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...
“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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Vanessa Kirby has joined the cast of “The Son,” Florian Zeller’s follow up to his Oscar-winning feature debut “The Father,” Variety has learned. Kirby, who was Oscar-nominated for “Pieces of a Woman,” will star in the film opposite Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman. As with “The Father,” “The Son” was...
Fourteen-year-old from County Kildare to play opposite Oscar winner in feelgood film Joyride An Irish teenager has been plucked from obscurity and cast alongside Olivia Colman, one of the industry’s most sought-after actors, as the lead characters in a feature film that begins shooting this month. Fourteen-year-old Charlie...
Oscars 2021 winners: the full Best makeup and hairstyling Emma Hillbilly Elegy Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER Mank Pinocchio Best costume design Emma Mank Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER Mulan Pinocchio Jean Hersholt humanitarian award MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund) Best director Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman David Fincher, Mank Lee Isaac Chung, Minari Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER Best sound Greyhound Mank News of...
Bafta 2021 winners Winners in bold BEST FILM The Father - Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David ParfittThe Mauritanian - Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd LevinNomadland - Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances Mcdormand, Peter Spears, Chloé ZhaoPromising Young Woman - Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, Josey McnamaraThe Trial Of The...
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,...