The story of the Lost City of Atlantis has been a mystery for thousands of years, but Stel Pavlou is hoping that he can help uncover the truth behind the city. As one of the stars of the new Discovery Channel series, Stel is excited to share his journey with the world. Not only does Steve want to confirm that the city actually existed in the first place, but his goal is to uncover exactly where it was located. Since the show is focused on discussing Atlantis, viewers won’t get to learn much about Stel through the series. Fortunately, we’ve
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10 Things You Didn’t Know about Stel Pavlou...
- 7/24/2021
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
For centuries, countless people have tried to uncover the mystery of the lost city of Atlantis. While some people believe that the city was nothing more than a creation of Plato’s mind, others believe that the city really did exist. However, even those who believe the city was real have no idea where it was. Hopefully, that won’t be the case for much longer, though. Stel Pavlou and Jess Phoenix, the hosts of the new Discovery Channel series Hunting Atlantis, hope to uncover this ancient mystery. The show will take viewers on an interesting ride that hopefully answers some burning
10 Things You Didn’t Know about “Hunting Atlantis”...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about “Hunting Atlantis”...
- 7/23/2021
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Discovery Channel has greenlighted a series centered on the Lost City of Atlantis, from Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment.
Hunting Atlantis will follow expert Stel Pavlou and volcanologist Jess Phoenix as they set out “on a quest to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of all time — the rediscovery of Atlantis.”
Armed with new evidence, the duo will unearth sunken cities, archaic artifacts and geological catastrophes as they travel around the world exploring ancient sites in search of the lost city.
Pavlou is the author of a groundbreaking new theory on the date for Atlantis’ destruction near the ...
Hunting Atlantis will follow expert Stel Pavlou and volcanologist Jess Phoenix as they set out “on a quest to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of all time — the rediscovery of Atlantis.”
Armed with new evidence, the duo will unearth sunken cities, archaic artifacts and geological catastrophes as they travel around the world exploring ancient sites in search of the lost city.
Pavlou is the author of a groundbreaking new theory on the date for Atlantis’ destruction near the ...
- 5/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Discovery Channel has greenlighted a series centered on the Lost City of Atlantis, from Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment.
Hunting Atlantis will follow expert Stel Pavlou and volcanologist Jess Phoenix as they set out “on a quest to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of all time — the rediscovery of Atlantis.”
Armed with new evidence, the duo will unearth sunken cities, archaic artifacts and geological catastrophes as they travel around the world exploring ancient sites in search of the lost city.
Pavlou is the author of a groundbreaking new theory on the date for Atlantis’ destruction near the ...
Hunting Atlantis will follow expert Stel Pavlou and volcanologist Jess Phoenix as they set out “on a quest to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of all time — the rediscovery of Atlantis.”
Armed with new evidence, the duo will unearth sunken cities, archaic artifacts and geological catastrophes as they travel around the world exploring ancient sites in search of the lost city.
Pavlou is the author of a groundbreaking new theory on the date for Atlantis’ destruction near the ...
- 5/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
David Fincher, while promoting his next feature, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, told reporters that the film adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama was likely dead. Despite the most recent draft of a script being delivered in April, financing proved difficult for the classic novel.
"It looks like it's not going to happen,” the director was quoted as saying over at First Showing. “There's no script and as you know, [Morgan Freeman's] not in the best of health right now. We've been trying to do it but it's probably not going to happen."
The actor was the person to begin developing the property for much of this decade with Fincher coming on soon after. Freeman, though, was badly injured in a car accident back in August.
Freeman told the website last year, that "it's a very intellectual science fiction film, a very difficult book to translate cinematically." A...
"It looks like it's not going to happen,” the director was quoted as saying over at First Showing. “There's no script and as you know, [Morgan Freeman's] not in the best of health right now. We've been trying to do it but it's probably not going to happen."
The actor was the person to begin developing the property for much of this decade with Fincher coming on soon after. Freeman, though, was badly injured in a car accident back in August.
Freeman told the website last year, that "it's a very intellectual science fiction film, a very difficult book to translate cinematically." A...
- 10/15/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
"The 51st State" presents a heady mixture of the coolest of action stars in Samuel L. Jackson, a stylish Hong Kong director in Ronny Yu and the gritty streets of Liverpool, England. The complex and extremely violent story might get a little lost amid the explosions, car chases, gunfire and swearing, but the film remains a Saturday night audience-pleaser, especially for those seeking a little sub-Tarantino mayhem.
Strangely, not enough is done to make use of Liverpool's distinctive landmarks. Apart from the Scouse (Liverpudlian) accents, "51st State" could have been made pretty much anywhere. But it is to Jackson's credit that he as a producer helped drive this project into production. He also wears a kilt the whole way through the movie, which in itself is pretty distinctive.
