James McAvoy (Split) dives back into the horror genre with Speak No Evil, Blumhouse’s English language remake of the critically acclaimed 2022 Danish film Gæsterne. The two-minute trailer shows a married couple immediately regretting their decision to visit old friends while on vacation.
The cast includes Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate) and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy (Argo) as Louise and Ben Dalton, the couple who chose the wrong place to spend their vacation. Alix West Lefler (The Good Nurse) plays their 11-year-old daughter, Agnes. Aisling Franciosi (Game of Thrones) stars as Paddy’s (McAvoy) wife, Ciara, and newcomer Dan Hough plays their mute son, Ant.
“When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare,” reads Blumhouse’s synopsis.
James McAvoy and Aisling Franciosi...
The cast includes Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate) and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy (Argo) as Louise and Ben Dalton, the couple who chose the wrong place to spend their vacation. Alix West Lefler (The Good Nurse) plays their 11-year-old daughter, Agnes. Aisling Franciosi (Game of Thrones) stars as Paddy’s (McAvoy) wife, Ciara, and newcomer Dan Hough plays their mute son, Ant.
“When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare,” reads Blumhouse’s synopsis.
James McAvoy and Aisling Franciosi...
- 4/13/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
In theaters on Friday, September 13th is Speak No Evil. Check out the first trailer starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough and Scoot McNairy.
When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age, starring BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.
Speak No Evil stars Mackenzie Davis and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes, accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara and their furtive,...
When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age, starring BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.
Speak No Evil stars Mackenzie Davis and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes, accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara and their furtive,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Universal Pictures has debuted a trailer for the intense suspense thriller ‘Speak No Evil’.
When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
Directed by James Watkins, the cast includes Mackenzie Davis and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes, accept the weekend holiday invitation of Paddy (James McAvoy), his wife Ciara and their furtive, mute son Ant (newcomer Dan Hough).
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When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
Directed by James Watkins, the cast includes Mackenzie Davis and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes, accept the weekend holiday invitation of Paddy (James McAvoy), his wife Ciara and their furtive, mute son Ant (newcomer Dan Hough).
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- 4/11/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Speak No Evil: "When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age, starring BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.
Speak No Evil stars Mackenzie Davis and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes, accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara and their furtive, mute son Ant (newcomer Dan Hough).
Written for the screen and directed by James Watkins, the writer-director of Eden Lake and the award-winning gothic ghost story The Woman in Black,...
From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age, starring BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.
Speak No Evil stars Mackenzie Davis and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes, accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara and their furtive, mute son Ant (newcomer Dan Hough).
Written for the screen and directed by James Watkins, the writer-director of Eden Lake and the award-winning gothic ghost story The Woman in Black,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Since Barbarian put the fear of weirdness into us all about AirBnBs, what are we to do for holiday ideas? Surely agreeing to stay with the seemingly charming couple you met while travelling is a good idea, right? If new horror movie Speak No Evil is to be believed… absolutely not. Check out the first trailer:
The Woman In Black's James Watkins is the writer/director here, with Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis (Halt And Catch Fire reunion klaxon!) as Americans Louise and Ben Dalton, holidaying with daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler). They meet Paddy (James McAvoy), his wife Ciara (Aisling Franciosi) and their furtive, mute son Ant (Dan Hough) and seem to hit it off. Paddy invites them to stay at his and Ciara's house, and Louise and Ben eagerly accept. But after they arrive at the isolated, definitely not-creepy-at-all farmhouse, things soon turn a lot darker. What secrets is Paddy hiding?...
The Woman In Black's James Watkins is the writer/director here, with Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis (Halt And Catch Fire reunion klaxon!) as Americans Louise and Ben Dalton, holidaying with daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler). They meet Paddy (James McAvoy), his wife Ciara (Aisling Franciosi) and their furtive, mute son Ant (Dan Hough) and seem to hit it off. Paddy invites them to stay at his and Ciara's house, and Louise and Ben eagerly accept. But after they arrive at the isolated, definitely not-creepy-at-all farmhouse, things soon turn a lot darker. What secrets is Paddy hiding?...
