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: Screenwriter: Steven Rhys Lewis, Andrew Turvil Cast: TBC Enquiries: www.mbxproductions.co.uk Status: In Pre-production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
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: In production - filming over 5 years Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
A MAN'S STORY Synopsis: A fly-on-the-wall journey of ten years in the life, loves and work of fashion icon Ozwald Boateng. Director: Varon Bonicos Producer: Wellington Films Enquiries: Wellington Films Broadway Media Centre 14-18 Broad Street Nottingham NG1 3AL England
T +44 (0) 115 840 0043
aclark@wellingtonfilms.co.uk Status: Post-production Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
A TASTE OF BLOOD Synopsis: A 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: Jan 21, 2010
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: Amanda Seyfried, Sean Bean, Enquiries: Myriad Entertainment, +1 (310) 279 4000 Status: In Pre-production Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
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 Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
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 848 485 Status: In Production Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
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 Enquiries: info@hanwayfilms.com Status: In Post Production Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
BORN OF WAR Synopsis:
Born of War opens against the backdrop of the Soviet Afghan conflict of 1979. A young female red cross worker has an affair with a Mujahadeen leader. She becomes pregnant and flees Afghanistan to return home to Britain where she can hide the child. Twenty years later a young woman, who has no idea of her real identity, enters Oxford University. She is immediately recruited by MI6 and believes she has an illustrious career in front of her. Instead the MI6 are using her as a pawn in their game. Her father has discovered he has a daughter and he wants her back. This young woman must run from both her government and her father to discover who she really is. Director: Vicky Jewson Producer: Rupert Whitaker Enquiries: Jewson Film Productions Lane Barn Eynsham Road Farmoor Oxford OX2 9NL England
T +44 (0)1865 863 166
info@jewsonfilmproductions.com Status: Pre-production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
BREATHE Synopsis: Carroll Bailey is buckling under the weight of financial pressure, family responsibilities and his own ambitions and desires. After endless parties, too many dead end jobs and family arguments Bailey becomes self destructive - resorting to violence and severing all ties of friendship and love.
After a self-imposed exile Bailey returns to London to apologise. Things have changed. Not everyone is sympathetic to his sudden re-appearance and there are otehrs who will stop at nothing to make Bailey's life a living hell. Faced with a relationship lost amongst affluence and drug fuelled parties Bailey must accept his own limitations and confront the demons of his past. Director: Nicholas Winter Producer: Gina Lyons Screenwriter: Nicholas Winter Cast: Ricci Harnett, Zara Dawson, Lee Otway, Tom Bennett Enquiries: E; nick@porcelainfilm.com W: www.porcelainfilms.com/breathe.html Status: Complete Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010 (completed)
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 England
T +44 (0) 20 7288 2464 F +44 (0) 20 7159 1525 Status: Completed Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010 (completed)
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: sales@patheinternational.com Status: In post-production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
CHARLIE Synopsis: Southern Italy, 1943. An on the run Allied prisoner of war - Charlie - encounters Marco, the teenage son of an executed partisan leader, out for revenge. Charlie wants nothing to do with Marco or the group of children who soon join them at an abandoned partisan hideout. As a German commander ruthlessly sweeps the valley searching for him, Charlie finds he has to rely on the help of the children to survive until Marco discovers Charlies secret, one that could tear their friendship apart. Director: Mike Ogden Producer: Andrea Borella Screenwriter: Mike Ogden Cast: Lara Fabian, Richard Armitage Enquiries: Charlie Film UK Ltd Status: In Pre-production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
CHERRY TREE LANE Synopsis: A couple are terrorised by a gang hunting their son. Director: Paul Andrew Williams Producer: Ken Marshall Screenwriter: Paul Andrew Williams Cast: Rachel Blake, Tom Butcher Sales agent: The Salt Company Enquiries: The Salt Company 3rd Floor 1a Adpar Street London W2 1DE England
T +44 (0)20 7535 6714
info@salt-co.com
www.salt-co.com Status: Post-production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
COMEDOWN Synopsis: An urban horror set against a contemporary London backdrop of abandonment and decay. Six tearaway teenagers setting up a relay aerial for a local pirate radio station at the top of a condemned tower block, are targeted by a resident psychopath intent on exterminating the 'vermin' he perceives are besieging his home. Director: Menhaj Huda Producer: Dominic Norris, Gareth Wiley Screenwriter: Steven Kendall Cast: Martin Compston, Geoff Bell, Adam Deacon, Red Madrell, Duane Henry Sales agent: AV Pictures Enquiries: info@avpictures.co.uk Status: In Pre-Production (Shooting March 2010) Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
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CORIOLANUS Synopsis: A contemporary version of Shakespeare's dangerous political thriller.
