Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Irish comedy Joyride, starring Olivia Colman, from UK sales outfit Embankment Films. Directed by Emer Reynolds, filming is set to begin in County Kerry, Ireland next week and Vertigo is planning a theatrical release in 2022. Sony Pictures...
Set in 1930s Hollywood, the story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane collected 10 nominations including best feature, best director and best actor for Gary Oldman. The Netflix drama also secured nods for supporting actress Amanda Seyfried,...
Embankment Films has revealed the top-line cast of feelgood feature The Miracle Club and a key pre-sale, and boarded a raft of documentaries as part of a major push into factual. Downton Abbey star Maggie Smith will be joined by fellow Oscar-winner Kathy Bates and Ozark star Laura Linney in the...
UK-based sales, financing and packaging outfit Embankment Films has revealed a raft of deals out of Toronto for Peter Cattaneo’s comedy-drama Military Wives and The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. Military Wives proved the first major acquisition at this year’s TIFF, selling to Bleecker...
First look at Brian Cox as the wartime leader as Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy and Ella Purnell join cast. Salon Pictures has announced that principal photography has begun in Scotland on its new feature film, Churchill. Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy) plays the Second World...
EXCLUSIVE: Wim Wenders’ romantic thriller recently secured 30+ sales. A first glimpse at romantic thriller Submergence shows X-Men star James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander, in her first role after winning the Oscar, in an intense embrace. Embankment is selling the Wim Wenders-directed feature at Cannes this week,...
Sales outfit has been at EFM with Submergence. Embankment Films has appointed Max Pirkis as head of acquisitions and distribution with immediate effect. Pirkis, who joined the London-based sales firm in 2013, now heads up and manages Embankment’s acquisitions slate while also co-ordinating international delivery and distribution...
EXCLUSIVE: Seth Rogen, Jacki Weaver, Megan Fox, Will Ferrell to star; Embankment to sell. London-based sales and finance outfit Embankment Films has boarded James Franco’s comedy-drama Zeroville, which is now shooting in California, and is shaping up to be among the most-intriguing and fun new projects...
Kate Winslet and Judy Davis lead cast of the new film from director Jocelyn Moorhouse. Production has begun on The Dressmaker at Docklands Studios Melbourne, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof,A Thousand Acres). As previously announced, the cast includes Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and...
New sales exec was most recently at French broadcaster TF1. Sara May has joined Embankment Films to steer activities in European sales, co-productions and acquisitions. She was most recently evp of acquisitions and co-productions at TF1, where she spent nearly 10 years and acquired distribution rights for...
Films from Roger Michell and Bertrand Tavernier as well as Jonathan Teplitzky’s The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, among first wave of titles. The 61st San Sebastian Film Festival has revealed the first six titles to compete in its Official Selection. They include Le...