The Cold War thriller Billion Dollar Spy has cast Willa Fitzgerald (Reacher) in a leading role opposite Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Harry Lawtey (Joker: Folie à Deux). Adapted from the book by David E. Hoffman, Billion Dollar Spy is based on the true story of Adolf Tolkachev, “an ordinary man whose extraordinary bravery made him the Pentagon’s most […]
Mads Mikkelsen and Armie Hammer to star in Cold War drama The Billion Dollar Spy
Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) and Armie Hammer (Rebecca) are set to star in the true story Cold War drama The Billion Dollar Spy. The film will be directed by Amma Asante (A United Kingdom). The story was written by American journalist David E. Hoffman, who researched unclassified CIA documents and interviewed interviewed those involved. The script was […]
Movie Review – Where Hands Touch (2018)
Where Hands Touch, 2018. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston and Tom Sweet. SYNOPSIS: A biracial German girl is persecuted for the colour of her skin during the Second World War, but begins a romance with a Hitler Youth boy in the final years of the conflict. With […]
Marvel reportedly narrows Black Widow director shortlist to three candidates
It looks like Marvel could be close to announcing a director for its Black Widow solo movie, with Deadline reporting that the studio has narrowed its search to three potential candidates. If rumours are to be believed, Marvel has apparently met with over 65 potential filmmakers for the project, but it seems that Cate Shortland […]
Marvel has been meeting with several female filmmakers for Black Widow movie
Back in January it was announced that Marvel Studios had hired Jac Schaeffer (The Shower) to pen a script for a Black Widow solo movie, and now comes word from THR that Marvel has been meeting with several potential directors. According to the site, the studio is keen to enlist a female filmmaker for Black Widow, […]
Amma Asante to direct Cold War drama The Billion Dollar Spy
Variety is reporting that British filmmaker Amma Asante (Belle, A United Kingdom) is set to direct an adaptation of David E. Hoffman’s The Billion Dollar Spy. Scripted by Ben August (Remember), the film will tell the story of “Adolf G. Tolkachev, the chief designer at the USSR’s Research Institute of Radio Engineering, who handed over […]
The directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade
Tom Jolliffe on the directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade… There’s a cinematic crossroads on the horizon. As the market gets swallowed up by a core consumer taste leaning toward spandex and radioactive arachnid bites, there’s a need for modern thinking, engaging directors to offer something different. After all, there’s only […]
Exclusive Interviews: Director Amma Asante and star David Oyelowo discuss A United Kingdom
Ahead of its release this Friday, we’ve spoken to director Amma Asante and star David Oyelowo about their new film A United Kingdom, which tells the true story of the relationship between Seretse Khama (Oyelowo) and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike). Take a look at the interviews below, along with the official synopsis for the film… […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A United Kingdom (2016)
A United Kingdom, 2016. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, Vusi Kunene and Arnold Oceng. SYNOPSIS: In the late 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) of Bechuanaland (later to become Botswana) is studying in London when he meets and falls in love with Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike). […]
60th BFI London Film Festival – A United Kingdom Press Conference Report
A look at the trailer for A United Kingdom, the opener at this year’s London Film Festival, might give the impression that its star, David Oyelowo, is in serious danger of being typecast. After his star-making turn as Martin Luther King in Selma, he’s delivering more inspiring speeches as future ruler of Botswana, Seretse Khama. […]
