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...
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,...
"John Cusack has joined the cast of western Never Grow Old alongside Emile Hirsch, Deborah Francois and Antonia Campbell-Hughes. Being John Malkovich actor Cusack co-stars as malevolent villain Dutch Albert with Hirsch (Lone Survivor) in the lead role as the reluctant hero Patrick Tate. Shoot has...
"Discover all the nominations for this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards Jodie Whittaker is among the stars in the running for this year’s Evening Standard British Film Awards. The new star of Doctor Who is up for best actress for her performance as the wife of...
The October issue of Screen features Sam Claflin as its front cover, in character as Captain Stanhope from Journey's End. This follows on from previous Screen articles praising the film, with Fionnuala Halligan including Journey's End as one of her "10 films that stood out at...
Screen can reveal the first production still of Sam Claflin in Saul Dibb’s adaptation. Screen can reveal the first production still of Sam Claflin in World War One drama Journey’s End, of which Metro International will show first footage at next week’s EFM in Berlin. Director Saul...