BritBox has released the first look images from its upcoming original series Outrageous, a six-part drama about the infamous Mitford sisters. The series, set to premiere in 2025, stars Bessie Carter as Nancy Mitford, one of the six aristocratic sisters known for their scandalous lives and refusal to conform to societal norms. Outrageous captures the […]
First Look: BritBox Releases Images from Mitford Sisters Series Outrageous...
First Look: BritBox Releases Images from Mitford Sisters Series Outrageous...
- 8/14/2024
- by Paul M
- MemorableTV
Filming has begun on Outrageous, a six-part series about the Mitford sisters, with a cast including Bessie Carter, Joanna Vanderham, Anna Chancellor, and James Purefoy.
The brand-new drama, created and written by Sarah Williams and based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Mitford Girls, is made by Firebird Pictures and co-commissioned by BritBox International (for North America) and UKTV.
Photo courtesy of BritBox; Credit: Kevin Baker
Outrageous is the story of six aristocratic sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often scandalous lives making headlines worldwide. Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, masked by the decadence, frivolity, and lavishness of British high society, Outrageous will bring the full, uncensored story of the Mitford sisters to the screen for the first time – a story of family bonds and betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, love, heartache, and even imprisonment.
The show explores how and why these women,...
The brand-new drama, created and written by Sarah Williams and based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Mitford Girls, is made by Firebird Pictures and co-commissioned by BritBox International (for North America) and UKTV.
Photo courtesy of BritBox; Credit: Kevin Baker
Outrageous is the story of six aristocratic sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often scandalous lives making headlines worldwide. Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, masked by the decadence, frivolity, and lavishness of British high society, Outrageous will bring the full, uncensored story of the Mitford sisters to the screen for the first time – a story of family bonds and betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, love, heartache, and even imprisonment.
The show explores how and why these women,...
- 6/25/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” is based on Holly Jackson’s bestselling book-series about 17-year-old Pip, who finds herself drawn into a murder investigation when she begins to suspect the police have got the wrong man.
Moonage Pictures are now adapting the book alongside the BBC (who own a minority stake in Moonage) and German co-producers Zdf, with “Wednesday” star Emma Myers cast as Pip.
With the project a Mipcom priority for BBC Studios, who are repping international distribution rights, exec producers Matthew Read and Frith Tiplady sat down with Variety to discuss why “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” has the potential to rival the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie.
Why did you decide to adapt the book?
Read: Previously, I’d worked at ITV on many Agatha Christie adaptations and when I read the manuscript for Holly Jackson’s novel, which was about to be published,...
Moonage Pictures are now adapting the book alongside the BBC (who own a minority stake in Moonage) and German co-producers Zdf, with “Wednesday” star Emma Myers cast as Pip.
With the project a Mipcom priority for BBC Studios, who are repping international distribution rights, exec producers Matthew Read and Frith Tiplady sat down with Variety to discuss why “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” has the potential to rival the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie.
Why did you decide to adapt the book?
Read: Previously, I’d worked at ITV on many Agatha Christie adaptations and when I read the manuscript for Holly Jackson’s novel, which was about to be published,...
- 10/17/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
You can tell if somebody’s watched German Netflix series Dark by the furrow in their brow and the delirium in their eyes. The 2017 – 2020 time-travel mystery required a flip-chart of graphs and diagrams to explain, but proved a cult hit for Netflix and led to its creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar signing a deal with the streamer. 1899 (read our spoiler-free review here) is the result.
“Knowing that we did Dark, everyone can be assured that [1899] is going to be something weird and wild and crazy,” Friese promised Deadline about her and Odar’s new Netflix series. The writer-directors vowed not to repeat themselves with the new eight-episode period drama, but still to give their audience a fun puzzle that returns to the pair’s mystery roots.
Job done. 1899 is an addictive game for viewers to play. Set aboard a steam ship crossing from England to America at...
“Knowing that we did Dark, everyone can be assured that [1899] is going to be something weird and wild and crazy,” Friese promised Deadline about her and Odar’s new Netflix series. The writer-directors vowed not to repeat themselves with the new eight-episode period drama, but still to give their audience a fun puzzle that returns to the pair’s mystery roots.
Job done. 1899 is an addictive game for viewers to play. Set aboard a steam ship crossing from England to America at...
