Buenos Aires — Tinta Oscura winner Juan Bernardo Sánchez Mejía, Netflix awardee “Convince Me,” Argentine art film “León,” animated series “Choco” and the Shudder-coproduced “When Evil Lurks” walked off with some of the biggest prizes on Dec. 2 at a multitudinous Ventana Sur prize ceremony whose whooped applause at each and every winner attested also to the youth of Latin America’s film and TV industries.
The 47 allotted prizes also underscore just how broadly Ventana Sur has diversified from its art pic base into a building gamut of carefully targeted growth sectors for Latin America. Following, a breakdown of prize highlights in a fast-paced ceremony – winners basically made it to the stage for a just a photo – which still lasted the best of two hours.
Tinta Oscura: ‘Warrior’ Supercharged by Ventana Sur Jackpot
The big one. A 25,000 cash prize – a record for Ventana Sur – for the winning screenwriter, backed by Guadalajara’s Agavia Studios,...
The 47 allotted prizes also underscore just how broadly Ventana Sur has diversified from its art pic base into a building gamut of carefully targeted growth sectors for Latin America. Following, a breakdown of prize highlights in a fast-paced ceremony – winners basically made it to the stage for a just a photo – which still lasted the best of two hours.
Tinta Oscura: ‘Warrior’ Supercharged by Ventana Sur Jackpot
The big one. A 25,000 cash prize – a record for Ventana Sur – for the winning screenwriter, backed by Guadalajara’s Agavia Studios,...
- 12/3/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Dennis the Menace is getting another shot at the small screen after Beano Studios started developing a YA adaptation of the classic British comic book character (not to be confused with the Hank Ketcham U.S. character).
Deadline understands that the British company is pitching a live-action series based on the DC Thomson-owned IP with Matthew Barry, a writer on Netflix’s Greg Berlanti-produced Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, having written the script.
We hear that the company is in talks in the U.S. and UK and has held discussions with a series of U.S. studio partners to come on board the project.
The tone of the pilot script is understood to be much darker than the original with Dennis believed to be a teenager, around the age of 16, and flitting in and out of trouble with the police. One source told Deadline that the remake has...
Deadline understands that the British company is pitching a live-action series based on the DC Thomson-owned IP with Matthew Barry, a writer on Netflix’s Greg Berlanti-produced Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, having written the script.
We hear that the company is in talks in the U.S. and UK and has held discussions with a series of U.S. studio partners to come on board the project.
The tone of the pilot script is understood to be much darker than the original with Dennis believed to be a teenager, around the age of 16, and flitting in and out of trouble with the police. One source told Deadline that the remake has...
- 11/12/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Contemporary Washington has surpassed the point of satire, so Hollywood has to go back in time to effectively mine new comedy from politics. Emmy-winning Veep writer Ian Martin will be going all the way back to 1986, with a new political satire on the historic meeting between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev […]
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- 10/8/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
The historic 1986 meeting between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, seen as the catalyst for bringing the Cold War to a close, is being given a dark, satirical feature-length twist thanks to Emmy-winning Veep writer Ian Martin
Also known for his award-winning writing alongside Armando Iannucci on The Thick of It (for which he was originally hired as “swearing consultant”), In The Loop, The Death of Stalin and Avenue 5, Martin has been tapped by Circle Pictures (The Man in the High Castle) to write the screenplay for Tear Down This Wall.
Inspired by An Impossible Dream: Reagan, Gorbachev,...
Also known for his award-winning writing alongside Armando Iannucci on The Thick of It (for which he was originally hired as “swearing consultant”), In The Loop, The Death of Stalin and Avenue 5, Martin has been tapped by Circle Pictures (The Man in the High Castle) to write the screenplay for Tear Down This Wall.
Inspired by An Impossible Dream: Reagan, Gorbachev,...
- 10/8/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The historic 1990 meeting between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, seen as the catalyst for bringing the Cold War to a close, is being given a dark, satirical feature-length twist thanks to Emmy-winning Veep writer Ian Martin
Also known for his award-winning writing alongside Armando Iannucci on The Thick of It (for which he was originally hired as “swearing consultant”), In The Loop, The Death of Stalin and Avenue 5, Martin has been tapped by Circle Pictures (The Man in the High Castle) to write the screenplay for Tear Down This Wall.
Inspired by An Impossible Dream: Reagan, Gorbachev,...
Also known for his award-winning writing alongside Armando Iannucci on The Thick of It (for which he was originally hired as “swearing consultant”), In The Loop, The Death of Stalin and Avenue 5, Martin has been tapped by Circle Pictures (The Man in the High Castle) to write the screenplay for Tear Down This Wall.
Inspired by An Impossible Dream: Reagan, Gorbachev,...
- 10/8/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Having survived the end of “Game of Thrones” with buzzy new series like “Euphoria,” “Watchmen,” and “His Dark Materials,” in addition to well-watched new seasons of “Succession,” “Barry,” and “Big Little Lies,” HBO is preparing for its first post-Westeros year with a similar onslaught of exciting adaptations, enticing follow-ups, and shows skewing toward a younger demographic.
The latter point is perhaps more important than ever, given that 2020 marks another milestone for HBO: the debut of HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s all-in-one streaming platform that bundles its various networks (and their programs) in one app. HBO Max will have its own originals, but HBO is still the service’s crown jewel (as evidenced by those three telling letters right before “Max”). It’ll be up to the former Home Box Office as much as, if not more than, any other WarnerMedia network to drive subscriptions, and that’s harder to do without the No.
The latter point is perhaps more important than ever, given that 2020 marks another milestone for HBO: the debut of HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s all-in-one streaming platform that bundles its various networks (and their programs) in one app. HBO Max will have its own originals, but HBO is still the service’s crown jewel (as evidenced by those three telling letters right before “Max”). It’ll be up to the former Home Box Office as much as, if not more than, any other WarnerMedia network to drive subscriptions, and that’s harder to do without the No.
- 1/2/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
1968: Dark Shadows' Barnabas attacked a woman trying to save him.
1983: General Hospital's Heather was arrested.
1985: Days of our Lives' Bo & Hope decided to lope.
1988: All My Children's Stuart & Cindy became engaged."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1957: On The Edge of Night, Mike Karr (John Larkin) told Charley (Ian Martin) that he intended to pursue Harry until he admitted to murdering Marilyn.
1968: On Dark Shadows, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) attacked the woman (Anita Bolster) that Joshua Collins and Countess...
1983: General Hospital's Heather was arrested.
1985: Days of our Lives' Bo & Hope decided to lope.
1988: All My Children's Stuart & Cindy became engaged."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1957: On The Edge of Night, Mike Karr (John Larkin) told Charley (Ian Martin) that he intended to pursue Harry until he admitted to murdering Marilyn.
1968: On Dark Shadows, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) attacked the woman (Anita Bolster) that Joshua Collins and Countess...
- 3/19/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
“The Favourite” came out on top in one way at the 17th Annual Gold Derby Film Awards, while “Roma” was the big winner in another. “The Favourite” received the most awards when thousands of Gold Derby users picked the winners, but it was “Roma” that came away with Best Picture. Watch us announce all 22 categories in the webcast above, and scroll down for the complete list of nominees and winners.
“The Favourite” had a field-leading 12 nominations at these awards, and it came away with five victories: Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. Colman’s wins for Best Actress and Best Ensemble are her first victories from Gold Derby, but she was already a three-time contender for her work on TV. We nominated her for her leading role in “Broadchurch” (2014) and for supporting turns in “The Night Manager” (2016) and “Fleabag” (2017).
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“The Favourite” had a field-leading 12 nominations at these awards, and it came away with five victories: Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. Colman’s wins for Best Actress and Best Ensemble are her first victories from Gold Derby, but she was already a three-time contender for her work on TV. We nominated her for her leading role in “Broadchurch” (2014) and for supporting turns in “The Night Manager” (2016) and “Fleabag” (2017).