- 4/11/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
The official trailer for the upcoming Blumhouse thriller Speak No Evil just debuted!
James McAvoy and Aisling Franciosi star as a charming British couple who invite an American family they befriended on vacation to spend the weekend at their idyllic country estate. However, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
The trailer debuted on Wednesday (April 10) during Universal Pictures’ presentation at 2024 CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Learn more and watch the trailer inside…
James plays the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.
In the movie, Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNairy star as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler), accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara (Franciosi) and their furtive, mute son Ant (Dan Hough).
The suspenseful thriller was written for the screen and directed by James Watkins,...
James McAvoy and Aisling Franciosi star as a charming British couple who invite an American family they befriended on vacation to spend the weekend at their idyllic country estate. However, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
The trailer debuted on Wednesday (April 10) during Universal Pictures’ presentation at 2024 CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Learn more and watch the trailer inside…
James plays the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.
In the movie, Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNairy star as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler), accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara (Franciosi) and their furtive, mute son Ant (Dan Hough).
The suspenseful thriller was written for the screen and directed by James Watkins,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
"What is wrong with you?!" Universal Pictures and Blumhouse have revealed the first official trailer the unsettling horror remake Speak No Evil, a Hollywood take on the Danish horror film Speak No Evil from 2022. This takes the same disturbing plot and spins in a bit, though it does stick fairly closely to the other film. Two families meet while on holiday, and one invites the other to their country estate. After they arrive at an idyllic English country house, it morphs from a dream vacation into a psychological nightmare when Paddy takes over. This new Speak No Evil movie stars Mackenzie Davis & Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise & Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler), accept a weekend holiday invitation of Paddy (James McAvoy), and his wife Ciara (Aisling Franciosi), and their furtive, mute son Ant (newcomer Dan Hough). Damn this looks crazy intense and terrifying!
- 4/11/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Following its debut at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Universal Pictures has revealed the official trailer for Speak No Evil, which will open in theaters on September 13, 2024.
When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out, and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age. It stars BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.
Speak No Evil stars Mackenzie Davis and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton.
The Daltons, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes, accept the weekend holiday invitation of Paddy (James McAvoy), his wife Ciara and their furtive,...
When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out, and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age. It stars BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.
Speak No Evil stars Mackenzie Davis and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton.
The Daltons, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes, accept the weekend holiday invitation of Paddy (James McAvoy), his wife Ciara and their furtive,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Screen International has promoted several members of its UK-based editorial team with immediate effect, to build upon the leading international trade publication’s continuing growth and expansion.
Matt Mueller has been promoted to editor-in-chief. Mueller joined Screen in 2015 as editor and has built a potent team of outstanding film business journalists who are at the forefront of industry reporting, insight and analysis. As well as continuing to oversee Screen’s print and digital operations, he will also oversee the brand’s further expansion into events including the Global Production Awards, first launched at Cannes last year, and data-led reporting.
Orlando Parfitt,...
Matt Mueller has been promoted to editor-in-chief. Mueller joined Screen in 2015 as editor and has built a potent team of outstanding film business journalists who are at the forefront of industry reporting, insight and analysis. As well as continuing to oversee Screen’s print and digital operations, he will also oversee the brand’s further expansion into events including the Global Production Awards, first launched at Cannes last year, and data-led reporting.
Orlando Parfitt,...
- 4/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
The renowned annual talent showcase spotlights the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Screen International has unveiled the 2023 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
This year marks a special milestone for Stars of Tomorrow – its 20th edition, and the annual talent showcase has demonstrated an unparalleled track record for spotting emerging UK and Irish talent, both in front of and behind the camera, since its launch in 2004.
Those selected this time include Heartstopper star Kit Connor, Mia McKenna-Bruce, who played the lead role in Cannes breakout How To Have Sex,...
Screen International has unveiled the 2023 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
This year marks a special milestone for Stars of Tomorrow – its 20th edition, and the annual talent showcase has demonstrated an unparalleled track record for spotting emerging UK and Irish talent, both in front of and behind the camera, since its launch in 2004.
