Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the U.S. rights to the drama “Mad to Be Normal,” starring Elisabeth Moss and David Tennant, the company announced Tuesday. Directed by Robert Mullan, the film also stars Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, David Bamber and Olivia Poulet. Tennant (“Doctor Who”) stars as 1960’s celebrity psychiatrist R.D. Laing who revolutionized the treatment of people who were diagnosed as “mad.” Working out of Kingsley Hall in East London, he performed experiments on people, including experiments with LSD and practicing a form of self-healing known as metanoia. His methods were controversial. Also Read: Elisabeth Moss to Star in Women's-Rights Drama.
- 9/19/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Mad to Be Normal, the biopic about 1960s celebrity psychologist R.D. Laing that stars David Tennant and newly minted Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss, has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. The pic written and directed by Robert Mullan had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in February, and a winter 2018 theatrical release is being eyed. The Scotland-born Laing rose to fame for his treatment of people diagnosed as “mad,” performing various daring experiments on…...
- 9/19/2017
- Deadline
Life is will be like a hurricane again this summer when the revival of “DuckTales” (Ooo-ooh!) hits Duckburg… and Disney Xd.
In the reboot of the series, David Tennant voices the Scrooge McDuck, the eccentric bajillionaire who will have some family fun around the world with his nephew Donald and trio of grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, voiced by Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynahan, respectively.
Read More: Disney Revives ‘DuckTales’ for 2017 Launch on Disney Xd
In the thrilling first look at the series below, we see that the fowl family quickly get down to the business of having adventures that will include, presumably racecars, lasers and aeroplanes, according to the song, which was also revived for the series. While that’s literally music to our ears, hearing the former “Doctor Who” star roll out his Scottish burr is the real thrill here.”I’m Scrooge McDuck,” he growls.
In the reboot of the series, David Tennant voices the Scrooge McDuck, the eccentric bajillionaire who will have some family fun around the world with his nephew Donald and trio of grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, voiced by Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynahan, respectively.
Read More: Disney Revives ‘DuckTales’ for 2017 Launch on Disney Xd
In the thrilling first look at the series below, we see that the fowl family quickly get down to the business of having adventures that will include, presumably racecars, lasers and aeroplanes, according to the song, which was also revived for the series. While that’s literally music to our ears, hearing the former “Doctor Who” star roll out his Scottish burr is the real thrill here.”I’m Scrooge McDuck,” he growls.
- 3/2/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
We haven’t heard much from Ruben Östlund since “Force Majeure” earned him a prize at Cannes and a Golden Globe nomination, but the Swedish helmer has been busy. Variety has a new interview with Östlund about “The Square,” his English-language debut, which co-stars Dominic West alongside Elisabeth Moss and Claes Bang. In it, he assures us that “I’m making fun of everyone” in his upcoming film.
Read More: Elisabeth Moss to Star in Ruben Östlund’s ‘Force Majeure’ Follow-Up ‘The Square’
“I’m very thorough in that way. No one escapes from this satiric approach,” Östlund continues. About an American artist (West) exhibiting his latest installation project, “The Square” is expected to premiere at Cannes in May. Asked about the film’s connection to his earlier work, Östlund says that “the movies are quite different from each other. But when you see the scenes, it’s so obvious...
Read More: Elisabeth Moss to Star in Ruben Östlund’s ‘Force Majeure’ Follow-Up ‘The Square’
“I’m very thorough in that way. No one escapes from this satiric approach,” Östlund continues. About an American artist (West) exhibiting his latest installation project, “The Square” is expected to premiere at Cannes in May. Asked about the film’s connection to his earlier work, Östlund says that “the movies are quite different from each other. But when you see the scenes, it’s so obvious...
- 2/5/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Having worked with her on “Broadchurch,” David Tennant is even more aware of how talented Olivia Colman is than most. (The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is onboard, having just given the actress a Golden Globe for her performance in AMC’s miniseries “The Night Manager.” Now that Peter Capaldi is stepping down as the Doctor on “Doctor Who,” Tennant — who himself played the character from 2005–2010 — is recommending his co-star for the job.
Read More: The New ‘Doctor Who’: A Plea For Diversity, and 13 Dream Doctors
“Olivia would clearly be a magnificent choice,” he told the Evening Standard in a recent interview. “If you have the right people telling the right stories then it’s absolutely a possibility.” All 12 thespians who’ve played the Doctor over the last 54 years have been men, of course, but until last year every Ghostbuster was a man, too, so anything’s possible.
