Making its world premiere on Sunday in an Out of Competition slot at Canneseries (Oct. 8-13), the French-u.K. production of “Around the World in 80 Days” has been updated for the 21st century, as lead actor David Tennant (“Doctor Who”) explains.
In an interview on the Canneseries’ website, Tennant speaks with journalist Thomas Destouches about the new series, produced by Slim Film Plus Television and Federation Entertainment for France Télévisions, Zdf and Rai. Season 1 is composed of eight episodes of 52 minutes each.
Tennant responded to British screenwriter Ashley Pharoah (“Life on Mars”) and Caleb Ranson’s (“First Light”) update of the classic novel, written by Jules Verne.
First published in French in 1872, the original story follows an eccentric Englishman, Phileas Fogg (Tennant), who responds to a wager at his posh British Reform Club to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.
In this version, he’s accompanied by a female journalist,...
In an interview on the Canneseries’ website, Tennant speaks with journalist Thomas Destouches about the new series, produced by Slim Film Plus Television and Federation Entertainment for France Télévisions, Zdf and Rai. Season 1 is composed of eight episodes of 52 minutes each.
Tennant responded to British screenwriter Ashley Pharoah (“Life on Mars”) and Caleb Ranson’s (“First Light”) update of the classic novel, written by Jules Verne.
First published in French in 1872, the original story follows an eccentric Englishman, Phileas Fogg (Tennant), who responds to a wager at his posh British Reform Club to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.
In this version, he’s accompanied by a female journalist,...
- 10/10/2021
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
ScreenSingapore have announced finalists for the Southeast Asian Film Financing (Saff) Project Market 2020. Ten projects from China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand were selected based on the project’s co-production viabilities and the strength of the filmmaking team. This year’s Saff Project Market sees entries coming in from 14 countries and regions across Asia, Europe and North America, including first-timers from Finland, France, and Iran.
Taking Asian Storytelling to the World
Since its launch in 2015, the Saff Project Market has emerged as a recognised regional platform for established and upcoming content creators to come together and present their projects to the international marketplace.
Finalists will be able to meet with financiers, commissioners, and investors – albeit virtually this year – who will be able to bridge them with the resources needed to take their projects to a global audience.
Selected projects will join the ranks of Saff Project Market alumni...
Taking Asian Storytelling to the World
Since its launch in 2015, the Saff Project Market has emerged as a recognised regional platform for established and upcoming content creators to come together and present their projects to the international marketplace.
Finalists will be able to meet with financiers, commissioners, and investors – albeit virtually this year – who will be able to bridge them with the resources needed to take their projects to a global audience.
Selected projects will join the ranks of Saff Project Market alumni...
- 11/13/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
As we get ready to close out the month of November, that means we have one last batch of horror and sci-fi home media releases on the docket before we get into December. Scream Factory is keeping busy with not only their killer box set of The Critters Collection, but they’re also showing Munchie and Munchies some love this week as well. Blue Underground is doing the dark lord’s work with their brand new Blu-ray for Lucio Fulci’s Zombie (even giving fans three cover art versions to choose from), and as far as recent films go, both Searching and The Little Stranger come home on Tuesday, too.
Other notable releases for November 27th include Screams of the Night, Cold Ground, Brutality, Last American Horror Show, and At First Light.
The Critters Collection
They’re back and ready to devour your Blu-ray player! The terrifying and tiny menaces...
Other notable releases for November 27th include Screams of the Night, Cold Ground, Brutality, Last American Horror Show, and At First Light.
The Critters Collection
They’re back and ready to devour your Blu-ray player! The terrifying and tiny menaces...
- 11/27/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
"Outlander" star Sam Heughan would like to remind 'Batman' fans he previously played the 'Caped Crusader' in Warners "Batman Live: Arena Tour" and is more than ready to play the DC Comics' superhero again for Warners "The Batman" stand-alone feature, as a chisled-looking, super-physically fit character, rather than a grizzled Ben Affleck, or rodent-faced Christian Bale:
Heughan is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and a 2003 nominee for the 'Laurence Olivier Award' for 'Most Promising Performance'.
In 2012, he originated the role of 'Batman' in the DC/Warner Brothers and Waterlane production of "Batman Live," an international tour which opened at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles and went on to tour in South America and throughout Europe.
In 2010, Heughan was nominated for a British Soap Award for 'Villain of the Year' for his role as 'Scott Neilson' in the...
Heughan is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and a 2003 nominee for the 'Laurence Olivier Award' for 'Most Promising Performance'.
In 2012, he originated the role of 'Batman' in the DC/Warner Brothers and Waterlane production of "Batman Live," an international tour which opened at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles and went on to tour in South America and throughout Europe.
In 2010, Heughan was nominated for a British Soap Award for 'Villain of the Year' for his role as 'Scott Neilson' in the...
- 4/12/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
As this generation’s filmmakers attempt to create their own superhero origin stories without going through Marvel or DC, Jason Stone’s First Light succeeds by blending Chronicle with Ya romance. Hard sci-fi elements that limit themselves to rural country suburbs before breaking out like a conspiracy containment gone wrong. As illuminations flicker and cosmic mysteries unravel, […]
The post ‘First Light’ Borrows the ‘Chronicle’ Template for a Satisfying Sci-fi Romance [SXSW] appeared first on /Film.
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- 3/16/2018
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
While 2016 award-winner Arrival may have gotten more people thinking about the implications of human-extraterrestrial contact, it’s probably safe to say that the topic isn’t high on the list of the usual teenage concerns. So when two young people are forced to confront an alien arrival in First Light, it’s not surprising if they’re ill-equipped to deal with the experience.
Positing first contact with time- and space-traveling entities as the ultimate coming of age moment, writer-director Jason Stone reaches for grand analogies that manage to both overstate the profundity of typical adolescent experience and minimize the significance of civilizational shift...
Positing first contact with time- and space-traveling entities as the ultimate coming of age moment, writer-director Jason Stone reaches for grand analogies that manage to both overstate the profundity of typical adolescent experience and minimize the significance of civilizational shift...
- 3/11/2018
- by Justin Lowe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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