1595
Synopsis: Based on a true story about the last full invasion of England by the Spanish in Cornwall. An assorted collection of characters are forced together in order to defend themselves from the invading force.
Director: Steven Rhys Lewis
Producer: Patsy Harding
Screenwriter: Steven Rhys Lewis, Andrew Turvil
Cast: TBC
Enquiries: Steven Rhys Lewis
thefirststeven@hotmail.co.uk
www.mbxproductions.co.uk
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
(completed)
7 DAYS
Synopsis: Based on the fictionalised story of a prison inmate and his relationship with his wife and four children.
The film will combine documentary and fiction and will be shot over a 5-year period, to enable Winterbottom to explore the changing dynamics of a prisoner's relationships. It will be mostly shot within a working prison.
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Producer: Andrew Eaton (Revolution Films); Channel 4
Screenwriter: Laurence Coriat, Michael Winterbottom
Cast: John Simm, Shirley Henderson
Enquiries: Revolution Films
9a Dallington St
London
EC1V 0BQ
t: 020 7566 0700
Status: Filming over 5 years
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
A TASTE OF BLOOD
Synopsis: Contemporary vampire film
Director: Lyndsay Attenborough
Producer: Sanam Hassan
Screenwriter: Jason Sunderland
Cast: Currently casting
Sales agent: IFM World Releasing Inc (Non USA & Canada)
Enquiries: Thought Juice Films
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
Synopsis: Based upon the Oscar Wilde play - a young man discovers his future employer is actually his father and a despicable character.
Director: Bruce Beresford
Producer: Donald Zuckerman, Sarah Radclyffe, Howard Himelstein; Prescience Pictures
Screenwriter: Howard Himelstein
Cast: Sienna Miller, Sean Bean, Annette Benning
Enquiries: Myriad Entertainment, +1 (310) 279 4000
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
ABSOLUTION
Synopsis: A road-movie about two alcoholics - Dan, a failed British rock singer and Dean, a mature American ex-marine....
Director: Tony Pantages
Producer: Josh Wroe
Screenwriter: Nathanael Wiseman
Cast: Gil Bellows, Nathanael Wiseman
Enquiries: redeeming.features@gmail.com
www.absolutionthefilm.com
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
ANGEL MAKERS
Synopsis: The women of a Yorkshire farming community in WWI turn murderous when their men return from the trenches to discover their places on the farms and in their beds have been taken by German POW's
Director: Jon Amiel
Producer: Jeanna Polley (The Producers Films)
Screenwriter: Paul Billing
Cast: John Hurt, Daniel Bruhl, Moritz Bleibtreu, Benno Furmann, David Thewlis, Anna Friel, Anne-Marie Duff, Anna Friel
Sales agent: Film Bridge International
Enquiries: Film Bridge International
1316 Third Street Promenade
Suite 105
Santa Monica
CA 90401
USA
Tel: + 1 310 656 8680
Fax: + 1 310 656 8683
contact@filmbridgeinternational.com
Status: In Development
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
ARTHROPODA
Director: Kelly Anne Mullaney
Producer: Kris R Bird
Screenwriter: Kelly Anne Mullaney & Kris R Bird
Enquiries: arthropoda@mothcatcher.co.uk
Status: In Pre-production (shooting Mid-April)
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
Synopsis: Production has started on Aardman's highly ambitious computer-animated feature film, Arthur Christmas. Set on Christmas night, the story at last reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation revealed by the movie is on a massive scale that requires the creation of a huge CGI world. But the heart of the film is a story with the ingredients of a Christmas classic a family at seasonal loggerheads and an unlikely hero with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns. Aardman is working closely with Sony Pictures Imageworks on the animation for this CGI motion picture.
Director: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Producer: Cheryl Abood, Steve Pegram
Screenwriter: Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
Sales agent: Sony Pictures
Enquiries: Aardman Animation
T +44 (0)1179 848485
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
BLACK DEATH
Synopsis:
The most terrifying thing about Osmund’s nightmare is that it’s real.
Medieval England has fallen under the shadow of The Black Death.
In this apocalyptic world, filled with fear and superstition, a young monk called Osmund is charged with leading a fearsome knight, Ulric (Sean Bean) and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer - someone able to bring the dead back to life.
Torn between his love of God and the love of a young woman, Osmund discovers his necromancer, a mysterious beauty called Langiva. After Langiva reveals her Satanic identity and offers Osmund his heart’s desire, the horror of his real journey begins…
Director: Chris Smith
Producer: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae
Screenwriter: Dario Poloni
Cast: Sean Bean
Sales agent: HanWay Films
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
CARMEN'S KISS
Synopsis: A contemporary adaptation of Bizet's world famous opera, Carmen. Carmen's Kiss is a romantic thriller set in the East European underworld in London.
