UK Production News July 2012 · UK PRODUCTION NEWS July 2012. ... Ned Dowd [email protected] Production co: Aegis Film Group ... Mike Newell Producer: Pippa Harris

Contents: 1. Feature films in preproduction

2. Feature films in development

3. Television drama

UK PRODUCTION NEWS

July 2012

UK PRODUCTION NEWS JULY 2012

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1. Feature films in preproduction Title: COUNSELOR, the Production: feature film Status: preproduction Genre: story of lawyer turned drug trafficker Location of production: UK (Shepperton), USA Date shoot starts: July 30, 2012 Cast: Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz Script: Cormac McCarthy Director: Ridley Scott Producer: Nick Wechsler Assoc prod/line prod: Mary Richards [email protected] Production co: Chockstone Pictures, Nick Wechsler Productions Title: JACK RYAN Production: feature film Status: preproduction Genre: prequel to series of Jack Ryan stories by Tom Clancy Location of production: UK (London) Date shoot starts: September 2012 Cast: Chris Pine Script: Anthony Peckham Director: Kenneth Branagh Producer: David Barron Assoc prod/line prod: Tommy Harper Production co: Di Bonaventura Pictures FULLY CREWED Title: MACHINE, the Production: feature film Status: preproduction Genre: sci-fi about the creation of artificial intelligence Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: July 23, 2012 Script: Caradog James Director: Caradog James Producer: John Giwa-Amu Assoc prod/line prod: Meinir Stoutt [email protected] Production co: Red And Black Films



Title: NORTHERN SOUL Production: feature film Status: preproduction Genre: 1974-set story about the birth of Northern Soul Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: August 2012 Script: Elaine Constantine Cast: Steve Coogan, Lisa Stansfield, Ricky Tomlinson Director: Elaine Constantine Producer: Debbie Gray, Henry Normal Assoc prod/line prod: Alan Graves [email protected] Production co: Stubborn Heart Productions – Baby Cow www.northernsoulthefilm.com



2. Feature films in development Title: 4th REICH, the * Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story about Operation Overlord in 1944 Location of production: UK (Manchester) Date shoot starts: late 2012 Cast: Sean Pertwee, Axelle Carolyn Script: Shaun Robert Smith Director: Shaun Robert Smith Producer: Scott Mann Assoc prod/line prod: Alan Graves [email protected] Production co: Mann Made Films Title: 71 Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story about a British soldier in Northern Ireland in 1971 Location of production: UK (Belfast) Date shoot starts: 2012 Cast: tba Director: Yann Demange Producer: Angus Lamont Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Warp Films-Crabapple Films [email protected] Title: A LONG WAY DOWN * Production: feature film Status: development Genre: adaptation of Nick Hornby novel Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Cast: tba Director: Pascal Chaumeil Producer: Finola Dwyer Assoc prod/line prod: Caroline Levy [email protected] Production co: Finola Dwyer-Wildgaze Productions



Title: ALAN PARTRIDGE: THE MOVIE Production: feature film Status: development Genre: comedy based on the eponymous tv character Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: January 2013 Cast: Steve Coogan Director: Declan Lowney Producer: Kevin Loader Assoc prod/line prod: Celia Duval [email protected] Production co: Baby Cow-Talkback Title: BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP Production: feature film Status: development Genre: a night of partying ages a young woman beyond recognition Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: early 2013 Cast: Nicole Kidman Director: Rowan Joffe Producer: Christine Langan, Liza Marshall Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: BBC Films-Scott Free www.rsafilms.com Title: BELLE Production: feature film Status: development Genre: mixed-race girl is adopted into an aristocratic family Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: Summer 2012 Cast: tba Director: Amma Assante Producer: Damian Jones Assoc prod/line prod: Jane Robertson [email protected] Production co: DJ Films



