Tag: Yardie
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Sundance London Sets 2019 Dates, Returns To Picturehouse Central
Sundance London will return to the UK capital for a fifth edition from May 30 – June 2, 2019.The Sundance Film Festival offshoot will once again be held at Picturehouse Central by Piccadilly Circus. This year’s event screened 12 features from the Utah festival, including surprise film American Animals.The programme featured the UK premieres of…
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Screen Yorkshire Opens Film Office With an Eye on International Production (Exclusive)
Screen Yorkshire has launched a plan to turn its part of northern England into an international film and TV hub capable of attracting the next “Game of Thrones.” The agency has opened a new Film Office, which will be the driver of its international push, and talks are underway about a new studio complex in…
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‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’s Voice of God Revealed
‘Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2‘ has cast ‘Zootopia‘ voice actor and former Gladiator Mark “Rhino” Smith as the voice of God.Sources close to the production confirmed that the London-born actor will feature in the upcoming Disney animation and Smith recently tweeted a photo of himself “back working at #disney.”The actor is perhaps best…
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Ralph Fiennes & Chris Addison Team Up On Comedy-Drama ‘Hallelujah!’ From The Producers Of ‘Rush’ & ‘Yardie’
Exclusive: The Grand Budapest Hotel star Ralph Fiennes is set to flex his comedy muscles again as composer George Frederick Handel in period comedy-drama Hallelujah!, I can reveal. Veep helmer and The Thick Of It star Chris Addison will direct the movie which comes from Rush producer Andrew Eaton and Yardie producer Gina Carter. Jon…
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Female Filmmakers Center Stage at Sundance Film Festival London
Seven of the dozen films screening at Sundance Film Festival: London 2018 are directed by women as the U.K. edition of the indie festival puts female filmmakers center stage.The selection includes the U.K. premieres of Desiree Akhavan’s “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (pictured), Crystal Moselle’s “Skate Kitchen,” and the international premiere of Augustine Frizzel’s “Never…
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Sundance London to screen Idris Elba’s ‘Yardie’, ‘Skate Kitchen’ at 2018 edition
12 features programmed for festival’s 2018 London offshoot.The 2018 edition of Sundance’s UK festival offshoot, Sundance London, has unveiled its programme.A total of 12 features will screen, including the UK premiere of Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie and an unannounced surprise film.The event will open with the UK premiere of Jennifer Fox’s The Tale, starring…
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‘Yardie’ Trailer: Idris Elba Makes His Directorial Debut with a Jamaican Crime Thriller
Audiences love seeing Idris Elba on screen, whether it’s in big franchises like Marvel’s Thor or in the British crime drama series Luther. But will they be just as interested in seeing what he can do behind the camera? Yardie is a new crime thriller that marks Idris Elba’s directorial debut. It recently played at…
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‘Yardie’ Trailer: Idris Elba’s Directorial Debut Starts A War
Getting your directorial debut seen isn’t always easy, but it doesn’t hurt if your name is Idris Elba. The actor has gone behind the camera to make his first movie, and has earned the blessing of the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival programmers, where the movie has screened. Now it’s going from…
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Idris Elba Proposed to His Girlfriend Before a Screening of His New Film ‘Yardie’ — Watch
Now that he’s become a filmmaker in his own right, Idris Elba is also a fiancé: The actor-turned-director proposed to his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre during a preview screening of his new film “Yardie” in London. Watch below.The two met while Elba was filming “The Mountain Between Us,” a romantic drama co-starring Kate Winslet and a…