Noah Jupe, who is starring opposite Michael Douglas in the Apple TV+ Benjamin Franklin biopic, is leading a TV drama adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ cult classic Engleby.
Jupe will play the titular character, an enigmatic outsider who graduates from 1970s campus life to 1980s Fleet Street and beyond – haunted all the while by an unsolved mystery involving a friend and fellow student during their university days. The six-part drama is described as a “quintessential British murder mystery meets acute psychological character study, with a healthy dose of dark wit.”
Michael Keillor, who is directing the upcoming BBC/Netflix drama on the Lockerbie disaster, is directing, and Channel 4-backed production outfit Freedom Scripted is producing. No network is attached as of yet. Stage and screenwriters Ryan Craig and Jess Ruston are penning the series, with Freedom Scripted’s MD Mike Ellen executive producing.
Jupe will play the titular character, an enigmatic outsider who graduates from 1970s campus life to 1980s Fleet Street and beyond – haunted all the while by an unsolved mystery involving a friend and fellow student during their university days. The six-part drama is described as a “quintessential British murder mystery meets acute psychological character study, with a healthy dose of dark wit.”
Michael Keillor, who is directing the upcoming BBC/Netflix drama on the Lockerbie disaster, is directing, and Channel 4-backed production outfit Freedom Scripted is producing. No network is attached as of yet. Stage and screenwriters Ryan Craig and Jess Ruston are penning the series, with Freedom Scripted’s MD Mike Ellen executive producing.
- 4/10/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
When Eddie Redmayne takes on a role, he's been known to go on a research deep dive to get into the proper headspace needed to fully embody the characters he portrays. Sometimes, this research has a significant impact on Redmayne that challenges and — ultimately — shapes his worldview.
Redmayne recently broke down his career in a new video for Vanity Fair, revealing just how long research has been integral to his creative process. During the video, he spoke about his experience prepping for the two-part serial "Birdsong," and how humbling of an experience it was in learning more about the miners of World War I.
"Birdsong" is an adaptation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks, though there are significant differences between the original novel and the serial. The serial takes place between the years 1910 and 1919 and follows the journey of Redmayne's Stephen Wraysford. Throughout the course of the serial, we see Wraysford's experiences in the war,...
Redmayne recently broke down his career in a new video for Vanity Fair, revealing just how long research has been integral to his creative process. During the video, he spoke about his experience prepping for the two-part serial "Birdsong," and how humbling of an experience it was in learning more about the miners of World War I.
"Birdsong" is an adaptation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks, though there are significant differences between the original novel and the serial. The serial takes place between the years 1910 and 1919 and follows the journey of Redmayne's Stephen Wraysford. Throughout the course of the serial, we see Wraysford's experiences in the war,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Sarah Musnicky
- Slash Film
Mark Allison Feb 22, 2017
Iam Fleming's James Bond novels still have narratives and ideas that haven't made it to the 007 movie series...
A spoiler lies ahead for Spectre
See related The world of the Peaky Blinders
Over the course of 11 years, Ian Fleming wrote 12 James Bond novels and nine short stories before his death in 1964, forming the basis for the film series which survives to the present day. 24 films and 55 years since the birth of the cinematic Bond, it might come as a surprise that the franchise hasn’t completely exhausted its source material. More often than not, however, the James Bond films have been adaptations in name only.
Starting with Roald Dahl’s outlandish screenplay for the fifth Bond film, You Only Live Twice, the film scripts began to drift away from their literary inspirations. For most of Roger Moore’s seven-film tenure, for example, entire plots and characters were...
Iam Fleming's James Bond novels still have narratives and ideas that haven't made it to the 007 movie series...
A spoiler lies ahead for Spectre
See related The world of the Peaky Blinders
Over the course of 11 years, Ian Fleming wrote 12 James Bond novels and nine short stories before his death in 1964, forming the basis for the film series which survives to the present day. 24 films and 55 years since the birth of the cinematic Bond, it might come as a surprise that the franchise hasn’t completely exhausted its source material. More often than not, however, the James Bond films have been adaptations in name only.
Starting with Roald Dahl’s outlandish screenplay for the fifth Bond film, You Only Live Twice, the film scripts began to drift away from their literary inspirations. For most of Roger Moore’s seven-film tenure, for example, entire plots and characters were...
- 2/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Trademark Films’ Parfitt will act as a creative consultant for the UK production and financing outfit.
UK producer David Parfitt (Shakespeare In Love) is set to partner with London-based media company Bob & Co as a creative consultant.
Parfitt will sit on the company’s Jersey-based Investment Committee for the Cultural Capital Fund, helping to guide ongoing media investments, which include film, TV and theatre projects.
He will also consult across Bob & Co’s media partners including newly-launched TV outfit Duchess Street Productions and Lilting production company Sums Film & Media.
Bob & Co has been working with Parfitt on its adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ The Girl At The Lion d’Or, which is currently in development.
Parfitt will continue to work on his Trademark Films slate, which has in the past produced titles including My Week With Marilyn and BBC-hbo TV mini-series Parade’s End.
Parfitt commented: “I have worked closely with Bob & Co on their brilliant adaptation of Sebastian...
UK producer David Parfitt (Shakespeare In Love) is set to partner with London-based media company Bob & Co as a creative consultant.
Parfitt will sit on the company’s Jersey-based Investment Committee for the Cultural Capital Fund, helping to guide ongoing media investments, which include film, TV and theatre projects.
He will also consult across Bob & Co’s media partners including newly-launched TV outfit Duchess Street Productions and Lilting production company Sums Film & Media.
Bob & Co has been working with Parfitt on its adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ The Girl At The Lion d’Or, which is currently in development.
Parfitt will continue to work on his Trademark Films slate, which has in the past produced titles including My Week With Marilyn and BBC-hbo TV mini-series Parade’s End.
Parfitt commented: “I have worked closely with Bob & Co on their brilliant adaptation of Sebastian...
- 7/18/2016
- ScreenDaily
Prince William, Princess Kate and Prince Harry attended a somber memorial to honor the fallen on Friday morning - 100 years after the bloodiest day in British history. The trio traveled to northern France to pay tribute to the 60,000 British soldiers who died in the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916. Red, white and blue confetti fluttered down from a vast war memorial on a hill above a former battlefield and schoolchildren each placed a posy at 600 white gravestones during the moving remembrance ceremony. The reflections on the sacrifices made 100 years ago had begun for the royal trio earlier in the...
- 7/1/2016
- by Simon Perry, @SPerryPeoplemag
- PEOPLE.com
Edinburgh: Scottish actor gives talk about 22-year acting career including new role as Jesus in Last Days In The Desert.
Ewan McGregor revealed to an audience at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) on Sunday that he would be willing to reprise the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi to tell the story of Stars Wars between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back should Disney ever wish to do so.
The comments came during an on-stage interview in which the Scottish star looked back over the highlights of his career thus far and chose his words carefully on the subject of the forthcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
The actor seemed not to be the most rabid of fanboys and declared: “I’m not a fanatical person.”
Still, he said he was impressed by the trailer - “It looks like [Jj Abrams] he absolutely nailed it” - except for the lightsaber’s updated design.
