Tag: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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Best-Selling ‘Tuscan Cookbook’ to Be Refashioned as Australian Feature Film (Exclusive)
Australian production and distribution firm Arcadia has begun development of non-fiction best-selling book “Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer’s Tuscan Cookbook” as a feature film.Envisaged in the style of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” or “Under the Tuscan Sun,” the feature film is currently in development and is being written by Australian film and television writer…
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‘Mamma Mia 2’ Director Ol Parker to Helm Adaptation of Richard Osman’s Novel for Amblin (Exclusive)
“Mamma Mia 2” filmmaker Ol Parker will direct “The Thursday Murder Club,” an adaptation of Richard Osman’s debut novel. Amblin Partners nabbed worldwide rights to the film after a competitive auction that attracted interested from 14 studios.The book, set to release Sept. 3, tells the story of four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement…
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Courtenay join Gemma Arterton in ‘Summerland’ (exclusive)
Jessica Swale’s feature debut will start shooting this summer in the UK.Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) have boarded second world war-era drama Summerland which is set to star and be executive produced by Gemma Arterton.The project marks the feature debut of Olivier Award-winning playwright Jessica…
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Film Review: ‘Finding Your Feet’
For a film as ostensibly bouncy as “Finding Your Feet,” there’s an awful lot of death in it. That’s no bad thing. As Richard Loncraine’s good-natured golden-years comedy zips through zero weddings and a couple of funerals, the light pressure of mortality on proceedings gives an otherwise silly, sentimental affair a glancing connection with real…