Sandalwood The film is about a bickering, middle-class couple who are stuck together during the lockdown.Sanjana DeshpandeAmazon Prime VideoThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society author Mary Ann Shaffer once said, “Humour is the best way to make unbearable bearable.” The director-duo Esham and Haseen Khan’s film Ikkat is the embodiment of the quote. The title itself is indicative of how the lockdown was very suffocating as the world—in a blink of an eye—had come to a standstill. While the film is sure to give you a hearty laugh throughout the two-hour running time, the moment that remains etched in my mind is when Nagabhushana’s Vasu, who’s always nagging his wife, counting her shortcomings and bickering with her, stands by her when his distant relative (Sunder) slanders Bhoomi Shetty’s Janvi. Janvi and Vasu are a typical middle-class couple who live in a...
- 7/21/2021
- by Sanjana
- The News Minute
"I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with." That feeling of being high on cinema is the feeling I had coming out of Marriage Story at the Venice Film Festival. Bliss. Goddamn I am totally floored by this film. Noah Baumbach has been making beautifully honest stories about families for years, but this one is extra special. It definitely does seem a bit personal, something he has been through himself, but he is able to transfer this honesty to the big screen and tell us an emotional story and show us how love remains, even after a divorce. Marriage Story is actually a Divorce Story, but instead of calling it that Baumbach made "a love story that reveals itself within the breakdown." Baumbach!! Baumbach!! Baumbach!! My god, What A Film! What...
- 8/29/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Mike Newell is a director I bring up far more than one might imagine given how widely underappreciated he seems to be. Though he may always be best known for his films that – made a dent in the overall cultural awareness (Four Weddings and a Funeral), managed a certain cult following (Into the West), involve young wizards (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), or capitalize on their cast (Donnie Brasco), much of his best work remains virtually unseen. Whether it’s The Good Father, Enchanted April,, or An Awfully Big Adventure, to name only a few, much of his best work is all but unknown outside the circles of the most devout cinephiles. Even some of the more recognizable efforts that are perhaps avoided with good reason – Pushing Tin, Mona Lisa Smile, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – are difficult to fault in terms of their direction, and...
- 9/11/2018
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Sneak Peek StudioCanal's new historical drama "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society", directed by Mike Newell, based on the 2008 novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, starring Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Jessica Brown and Tom Courtenay, streaming August 10, 2018 on Netflix:
...January 1946, as London emerges from the 'Second World War', many local neighborhoods lie in rubble. 'Juliet Ashton', a well-known writer who has lost her home and thirsting for new adventure...
"...writes a column under the pseudonym 'Izzy Bickerstaff', collected and published by her close friend 'Sidney Stark', in a book called 'Izzy Bickerstaff Goes to War'.
"But restless Juliet is searching for a more serious topic that she can write about under her own name..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"...
...January 1946, as London emerges from the 'Second World War', many local neighborhoods lie in rubble. 'Juliet Ashton', a well-known writer who has lost her home and thirsting for new adventure...
"...writes a column under the pseudonym 'Izzy Bickerstaff', collected and published by her close friend 'Sidney Stark', in a book called 'Izzy Bickerstaff Goes to War'.
"But restless Juliet is searching for a more serious topic that she can write about under her own name..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"...
- 7/1/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Trailer Mike Newell‘s The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) movie trailer stars Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Katherine Parkison. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie [...]
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- 6/30/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Lily James leads a cosy tale about a writer visiting a book club in the Channel Islands
This film’s semi-masticated mouthful of a title is a useful flag. Some will find the chintzy fussiness of it insufferable. To those people I say, trust your instincts. This film is not for you. Others, evidently individuals blessed with a higher tolerance of whimsy than I could ever dream of, will forgive the unwieldy word soup. But even fans of the source novel, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, might struggle with this photogenic but laboured adaptation.
The acting style is in large print; the plodding storytelling relies on large chunks of exposition. And while the Guernsey tourist board couldn’t hope for a better advertisement (the fact that it was largely shot in Cornwall and Devon notwithstanding), the growing passion between writer Juliet Ashton (Lily James) and Guernsey pig farmer...
This film’s semi-masticated mouthful of a title is a useful flag. Some will find the chintzy fussiness of it insufferable. To those people I say, trust your instincts. This film is not for you. Others, evidently individuals blessed with a higher tolerance of whimsy than I could ever dream of, will forgive the unwieldy word soup. But even fans of the source novel, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, might struggle with this photogenic but laboured adaptation.
The acting style is in large print; the plodding storytelling relies on large chunks of exposition. And while the Guernsey tourist board couldn’t hope for a better advertisement (the fact that it was largely shot in Cornwall and Devon notwithstanding), the growing passion between writer Juliet Ashton (Lily James) and Guernsey pig farmer...
- 4/22/2018
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
While many readers from around the world feel a certain affinity to The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, nervous about seeing how it’s been adapted for the big screen – nobody will feel that more than the novel’s co-author Annie Barrows, who we had the pleasure of meeting to celebrate the release of this production.
We ask Barrows about the importance in delving into the wartime setting from a female perspective, while also lingering on the notion of hope, and not death. She also tells us how she can’t help but be precious over the material she co-penned with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer, and just how involved she was, if at all, during the film’s shoot.
She goes on to discuss her own passions in life, the last good book she read, and how she can struggle to view other pieces of literature without having her author’s hat on.