“I’m excited...
Ewan McGregor revealed to an audience at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) on Sunday that he would be willing to reprise the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi to tell the story of Stars Wars between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back should Disney ever wish to do so.
The comments came during an on-stage interview in which the Scottish star looked back over the highlights of his career thus far and chose his words carefully on the subject of the forthcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
The actor seemed not to be the most rabid of fanboys and declared: “I’m not a fanatical person.”
Still, he said he was impressed by the trailer - “It looks like [Jj Abrams] he absolutely nailed it” - except for the lightsaber’s updated design.
“I’m excited...
- 6/22/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Anthony Horowitz has been hired to write the next James Bond novel.
Ian Fleming's estate has invited the Alex Rider author to pen the next instalment, which is currently titled Project One.
The book will be set in the 1950s, and will contain previously unseen Fleming material from an unmade James Bond TV series.
Fleming's original episode treatment - titled 'Murder on Wheels' - saw the secret agent enter the world of motor racing.
The treatment will be used as a starting point for the new novel, which will be published on September 8, 2015.
"When the estate approached me to write a new James Bond novel, how could I possibly refuse?" said Horowitz.
"It's a huge challenge... but having original, unpublished material by Fleming has been an inspiration."
Fleming's great-niece Jessie Grimond said: "In the 1950s, Ian Fleming wrote several episode treatments for a James Bond television series.
"But it...
Ian Fleming's estate has invited the Alex Rider author to pen the next instalment, which is currently titled Project One.
The book will be set in the 1950s, and will contain previously unseen Fleming material from an unmade James Bond TV series.
Fleming's original episode treatment - titled 'Murder on Wheels' - saw the secret agent enter the world of motor racing.
The treatment will be used as a starting point for the new novel, which will be published on September 8, 2015.
"When the estate approached me to write a new James Bond novel, how could I possibly refuse?" said Horowitz.
"It's a huge challenge... but having original, unpublished material by Fleming has been an inspiration."
Fleming's great-niece Jessie Grimond said: "In the 1950s, Ian Fleming wrote several episode treatments for a James Bond television series.
"But it...
- 10/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Sebastian Faulks is to write a new drama for the BBC.
Based on his 2001 novel On Green Dolphin Street, the 90-minute screenplay will be Faulks's first for television.
The plot is described as an "epic love story" set in Washington, DC in the 1960s amidst the backdrop of the Kennedy / Nixon campaign trail.
Broadcast reports that the novelist is working with Rachel Wagstaff on the project from Eleventh Hour Films. The two previously collaborated on the stage version of Birdsong.
Faulks said: "[Screenplays are] a very different form from the novel and a very challenging one.
"Eleventh Hour Films have the right mixture of experience and enthusiasm to bring this project to a happy conclusion."...
Based on his 2001 novel On Green Dolphin Street, the 90-minute screenplay will be Faulks's first for television.
The plot is described as an "epic love story" set in Washington, DC in the 1960s amidst the backdrop of the Kennedy / Nixon campaign trail.
Broadcast reports that the novelist is working with Rachel Wagstaff on the project from Eleventh Hour Films. The two previously collaborated on the stage version of Birdsong.
Faulks said: "[Screenplays are] a very different form from the novel and a very challenging one.
"Eleventh Hour Films have the right mixture of experience and enthusiasm to bring this project to a happy conclusion."...
- 7/23/2014
- Digital Spy
From new voices like NoViolet Bulawayo to rediscovered old voices like James Salter, from Dave Eggers's satire to David Thomson's history of film, writers, Observer critics and others pick their favourite reads of 2013. And they tell us what they hope to find under the tree …
Curtis Sittenfeld
Novelist
My favourite books of 2013 are Drama High (Riverhead) by Michael Sokolove, Sea Creatures (Turnaround) by Susanna Daniel, and & Sons (Harper Collins) by David Gilbert. Drama High is incredibly smart, moving non-fiction about an American drama teacher who for four decades coaxed sophisticated and nuanced theatrical performances out of teenage students who weren't privileged or otherwise remarkable and in so doing, changed their conceptions of what they could do with their lives. Sea Creatures is a gripping, beautifully written novel about the mother of a selectively mute three-year-old boy; when she takes a job ferrying supplies to a hermit off the coast of Florida,...
Curtis Sittenfeld
Novelist
My favourite books of 2013 are Drama High (Riverhead) by Michael Sokolove, Sea Creatures (Turnaround) by Susanna Daniel, and & Sons (Harper Collins) by David Gilbert. Drama High is incredibly smart, moving non-fiction about an American drama teacher who for four decades coaxed sophisticated and nuanced theatrical performances out of teenage students who weren't privileged or otherwise remarkable and in so doing, changed their conceptions of what they could do with their lives. Sea Creatures is a gripping, beautifully written novel about the mother of a selectively mute three-year-old boy; when she takes a job ferrying supplies to a hermit off the coast of Florida,...
- 11/24/2013
- by Ali Smith, Robert McCrum, Tim Adams, Kate Kellaway, Rachel Cooke, Sebastian Faulks, Jackie Kay
- The Guardian - Film News
Early imprints of the Bond books increase in value every year. Is this just down to a large readership, or does it say something more fundamental about Ian Fleming's creation?
Funny old thing, that James Bond. Though Ian Fleming died in 1964, his hero has had a charmed existence since, newly incarnated in a variety of actors and films, and in further Bond adventures written by Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver and, now, William Boyd.
Of these, Boyd seems the best choice. He has a sophisticated interest in the world of espionage, a fluent prose style, and a crisp eye for a Bondish detail. He was pictured, on publication week, in front of one of seven vintage Jensens, each of which was to deliver a copy of Solo, his new Bond novel, to Heathrow, from where they would be flown to various destinations associated with Bond (or...
Funny old thing, that James Bond. Though Ian Fleming died in 1964, his hero has had a charmed existence since, newly incarnated in a variety of actors and films, and in further Bond adventures written by Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver and, now, William Boyd.
Of these, Boyd seems the best choice. He has a sophisticated interest in the world of espionage, a fluent prose style, and a crisp eye for a Bondish detail. He was pictured, on publication week, in front of one of seven vintage Jensens, each of which was to deliver a copy of Solo, his new Bond novel, to Heathrow, from where they would be flown to various destinations associated with Bond (or...
- 10/17/2013
- by Rick Gekoski
- The Guardian - Film News
William Boyd's James Bond book is, if anything, superior to some of Ian Fleming's originals
The (rare) critics of this book in the past 10 days have fallen into the very trap against which Boyd gently cautioned. That of trying to judge his book against the James Bond films. It is, in mitigation, a faintly understandable confusion, the films having become down the decades such a lash-up of stylistic tics, fashion anachronisms, "humour", believable gunplay, cartoon violence and casual sexism that it's a wonder anyone can remember the Bond of the books as opposed to the brand Bond.
William Boyd remembers the distinction. He obviously remembers the very smell of those 1960s/70s paperbacks, with their tiny type, and page corners folded down with impatient grubby fingers on every monstrous interruption, as we learned the meanings of "cordite" "gunmetal-gray" and, for late developers, "nipple"; he obviously quietly revered the excitement of the creation.