Title: BENJAMIN BRITTEN: PEACE AND CONFLICT Production: feature film Status: development Genre: biopic of the 20th century eponymous British composer Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Cast: tba Director: Tony Britten Producer: Anwen Rees-Myers Assoc prod/line prod: Katja Mordaunt [email protected] Production co: Capriol Films www.benjaminbrittenfilm.co.uk Title: BROKEN DREAM ** Production: feature film Status: development Genre: futuristic love story Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2013 Cast: Caleb Landry Jones Script: Neil Jordan, John Boorman Director: John Boorman Producer: Kieran Corrigan Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Merlin Films

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Title: CALVARY Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story of a priest victimized by his community Location of production: Ireland Date shoot starts: Spring 2012 Cast: Brendan Gleeson Director: John Michael McDonagh Producer: Flora Fernandez-Marengo Assoc prod/line prod: Patrick O’Donoghue Production co: Reprisal Films [email protected]



Title: CROOKED HOUSE* Production: feature film Status: development Genre: adaptation of Agatha Christie novel Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2012 Cast: Gemma Arterton, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Sheen Director: Neil LaBute Producer: Jo Abrams, Marc Samuelson Assoc prod/line prod: Peter Heslop Production co: Brilliant Films [email protected] Title: CROSSMAGLEN * Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story of an IRA gunner on the run from both sides in N. Ireland Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: October 2012 Cast: Ben Kingsley Director: Kevin Connor Producer: Arianna Eisenberg Assoc prod/line prod: Ned Dowd [email protected] Production co: Aegis Film Group Title: DESERT DANCER ** Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story of a persecuted dancer in Iran Location of production: Turkey, Jordan Date shoot starts: September 2012 Cast: Reece Ritchie, Freida Pinto, Alfred Molina Script: Jon Croker Director: Richard Raymond Producer: Nigel Thomas Assoc prod/line prod: Parisa Dunn [email protected] Production co: May 13 Films-Matador



Title: DOM HEMINGWAY Production: feature film Status: development Genre: drama about a safe-cracker Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Cast: Jude Law, Richard E Grant Script: Richard Shephard Director: Richard Shephard Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Christine Langan Assoc prod/line prod: Nick O’Hagan [email protected] Production co: BBC Films-Recorded Picture Co Title: EARTHWORKS Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story set in the trenches of WW1 Location of production: Czech Republic Date shoot starts: Spring 2012 Script: Michael Gilvray Cast: tba Director: Michael Gilvray Producer: Shaheen Schleifer Exec producer: Yasmin Akhtar Assoc prod/line prod: Kevan van Thompson Production co: Bluebeard Pictures [email protected] Title: EASTERN PROMISES 2 Production: feature film Status: development Genre: sequel to 2008 hit Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2012 Cast: Viggo Mortensen Script: Steve Knight Director: Steve Knight Producer: Paul Webster Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Kudos [email protected]



Title: GREENLAND TIME Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story of a woman seeking revenge on a hit-and-run driver Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Cast: Kit Harington, Vera Farmiga Director: David Newman, Catherine Linstrum Producer: Gillian Berrie Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Sigma Films – Zentropa [email protected] Title: HAPPY PRINCE, the ** Production: feature film Status: development Genre: Story about the last days of Oscar Wilde Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2013 Cast: Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Edward Fox Director: Rupert Everett Producer: Robert Fox Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Bavaria Media, Robert Fox Ltd

[email protected] Title: KICK ASS 2 ** Production: feature film Status: development Genre: sequel Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2013 Cast: Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz Script: Jeff Wadlow Director: Jeff Wadlow Producer: Matthew Vaughn, Adam Bohling Assoc prod/line prod: Iain Mackenzie [email protected] Production co: Marv Films



Title: LAUREATE, the Production: feature film Status: development Genre: period pic about war poet Robert Graves Location of production: UK and Ireland Date shoot starts: 2012 Cast: Orlando Bloom, Imogen Poots Script: William Nunez Director: William Nunez Producer: Phil Moran [email protected] Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: FFAB Films/Apollo Productions Title: LONDONGRAD Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story of poisoning of KGB agent Litvinenko in London in 2006 Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Cast: Michael Fassbender Script: David Scarpa, based on ‘The Terminal Spy’ by Alan Cowell Director: Rupert Wyatt Producer: Graham King, Alan Moloney Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: GK-Parallel Films [email protected] [email protected] Title: LONGEST COCKTAIL PARTY, the Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story about the Beatles Apple Corps, set in 1968 Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Script: Richard Di Lello Director: Michael Winterbottom Producer: Andrew Eaton Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Revolution Films [email protected]