The film opens in 1971. A newly qualified pharmacologist, Elmo McElroy (Jackson), smoking a rather large joint, is pulled over by police. Bang goes his license to work professionally. Cut to 2001. He is now working as an illegal-drugs manufacturer for the Lizard (Meat Loaf). Elmo, though, has plans to escape his nasty boss. He rigs up an explosion to take out the Lizard, then heads to England to barter a $20 million deal with a Liverpudlian crime boss. Trouble is the bomb doesn't kill the Lizard, who sends a lithe female assassin, Dakota Phillips (played with style and sexuality by Emily Mortimer), after Elmo.
Elmo (carrying the drugs in his golf bag) is met at the airport by Felix DeSouza (Robert Carlyle), enforcer for crime boss Leopold Durant (Ricky Tomlinson). As the trio sit down to talk turkey, all hell breaks loose. Dakota (who happens to be from Liverpool and is a former lover of DeSouza's) starts shooting everyone in the room with a sniper rifle.
Elmo and DeSouza escape and are pursued by various factions, ranging from a group of brain-dead skinheads to corrupt police. Eventually, they set up a deal with club owner Iki (Rhys Ifans), unaware that the Lizard is winging his way across the Atlantic to deal with Elmo. In the end, the appropriate people are killed, DeSouza and Dakota rekindle their love, and Elmo gets to play golf in Scotland.
Jackson, looking cool with his hair in braids and sporting a natty kilt, has the ability to raise himself above the mayhem around him. Carlyle plays DeSouza with the manic edge he brought to "Trainspotting", while Mortimer, in lots of leather, is very good as the gentle but brutal killer. The overacting award is split between Ifans (who should try doing one film in a lower key) and Meat Loaf.
The film is exceptionally loud with accents that might confuse some audiences. Yu directs with a good deal of skill, greatly aided by the excellent work of editor David Wu. Scenes shot on the Liverpool streets look a little drab, and one wonders if cinematographer Poon Hong-sang could have gotten a little more out of the sequences.
The screenplay by newcomer Stel Pavlou is witty and smart, though sometimes lapses into cliche and confusion. "51st State" makes for fine mindless entertainment, and it does have the selling point of Samuel L. Jackson in a kilt.
THE 51ST STATE
Screen Gems
Alliance Atlantis presents a Focus Films, 51st Films, Alliance Atlantis production in association with the Film Consortium
Credits:
Producers: Andras Hamori, Samuel L. Jackson, Seaton McLean, Jonathan Debin
Director: Ronny Yu
Executive producers: Julie Yorn, Eli Selden, Stephanie Davis
Screenwriter: Stel Pavlou
Director of photography: Poon Hong-sang
Production designer: Alan MacDonald
Editor: David Wu
Costume designer: Kate Carin
Music: Headrillaz
Cast:
Elmo McElroy: Samuel L. Jackson
Felix DeSouza: Robert Carlyle
Dakota Phillips: Emily Mortimer
Iki: Rhys Ifans
Leopold Durant: Ricky Tomlinson
Virgil Kane: Sean Pertwee
The Lizard: Meat Loaf
No MPAA rating
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes...
Strangely, not enough is done to make use of Liverpool's distinctive landmarks. Apart from the Scouse (Liverpudlian) accents, "51st State" could have been made pretty much anywhere. But it is to Jackson's credit that he as a producer helped drive this project into production. He also wears a kilt the whole way through the movie, which in itself is pretty distinctive.
The film opens in 1971. A newly qualified pharmacologist, Elmo McElroy (Jackson), smoking a rather large joint, is pulled over by police. Bang goes his license to work professionally. Cut to 2001. He is now working as an illegal-drugs manufacturer for the Lizard (Meat Loaf). Elmo, though, has plans to escape his nasty boss. He rigs up an explosion to take out the Lizard, then heads to England to barter a $20 million deal with a Liverpudlian crime boss. Trouble is the bomb doesn't kill the Lizard, who sends a lithe female assassin, Dakota Phillips (played with style and sexuality by Emily Mortimer), after Elmo.
Elmo (carrying the drugs in his golf bag) is met at the airport by Felix DeSouza (Robert Carlyle), enforcer for crime boss Leopold Durant (Ricky Tomlinson). As the trio sit down to talk turkey, all hell breaks loose. Dakota (who happens to be from Liverpool and is a former lover of DeSouza's) starts shooting everyone in the room with a sniper rifle.