Director: David Fairman
Producer: David Fairman, Jon Morrey, Niall Stewart, Francoise Gouliardon
Screenwriter: David Fairman & Niall Stewart
Cast: Hugo Speer, Vivienne Harvey, Bruce Payne, Martin Kove
Enquiries: Albion Films
27A Cobble Lane
London N1 1SF
T: +44 (0)207 288 2464
F: +44 (0) 207 159 1525
Status: In Post Production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
CARRY ON LONDON
Synopsis: A comedy based around the misadventures of a London limousine company hired to take celebrities to The Herberts, a new awards ceremony to rival the Oscars and Baftas. A continuation of the long-running Carry On.... series.
Director: Ed Bye
Producer: Brian Baker
Screenwriter: Brian Leveson, Paul Minett, Peter Richardson
Cast: Shane Richie, Victoria Silvstedt, Jynine James
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
CATHERINE AND PETER
Synopsis: A peasant maid falls in love with Peter the Great and goes on to rule the largest Empire in the world
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Producer: Egoli Tossel / Zephyr Films
Screenwriter: Irakli Kvirikadze
Cast: Chloe Sevigny
Enquiries: Zephyr Films, info@zephyrfilms.co.uk
Status: In Development
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
CENTURION
Synopsis: AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying tribesmen known as the Picts.
Marcus Dias, sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Titus Virilus’ legendary 9th legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the earth and destroy their leader Gorlacon.
But when the legion is ambushed on unfamiliar ground, and Virilus taken captive, Marcus faces a desperate struggle to keep his small platoon alive behind enemy lines, evading remorseless Pict pursuers over harsh terrain, as the band of soldiers race to rescue their General, and to reach the safety of the Roman frontier.
Director: Neil Marshall
Producer: Christian Colson, Robert Jones
Screenwriter: Neil Marshall
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko
Sales agent: Pathe
Enquiries: tessa.williams@pathe-uk.com
Status: In Production
Record last updated: Mar 20, 2009
COCKNEYS VS ZOMBIES
Synopsis:
Brit flick, not for the faint hearted. Cockneys vs Zombies is the story of two small time crooks fighting for survival after a Zombie outbreak in London. What do you do with £4m in stolen cash when everyone is dead?
Director: Matthias Hoene
Producer: James Harris
Cast: Tamer Hassan
Sales agent: SC Films International / Velvet Octopus
Enquiries: fumie@velvetoctopus.com
Status: In Development
Record last updated: Apr 7, 2009
CRYING WITH LAUGHTER
Synopsis: 25 years separate Frank and Joey from an incident of childhood abuse that Joey can't remember and Frank won't forget.
Director: Justin Molotnikov
Producer: Claire Mundell, Rachel Robey, Alastair Clark
Screenwriter: Justin Molotnikov
Cast: Stephen McCole, Malcolm Shields, Andrew Neil, Jo Hartley
Enquiries: Synchronicity Films
+44 (0)141 244 0056
Status: In Post Production
Record last updated: Apr 8, 2009
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DANCE OF THE GOBLINS
Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic London, humans carve out a medieval-like existence in the rubble of a ruined city. Meanwhile, the goblins have come up from the deep places and taken over the old underground stations, staying out of sight of the humans. A chance sighting leads the humans to invade the goblin tunnels and start the first conflict with goblins in over 800 years. What would you do, to protect your world?
Director: TBC
Producer: Denise Channing
Screenwriter: Jaq Hawkins
Cast: Kevin McNally, Robert Goodman
Enquiries: Goblin Films Ltd
48 Cannell Green
Norwich, Norfolk
NR3 1TT
Tel:01603 663257
goblinfilmsltd@gmail.com
Status: Filming Spring/Summer 2009
Record last updated: Mar 11, 2009
EATING DUST
Director: Jade Carmen
Producer: Jinx Films, Louis Paltnoi
Screenwriter: Jade Carmen, Louis Paltnoi,
Cast: Charles Dance, Jimi Mistry, Joanne Whalley, Nicki Pedersen, Paul Kaye, Joseph Beattie, Clive Standen
Enquiries: Jinx Films
info@eatingdust.com
Status: Filming mid 2009
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
ELOISE IN PARIS
Synopsis: Based on the classic 1950's children's book by Kay Thompson, Eloise jets off to Paris for Fashion Week and, along with one of Europe's top designers, finds herself chasing after a stolen dress.