- 11/17/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
These directors, who have never won an Emmy, may finally get a chance at a nomination and perhaps a win with these buzzy series.
Karyn Kusama
It’s been 20 years since Kusama made her directorial debut, but she’s yet to receive an Emmy nomination. The “Jennifer’s Body” director stepped behind the camera for the pilot episode of this year’s breakout drama “Yellowjackets” on Showtime.
Lorene Scafaria
Best known for writing and directing 2019’s “Hustlers,” Scafaria helmed the seventh episode of the latest season of HBO’s massive hit, “Succession.” Titled “Too Much Birthday,” the heart-wrenching episode, which centered on Kendall’s lavish 40th birthday party, could — and should — also get recognition for production design done by Stephen H. Carter.
Cherien Dabis
Dabis is at the helm of the seventh episode of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” perfectly titled “The Boy From 6B.” The hour both moves...
Karyn Kusama
It’s been 20 years since Kusama made her directorial debut, but she’s yet to receive an Emmy nomination. The “Jennifer’s Body” director stepped behind the camera for the pilot episode of this year’s breakout drama “Yellowjackets” on Showtime.
Lorene Scafaria
Best known for writing and directing 2019’s “Hustlers,” Scafaria helmed the seventh episode of the latest season of HBO’s massive hit, “Succession.” Titled “Too Much Birthday,” the heart-wrenching episode, which centered on Kendall’s lavish 40th birthday party, could — and should — also get recognition for production design done by Stephen H. Carter.
Cherien Dabis
Dabis is at the helm of the seventh episode of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” perfectly titled “The Boy From 6B.” The hour both moves...
- 6/15/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
“I had always loved the book, it’s kind of a national treasure,” declares Emily Mortimer, director of the three-part limited series “The Pursuit of Love” on Amazon Prime. “I read it first in my late teens and I remembered loving it. When I was approached and asked to adapt it, I knew I wanted to read it again. But a little bit of me was thinking, ‘Does the world really need another costume drama in a big house in the English countryside?’ I re-read it and I was so excited by the novel. It felt incredibly fresh and relevant.” We talked to Mortimer as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV directors panel. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“The Pursuit of Love” is adapted from a novel of the same name by Nancy Mitford. It’s centered on two cousins navigating their lives and friendship, as they seek different things in life.
“The Pursuit of Love” is adapted from a novel of the same name by Nancy Mitford. It’s centered on two cousins navigating their lives and friendship, as they seek different things in life.
- 5/24/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Warning: contains spoilers for Peaky Blinders season 6 episode 2 ‘Black Shirt’
At the end of every Peaky Blinders episode comes the expected fiction disclaimer declaring that its names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. The usual next line about “any resemblance to persons living or dead” being purely coincidental isn’t included, for the obvious reason that several of the show’s characters don’t just bear a resemblance to persons living or dead, they’re unequivocally them. Charlie Chaplin, Oswald Mosley, Winston Churchill… The latest is Lady Diana Mitford, played by Amber Anderson.
Peaky Blinders season six is currently taking place in early 1934, when the real Diana was 24 years old. She was one of seven Mitford siblings including six sisters whose lives were endlessly reported by the contemporary press due to romantic scandals, a range of...
At the end of every Peaky Blinders episode comes the expected fiction disclaimer declaring that its names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. The usual next line about “any resemblance to persons living or dead” being purely coincidental isn’t included, for the obvious reason that several of the show’s characters don’t just bear a resemblance to persons living or dead, they’re unequivocally them. Charlie Chaplin, Oswald Mosley, Winston Churchill… The latest is Lady Diana Mitford, played by Amber Anderson.
Peaky Blinders season six is currently taking place in early 1934, when the real Diana was 24 years old. She was one of seven Mitford siblings including six sisters whose lives were endlessly reported by the contemporary press due to romantic scandals, a range of...
- 3/6/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
[This post originally appeared as part of Recommendation Machine, IndieWire’s daily TV picks feature.]
Where to Watch ‘The Pursuit of Love’: Amazon Prime Video
It should be impossible to condense a single life (much less a pair of them) into three hours, but Emily Mortimer gets about as close as you can get in “The Pursuit of Love.” The two in question: a couple of cousins, Linda (Lily James) and Fanny (Emily Beecham), who journey from growing up together on the comfortable estate of Linda’s family to diverging lives that test the strength of their deep bond.