Those selected this time include Heartstopper star Kit Connor, Mia McKenna-Bruce, who played the lead role in Cannes breakout How To Have Sex,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Sofia Coppola, Emerald Fennell, Yorgos Lanthimos, Pablo Larrain, Michel Franco and Bradley Cooper could all be on the Lido.
Alberto Barbera is closing in on his Venice Film Festival selection, with buzz around Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Matteo Garrone’s migrant drama Io Capitano and Pablo Larrain’s dark comedy El Conde about Augusto Pinochet for the Competition.
Also potentially Lido-bound are Michael Mann’s Ferrari with Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz, David Michod’s comedy Wizards! with Pete Davidson, Naomi Scott and Orlando Bloom, and Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers starring Zendaya and Josh O’Connor.
Michel Franco,...
Alberto Barbera is closing in on his Venice Film Festival selection, with buzz around Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Matteo Garrone’s migrant drama Io Capitano and Pablo Larrain’s dark comedy El Conde about Augusto Pinochet for the Competition.
Also potentially Lido-bound are Michael Mann’s Ferrari with Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz, David Michod’s comedy Wizards! with Pete Davidson, Naomi Scott and Orlando Bloom, and Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers starring Zendaya and Josh O’Connor.
Michel Franco,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The second episode in our 2022/2023 awards season series.
For the second episode in The Screen Podcast’s 2022/2023 awards season series we speak to director Luca Guadagnino and writer David Kajganich about Bones And All.
The Screen International Podcast · Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich on making a new kind of cannibal movie with ‘Bones And All’
Starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell as a pair of cannibals on the run in 1980s America, Bones And All is based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis and debuted at Venice earlier this year.
Speaking to Screen’s international reporter Ben Dalton, Guadagnino and Kajganich...
For the second episode in The Screen Podcast’s 2022/2023 awards season series we speak to director Luca Guadagnino and writer David Kajganich about Bones And All.
The Screen International Podcast · Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich on making a new kind of cannibal movie with ‘Bones And All’
Starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell as a pair of cannibals on the run in 1980s America, Bones And All is based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis and debuted at Venice earlier this year.
Speaking to Screen’s international reporter Ben Dalton, Guadagnino and Kajganich...
- 12/2/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Unvaccinated on-site employees have 60 days from July 30 to get vaccinated.
As the Delta variant continues to wash across parts of the United States, Disney has said all staff and workers at its US sites must be fully vaccinated.
The studio, which is currently locked in a public altercation with Scarlett Johansson over the release of Black Widow, announced the decree on Friday (July 30).
The full statement appears below.
“At The Walt Disney Company, the safety and well-being of our employees during the pandemic has been and continues to be a top priority.
Toward that end, and based on the latest recommendations of scientists,...
As the Delta variant continues to wash across parts of the United States, Disney has said all staff and workers at its US sites must be fully vaccinated.
The studio, which is currently locked in a public altercation with Scarlett Johansson over the release of Black Widow, announced the decree on Friday (July 30).
The full statement appears below.
“At The Walt Disney Company, the safety and well-being of our employees during the pandemic has been and continues to be a top priority.
Toward that end, and based on the latest recommendations of scientists,...
- 7/30/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Michael Rosser also joins in the role of special projects editor.
Screen International has appointed Mona Tabbara to the role of UK reporter.
Tabbara joins from The Sun’s TV Mag, where she has served as TV and features writer since 2019, having initially joined the publication as forward planning editor in 2018.
Prior to The Sun, Tabbara worked on the Virgin Media account at Redwood Publishing, holding the post of staff writer on Virgin TV Edit for two years. She graduated with distinction from City University’s magazine journalism programme in 2015, and was the recipient of the Ppa’s new talent...
Screen International has appointed Mona Tabbara to the role of UK reporter.
Tabbara joins from The Sun’s TV Mag, where she has served as TV and features writer since 2019, having initially joined the publication as forward planning editor in 2018.
