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Marjane Satrapi To Helm ‘Radioactive’ Marie Curie Story For Working Title &...
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi is set to helm Radioactive, a Working Title production based on the 2010 graphic novel by Lauren Redniss, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre...
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Working Title Dives Into Heroic Story Of Olympic Syrian Refugee Yusra...
Brit production powerhouse Working Title Films has picked up rights to the life story of Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini, the teenage Olympian refugee who dragged a dinghy of refugees to safety across the...
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Hatton Garden Heist Pic Gets Studiocanal Backing
Studiocanal is now set to fully finance Night In Hatton Garden, the drama that James Marsh is directing. The film is set to begin production next week, and the cast is now set: Michael Caine, Tom...
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Jack Lowden Joins ‘Mary Queen Of Scots’ Opposite Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie
EXCLUSIVE: Fast-rising British actor Jack Lowden has been set as the male lead in Working Title and Focus Features’ Mary Queen Of Scots. Lowden will take on the role of Lord Darnley opposite Saoirse...
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Universal Tunes Up For ‘Jurassic’ 2018; Goes ‘Atomic’& Shoots For The Moon –...
Universal's Simon Hewlett and Niels Swinkels kicked off a presentation at CineEurope with a reel touting the studios hits and the year so far. The company recently passed the $3B mark worldwide, and...
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Martin Compston Joins ‘Mary Queen Of Scots’ Opposite Saoirse Ronan & Margot...
EXCLUSIVE: Scottish actor Martin Compston is set to star in Working Title and Focus Features' Mary Queen Of Scots. Compston will play the Earl of Bothwell, the third husband to the eponymous royal...
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‘The Snowman’ Trailer: Michael Fassbender Stars In Chilling Crime Thriller
Universal Pictures has released the trailer for its forthcoming crime thriller The Snowman, from director Tomas Alfredson and based on Jo Nesbo’s novel. Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson,...
View ArticleJack Thorne To Pen Working Title’s Yusra Mardini Biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Kiri creator Jack Thorne, arguably Britain's most prolific film and TV writer, has already set up his next project – penning the story of Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini for Working Title. I...
View ArticleAlexandra Loewy To Head Working Title’s U.S. Film Operations As New President
EXCLUSIVE: Alexandra Loewy has been hired as president of the U.S. film operations of Working Title Pictures. The appointment was made by co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Loewy most recently was...
View Article‘Darkest Hour’ Vanquishes $100M At Worldwide Box Office
EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features’ and Working Title’s six-time Oscar nominee and nine-time BAFTA nominee Darkest Hour has crossed the $100M mark worldwide. Directed by Joe Wright, the WW II drama has landed...
View ArticleBAFTAs: Refreshed London Party Scene Swings Into Action On Eve Of Film Awards
BAFTA week in London has arrived. The British Academy will hand out its Film Awards on Sunday, hosted by Joanna Lumley in her first time at the helm as she replaces long-standing emcee Stephen Fry. For...
View Article‘Radioactive’: Sam Riley & More Board Marie Curie Biopic Led By Rosamund Pike
Radioactive, the Marie Curie biopic that’s being helmed by Oscar nominated Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi, has rounded out cast. Joining Rosamund Pike, who’s playing Curie, are Sam Riley, Aneurin...
View ArticleDanny Boyle & Richard Curtis Team On Music-Themed Comedy For Universal,...
Here’s a hot one. Deadline has learned that Danny Boyle is teaming up with fellow UK stalwart Richard Curtis on a music-themed comedy feature for Universal Pictures and UK powerhouse Working Title....
View ArticleWorking Title Boards Satirical Novel ‘My Sister The Serial Killer’
EXCLUSIVE: UK production dynamo Working Title has optioned slasher satire My Sister The Serial Killer with a view to turning the upcoming book into a feature, I understand. The debut novel of Nigerian...
View ArticleEd Sheeran In Talks For Danny Boyle-Richard Curtis Music-Themed Comedy Movie
After cameo roles in Game Of Thrones and Bridget Jones’ Baby, Brit singer Ed Sheeran is in talks to make an appearance in Danny Boyle’s upcoming music-themed comedy movie, we understand. No word yet on...
View Article‘The Stars In My Soul’, With Chadwick Boseman & Logan Coles Producing, Goes...
EXCLUSIVE: The Stars in My Soul, a memoir co-written by Hakeem Oluseyi about his life, has just been picked up by Working Title. Chadwick Boseman and Logan Coles are producing the film adaptation after...
View Article‘Johnny English Strikes Again’ This Fall Stateside
Universal has dated Working Title/Studio Canal’s threequel Johnny English Strikes Again for a Oct. 26 stateside bow. This 15-year old Rowan Atkinson franchise really doesn’t make a dent on this side of...
View ArticleJennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden & Ian McKellen Line Up For ‘Cats’...
Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden and Ian McKellen are set to star in Working Title and Universal's movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash musical Cats, I can confirm. Quite the cast....
View Article‘Cats’ Will Pounce During Christmas 2019 Frame; ‘Wicked’ Moves
Universal has officially dated Working Title’s feature film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats for December 20, 2019. Wicked, Uni’s other Broadway stage musical feature adaptation,...
View Article‘Cats’ Cast Grows: Tom Hooper-Directed Musical Adds Laurie Davidson
EXCLUSIVE: Laurie Davidson, who played William Shakespeare in TNT’s series Will, has joined the cast of Universal Pictures and Working Title’s Cats based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic hit musical....
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