Elmo and DeSouza escape and are pursued by various factions, ranging from a group of brain-dead skinheads to corrupt police. Eventually, they set up a deal with club owner Iki (Rhys Ifans), unaware that the Lizard is winging his way across the Atlantic to deal with Elmo. In the end, the appropriate people are killed, DeSouza and Dakota rekindle their love, and Elmo gets to play golf in Scotland.
Jackson, looking cool with his hair in braids and sporting a natty kilt, has the ability to raise himself above the mayhem around him. Carlyle plays DeSouza with the manic edge he brought to "Trainspotting", while Mortimer, in lots of leather, is very good as the gentle but brutal killer. The overacting award is split between Ifans (who should try doing one film in a lower key) and Meat Loaf.
The film is exceptionally loud with accents that might confuse some audiences. Yu directs with a good deal of skill, greatly aided by the excellent work of editor David Wu. Scenes shot on the Liverpool streets look a little drab, and one wonders if cinematographer Poon Hong-sang could have gotten a little more out of the sequences.
The screenplay by newcomer Stel Pavlou is witty and smart, though sometimes lapses into cliche and confusion. "51st State" makes for fine mindless entertainment, and it does have the selling point of Samuel L. Jackson in a kilt.
THE 51ST STATE
Screen Gems
Alliance Atlantis presents a Focus Films, 51st Films, Alliance Atlantis production in association with the Film Consortium
Credits:
Producers: Andras Hamori, Samuel L. Jackson, Seaton McLean, Jonathan Debin
Director: Ronny Yu
Executive producers: Julie Yorn, Eli Selden, Stephanie Davis
Screenwriter: Stel Pavlou
Director of photography: Poon Hong-sang
Production designer: Alan MacDonald
Editor: David Wu
Costume designer: Kate Carin
Music: Headrillaz
Cast:
Elmo McElroy: Samuel L. Jackson
Felix DeSouza: Robert Carlyle
Dakota Phillips: Emily Mortimer
Iki: Rhys Ifans
Leopold Durant: Ricky Tomlinson
Virgil Kane: Sean Pertwee
The Lizard: Meat Loaf
No MPAA rating
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes...
"The 51st State" presents a heady mixture of the coolest of action stars in Samuel L. Jackson, a stylish Hong Kong director in Ronny Yu and the gritty streets of Liverpool, England. The complex and extremely violent story might get a little lost amid the explosions, car chases, gunfire and swearing, but the film remains a Saturday night audience-pleaser, especially for those seeking a little sub-Tarantino mayhem.
Strangely, not enough is done to make use of Liverpool's distinctive landmarks. Apart from the Scouse (Liverpudlian) accents, "51st State" could have been made pretty much anywhere. But it is to Jackson's credit that he as a producer helped drive this project into production. He also wears a kilt the whole way through the movie, which in itself is pretty distinctive.
The film opens in 1971. A newly qualified pharmacologist, Elmo McElroy (Jackson), smoking a rather large joint, is pulled over by police. Bang goes his license to work professionally. Cut to 2001. He is now working as an illegal-drugs manufacturer for the Lizard (Meat Loaf). Elmo, though, has plans to escape his nasty boss. He rigs up an explosion to take out the Lizard, then heads to England to barter a $20 million deal with a Liverpudlian crime boss. Trouble is the bomb doesn't kill the Lizard, who sends a lithe female assassin, Dakota Phillips (played with style and sexuality by Emily Mortimer), after Elmo.
Elmo (carrying the drugs in his golf bag) is met at the airport by Felix DeSouza (Robert Carlyle), enforcer for crime boss Leopold Durant (Ricky Tomlinson). As the trio sit down to talk turkey, all hell breaks loose. Dakota (who happens to be from Liverpool and is a former lover of DeSouza's) starts shooting everyone in the room with a sniper rifle.
Elmo and DeSouza escape and are pursued by various factions, ranging from a group of brain-dead skinheads to corrupt police. Eventually, they set up a deal with club owner Iki (Rhys Ifans), unaware that the Lizard is winging his way across the Atlantic to deal with Elmo. In the end, the appropriate people are killed, DeSouza and Dakota rekindle their love, and Elmo gets to play golf in Scotland.
Jackson, looking cool with his hair in braids and sporting a natty kilt, has the ability to raise himself above the mayhem around him. Carlyle plays DeSouza with the manic edge he brought to "Trainspotting", while Mortimer, in lots of leather, is very good as the gentle but brutal killer. The overacting award is split between Ifans (who should try doing one film in a lower key) and Meat Loaf.
The film is exceptionally loud with accents that might confuse some audiences. Yu directs with a good deal of skill, greatly aided by the excellent work of editor David Wu. Scenes shot on the Liverpool streets look a little drab, and one wonders if cinematographer Poon Hong-sang could have gotten a little more out of the sequences.
