Originally developed as an eight-episode series, the maritime adventure “Lucy Lost” will instead hit the silver screen now that Paris-based powerhouse Xilam Animation has retooled the project as a feature. “Klaus” alum Olivier Clert has boarded as co-writer and director, joining BAFTA-winning screenwriter Helen Blakeman for a seaside family tale adapted from “War Horse” author Michael Morpurgo’s 2014 novel “Listen to the Moon.”
Xilam has shared this first-look with Variety ahead of the reformatted project’s pitch at Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux.
Set on the Isles of Scilly just off the Cornish coast, the film follows a young girl named Lucy raised by a clan of fishermen she knows not to be hers. However, she remembers little else about her past, and as a terrible war rages off in the distance, a chance encounter with the mysterious girl her own age soon helps Lucy put back the pieces of her...
Xilam has shared this first-look with Variety ahead of the reformatted project’s pitch at Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux.
Set on the Isles of Scilly just off the Cornish coast, the film follows a young girl named Lucy raised by a clan of fishermen she knows not to be hers. However, she remembers little else about her past, and as a terrible war rages off in the distance, a chance encounter with the mysterious girl her own age soon helps Lucy put back the pieces of her...
- 3/5/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Driving to develop animated features and series that reach out to more sophisticated global families and 18-34 young adults after the milestone success of the Academy Award-nominated “I Lost My Body,” Marc du Pontavice’s French animation studio Xilam Animation has tapped ‘Dustbin Baby’ and ‘’Hetty Feather’ screenwriter Helen Blakeman to write “Lucy Lost.”
In the run-up to this year’s online Annecy Festival and Mifa market, Du Pontavice also teased further “The Wolf,” the next feature film at Xilam, to be directed by Julien Bisaro, nominated for an Annie for his storyboard artist work on “I Lost My Body,” whose half hour “Shooom’s Odyssey” is one of Annecy’s buzziest titles in its TV Film section.
A BAFTA and International Emmy Award winner for her TV screenplay adaptation of ‘Dustbin Baby’ for BBC/Kindle Entertainment, starring Juliet Stevenson, David Haig and Dakota Blue Richards, Blakeman is also the creator,...
In the run-up to this year’s online Annecy Festival and Mifa market, Du Pontavice also teased further “The Wolf,” the next feature film at Xilam, to be directed by Julien Bisaro, nominated for an Annie for his storyboard artist work on “I Lost My Body,” whose half hour “Shooom’s Odyssey” is one of Annecy’s buzziest titles in its TV Film section.
A BAFTA and International Emmy Award winner for her TV screenplay adaptation of ‘Dustbin Baby’ for BBC/Kindle Entertainment, starring Juliet Stevenson, David Haig and Dakota Blue Richards, Blakeman is also the creator,...
- 6/15/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts on Wednesday announced that animator and storyboard artist Peter Western (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Fungus the Bogeyman, Space Jam) will be honored with the Special Award at this year’s British Academy Children’s Awards on Sunday in London.
He will be presented the honor "in recognition of his exceptional contribution to animation," said the organization. "With a career spanning 40 years, Western’s designs have brought to life best-loved animated characters across many celebrated television and film productions."
Said Helen Blakeman, chair of BAFTA Children’s Committee: "Peter has a wealth of experience, gained from...
He will be presented the honor "in recognition of his exceptional contribution to animation," said the organization. "With a career spanning 40 years, Western’s designs have brought to life best-loved animated characters across many celebrated television and film productions."
Said Helen Blakeman, chair of BAFTA Children’s Committee: "Peter has a wealth of experience, gained from...
- 11/16/2016
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
12-year-old newcomer Isabel Clifton (represented by Sandra Singer Associates) will star as Hetty in the new Cbbc series Hetty Feather adapted from the novel of the same name by Dame Jacqueline Wilson (creator of Tracy Beaker).
Isabel trains exclusively at Singer Stage School in Essex and Hetty is her first professional screen acting job. She will be carrying on the success of the school supplying lead children for shows such as Wolfblood, Mi High, House of Anubis, Rocket's Island, Eastenders and Hank Zipzer.
Isabel starts filming late June. Isabel said “Sandra told me the news I had been made an offer to play ‘Hetty’ while I was helping at the stage school’s annual audition day. My best birthday present ever”.
The ten-episode series tells the story of flame-haired Victorian foundling Hetty and her adventures. A timeless and compelling tale, which brings the realities of the Victorian age – good, bad,...
Isabel trains exclusively at Singer Stage School in Essex and Hetty is her first professional screen acting job. She will be carrying on the success of the school supplying lead children for shows such as Wolfblood, Mi High, House of Anubis, Rocket's Island, Eastenders and Hank Zipzer.
Isabel starts filming late June. Isabel said “Sandra told me the news I had been made an offer to play ‘Hetty’ while I was helping at the stage school’s annual audition day. My best birthday present ever”.
The ten-episode series tells the story of flame-haired Victorian foundling Hetty and her adventures. A timeless and compelling tale, which brings the realities of the Victorian age – good, bad,...
- 6/18/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
This November, a series of events are planned to celebrate its 100 year history
The Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, home to one of the oldest repertory companies, will celebrate its centenary later this year with a special gala performance of The Ladykillers.
A new book on the Williamson Square landmark and a series of events will also mark the 100th anniversary on November 11.
The gala evening will include a pre-show champagne reception and a chance to join the cast – which includes Peter Capaldi, James Fleet and Ben Miller – after the show to toast the theatre as a special birthday cake is cut.
The Ladykillers adapted for stage by Graham Linehan is on from November 3-19, but is sold out already.
Meanwhile, the cast of Roger McGough's adaptation of Moliere's play, Tartuffe, have been entertaining audiences at the Playhouse. Tartuffe runs until Saturday.
The Playhouse is also launching a book to...
The Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, home to one of the oldest repertory companies, will celebrate its centenary later this year with a special gala performance of The Ladykillers.
A new book on the Williamson Square landmark and a series of events will also mark the 100th anniversary on November 11.
The gala evening will include a pre-show champagne reception and a chance to join the cast – which includes Peter Capaldi, James Fleet and Ben Miller – after the show to toast the theatre as a special birthday cake is cut.
The Ladykillers adapted for stage by Graham Linehan is on from November 3-19, but is sold out already.
Meanwhile, the cast of Roger McGough's adaptation of Moliere's play, Tartuffe, have been entertaining audiences at the Playhouse. Tartuffe runs until Saturday.
The Playhouse is also launching a book to...
- 9/13/2011
- by Helen Carter
- The Guardian - Film News
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