant Gardener and Blindness, I lost enough interest in the filmmaker, to the point where I haven’t even bothered to look at anything from his latest, 360. (Jordan walking out of the Toronto screening last month feels like a vindication of this choice.)
So, please excuse yours truly if he doesn’t get all that excited from hearing about his next project, Onassis. Based on Peter Evans‘ Nemesis, it’s centered on the tough relationship between Aristotle Onassis — who, as you may know, married Jackie Kennedy post-jfk’s death — and JFK’s brother, Robert. Meirelles told ThePlaylist that they’ll “probably be shooting next autumn,” which means that casting hasn’t started just yet — but I expect that...
So, please excuse yours truly if he doesn’t get all that excited from hearing about his next project, Onassis. Based on Peter Evans‘ Nemesis, it’s centered on the tough relationship between Aristotle Onassis — who, as you may know, married Jackie Kennedy post-jfk’s death — and JFK’s brother, Robert. Meirelles told ThePlaylist that they’ll “probably be shooting next autumn,” which means that casting hasn’t started just yet — but I expect that...
- 10/13/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The life of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy continues to fascinate the American public.
In a new expose, People magazine has learned details of the fiercely private woman through interviews with her confidants and the recently published interviews Jackie gave four months after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
These interviews "were hard for her to do. But she felt it was important," her former Secret Service agent, Clint Hill, told People.
Her friend...
In a new expose, People magazine has learned details of the fiercely private woman through interviews with her confidants and the recently published interviews Jackie gave four months after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
These interviews "were hard for her to do. But she felt it was important," her former Secret Service agent, Clint Hill, told People.
Her friend...
- 9/28/2011
- Extra
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