The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody.
Manipulated and out-manoeuvred by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius. Coriolanus and Aufidius march on Rome intending to destroy the city. Volumnia appeals to her son. He tries to reject her but eventually breaks. Aufidius, feeling bitterly betrayed, brutally murders Coriolanus. Director: Ralph Fiennes Producer: Colin Vaines, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Gabrielle Tana, Ralph Fiennes, John Logan Screenwriter: John Logan, from the play by William Shakespeare Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Eddie Marsan, Jessica Chastain Sales agent: Icon Entertainment International Enquiries: Kevan Van Thompson
kvt.capfilms@volny.cz Status: In Pre Production Record last updated: Mar 2, 2010
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
T +44 (0)1603 663 257
goblinfilmsltd@gmail.com Status: Filming Spring/Summer 2010 Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
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: In Post-Production Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
EGRESSION Synopsis: Three people meet and become friends in London. Two of them form a relationship in turns loving and destructive. The death of one of them forces the others to reassess their lives and change or die. The main themes of 'Egression' are escape and redemption. All the characters are trying by some means or another to escape from aspects of their pasts. Whether it's by drinking, taking drugs, gambling, casual sex. What begins as fun distractions in youth leads to lives of self abuse and addiction. With forms of therapy frowned upon by the strata of society composing the piece and families distant or uncaring, the characters have no recourse but each other. After the lead female character takes her own life, the others are left with the repercussions; blame, guilt, self-doubt. Thoughts of the futility of their own existence. Deciding to simply keep on living is the nearest to redemption these character allow themselves or are perhaps even capable of. Director: Ray Brady Producer: Ray Brady, Owen Morgan Screenwriter: Des Backhouse-Brady Cast: Des Backhouse-Brady, Angela Spalding, Andrew Shire, Ray Brady Enquiries: T +44 (0)20 8257 1478
www.egression.co.uk Status: Post-production Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
ELFIE HOPKINS AND THE GAMMONS Synopsis: An aspiring teen detective investigates the mysterious new family in her neighbourhood. Director: Ryan Andrews Producer: Steve Matthews, Michael Wiggs Screenwriter: Ryan Andrews, Riyad Barmania Cast: Jaime Winstone Enquiries: www.vertigofilms.com Status: Pre-production Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
ELOISE IN PARIS Synopsis: ELOISE...rambunctious, precocious, adventurous and "rawther" stupendous. But underneath the white blouse and black pinafore, beats a sweet little heart with plenty of soul. Eloise lives in a suite at New York's legendary Plaza Hotel with her beloved Nanny. An eternal optimist, Eloise tries to think more about the mischief she can make, rather than the fact that her high-powered Mother is absent so much of the time. So, the night her Mom calls to announce they're going to celebrate Eloise's birthday in Paris, during Fashion Week, Eloise and Nanny can't pack fast enough. What's ahead is romance, adventure and intrigue... Watch out Paris! Director: Charles Shyer Producer: Thomas D. Adelman, Patrick Meehan Screenwriter: Charles Shyer, Larry Spencer, Hallie Meyers-Shyer Cast: Uma Thurman, Jordana Beatty Enquiries: Handmade Films
info@handmade.com Status: In Pre-production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
EROTOLOGY Synopsis: A poetic love story that follows Manchester and Noon as they enjoy a long, hot, summer romance. Noon is our narrator, a shy taxidermist who keeps a silent menagerie in the freezer alongside Manchester’s ice pops. Manchester documents their affair, creating wonderfully charged images with just a couple of cheap, instamatic cameras. When a wealthy pornographer launches his photography on the art world, Manchester’s success destroys the beauty of their once idyllic life. Director: Ashley Horner Producer: Karl Liegis, Ashley Horner Screenwriter: Sean Conway Cast: Liam Browne, Nancy Trotter-Landry, Michael Hodgson, Stephen Bent Enquiries: Pinball Films
T+ 44(0)191 221 1626
info@pinballfilms.com
www.pinballfilms.com Status: Post-Production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
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: Jan 26, 2010
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: Jan 26, 2010
FOXGLOVE Synopsis:
Set on the outskirts of London, Foxglove is a tense psychological drama of two destructive urban teenagers (Jordan and Liam) on the run, who become imprisoned by a bitter and brutal farmer who decides to dish out his own justice.