Linda soon finds herself caught in a middle ground between yearning for a marriage of swoon-worthy love and being drawn in by the various libertines who flit through her social circle. Fanny, narrating this story in retrospect, is spooked in part by the reputation of her mother, who left her behind to chase an endless string of flings that burn bright and short.
Where to Watch ‘The Pursuit of Love’: Amazon Prime Video
It should be impossible to condense a single life (much less a pair of them) into three hours, but Emily Mortimer gets about as close as you can get in “The Pursuit of Love.” The two in question: a couple of cousins, Linda (Lily James) and Fanny (Emily Beecham), who journey from growing up together on the comfortable estate of Linda’s family to diverging lives that test the strength of their deep bond.
Linda soon finds herself caught in a middle ground between yearning for a marriage of swoon-worthy love and being drawn in by the various libertines who flit through her social circle. Fanny, narrating this story in retrospect, is spooked in part by the reputation of her mother, who left her behind to chase an endless string of flings that burn bright and short.
- 10/13/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Photo: 'The Pursuit of Love'/Amazon ‘The Pursuit of Love’ is a romance drama-comedy based on the 1945 novel ‘The Pursuit of Love’ by Nancy Mitford, which she also wrote sequels for, by the way, future seasons perhaps? ‘The Pursuit of Love’ tells the story of two cousins Linda Radlett (Lily James) and Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham), on their very different personal quests to find love while also foreseeing the next war at the time, World War II. The three-part mini-series was co-produced by BBC and Amazon Studios, and anticipating fans can expect to watch the entire series on July 30, 2021, on Amazon Prime Video. Though the show has already been released in the United Kingdom with BBC One, July 30 will be the first time viewers will be able to watch from the United States, and just by reading the reviews from viewers in the United Kingdom, I am even...
- 8/5/2021
- by Chelsea Black
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
The Pursuit of Love just wouldn’t leave Emily Mortimer alone. Much like its protagonist, the doggedly romantic yet free-spirited Linda Radlett, the novel followed Mortimer across time and space, waiting half a lifetime after their first meeting to present itself again, extend a hand, and ask her to go on a rousing adventure. Mortimer initially encountered the book as a teenager, “as a lot of girls in England do,” she says, projecting just above the Sunday-morning din of an espresso maker and chatter at a restaurant near her Brooklyn brownstone.
- 8/3/2021
- by Maria Fontoura
- Rollingstone.com
“Her emotions were on no ordinary plane,” Fanny Logan says of her cousin and best friend, Linda Radlett. “She loved or she loathed. She laughed or she cried. She lived in a world of superlatives.” This is an extremely high standard to set for Linda, heroine of the three-part miniseries adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s satirical coming-of-age novel The Pursuit of Love. But by the time Fanny (Emily Beecham), who also serves as our narrator, describes Linda (Lily James) this way, it’s clear that both she and Pursuit live...
- 7/29/2021
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Nancy Mitford, Emily Mortimer’s “The Pursuit of Love” is a breezy, swirling look at the romantic lives of two upper-crust British cousins in between WWI and WWII. The first of three novels featuring the two characters, this miniseries adaptation keeps the format of the novels as Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham) narrates the story, focusing mostly on the romantic adventures of her beloved cousin Linda Radlett (Lily James).
Continue reading ‘The Pursuit of Love’: Lily James Exudes Infectious Energy, But The Feminist Agenda Is Stuck In the Past [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Pursuit of Love’: Lily James Exudes Infectious Energy, But The Feminist Agenda Is Stuck In the Past [Review] at The Playlist.
- 7/26/2021
- by Marya E. Gates
- The Playlist
Tim Burton and Quentin Tarantino will also receive lifetime achievement awards at the festival.
The Rome Film Fest (14-24 October) has announced that a film version of Emily Mortimer’s The Pursuit Of Love is the first title in its 2021 selection.
Originally a three-part series led by Lily James, Dominic West, Andrew Scott and Mortimer herself, it will be re-edited as a feature film.
The project is based on the novel by Nancy Mitford and first aired on BBC One in the UK. It was produced by Moonage Pictures and Open Book for the BBC, with Amazon co-producing and taking streaming rights for various territories.
