Exclusive: Channel 4 has set cast for The Gathering, the show from Line of Duty producer World Productions about a violent attack on a teenage girl during a rave.
Boiling Point star Vinette Robinson is aboard the series, which is award-winning novelist Helen Walsh’s debut TV script, and filming has commenced.
BIFA-winner Robinson will play pushy mother Natalie and is joined by leads Eva Morgan and Sadie Soverall (Little Bone Lodge), who play Kelly and Jessica respectively. Also aboard are Warren Brown (Ten Pound Poms) as Kelly’s hard working single parent Paul, and Richard Coyle (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as successful solicitor Jules, along with Sonny Walker (The Responder), Luca Kamleh- Chapman and Hebron Tedros.
Greenlit last year, The Gathering centers on the violent attack on a teenage girl in a tidal islet. Set on Merseyside and interrogating the ways in which today’s parents impose their agendas,...
Boiling Point star Vinette Robinson is aboard the series, which is award-winning novelist Helen Walsh’s debut TV script, and filming has commenced.
BIFA-winner Robinson will play pushy mother Natalie and is joined by leads Eva Morgan and Sadie Soverall (Little Bone Lodge), who play Kelly and Jessica respectively. Also aboard are Warren Brown (Ten Pound Poms) as Kelly’s hard working single parent Paul, and Richard Coyle (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as successful solicitor Jules, along with Sonny Walker (The Responder), Luca Kamleh- Chapman and Hebron Tedros.
Greenlit last year, The Gathering centers on the violent attack on a teenage girl in a tidal islet. Set on Merseyside and interrogating the ways in which today’s parents impose their agendas,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Channel 4 has picked up a new six-part drama currently titled The Gathering from the acclaimed writer and director Helen Walsh.
Set on Merseyside, the drama focuses on a group of teens from disparate backgrounds, each of whom could have committed a crime, along with their parents – who give equal cause for suspicion. The series is produced by the award-winning World Productions, which is responsible for hits such as the BBC’s Line of Duty, Save Me, and Vigil.
“We are thrilled to be working with the brilliant Helen Walsh and World Productions on this exciting series; The Gathering which forms part of our strategy to commission drama which also appeals to younger viewers,” said Caroline Hollick, Head of Drama, Channel 4.
“Through this absorbing story, with Helen’s beautifully drawn, real, and relatable characters, the series looks at how family, friendship, and aspiration is influenced and shaped by the highs and lows of modern-day parenting.
Set on Merseyside, the drama focuses on a group of teens from disparate backgrounds, each of whom could have committed a crime, along with their parents – who give equal cause for suspicion. The series is produced by the award-winning World Productions, which is responsible for hits such as the BBC’s Line of Duty, Save Me, and Vigil.
“We are thrilled to be working with the brilliant Helen Walsh and World Productions on this exciting series; The Gathering which forms part of our strategy to commission drama which also appeals to younger viewers,” said Caroline Hollick, Head of Drama, Channel 4.
“Through this absorbing story, with Helen’s beautifully drawn, real, and relatable characters, the series looks at how family, friendship, and aspiration is influenced and shaped by the highs and lows of modern-day parenting.
- 8/25/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UK sales outfit bolsters Cannes slate.
UK sales outfit Independent Film Company has added a host of projects to its Cannes slate.
Among them is The Secret Of The Universe, the second feature from Guy Myhill, whose debut The Goob premiered in Venice Days. Produced by Mike Elliott of Emu Films, the circus-set feature follows a clown who tries to keep his heart cold but finds himself plunged into the depths of life.
Also on Independent’s slate is The Lemon Grove, the second feature from writer-director Helen Walsh, whose debut The Violators [pictured] played at Edinburgh and Karlovy Vary. Adapted from her own novel, her next film follows a husband and wife who return to the island of Mallorca annually for a summer holiday. One year, the arrival of the wife’s stepdaughter and her new boyfriend threatens to upset their equilibrium. Producers are David Moores, Dave Hughes and Kevin Sampson of Red Union Films.