The (rare) critics of this book in the past 10 days have fallen into the very trap against which Boyd gently cautioned. That of trying to judge his book against the James Bond films. It is, in mitigation, a faintly understandable confusion, the films having become down the decades such a lash-up of stylistic tics, fashion anachronisms, "humour", believable gunplay, cartoon violence and casual sexism that it's a wonder anyone can remember the Bond of the books as opposed to the brand Bond.
William Boyd remembers the distinction. He obviously remembers the very smell of those 1960s/70s paperbacks, with their tiny type, and page corners folded down with impatient grubby fingers on every monstrous interruption, as we learned the meanings of "cordite" "gunmetal-gray" and, for late developers, "nipple"; he obviously quietly revered the excitement of the creation.
- 10/7/2013
- by Euan Ferguson
- The Guardian - Film News
A Bond book is a tough gig, but Boyd's authentically written attempt entertains more than it exasperates
Several unusual incidents occur during the course of Solo, the latest attempt to prolong the literary existence of James Bond. The secret agent pays his first recorded visit to the cinema, to see Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (this is 1969), although he gets bored and leaves before the end. He considers changing his hairstyle, for aesthetic reasons rather than as a disguise, and wonders whether the short fringe favoured by a television presenter (he can't remember his name, but it sounds like David Frost) might suit him. During a long car journey he stops to relieve himself in a wood, which will come as a shock to those who believe that 007, like the Queen, exists in a realm above such crude bodily functions. Perhaps most disturbing of all, while getting dressed for the final...
Several unusual incidents occur during the course of Solo, the latest attempt to prolong the literary existence of James Bond. The secret agent pays his first recorded visit to the cinema, to see Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (this is 1969), although he gets bored and leaves before the end. He considers changing his hairstyle, for aesthetic reasons rather than as a disguise, and wonders whether the short fringe favoured by a television presenter (he can't remember his name, but it sounds like David Frost) might suit him. During a long car journey he stops to relieve himself in a wood, which will come as a shock to those who believe that 007, like the Queen, exists in a realm above such crude bodily functions. Perhaps most disturbing of all, while getting dressed for the final...
- 10/2/2013
- by Richard Williams
- The Guardian - Film News
Solo, by William Boyd, is latest novel to follow in Ian Fleming's footsteps, which charts spy 'recklessly motivated by revenge'
We may have got James Bond slightly wrong. Yes, he is a prodigious drinker, heavy smoker and consummate killer, but when it comes to his womanising, the author of his new incarnation believes that the spy was more honourable than some think. "It seems to me he wants a relationship," said William Boyd. "It is not just casual sex."
Boyd was speaking at the launch of his new Bond book, Solo, at which he was asked who his favourite Bond girl was. "I'm not too keen on the expression 'Bond girl' because I think Bond has relationships with women," he said. Having said that, he named the character Honeychile Rider – "nothing to do with Ursula Andress playing her in the movie … I think she is a very interesting Bond woman".
Boyd should know,...
We may have got James Bond slightly wrong. Yes, he is a prodigious drinker, heavy smoker and consummate killer, but when it comes to his womanising, the author of his new incarnation believes that the spy was more honourable than some think. "It seems to me he wants a relationship," said William Boyd. "It is not just casual sex."
Boyd was speaking at the launch of his new Bond book, Solo, at which he was asked who his favourite Bond girl was. "I'm not too keen on the expression 'Bond girl' because I think Bond has relationships with women," he said. Having said that, he named the character Honeychile Rider – "nothing to do with Ursula Andress playing her in the movie … I think she is a very interesting Bond woman".
Boyd should know,...
- 9/26/2013
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
The latest writer to try his hand at writing a new Bond novel has said he's trying to modernise him. Should fans of the secret agent be worried?
On Thursday, William Boyd will become the third author, after Sebastian Faulks and Jeffrey Deaver, to publish a James Bond novel, Solo, with the official blessing of the Ian Fleming estate. In an interview with the Times at the weekend, Boyd was keen to talk up his modernisation of Bond – "less sexism and overt racism" – and his disagreements with the Fleming estate over a plot line that turned 007 into an assassin.
The reality, though, is that the "less sexism and overt racism" is just a little window-dressing for a more PC audience. A writer can't change Bond's character completely without alienating the fans who think they know him; and, sure enough, Boyd doesn't. In the opening chapter, also published at the weekend,...
On Thursday, William Boyd will become the third author, after Sebastian Faulks and Jeffrey Deaver, to publish a James Bond novel, Solo, with the official blessing of the Ian Fleming estate. In an interview with the Times at the weekend, Boyd was keen to talk up his modernisation of Bond – "less sexism and overt racism" – and his disagreements with the Fleming estate over a plot line that turned 007 into an assassin.
The reality, though, is that the "less sexism and overt racism" is just a little window-dressing for a more PC audience. A writer can't change Bond's character completely without alienating the fans who think they know him; and, sure enough, Boyd doesn't. In the opening chapter, also published at the weekend,...
- 9/23/2013
- by John Crace
- The Guardian - Film News
Join William Boyd for a discussion of his new James Bond novel Solo at the Royal Institution on Monday 28 October
Date: Monday 28 October
Time: 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm)
Venue: The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4Bs*
Tickets: £12
In a break from our usual format, William Boyd will join us for a special James Bond Book Club. He will talk to John Mullan about the genius of Ian Fleming and the enduring appeal of his iconic spy. He'll also introduce his new novel, Solo, the latest addition to the Bond series, set in 1969. Details of the plot are being kept tightly under wraps, but we are promised the essential Bond elements – cocktails, fast cars, sharp suits - in a tale spanning three continents as the veteran spy (he's 45) embarks on an unauthorized mission during a trip to America.
William Boyd is the author of eleven novels,...
Date: Monday 28 October
Time: 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm)
Venue: The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4Bs*
Tickets: £12
In a break from our usual format, William Boyd will join us for a special James Bond Book Club. He will talk to John Mullan about the genius of Ian Fleming and the enduring appeal of his iconic spy. He'll also introduce his new novel, Solo, the latest addition to the Bond series, set in 1969. Details of the plot are being kept tightly under wraps, but we are promised the essential Bond elements – cocktails, fast cars, sharp suits - in a tale spanning three continents as the veteran spy (he's 45) embarks on an unauthorized mission during a trip to America.
William Boyd is the author of eleven novels,...
- 9/16/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Whether you love or hate the current iteration of James Bond with Daniel Craig in the lead role, one thing you have to admit is that there’s very little humor. Despite one or two lines in Casino Royale (and the unintentional hilarity of all of Quantum of Solace), there’s not a lot of jokes, sexual innuendo, or even self-aware winks at the genre that characterize some of the best Bond films of yesteryear. Now, according to Daniel Craig himself, there’s hope that Bond 24 will try to get some of that old irony back again.
Speaking to Vulture (via Digital Spy), Craig admitted that he’s not the funniest guy in the world, but he wants Bond 24 to be a little ironic:
Hopefully we’ll reclaim some of the old irony and make sure it doesn’t become pastiche.