Director: Charles Shyer
Producer: Thomas D. Adelman, Antony Rufus-Isaacs
Screenwriter: Charles Shyer, Erin Joslyn, Janet Brownell, Hallie
Cast: TBC
Enquiries: Handmade Films
info@handmadeplc.com
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
EMPIRE OF SILVER
Synopsis: China, 1899. Following the tragic kidnapping of his brother's wife, a hedonistic young man, 'Third Master', must assume the role of heir to a banking empire he cares little about. Powerful bank-owner Lord Kang is determined to mold his son after his own image. The ruthless businessman tries to convince his son to choose a corrupt bank manager over a more honest one in order that the family earns more money and retains its power. But the idealistic Third Master is determined to stop his family's corruption even if it puts his own life in danger. The tense relationship is further complicated by Third Master's undying love for his beautiful young stepmother, his first and only love who was stolen from him by his father. Greed, deception, love and jealousy surface as the country descends into war and the once united family takes opposing sides in the battle for power.
Director: Christine Yao
Producer: Peggy Chiao, Christine Yao
Screenwriter: Christine Yao
Cast: Aaron Kwok Zhang Tielin, Jennifer Tilly, Hao Lei
Sales agent: HanWay Films
Status: Completed
Record last updated: Mar 11, 2009
(completed)
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Synopsis: Incarcerated for fifteen years, Frank is finally released, but his world has changed! No longer his deposed old boss Marco's 'right-hand man', he is forgotten and destitute! His dream for a peaceful life becomes a nightmare when old friends are murdered! He must once-again rise through the ranks, somehow make his fortune and take his revenge against the Russian Mafia now running his manor!
Director: Chris Barfoot
Producer: Chris Barfoot, Andy Birmingham
Screenwriter: Chris Barfoot, Stefan Smith
Cast: TBA
Enquiries: andybbirmingham@aol.com
T +44(0)1753 656254
F +44(0)1753 656769
M +44(0)771 122 3288
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
FENCE, THE (UK/US/HUN)
Synopsis: In 1992 62-year-old Herman Rosenblat was shot and seriously wounded during a robbery on his Brooklyn business. As Herman lay semi-conscious on the operating table his mother (killed in Treblinka) came to him in a vision and urged him to open his mind and his heart to his past and to finally tell the amazing story of his life.
The Fence tells the true story of Herman Rosenblat - how he and his brothers stayed together ansd survived the Holocaust and how a young boy's faith is restoed by a girl's love.
Director: TBA
Producer: Harris Saloman, A.Sirokh A
Screenwriter: Harris F B Salomon, Matthew Salzberg
Cast: Thomas Sangster, Dominic Grant
Sales agent: Arclight Films, Australia Tel: ++ 61 (0) 2 8353 2440, info@arclightfilms.com
Enquiries: Atalantic Overseas Pctures
370 Central Avenue
Scarsdale
NY 10583
USA
Tel: ++ 1 212 983 7479
Fax: ++ 1 212 983 7591
movies@atlanticoverseaspictures.com
Status: In Pre-production
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
FOUR KNIGHTS
Synopsis: Western-style version of the murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. The assassins are a bawdy gang of adventurers constantly on the run from the authorities.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Producer: Laurence Bowen (Feelgood Fiction); The Weinstein Company
Screenwriter: Paul Webb
Enquiries: Liane Gillett / Amy Eveleigh
Feelgood Fiction Ltd
Tel: ++ 44 (0) 208 746 2535
Fax: ++ 44 (0) 208 740 6177
feelgood@feelgoodfiction.co.uk
Status: In Development
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
FROST FLOWERS
Director: Andrea Vecchiato
Producer: Reyna Rosenshein, Alex Tate
Screenwriter: Pete Maggi
Enquiries: Hadaly Pictures
t +44 20 7689 0456
alex@hadaly.com
Status: In Development
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
HARRY BROWN
Synopsis:
Harry Brown. A dignified man who has lived to see his community descend into drugs, crime and violence. The estate that Harry has called home all his life is now run by a gang of vicious teenage thugs. The residents, like Harry’s best friend Leonard, live in fear for their lives. After Leonard is brutally murdered and the sadistic gang leader responsible walks free, Harry must act. Harry’s Marine past kicks in and he becomes a vigilante, taking on the depraved youths. As tensions between police and the community escalate, the estate erupts in chaos and mayhem. Harry’s quest for vengeance and justice becomes the last stand against a world without honour.
Director: Daniel Barber
Producer: Matthew Vaughn, Kris Thykier, Keith Bell
Screenwriter: Gary Young
Cast: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer
Sales agent: HanWay Films
Status: In Production
Record last updated: Mar 11, 2009
HEAVEN AND EARTH (AKA BARRY)
Synopsis: Remarkable true story of James Miranda Barry, the first woman doctor, who had to masquerade as a man.