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- 2/20/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Paul Sheehan and Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
“Leave No Trace” has won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best movie adaptation and “A Very English Scandal” took the television award.
“Leave No Trace,” was adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on the 2009 novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock. “A Very English Scandal” was adapted by Russell T. Davies from John Preston’s book.
Granik also directed “Leave No Trace,” which stars Ben Foster as an Iraq War veteran suffering from Ptsd and Thomasin McKenzie as his 13-year-old daughter living in isolation in a public park in Portland, Ore., and then in the trackless woods.
The winners were announced Saturday night at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library. “Leave No Trace” topped “Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.
“A Very English Scandal,” which centers on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal of the mid 1970s,...
“Leave No Trace,” was adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on the 2009 novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock. “A Very English Scandal” was adapted by Russell T. Davies from John Preston’s book.
Granik also directed “Leave No Trace,” which stars Ben Foster as an Iraq War veteran suffering from Ptsd and Thomasin McKenzie as his 13-year-old daughter living in isolation in a public park in Portland, Ore., and then in the trackless woods.
The winners were announced Saturday night at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library. “Leave No Trace” topped “Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.
“A Very English Scandal,” which centers on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal of the mid 1970s,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“The Favourite” was the favorite film of more than 2,500 users who voted for the 17th Annual Gold Derby Film Awards nominations. It scored 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz) and Best Ensemble. Scroll down to see the complete list of contenders in all 22 categories, watch our complete video announcement above, and vote for the winners right here and now.
The royal British comedy isn’t alone in the double digits. “A Star is Born” is close behind with 11 nominations, five of which go to Bradley Cooper as a producer, writer, director, lead actor, and a member of the ensemble cast. Cooper previously won Gold Derby Awards as a member of the ensemble casts of “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012) and “American Hustle” (2013), but he has yet to win individual plaudits.
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The royal British comedy isn’t alone in the double digits. “A Star is Born” is close behind with 11 nominations, five of which go to Bradley Cooper as a producer, writer, director, lead actor, and a member of the ensemble cast. Cooper previously won Gold Derby Awards as a member of the ensemble casts of “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012) and “American Hustle” (2013), but he has yet to win individual plaudits.
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- 1/30/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Paul Sheehan and Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
- 1/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
- 1/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries has unveiled the finalists for the 31st annual Scripter Awards, which honor the year’s best adapted screenplays in film and television along with the works on which they are based. Winners will be announced at a ceremony February 9 at USC’s Doheny Library
This year, a tie in the TV voting resulted in six nominees. Overall, the 2019 Scripter selection committee chose finalists from a field of 90 film and 55 television adaptations.
Last year, the group chose James Ivory’s Call Me By Your Name based on André Aciman original novel on the film side, and Bruce Miller for adapting Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in TV. The latter duo is nominated again this year.
Here’s the full list of this year’s noms:
Film
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Disney...
This year, a tie in the TV voting resulted in six nominees. Overall, the 2019 Scripter selection committee chose finalists from a field of 90 film and 55 television adaptations.
Last year, the group chose James Ivory’s Call Me By Your Name based on André Aciman original novel on the film side, and Bruce Miller for adapting Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in TV. The latter duo is nominated again this year.
Here’s the full list of this year’s noms:
Film
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Disney...
- 1/15/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and “Leave No Trace” have received nominations for the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best movie adaptation.
Due to a tie, six noms were announced on Tuesday in the television category for episodes of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Looming Tower,” “Patrick Melrose,” “Sharp Objects,” and “A Very English Scandal.”
The Scripter Awards, now in their 31st year, honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, along with the works on which they are based. The USC Libraries will announce the winners on Feb. 9 at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
The scripts for “Black Panther,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” received nominations on Jan. 7 for the Writers Guild of America’s adapted screenplay award, along with “A Star Is Born” and “BlacKkKlansman.
Due to a tie, six noms were announced on Tuesday in the television category for episodes of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Looming Tower,” “Patrick Melrose,” “Sharp Objects,” and “A Very English Scandal.”
The Scripter Awards, now in their 31st year, honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, along with the works on which they are based. The USC Libraries will announce the winners on Feb. 9 at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
The scripts for “Black Panther,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” received nominations on Jan. 7 for the Writers Guild of America’s adapted screenplay award, along with “A Star Is Born” and “BlacKkKlansman.
- 1/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Thirty one years after his death, esteemed author James Baldwin has been nominated for his first Hollywood award. Baldwin is now a nominee for the 31st Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, an honor that recognizes both the author of an original work and the writer of its film or television adaptation.
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of five films nominated for this year’s Scripter Award, along with “Black Panther,” “Leave No Trace,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In addition to Baldwin and Jenkins for “Beale Street,” the nominated writers are screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole and original character creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for “Black Panther”; screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; screenwriters Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider and graphic novelists Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin for...
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of five films nominated for this year’s Scripter Award, along with “Black Panther,” “Leave No Trace,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In addition to Baldwin and Jenkins for “Beale Street,” the nominated writers are screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole and original character creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for “Black Panther”; screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; screenwriters Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider and graphic novelists Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin for...
- 1/15/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Roma earns three wins; The Death Of Stalin takes best screenplay.
Chloe Zhao’s The Rider was named best picture on Saturday (5) by the National Society Of Film Critics, while Olivia Colman for The Favourite and Ethan Hawke for First Reformed claimed acting honours.
Alfonso Cuarón won the directing and cinematography prizes for Roma, his Spanish-language Mexican film that also scooped the best foreign film award. In the supporting acting categories, Regina King prevailed for If Beale Street Could Talk, as did Steven Yeun for South Korea’s Burning.
Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, and Ian Martin claimed screenplay honours for The Death Of Stalin.
Chloe Zhao’s The Rider was named best picture on Saturday (5) by the National Society Of Film Critics, while Olivia Colman for The Favourite and Ethan Hawke for First Reformed claimed acting honours.
Alfonso Cuarón won the directing and cinematography prizes for Roma, his Spanish-language Mexican film that also scooped the best foreign film award. In the supporting acting categories, Regina King prevailed for If Beale Street Could Talk, as did Steven Yeun for South Korea’s Burning.
Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, and Ian Martin claimed screenplay honours for The Death Of Stalin.
- 1/5/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“The Rider” has been named Best Picture by the National Society of Film Critics, marking the biggest win yet for Chloé Zhao’s gentle western. It previously won Best Feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards and was nominated for the same prize at last year’s Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Also hailed by the Nsfc was “Roma,” which won Best Foreign-Language Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. The acting prizes went to “The Favourite” star Olivia Colman, Ethan Hawke of “First Reformed,” “If Beale Street Could Talk’s” Regina King, and Steven Yeun of “Burning.” Lee Chang-dong’s cerebral thriller was also a runner-up in several categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Foreign-Language Film.
The full list of winners:
Best Foreign Language Film
“Roma”, Runners-Up: “Cold War,” “Burning,” “Shoplifters”
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (“Roma”), Runners-Up: Lee Chang-Dong (“Burning”), Chloé Zhao (“The Rider”)
Best Picture
“The Rider”, Runners-Up: “Roma,...
Also hailed by the Nsfc was “Roma,” which won Best Foreign-Language Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. The acting prizes went to “The Favourite” star Olivia Colman, Ethan Hawke of “First Reformed,” “If Beale Street Could Talk’s” Regina King, and Steven Yeun of “Burning.” Lee Chang-dong’s cerebral thriller was also a runner-up in several categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Foreign-Language Film.
