Daniel Gordon’s Strike: An Uncivil War, the story of the most violent confrontation between miners and police during the UK’s 1984 miners’ strike, has been acquired by Metfilm Distribution for theatrical release in the UK and Ireland.
The documentary is one of two to be produced via Embankment Films’ unscripted content division set up by the UK sales and production outfit in March 2023.
The second is Riccardo Servini’s Dwarf Story, commissioned by UK broadcaster ITV. The film explores the so-called ‘miracle’ drug that promises to be a potentially ground-breaking treatment for dwarfism,Vosoritide. It focuses on three young people from the US,...
The documentary is one of two to be produced via Embankment Films’ unscripted content division set up by the UK sales and production outfit in March 2023.
The second is Riccardo Servini’s Dwarf Story, commissioned by UK broadcaster ITV. The film explores the so-called ‘miracle’ drug that promises to be a potentially ground-breaking treatment for dwarfism,Vosoritide. It focuses on three young people from the US,...
- 3/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke and White Lotus breakout Leo Woodall have signed for UK agency Hamilton Hodell.
The pair have signed in all areas for the UK market and retain multiple reps in the U.S.
Clarke and Woodall are two of the UK’s hottest stars right now. Best known for playing Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, Clarke’s other roles include in movies The Pod Generation, Last Christmas and Solo: A Star Wars Story. She is currently gearing up to play Oscar Wilde’s wife in An Ideal Wife from Sophie Hyde. Late last year, she was given an MBE alongside mother Jenny after the pair set up a charity together supporting people with brain injuries.
Woodall broke out as ‘cheeky chappy’ Jack in the second season of HBO’s White Lotus. He is playing the lead in Netflix’s soon-to-launch limited series adaptation...
The pair have signed in all areas for the UK market and retain multiple reps in the U.S.
Clarke and Woodall are two of the UK’s hottest stars right now. Best known for playing Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, Clarke’s other roles include in movies The Pod Generation, Last Christmas and Solo: A Star Wars Story. She is currently gearing up to play Oscar Wilde’s wife in An Ideal Wife from Sophie Hyde. Late last year, she was given an MBE alongside mother Jenny after the pair set up a charity together supporting people with brain injuries.
Woodall broke out as ‘cheeky chappy’ Jack in the second season of HBO’s White Lotus. He is playing the lead in Netflix’s soon-to-launch limited series adaptation...
- 2/1/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“We’re investing in highly intelligent young future leaders,” said Embankment’s Tim Haslam.
London-based production, finance and sales outfit Embankment Films has expanded its team with the appointment of director of acquisitions and production Archie Faulks; acquisitions, production and distribution executive Bianca Fabbri; and international sales and marketing executive Clare Harris.
Faulks and Fabbri will head up Embankment’s scripted production, development and acquisitions team alongside producer Kevin Loader, while working closely with the company’s unscripted production team.
Embankment’s slate includes Sophie Hyde’s upcoming period piece An Ideal Wife, starring Emilia Clarke and Hope Dickson Leach’s biopic Making Noise,...
London-based production, finance and sales outfit Embankment Films has expanded its team with the appointment of director of acquisitions and production Archie Faulks; acquisitions, production and distribution executive Bianca Fabbri; and international sales and marketing executive Clare Harris.
Faulks and Fabbri will head up Embankment’s scripted production, development and acquisitions team alongside producer Kevin Loader, while working closely with the company’s unscripted production team.
Embankment’s slate includes Sophie Hyde’s upcoming period piece An Ideal Wife, starring Emilia Clarke and Hope Dickson Leach’s biopic Making Noise,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Upcoming titles handled by Embankment, Protagonist, Goodfellas and Studiocanal to receive a share of production funding.
Screen Australia is to allocate more than Aud$10m ($6.4m) of production funding to a raft of upcoming film and TV projects.
The national screen body will support six features including Sophie Hyde’s An Ideal Woman, starring Emilia Clarke; Dario Russo’s The Fox, starring Jai Courtney and from the producers of horror hit Talk to Me; and Charles Williams’ Inside, starring Guy Pearce. Further films to receive a share of the funding include David Vincent Smith drama He Ain’t Heavy, John Sheedy...
Screen Australia is to allocate more than Aud$10m ($6.4m) of production funding to a raft of upcoming film and TV projects.
The national screen body will support six features including Sophie Hyde’s An Ideal Woman, starring Emilia Clarke; Dario Russo’s The Fox, starring Jai Courtney and from the producers of horror hit Talk to Me; and Charles Williams’ Inside, starring Guy Pearce. Further films to receive a share of the funding include David Vincent Smith drama He Ain’t Heavy, John Sheedy...
- 9/25/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Game Show Returns
The British version of the iconic reality TV series “Big Brother,” which first launched 23 years ago, is set to return to ITV screens on Oct. 8. The show is hosted by Aj Odudu and Will Best and produced by Initial, part of Banijay U.K. “Big Brother: The Launch” will air on ITV1, ITV2 and streamer Itvx, while the remainder of the series will be available nightly at 9pm on ITV2 and Itvx, except Saturdays.
“Big Brother” will be followed each night by “Big Brother: Late & Live,” hosted live by Odudu and Best from the site of the Big Brother house in front of a studio audience, where evictees will be interviewed. Following this, “Big Brother: Live Stream” will stream live footage seven nights a week on Itvx.
The Banijay format is popular globally with some 500 seasons of the show having aired around the world in 64 countries and regions.
The British version of the iconic reality TV series “Big Brother,” which first launched 23 years ago, is set to return to ITV screens on Oct. 8. The show is hosted by Aj Odudu and Will Best and produced by Initial, part of Banijay U.K. “Big Brother: The Launch” will air on ITV1, ITV2 and streamer Itvx, while the remainder of the series will be available nightly at 9pm on ITV2 and Itvx, except Saturdays.
“Big Brother” will be followed each night by “Big Brother: Late & Live,” hosted live by Odudu and Best from the site of the Big Brother house in front of a studio audience, where evictees will be interviewed. Following this, “Big Brother: Live Stream” will stream live footage seven nights a week on Itvx.
The Banijay format is popular globally with some 500 seasons of the show having aired around the world in 64 countries and regions.
- 9/25/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
An acquisitions, production and distribution manager has joined the fold.
UK sales and production outfit Embankment Films has expanded its team with the appointment of Gabriella Kramer-Khan as acquisitions, production and distribution manager, the first role of its kind for the company.
Kramer-Khan will report in to Toby Hill, head of acquisitions and production, and producer Kevin Loader.
She joins from Sky, where she was Sky TV’s group acquisitions executive for the UK, Italy, and Germany.
Kramer-Khan previously worked in acquisitions and content strategy at Universal Pictures and in legal and business affairs at Warner Bros, having specialised in...
UK sales and production outfit Embankment Films has expanded its team with the appointment of Gabriella Kramer-Khan as acquisitions, production and distribution manager, the first role of its kind for the company.
Kramer-Khan will report in to Toby Hill, head of acquisitions and production, and producer Kevin Loader.
She joins from Sky, where she was Sky TV’s group acquisitions executive for the UK, Italy, and Germany.
Kramer-Khan previously worked in acquisitions and content strategy at Universal Pictures and in legal and business affairs at Warner Bros, having specialised in...
- 11/15/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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