I can’t do shtick, I’m not very good at it.
Speaking to Vulture (via Digital Spy), Craig admitted that he’s not the funniest guy in the world, but he wants Bond 24 to be a little ironic:
Hopefully we’ll reclaim some of the old irony and make sure it doesn’t become pastiche.
I can’t do shtick, I’m not very good at it.
- 8/26/2013
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Daniel Craig has discussed his hopes for Bond 24.
The James Bond actor told Vulture that he hopes to "reclaim the old irony" from earlier films, in the next instalment of the long-running franchise.
He said: "Hopefully we'll reclaim some of the old irony and make sure it doesn't become pastiche.
"I can't do shtick, I'm not very good at it. Unless it kind of suddenly makes sense. Does that make sense? I sometimes wish I hammed it up more, but I just can't do it very well, so I don't do it."
The actor will begin filming the next Bond movie - rumoured to be based on Sebastian Faulks's 2008 novel Devil May Care - after he completes his 14-week run on Broadway in Harold Pinter's Betrayal.
Craig stars opposite his real-life wife Rachel Weisz in the play about a woman who has a seven-year affair with her husband's best friend.
The James Bond actor told Vulture that he hopes to "reclaim the old irony" from earlier films, in the next instalment of the long-running franchise.
He said: "Hopefully we'll reclaim some of the old irony and make sure it doesn't become pastiche.
"I can't do shtick, I'm not very good at it. Unless it kind of suddenly makes sense. Does that make sense? I sometimes wish I hammed it up more, but I just can't do it very well, so I don't do it."
The actor will begin filming the next Bond movie - rumoured to be based on Sebastian Faulks's 2008 novel Devil May Care - after he completes his 14-week run on Broadway in Harold Pinter's Betrayal.
Craig stars opposite his real-life wife Rachel Weisz in the play about a woman who has a seven-year affair with her husband's best friend.
- 8/25/2013
- Digital Spy
BBC director general Tony Hall has promised to stop actors mumbling their lines for once and for all. Catch these lazily enunciating thespians while you still can
It is every British TV viewer's inalienable right to watch their favourite programmes while leaning in closer and closer to the screen while screwing their faces up, but perhaps not for much longer. BBC director general Tony Hall has vowed to put an end to actors who insist on mumbling incomprehensibly throughout their scenes. With an entire species under threat of extinction, all we can really do is celebrate these lazily enunciating thespians while we still can. Here, then, are the five greatest TV mumblers of the modern age. We may never see their kind again.
Ray Winstone, Great Expectations
The majority of the BBC's 2011 Dickens adaptation was upsettingly comprehensible. Gillian Anderson gave it a good go as Miss Havisham, clearly pronouncing...
It is every British TV viewer's inalienable right to watch their favourite programmes while leaning in closer and closer to the screen while screwing their faces up, but perhaps not for much longer. BBC director general Tony Hall has vowed to put an end to actors who insist on mumbling incomprehensibly throughout their scenes. With an entire species under threat of extinction, all we can really do is celebrate these lazily enunciating thespians while we still can. Here, then, are the five greatest TV mumblers of the modern age. We may never see their kind again.
Ray Winstone, Great Expectations
The majority of the BBC's 2011 Dickens adaptation was upsettingly comprehensible. Gillian Anderson gave it a good go as Miss Havisham, clearly pronouncing...
- 7/16/2013
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
With the massive success of Skyfall, it seemed almost certain that the producers would want to reunite Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes for at least one more film. After all, the 23rd Bond film is the highest grossing of all time in 007′s home country, and it did pretty well worldwide too, raking in over $1 billion. The only real question was how soon would we get to see MI6′s finest on the big screen again in Bond 24. Today we have that answer, as the official James Bond Twitter account sent out a 2015 release date for the next film.
The film will release first in the UK on October 23rd, 2015 and then hop across the pond a few days later on November 6th. A 2015 release date means we’re waiting another three years between films, which is a bit longer than usual for Bond. Between Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall there were four years,...
The film will release first in the UK on October 23rd, 2015 and then hop across the pond a few days later on November 6th. A 2015 release date means we’re waiting another three years between films, which is a bit longer than usual for Bond. Between Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall there were four years,...
- 7/14/2013
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
According to reports, producers of the upcoming 24th "James Bond" movie, to star actor Daniel Craig for director Sam Mendes, have settled on a title for the new '007' film.
The new film will be called "Devil May Care", the same title as the 2008 novel by author Sebastian Faulks.
The book is set in the swinging London of 1967, introducing the villain 'Dr. Julius Gorner'.
The new film is a sequel to "Skyfall", also directed by Mendes.
"James Bond 24" will be released in North America November 6, 2015.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Skyfall"...
The new film will be called "Devil May Care", the same title as the 2008 novel by author Sebastian Faulks.
The book is set in the swinging London of 1967, introducing the villain 'Dr. Julius Gorner'.
The new film is a sequel to "Skyfall", also directed by Mendes.
"James Bond 24" will be released in North America November 6, 2015.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Skyfall"...
- 7/14/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The Sun claims to have learned the title of the next instalment in the James Bond franchise. While they admittedly aren't the most reliable of sources, they were recently proven to be correct with their scoop that Star Wars Episode VII would be shot in the UK. Regardless, they claim that the movie will be called Devil May Care. This is the same title as the 2008 novel by Sebastian Faulks. The plot of that follow-up to Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun was set in 1967 and saw the villainous Dr. Julius Gorner attempt to take over Britain. However, it's worth bearing in mind that the majority of James Bond movies only share a title with the books and not the same story. Regardless, what do you guys think about this as a possible title? The Skyfall sequel will be released in the UK on October 23th, 2015...
- 7/14/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
The 24th James Bond movie is rumoured to be based on 2008 novel Devil May Care.
According to The Sun, studio bosses have chosen Sebastian Faulks's Bond novel as the basis for Daniel Craig's next outing.
The book, released to mark the 100th anniversary of creator Ian Fleming's birth, is set in 1967 as a sequel to The Man with the Golden Gun.
Devil May Care follows Bond battling a chemist named Dr Julius Gorner, who aims to control Britain.
Sam Mendes recently confirmed that he will return to direct Bond 24, following the huge success of last year's Skyfall.
The project will be released in the UK on October 23, 2015 and in the Us on November 6, 2015. Screenwriter John Logan will also return.
"I am very pleased that by giving me the time I need to honour all my theatre commitments, the producers have made it possible for me to direct Bond 24,...
According to The Sun, studio bosses have chosen Sebastian Faulks's Bond novel as the basis for Daniel Craig's next outing.
The book, released to mark the 100th anniversary of creator Ian Fleming's birth, is set in 1967 as a sequel to The Man with the Golden Gun.
Devil May Care follows Bond battling a chemist named Dr Julius Gorner, who aims to control Britain.
Sam Mendes recently confirmed that he will return to direct Bond 24, following the huge success of last year's Skyfall.
The project will be released in the UK on October 23, 2015 and in the Us on November 6, 2015. Screenwriter John Logan will also return.