The full list of winners:
Best Foreign Language Film
“Roma”, Runners-Up: “Cold War,” “Burning,” “Shoplifters”
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (“Roma”), Runners-Up: Lee Chang-Dong (“Burning”), Chloé Zhao (“The Rider”)
Best Picture
“The Rider”, Runners-Up: “Roma,...
- 1/5/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
On the eve of the Golden Globes, The National Society of Film Critics revealed on their awards for the best achievements in film for 2018 with Chloe Zhao’s critically acclaimed drama The Rider winning Best Picture. Roma and Burning came in as runners-up.
Other winners include Roma‘s Alfonso Cuaron for Best Director and The Favourite’s Olivia Colman and First Reformed‘s Ethan Hawke winning acting accolades. Regina King continues to pave a golden road with a win for her role in Barry Jenkins’s If Beale Street Could Talk while Steven Yeun won for his dramatic and turn in Burning.
Read the complete list of winners below.
Best Picture: The Rider
Runners-Up: Roma, Burning
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Runners-up: Lee Chang-dong, Burning, Chloé Zhao, The Rider
Best Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Runners-Up: Regina Hall, Support the Girls; Melissa McCarthy,Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King,...
Other winners include Roma‘s Alfonso Cuaron for Best Director and The Favourite’s Olivia Colman and First Reformed‘s Ethan Hawke winning acting accolades. Regina King continues to pave a golden road with a win for her role in Barry Jenkins’s If Beale Street Could Talk while Steven Yeun won for his dramatic and turn in Burning.
Read the complete list of winners below.
Best Picture: The Rider
Runners-Up: Roma, Burning
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Runners-up: Lee Chang-dong, Burning, Chloé Zhao, The Rider
Best Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Runners-Up: Regina Hall, Support the Girls; Melissa McCarthy,Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King,...
- 1/5/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The National Society of Film Critics announced their 2019 award winners Saturday afternoon, with winners including Olivia Colman for “The Favourite” and Ethan Hawke for “First Reformed.”
Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider” took home the best picture title, with Alfonso Cuaron taking best cinematography for “Roma” and Regina King earning a nod for “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
See the winners list below.
Best Non-Fiction Film: “Minding the Gap”, Runners-Up: “Shirkers,” “Amazing Grace”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Roma”, Runners-Up: “Cold War,” “Burning,” “Shoplifters”
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”), Runners-Up: Lee Chang-Dong (“Burning”), Chloe Zhao (“The Rider”)
Best Picture: “The Rider”, Runners-Up: “Roma,” “Burning”
Best Actress: Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), Runners-Up: Regina Hall (“Support the Girls”), Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Runners-Up: Elizabeth Debicki (“Widows”), Emma Stone (“The Favourite”)
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke (“First Reformed”), Runners-Up: Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity...
Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider” took home the best picture title, with Alfonso Cuaron taking best cinematography for “Roma” and Regina King earning a nod for “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
See the winners list below.
Best Non-Fiction Film: “Minding the Gap”, Runners-Up: “Shirkers,” “Amazing Grace”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Roma”, Runners-Up: “Cold War,” “Burning,” “Shoplifters”
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”), Runners-Up: Lee Chang-Dong (“Burning”), Chloe Zhao (“The Rider”)
Best Picture: “The Rider”, Runners-Up: “Roma,” “Burning”
Best Actress: Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), Runners-Up: Regina Hall (“Support the Girls”), Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Runners-Up: Elizabeth Debicki (“Widows”), Emma Stone (“The Favourite”)
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke (“First Reformed”), Runners-Up: Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity...
- 1/5/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Chloé Zhao's The Rider has been named the best film of 2018 by the National Society of Film Critics, which met in New York City on Saturday to choose its winners for the 53rd time. Roma and Burning were the two next runners-up.
- 1/5/2019
- by Steve Pond and Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Unlike most critics groups, the National Society of Film Critics (Nsfc) discloses the results of voting. Forty-two of the 60 members of the society cast ballots on Saturday, January 5 with 20 in attendance at Lincoln Center and another 9 joining in via Skype from cities nationwide. In addition, 13 members voted by proxy but their votes only count in races that are decided on the first ballot.
Below: The complete list of winners, including the voting scores for each award (note how one-sided some of the contests were). Read the full winners report on the 2019 Nsfc Awards.
Best Picture
“The Rider” (44 points)
Runners-up
“Roma” (41 points)
“Burning” (27 points)
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (60 points)
Runners-up
Lee Chang-dong, “Burning” (22 points)
Chloé Zhao, “The Rider” (22 points)
Best Actress
Olivia Colman, ”The Favourite” (36 points)
Runners-up
Regina Hall, “Support the Girls” (33 points)
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (27 points)
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed” (58 points)
Runners-up
Willem Dafoe,...
Below: The complete list of winners, including the voting scores for each award (note how one-sided some of the contests were). Read the full winners report on the 2019 Nsfc Awards.
Best Picture
“The Rider” (44 points)
Runners-up
“Roma” (41 points)
“Burning” (27 points)
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (60 points)
Runners-up
Lee Chang-dong, “Burning” (22 points)
Chloé Zhao, “The Rider” (22 points)
Best Actress
Olivia Colman, ”The Favourite” (36 points)
Runners-up
Regina Hall, “Support the Girls” (33 points)
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (27 points)
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed” (58 points)
Runners-up
Willem Dafoe,...
- 1/5/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Returning veterans take the lead: Brad Bird could land his fifth Oscar nomination for Disney/Pixar smash sequel “Incredibles 2.” His scripts for “Incredibles” and “Ratatouille” both scored Original Screenplay nominations and the films took home Oscars for Best Animated Feature. And “In the Loop” and “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci could earn a second nomination for turning satiric comic book “The Death of Stalin” (IFC Films) into a BAFTA-nominated indie hit.
Spike Lee is another possibility. “Do the Right Thing” scored an Original Screenplay Oscar nomination, and in 2016 he won an honorary Oscar, and now has strong reviews as well as the Cannes Grand Jury Prize for “BlacKkKlansman”. Produced by Jordan Peele and Jason Blum, the outrageous and provocative true tale starring John David Washington and Adam Driver as Colorado undercover cops who join the Kkk could score some Oscar nods.
Debra Granik played both Sundance and Cannes with Directors...
Spike Lee is another possibility. “Do the Right Thing” scored an Original Screenplay Oscar nomination, and in 2016 he won an honorary Oscar, and now has strong reviews as well as the Cannes Grand Jury Prize for “BlacKkKlansman”. Produced by Jordan Peele and Jason Blum, the outrageous and provocative true tale starring John David Washington and Adam Driver as Colorado undercover cops who join the Kkk could score some Oscar nods.
Debra Granik played both Sundance and Cannes with Directors...
- 7/10/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Armando Iannucci’s new retelling of Charles Dickens’ “The Personal History of David Copperfield” is rounding out its cast.
Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie,”Dunkirk” breakout Aneurin Barnard, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh, and Rosalind Eleazar have all joined Dev Patel, who will play the title character. FilmNation could not be reached for comment.
The project will offer a modern take on Dickens’ title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. The original “David Copperfield” was first published in 1850 and describes the journey of the titular protagonist — who was modeled after Dickens himself, from impoverished childhood to becoming a successful author, thanks to perseverance and despite a lack of personal discipline.
Kevin Loader and Iannucci will produce the feature, which was developed with FilmNation. Iannucci is directing from a script he wrote with Simon Blackwell.
Iannucci and Blackwell previously collaborated with Tony Roche...
Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie,”Dunkirk” breakout Aneurin Barnard, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh, and Rosalind Eleazar have all joined Dev Patel, who will play the title character. FilmNation could not be reached for comment.
The project will offer a modern take on Dickens’ title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. The original “David Copperfield” was first published in 1850 and describes the journey of the titular protagonist — who was modeled after Dickens himself, from impoverished childhood to becoming a successful author, thanks to perseverance and despite a lack of personal discipline.