We ask Barrows about the importance in delving into the wartime setting from a female perspective, while also lingering on the notion of hope, and not death. She also tells us how she can’t help but be precious over the material she co-penned with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer, and just how involved she was, if at all, during the film’s shoot.
She goes on to discuss her own passions in life, the last good book she read, and how she can struggle to view other pieces of literature without having her author’s hat on.
- 4/18/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If your first instinct upon seeing the title “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” is to say, “Well, that’s a mouthful,” rest assured that Mike Newell’s film has you covered, for a secondary character does the very same. Indeed, pretty much everyone in this crumbly oatmeal biscuit of a movie does and says exactly what you’d expect of them: based not on the logic of real life, of course, but the cozy conventions of umpteen twee heritage Britpics before it. For Sunday-afternoon comfort-viewing purposes, it’s no problem that “Guernsey” — which follows the post-wwii escapades of a winsome London writer (Lily James) on the eponymous isle — doesn’t stray from its inevitable course as a town-versus-country love triangle. That it offers no surprises as a nominal wartime mystery, however, is rather more bothersome, particularly as what should be a perky trifle trudges past the two-hour mark.
- 4/18/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Mike Newell made his name with a story of lovable English eccentrics in Four Weddings and a Funeral, and his latest mines a familiar seam of hot-toddy Britannia. Based on the posthumous novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society stars Lily James as Juliet Ashton, a writer on the promotional hustings in 1946 London. With a commission from The Times to write about reading, Juliet decides to visit Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands invaded by the Germans during the war, after receiving a letter from a dishy pig...
- 4/13/2018
- by Harry Windsor
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The world premiere of The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society took place in London on Monday night at the Cuzon Mayfair Theater. The film is based off of the 2008 New York Times Best Selling novel of the same name by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. It is a historical drama that follows the story a London-based writer Juliet […]
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- 4/11/2018
- by Tatyana Samonte Escano
- Uinterview
Sneak Peek StudioCanal's historical drama "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society", directed by Mike Newell, based on the 2008 novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, starring Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Jessica Brown and Tom Courtenay, opening April 20, 2018:
...January 1946, as London emerges from the 'Second World War', many local neighborhoods lie in rubble. 'Juliet Ashton', a well-known writer who has lost her home and thirsting for new adventure...
"...writes a column under the pseudonym 'Izzy Bickerstaff', collected and published by her close friend 'Sidney Stark', in a book called 'Izzy Bickerstaff Goes to War'.
"But restless Juliet is searching for a more serious topic that she can write about under her own name..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"...
...January 1946, as London emerges from the 'Second World War', many local neighborhoods lie in rubble. 'Juliet Ashton', a well-known writer who has lost her home and thirsting for new adventure...
"...writes a column under the pseudonym 'Izzy Bickerstaff', collected and published by her close friend 'Sidney Stark', in a book called 'Izzy Bickerstaff Goes to War'.
"But restless Juliet is searching for a more serious topic that she can write about under her own name..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"...
- 4/11/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
This evening the film destined to win the imaginary Oscar for Strangest Name for a Film had its World Premiere in London Town. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel, and is directed by Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter director Mike Newell.
Attending the world premiere were Lily James (Juliet Ashton), Jessica Brown Findlay (Elizabeth Mckenna), Michiel Huisman (Dawsey Adams), Glen Powell (Mark Reynolds), Tom Courtenay (Eben Ramsey), Mike Newell (Director), Annie Barrows (Co-author and niece of author Mary Ann Shaffer), Graham Broadbent (Producer), Paula Mazur (Producer), Mitchell Kaplan (Producer), Kimi Armstrong Stein (Producer), Peter Czernin (Producer), Thomas Bezucha (Writer).
Zehra Phelan and Colin Hart were on the carpet to talk with the cast and crew, here’s how they got on.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is in UK cinemas on the 20th of April.
Attending the world premiere were Lily James (Juliet Ashton), Jessica Brown Findlay (Elizabeth Mckenna), Michiel Huisman (Dawsey Adams), Glen Powell (Mark Reynolds), Tom Courtenay (Eben Ramsey), Mike Newell (Director), Annie Barrows (Co-author and niece of author Mary Ann Shaffer), Graham Broadbent (Producer), Paula Mazur (Producer), Mitchell Kaplan (Producer), Kimi Armstrong Stein (Producer), Peter Czernin (Producer), Thomas Bezucha (Writer).
Zehra Phelan and Colin Hart were on the carpet to talk with the cast and crew, here’s how they got on.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is in UK cinemas on the 20th of April.
- 4/9/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
SVoD service strikes deal with Studiocanal.
Netflix has taken a host of territories on Mike Newell’s Lily James-starring historical drama The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society.
The SVoD service has picked up rights for Us, Canada, Latin America, Italy, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, while Studiocanal will distribute in its territories the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany. The film has now sold out worldwide and the roll-out commences with Australia on April 19, the UK on April 20 and New Zealand on April 25, followed by France on June 13 and Germany on August 9.
Produced by Studiocanal with...
Netflix has taken a host of territories on Mike Newell’s Lily James-starring historical drama The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society.
The SVoD service has picked up rights for Us, Canada, Latin America, Italy, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, while Studiocanal will distribute in its territories the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany. The film has now sold out worldwide and the roll-out commences with Australia on April 19, the UK on April 20 and New Zealand on April 25, followed by France on June 13 and Germany on August 9.
Produced by Studiocanal with...