Title: MISS YOU ALREADY Production: feature film Status: development Genre: two lifelong friends fall out after illness and pregnancy Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Script: Morwenna Banks, Paul Andrew Williams Cast: Jennifer Aniston Director: Paul Andrew Williams Producer: Chris Simon, Felix Vossen Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Embargo Films [email protected] Title: MONSTER PROJECT Production: feature film Status: development Genre: sci-fi fantasy Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2012 Director: John Shackleton Producer: Gareth Davies Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Movie Mogul Films [email protected] Title: MONSTERS: THE DARK CONTINENT Production: feature film Status: development Genre: sequel to the 2010 hit ‘Monsters’ Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Director: Jesse Atlas Producer: Rory Aitken Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Between the Eyes-Vertigo Link: www.betweentheeyes.co.uk



Title: MULO, the Production: feature film Status: development Genre: supernatural story about twin sisters Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Director: Matthew Thompson Producer: Christine Alderson Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Ipso Facto Films [email protected] Title: MY LIFE IN ORANGE Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story based on 2004 memoir of growing up in a hippy commune Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Cast: tba Director: Lone Scherfig Producer: Alison Owen Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Ruby Films [email protected] Title: NEUROMANCER Production: feature film Status: development Genre: dramatization of William Gibson novel Location of production: UK (London) Date shoot starts: 2012 Cast: tba Script: Vincenzo Natali (adapted from novel) Director: Vincenzo Natali Producer: Peter Hoffman, Lorenzo de Bonaventura Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Seven Arts [email protected]



Title: NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING Production: feature film Status: development Genre: romcom about a writer suffering from ‘bloc’ Location of production: UK (Glasgow) Date shoot starts: 2012 Cast: Karen Gillan Director: Jon McKay Producer: Claire Mundell Assoc prod/line prod: Wendy Griffin Production co: Synchronicity Films [email protected] Title: ON CHESIL BEACH Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story set in Dorset in 1962 and based on Ian McEwan novel Location of production: UK (London and Dorset) Date shoot starts: Summer 2012 Script: Ian McEwan Director: Mike Newell Producer: Pippa Harris Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Neal Street Productions [email protected] Title: ONE CHANCE ** Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story about BGT winner Paul Potts Location of production: UK (London) Date shoot starts: October 2012 Cast: James Corden Script: Justin Zackham Director: David Frankel Producer: Matthew Vaughn Assoc prod/line prod: Jane Hooks [email protected] Production co: Marv Films



Title: PANDA EYES Production: feature film Status: development Genre: mystery thriller about a girl pursued by her own double Location of production: UK (Wales) and Spain Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Script: Isabel Coixet Director: Isabel Coixet Producer: Rebekah Gilbertson Assoc prod/line prod: Rosa Romero Production co: Rainy Day Films [email protected] Title: ROMEO AND JULIET Production: feature film Status: development Genre: kids’ version of Shakespeare’s play Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: August 2012 Cast: tba Director: Stephen Woolfenden Producer: Julian Chenery [email protected] Assoc prod/line prod: Paul Sarony Production co: S4K Entertainment Title: SEASIDE STORIES Production: feature film Status: development Genre: contemporary drama Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: September2012 Cast: tba Director: Paul Wright Producer: Mary Burke Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Warp Films [email protected]



Title: SECONDS OF PLEASURE Production: feature film Status: development Genre: about a group of people on a flight from Chicago to London Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2012 Cast: Brendan Fraser, Kristin Scott-Thomas Director: Neil LaBute Producer: Margaret Enefer, Bill Shapter Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Scottish Television www.stv.com Title: SELFISH GIANT, the Production: feature film Status: development Genre: re-working of Oscar Wilde story Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Director: Clio Barnard Producer: Tracy O’Riordan Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Moonspun Films www.moonspunfilms.com Title: SILENT NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Production: feature film Status: development Genre: zombie outbreak at Christmas time Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: January 2013 Cast: Tom Savini, Reece Shearsmith Script: James Moran Director: Paul Davis Producer: Jennifer Handorf [email protected] Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Kesslerboy Productions-Blaze Films