"I am very pleased that by giving me the time I need to honour all my theatre commitments, the producers have made it possible for me to direct Bond 24,...
- 7/13/2013
- Digital Spy
Following his departure from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the sequel to the 2011 hit Rise of the Planet of the Apes, director Rupert Wyatt lined up Birdsong, an adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ acclaimed World War I novel of the same name which he was writing himself. But that was a lower profile film. More recently he was in talks to direct Denzel Washington in The Eqaulizer, but negotiations fell apart. Now Wyatt has another new project set up at Chernin Etertaiment (though it does not have a studio home) in the form of Night Film, an adaptation of the forthcoming noir thriller novel from Marisha Pessl arriving this August. Here's the official synopsis of Pessl's new novel: On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise.
- 4/17/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
William Boyd has revealed the name of his new official James Bond novel.
Solo will be the title of the 1969-set spy adventure, which will take 007 across Europe, Africa and the USA. Boyd, who announced the title at this year's London Book Fair, said that he has had "tremendous fun" penning the story.
"Mark my words, I've undertaken writing this very seriously," he said, adding: "No gimmicks, this is a real spy story."
The announcement comes 60 years since the publication of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel Casino Royale.
The Fleming estate has continued to publish 007 novels, recruiting writers including Sebastian Faulks (Devil May Care) and Jeffrey Deaver (Carte Blanche) to continue the British spy's story. Bond movie producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have kept the character's screen adventures separate from the literary continuity.
Boyd's highly-acclaimed novels include A Good Man in Africa, Any Human Heart and Cold War espionage thriller Restless.
Solo will be the title of the 1969-set spy adventure, which will take 007 across Europe, Africa and the USA. Boyd, who announced the title at this year's London Book Fair, said that he has had "tremendous fun" penning the story.
"Mark my words, I've undertaken writing this very seriously," he said, adding: "No gimmicks, this is a real spy story."
The announcement comes 60 years since the publication of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel Casino Royale.
The Fleming estate has continued to publish 007 novels, recruiting writers including Sebastian Faulks (Devil May Care) and Jeffrey Deaver (Carte Blanche) to continue the British spy's story. Bond movie producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have kept the character's screen adventures separate from the literary continuity.
Boyd's highly-acclaimed novels include A Good Man in Africa, Any Human Heart and Cold War espionage thriller Restless.
- 4/15/2013
- Digital Spy
Given the trouble they’re having shepherding the movie through development, we wouldn’t be shocked to learn that the producers of The Equalizer are searching the web for their own vigilante to get things moving again. Things looked more hopeful when it appeared Rupert Wyatt might take the job, but now he’s decided to pass.The job of getting this cinematic version of the character originated by Edward Woodward to the screen has not been an easy one. Paul Haggis flirted with the idea, and there was talk of Russell Crowe possibly starring. Then Nicolas Winding Refn was developing the idea and Denzel Washington was locked in for the lead. But while Washington held firm, Refn didn’t linger.As for Wyatt? Deadline is reporting that scheduling issues will keep him out of the director’s chair, and that would seem to make sense since he’s committed...
- 3/6/2013
- EmpireOnline
Rupert Wyatt is in talks to direct Denzel Washington in The Equalizer.
The new adaptation of the 1980s crime series will star Washington in the role made famous by Edward Woodward, playing a mysterious former covert ops officer who devotes himself to fighting injustice and helping the victimised.
Deadline reports that Wyatt is currently in early talks for the project, and is also attached to direct Nicholas Hoult in an upcoming film version of Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong.
It was reported last year that Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) was in line to direct The Equalizer, but negotiations stalled at a late stage and he dropped out of the running.
The remake is set to begin filming in May, from a script written by Richard Wenk (The Expendables 2).
Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Wyatt stepped down from directing that film's sequel last year, supposedly over concerns that...
The new adaptation of the 1980s crime series will star Washington in the role made famous by Edward Woodward, playing a mysterious former covert ops officer who devotes himself to fighting injustice and helping the victimised.
Deadline reports that Wyatt is currently in early talks for the project, and is also attached to direct Nicholas Hoult in an upcoming film version of Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong.
It was reported last year that Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) was in line to direct The Equalizer, but negotiations stalled at a late stage and he dropped out of the running.
The remake is set to begin filming in May, from a script written by Richard Wenk (The Expendables 2).
Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Wyatt stepped down from directing that film's sequel last year, supposedly over concerns that...
- 2/20/2013
- Digital Spy
After making waves with his sophomore feature, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Rupert Wyatt may now have found his follow-up project in The Equalizer.
After exiting Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the sequel film currently slated for a 2014 release, Deadline report that Wyatt is now in early talks to take the helm for The Equalizer, which will see Denzel Washington take front and centre in the big budget version of the original TV series.
Washington came on board the adaptation back in December 2011. And we had heard back in December last year that Nicolas Winding Refn was in talks to take the helm. But when he ultimately decided not to come on board, the search continued at Sony, and reports suggest it’s been a hotly-contested job.
And now Sony and Escape Artists could well have found their director, if talks proceed well with Wyatt.
Wyatt...
After exiting Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the sequel film currently slated for a 2014 release, Deadline report that Wyatt is now in early talks to take the helm for The Equalizer, which will see Denzel Washington take front and centre in the big budget version of the original TV series.
Washington came on board the adaptation back in December 2011. And we had heard back in December last year that Nicolas Winding Refn was in talks to take the helm. But when he ultimately decided not to come on board, the search continued at Sony, and reports suggest it’s been a hotly-contested job.
And now Sony and Escape Artists could well have found their director, if talks proceed well with Wyatt.
Wyatt...
- 2/20/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
New 007 book set in 'the classic era of 1969' will be written by the Any Human Heart writer, Ian Fleming's estate announced
A new James Bond novel will be published in September, written by British novelist William Boyd, the estate of the British spy's creator Ian Fleming said on Monday.
Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1953 and 13 more before he died 11 years later, aged 56.
The title and plot of the new book remain under wraps, but the Fleming estate gave a hint of the style and the setting to woo fans who have been wowed by Daniel Craig's film portrayal of 007 in Skyfall.
"We can reveal that this novel will see a return to the classic Bond era, featuring a 45-year-old 007 in 1969," the estate said.
The novel will be published in Britain on 26 September by Jonathan Cape, Fleming's original publisher, and available from HarperCollins, a subsidiary of News Corp,...
A new James Bond novel will be published in September, written by British novelist William Boyd, the estate of the British spy's creator Ian Fleming said on Monday.
Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1953 and 13 more before he died 11 years later, aged 56.
The title and plot of the new book remain under wraps, but the Fleming estate gave a hint of the style and the setting to woo fans who have been wowed by Daniel Craig's film portrayal of 007 in Skyfall.
"We can reveal that this novel will see a return to the classic Bond era, featuring a 45-year-old 007 in 1969," the estate said.
The novel will be published in Britain on 26 September by Jonathan Cape, Fleming's original publisher, and available from HarperCollins, a subsidiary of News Corp,...