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Read More: The New ‘Doctor Who’: A Plea For Diversity, and 13 Dream Doctors
“Olivia would clearly be a magnificent choice,” he told the Evening Standard in a recent interview. “If you have the right people telling the right stories then it’s absolutely a possibility.” All 12 thespians who’ve played the Doctor over the last 54 years have been men, of course, but until last year every Ghostbuster was a man, too, so anything’s possible.
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- 2/1/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Six years after making their mark at Sundance with “Bellflower,” the Coatwolf Productions team is back with the video game–inspired “Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins.” Written/directed by Jonathan Keevil and starring Evan Glodell (who wrote, directed and starred in “Bellflower”), the film looks even more manic than its predecessor. Watch the film’s first trailer below.
Read More: Different Roads Out of Sundance: ‘Bellflower’ Team, Brit Marling and Benh Zeitlin
Should you have trouble discerning the plot, here’s the synopsis: “The Syndicate, an evil gang bent on world domination, summons a secret weapon from the heavens and breaks the long-standing truce with the San Diego family by kidnapping their sister and cutting off the town’s supply of Tatsui Power-Up Drinks. Now Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins must decide whether to fight — risking their lives, family and the future of Flat Earth — or...
Read More: Different Roads Out of Sundance: ‘Bellflower’ Team, Brit Marling and Benh Zeitlin
Should you have trouble discerning the plot, here’s the synopsis: “The Syndicate, an evil gang bent on world domination, summons a secret weapon from the heavens and breaks the long-standing truce with the San Diego family by kidnapping their sister and cutting off the town’s supply of Tatsui Power-Up Drinks. Now Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins must decide whether to fight — risking their lives, family and the future of Flat Earth — or...
- 2/1/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Closing this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, and having its world premiere on February 26, is the biopic “Mad to be Normal,” starring David Tennant and Elisabeth Moss.
Directed and written by Robert Mullan, the drama tells the story of world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing (Tennant) and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960’s. Empire shared the first look at the trailer, which you can check out below.
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Known as the “high priest of anti-psychiatry,” Laing used unconventional methods to treat people, including experimenting with LSD on his patients and practicing a form of self-healing known as metanoia. “Mad to be Normal” will go deep into Laing’s life, showing how his intelligence and arrogance made him equally revered and reviled. It will also capture his darker side and how many,...
Directed and written by Robert Mullan, the drama tells the story of world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing (Tennant) and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960’s. Empire shared the first look at the trailer, which you can check out below.
Read More: ‘Broadchurch’ Season 3 Trailer: David Tennant and Olivia Colman Team Up for a Final Case
Known as the “high priest of anti-psychiatry,” Laing used unconventional methods to treat people, including experimenting with LSD on his patients and practicing a form of self-healing known as metanoia. “Mad to be Normal” will go deep into Laing’s life, showing how his intelligence and arrogance made him equally revered and reviled. It will also capture his darker side and how many,...
- 2/1/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Festival to host 65 UK Premieres, including Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time and Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro.
The full programme for the 2017 Glasgow Film Festival (Feb 15-26) has been revealed.
The festival will host 65 UK premieres, 67 Scottish premieres and nine world and international premieres.
As previously reported, Glasgow will kick off with the European premiere of Handsome Devil, a coming-of-age drama starring Andrew Scott and directed by John Butler (The Stag).
The world premiere of Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant as renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, closes the festival. Tennant is expected to attend.
Premieres
Other highlights include UK Premieres of Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey [pictured], Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome and Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope.
There will also be first Scottish screenings of Paul Verhoeven’s Golden Globe-winning Elle, Ben Wheatley’s [link...
The full programme for the 2017 Glasgow Film Festival (Feb 15-26) has been revealed.
The festival will host 65 UK premieres, 67 Scottish premieres and nine world and international premieres.
As previously reported, Glasgow will kick off with the European premiere of Handsome Devil, a coming-of-age drama starring Andrew Scott and directed by John Butler (The Stag).
The world premiere of Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant as renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, closes the festival. Tennant is expected to attend.
Premieres
Other highlights include UK Premieres of Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey [pictured], Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome and Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope.
There will also be first Scottish screenings of Paul Verhoeven’s Golden Globe-winning Elle, Ben Wheatley’s [link...
- 1/18/2017
- ScreenDaily
Handsome Devil to kick-off the event, Mad To Be Normal picked as Closing Film Gala.
The opening and closing night films of the Glasgow Film Festival (15-26 February) have been announced.
The European premiere of Handsome Devil, a coming-of-age story staring Sherlock and Spectre star Andrew Scott, will be the Opening Gala on 15 February. Scott stars alongside Fionn O’Shea and Nicholas Galitzine and John Butler (The Stag) directs. Radiant Films International is handling international sales for this title.
The world premiere of Mad To Be Normal (pictured below) will close the festival on festival on 26 February. David Tennant plays renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, with the Doctor Who star confirmed to attend the event.