Title: TUSK Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story about three children left to fend for themselves Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2012 Cast: tba Director: Adam Smith Producer: David Thompson, Ed Rubin Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Origin Pictures-Film4 [email protected] Title: TWIST 3D Production: feature film Status: development Genre: Oliver Twist in present-day London Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2012 Director: Oliver Blackburn Producer: Ben Grass, Piers Tempest, Samantha Horley Assoc prod/line prod: Caroline Levy Production co: Pure Grass Films [email protected] Title: TWO FACES OF JANUARY, the Production: feature film Status: development Genre: adaptation of Patricia Highsmith novel Location of production: UK, Greece Date shoot starts: late 2012 Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst Director: Hossein Aminin Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner Assoc prod/line prod: Caroline Hewitt Production co: Working Title-Timnick Films



Title: UNSEEN, the Production: feature film Status: development Genre: story of a woman going blind Location of production: Spain Date shoot starts: Spring 2012 Script: Gary Sinyor Director: Gary Sinyor Producer: Jacqueline Kerrin, Dominic Wright Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Rippleworld Pictures [email protected]



3. Television drama Title: BLACK MIRROR series II ** Production: tv series Status: development Genre: spoof political-satirical drama Location of production: UK (London) Date shoot starts: November 2012 Script: Charlie Brooker Director: tba Producer: Barney Reisz Assoc prod/line prod: Emma Pike [email protected] Production co: Zeppotron for Channel 4 Title: BROADCHURCH Production: tv series (5 x 60 mins) Status: preproduction Genre: murder-mystery series Location of production: UK (Bristol) Date shoot starts: August 2012 Cast: David Tennant Director: James Strong Producer: Richard Stokes Assoc prod/line prod: Catrin Lewis Defis [email protected] Production co: Kudos Productions for ITV1 Title: ENDEAVOUR Production: tv series (4 X 60 mins) Status: development Genre: series runs on from successful pilot for ‘Morse’ prequel Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Director: tba (Colm McCarthy did the pilot) Producer: Dan McCulloch Assoc prod/line prod: Helga Dowie Production co: Mammoth Screen for ITV [email protected]



Title: FRANKIE ** Production: tv drama (6 x 60 mins) Status: development Genre: drama about a district nurse Location of production: UK (Bristol) Date shoot starts: September 2012 Cast: tba Script: Fiona Seres Director: Mark Everest Producer: Erika Hossington Assoc prod/line prod: Kate Dudley [email protected] Production co: BBC for BBC1 Title: LADY VANISHES, the ** Production: tv drama (1 x 90 mins) Status: preproduction Genre: re-working of Hitchcock classic Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: August 2012 Cast: tba Script: Fiona Seres Director: Dairmuid Lawrence Producer: Annie Tricklebank Assoc prod/line prod: Margaret Conway [email protected] Production co: BBC for BBC1

Title: LIGHTFIELDS ** Production: tv drama (5 x 60 mins) Status: development Genre: ghost story set in the 40s, 70s and present day Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: September 2012 Cast: tba Script: Simon Tyrrell Director: Damon Thomas Producer: Cherry Gould Assoc prod/line prod: Simon Bird [email protected] Production co: ITV Studios



