There’s going to be a new Dickens TV series coming out and Tom Hardy is set to be the executive producer. Whether he’ll star in any of them or not isn’t yet known but given that he’s been a collaborator with writer Stephen Knight, who will also be working on this project, anything is possible. Over the next few years several of Dickens’ novels will be adapted to TV and will be featured on the BBC. The first among the many will be A Christmas Carol, a story that is well known to most everyone that celebrates Christmas and even
Tom Hardy Will Be Joining a New Charles Dickens TV Series...
Tom Hardy Will Be Joining a New Charles Dickens TV Series...
- 11/29/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
It’s nearly Christmastime, so you can expect the dozens, no, it’s got to be hundreds of adaptations of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic A Christmas Carol to fill the airwaves once again. The iconic yuletide story never falls out of popularity with television networks and filmmakers and now we’ve learned that a new version is in the works, from a couple of unlikely sources.
The Wrap is reporting that Tom Hardy and legendary director Ridley Scott are teaming up to bring Ebeneezer Scrooge back to curmudgeonly life in a fresh adaptation, due to arrive on the BBC in Christmas 2019. The twist is, though, that the pair haven’t signed on to act in and direct the piece. Instead, Hardy and Scott are on hand to produce the adaptation via their production companies – Hardy Son & Baker and Scott Free, respectively.
Their partnership on this continues from their work together on two other successful series,...
The Wrap is reporting that Tom Hardy and legendary director Ridley Scott are teaming up to bring Ebeneezer Scrooge back to curmudgeonly life in a fresh adaptation, due to arrive on the BBC in Christmas 2019. The twist is, though, that the pair haven’t signed on to act in and direct the piece. Instead, Hardy and Scott are on hand to produce the adaptation via their production companies – Hardy Son & Baker and Scott Free, respectively.
Their partnership on this continues from their work together on two other successful series,...
- 11/29/2017
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
The creator of Peaky Blinders, Stephen Knight, is teaming up with Tom Hardy to develop a new BBC series. The show is based on the work of Charles Dickens and it will adapt his classic stories.
According to THR, the first season of the series will start with A Christmas Carol. The classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge will be told in three hourlong episodes and Ridley Scott's Scott Free London production company will be producing.
Hardy and Knight have previously worked together on the shows on the shows Taboo and Peaky Blinders, so you can bet we are going to get another quality series! I assume we are going to get a very different, dark, and stylized version of this story than anything we've ever seen before. I wonder if we'll see Hardy in the role of Scrooge because that would be amazing!
When talking about the show, Knight...
According to THR, the first season of the series will start with A Christmas Carol. The classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge will be told in three hourlong episodes and Ridley Scott's Scott Free London production company will be producing.
Hardy and Knight have previously worked together on the shows on the shows Taboo and Peaky Blinders, so you can bet we are going to get another quality series! I assume we are going to get a very different, dark, and stylized version of this story than anything we've ever seen before. I wonder if we'll see Hardy in the role of Scrooge because that would be amazing!
When talking about the show, Knight...
- 11/28/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
A24 and DirecTV have acquired the U.S. rights to Jessica Chastain’s western drama “Woman Walks Ahead,” the companies announced Friday. The film made its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Susanna White, “Woman Walks Ahead” stars Sam Rockwell, Michael Greyeyes, Ciaran Hinds and Bill Camp. Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Erika Olde, Richard Solomon and Andrea Calderwood produced, while the screenplay was written by Stephen Knight. Also Read: Jessica Chastain Wants 'Woman Walks Ahead' to Create Hope Amid Our Current 'Political System' (Exclusive Video) A24 and DirecTV are planning a 2018 release, with A24 planning a national theatrical roll.
- 10/20/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
A24 and Directv have taken U.S. rights to Susana White’s Woman Walks Ahead about widowed artist Catherine Weldon who travelled to North Dakota in the 1880s to paint Chief Sitting Bull. The western drama made its premiere at this fall’s Toronto International Film Festival and stars Jessica Chastain as Weldon as well as Sam Rockwell, Michael Greyeyes, Ciaran Hinds, and Bill Camp. Stephen Knight wrote the script. DirecTV and A24 will release the movie next year with a…...