- 3/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Sneak Peek new footage from StudioCanal's historical drama "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society", directed by Mike Newell, based on the 2008 novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, starring Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Jessica Brown and Tom Courtenay, opening April 20, 2018:
...January 1946, as London emerges from the 'Second World War', many local neighborhoods lie in rubble. 'Juliet Ashton', a well-known writer who has lost her home and thirsting for new adventure, writes a column under the pseudonym 'Izzy Bickerstaff', collected and published by her close friend 'Sidney Stark', in a book called 'Izzy Bickerstaff Goes to War'.
"But restless Juliet is searching for a more serious topic that she can write about under her own name..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"...
...January 1946, as London emerges from the 'Second World War', many local neighborhoods lie in rubble. 'Juliet Ashton', a well-known writer who has lost her home and thirsting for new adventure, writes a column under the pseudonym 'Izzy Bickerstaff', collected and published by her close friend 'Sidney Stark', in a book called 'Izzy Bickerstaff Goes to War'.
"But restless Juliet is searching for a more serious topic that she can write about under her own name..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"...
- 2/14/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Author: Zehra Phelan
The first trailer for the film with an extremely long title, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society has been released by Studiocanal.
The feature is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel. Directed by Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s Mike Newell; the film stars Lily James plays free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Starring alongside James is Glen Powell (Everybody Wants Some, Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, Downton Abbey), Jessica Brown Findlay (Victor Frankenstein, Downton Abbey) and Katherine Parkinson (The It Crowd, The Boat That Rocked) with Tom Courtenay (45 Years, Doctor Zhivago) and Penelope Wilton (The Bfg, The Best...
The first trailer for the film with an extremely long title, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society has been released by Studiocanal.
The feature is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel. Directed by Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s Mike Newell; the film stars Lily James plays free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Starring alongside James is Glen Powell (Everybody Wants Some, Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, Downton Abbey), Jessica Brown Findlay (Victor Frankenstein, Downton Abbey) and Katherine Parkinson (The It Crowd, The Boat That Rocked) with Tom Courtenay (45 Years, Doctor Zhivago) and Penelope Wilton (The Bfg, The Best...
- 2/13/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Zehra Phelan
As filming wraps on the Lily James-led Guernsey (aka The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society), two official images from the project have been released of the 1940’s based British production with James leading the charge as journalist Juliet Ashton.
Related: Lily James news and interviews.
The British production of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel, carries one of the oddest titles of recent times, and has Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s Mike Newell at the helm of the Don Roos (Marley & Me, The Opposite of Sex) adapted screenplay.
Set in 1946 Lily James plays free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey during WWII. Juliet...
As filming wraps on the Lily James-led Guernsey (aka The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society), two official images from the project have been released of the 1940’s based British production with James leading the charge as journalist Juliet Ashton.
Related: Lily James news and interviews.
The British production of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel, carries one of the oddest titles of recent times, and has Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s Mike Newell at the helm of the Don Roos (Marley & Me, The Opposite of Sex) adapted screenplay.
Set in 1946 Lily James plays free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey during WWII. Juliet...
- 5/15/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Filming of The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society has begun. The big-screen adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' international bestselling epistolary novel stars Lily James as journalist Juliet Ashton who forms a life-changing bond with an eccentric secret society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during wartime.
The film is being directed by Four Weddings And A Funeral's Mike Newell from a script by Don Roos (Marley & Me), Kevin Hood (A Royal Night Out) and Tom Bezucha (Monte Carlo).
The film co-stars by Michiel Huisman (The Age Of Adaline), Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game), Jessica Brown Findlay (Victor Frankenstein) with Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
Studiocanal is financing the project and will distribute in its own territories, the UK, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
In the aftermath...
The film is being directed by Four Weddings And A Funeral's Mike Newell from a script by Don Roos (Marley & Me), Kevin Hood (A Royal Night Out) and Tom Bezucha (Monte Carlo).
The film co-stars by Michiel Huisman (The Age Of Adaline), Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game), Jessica Brown Findlay (Victor Frankenstein) with Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
Studiocanal is financing the project and will distribute in its own territories, the UK, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
In the aftermath...
- 3/23/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Michiel Huisman, who was last seen by Dany’s side as the fiercely loyal Daario Naharis in Game of Thrones, has landed a role opposite Lily James in post-wwii drama The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Lifting inspiration from Annie Barros and Mary Ann Shaffer’s novel of the same name, Guernsey chronicles the story of Juliet Ashton (James), a reporter who decides to shed light on the famous Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club formed on Guernsey Island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy during the throes of World War II.
A haven of peace and tranquility during wartime, Ashton’s curiosity is piqued when she receives a letter from a local resident named Dawsey Adams (Huisman). He’s a farmer on the island and, following a series of exchanges between Lily James’ writer and the titular book society,...
Lifting inspiration from Annie Barros and Mary Ann Shaffer’s novel of the same name, Guernsey chronicles the story of Juliet Ashton (James), a reporter who decides to shed light on the famous Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club formed on Guernsey Island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy during the throes of World War II.
A haven of peace and tranquility during wartime, Ashton’s curiosity is piqued when she receives a letter from a local resident named Dawsey Adams (Huisman). He’s a farmer on the island and, following a series of exchanges between Lily James’ writer and the titular book society,...
- 11/29/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: In-demand British actress Lily James is set to star in The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, with Mike Newell attached to direct. Script is written by Don Roos and Tom Bezucha and is based on the international bestseller of the same name by Annie Barros and Mary Ann Shaffer. Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan from The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Blueprint Pictures' Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin will produce. Studiocanal is financing the project and…...