- 2/19/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
If you were unfortunate enough to have missed, or dare I say never heard of, the thrilling prison drama The Escapist, then for you Rupert Wyatt came out of nowhere and stole the summer of 2011 with Rise of The Planet of The Apes, that rare beast of a genuine high-quality, intelligent and exciting blockbuster. After storming the box office, the British director is now the toast of Hollywood, having almost directed Sherlock Holmes before Guy Ritchie came on board and rumoured to be attached to The Twilight Zone reboot way back when.
Wyatt has since departed the Apes franchise, leaving it in the rudest of health, and has now moved on to direct Birdsong, Sebastian Faulk’s wartime epic which is regularly hailed as one of modern literature’s greatest works. No pressure… But what makes this extremely talented man tick? Wyatt was kind enough to give up his time...
Wyatt has since departed the Apes franchise, leaving it in the rudest of health, and has now moved on to direct Birdsong, Sebastian Faulk’s wartime epic which is regularly hailed as one of modern literature’s greatest works. No pressure… But what makes this extremely talented man tick? Wyatt was kind enough to give up his time...
- 2/15/2013
- by Oscar Harding
- Obsessed with Film
Last week we reported that Rupert Wyatt, who directed Rise of the Planet of the Apes, was lining up to direct an adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ novel Birdsong. The World War I-set film will focus on “an army officer who falls in love with a married French woman before the war, but is sent to the trenches when war breaks out.” At the time of the announcement, we had no casting details to report on but today, that changes as Nicholas Hoult has been tapped to take the lead role.
“[Hoult’s] great weight, depth and range as a fearless young actor allow us to explore this timeless story of a boy broken by a tragic love affair and what it means for young men to experience the real horror of war,” Wyatt said of the casting choice.
Hoult may not be a household name just yet but he’s starting to gain more exposure.
“[Hoult’s] great weight, depth and range as a fearless young actor allow us to explore this timeless story of a boy broken by a tragic love affair and what it means for young men to experience the real horror of war,” Wyatt said of the casting choice.
Hoult may not be a household name just yet but he’s starting to gain more exposure.
- 2/11/2013
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Last week there was word that “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” helmer Rupert Wyatt had lined up another potential project, an adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ novel “Birdsong.” Well, it seems that the British director is eager to get started on his passion project as he’s already lined up his leading man. From Berlin, THR is reporting that “Warm Bodies” and “X-Men: First Class” star Nicholas Hoult will play the lead role in the World War I-set film, playing an an army officer who falls in love with a married French woman before the war, but is sent to the trenches when war breaks out. Wyatt first attempted to mount an adaptation over three years ago, as the follow-up to his debut “The Escapist,” with Michael Fassbender, Paddy Considine and Brian Cox all cast before the project fell apart. It seems that the success of his sophomore feature...
- 2/11/2013
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
Actor to play lead role in a big-screen adaptation of the acclaimed first world war-set novel
Nicholas Hoult is to star in the big-screen adaptation of the Sebastian Faulks wartime novel Birdsong, the TV version of which, starring Eddie Redmayne, was a critical hit for the BBC last year.
Hoult, at 23 the youngest of the current wave of British actors plying their trade in Hollywood, will play 21-year-old first world war officer Stephen Wraysford for another Brit, Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt. In the book, Wraysford vies to keep his men alive during the battles of the Somme and Messines in 1916 and 1917, while struggling with the memories of a doomed romance with an older, married French woman six years earlier.
Wyatt, whose revival of the long-running Planet of the Apes series of films was one of the genre critical hits of 2011, described Hoult as the...
Nicholas Hoult is to star in the big-screen adaptation of the Sebastian Faulks wartime novel Birdsong, the TV version of which, starring Eddie Redmayne, was a critical hit for the BBC last year.
Hoult, at 23 the youngest of the current wave of British actors plying their trade in Hollywood, will play 21-year-old first world war officer Stephen Wraysford for another Brit, Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt. In the book, Wraysford vies to keep his men alive during the battles of the Somme and Messines in 1916 and 1917, while struggling with the memories of a doomed romance with an older, married French woman six years earlier.
Wyatt, whose revival of the long-running Planet of the Apes series of films was one of the genre critical hits of 2011, described Hoult as the...
- 2/11/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
After years spent in development hell, it would appear that the cinematic adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ novel Birdsong finally has some traction. Last week, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes director Rupert Wyatt officially signed to direct his draft of the script, but the movie still needed a leading man. Step forward Nicholas Hoult!He’s just enjoyed box office success with zombie rom-com Warm Bodies and will battle huge fantastical creatures this March in Jack The Giant Slayer. But Birdsong could be an even tougher challenge, especially given Eddie Redmayne’s popularity in last year’s BBC adaptation.Hoult will play Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman who lives in France in 1910, apprenticed into the textile industry. He falls for local married woman Isabelle Azaire, but though they elope, she eventually returns to her family. Faulks’ story then leaps around in time, hopping between 1916 during Stephen’s time fighting...
- 2/10/2013
- EmpireOnline
Nicholas Hoult, the star of zombie rom com Warm Bodies, has signed to star in a big-screen adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’s novel Birdsong. Hoult will play the role of 21-year-old Stephen Wraysford, a Wwi army officer, who falls in love with a beautiful older married woman. The screenplay is written by Rupert Wyatt based on Faulks’s book and will shoot later this year with a fall 2014 delivery date planned. It is being touted for worldwide pre-sales during the Efm by U.K. banner Embankment Films, headed by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar. The project will be produced
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- 2/9/2013
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At the rate he.s working, actor Nicholas Hoult might star in every fifth film released in the next few years. Having recently shown his undead chops as the lead in Jonathan Levine.s Warm Bodies, Hoult is quickly proving he.s capable of any genre he tackles. He.s got Jack the Giant Slayer on the immediate horizon, and Mad Max: Fury Road and the next X-Men installment coming next year. Now audiences can expect to see him as a soldier in a war drama. Variety reports Hault has joined the Wwi love story Birdsong, adapted from Sebastian Faulks. time period-shifting 1993 novel of the same name. The film will be directed by Rupert Wyatt, who gave us 2011.s highly enjoyable Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Wyatt, who also gave us 2008.s The Escapist, wrote the screenplay on this one as well. Hoult will star as Stephen Wraysford,...
- 2/9/2013
- cinemablend.com
Nicholas Hoult ("Warm Bodies," "Jack The Giant Slayer") has signed on to star in Rupert Wyatt's adaptation of classic Wwi romancer "Birdsong"
Based on the Sebastian Faulks' novel, Hoult will portray 21-year old officer old Stephen Wraysford who falls in love with a beautiful older married woman.
Wyatt has adapted the screenplay, and Alan Moloney and Wyatt will produce. Filming is slated to take place in Belgium and the UK later this year.
Source: Variety...
Based on the Sebastian Faulks' novel, Hoult will portray 21-year old officer old Stephen Wraysford who falls in love with a beautiful older married woman.
Wyatt has adapted the screenplay, and Alan Moloney and Wyatt will produce. Filming is slated to take place in Belgium and the UK later this year.
Source: Variety...
- 2/9/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt is set to direct a World War I-set film based on Sebastian Faulks’ novel, Birdsong. He's also already written the script for the film. Wyatt is a great director. I loved what he did with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and I think he'll do a solid job with this one.