While they initially endeavour to escape, Jordan, burdened with the guilt of a dark secret in her past, begins to develop a connection with the farmer and his world, creating an ever increasing tension between her and the jealous Liam.
Jordan's attempts to reconcile her past are continually thwarted by Liam which sets all three of them on a collision course with each other.
A Film London Microwave feature. Director: Ornette Spenceley Producer: Stewart Le Marechal - Met Film Screenwriter: Ornette Spenceley, Kate Spenceley Enquiries: microwave@filmlondon.org.uk Status: In pre-production. Filming Spring/Summer 2010 Record last updated: Jan 21, 2010
GALAHAD Synopsis: A coming-of-age take on Sir Galahad's quest for the Holy Grail. Director: Mikael Salomon Producer: Gale Anne Hurd Screenwriter: Joel Gross Cast: TBC Sales agent: Seven Arts Pictures Enquiries: Seven Arts Pictures 38 Hertford Street London W1J 7SG
T: +44 (0)20 3006 8222
info@7artspictures.com
Status: In pre-production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
GRAVEYARD SHIFT: A ZOMEDY OF TERRORS Synopsis:
The graveyard shift holds many horrors, not least of all the zombies that nightly wander into the 24 hour convenience shop where Keith, an ordinary working lad, summarily despatches one or two per shift between serving the living customers who are oblivious to the deadly threat that walks among the invisible downtrodden of the streets.
One night, while Keith is flirting with a young woman customer called Suzi, a zombie gets close enough to the girl to try to bite her. This puts into motion a series of events that will lead to a turbulent adventure across the city through hoards of zombies and an encounter with an ancient priest-magician who has been mistakenly invoked from the grave as a zombie.
Meanwhile, a renegade priest performs dark rituals to raise the zombies for his own nefarious purposes. As the priest gathers his minions, the Dark Lord roams the city in search of one who can complete his ancient spell.
Assuming that the Dark Lord is after Suzi, Keith vows to protect her with his life. Suzi is torn between Keiths devotion and her unnatural attraction to the Dark Lord. A final showdown between the Dark Lord and Keith will determine the fate of Suzi, the city, and perhaps even the world. Director: Sapphira Sen-Gupta Producer: Denise Channing Screenwriter: Jaq D Hawkins and Basil Marples Cast: David Anderson, Basil Marples, Louise Collins Enquiries: goblinfilmsltd@gmail.com Status: In post production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
GRIDIRON UK Synopsis: Based on a true story in 1985. Derek is a dreamer and a loser. No matter how hard he tries he fails at everything he attempts. Determined to show the world he can succeed at something he forms an American Football team in a country dominated by Soccer, Rugby, Cricket and Fish & Chips. His desire to succeed consumes his life and he is blind to see that his success will lead to him losing everything. Director: Ed Bye Producer: Gary Delaney, Gareth Jones, David Soul Screenwriter: Gary Delaney Cast: Keith David, Stephen Marcus, Paul Nicholas, Helen Lederer, Russell Floyd, Michael Dixon Enquiries: Brushy Creek Films Ltd www.brushycreekfilms.com brushycreekfilms@hotmail.co.uk Status: In pre-production Record last updated: Mar 3, 2010
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: In production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
HELPIN MELWYN Synopsis: A group of female cornish pasty workers try to save their factory from closure. Director: Stephen Cookson Producer: Stephen Cookson, Peter Keegan Screenwriter: Stephen Cookson, Mike Southon Cast: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Learner Enquiries: CK Films 17/19 St Johns Rd Watford Herts WD17 1PU England
scmovies@hotmail.com Status: In pre-production Record last updated: Jan 26, 2010
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