- 10/20/2016
- Deadline
Few would argue that Rosamund Pike stole the show in David Fincher’s psychological thriller Gone Girl, portraying an unhinged sociopath that still sends shivers down our spines to this day. Imagine our disappointment, then, when the Oscar-nominated actress followed up Fincher’s opus with middling thriller Return To Sender.
No matter, because Deadline reports that Pike is circling her next potential project, and it’s one that goes by the name Guernsey. Mike Newell of Four Weddings and a Funeral fame is behind the camera, and it’s understood that Pike is currently in contention to play the role of Juliet Ashton – a role that’s attracted the likes of Kate Winslet, Lily James and Rebecca Ferguson in recent times.
Billed as an adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-seller, Guernsey is the name of a quaint island off the British coast, with the story chronicling Ashton...
No matter, because Deadline reports that Pike is circling her next potential project, and it’s one that goes by the name Guernsey. Mike Newell of Four Weddings and a Funeral fame is behind the camera, and it’s understood that Pike is currently in contention to play the role of Juliet Ashton – a role that’s attracted the likes of Kate Winslet, Lily James and Rebecca Ferguson in recent times.
Billed as an adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-seller, Guernsey is the name of a quaint island off the British coast, with the story chronicling Ashton...
- 2/5/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Rosamund Pike is circling the long-gestating feature "Guernsey" while Mike Newell ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire") is in talks to direct the project.
Based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows's novel, the story follows a writer as she forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
The likes of Kate Winslet, Lily James and Rebecca Ferguson have been attached to the project at one point or another. Don Roos adapted the script while Mitchell Kaplan and Paula Mazur are producing.
The project has yet to be green lit, and financing is still coming together.
Source: Deadline...
Based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows's novel, the story follows a writer as she forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
The likes of Kate Winslet, Lily James and Rebecca Ferguson have been attached to the project at one point or another. Don Roos adapted the script while Mitchell Kaplan and Paula Mazur are producing.
The project has yet to be green lit, and financing is still coming together.
Source: Deadline...
- 2/5/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Take another look @ actress Kate Winslet posing for a recent issue of "Harper's Bazaar" (UK) magazine.
Winslet was the youngest actress to receive six Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in "The Reader (2008).
This was followed by numerous awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Globes.
She was also nominated twice for an Emmy Award for her TV mini-series role as "Mildred Pierce" (2011) and in 2012 received an Honorary 'César Award' for her acting career.
Winslet's next film, an adaptation of author Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel "Labor Day" will be released in 2013, followed by director Kenneth Branagh's film "Guernsey", based on the novel "The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society" by authors Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows, as well as a starring role in Alan Rickman's period drama "A Little Chaos" and in Neil Burger's adaption...
Winslet was the youngest actress to receive six Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in "The Reader (2008).
This was followed by numerous awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Globes.
She was also nominated twice for an Emmy Award for her TV mini-series role as "Mildred Pierce" (2011) and in 2012 received an Honorary 'César Award' for her acting career.
Winslet's next film, an adaptation of author Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel "Labor Day" will be released in 2013, followed by director Kenneth Branagh's film "Guernsey", based on the novel "The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society" by authors Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows, as well as a starring role in Alan Rickman's period drama "A Little Chaos" and in Neil Burger's adaption...
- 11/23/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Take another look @ actress Kate Winslet ("Divergent") in a recent issue of "Harper's Bazaar" (UK) magazine.
Winslet was the youngest actress to receive six Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in "The Reader (2008).
This was followed by numerous awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Globes.
Winslet was also nominated twice for an Emmy Award for her TV mini-series role as "Mildred Pierce" (2011) and in 2012 received an Honorary 'César Award' for her acting career.
Winslet's next film, an adaptation of author Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel "Labor Day" will be released in 2013, followed by director Kenneth Branagh's film "Guernsey", based on the novel "The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society" by authors Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows, a starring role in Alan Rickman's period drama "A Little Chaos" and in Neil Burger's adaption of the 2011 novel "Divergent" by author Veronica Roth.
Winslet was the youngest actress to receive six Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in "The Reader (2008).
This was followed by numerous awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Globes.
Winslet was also nominated twice for an Emmy Award for her TV mini-series role as "Mildred Pierce" (2011) and in 2012 received an Honorary 'César Award' for her acting career.
Winslet's next film, an adaptation of author Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel "Labor Day" will be released in 2013, followed by director Kenneth Branagh's film "Guernsey", based on the novel "The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society" by authors Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows, a starring role in Alan Rickman's period drama "A Little Chaos" and in Neil Burger's adaption of the 2011 novel "Divergent" by author Veronica Roth.
- 11/8/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek new images of actress Kate Winslet in the April 2013 issue of "Harper's Bazaar" (UK) magazine.
Winslet was the youngest actress to receive six Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in "The Reader (2008).
This was followed by numerous awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Globes.
Winslet was also nominated twice for an Emmy Award for her TV mini-series role as "Mildred Pierce" (2011) and in 2012 received an Honorary 'César Award' for her acting career.
Winslet's next film, an adaptation of author Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel "Labor Day" will be released in 2013, followed by director Kenneth Branagh's film "Guernsey", based on the novel "The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society" by authors Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows, a starring role in Alan Rickman's period drama "A Little Chaos" and in Neil Burger's adaption of the...
Winslet was the youngest actress to receive six Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in "The Reader (2008).
This was followed by numerous awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Globes.