Kevin Loader and Iannucci will produce the feature, which was developed with FilmNation. Iannucci is directing from a script he wrote with Simon Blackwell.
Iannucci and Blackwell previously collaborated with Tony Roche...
- 4/26/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – If you want a film to take your mind off the current American power structure, that at the same time provides some truth to the situation, you won’t do better than “The Death of Stalin.” A monster comedic cast – including Steve Buscemi and Jeffrey Tambor – is assembled for this hilarious farce.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The setting is the Soviet Union in 1953. Josef Stalin, the Premier of the State, continues his iron-fisted rule of the region. When he drops dead, the “Central Committee” of the Communist Party must deal with the transition, which includes a funeral, relatives and their own lust for power. The film is done in the King’s English, with Buscemi and Tambor adding some American flavor, and no attempt is made to have Russian accents. It escalates into a swear-word-filled chaos, an obvious satire and symbol of modern authoritarianism. Using this horrible monster’s death (he executed 600,000 of his own people,...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The setting is the Soviet Union in 1953. Josef Stalin, the Premier of the State, continues his iron-fisted rule of the region. When he drops dead, the “Central Committee” of the Communist Party must deal with the transition, which includes a funeral, relatives and their own lust for power. The film is done in the King’s English, with Buscemi and Tambor adding some American flavor, and no attempt is made to have Russian accents. It escalates into a swear-word-filled chaos, an obvious satire and symbol of modern authoritarianism. Using this horrible monster’s death (he executed 600,000 of his own people,...
- 3/22/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
1968: Dark Shadows' Barnabas attacked a woman trying to save him.
1983: General Hospital's Heather was arrested.
1985: Days of our Lives' Bo & Hope decided to lope.
1988: All My Children's Stuart & Cindy became engaged."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1957: On The Edge of Night, Mike Karr (John Larkin) told Charley (Ian Martin...
1983: General Hospital's Heather was arrested.
1985: Days of our Lives' Bo & Hope decided to lope.
1988: All My Children's Stuart & Cindy became engaged."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1957: On The Edge of Night, Mike Karr (John Larkin) told Charley (Ian Martin...
- 3/15/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Who'd have thought the demise of a kill-happy Russian dictator could leave you laughing helplessly? That's The Death of Stalin for you, a slapstick tragedy – and for the funniest, fiercest comedy of the year so far – from the fertile mind of Armando Iannucci, the British political satirist behind the HBO's Veep and the sensational, Strangelovian In the Loop (2009). First, imagine a government run by lunatics (In the age of Trump and Kim Jong-un, that's not so hard.) Then rewind to the Moscow of 1953, when Joseph Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) holds...
- 3/7/2018
- Rollingstone.com
The Death Of Stalin IFC Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Armando Iannucci Screenwriter: Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, based on a graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin Cast: Adrian Mcloughlin, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/15/18 Opens: March 9, 2018 It’s commonly agreed […]
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- 3/4/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
As ever, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards favor homegrown fare. Thus many nomination slots that might have included such Hollywood films as “The Post” or “Wonder Woman” went to the likes of “Dunkirk,””Darkest Hour,” and “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.”
Leading the BAFTA nominations field was Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” with 12 nominations. But the Mexican filmmaker wound up taking home Best Director and the film won Production Design and Score. With wins at the Critics Choice, Golden Globe, Directors Guild and BAFTA, the directing Oscar is Del Toro’s to lose.
“Darkest Hour” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” followed with nine nominations each; “Darkest Hour” settled for wins for Best Actor Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill and Best Hair and Makeup, while “Three Billboards” dominated the night with five wins: Best Picture,...
Leading the BAFTA nominations field was Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” with 12 nominations. But the Mexican filmmaker wound up taking home Best Director and the film won Production Design and Score. With wins at the Critics Choice, Golden Globe, Directors Guild and BAFTA, the directing Oscar is Del Toro’s to lose.
“Darkest Hour” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” followed with nine nominations each; “Darkest Hour” settled for wins for Best Actor Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill and Best Hair and Makeup, while “Three Billboards” dominated the night with five wins: Best Picture,...
- 2/18/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
IFC Films has set a March 9 U.S. release date for Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated writer-director Armando Ianucci's The Death of Stalin. Scripted by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, the film is a Soviet-era satire based on the comic book The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Theirry Robin. The film stars Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Michael Palin, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs Andrea Riseborough and Jeffrey Tambor. The Death of Stalin made…...
- 12/7/2017
- Deadline
Anybody who discusses satire in audio-visual media at some point must mention the work of Armando Iannucci. Creator of TV’s The Thick Of It and Veep, with credits that include The Day Today and Alan Partridge, his work is some of the finest in Comedy. And in 2009, Iannucci made his big screen full feature directorial debut with The Thick Of It spin-off In The Loop (one of the best comedies of our times) and now, Iannucci casts his eye to even darker – and even more volatile – political territory with The Death of Stalin.
As concepts go, this film has a pitch black core, as it not only delves into a figure whose actions have reverberated throughout socio-political history but in looking at the events surrounding his death in 1953 and the power struggles within the Soviet Union, it is a brazen era, to say the least, in which to set a Comedy.
As concepts go, this film has a pitch black core, as it not only delves into a figure whose actions have reverberated throughout socio-political history but in looking at the events surrounding his death in 1953 and the power struggles within the Soviet Union, it is a brazen era, to say the least, in which to set a Comedy.
- 11/4/2017
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
How weak is this year’s Adapted Screenplay category? If you can get the rights to something, write your screenplay, shoot, edit and release by the end of December…you’ve got a shot. [Posted Sept. 19]
Frontrunners
Armando Ianucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows, “The Death of Stalin”
James Ivory, “Call Me By Your Name”
Richard Linklater, “Last Flag Flying”
James Mangold, Scott Frank, Michael Green, “Logan”
Scott Neustadter, Michael H.
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Frontrunners
Armando Ianucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows, “The Death of Stalin”
James Ivory, “Call Me By Your Name”
Richard Linklater, “Last Flag Flying”
James Mangold, Scott Frank, Michael Green, “Logan”
Scott Neustadter, Michael H.
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- 9/19/2017
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
The Thick of It and Veep writer’s tilt at Soviet-era satire, which opens the Toronto film festival, boasts an outstanding cast, with Simon Russell Beale as the secret police chief with a satanic surprise
Fear rises like gas from a corpse in Armando Iannucci’s brilliant horror-satire The Death Of Stalin. It’s a sulphurous black comedy about backstairs Kremlin intrigue following the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 – adapted by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin from the French graphic novel series by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin.
Faced with the unthinkable demise of Stalin, so long revered as nothing less than a god, these Soviet dignitaries panic, plot and go in and out of denial: a bizarre, dysfunctional hokey cokey of the mind. Everyone is of course initially terrified of saying out loud that he is dead – a quasi-regicidal act, which could, in any case, turn out to...
Fear rises like gas from a corpse in Armando Iannucci’s brilliant horror-satire The Death Of Stalin. It’s a sulphurous black comedy about backstairs Kremlin intrigue following the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 – adapted by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin from the French graphic novel series by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin.
Faced with the unthinkable demise of Stalin, so long revered as nothing less than a god, these Soviet dignitaries panic, plot and go in and out of denial: a bizarre, dysfunctional hokey cokey of the mind. Everyone is of course initially terrified of saying out loud that he is dead – a quasi-regicidal act, which could, in any case, turn out to...