The...
UK sales outfit Independent Film Company has added a host of projects to its Cannes slate.
Among them is The Secret Of The Universe, the second feature from Guy Myhill, whose debut The Goob premiered in Venice Days. Produced by Mike Elliott of Emu Films, the circus-set feature follows a clown who tries to keep his heart cold but finds himself plunged into the depths of life.
Also on Independent’s slate is The Lemon Grove, the second feature from writer-director Helen Walsh, whose debut The Violators [pictured] played at Edinburgh and Karlovy Vary. Adapted from her own novel, her next film follows a husband and wife who return to the island of Mallorca annually for a summer holiday. One year, the arrival of the wife’s stepdaughter and her new boyfriend threatens to upset their equilibrium. Producers are David Moores, Dave Hughes and Kevin Sampson of Red Union Films.
The...
- 5/19/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Walsh will helm an adaptation of her own novel The Lemon Grove.
Helen Walsh, who made her feature film debut with The Violators in 2015, will return to the director’s chair with The Lemon Grove, an adaptation of her own acclaimed novel.
Released in 2014, marking the fourth published novel of successful author Walsh, The Lemon Grove follows a husband and wife who return to the island of Mallorca annually for a summer holiday. One year, the arrival of the wife’s stepdaughter and her new boyfriend threatens to upset their equilibrium.
Walsh adapted the screenplay for The Violators production outfit Red Union Films, which optioned the book rights. The feature will shoot in Mallorca next summer.
Red Union Film’s David Moores commented: “The Violators showcased Helen Walsh as one of UK cinema’s outstanding new talents. We at Red Union are very happy to be teaming with Helen once more in bringing this wonderful and sensuous...
Helen Walsh, who made her feature film debut with The Violators in 2015, will return to the director’s chair with The Lemon Grove, an adaptation of her own acclaimed novel.
Released in 2014, marking the fourth published novel of successful author Walsh, The Lemon Grove follows a husband and wife who return to the island of Mallorca annually for a summer holiday. One year, the arrival of the wife’s stepdaughter and her new boyfriend threatens to upset their equilibrium.
Walsh adapted the screenplay for The Violators production outfit Red Union Films, which optioned the book rights. The feature will shoot in Mallorca next summer.
Red Union Film’s David Moores commented: “The Violators showcased Helen Walsh as one of UK cinema’s outstanding new talents. We at Red Union are very happy to be teaming with Helen once more in bringing this wonderful and sensuous...
- 10/12/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
This is the Pure Movies review of The Violators, directed by Helen Walsh, and starring Lauren McQueen (The Mill, Ordinary Lies) and Brogan Ellis (Waterloo Road) alongside Stephen Lord (Penny Dreadful, Shameless, Route Irish), Liam Ainsworth (Kajaki), Derek Barr (Pride) and newcomer Callum King Chadwick. The Violators is a wounding look at a young woman’s navigation through life whilst encountering dangerous men at every corner, chipping away at her hardened exterior. Bestselling author Helen Walsh (The Lemon Grove) has translated her interest in transgressive sexualities, gender and class onto film. With a female writer and director, and starring two female protagonists, The Violators is significant in a time where there is a perceived dearth of women film directors. The events of the story are shocking but the waves this film will make in terms of disturbing the male-dominated status quo of cinema will be more deeply felt.
- 7/12/2016
- by Helen Chapman
- Pure Movies
★★★★☆Ten years have passed since Shane Meadows' This Is England punched a vitriolic, tattooed fist through the 1980s Midlands racial divide. Nationalist tension does not feature in novelist turned writer-director Helen Walsh's The Violators but it is a comparably hard-hitting and bleak state of the British nation address. At a time where class division seems to be worsening, Walsh points an accusatory finger at a system that fails those who need it most, but also simply at how deplorably people can treat one another. An example of loving thy neighbour it is not, at least not unconditionally. Acts of kindness are not freely given and must be reciprocated, often in kind. This is but one of many galling elements of a frank, slow-burning and gritty realist film that will leave audiences seething.