Winslet was also nominated twice for an Emmy Award for her TV mini-series role as "Mildred Pierce" (2011) and in 2012 received an Honorary 'César Award' for her acting career.
Winslet's next film, an adaptation of author Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel "Labor Day" will be released in 2013, followed by director Kenneth Branagh's film "Guernsey", based on the novel "The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society" by authors Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows, a starring role in Alan Rickman's period drama "A Little Chaos" and in Neil Burger's adaption of the...
- 3/27/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Kenneth Branagh's upcoming war film set in Guernsey has been delayed for another year. The Thor director announced earlier this year that he will helm an adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece Annie Barrows. However, the project has suffered "continued casting and timing issues", according to a representative for Guernsey's Commerce and Employment Department. Producer Paula Mazur has stated that the delay will help improve the production when it begins in the future. "It really is important to get the right cast on board," she said. "[The delay] will also allow for the shoot to take (more)...
- 4/2/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Actress Kate Winslet will have to wait another year to reunite with her Hamlet co-star Kenneth Branagh - their forthcoming war tale has been postponed until next year.
The Titanic beauty was due to begin shooting actor/director Branagh's next film, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, this spring, but the project has been delayed due to "continued casting and timing issues", according to a representative for Guernsey's Commerce and Employment Department.
And the movie's creative producer Paula Mazur is convinced the postponed schedule will work in the crew's favour.
She says, "It really is important to get the right cast on board... It (the delay) will also allow for the shoot to take place when the wild flowers and vegetation are at their best in Guernsey, which personally was my ultimate goal."
The movie is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' bestselling 2008 book, about a group of Guernsey islanders who outsmarted their German occupiers during World War Two.
Winslet will play a modern-day magazine columnist who uncovers evidence of the book club the locals set up amid the chaos of war.
The Titanic beauty was due to begin shooting actor/director Branagh's next film, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, this spring, but the project has been delayed due to "continued casting and timing issues", according to a representative for Guernsey's Commerce and Employment Department.
And the movie's creative producer Paula Mazur is convinced the postponed schedule will work in the crew's favour.
She says, "It really is important to get the right cast on board... It (the delay) will also allow for the shoot to take place when the wild flowers and vegetation are at their best in Guernsey, which personally was my ultimate goal."
The movie is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' bestselling 2008 book, about a group of Guernsey islanders who outsmarted their German occupiers during World War Two.
Winslet will play a modern-day magazine columnist who uncovers evidence of the book club the locals set up amid the chaos of war.
- 4/2/2012
- WENN
Kenneth Branagh is set to direct Guernsey, a film adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows’s best-selling novel, the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Kate Winslet will star as writer Juliet Ashton, who penned columns for a magazine during World War II. After the war, she is contacted by Channel Islander Dawsey Adams and, as their correspondence continues, the story unfolds of how a book society was established on Nazi-occupied Guernsey to fool curfew patrols.
Open auditions are being held to find a girl from Guernsey to play the part of Kit, who is aged between four and six, the adopted child of Juliet Ashton (Kate Winslet).
Casting Brief
Kit: 4 years old - would consider casting a 6 year old as a 4 year old if she could play down. It's important that she is believably that age. A rural, intelligent young girl. A chatter box. Hugely infectious.
Kate Winslet will star as writer Juliet Ashton, who penned columns for a magazine during World War II. After the war, she is contacted by Channel Islander Dawsey Adams and, as their correspondence continues, the story unfolds of how a book society was established on Nazi-occupied Guernsey to fool curfew patrols.
Open auditions are being held to find a girl from Guernsey to play the part of Kit, who is aged between four and six, the adopted child of Juliet Ashton (Kate Winslet).
Casting Brief
Kit: 4 years old - would consider casting a 6 year old as a 4 year old if she could play down. It's important that she is believably that age. A rural, intelligent young girl. A chatter box. Hugely infectious.
- 1/25/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
If the Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the west coast of Italy last night, looks familiar to you, it's likely that it's because it's the cruise ship that's the setting for the first movement of Jean-Luc Godard's Film socialisme ("It's less a tourist cruise than an international summit of bastards," wrote David Phelps in June). The accident, which cost the lives of three people and injured many more (and around 40 of the 4000 passengers are still missing), occurred on the same evening that a rogue vigilante group going by the name of Standard and Poor's downgraded the credit ratings of nine eurozone countries.
Which brings us to our first set of DVDs. A Forum topic on Artificial Eye's release of its Theo Angelopoulos Collection has been rumbling along for half a year now and, with the third volume coming out next month, David Jenkins has a good long...
Which brings us to our first set of DVDs. A Forum topic on Artificial Eye's release of its Theo Angelopoulos Collection has been rumbling along for half a year now and, with the third volume coming out next month, David Jenkins has a good long...
- 1/14/2012
- MUBI
London, Jan 14: Kate Winslet is reportedly set to work with Kenneth Branagh for the first time ever since they made Hamlet in 1996.
According to 'Variety' the 36-year-old will star in the director's latest film, 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society', the BBC reported.
In a recent interview, Branagh had described the project as "a beautiful romance, very touching and uplifting."
The movie will be based on the best-selling 2008 book by Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece Annie Barrows, who helped her finish the book after she became terminally ill.
Set during the period after World War II, the.
According to 'Variety' the 36-year-old will star in the director's latest film, 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society', the BBC reported.
In a recent interview, Branagh had described the project as "a beautiful romance, very touching and uplifting."
