Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan have signed to star in Peter Cattaneo’s Military Wives for London and Los Angeles-based outfit 42. Embankment Films arranged financing for the film and is launching worldwide sales in Toronto. CAA co-represents US rights. Lionsgate has acquired the film for the UK. Written...
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) have boarded second world war-era drama Summerland which is set to star and be executive produced by Gemma Arterton. The project marks the feature debut of Olivier Award-winning playwright Jessica Swale. She previously collaborated...
Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) will star in Ride Like A Girl, the feature debut from Oscar-nominated actress Rachel Griffiths (Hacksaw Ridge). Embankment Films is handling sales on the project and will introduce to buyers in Toronto this week. The...
Oscar-winner Judi Dench and rising talent Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service) will lead Red Joan for director Trevor Nunn. Lindsay Shapiro has penned the script, an adaptation of Jennie Rooney’s eponymous 2014 novel which itself took its inspiration from the true story of Melita Norwood, a woman...
Alicia Vikander, James McAvoy star in romantic thriller. This year’s San Sebastian Festival (Sept 22-30) will open with the European premiere of Wim Wenders’ Alicia Vikander and James McAvoy-starring Submergence. The Germany-France-Spain co-production will travel to the Spanish festival, where it will compete for the event’s top prize...
Andy Serkis’s directorial debut is one of STXinternational’s first UK releases. The 61st BFI London Film Festival (LFF) will open with Andy Serkis’s feature directorial debut Breathe on October 4. Starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, the film tells the story of an adventurous young man who is struck...
EXCLUSIVE: Embankment launches sales on Second World War drama. Gemma Arterton will lead the cast of Summerland, the directing debut of Olivier Award-winning playwright Jessica Swale. Swale has also penned the screenplay of the feature, which is set during the Second World War and stars Arterton in...
EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit makes new hire. London-based sales outfit Embankment Films has appointed Libby D’Arcy as general counsel to head up the company’s business and legal affairs. She joins from her role as vice president of business affairs at Content Media, where she spent a total...
Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jackie, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge and Michael Fassbender romanceThe Light Between Oceans among line-up. SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-UP The 73rd Venice Film Festival (Aug 31 - Sept 10) has unveiled the 55 features – mixing star vehicles and international auteurs –...
Garfield plays a man paralysed by polio in the Imaginarium Studios production; Embankment launches sales. Andy Serkis will direct Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) and Claire Foy (The Lady In The Van) inBreathe, the story of a couple who, after the husband is paralysed by polio,...
The Kate Winslet-starring film’s $2.8m opening dethroned The Martian, which had remained top of the pile for four weeks. The Dressmaker has opened with an impressive $2.8m across Australia and New Zealand ($2.6m at the former, $0.2 at the latter), prompting the film’s team to call...
Principal photography is underway in Europe on Martin Koolhoven thriller. Dakota Fanning (Night Moves) and Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) have replaced Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Robert Pattinson (Twilight), respectively, in Martin Koolhoven’s thriller Brimstone, which is now underway in Europe. Also new to the...