- 6/18/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The directorial debut of Helen Walsh, The Violators follows the lives of two teenage girls as they navigate the trials and tribulations of their (seemingly) radically different lives. Shelly (Lauren McQueen) lives with her older brother Andy (Derek Barr) and younger half-brother Jerome (Callum King Chadwick) on a rough council estate in Birkenhead. Despite having […]
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- 6/15/2016
- by Lauren Burgess
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Helen Walsh’s directorial debut will hit UK/Ireland cinemas in May 2016.
Bulldog Film Distribution has acquired UK/Ireland rights to The Violators, Helen Walsh’s gritty drama that premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last June.
The film stars newcomer Lauren McQueen as a girl growing up on a British council estate who testifies against her abusive father.
The Violators marks the directorial debut of Walsh, known for writing novels including Brass and Go To Sleep.
Producers are David Moores and David A. Hughes of Red Union Films, which is also handling international sales. The duo were nominated for Producer of the Year for The Violators at last month’s British Independent Film Awards.
Bulldog has earmarked a UK/Ireland theatrical release for May 20.
Bulldog Film Distribution has acquired UK/Ireland rights to The Violators, Helen Walsh’s gritty drama that premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last June.
The film stars newcomer Lauren McQueen as a girl growing up on a British council estate who testifies against her abusive father.
The Violators marks the directorial debut of Walsh, known for writing novels including Brass and Go To Sleep.
Producers are David Moores and David A. Hughes of Red Union Films, which is also handling international sales. The duo were nominated for Producer of the Year for The Violators at last month’s British Independent Film Awards.
Bulldog has earmarked a UK/Ireland theatrical release for May 20.
- 1/26/2016
- ScreenDaily
Film4 has received a total of 41 nominations for the films it has backed at this year.s British Independent Film Awards, including six for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth.
Macbeth is in contention for best British independent film, best director, lead actor Michael Fassbender, lead actress Marion Cotillard, support actor Sean Harris and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw.
The film will soon be available on Amazon Prime Video in an exclusive streaming deal negotiated by the Us distributor, the Weinstein Co. According to one report that deal is worth $US4 million.. Macbeth opens in limited theatrical release in the Us on December 4.
Another film co-produced by See-Saw Films, Slow West, scored a nomination for John Maclean as best debut director.
Yorgos Lanthimos.s The Lobster tops the list with seven nominations. Andrew Haigh.s 45 Years and Macbeth each received six while. Alex Garland.s Ex Machina and Asif Kapadia.s Amy garnered five each.
Macbeth is in contention for best British independent film, best director, lead actor Michael Fassbender, lead actress Marion Cotillard, support actor Sean Harris and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw.
The film will soon be available on Amazon Prime Video in an exclusive streaming deal negotiated by the Us distributor, the Weinstein Co. According to one report that deal is worth $US4 million.. Macbeth opens in limited theatrical release in the Us on December 4.
Another film co-produced by See-Saw Films, Slow West, scored a nomination for John Maclean as best debut director.
Yorgos Lanthimos.s The Lobster tops the list with seven nominations. Andrew Haigh.s 45 Years and Macbeth each received six while. Alex Garland.s Ex Machina and Asif Kapadia.s Amy garnered five each.
- 11/3/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Greek helmer Yorgos Lanthimos’ purest and painful reminder that love reigns is measuring off against Justin Kurzel’s paranoia bliss and Andrew Haigh’s in it for the long term portrait received the most nominations for the upcoming 2015 British Independent Film Awards. Mysteriously, Rachel Weisz failed to nab a nom in the Best Actress category, but The Lobster has a wide-spread reach in all major categories with seven nominations. 45 Years, the favorite in both acting categories and Macbeth are one shy with six noms apiece. Apart from the Best Picture category, we’re keeping tabs for a surprise win in the Best Screenplay and the Best Supporting Actor race should be a hoot as both Gleesons in Brendan and Domhnall will be competing against each other. The award show technically kicks off award season on December 6th.