The movie will be based on the best-selling 2008 book by Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece Annie Barrows, who helped her finish the book after she became terminally ill.
Set during the period after World War II, the.
- 1/14/2012
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Since deciding not to return for superhero sequel Thor 2, Kenneth Branagh has been mulling over at least two potential projects . novel adaptation The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society and romantic drama Italian Shoes. It looks like he's pushing ahead first with Pie Society, grabbing Kate Winslet for the female lead.
Adapted by The Opposite Of Sex writer/director Don Roos from Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer's book, the film will find Winslet as writer Juliet Ashton, who penned magazine columns during World War II. In the aftermath of the conflict, she's contacted by Channel Islander Dawsey Adams, who tells her the intriguing tale of the book society formed to help undercut the Nazi presence on Guernsey. Ashton decides to investigate, and romance blossoms.
It'll be a reunion for the pair, as Winslet played Ophelia in Branagh's Hamlet, which the actor starred in and directed back in 1996. This time around,...
Adapted by The Opposite Of Sex writer/director Don Roos from Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer's book, the film will find Winslet as writer Juliet Ashton, who penned magazine columns during World War II. In the aftermath of the conflict, she's contacted by Channel Islander Dawsey Adams, who tells her the intriguing tale of the book society formed to help undercut the Nazi presence on Guernsey. Ashton decides to investigate, and romance blossoms.
It'll be a reunion for the pair, as Winslet played Ophelia in Branagh's Hamlet, which the actor starred in and directed back in 1996. This time around,...
- 1/14/2012
- icelebz.com
Since deciding not to return for superhero sequel Thor 2, Kenneth Branagh has been mulling over at least two potential projects: novel adaptation The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society and romantic drama Italian Shoes. It looks like he’s pushing ahead first with Pie Society, grabbing Kate Winslet for the female lead.Adapted by The Opposite Of Sex writer/director Don Roos from Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer’s book, the film will see Winslet play writer Juliet Ashton, who wrote magazine columns during World War II. In the aftermath of the conflict, she’s contacted by Channel Islander Dawsey Adams, who tells her the intriguing tale of the book society formed to help undercut the Nazi presence on Guernsey. Ashton decides to investigate, and romance blossoms…It’ll be a reunion for the director and star, as Winslet played Ophelia in Branagh’s Hamlet, which he...
- 1/14/2012
- EmpireOnline
Kate Winslet is attached to star in director Kenneth Branagh's "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," TheWrap has confirmed. The pairing for Fox 2000's drama-romance marks a reunion for Winslet and Branagh, who previously teamed for 1996's "Hamlet." "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" is adapted by Don Roos ("Marley & Me") from the 2008 bestselling novel by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. The film is produced by Mitchell Kaplan and Paula Mazur. Also read: Kate Winslet, Sam Mendes Splitting Up Set in post-World War II London, the story deals...
- 1/13/2012
- by Kurt Orzeck
- The Wrap
It doesn’t get much more British than this: Kate Winslet and Kenneth Branagh are making a movie called The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. (At least that’s the title until somebody renames it Taters!: A Love Story) A rep for Fox 2000 confirms that Branagh will direct the whimsical drama —based on the 2008 best-selling novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows — about a British writer (Winslet) who travels to the remote island of Guernsey after WWII to learn about how a book club helped the islanders weather the war. Don Roos (Marley & Me, Bounce) is...
- 1/13/2012
- by Adam Markovitz
- EW - Inside Movies
After successfully tackling new terrain by helming the big budget superhero adventure Thor, actor/writer/director Kenneth Branagh will return to his comfort zone of period-piece adaptations with the romantic drama The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, based on the New Yorks Times Bestselling novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Set in 1946, amidst the aftermath of the final bloody battles of World War II, the story centers on ambitious journalist Juliet Ashton, who finds the inspiration for her next book in a curious letter from a stranger who lives on the small island of Guernsey. He tells her of his simple village off the coast of Normandy, and how he and his neighbors survived.and even thrived.in spite of Nazi-German Occupation. Soon, more letters from Guernsey arrive, and Ashton becomes enchanted with their tales of Guernsey's Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, an awkward alibi...
- 1/13/2012
- cinemablend.com
What makes Kenneth Branagh so unique in Hollywood is that he doubles as a actor and a director. He’s one of the few that can do well in both. Now the actor and sometimes director will reunite with one of his Hamlet co-stars for World War II drama. According to Variety, Branagh will reunite with Kate Winslet for an adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a 2008 novel written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The trade adds that the filmmaker was attached to direct the project last August. The movie will follow an author swarmed by letters from her once-German-occupied British island in the aftermath of World War II.
Winslet will play as a magazine columnist who exchanges letters with a man from Guernesy and learns how islanders used a book during the war as a cover to get the better off the Nazi Occupiers.
Winslet will play as a magazine columnist who exchanges letters with a man from Guernesy and learns how islanders used a book during the war as a cover to get the better off the Nazi Occupiers.
- 1/13/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Over a decade ago, before director Kenneth Branagh took on the blockbuster comic book film Thor, he was at the helm of an adaptation of Hamlet in which he also played the titular Shakespearean character. Now the director will reunite with another star from the tragedy as Variety reports Kate Winslet has joined the adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a 2008 novel written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows which Branagh was attached to direct last August. It follows an author swarmed by letters from her once-German-occupied British island in the aftermath of World War II. Winslet is playing a magazine columnist who enters into a correspondence with a man from Guernsey, and learns how the islanders used a book group during the war as cover to outwit their German occupiers. Captivated by their stories of the occupation, and how the books came to influence...