The story centers on a young English soldier, exploring his relationship with a married French woman and his experiences fighting on the frontline. I love period war films, so I think this is something to look forward too. What do you think about Wyatt taking on this project?
Here's a description of the book, which was recently adapted by the BBC as a TV miniseries that starred Eddie Redmayne.
This intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the present.
The story centers on a young English soldier, exploring his relationship with a married French woman and his experiences fighting on the frontline. I love period war films, so I think this is something to look forward too. What do you think about Wyatt taking on this project?
Here's a description of the book, which was recently adapted by the BBC as a TV miniseries that starred Eddie Redmayne.
This intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the present.
- 2/6/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
1.) When Fox's video game adaptation Hitman grossed nearly $100 million worldwide on a budget around $20 million back in 2007, you would have thought the studio would make a sequel a priority. The follow-up was discussed on-and-off for years, but never came to fruition, most likely because original star Timothy Olyphant was never keen on returning to the franchise (or shaving his head in general). He recently went as far as telling the Nerdist podcast he only did the first one so he could pay for his new house after getting blindsided by the sudden cancellation of "Deadwood." Anyway, Fox has now decided to reboot the actioner as Agent 47 with Paul Walker starring as the barcoded assassin. The script was written by Michael Finch (Predators) and Skip Woods (A Good Day to Die Hard), with commercials director Aleksander Bach making his feature debut. The move makes sense for all involved as Walker could...
- 2/6/2013
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
The 2008 thriller, The Escapist, introduced us to the British director, Rupert Wyatt. And if you weren’t familiar with that particular work, then you would have recognized his second movie, which was much more popular: Rise of the Planet of the Apes. After finding a lot of success with that film, and opting not to direct its sequel, the director has now found his next film with the adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ novel, Birdsong.
Birdsong is mostly centered on an Englishman named Stephen Wraysford, and the events of his life that take place before, during and after the first world war. Faulks’ novel portrays the fervent love affair between Stephen and a married French woman, and his gruesome experiences at the trenches.
BBC originally adapted the novel in an excellent two-part miniseries that featured Eddie Redmayne as the protagonist and Clémence Poésy as the illicit lover. The adaptation focused mainly...
Birdsong is mostly centered on an Englishman named Stephen Wraysford, and the events of his life that take place before, during and after the first world war. Faulks’ novel portrays the fervent love affair between Stephen and a married French woman, and his gruesome experiences at the trenches.
BBC originally adapted the novel in an excellent two-part miniseries that featured Eddie Redmayne as the protagonist and Clémence Poésy as the illicit lover. The adaptation focused mainly...
- 2/6/2013
- by Efe Dada
- We Got This Covered
With The Escapist and Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes under his belt, Rupert Wyatt has had his pick of projects, both stateside and here in the UK. But though he’s flirted with a few – including Michael Fassbender project Londongrad and the chance to make the Apes sequel – he hasn’t made up his mind. Now, though, it seems he’s digging back into his own filmmaking history and reuniting with Birdsong.Sebastian Faulks’ novel was pounced upon when it was published in 1993, optioned quickly and trumpeted as the sort of period epic we Brits do so well. Except… It never got made. And, 16 years, several cast changes and a revolving door of big name actors and writers later, it seemed doomed for eternity in limbo when the Beeb made its TV adaptation last year.But now Embankment Films thinks that the time is still right to get a film version made,...
- 2/5/2013
- EmpireOnline
Ahead of the European Film Market (where many projects emerge, only to never be heard from again), the fresh UK film sales outfit Embankment Films is preparing some new projects to represent. One such project is the adaptation of Animal Farm with Andy Serkis directing and doing motion capture work, but there are two new projects that we'd yet to hear about. One is Birdsong for Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt, and the other is a sci-fi film called Our Robot Overlords, which will mark the first sci-fi project for Gillian Anderson outside her iconic involvement with The X-Files on film and TV. Read on! First, let's look at Birdsong, an adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ acclaimed World War I novel of the same name. Wyatt is writing and directing after departing Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The story spans three generations and the...
- 2/5/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Embankment Films has added a Rupert Wyatt-directed adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' acclaimed First World War novel "Birdsong" to its upcoming slate.
The story follows a young English soldier, exploring his relationship with a married French woman and his experiences fighting on the frontline.
Wyatt ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes") has penned the script and will direct, while Alan Moloney will produce.
The BBC aired an Abi Morgan-penned mini-series adaptation last year starring Eddie Redmayne and Matthew Goode. That version scored six BAFTA nominations.
Source: Screen Daily...
The story follows a young English soldier, exploring his relationship with a married French woman and his experiences fighting on the frontline.
Wyatt ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes") has penned the script and will direct, while Alan Moloney will produce.
The BBC aired an Abi Morgan-penned mini-series adaptation last year starring Eddie Redmayne and Matthew Goode. That version scored six BAFTA nominations.
Source: Screen Daily...
- 2/5/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Now that Rupert Wyatt has moved on from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, allowing Cloverfield and Let Me In director Matt Reeves to helm the Apes sequel, the filmmaker.s schedule is wide open, though probably not for long. Wyatt is circling an adaptation of Sebastian Faulks. novel Birdsong, set during World War I, and is setting the project up at Embankment according to ScreenDaily. Wyatt tackled the script, which follows an English soldier as he shifts from the carnage of the war.s frontlines into a relationship with a married French woman. Birdsong recently was adapted for television, airing on the BBC with Les Miserables co-star Eddie Redmayne in the lead. Last year, that production collected six BAFTA nominations, putting it on the radar of several high-profile filmmakers, but Wyatt has the inside track to a production schedule, and plans to help co-produce this adaptation with Alan...
- 2/5/2013
- cinemablend.com
From a full programme of film and stage adaptations to a new James Bond novel, unpublished works by Rs Thomas and Wg Sebald and a new prize for women writers, 2013 is set to be a real page-turner
January
10th The Oscar nominations are announced unusually early this year. Keep an eye out for a bumper crop of literary adaptations, including David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, the David Nicholls-scripted Great Expectations, as well as Les Miserables, Anna Karenina and The Hobbit.
18th A new stage adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw at the Almeida theatre in London. In the year of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, his musical version will also feature around the country in both concert and stage performances.
24th The finalists for the fifth Man Booker International prize will be announced at the Jaipur festival.
January
10th The Oscar nominations are announced unusually early this year. Keep an eye out for a bumper crop of literary adaptations, including David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, the David Nicholls-scripted Great Expectations, as well as Les Miserables, Anna Karenina and The Hobbit.
18th A new stage adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw at the Almeida theatre in London. In the year of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, his musical version will also feature around the country in both concert and stage performances.
24th The finalists for the fifth Man Booker International prize will be announced at the Jaipur festival.