The Rome Film Fest (14-24 October) has announced that a film version of Emily Mortimer’s The Pursuit Of Love is the first title in its 2021 selection.
Originally a three-part series led by Lily James, Dominic West, Andrew Scott and Mortimer herself, it will be re-edited as a feature film.
The project is based on the novel by Nancy Mitford and first aired on BBC One in the UK. It was produced by Moonage Pictures and Open Book for the BBC, with Amazon co-producing and taking streaming rights for various territories.
- 6/24/2021
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
While it’s already premiered in the U.K., the BBC‘s romantic drama, “The Pursuit of Love,” is coming to Amazon this summer. There’s great talent attached to this one too. The miniseries was written and directed by Emily Mortimer based on the novel of the same name by Nancy Mitford, and it stars Lily James and Emily Beecham.
Continue reading ‘The Pursuit of Love’ Trailer: Lily James Explores Love & Friendship For Director Emily Mortimer at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Pursuit of Love’ Trailer: Lily James Explores Love & Friendship For Director Emily Mortimer at The Playlist.
- 6/23/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Crime thriller to mark directorial debut of Nicolas Winding Refn’s editor, Mat Newman.
Production and finance company Anton has boarded crime thriller No Place Like Kill, starring Sam Riley and Charles Dance, and will introduce the project to international buyers at the Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.
The film will mark the directorial debut of UK filmmaker Mat Newman, best known as Nicolas Winding Refn’s long-time editor, with credits including Drive and Only God Forgives.
Newman co-wrote the script with his brother, Ben Newman. Set in the north of England, the story follows a vengeance-driven mercenary and a police...
Production and finance company Anton has boarded crime thriller No Place Like Kill, starring Sam Riley and Charles Dance, and will introduce the project to international buyers at the Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.
The film will mark the directorial debut of UK filmmaker Mat Newman, best known as Nicolas Winding Refn’s long-time editor, with credits including Drive and Only God Forgives.
Newman co-wrote the script with his brother, Ben Newman. Set in the north of England, the story follows a vengeance-driven mercenary and a police...
- 6/15/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
London-based financier Anton has boarded “No Place Like Kill,” an action-packed crime thriller from Mat Newman with Sam Riley and Charles Dance attached to star. The film will be presented to international buyers by Anton at the Virtual Cannes Film Market later this month.
Set to start shooting at the end of the year in the U.K., “No Place Like Kill” will mark the directorial debut of Newman, a well-established editor who has worked with Nicolas Winding Refn on “Drive” and “Only God Forgives,” as well as Stefano Sollima’s “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” and “Without Remorse.”
Sunrise Films’ Rupert Preston and Moonage Pictures’ Matthew Read are producing. Charles Collier is an executive producer alongside Riley, Nigel Williams and Dance.
Newman co-wrote the script with his brother, Ben Newman. Set in Northern England, “No Place like Kill” follows a revenge-seeking mercenary and a police informant who are forced...
Set to start shooting at the end of the year in the U.K., “No Place Like Kill” will mark the directorial debut of Newman, a well-established editor who has worked with Nicolas Winding Refn on “Drive” and “Only God Forgives,” as well as Stefano Sollima’s “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” and “Without Remorse.”
Sunrise Films’ Rupert Preston and Moonage Pictures’ Matthew Read are producing. Charles Collier is an executive producer alongside Riley, Nigel Williams and Dance.
Newman co-wrote the script with his brother, Ben Newman. Set in Northern England, “No Place like Kill” follows a revenge-seeking mercenary and a police informant who are forced...
- 6/15/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
British actor Shazad Latif is ready for his close-up.
After a decade of racking up impressive TV credits including “Spooks,” “Toast of London,” “Penny Dreadful,” “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Departure,” the actor is currently in the BBC’s “The Pursuit of Love,” Emily Mortimer’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel, where he stars alongside Lily James.
Latif also has some high-profile films rolling out. He has a featured role in opera-themed rom-com “Falling For Figaro” with Joanna Lumley and Danielle Macdonald, which was at the 2020 Toronto Film Festival as part of the festival’s ‘Industry Selects’ section and has sold around the world.