- 9/8/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Armando Iannucci is one the world’s greatest living satirists. His hilarious depictions of governmental dysfunction give a cartoonish gloss to the hectic nature of real-life leadership. The British satirist’s two rambunctious TV shows — BBC’s “The Thick of It” and HBO’s “Veep” — along with his Oscar-nominated “In the Loop,” show a consistent knack for exposing deranged bureaucracies and the power-hungry, backstabbing lunatics who think they own the place.
In Iannucci’s tilted world of feuding diplomats and narcissistic leaders, scathing one-liners meet the bitter pill of lost causes. He anticipated the modern era of political corruption and remains its greatest truth-teller, so it was only a matter of time before he applied that same uncompromising humor towards earlier periods hobbled by the same authoritarian problems.
Enter “The Death of Stalin.” Iannucci’s first adapted work culls from French writers Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin’s graphic novel (Nury has a screenwriting credit,...
In Iannucci’s tilted world of feuding diplomats and narcissistic leaders, scathing one-liners meet the bitter pill of lost causes. He anticipated the modern era of political corruption and remains its greatest truth-teller, so it was only a matter of time before he applied that same uncompromising humor towards earlier periods hobbled by the same authoritarian problems.
Enter “The Death of Stalin.” Iannucci’s first adapted work culls from French writers Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin’s graphic novel (Nury has a screenwriting credit,...
- 9/8/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Death of Stalin is the latest feature film from one of Britain’s finest comedic talents, Armando Iannucci, the Oscar nominee and Emmy winner behind In the Loop, The Thick of It and Veep.
Based on the The Death of Stalin graphic novel by by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin; and packed with Iannucci’s trademark wit and irreverence and features an ensemble cast, including Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Friend, Simon Russell Beale, Andrea Riseborough, Paddy Considine and Olga Kurylenko. The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
On the night of 2nd March 1953, a man is dying. The man is Joseph Stalin, dictator, tyrant, butcher as well a Secretery General of Ussr. A terrible stroke is wracking his entire body. He is drooling. He is pissing himself. He is about to kick the bucket...
Based on the The Death of Stalin graphic novel by by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin; and packed with Iannucci’s trademark wit and irreverence and features an ensemble cast, including Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Friend, Simon Russell Beale, Andrea Riseborough, Paddy Considine and Olga Kurylenko. The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
On the night of 2nd March 1953, a man is dying. The man is Joseph Stalin, dictator, tyrant, butcher as well a Secretery General of Ussr. A terrible stroke is wracking his entire body. He is drooling. He is pissing himself. He is about to kick the bucket...
- 9/8/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"I'm the peacemaker, and I'll fuck up anyone who gets in my way."
Steve Buscemi... you had me at Steve Buscemi. But then you add Jeffery Tambor and Rupert Friend, and I want to see this movie even more.The Death of Stalin is a political satire film based on the moments after Stalin died and it looks really funny.
As I watched the trailer, there were multiple moments that I just thought landed the comedy perfectly. It reminds me almost of Dr. Strangelove in many ways. All these comical representations of political figures dealing with an issue of a controversial leader passing away and what happens next. It's directed by Armando Iannucci who is well known for political satire. All the performances look hilarious and I love, that although it takes place in Russia, all the actors are basically playing it straight. No one is trying to do a forced Russian accent.
Steve Buscemi... you had me at Steve Buscemi. But then you add Jeffery Tambor and Rupert Friend, and I want to see this movie even more.The Death of Stalin is a political satire film based on the moments after Stalin died and it looks really funny.
As I watched the trailer, there were multiple moments that I just thought landed the comedy perfectly. It reminds me almost of Dr. Strangelove in many ways. All these comical representations of political figures dealing with an issue of a controversial leader passing away and what happens next. It's directed by Armando Iannucci who is well known for political satire. All the performances look hilarious and I love, that although it takes place in Russia, all the actors are basically playing it straight. No one is trying to do a forced Russian accent.
- 8/15/2017
- by Bryam Dayley
- GeekTyrant
Kirsten Howard Simon Brew Sep 28, 2017
A brand new trailer has landed for the already-acclaimed The Death Of Stalin...
We’ve been eagerly awaiting the second film from Armando Iannucci as director since it was first announced (we still love In The Loop a lot), and The Death Of Stalin will finally arrive on October 20th - wait, that's next month! Hurrah!
Now, we're got a brand new trailer to feast our eyes on too, which looks like this...
Ahead of the movie's release, a big bunch of character posters arrived as well to promote it, and we've added all of them to our gallery above, which you can fire up by clicking on that main image up there.
Here's a preview of our favourite...
Of course it's Jason Isaacs as General Zhukov. Hello to you, sir.
Here's the first trailer for the film...
And here’s the synopsis…
The internal...
A brand new trailer has landed for the already-acclaimed The Death Of Stalin...
We’ve been eagerly awaiting the second film from Armando Iannucci as director since it was first announced (we still love In The Loop a lot), and The Death Of Stalin will finally arrive on October 20th - wait, that's next month! Hurrah!
Now, we're got a brand new trailer to feast our eyes on too, which looks like this...
Ahead of the movie's release, a big bunch of character posters arrived as well to promote it, and we've added all of them to our gallery above, which you can fire up by clicking on that main image up there.
Here's a preview of our favourite...
Of course it's Jason Isaacs as General Zhukov. Hello to you, sir.
Here's the first trailer for the film...
And here’s the synopsis…
The internal...
- 8/14/2017
- Den of Geek
The Death of Stalin is the latest feature film from one of Britain’s finest comedic talents, Armando Iannucci, the Oscar nominee and Emmy winner behind In the Loop, The Thick of It and Veep.
Based on the The Death of Stalin graphic novel by by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin; and packed with Iannucci’s trademark wit and irreverence and features an ensemble cast, including Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Friend, Simon Russell Beale, Andrea Riseborough, Paddy Considine and Olga Kurylenko. The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
On the night of 2nd March 1953, a man is dying. The man is Joseph Stalin, dictator, tyrant, butcher as well a Secretery General of Ussr. A terrible stroke is wracking his entire body. He is drooling. He is pissing himself. He is about to kick the bucket...
Based on the The Death of Stalin graphic novel by by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin; and packed with Iannucci’s trademark wit and irreverence and features an ensemble cast, including Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Friend, Simon Russell Beale, Andrea Riseborough, Paddy Considine and Olga Kurylenko. The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
On the night of 2nd March 1953, a man is dying. The man is Joseph Stalin, dictator, tyrant, butcher as well a Secretery General of Ussr. A terrible stroke is wracking his entire body. He is drooling. He is pissing himself. He is about to kick the bucket...
- 8/11/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Author: Scott Davis
eOne have today unveiled the first trailer for their upcoming satrical comedy The Death of Stalin, which can be viewed in the player below!
The Death of Stalin is the latest film from the acclaimed writer/director Armano Iannucci, the man behind Veep, In The Loop and The Thick of It. Co-written by David Schneider, Ian Martin, and Peter Fellows, the film follows the days after Stalin’s collapse and the tussles and fights between his core team as they fight for control. And, of course, hilarity ensures.
Steve Buscemi leads the cast that also features Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse and Jeffrey Tambor star in the film which is released later this Autumn and is set to debut at this year’s Toronto Film Festival next month. The film is already being touted as one of...
eOne have today unveiled the first trailer for their upcoming satrical comedy The Death of Stalin, which can be viewed in the player below!
The Death of Stalin is the latest film from the acclaimed writer/director Armano Iannucci, the man behind Veep, In The Loop and The Thick of It. Co-written by David Schneider, Ian Martin, and Peter Fellows, the film follows the days after Stalin’s collapse and the tussles and fights between his core team as they fight for control. And, of course, hilarity ensures.
Steve Buscemi leads the cast that also features Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse and Jeffrey Tambor star in the film which is released later this Autumn and is set to debut at this year’s Toronto Film Festival next month. The film is already being touted as one of...