Prior to The Sun, Tabbara worked on the Virgin Media account at Redwood Publishing, holding the post of staff writer on Virgin TV Edit for two years. She graduated with distinction from City University’s magazine journalism programme in 2015, and was the recipient of the Ppa’s new talent...
- 7/30/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Follow this page for the latest updates to when UK cinemas are reopening.
Cinemas in the UK are preparing to reopen in spring 2021, following months of closures over winter due to the Covid-19 pandemic
This page will update with the latest information on when UK sites are opening. For cinema operators, to add or amend the confirmed reopening date for your venue to this page, please contact Ben Dalton at Screen.
Indoor cinemas are allowed to reopen in England, Scotland and Wales from May 17; and in Northern Ireland from May 24.
Outdoor cinemas including drive-ins were allowed to reopen from April 12 in England,...
Cinemas in the UK are preparing to reopen in spring 2021, following months of closures over winter due to the Covid-19 pandemic
This page will update with the latest information on when UK sites are opening. For cinema operators, to add or amend the confirmed reopening date for your venue to this page, please contact Ben Dalton at Screen.
Indoor cinemas are allowed to reopen in England, Scotland and Wales from May 17; and in Northern Ireland from May 24.
Outdoor cinemas including drive-ins were allowed to reopen from April 12 in England,...
- 5/12/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Mr Pillow.
After filming mostly at night and weekends over six months, Michael Booth has finished Mr Pillow – his self-proclaimed “love letter to Sydney” – and is getting ready to share it with the world.
The filmmaker/playwright/actor was inspired to make the psychological romantic drama by Stephen Graham’s short story of the same name, a first-person fable about a troubled man caught in a love triangle between his new girlfriend and her favourite pillow.
He funded the film for less than $50,000 partly from the money he earned playing Harry in three seasons of Network 10’s Wonderland, with cameras and other gear donated through his association with TV crews.
Andrew Henry plays Sean, a young guy who is terrified of talking to women. When he finally musters the courage, he meets Sarah (Gemma Atkinson), a seemingly happy young woman who is charmed by Sean’s awkwardness.
They embark...
After filming mostly at night and weekends over six months, Michael Booth has finished Mr Pillow – his self-proclaimed “love letter to Sydney” – and is getting ready to share it with the world.
The filmmaker/playwright/actor was inspired to make the psychological romantic drama by Stephen Graham’s short story of the same name, a first-person fable about a troubled man caught in a love triangle between his new girlfriend and her favourite pillow.
He funded the film for less than $50,000 partly from the money he earned playing Harry in three seasons of Network 10’s Wonderland, with cameras and other gear donated through his association with TV crews.
Andrew Henry plays Sean, a young guy who is terrified of talking to women. When he finally musters the courage, he meets Sarah (Gemma Atkinson), a seemingly happy young woman who is charmed by Sean’s awkwardness.
They embark...
- 4/22/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Catholic-raised Anthony McCarten tells Ben Dalton how the process led him to reassess popes Francis and Benedict XVI
”In the classic dialectic, you have to equip both sides of the argument with equal power.” This is how screenwriter Anthony McCarten describes balancing his feature-length Netflix drama The Two Popes. Directed by Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (City Of God), the film depicts a series of fictionalised conversations in 2013 between the then Cardinal Bergoglio and Pope Benedict XVI, when the latter became the first pope in more than 600 years to abdicate, and attempted to persuade Bergoglio to succeed him.
Having worked...
”In the classic dialectic, you have to equip both sides of the argument with equal power.” This is how screenwriter Anthony McCarten describes balancing his feature-length Netflix drama The Two Popes. Directed by Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (City Of God), the film depicts a series of fictionalised conversations in 2013 between the then Cardinal Bergoglio and Pope Benedict XVI, when the latter became the first pope in more than 600 years to abdicate, and attempted to persuade Bergoglio to succeed him.
Having worked...
- 12/23/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Ben Dalton moves from editorial assistant to reporter.
Screen International has appointed Louise Tutt as deputy editor and Melanie Goodfellow to the role of senior correspondent for Europe and Middle East.
