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08 Sep ‘Rings of Power’ Star Morfydd Clark to Play Evelyn Glennie, a Pioneering Deaf Musician and Grammy Winner, in Embankment Biopic (EXCLUSIVE)

“Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” star Morfydd Clark is set to headline a biopic “Making Noise,” about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman who became the world’s premier solo percussionist. Multi-Grammy winner Glennie, who hails from Scotland, experienced profound hearing loss as a child....

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09 May ‘Ginny & Georgia’ Star Antonia Gentry, ‘Rings of Power’ Actor Calam Lynch Headline ‘The Upside of Falling Down,’ Embankment to Launch Sales at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)

Following the success of “Purple Hearts,” Embankment will launch global pre-sales of new romantic movie, “The Upside of Falling Down,” at the Cannes film market. The film is directed by Oran Zegman (“Honor Society”) and stars Antonia Gentry from worldwide hit “Ginny & Georgia” alongside Calam...

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03 May The Times (4 stars): Big Film of the Week. Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton are superb in this moving take on the novel, says Kevin Maher

The opening shot of this long-awaited literary adaptation is as perfectly chosen, and as filled with symbolic power, as the great opening images of such Hollywood masterpieces as The Searchers (the opened door), Raging Bull (slow-mo De Niro) and Forrest Gump (the feather). It's the...

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17 May Bleecker Street Buys Emma Mackey’s Emily Brontë Biopic From Frances O’Connor

Bleecker Street has bought the U.S. rights for writer-director Frances O’Connor’s directorial debut, “Emily,” which tells the story of author Emily Brontë’s real-life romance in the lead up to her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Bleecker Street is planning a 2023 theatrical release Stateside, while Warner Bros. will...

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18 Jan Daniel Brühl Boards Lone Scherfig’s ‘The Movie Teller’

“Captain America: Civil War” star Daniel Brühl has boarded Lone Scherfig’s upcoming feature “The Movie Teller,” Variety can reveal. The BAFTA-nominated actor, who recently reprised his Marvel role in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and has appeared in features including “Rush” and “Inglourious Basterds,” will star alongside Bérénice...

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10 Dec EMILY by Total Film

EMILY Taking the Brontë biopic to new (Wuthering) Heights.  MUST-SEE, WHY? THE AUTHOR BIOPIC GETS A META REINVENTION.  DIRECTOR FRANCES O’CONNOR STARRING EMMA MACKEY, ALEXANDRA DOWLING, FIONN WHITEHEAD, AMELIA GETHING It’s not a biopic,” declares Frances O’Connor of her directorial debut, Emily. “It’s definitely not a biopic.” On the surface, a film about Emily Brontë,...

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18 Nov ‘Golda’: First Look At Helen Mirren As Israel’s First Female Prime Minister

Here’s your first look at Helen Mirren in the role of Golda Meir, Israel’s first female Prime Minister, in Guy Natttiv’s biipic Golda, which is now shooting in London. Written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), the film is a thriller that chronicles the high-stake responsibilities and controversial decisions that Meir...

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09 Nov ‘Titane’, ‘The Father’ and ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ lead European Film Awards nominations

The European Film Academy (EFA) has unveiled the nominations for the 34th European Film Awards, with Titane, The Father and Quo Vadis, Aida? the frontrunners with four nominations each. The winners will be voted for by the 4,100 academy members, and the presentation will take place during the awards ceremony on...

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04 Aug Netflix Takes Global Rights To Alloy Entertainment’s Nicholas Galitzine-Sofia Carson Romance Pic ‘Purple Hearts’

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has scooped up global rights to the Alloy Entertainment Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum-directed romance feature Purple Hearts which will begin shooting in California later this summer with Nicholas Galitzine and Sofia Carson starring. Adapted from Tess Wakefield’s novel of the same name by Tony Award-nominee Kyle Jarrow (Valor) and Liz Garcia (The Lifeguard), Purple Hearts follows an...

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