- 8/11/2017
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
While his work on Veep led to one of the funniest shows on television, we’ve been missing Armando Iannucci’s specific brand of political humor in the cinema. He’s now finally making his In the Loop follow-up with The Death of Stalin and ahead of a fall festival premiere, the first trailer has arrived.
“A lot of it is based on true stuff, but what we’re trying to do is not just concentrate on these people. Within the story you see how their deliberations impact on people all over the empire of the Soviet Union,” Iannucci told THR. “So it’s quite an expansive, quite an ambitious scale. It’s both intimate and very, very vast at the same time.”
Starring Adrian McLoughlin, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Andrea Riseborough, Rupert Friend, and Jason Isaacs, check out the hilarious preview below.
“A lot of it is based on true stuff, but what we’re trying to do is not just concentrate on these people. Within the story you see how their deliberations impact on people all over the empire of the Soviet Union,” Iannucci told THR. “So it’s quite an expansive, quite an ambitious scale. It’s both intimate and very, very vast at the same time.”
Starring Adrian McLoughlin, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Andrea Riseborough, Rupert Friend, and Jason Isaacs, check out the hilarious preview below.
- 8/11/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
New comedy from In The Loop director stars Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale and Jeffrey Tambor.
The first trailer for ‘The Death Of Stalin’, directed by In The Loop’s Armando Iannucci has been released by UK and Ireland distributer eOne.
Watch below or on mobile Here.
Based on graphic novel The Death Of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, the drama is set in the days following the Russian leader’s stroke in 1953 as team of ministers tussle for control.
Steve Buscemi stars with Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor and Adrian McLoughlin.
The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
Filming took place in England and Ukraine in summer 2016.
French outfit Gaumont is handling sales on the title, and previously struck a deal for Us rights with IFC.
The film is...
The first trailer for ‘The Death Of Stalin’, directed by In The Loop’s Armando Iannucci has been released by UK and Ireland distributer eOne.
Watch below or on mobile Here.
Based on graphic novel The Death Of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, the drama is set in the days following the Russian leader’s stroke in 1953 as team of ministers tussle for control.
Steve Buscemi stars with Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor and Adrian McLoughlin.
The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
Filming took place in England and Ukraine in summer 2016.
French outfit Gaumont is handling sales on the title, and previously struck a deal for Us rights with IFC.
The film is...
- 8/11/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Iannucci’s film features a host of acting talent as the Russian dictator’s underlings, including Steve Buscemi, Jason Isaacs and Michael Palin
Attention comrades! The first trailer for Armando Iannucci’s Soviet satire The Death of Stalin has been unveiled.
Adapted by Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider from Fabien Nury’s graphic novel of the same name, the film depicts the frenzied political manoeuvrings that transpired in the aftermath of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953. The film stars a host of prominent British and American actors as Stalin’s underlings, including Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev, Jeffrey Tambor as Stalin’s heir apparent Georgy Malenkov, Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov, Jason Isaacs as Georgy Zhukov, Simon Russell Beale as Lavrentiy Beria and Homeland star Rupert Friend as Stalin’s son Vasily.
Continue reading...
Attention comrades! The first trailer for Armando Iannucci’s Soviet satire The Death of Stalin has been unveiled.
Adapted by Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider from Fabien Nury’s graphic novel of the same name, the film depicts the frenzied political manoeuvrings that transpired in the aftermath of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953. The film stars a host of prominent British and American actors as Stalin’s underlings, including Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev, Jeffrey Tambor as Stalin’s heir apparent Georgy Malenkov, Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov, Jason Isaacs as Georgy Zhukov, Simon Russell Beale as Lavrentiy Beria and Homeland star Rupert Friend as Stalin’s son Vasily.
Continue reading...
- 8/11/2017
- by Guardian film
- The Guardian - Film News
Sundance broke out Dee Rees’ post-World War II epic “Mudbound,” a script of sweeping ambition and detail adapted by Rees and Virgil Williams from the Hilary Jordan novel. Netflix picked up the movie for the Sundance 2017 record of $12.5 million, and plans a full-on Oscar campaign, despite a limited theatrical day-and-date release.
Also rising to instant Oscar contention was Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name,” an elegiac summer love story set in Italy, between a vacationing teenager (Timothee Chalumet) and his father’s researcher (Armie Hammer). Sony Pictures Classics will hit the fall festivals with the critics’ darling.
Cannes introduced Todd Haynes’ cinematic tour-de-force “Wonderstruck,” adapted by Brian Selznick from his own graphic novel, which intercuts two periods, the 20s and the 70s, in silent black-and-white and color with sound. The film is the Centerpiece gala at the New York Film Festival.
Also debuting at Cannes was director-prize-winner Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled,...
Also rising to instant Oscar contention was Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name,” an elegiac summer love story set in Italy, between a vacationing teenager (Timothee Chalumet) and his father’s researcher (Armie Hammer). Sony Pictures Classics will hit the fall festivals with the critics’ darling.
Cannes introduced Todd Haynes’ cinematic tour-de-force “Wonderstruck,” adapted by Brian Selznick from his own graphic novel, which intercuts two periods, the 20s and the 70s, in silent black-and-white and color with sound. The film is the Centerpiece gala at the New York Film Festival.
Also debuting at Cannes was director-prize-winner Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled,...
- 7/11/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Writer-director Amanda Hood in La..
One of four recipients of the inaugural Metro Screen Fellowship, administered by the Adg, Amanda Hood travelled to Los Angeles in April to attend The Hollywood Field Trip where she pitched her projects to producers, managers, agents and executives.
.We have water with lime, water with cucumber, or water with lime and cucumber. Which would you prefer?.
And so, our .water bottle tour. of Los Angeles had begun. Five vetted filmmakers from around the world, armed with three projects each and a wonderfully enthusiastic guide in our host, Andrew Zinnes, we would spend the next five days pitching to Hollywood.s elite.
Fourteen meetings were scheduled over five days with agents, managers, producers and executives, as well as with working directors and screenwriters. The main goal was not to sell our scripts, but to establish relationships with these people, because in Hollywood, .all that matters is who you know and who knows you.. Talent is a given. And despite what the tabloids would have you believe, no one is an overnight success. It.s all about the long game.
Establishing relationships in Hollywood is .kind of like dating., a producer sitting next to me at a well-known Californian sushi place confided. .You meet up, you suss out the person and ask yourself a series of questions. .Can I trust this person? Can I see their commitment, their passion, their talent? Can I see us working together in years to come?. If so, you jump into bed with them, or, more specifically in my case, option their script..
(The 2017 Hollywood Field Trip participants (l-r): Julian Roberts, Debbie Moon, Katharine McPhee, Amanda Hood and Ian Martin.).
The great thing about The Hollywood Field Trip is that you get to start these relationships in, as Andrew put it, .warm rooms.. Warm, as opposed to say, having an executive fall asleep halfway through your pitch or having a producer get out of their seat and walk straight out of the room — stories I heard first-hand from writers. Our rooms were so warm in fact, that most of the Hollywood pros asked to read our scripts, gave us feedback on our pitches and offered lengthy advice on career strategy and how to make it in Hollywood as outsiders..
And so, as a way of paying it forward to my fellow Aussie filmmakers, here.s a snippet of the most important things I learnt in L.A:
1. There is no one way of making it in Hollywood; everyone has found a different way in. Your job as a filmmaker is to carve your own path, to keep going no matter what, to work on your craft every day and to keep the faith that your persistence and talent will pay off. And when you do get representation, don.t ever rest on your laurels. Keep expanding your network of producers, investors, other writers and directors, building your contacts from the ground up, because the majority of your paid work will come from nurturing these connections.