Tutt, who has previously held titles at Screen including reporter and features editor, rejoins Screen in a role she previously held from 2005-2012, bringing her vast wealth of experience and industry knowledge back to the brand.
In her role, Tutt will work across the digital and print sides of the brand, with her remit including overseeing and managing the news operation on screendaily.com. Assuming responsibility for the news content on Screen,...
Screen International has appointed Louise Tutt as deputy editor and Melanie Goodfellow to the role of senior correspondent for Europe and Middle East.
Tutt, who has previously held titles at Screen including reporter and features editor, rejoins Screen in a role she previously held from 2005-2012, bringing her vast wealth of experience and industry knowledge back to the brand.
In her role, Tutt will work across the digital and print sides of the brand, with her remit including overseeing and managing the news operation on screendaily.com. Assuming responsibility for the news content on Screen,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Grater moves to senior reporter, Dalton joins as online/editorial assistant.
Tom Grater has been promoted to senior reporter for Screen International and ScreenDaily.com with immediate effect.
Tom Grater and Ben Dalton
Based in the company’s London headquarters, he will report on all aspects of the industry with a focus on the UK and Europe, including at markets and festivals. Grater took up his new post yesterday (Feb 6) and will attend the upcoming Berlin Film Festival to report for Screen’s market dailies.
Grater joined Screen in 2015, initially as web assistant/reporter before being promoted to deputy online editor in 2016. As senior reporter, he will report directly to editor Matt Mueller until Screen hires a news editor. The recruiting process for that role is underway.
Mueller said: “Tom has been a fantastic member of the team since joining Screen. His skillset, acumen and knowledge of the global film industry have grown exponentially during his time here...
Tom Grater has been promoted to senior reporter for Screen International and ScreenDaily.com with immediate effect.
Tom Grater and Ben Dalton
Based in the company’s London headquarters, he will report on all aspects of the industry with a focus on the UK and Europe, including at markets and festivals. Grater took up his new post yesterday (Feb 6) and will attend the upcoming Berlin Film Festival to report for Screen’s market dailies.
Grater joined Screen in 2015, initially as web assistant/reporter before being promoted to deputy online editor in 2016. As senior reporter, he will report directly to editor Matt Mueller until Screen hires a news editor. The recruiting process for that role is underway.
Mueller said: “Tom has been a fantastic member of the team since joining Screen. His skillset, acumen and knowledge of the global film industry have grown exponentially during his time here...
- 2/6/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Gerard Depardieu replays his role from the 1991 French film ''Mon Pere, Ce Heros'' in Touchstone's Yank version, ''My Father, the Hero, '' and proves again that he is one transportable talent.
Sunny, sweet and swift, director Steve Miner's take on the father-and-daughter-on-the-loose comedy should bounce around with modest success at the boxoffice. Longtime Depardieu fans may long for more grown-up romance in the family-safe scenario, but young co-star Katherine Heigl makes the most of a star-forming opportunity and should cause more than a few male adolescent hearts to skip a beat.
Francis Veber and Charlie Peters' screenplay wastes no time in sending divorced Parisian Andre (Depardieu) on a Caribbean vacation with his New York daughter, Nicole (Heigl), who feels she is neglected and on the verge of losing forever the father she both loves and, for superficial reasons, dislikes.
Bored, impatient, wiser in some ways than her 14 years, Nicole is ripe for her first real romance and finds the opportunity in the lobby of the vacation resort.
Local beach-hunk Ben Dalton James) is an honorable charmer, and Nicole, adrift in unknown territory, concocts an increasingly bizarre set of lies to make herself more desirable and grown-up. The primary fibs, that she's 16 and Andre is the lover that saved her from a dead-end life on the streets, fuel all kinds of embarrassing situations for father and daughter with locals and other guests.
The filmmakers show remarkable restraint with the secondary characters and overall tone of the film. While not always believable -- Andre's waterskiing experience is uncomfortably dangerous looking -- the usual padding of secondary plots is minimal, kept mainly to Andre's flirting with a friendly female (Faith Prince) on the prowl.