- 10/20/2017
- Deadline
Let’s be real, with every casting and film announcement each day, it’s hard to keep up with what’s what. I had pretty much forgotten about “Serenity” until it jogged in the head this morning that it’s the newest film from writer/director “Stephen Knight known for “Locke,” with Tom Hardy, “Eastern Promises,” “Peaky Blinders” and “Taboo.” His latest, “Serenity” is a noir thriller starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, plus Jason Clarke Djimon Hounsou, and Jeremy Strong.
Continue reading First Look: Matthew McConaughey & Anne Hathaway In ‘Serenity’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading First Look: Matthew McConaughey & Anne Hathaway In ‘Serenity’ at The Playlist.
- 7/27/2017
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
From desire in the sand-swept dunes of northern Africa to intrigue in a bombed-and-blitzed London, Robert Zemeckis’ “Allied” aims to bring back the heady grandeur of World War II espionage romances, whipping up a fair amount of movie-mad nostalgia along the way. The spy-crossed lovers of Stephen Knight’s screenplay — Canadian airman Max (Brad Pitt) and French resistance fighter Marianne (Marion Cotillard), tasked to play husband and wife on a dangerous mission — are the kinds of pretend-meets-passion roles you could easily imagine Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman making indelibly satisfying, in the vein of a “Casablanca” or “Notorious.” But a fine.
- 11/21/2016
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
[caption id="attachment_48456" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Peaky Blinders TV show on Netflix and BBC Two. Image via BBC./caption]
Deadline reports the Us third season of Peaky Blinders premieres on Netflix Tuesday, May 31, 2016. In UK, Peaky Blinders series three premieres on BBC Two, tomorrow, May 5th.
The cast of Peaky Blinders includes: Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, and Tom Hardy. Paddy Considine and Alexander Siddig are joining for season three. Below, read an interview with creator and writer, Stephen Knight.
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Deadline reports the Us third season of Peaky Blinders premieres on Netflix Tuesday, May 31, 2016. In UK, Peaky Blinders series three premieres on BBC Two, tomorrow, May 5th.
The cast of Peaky Blinders includes: Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, and Tom Hardy. Paddy Considine and Alexander Siddig are joining for season three. Below, read an interview with creator and writer, Stephen Knight.
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- 5/5/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
A celebration of male obnoxiousness that goes warm and fuzzy over its temperamental manchild as he finally learns to impersonate a decent human being. What? I’m “biast” (pro): partial to food porn and Bradley Cooper
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
He’s a bad-boy fuckup. So of course he’s the hero. Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper: American Sniper) destroyed his culinary career in Paris — he’d earned two Michelin stars — a couple of years ago, but now he washes up in London, determined to earn his third star. How did he destroy his career? He’s an addict — addicted to everything: booze, drugs, sex — but that’s not his problem. His problem is that he is a raging asshole. But it’s okay! He may embody the notorious yet vaunted “ideal” of a chef as an “arrogant prick,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
He’s a bad-boy fuckup. So of course he’s the hero. Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper: American Sniper) destroyed his culinary career in Paris — he’d earned two Michelin stars — a couple of years ago, but now he washes up in London, determined to earn his third star. How did he destroy his career? He’s an addict — addicted to everything: booze, drugs, sex — but that’s not his problem. His problem is that he is a raging asshole. But it’s okay! He may embody the notorious yet vaunted “ideal” of a chef as an “arrogant prick,...
- 11/4/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
All has been quiet on the World War Z 2 front ever since Stephen Knight produced a first draft of the script back in August, though The Hollywood Reporter has unveiled that Paramount has now fired the wheels into motion once more with Dennis Kelly being drafted in to touch up the sequel’s screenplay.
Best known as the creator of dark British series Utopia, Kelly will be working under J.A. Bayona, who will direct the high-profile zombie sequel despite rumors to the contrary. We say rumors to the contrary because, up until THR’s report confirming as much, Bayona had been in contention to supplant Colin Trevorrow in the director’s chair for Jurassic World 2 – who will have his hands tied with Star Wars: Episode IX, but will remain on board to produce – though it appears as though a deal was already in place to secure Bayona for World War Z 2.
Best known as the creator of dark British series Utopia, Kelly will be working under J.A. Bayona, who will direct the high-profile zombie sequel despite rumors to the contrary. We say rumors to the contrary because, up until THR’s report confirming as much, Bayona had been in contention to supplant Colin Trevorrow in the director’s chair for Jurassic World 2 – who will have his hands tied with Star Wars: Episode IX, but will remain on board to produce – though it appears as though a deal was already in place to secure Bayona for World War Z 2.