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Michael Gambon (the Harry Potter series) and Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects) co-star, with Robert Mullan (We Will Sing) directing.
The festival will also host the Scottish premiere of The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger...
The opening and closing night films of the Glasgow Film Festival (15-26 February) have been announced.
The European premiere of Handsome Devil, a coming-of-age story staring Sherlock and Spectre star Andrew Scott, will be the Opening Gala on 15 February. Scott stars alongside Fionn O’Shea and Nicholas Galitzine and John Butler (The Stag) directs. Radiant Films International is handling international sales for this title.
The world premiere of Mad To Be Normal (pictured below) will close the festival on festival on 26 February. David Tennant plays renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, with the Doctor Who star confirmed to attend the event.
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Michael Gambon (the Harry Potter series) and Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects) co-star, with Robert Mullan (We Will Sing) directing.
The festival will also host the Scottish premiere of The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger...
- 1/5/2017
- ScreenDaily
Why are Luke Fowler’s films so hard to get a grip on? To start with, what you make of them depends on where you see them. Fowler inhabits that strange border zone between cinema and art, his work just as likely to appear in a standard screening situation as it is to be placed within an exhibition space. It’s no coincidence that the most notable nomination he’s received thus far in his career is not some film festival award but rather the Turner Prize. Yet given the dizzying range and quantity of references Fowler’s films often contain, any additional context is welcome. Fowler’s recent feature-length documentary To the Editor of Amateur Photography was, for example, commissioned by the UK’s first feminist photography centre; seeing this free-form institutional portrait exhibited within its very walls is obviously a very different proposition from seeing it at just another neutral film festival screening.
- 8/2/2016
- MUBI
Andrew Reynolds is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
A doctor in the past who specialises in saving people with the odd bit of mind-manipulation – no, David Tennant isn’t melding together the Tenth Doctor and Kilgrave in some unholy, tonally suspect, drama series. Rather, it’s the first official images from Mad to be Normal, the biopic of psychiatrist R.D. Laing, currently filming with...
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A doctor in the past who specialises in saving people with the odd bit of mind-manipulation – no, David Tennant isn’t melding together the Tenth Doctor and Kilgrave in some unholy, tonally suspect, drama series. Rather, it’s the first official images from Mad to be Normal, the biopic of psychiatrist R.D. Laing, currently filming with...
The post First Pictures of David Tennant In R.D. Laing Biopic Mad To Be Normal appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 2/12/2016
- by Andrew Reynolds
- Kasterborous.com
The R.D. Liang biopic stars David Tennant in the lead role, alongside Elisabeth Moss.
Gsp Studios will commence sales of Mad To Be Normal, a biopic about Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, at the forthcoming Efm (Feb 11-19).
Production began last week on the film, which stars David Tennant as Liang, alongside Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon and Gabriel Byrne.
Gsp Studios is also acting as a co-producer on the project, which is being produced by London-based Gizmo Films in collaboration with Bad Penny Productions.
A four-week shoot is currently underway in the UK, much of which will be housed at Gsp’s production facilities in York, as well as on location in London.
International rights were previously being handled by sales outfit Double Dutch.
The film charts the story of world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist Laing and his acolytes at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960s.
Writer and director Robert Mullan is a veteran documentarian and has also...
Gsp Studios will commence sales of Mad To Be Normal, a biopic about Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, at the forthcoming Efm (Feb 11-19).
Production began last week on the film, which stars David Tennant as Liang, alongside Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon and Gabriel Byrne.
Gsp Studios is also acting as a co-producer on the project, which is being produced by London-based Gizmo Films in collaboration with Bad Penny Productions.
A four-week shoot is currently underway in the UK, much of which will be housed at Gsp’s production facilities in York, as well as on location in London.
International rights were previously being handled by sales outfit Double Dutch.
The film charts the story of world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist Laing and his acolytes at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960s.
Writer and director Robert Mullan is a veteran documentarian and has also...
- 2/9/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former Doctor Who star Tennant to play renowned psychiatrist R.D. Laing, the ‘Acid-Marxist’.
Doctor Who and Broadchurch star David Tennant and Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss are to star in a biopic of renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D.Laing.
Metanoia, a UK/Germany co-production will chart the story of Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960’s.
London-based Gizmo Films produces in collaboration with Mmc studios in Germany (Only Lovers Left Alive, Rush) and Bad Penny Productions, the production company led by Phin Glynn (The Unbeatables). Peter Dunphy is among executive producers.
It marks the fourth feature for Gizmo Films writer and director, Robert Mullan, who is also the author of three books about Laing.