The screenplay by newcomer Stel Pavlou is witty and smart, though sometimes lapses into cliche and confusion. "51st State" makes for fine mindless entertainment, and it does have the selling point of Samuel L. Jackson in a kilt.
THE 51ST STATE
Screen Gems
Alliance Atlantis presents a Focus Films, 51st Films, Alliance Atlantis production in association with the Film Consortium
Credits:
Producers: Andras Hamori, Samuel L. Jackson, Seaton McLean, Jonathan Debin
Director: Ronny Yu
Executive producers: Julie Yorn, Eli Selden, Stephanie Davis
Screenwriter: Stel Pavlou
Director of photography: Poon Hong-sang
Production designer: Alan MacDonald
Editor: David Wu
Costume designer: Kate Carin
Music: Headrillaz
Cast:
Elmo McElroy: Samuel L. Jackson
Felix DeSouza: Robert Carlyle
Dakota Phillips: Emily Mortimer
Iki: Rhys Ifans
Leopold Durant: Ricky Tomlinson
Virgil Kane: Sean Pertwee
The Lizard: Meat Loaf
No MPAA rating
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes...
Strangely, not enough is done to make use of Liverpool's distinctive landmarks. Apart from the Scouse (Liverpudlian) accents, "51st State" could have been made pretty much anywhere. But it is to Jackson's credit that he as a producer helped drive this project into production. He also wears a kilt the whole way through the movie, which in itself is pretty distinctive.
The film opens in 1971. A newly qualified pharmacologist, Elmo McElroy (Jackson), smoking a rather large joint, is pulled over by police. Bang goes his license to work professionally. Cut to 2001. He is now working as an illegal-drugs manufacturer for the Lizard (Meat Loaf). Elmo, though, has plans to escape his nasty boss. He rigs up an explosion to take out the Lizard, then heads to England to barter a $20 million deal with a Liverpudlian crime boss. Trouble is the bomb doesn't kill the Lizard, who sends a lithe female assassin, Dakota Phillips (played with style and sexuality by Emily Mortimer), after Elmo.
Elmo (carrying the drugs in his golf bag) is met at the airport by Felix DeSouza (Robert Carlyle), enforcer for crime boss Leopold Durant (Ricky Tomlinson). As the trio sit down to talk turkey, all hell breaks loose. Dakota (who happens to be from Liverpool and is a former lover of DeSouza's) starts shooting everyone in the room with a sniper rifle.
Elmo and DeSouza escape and are pursued by various factions, ranging from a group of brain-dead skinheads to corrupt police. Eventually, they set up a deal with club owner Iki (Rhys Ifans), unaware that the Lizard is winging his way across the Atlantic to deal with Elmo. In the end, the appropriate people are killed, DeSouza and Dakota rekindle their love, and Elmo gets to play golf in Scotland.
Jackson, looking cool with his hair in braids and sporting a natty kilt, has the ability to raise himself above the mayhem around him. Carlyle plays DeSouza with the manic edge he brought to "Trainspotting", while Mortimer, in lots of leather, is very good as the gentle but brutal killer. The overacting award is split between Ifans (who should try doing one film in a lower key) and Meat Loaf.
The film is exceptionally loud with accents that might confuse some audiences. Yu directs with a good deal of skill, greatly aided by the excellent work of editor David Wu. Scenes shot on the Liverpool streets look a little drab, and one wonders if cinematographer Poon Hong-sang could have gotten a little more out of the sequences.
The screenplay by newcomer Stel Pavlou is witty and smart, though sometimes lapses into cliche and confusion. "51st State" makes for fine mindless entertainment, and it does have the selling point of Samuel L. Jackson in a kilt.
THE 51ST STATE
Screen Gems
Alliance Atlantis presents a Focus Films, 51st Films, Alliance Atlantis production in association with the Film Consortium
Credits:
Producers: Andras Hamori, Samuel L. Jackson, Seaton McLean, Jonathan Debin
Director: Ronny Yu
Executive producers: Julie Yorn, Eli Selden, Stephanie Davis
Screenwriter: Stel Pavlou
Director of photography: Poon Hong-sang
Production designer: Alan MacDonald
Editor: David Wu
Costume designer: Kate Carin
Music: Headrillaz
Cast:
Elmo McElroy: Samuel L. Jackson
Felix DeSouza: Robert Carlyle
Dakota Phillips: Emily Mortimer
Iki: Rhys Ifans
Leopold Durant: Ricky Tomlinson
Virgil Kane: Sean Pertwee
The Lizard: Meat Loaf
No MPAA rating
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes...
- 12/18/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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