Title: LONDON IRISH ** Production: tv drama Status: development Genre: sitcom pilot Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: October 2012 Cast: tba Script: Lisa McGee Director: Ben Palmer Producer: Caroline Leddy Assoc prod/line prod: Letitia Knight [email protected] Production co: Company Pictures for Channel 4 Title: MAKING OF A LADY, the ** Production: tv drama (1 x 100 mins) Status: preproduction Genre: based on ‘The Making of a Marchioness’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett Location of production: UK (northwest) Date shoot starts: end August 2012 Script: Kate Brooke Cast: tba Director: Richard Curson-Smith Producer: Jo Willett Assoc prod/line prod: Julian Meers Production co: Runaway Fridge for ITV [email protected] Title: MILL, the * Production: tv drama Status: development Genre: period drama set in the Industrial Revolution Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2012 Director: James Hawes Producer: Dominic Barlow Assoc prod/line prod: Caroline Levy http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0506361/ Production co: Darlow Smithson [email protected]



Title: MIMIC ** Production: tv series Status: preproduction Genre: sitcom about a maintenance man with a gift for mimicry Location of production: UK (Bristol) Date shoot starts: August 2012 Script: Matt Morgan Director: Kieron Hawkes Producer: Jack Bayles Assoc prod/line prod: Stephen Abrahams [email protected] Production co: Running Bare Pictures for Channel 4 Title: PEAKY BLINDERS Production: tv series Status: development Genre: story about Birmingham street gang in the late 19th century Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Script: David Leland Cast: tba Director: Steven Knight Producer: Katie Swinden Assoc prod/line prod: Brian Kaczynski [email protected] Production co: Tiger Aspect Title: POISON TREE, the Production: tv series Status: preproduction Genre: 2 part drama set in London in 1997, based on novel by Erin Kelly Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: August 2012 Cast: tba Director: tba Producer: Margaret Enefer Assoc prod/line prod: Kathy Nettleship [email protected] Production co: STV



Title: PRISONERS’ WIVES series II Production: tv series Status: development Genre: return of story of women coping while husbands are inside Location of production: UK (Leeds) Date shoot starts: Summer 2012 Director: tba Producer: Greg Brenman Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Tiger Aspect [email protected] Title: RESTLESS Production: tv drama (2 x 90 mins) Status: development Genre: woman discovers her father was a WW2 spy Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: late 2012 Script: William Boyd (from his own novel) Director: Edward Hall Producer: Hilary Bevan-Jones Assoc prod/line prod: Paul Frift Production co: Endor for BBC1 [email protected] Title: TOUCH OF CLOTH series III ** Production: tv series Status: preproduction Genre: spoof police procedural drama Location of production: UK (London) Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Cast: John Hannah, Suranne Jones Script: Charlie Brooker Director: Jim O’Hanlon Producer: Adam Tandy Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Zeppotron for Sky One [email protected]



Title: TOWN, the ** Production: tv drama (3 x 60 mins) Status: development Genre: drama Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: August 2012 Cast Martin Clunes Script: Mike Bartlett Director: Colin Teague Producer: Luke Alkin Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: Big Talk for ITV1 [email protected]

Title: VERA series III Production: tv series (4 x 120 mins) Status: development Genre: return of the eponymous detective series Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Cast: Brenda Blethyn Director: tba Producer: Margaret Mitchell Assoc prod/line prod: tba Production co: ITV Studios for ITV1 www.itvstudios.com Title: VILLAGE, the * Production: tv series (6 x 60 mins) Status: development Genre: story set in a Derbyshire village Location of production: UK Date shoot starts: 2012 Cast: tba Script: Peter Moffat Director: tba Producer: George Faber Assoc prod/line prod: Claudine Sturdy [email protected] Production co: Company Pictures for BBC1



Title: WAR OF THE ROSES, the ** Production: tv drama set in 15th cent. Status: development Genre: adaptation of ‘The Cousins War’ by Philippa Gregory Location of production: Belgium Date shoot starts: Autumn 2012 Director: James Kent Producer: Matt Jones, Tom Grieves Assoc prod/line prod: Christine Healy [email protected] Production co: Company Pictures for BBC1 * updated listing since a previous edition ** new listing for the monthly edition (may have been previously listed in UKPN weekly)

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UK Production News July 2012 · UK PRODUCTION NEWS July 2012. ... Ned Dowd [email protected] Production co: Aegis Film Group ... Mike Newell Producer: Pippa Harris