2. When you.re starting out in Hollywood, it.s important you submit writing samples in the same genre. I was told this repeatedly on the trip, that people want to .know your brand., to make it as easy as possible for managers and agents to .sell you. to the studios. .Oh Tina, yes, she.s that fantastic comedy writer.. .Oh George, he.s the expert on all things sci-fi.. If you want the industry to take you seriously, pick a genre and stick to it. Then, once you.ve had success, you can always cross over to other genres because now you have leverage.
3. .Baby writers., a term that was thrown around a lot in Los Angeles, are emerging writers (it has nothing to do with age). If you are a baby writer, the best way of breaking into Hollywood is to get represented by a good, .hungry. manager, preferably one who has sold projects in the past, who has an .in. with studios and producers — someone who will help you build your career and your craft..
4. In order to get a manager (and that in itself is no easy task), you must have at least three strong writing samples (TV pilots or feature films) in the same genre (see above), along with a kick-ass query letter. To find managers. contact details, get a paid subscription to IMDb Pro. Being part of The Hollywood Field Trip meant we were able to bypass the query letter stage (where you are competing with thousands of other screenwriters) for those we met, because it got us in the same room as talented reps whom, after hearing our pitches, wanted to read our work. .
5. Living in La is optional, to a point. Some reps were adamant; .You.ve got to.be here to take meetings because most jobs come up at the last minute.. Other reps told us they like working with writers and directors who live abroad because .They offer a fresh perspective. But they must be willing to come to La for meetings 2-3 times per year.. .After hearing the pros and cons, my opinion is this: when you.ve spent enough time working on your craft and you have at least three solid scripts under your belt, only then should you think about moving to La. In the meantime, it.s far cheaper to work on your scripts/short films from home, with access to cheap or free rent and the support of loved ones..
All in all, the Hollywood Field Trip was an incredible opportunity to learn about the business, to learn how to behave in a Hollywood meeting and to practice pitching to industry heavyweights. But perhaps the best part of all was getting to know the other extraordinarily talented filmmakers on my trip as we roared up the 405 highway in our eight seater mini-van, sharing hotdogs, jokes and stories about home.
For anyone interested in taking part in the Hollywood Field Trip, the program runs twice a year in April and October. I highly recommend it, but make sure you have at least three finished scripts and a willingness to learn how the business works.
And finally, I.d like to express my utmost gratitude to the generosity of the Australian Director.s Guild and Metro Screen for sending me on this career-defining trip to Los Angeles. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
One of four recipients of the inaugural Metro Screen Fellowship, administered by the Adg, Amanda Hood travelled to Los Angeles in April to attend The Hollywood Field Trip where she pitched her projects to producers, managers, agents and executives.
.We have water with lime, water with cucumber, or water with lime and cucumber. Which would you prefer?.
And so, our .water bottle tour. of Los Angeles had begun. Five vetted filmmakers from around the world, armed with three projects each and a wonderfully enthusiastic guide in our host, Andrew Zinnes, we would spend the next five days pitching to Hollywood.s elite.
Fourteen meetings were scheduled over five days with agents, managers, producers and executives, as well as with working directors and screenwriters. The main goal was not to sell our scripts, but to establish relationships with these people, because in Hollywood, .all that matters is who you know and who knows you.. Talent is a given. And despite what the tabloids would have you believe, no one is an overnight success. It.s all about the long game.
Establishing relationships in Hollywood is .kind of like dating., a producer sitting next to me at a well-known Californian sushi place confided. .You meet up, you suss out the person and ask yourself a series of questions. .Can I trust this person? Can I see their commitment, their passion, their talent? Can I see us working together in years to come?. If so, you jump into bed with them, or, more specifically in my case, option their script..
(The 2017 Hollywood Field Trip participants (l-r): Julian Roberts, Debbie Moon, Katharine McPhee, Amanda Hood and Ian Martin.).
The great thing about The Hollywood Field Trip is that you get to start these relationships in, as Andrew put it, .warm rooms.. Warm, as opposed to say, having an executive fall asleep halfway through your pitch or having a producer get out of their seat and walk straight out of the room — stories I heard first-hand from writers. Our rooms were so warm in fact, that most of the Hollywood pros asked to read our scripts, gave us feedback on our pitches and offered lengthy advice on career strategy and how to make it in Hollywood as outsiders..
And so, as a way of paying it forward to my fellow Aussie filmmakers, here.s a snippet of the most important things I learnt in L.A:
1. There is no one way of making it in Hollywood; everyone has found a different way in. Your job as a filmmaker is to carve your own path, to keep going no matter what, to work on your craft every day and to keep the faith that your persistence and talent will pay off. And when you do get representation, don.t ever rest on your laurels. Keep expanding your network of producers, investors, other writers and directors, building your contacts from the ground up, because the majority of your paid work will come from nurturing these connections.
2. When you.re starting out in Hollywood, it.s important you submit writing samples in the same genre. I was told this repeatedly on the trip, that people want to .know your brand., to make it as easy as possible for managers and agents to .sell you. to the studios. .Oh Tina, yes, she.s that fantastic comedy writer.. .Oh George, he.s the expert on all things sci-fi.. If you want the industry to take you seriously, pick a genre and stick to it. Then, once you.ve had success, you can always cross over to other genres because now you have leverage.
3. .Baby writers., a term that was thrown around a lot in Los Angeles, are emerging writers (it has nothing to do with age). If you are a baby writer, the best way of breaking into Hollywood is to get represented by a good, .hungry. manager, preferably one who has sold projects in the past, who has an .in. with studios and producers — someone who will help you build your career and your craft..
4. In order to get a manager (and that in itself is no easy task), you must have at least three strong writing samples (TV pilots or feature films) in the same genre (see above), along with a kick-ass query letter. To find managers. contact details, get a paid subscription to IMDb Pro. Being part of The Hollywood Field Trip meant we were able to bypass the query letter stage (where you are competing with thousands of other screenwriters) for those we met, because it got us in the same room as talented reps whom, after hearing our pitches, wanted to read our work. .
5. Living in La is optional, to a point. Some reps were adamant; .You.ve got to.be here to take meetings because most jobs come up at the last minute.. Other reps told us they like working with writers and directors who live abroad because .They offer a fresh perspective. But they must be willing to come to La for meetings 2-3 times per year.. .After hearing the pros and cons, my opinion is this: when you.ve spent enough time working on your craft and you have at least three solid scripts under your belt, only then should you think about moving to La. In the meantime, it.s far cheaper to work on your scripts/short films from home, with access to cheap or free rent and the support of loved ones..
All in all, the Hollywood Field Trip was an incredible opportunity to learn about the business, to learn how to behave in a Hollywood meeting and to practice pitching to industry heavyweights. But perhaps the best part of all was getting to know the other extraordinarily talented filmmakers on my trip as we roared up the 405 highway in our eight seater mini-van, sharing hotdogs, jokes and stories about home.
For anyone interested in taking part in the Hollywood Field Trip, the program runs twice a year in April and October. I highly recommend it, but make sure you have at least three finished scripts and a willingness to learn how the business works.
And finally, I.d like to express my utmost gratitude to the generosity of the Australian Director.s Guild and Metro Screen for sending me on this career-defining trip to Los Angeles. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
- 6/22/2017
- by Amanda Hood
- IF.com.au
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed the whole world, and an entire sprawling industry, that writing monsters and demons and end-of-the world is not hack-work, it can challenge the best. Joss Whedon raised the bar for every writer – not just genre/niche writers, but every single one of us.” – Russell T. Davies, producer, writer, showrunner, Doctor Who
…Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play.
Oops. Sorry. Got carried away there for a moment and started grooving to one of the most groundbreaking albums ever – and anyway, that album came out way more than twenty years (and 23 days) ago today. But it was twenty years (and 23 days) ago today, on March 10, 1997, that another groundbreaking event in pop culture occurred: the premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the fledgling WB network.