Director: Marleen Gorris
Producer: Malcolm Kohll, David Pupkewitz
Screenwriter: Malcolm Kohll, Marsha Levin
Cast: Sean Pertwee, Miranda Raison, Janet Suzman
Sales agent: Cinema Management Group
Enquiries: Malcolm Kohll +44 (0)207 435 9004
Status: Scheduled for Pre-production April 2009
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
HOTEL CALEDONIA
Synopsis: Hotel Caledonia follows the journey of inconsequential loser, Norman Tickle, his best friend, and a bunch of backpackers to work the summer season at an isolated Scottish hotel and their horrific gastronomic encounters with the owners.
Director: Nicholas David Lean
Producer: Yaw A. Basoah, Nicholas David Lean
Screenwriter: Nicholas David Lean, Mark Sayles
Cast: Kelly Brook, James Cosmo, Kris Marshall, Claudia Christian, Jemima Rooper
Enquiries: Oceanstorm films - enquiries@oceanstormfilms.com
Status: In Development
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
I, LUCIFER
Director: Dan Harris
Producer: Michael Dougherty, Glen Duncan
Enquiries: Shooting Stars LLP troymclure1968@yahoo.com
Status: In Development
Record last updated: May 26, 2009
IT'S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE
Synopsis:
Finding the perfect son-in-law can be murder.
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING and SHAUN OF THE DEAD meet in this comedy romp about an Indian mother taking her obsession with marriage into frighteningly funny territory. Mrs. Sethi, a widow, can't bear the thought of her daughter being alone and unhappy. Okay, she's a little plump and opinionated but she'd make a great wife for some lucky man, if only she were given a chance. When Mrs. Sethi can no longer stomach the rudeness of families who refuse her daughter, she takes matters into her own hands with the only way she knows...Suddenly a police hunt begins for a serial murderer who cooks a killer curry. Mrs. Sethi doesn't feel too guilty until the spirits of her victims come back to haunt her - complete with tandooried bodies and kebab skewered heads, they're unable to be reincarnated until their murderer dies. Mrs. Sethi has no problem killing herself, she'll get to see her dead husband again, but how can she go before her daughter is married? The spirits realize that helping Mrs Sethi daughter find a suitable husband before the police catch her is their only chance for a wonderful afterlife.
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Producer: Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha
Screenwriter: Paul Mayeda Berges
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Shaheen Khan, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Jimi Mistry
Sales agent: HanWay Films
Status: In Pre-Production
Record last updated: Mar 11, 2009
IVAN THE FOOL (WORKING TITLE)
Synopsis: Ivan finds himself the constant object of ridicule, bullied by all those around him. Though various twists of fate, Ivan, good natured and generous stumbles upon unexpected good fortune and those who once ridiculed him must now rely upon Ivan for their own success and survival. A stylishly animated intergenerational Feature Film about ambition, illusion, power, the ultimate reward of courage and decency- The triumph of virtue. We are introduced to a new world of fantasy landscapes, enchanting countries, magical and mythical characters in this up-dated realisation of this Classic Fairy Tale.
Director: Thais. M. Brown, Anastasia Tolstoy (Consulting Director)
Producer: Thais. M. Brown
Screenwriter: Thais M. Brown (story by Leo Tolstoy)
Cast: Michael Gambon, Leila Gray
Sales agent: Logos Films Ltd.
Enquiries: Logos Films
info@logosfilms.co.uk
www.logosfilms.co.uk
Status: in pre-production
Record last updated: Feb 25, 2009
JACKBOOTS ON WHITEHALL
Synopsis:
Animation - A World War II spoof that tells what could have happened had the Germans won the Battle of Britain but were ultimately defeated by the Scots. Ewan McGregor plays a heroic farmhand who leads the Scots into battle and victory, winning the heart of Rosamund Pike. Timothy Spall appears as Churchill, Alan Cumming as Hitler, Tom Wilkinson as Goebbels, Richard O'Brien as Himmler and Richard Griffiths as Goering.
Director: Edward McHenry
Producer: Frank Mannion, Jamie English, Debbie McWilliams
Screenwriter: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Cast: Voices of Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming, Timothy Spall, Rosamund Pike, Richard O'Brien, Richard Griffiths, Tom Wilkinson, Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sales agent: Swipe Films Sales
Enquiries: Swipe Films Sales
T + 44 (0)20 7851 8602
frank@swipefilms.com
Status: Post-production
Record last updated: Feb 27, 2009
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