In Timur Bekmambetov’s “Profile,” Latif plays the male lead, a charming Isis recruiter with a core of steel. The film won audience awards at Berlin and SXSW in 2018 and Focus Features releases the film theatrically in the U.S. May 14. Revolving around the interaction between...
After a decade of racking up impressive TV credits including “Spooks,” “Toast of London,” “Penny Dreadful,” “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Departure,” the actor is currently in the BBC’s “The Pursuit of Love,” Emily Mortimer’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel, where he stars alongside Lily James.
Latif also has some high-profile films rolling out. He has a featured role in opera-themed rom-com “Falling For Figaro” with Joanna Lumley and Danielle Macdonald, which was at the 2020 Toronto Film Festival as part of the festival’s ‘Industry Selects’ section and has sold around the world.
In Timur Bekmambetov’s “Profile,” Latif plays the male lead, a charming Isis recruiter with a core of steel. The film won audience awards at Berlin and SXSW in 2018 and Focus Features releases the film theatrically in the U.S. May 14. Revolving around the interaction between...
- 5/14/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Gemma Arterton (“Black Narcissus”) and Shazad Latif (“Star Trek: Discovery”) will join James Norton (“McMafia”) in the thriller “Chasing Agent Freegard.”
“Chasing Agent Freegard” is based on the story of British conman Robert Hendy-Freegard, who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and fooled several people into going underground for fear of assassination by the Ira.
Arterton’s reps at CAA confirmed her casting to Variety.
The project is written by “The Mauritanian” writer and co-producer Michael Bronner, who also co-produced “Captain Phillips.” The film will be helmed by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, the duo who directed the hit BBC drama “The Salisbury Poisonings,” about the 2018 poisoning of a Russian agent and his daughter in Salisbury, U.K.
“Little Women” star Norton, who most recently appeared in Netflix chiller “Things Heard & Seen” and series “The Nevers,” will play Freegard and is also executive producing via his Rabbit Track Pictures outfit.
“Chasing Agent Freegard” is based on the story of British conman Robert Hendy-Freegard, who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and fooled several people into going underground for fear of assassination by the Ira.
Arterton’s reps at CAA confirmed her casting to Variety.
The project is written by “The Mauritanian” writer and co-producer Michael Bronner, who also co-produced “Captain Phillips.” The film will be helmed by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, the duo who directed the hit BBC drama “The Salisbury Poisonings,” about the 2018 poisoning of a Russian agent and his daughter in Salisbury, U.K.
“Little Women” star Norton, who most recently appeared in Netflix chiller “Things Heard & Seen” and series “The Nevers,” will play Freegard and is also executive producing via his Rabbit Track Pictures outfit.
- 5/13/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The actor on her role in the BBC’s new Nancy Mitford adaptation, the joy of female friendship, and preparing to play Baywatch star Pamela Anderson
Lily James was born Lily Thomson in Esher, Surrey, in 1989. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and made her TV debut as Ethel Brown in the BBC’s Just William (2010) before appearing in Downton Abbey and War & Peace. Her film credits include Baby Driver, Darkest Hour, The Dig, Rebecca, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and the lead in Disney’s live-action Cinderella. In 2019 she starred in Ivo van Hove’s All About Eve in the West End. James plays the heroine, Linda Radlett, in the new BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel The Pursuit of Love.
Were you a fan of Nancy Mitford’s book before you took this role?
Absolutely. It was huge fun to immerse myself in the period,...
Lily James was born Lily Thomson in Esher, Surrey, in 1989. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and made her TV debut as Ethel Brown in the BBC’s Just William (2010) before appearing in Downton Abbey and War & Peace. Her film credits include Baby Driver, Darkest Hour, The Dig, Rebecca, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and the lead in Disney’s live-action Cinderella. In 2019 she starred in Ivo van Hove’s All About Eve in the West End. James plays the heroine, Linda Radlett, in the new BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel The Pursuit of Love.
Were you a fan of Nancy Mitford’s book before you took this role?
Absolutely. It was huge fun to immerse myself in the period,...
- 5/2/2021
- by Michael Hogan
- The Guardian - Film News
Lily James is an actress that truly seems like she’s on the precipice of being a massive star. She’s had a number of prominent roles in big films, such as her most well-known performance in “Baby Driver” and her recent starring role in Ben Wheatley’s “Rebecca.” But she has yet to fully break out in a massive way. Perhaps that’s what will happen after “The Pursuit of Love?”