Although it wasn’t exactly a premiere. More like a reboot, as in Ronald D. Moore’s reboot of Battlestar Galactica...
…Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play.
Oops. Sorry. Got carried away there for a moment and started grooving to one of the most groundbreaking albums ever – and anyway, that album came out way more than twenty years (and 23 days) ago today. But it was twenty years (and 23 days) ago today, on March 10, 1997, that another groundbreaking event in pop culture occurred: the premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the fledgling WB network.
Although it wasn’t exactly a premiere. More like a reboot, as in Ronald D. Moore’s reboot of Battlestar Galactica...
- 4/3/2017
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
The seven-figure North American deal came together quickly in Berlin on Saturday and reunites the distributor and director of In The Loop.
Iannucci directs The Death Of Stalin and adapted the graphic novel by Fabien Nury about the Soviet dictator’s last days.
The satirical story depicts the chaos of the Soviet regime after Stalin’s death in 1953 following 30 years of dictatorship.
Iannucci wrote the screenplay with David Schneider and Ian Martin. The project is in post.
Steve Buscemi stars with Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor and Adrian McLoughlin.
IFC Films brokered the deal with CAA and Gaumont, who financed the feature.
Iannucci directs The Death Of Stalin and adapted the graphic novel by Fabien Nury about the Soviet dictator’s last days.
The satirical story depicts the chaos of the Soviet regime after Stalin’s death in 1953 following 30 years of dictatorship.
Iannucci wrote the screenplay with David Schneider and Ian Martin. The project is in post.
Steve Buscemi stars with Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor and Adrian McLoughlin.
IFC Films brokered the deal with CAA and Gaumont, who financed the feature.
- 2/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The North American deal came together quickly in Berlin on Saturday and reunites the distributor and director of In The Loop.
Iannucci directs The Death Of Stalin and adapted the graphic novel by Fabien Nury about the Soviet dictator’s last days.
The satirical story depicts the chaos of the Soviet regime after Stalin’s death in 1953 following 30 years of dictatorship.
Iannucci wrote the screenplay with David Schneider and Ian Martin. The project is in post.
Steve Buscemi stars with Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor and Adrian McLoughlin.
IFC Films brokered the deal with CAA and Gaumont, who financed the feature.
Iannucci directs The Death Of Stalin and adapted the graphic novel by Fabien Nury about the Soviet dictator’s last days.
The satirical story depicts the chaos of the Soviet regime after Stalin’s death in 1953 following 30 years of dictatorship.
Iannucci wrote the screenplay with David Schneider and Ian Martin. The project is in post.
Steve Buscemi stars with Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor and Adrian McLoughlin.
IFC Films brokered the deal with CAA and Gaumont, who financed the feature.
- 2/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
One of the most exciting films of 2017 has just been acquired by IFC Films. Variety reports that the distributor bought the North American rights to Armando Iannucci’s “The Death of Stalin,” about the Soviet dictator’s last days.
Based on the graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, the film chronicles how Joseph Stalin’s stroke in 1953 threw the Ussr into chaos and inspired a mad power grab among his top advisers. The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
The film has an incredible cast,including Steve Buscemi as Nikita Krushchev, Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov and Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov.
Producers for the movie are Yann Zenou, Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun and Kevin Loader
Read More: What’s the Most Exciting Movie of 2017 That No One’s Talking About? — IndieWire Critics Survey
According to Variety,...
Based on the graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, the film chronicles how Joseph Stalin’s stroke in 1953 threw the Ussr into chaos and inspired a mad power grab among his top advisers. The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
The film has an incredible cast,including Steve Buscemi as Nikita Krushchev, Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov and Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov.
Producers for the movie are Yann Zenou, Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun and Kevin Loader
Read More: What’s the Most Exciting Movie of 2017 That No One’s Talking About? — IndieWire Critics Survey
According to Variety,...
- 2/12/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Rupert Friend ("Homeland," "Hitman: Agent 47") has joined the cast of "Veep" creator Armando Iannucci's "The Death of Stalin".
Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor and Adrian McLoughlin also star in the film which is shooting in England and Ukraine.
Based on Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin's graphic novel about true events, the action set in the days following Stalin's collapse. His core team of ministers tussle for control - some want positive change in the Soviet Union, others have more sinister motives. Their one common trait? They're all just desperately trying to remain alive. Iannucci says in a statemwnt:
"'The Death of Stalin' has everything: comedy, tragedy, truth, lies, life, death, bravery and cowardice. All under the shadow of Stalin's Terror. So I'm really pleased we have an amazingly multifaceted cast who can...
Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor and Adrian McLoughlin also star in the film which is shooting in England and Ukraine.
Based on Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin's graphic novel about true events, the action set in the days following Stalin's collapse. His core team of ministers tussle for control - some want positive change in the Soviet Union, others have more sinister motives. Their one common trait? They're all just desperately trying to remain alive. Iannucci says in a statemwnt:
"'The Death of Stalin' has everything: comedy, tragedy, truth, lies, life, death, bravery and cowardice. All under the shadow of Stalin's Terror. So I'm really pleased we have an amazingly multifaceted cast who can...
- 6/20/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ensemble cast includes Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale and Paddy Considine.
Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin has begun principal photography today, with filming to take place in England and Ukraine.
Based on graphic novel The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, the drama is set in the days following the Russian leader’s stroke in 1953 as his core team of ministers tussle for control.
The film stars Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Simon Russell Beale (Into the Woods), Paddy Considine (Macbeth), Rupert Friend (Homeland), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Olga Kurylenko (Oblivion), Michael Palin (A Fish Called Wanda), Andrea Riseborough (Birdman), Paul Whitehouse (Alice in Wonderland) and Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) with Adrian McLoughlin (Thunderpants) as Stalin.
The Death of Stalin is a Quad, Main Journey production, in co-production with Gaumont.
Iannucci, the Oscar-nominated writer behind HBO satire Veep and feature In The Loop, has written the screenplay with David Schneider and Ian Martin with additional...
Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin has begun principal photography today, with filming to take place in England and Ukraine.
Based on graphic novel The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, the drama is set in the days following the Russian leader’s stroke in 1953 as his core team of ministers tussle for control.
The film stars Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Simon Russell Beale (Into the Woods), Paddy Considine (Macbeth), Rupert Friend (Homeland), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Olga Kurylenko (Oblivion), Michael Palin (A Fish Called Wanda), Andrea Riseborough (Birdman), Paul Whitehouse (Alice in Wonderland) and Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) with Adrian McLoughlin (Thunderpants) as Stalin.
The Death of Stalin is a Quad, Main Journey production, in co-production with Gaumont.
Iannucci, the Oscar-nominated writer behind HBO satire Veep and feature In The Loop, has written the screenplay with David Schneider and Ian Martin with additional...
- 6/20/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Olga Kurylenko, Timothy Dalton, Toby Kebbel, Michael Palin, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine and Andrea Riseborough are in advanced negotiations to join "The Death of Stalin" for Gaumont and Quad Films.
Armando Iannucci's first post-"Veep" feature, the story is adapted from the French graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin. Iannucci is producing alongside David Schneider and Ian Martin ("In the Loop," "Veep").
The action is set during the chaotic days of political infighting that followed the 1953 death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Buscemi will play Nikita Khrushchev, while Tambor will star as Georgy Malenkov and Dalton as Georgy Zhukov.
Source: THR...
Armando Iannucci's first post-"Veep" feature, the story is adapted from the French graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin. Iannucci is producing alongside David Schneider and Ian Martin ("In the Loop," "Veep").
The action is set during the chaotic days of political infighting that followed the 1953 death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Buscemi will play Nikita Khrushchev, while Tambor will star as Georgy Malenkov and Dalton as Georgy Zhukov.
Source: THR...
- 5/12/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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