“Slumdog Millionaire” and “Lion” star Dev Patel toplines period Charles Dickens drama “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” Armando Iannucci’s followup to “The Death of Stalin,” which will have its European premiere on opening night October 2 at the Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square at the BFI London Film Festival. This year’s festival runs October 3 […]
Continue readingDev Patel starring in “modern re-telling” of story.Lionsgate has taken UK rights to Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield.Dev Patel is starring as Copperfield, joining him in the cast are Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Aneurin Barnard, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh and Rosalind Eleazar.FilmNation handles international sales here in Cannes and jointly […]
Continue readingDev Patel starring in “modern re-telling” of story.Lionsgate has taken UK rights to Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield.Dev Patel is starring as Copperfield, joining him in the cast are Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Aneurin Barnard, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh and Rosalind Eleazar.FilmNation handles international sales here in Cannes and jointly […]
Continue readingLionsgate has pre-bought UK rights to Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield. Dev Patel will star as Copperfield in the update of Charles’ Dickens classic novel, alongside Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Aneurin Barnard, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh and Rosalind Eleazar. Kevin Loader and Iannucci produce the feature, which was developed with […]
Continue readingArmando Iannucci is bulking up the cast for his upcoming The Personal History of David Copperfield.The Emmy-winning Veep creator revealed on Twitter Tuesday that Peter Capaldi, best known as Doctor Who in the long-running BBC sci-fi series, will be starring in the film, joining Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie and Ben Wishaw.Capaldi, recently seen […]
Continue readingThe David Copperfield cast keeps getting better and better. Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie are the latest additions to the upcoming Charles Dickens adaptation from Veep creator Armando Iannucci. Dev Patel stars in the project, called The Personal History of David Copperfield, which updates Dickens’ tale to modern times. Everything about this new adaptation of […]
Continue readingLevantine Films will finance and produce “In Too Deep,” directed by “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci, sources tell Variety.Iannucci also co-wrote the script with John Finnemore. Iannucci will produce alongside Levantine.Plot details are being kept under wraps.Tory Metzger, Levantine’s president of production, will oversee production of the project on behalf of the company.Iannucci broke onto the […]
Continue readingArmando Iannucci’s new retelling of Charles Dickens’ “The Personal History of David Copperfield” is rounding out its cast.Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie,”Dunkirk” breakout Aneurin Barnard, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh, and Rosalind Eleazar have all joined Dev Patel, who will play the title character. FilmNation could not be reached for comment.The project will offer a […]
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