- 1/13/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Save for a few exceptions here or there, I don’t normally pay a lot of attention to what roles an actor ends up taking — unless they’re crashing and burning, a la Matthew McConaughey a couple of years ago. But Kate Winslet — thanks to, of course, being a terrific actress who almost never makes a bad choice — is one of those exceptions.
Hence my interest in Variety‘s story, which tells us that she’ll star for Kenneth Branagh in Fox 2000′s romance, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The story, based on the novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows — and adapted for the screen by Don Roos — is set in post-wwii London and centers on “a magazine columnist who enters into a correspondence with a man from Guernsey, and learns how the islanders used a book group during the war as cover to outwit their German occupiers.
Hence my interest in Variety‘s story, which tells us that she’ll star for Kenneth Branagh in Fox 2000′s romance, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The story, based on the novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows — and adapted for the screen by Don Roos — is set in post-wwii London and centers on “a magazine columnist who enters into a correspondence with a man from Guernsey, and learns how the islanders used a book group during the war as cover to outwit their German occupiers.
- 1/13/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Kate Winslet is attached to star in Kenneth Branagh's "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" at Fox 2000 says Variety.
The love story is set in London and the Channel Islands after WWII and Winslet will play a magazine columnist who enters into a correspondence with a man from Guernsey.
She soon learns how the islanders used a book group during the war as cover to outwit their German occupiers. So captivated by their stories, she travels there herself.
Don Roos adapted the script from the novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Shooting kicks off in March.
Winslet and Branagh previously teamed on the latter's feature film adaptation of "Hamlet" in 1996.
The love story is set in London and the Channel Islands after WWII and Winslet will play a magazine columnist who enters into a correspondence with a man from Guernsey.
She soon learns how the islanders used a book group during the war as cover to outwit their German occupiers. So captivated by their stories, she travels there herself.
Don Roos adapted the script from the novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Shooting kicks off in March.
Winslet and Branagh previously teamed on the latter's feature film adaptation of "Hamlet" in 1996.
- 1/13/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
If you're waiting with bated breath for Kate Winslet's onscreen reunion with a famous cast mate, (and you didn't care for "Titanic") good news! Winslet and Kenneth Branagh are reportedly teaming up for the second time in their careers!
Winslet is eying the lead in "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," which Branagh is attached to direct. Winslet and Branagh first teamed up during the 1996 bigscreen production of "Hamlet."
Based on the bestseller by Mary Ann Shaffer, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society" is an unusual pen-pal style love story set in the wake of Wwi London.
The script was adapted by Don Roos ("The Other Woman") and imagines Winslet as a magazine columnist who begins a letter writing relationship with a man from Guernsey.
Shooting for "Guernsey" is scheduled to begin in March.
[via Variety]...
Winslet is eying the lead in "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," which Branagh is attached to direct. Winslet and Branagh first teamed up during the 1996 bigscreen production of "Hamlet."
Based on the bestseller by Mary Ann Shaffer, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society" is an unusual pen-pal style love story set in the wake of Wwi London.
The script was adapted by Don Roos ("The Other Woman") and imagines Winslet as a magazine columnist who begins a letter writing relationship with a man from Guernsey.
Shooting for "Guernsey" is scheduled to begin in March.
[via Variety]...
- 1/13/2012
- by Jessie Heyman
- Moviefone
Kate Winslet will star in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society , to be directed by Kenneth Branagh ( Thor ) for Fox 2000, reports Variety . Winslet previously played Ophelia in Branagh's Hamlet in 1996. Don Roos adapted the Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows book, which is officially described as follows: January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. Branagh previously described the movie as "a beautiful romance, very touching and uplifting." Paula Masur, Mitchell Kaplan and David Barron are producing the film,...
- 1/13/2012
- Comingsoon.net
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society casts Kate Winslet. Kenneth Branagh is set to direct the Fox 2000 release which Winslet is attached to, reuniting with the helmer since playing Ophelia in 1996's Hamlet, reports Variety. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society is adapted by Don Roos, based on the bestselling novel by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. The love story which takes place in the Channel Islands and London after the second World War, has Winslet as a columnist who starts corresponding with a Guernsey man, finding out how the islanders made use of a book group during Ww II as a cover to outsmart the Germans. She's mesmerized by their stories and the influence of the books, and decides to travel to Guernsey, which changes her life forever.
- 1/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society casts Kate Winslet. Kenneth Branagh is set to direct the Fox 2000 release which Winslet is attached to, reuniting with the helmer since playing Ophelia in 1996's Hamlet, reports Variety. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society is adapted by Don Roos, based on the bestselling novel by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. The love story which takes place in the Channel Islands and London after the second World War, has Winslet as a columnist who starts corresponding with a Guernsey man, finding out how the islanders made use of a book group during Ww II as a cover to outsmart the Germans. She's mesmerized by their stories and the influence of the books, and decides to travel to Guernsey, which changes her life forever.
- 1/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society casts Kate Winslet. Kenneth Branagh is set to direct the Fox 2000 release which Winslet is attached to, reuniting with the helmer since playing Ophelia in 1996's Hamlet, reports Variety. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society is adapted by Don Roos, based on the bestselling novel by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. The love story which takes place in the Channel Islands and London after the second World War, has Winslet as a columnist who starts corresponding with a Guernsey man, finding out how the islanders made use of a book group during Ww II as a cover to outsmart the Germans. She's mesmerized by their stories and the influence of the books, and decides to travel to Guernsey, which changes her life forever.