- 1/5/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
With The Spy Who Loved Me, Ian Fleming took an ambitious gamble: abandoning Bond for much of the book in favour of a female narrator. As Skyfall opens, Richard Williams remembers a surprising heroine
Vivienne Michel is perhaps the least well-known of the women for whom Ian Fleming arranged assignations with James Bond, and yet none of her more celebrated sisters, from Vesper Lynd through Tatiana Romanova and Pussy Galore to the Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, succeeded in engaging the author's interest to the same extent. To her alone is accorded the honour of a Bond book written entirely in her voice, with 007 making a late appearance in a supporting role. And although, unlike some of the others, she survived to tell the tale, she was destined to suffer a different kind of literary death.
Few novelists in Fleming's position, riding the public's voracious appetite for the adventures of a fictional hero,...
Vivienne Michel is perhaps the least well-known of the women for whom Ian Fleming arranged assignations with James Bond, and yet none of her more celebrated sisters, from Vesper Lynd through Tatiana Romanova and Pussy Galore to the Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, succeeded in engaging the author's interest to the same extent. To her alone is accorded the honour of a Bond book written entirely in her voice, with 007 making a late appearance in a supporting role. And although, unlike some of the others, she survived to tell the tale, she was destined to suffer a different kind of literary death.
Few novelists in Fleming's position, riding the public's voracious appetite for the adventures of a fictional hero,...
- 10/26/2012
- by Richard Williams
- The Guardian - Film News
The capital has been the home of some of the biggest names and films in the industry over the past ten days, and with the festival finally coming to a close tomorrow, the results are in for the official competition categories.
Sir David Hare, Tom Hiddleston, David Yates, Sebastian Faulks, Olivia Colman, Kazuo Ishiguru, and many more prominent names presided over the various Juries, and with so much talent this year, I don’t envy what must have been very difficult decisions.
Also being honoured this year are Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, both of whom have been presented with the BFI Fellowship, the highest honour from the film institute. The former brought his latest feature, Frankenweenie, to the festival for its opening night, whilst the latter stars in Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, bookending the festival nicely as the Closing Night Film.
With the festival now coming to an end tomorrow,...
Sir David Hare, Tom Hiddleston, David Yates, Sebastian Faulks, Olivia Colman, Kazuo Ishiguru, and many more prominent names presided over the various Juries, and with so much talent this year, I don’t envy what must have been very difficult decisions.
Also being honoured this year are Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, both of whom have been presented with the BFI Fellowship, the highest honour from the film institute. The former brought his latest feature, Frankenweenie, to the festival for its opening night, whilst the latter stars in Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, bookending the festival nicely as the Closing Night Film.
With the festival now coming to an end tomorrow,...
- 10/20/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With 23 Bond films now in the can, and Skyfall about to be released to cinemas, it is about time to reflect on where the franchise may go next – and while upcoming articles will explore some concrete predictions for the direction of Bond 24, this article will look backwards, as opposed to forwards for inspiration, to find the greatest Bond stories not yet told on screen.
Though most of Ian Fleming’s Bond stories have now been adapted, there remain a couple that were not in whole, and there are a number of the continuation works, written by Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver which have not yet been referenced or chosen outright for adaptation. And though some will invariably turn their nose up at the suggestion that some of the best Bond stories didn’t come from the pen of the spy’s creator,...
Though most of Ian Fleming’s Bond stories have now been adapted, there remain a couple that were not in whole, and there are a number of the continuation works, written by Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver which have not yet been referenced or chosen outright for adaptation. And though some will invariably turn their nose up at the suggestion that some of the best Bond stories didn’t come from the pen of the spy’s creator,...
- 10/15/2012
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
The BFI London Film Festival officially opened last night with the UK premiere of Tim Burton’s latest feature, Frankenweenie, a black and white stop-motion film destined to become something of a cult classic.
With the festival now underway, the juries for the separate categories in competition have been announced, with Sir David Hare, Tom Hiddleston, David Yates, and Olivia Colman leading an impressive line-up to judge the contenders.
Also celebrated at this year’s festival will be Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, both of whom are being presented with the BFI’s highest honour, the BFI Fellowship.
You can read the full list of jurors in the official announcement below, but here’s a run-down of the main categories and the films in competition.
Sir David Hare leads the jury for the Best Film Award, for which the following are competing:
After Lucia, Michel Franco, Mexico End of Watch,...
With the festival now underway, the juries for the separate categories in competition have been announced, with Sir David Hare, Tom Hiddleston, David Yates, and Olivia Colman leading an impressive line-up to judge the contenders.
Also celebrated at this year’s festival will be Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, both of whom are being presented with the BFI’s highest honour, the BFI Fellowship.
You can read the full list of jurors in the official announcement below, but here’s a run-down of the main categories and the films in competition.
Sir David Hare leads the jury for the Best Film Award, for which the following are competing:
After Lucia, Michel Franco, Mexico End of Watch,...
- 10/11/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The BFI London Film Festival kicks off tonight with a big ole' monster mash in Leicester Square. Tim Burton will be unleashing his terrifying mummy-hamster Colossus as Frankenweenie gets its opening night gala. The filmmaker and his frequent collaborator (and missus) Helena Bonham Carter won't just be strolling the red carpet, though, The pair have been honoured with a BFI Fellowship to be awarded at the Lff awards on October 20.This year marks the Lff's inaugural awards and the festival bigwigs have been busy conjuring up a jury to pan for pure movie gold amidst a pretty solid looking line-up. Like cinema's equivalent of Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones, this year's movie dragons will be Tom Hiddleston, David Hare, David Yates, Olivia Colman, Sebastian Faulks, Argentinian director Pablo Trapero and Hong Kong filmmaker Nansun Shi. Chins will be stroked, eyebrows raised and at least one filmmaker will tearfully admit that its plot projections were over-ambitious.
- 10/9/2012
- EmpireOnline
The team behind big British films such as Four Weddings, Billy Elliot and Atonement now have Les Misérables in the can
Job: co-chairmen, Working Title Films
Age: 54 (Bevan), 52 (Fellner)
Industry: film, broadcasting
New entry
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are the duo behind some of the biggest British films of the past 20 years.
Last year Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was added to a back catalogue that includes Four Weddings and a Funeral, Billy Elliot and Atonement; and Joe Wright's much-anticipated, just-released adaptation of Anna Karenina is also a Working Title production. Les Misérables is coming soon, but a third Bridget Jones film is proving problematic.
Working Title, of which Bevan and Fellner are co-chairmen, is also home to their fledgling Working Title TV division, responsible for Abi Morgan's take on Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong.
"Financially and creatively they have pulled their business around in the last 12 months," concluded our panel.
Job: co-chairmen, Working Title Films
Age: 54 (Bevan), 52 (Fellner)
Industry: film, broadcasting
New entry
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are the duo behind some of the biggest British films of the past 20 years.
Last year Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was added to a back catalogue that includes Four Weddings and a Funeral, Billy Elliot and Atonement; and Joe Wright's much-anticipated, just-released adaptation of Anna Karenina is also a Working Title production. Les Misérables is coming soon, but a third Bridget Jones film is proving problematic.
Working Title, of which Bevan and Fellner are co-chairmen, is also home to their fledgling Working Title TV division, responsible for Abi Morgan's take on Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong.
"Financially and creatively they have pulled their business around in the last 12 months," concluded our panel.
- 9/16/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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