BAFTA nominees Lindsay Duncan (“Birdman,” “Le Week-End”) and Simon Callow (“Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Shakespeare In Love”) join Joe Stephenson’s upcoming “Doctor Jekyll,” starring Eddie Izzard. Also added to the cast are Jonathan Hyde (“Titanic, Jumanji”) Tony Jayawardena (“The Crown”) and Robyn Cara (“The...
The newly reestablished Hammer Studios has acquired U.K. rights for B Good Picture Company’s “Doctor Jekyll.” In Nov. 2021, the U.K.’s Network Distributing sealed a deal with iconic British horror label Hammer Films to form Hammer Studios Ltd. “Doctor Jekyll,” directed by Joe Stephenson and currently...
‘Enys Men’, ‘Pretty Red Dress’ and Quiddity Films receive backing from UK Global Screen Fund Enys Men, Pretty Red Dress and Quiddity Films are among the recipients of an additional 12 awards that have been issued by the UK Global Screen Fund (GSF). A total of £502,882...
EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-nominated St. Trinian’s, Johnny English Reborn and An Ideal Husband director Oliver Parker has launched a production shingle with former Red Arrow Studios CEO James Baker and Metro International Partner Sam Parker, and the outfit is taking a packed slate to Mip TV. Anyway...
The legendary Hammer Studios will relaunch with a brand new upcoming take on the classic Doctor Jekyll, which features Eddie Izzard in the starring role as Nina Jekyll. From director Joe Stephenson, we’ve learned courtesy of Variety that principal photography on Hammer’s Doctor Jekyll has...
I Am Here, a debut documentary film by South African filmmaker Jordy Sank, tells the remarkable story of holocaust survivor Ella Blumenthal. Sank grew up alongside Blumenthal and would often hear her harrowing stories of survival and resilience. He saw the power in Blumenthal’s strength...
As a young girl, Ella Blumenthal's family was murdered in the Holocaust. Now her incredible journey is being explored in a heartfelt documentary, I Am Here. "I tried to never talk about my suffering and survival," says Ella Blumenthal, a survivor of the Holocaust. But now at 100...
EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-nominee Carol Morley (Out Of Blue) is underway in Yorkshire, England, on under-the-radar new feature Typist Artist Pirate King, which will star BAFTA winner Monica Dolan (The Dig), Golden Globe and BAFTA nominee Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire) and BAFTA winner Gina McKee (Phantom Thread). Metro International has boarded sales on the feature...
As AFM presents its second virtual edition (November 1-5), Screen profiles a selection of key titles that are looking to tempt buyers during the market. Bankside Films is launching talks with international buyers on Talk To Me, which stars Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto and Otis Dhanji and is directed by...
Ella Blumenthal was a young woman when the Nazis invaded her native Poland. Over the next few years she was bounced around Europe by Hitler’s forces, experiencing firs-thand the horrors of Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen. She even participated in the failed Warsaw Uprising in 1943,...