Best British Independent Film
“Amy”
“Ex Machina”
“45 Years”
“The Lobster”
“Macbeth”
Best Director
Asif Kapadia,...
Best British Independent Film
“Amy”
“Ex Machina”
“45 Years”
“The Lobster”
“Macbeth”
Best Director
Asif Kapadia,...
- 11/3/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
While we’ll be hearing about the Oscar race ad nauseam for the next many months, there are a few awards ceremony that actually highlight films that might slip under the radar. Like the recently unveiled Gotham award nominations, the British Independent Film Awards do a splendid job of taking a look at some of the year’s overlooked films, and today brings their nominations.
Topping the list is Yorgos Lanthimos‘ The Lobster (which we quite liked at Cannes, and will be released next spring in the U.S.), earning seven nominations, including Best Film and Director. Also in the same major categories, but earning six overall, were 45 Years and Macbeth, which we also praised, and will arrive in the U.S next month. Notably, the documentary Amy snuck into the Best Film category, proving just how much a hit it was in the U.K. as well.
Ahead of the December 6th ceremony,...
Topping the list is Yorgos Lanthimos‘ The Lobster (which we quite liked at Cannes, and will be released next spring in the U.S.), earning seven nominations, including Best Film and Director. Also in the same major categories, but earning six overall, were 45 Years and Macbeth, which we also praised, and will arrive in the U.S next month. Notably, the documentary Amy snuck into the Best Film category, proving just how much a hit it was in the U.K. as well.
Ahead of the December 6th ceremony,...
- 11/3/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Lobster received seven nominations; 45 Years and Macbeth received six each.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster topped this year’s Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) nominations, which were presented in London this morning (Nov 3) by Gemma Chan and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
The film garnered seven nods including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Producer of the Year.
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth both received six nominations each, receiving acting nods for stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay for the former, and Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender for the latter.
Asif Kapadi’s documentary Amy, which told the story of the late singer Amy Winehouse, received five nominations, as did John Crowley’s period drama Brooklyn.
Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette each received four nominations.
Alongside The Lobster, the titles also nominated for Best British Indepedent Film were: 45 Years, Amy, Ex Machina and [link...
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster topped this year’s Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) nominations, which were presented in London this morning (Nov 3) by Gemma Chan and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
The film garnered seven nods including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Producer of the Year.
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth both received six nominations each, receiving acting nods for stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay for the former, and Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender for the latter.
Asif Kapadi’s documentary Amy, which told the story of the late singer Amy Winehouse, received five nominations, as did John Crowley’s period drama Brooklyn.
Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette each received four nominations.
Alongside The Lobster, the titles also nominated for Best British Indepedent Film were: 45 Years, Amy, Ex Machina and [link...
- 11/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
In his preview for the BFI of this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, opening today and running through June 28, Neil Young notes that 2015 "marks the 69th consecutive edition of an event which, while technically younger than Cannes and Venice (both established in 1932), boasts a longer unbroken run than either." Many previews are highlighting this year's representation of women directors, including Jane Linfoot (The Incident), Helen Walsh (The Violators), Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive), Karen Guthrie (The Closer We Get)—and Amy Berg, in town with Prophet’s Prey and Every Secret Thing. » - David Hudson...
- 6/17/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In his preview for the BFI of this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, opening today and running through June 28, Neil Young notes that 2015 "marks the 69th consecutive edition of an event which, while technically younger than Cannes and Venice (both established in 1932), boasts a longer unbroken run than either." Many previews are highlighting this year's representation of women directors, including Jane Linfoot (The Incident), Helen Walsh (The Violators), Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive), Karen Guthrie (The Closer We Get)—and Amy Berg, in town with Prophet’s Prey and Every Secret Thing. » - David Hudson...
- 6/17/2015
- Keyframe
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