- 11/2/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Is there any way to get screenwriter Stephen Knight out of the kitchen and back out onto the streets? In the last few years, he’s given us the glorious Tom-Hardy-in-a-car drama “Locke,” not to mention the fiendishly entertaining “Peaky Blinders,” but put Knight behind a stove and you get “The Hundred-Foot Journey” and now “Burnt.” Both movies deal with the obsessive pursuit of a Michelin star rating, and both are the kind of foodie fables that get so precious that you want to spend the rest of your life eating take-out. (“Burnt” has a speech devoted to how Burger King is.
- 10/21/2015
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
With the third series kicking off production this week, Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight hasn’t finished causing problems for Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby. Paddy Considine has come aboard to show to play someone who will be a serious thorn in his side.According to Knight, who talked to Deadline, the new series will find Tommy expanding his crime syndicate internationally, which brings with it new challenges and threats. Among the other new additions are Dina Korzun and Jan Bijvoet, who play refugees who desperately need Tommy’s help. “I am genuinely thrilled at the prospect of Season Three. I think it will be the best yet,” Knight says. “Lots of things familiar, but lots of things are new. It’s still a Birmingham story and it always will be. Now, it has international consequences. I can’t wait to see it myself.” And in case you were wondering,...
- 10/3/2015
- EmpireOnline
Has the soufflé already caved on "Burnt"? It can't be the best sign of confidence in the movie when the usually promo happy Harvey Weinstein declines to show the star-studded drama to a festival audience. There is a sense that the picture is something of an afterthought on The Weinstein Company slate this fall behind "Carol," "The Hateful Eight," and "Macbeth." But yes, the cooking world drama is coming and a new international trailer has arrived. Bradley Cooper leads the movie as celebrated chef Adam Jones, a man passionate about food, but also riddled with no shortage of demons. And the movie written by Stephen Knight ("Locke," "Eastern Promises") and directed by John Wells ("The Company Men," "August: Osage County") will tell the story of the rock star chef who is driven to the edge chasing his third Michelin star. Read More: Watch: Bradley Cooper Is A Bad Boy Chef in The First Trailer for.
- 9/21/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
With the Weinsteins concentrating on awards runs for "Carol," "Macbeth" and "The Hateful Eight," their upcoming Bradley Cooper chef drama "Burnt" seems to have become something of an afterthought despite the pedigree of director John Wells ("August: Osage County") and writer Stephen Knight ("Locke," "Eastern Promises").
Bradley Cooper stars in the film about a rock star chef with his own demons who is determined to get his third Michelin star. A new international trailer is out today ahead of the film's release on October 23rd.
Bradley Cooper stars in the film about a rock star chef with his own demons who is determined to get his third Michelin star. A new international trailer is out today ahead of the film's release on October 23rd.
- 9/21/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
This film was originally reviewed at Tiff 2014.
Edward Zwick is a great filmmaker, but he rarely gives you subtlety. Some have criticized his medium-to-large-budget action films – titles that include Glory, Defiance and Blood Diamond – as too simplistic, which would have stained those efforts more if they were not so compelling and exciting. So, to hear that the director was behind a film about the introspective game of chess and its most famous player, the complex and controversial Bobby Fischer, was nerve-wracking. Would the film skimp on the nuances of the New York chess sensation? Could the Last Samurai director figure out a way to depict the game in an inventive way onscreen?
Well, although Zwick has still not managed to find a way to visually communicate the game of wits and cunning, he has still made a biopic and thriller that should entertain those who do not even know how to play chess.
Edward Zwick is a great filmmaker, but he rarely gives you subtlety. Some have criticized his medium-to-large-budget action films – titles that include Glory, Defiance and Blood Diamond – as too simplistic, which would have stained those efforts more if they were not so compelling and exciting. So, to hear that the director was behind a film about the introspective game of chess and its most famous player, the complex and controversial Bobby Fischer, was nerve-wracking. Would the film skimp on the nuances of the New York chess sensation? Could the Last Samurai director figure out a way to depict the game in an inventive way onscreen?
Well, although Zwick has still not managed to find a way to visually communicate the game of wits and cunning, he has still made a biopic and thriller that should entertain those who do not even know how to play chess.
- 9/17/2015
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
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