- 1/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kenneth Branagh is said to be interested in directing an adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' best-selling novel "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" at Fox 2000 reports Variety.
Set on a German-occupied island in the English channel during the Second World War, the story follows a group of eccentric locals who form a book club and how they come together and help each other during that difficult chapter in history.
Don Roos ("Marley & Me") penned the script. Branagh has also been attached to an adaptation of Henning Mankell's novel "Italian Shoes", and is slated to shoot the third season of "Wallander" for the BBC during the next few months.
Set on a German-occupied island in the English channel during the Second World War, the story follows a group of eccentric locals who form a book club and how they come together and help each other during that difficult chapter in history.
Don Roos ("Marley & Me") penned the script. Branagh has also been attached to an adaptation of Henning Mankell's novel "Italian Shoes", and is slated to shoot the third season of "Wallander" for the BBC during the next few months.
- 8/5/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
After Kenneth Branagh walked away from the chance to helm Thor 2 for Marvel Studios, most speculated that he.d gravitate toward something smaller, more intimate, and character driven in an effort to cleanse his palette of Norse mythology and celestial special effects. Those people were right. Variety reports that Branagh is contemplating The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a romance that takes place immediately after WWII and is set both in London and on the island of Guernsey. Don Roos (Bounce, Marley & Me) is writing the adaptation of a New York Times bestseller that was penned by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. The film has been set up at Fox 2000. Branagh has previosuly proven to be comfortable shifting between larger-budgeted productions (usually Shakespeare) and smaller-scale ensemble pieces, such as when he went from Henry V to the excellent mystery Dead Again, or from the self-contained Sleuth...
- 8/5/2011
- cinemablend.com
Now that he’s decided to skip the chance to direct the Thor follow-up, Kenneth Branagh is a man looking for a new helming assignment. And if Fox 2000 has its way, he’ll take up the megaphone for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.It sounds about as far away from the adventures of Asgard as you can get (we wonder if the rainbow bridge can reach Guernsey), but it should be a change of pace for Branagh after tackling the superhero saga.Dan Roos wrote the script, adapted from Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer’s bestseller, which follows a blossoming postal relationship between a writer in London and a resident of the island who relates the tale of the titular society, one used as a cover to help its members undermine the German occupation during World War Two.But switching back to Branagh’s previous gig for a moment…...
- 8/5/2011
- EmpireOnline
A couple of updates on directors. First up, via Deadline, Dimension Films is signing on Tim Hill, director of Muppets from Space, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Hop, for their Short Circuit remake/reboot, about the robot Johnny 5 who comes alive. We've known this was coming for quite a while, so it's no surprise. The script is getting revised by Hill, from an original draft by Dan Milano. David Foster, who produced the original, is producing with Ryan E. Heppe & John Hyde. Secondly, THR/Variety are reporting that Kenneth Branagh is considering drecting the Fox adaptation of The Guernsey Literary. Kenneth Branagh is considering an offer from 20th Century Fox to direct an adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a 2008 novel written by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows that follows an author swarmed by letters from inhabitants of her...
- 8/4/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Kenneth Branagh shocked superhero fans - as well as actor Chris Hemsworth - when he walked away from Marvel after directing its first Thor film.
It appears the thought of another long period at the helm of an FX-heavy blockbuster was too much and so Branagh amicably declined to be involved in the planned sequel.
We've all been wondering what he will do next, and it turns out that he is considering directing another film but this time on a smaller and more grounded scale.
Although I enjoyed Thor, I felt Branagh's influence was often lost beneath the need for visual spectacle and the overriding Marvel formula, where the demand for Avengers links often came at the expense of heart and soul.
But his next project may allow him more substance and leeway. Variety is reporting that the filmmaker has his eye on 20th Century Fox's adaptation of the New...
It appears the thought of another long period at the helm of an FX-heavy blockbuster was too much and so Branagh amicably declined to be involved in the planned sequel.
We've all been wondering what he will do next, and it turns out that he is considering directing another film but this time on a smaller and more grounded scale.
Although I enjoyed Thor, I felt Branagh's influence was often lost beneath the need for visual spectacle and the overriding Marvel formula, where the demand for Avengers links often came at the expense of heart and soul.
But his next project may allow him more substance and leeway. Variety is reporting that the filmmaker has his eye on 20th Century Fox's adaptation of the New...
- 8/4/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Kenneth Branagh may have found his first directing gig since Thor. Variety reports that 20th Century Fox is circling the director to helm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Dan Roos penned the script for the film, which will be produced by Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan.
The film is based on the Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestseller by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. Tale has been described "as a love story set in London and on the island of Guernsey shortly after WWII." Branagh is great with directing historical period films, so this is a great news. He will next be seen on the big screen as Sir Laurence Olivier in My Week With Marilyn.
I would've loved to see him direct the Thor sequel, but am content known that he will be directing a project like this. What are your thoughts?
Source: Variety (http://www.
- 8/4/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will be directed by Kenneth Branagh (Thor) for 20th Century Fox, based on the Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestseller by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. Variety reports that Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan are producing the film scripted by Don Roos (Happy Endings, Marley & Me). The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is set in London on the island of Guernsey; a love story taking place shortly after WWII. This marks the first major directing job for Branagh after Paramount Pictures' Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman...
- 8/4/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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