Shooting will take place in the first quarter of 2016 at Mmc’s studios in Cologne and on location in London.
Tennant, who is currently in production on the Marvel and Netflix collaboration of Jessica Jones during...
Doctor Who and Broadchurch star David Tennant and Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss are to star in a biopic of renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D.Laing.
Metanoia, a UK/Germany co-production will chart the story of Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960’s.
London-based Gizmo Films produces in collaboration with Mmc studios in Germany (Only Lovers Left Alive, Rush) and Bad Penny Productions, the production company led by Phin Glynn (The Unbeatables). Peter Dunphy is among executive producers.
It marks the fourth feature for Gizmo Films writer and director, Robert Mullan, who is also the author of three books about Laing.
Shooting will take place in the first quarter of 2016 at Mmc’s studios in Cologne and on location in London.
Tennant, who is currently in production on the Marvel and Netflix collaboration of Jessica Jones during...
- 5/15/2015
- ScreenDaily
Toronto, Ontario. As you've discovered if you've ever sent out a tweet containing the word "Hiddleston," the "Thor" star and British Shakespeare veteran has a legion of passionate fans. On Guillermo del Toro's upcoming Victorian haunted house drama "Crimson Peak," Hiddleston was a late arrival, stepping in for one of the few actors capable of engendering comparable levels of online hyperventilation, Benedict Cumberbatch. For Hiddleston, there was no hesitation when first his agent, then del Toro, then Jessica Chastain all called to woo him to play Sir Thomas Sharpe, a fading British aristocrat who brings his new American bride Edith (Mia Wasikowska) home to his familial estate as part of an attempt to reboot his fortunes, setting in motion initially creepy and eventually terrifying happenings. "[T]here was no possible way I was going to say no," Hiddleston laughs, sitting in a prop warehouse near the Toronto sound stages housing...
- 5/14/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Above: Gregory La Cava (seated, right) directs Joel McCrea, Claudette Colbert and a blonde Joan Bennett.
New artistic director Chris Fujiwara's Gregory La Cava retrospective at Edinburgh International Film Festival (six films, followed by six films at Edinburgh Filmhouse after the Festival) has brought to light several obscure titles from the great Hollywood director. For instance, I heard several of the lucky few crammed into the sweaty confines of Filmhouse 3 declare the silent comedy Feel My Pulse (1928) to be their favorite experience of the fest. But Private Worlds (1935), the penultimate film shown, is pretty fascinating too.
For one thing, it demonstrates La Cava's ability to work outside the screwball comedy genre for which he was most celebrated (although the film is far from humorless). The cast, which includes Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea and Joan Bennett, could certainly have filled out a romantic comedy to perfection (Colbert and...
New artistic director Chris Fujiwara's Gregory La Cava retrospective at Edinburgh International Film Festival (six films, followed by six films at Edinburgh Filmhouse after the Festival) has brought to light several obscure titles from the great Hollywood director. For instance, I heard several of the lucky few crammed into the sweaty confines of Filmhouse 3 declare the silent comedy Feel My Pulse (1928) to be their favorite experience of the fest. But Private Worlds (1935), the penultimate film shown, is pretty fascinating too.
For one thing, it demonstrates La Cava's ability to work outside the screwball comedy genre for which he was most celebrated (although the film is far from humorless). The cast, which includes Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea and Joan Bennett, could certainly have filled out a romantic comedy to perfection (Colbert and...
- 7/5/2012
- MUBI
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Ann Arbor Film Festival and they’re preparing an all-out blowout on March 27 to April 1 to celebrate! The fest is crammed to the gills with the latest and greatest in experimental and avant-garde film, in addition to a celebration of classic work from Ann Arbors past.
Filmmaker Bruce Baillie was there at the first Aaff — and numerous times since. He’s back this year with a major retrospective of his entire career that spans three separate programs. Baillie, who’ll be in attendance of course, will present a brand-new restored version of his epic pseudo-Western Quick Billy, plus screenings of his classic short movies such as Castro Street, Yellow Horse, Quixote, To Parsifal and more.
There’s also a program dedicated to the films of the late Robert Nelson, including Bleu Shut and Special Warning, as well as sprinklings of underground classics throughout...
Filmmaker Bruce Baillie was there at the first Aaff — and numerous times since. He’s back this year with a major retrospective of his entire career that spans three separate programs. Baillie, who’ll be in attendance of course, will present a brand-new restored version of his epic pseudo-Western Quick Billy, plus screenings of his classic short movies such as Castro Street, Yellow Horse, Quixote, To Parsifal and more.
There’s also a program dedicated to the films of the late Robert Nelson, including Bleu Shut and Special Warning, as well as sprinklings of underground classics throughout...
- 3/7/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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