An uncredited, last-minute appearance by an Oscar-winning English actress helps wrap things up nicely after father comes around and helps daughter out of the hole she's dug herself. Depardieu's Cyrano Deja Vu in one scene is particularly charming, with Heigl gamely holding her own.
Handsomely mounted and peppered with breezy tunes, ''My Father, the Hero'' is as pleasant and over quickly as a hassle-free trip to the beach.
MY FATHER, THE HERO
Touchstone Pictures
Cite Films/Film Par Film/D.D. Prods. in association with the Edward S. Feldman Co.
A Steve Miner Film
Director Steve Miner
Producers Jacques Bar, Jean-Louis Livi
Screenplay Francis Veber, Charlie Peters
Based on ''Mon Pere, Ce Heros'' by Gerard Lauzier
Executive producer Edward S. Feldman
Director of photography Daryn Okada
Production designer Christopher Nowak
Editor Marshall Harvey
Music David Newman
Costume designer Vicki Sanchez
Casting Dianne Crittenden
Color/stereo
Cast:
Andre Gerard Depardieu
Nicole Katherine Heigl
Ben Dalton James
Megan Lauren Hutton
Diana Faith Prince
Mike Stephen Tobolowsky
Running time -- 90 minutes
MPAA rating: PG
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Sunny, sweet and swift, director Steve Miner's take on the father-and-daughter-on-the-loose comedy should bounce around with modest success at the boxoffice. Longtime Depardieu fans may long for more grown-up romance in the family-safe scenario, but young co-star Katherine Heigl makes the most of a star-forming opportunity and should cause more than a few male adolescent hearts to skip a beat.
Francis Veber and Charlie Peters' screenplay wastes no time in sending divorced Parisian Andre (Depardieu) on a Caribbean vacation with his New York daughter, Nicole (Heigl), who feels she is neglected and on the verge of losing forever the father she both loves and, for superficial reasons, dislikes.
Bored, impatient, wiser in some ways than her 14 years, Nicole is ripe for her first real romance and finds the opportunity in the lobby of the vacation resort.
Local beach-hunk Ben Dalton James) is an honorable charmer, and Nicole, adrift in unknown territory, concocts an increasingly bizarre set of lies to make herself more desirable and grown-up. The primary fibs, that she's 16 and Andre is the lover that saved her from a dead-end life on the streets, fuel all kinds of embarrassing situations for father and daughter with locals and other guests.
The filmmakers show remarkable restraint with the secondary characters and overall tone of the film. While not always believable -- Andre's waterskiing experience is uncomfortably dangerous looking -- the usual padding of secondary plots is minimal, kept mainly to Andre's flirting with a friendly female (Faith Prince) on the prowl.
An uncredited, last-minute appearance by an Oscar-winning English actress helps wrap things up nicely after father comes around and helps daughter out of the hole she's dug herself. Depardieu's Cyrano Deja Vu in one scene is particularly charming, with Heigl gamely holding her own.
Handsomely mounted and peppered with breezy tunes, ''My Father, the Hero'' is as pleasant and over quickly as a hassle-free trip to the beach.
MY FATHER, THE HERO
Touchstone Pictures
Cite Films/Film Par Film/D.D. Prods. in association with the Edward S. Feldman Co.
A Steve Miner Film
Director Steve Miner
Producers Jacques Bar, Jean-Louis Livi
Screenplay Francis Veber, Charlie Peters
Based on ''Mon Pere, Ce Heros'' by Gerard Lauzier
Executive producer Edward S. Feldman
Director of photography Daryn Okada
Production designer Christopher Nowak
Editor Marshall Harvey
Music David Newman
Costume designer Vicki Sanchez
Casting Dianne Crittenden
Color/stereo
Cast:
Andre Gerard Depardieu
Nicole Katherine Heigl
Ben Dalton James
Megan Lauren Hutton
Diana Faith Prince
Mike Stephen Tobolowsky
Running time -- 90 minutes
MPAA rating: PG
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