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As seen in the trailer for the new British series, “The Pursuit of Love” is based on Nancy Mitford’s novel of the same name and follows James as a young charismatic woman, Linda Radlett.
Continue reading ‘The Pursuit Of Love’ Trailer: Lily James Stars In New BBC/Amazon Series From Writer-Director Emily Mortimer at The Playlist.
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As seen in the trailer for the new British series, “The Pursuit of Love” is based on Nancy Mitford’s novel of the same name and follows James as a young charismatic woman, Linda Radlett.
Continue reading ‘The Pursuit Of Love’ Trailer: Lily James Stars In New BBC/Amazon Series From Writer-Director Emily Mortimer at The Playlist.
- 4/23/2021
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Awards were launched in September to celebrate resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The UK production team on Jurassic World: Dominion and Gareth Ellis-Unwin, head of film and animation at ScreenSkills, are among the winners of the Production Guild of Great Britain’s 2020 Innovation Awards.
This is the inaugural edition of the awards; they were launched in September, designed to celebrate the achievements of Pggb members working in film and high-end television who have shown exceptional resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The awards were presented via an online ceremony.
Ellis-Unwin won...
The UK production team on Jurassic World: Dominion and Gareth Ellis-Unwin, head of film and animation at ScreenSkills, are among the winners of the Production Guild of Great Britain’s 2020 Innovation Awards.
This is the inaugural edition of the awards; they were launched in September, designed to celebrate the achievements of Pggb members working in film and high-end television who have shown exceptional resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The awards were presented via an online ceremony.
Ellis-Unwin won...
- 11/27/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Winners include ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’, Gareth Ellis-Unwin.
The UK production team on Jurassic World: Dominion and Gareth Ellis-Unwin, head of film and animation at ScreenSkills are among the winners of the Production Guild of Great Britain’s 2020 Innovation Awards.
This is the inaugural edition of the awards; they were launched in September, designed to celebrate the achievements of Pggb members working in film and high-end television who have shown exceptional resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The awards were presented via an online ceremony.
Ellis-Unwin won the production team award alongside line producer Georgette Turner and production coordinator Marco Calabrese,...
The UK production team on Jurassic World: Dominion and Gareth Ellis-Unwin, head of film and animation at ScreenSkills are among the winners of the Production Guild of Great Britain’s 2020 Innovation Awards.
This is the inaugural edition of the awards; they were launched in September, designed to celebrate the achievements of Pggb members working in film and high-end television who have shown exceptional resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The awards were presented via an online ceremony.
Ellis-Unwin won the production team award alongside line producer Georgette Turner and production coordinator Marco Calabrese,...
- 11/27/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Pursuit Of Love, an adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel, was one of the first high-end TV projects to resume production in the UK after the initial Covid-19 lockdown ended this past summer. Produced by Moonage Pictures and Open Book for BBC One and Amazon, the Lily James-starrer had any number of hurdles to jump through in order to get back up and running, including deciphering early sanitary protocols, location shifts and hanging onto in-demand talent. Also among the cast are Andrew Scott, Emily Beecham, Dominic West and Dolly Wells.
Written and directed by Emily Mortimer, The Pursuit Of Love postponed an original spring shoot when the virus kiboshed plans. Ultimately, the three-part mini got back on track in July, and wrapped in mid-October, just before the latest lockdown. “We seem to have been very fortunate and managed to fall in the gap,” Moonage co-founder and...
Written and directed by Emily Mortimer, The Pursuit Of Love postponed an original spring shoot when the virus kiboshed plans. Ultimately, the three-part mini got back on track in July, and wrapped in mid-October, just before the latest lockdown. “We seem to have been very fortunate and managed to fall in the gap,” Moonage co-founder and...
- 11/17/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Dominic West is in final talks with Netflix and Left Bank Pictures to play Prince Charles on Seasons 5 and 6 of “The Crown.”
According to Deadline, “The Affair” alum has not yet closed a deal, but has been lined up for the pivotal part in the British royal family drama’s final two seasons.
West would take over the role from Josh O’Connor, who played Charles on the third and upcoming fourth season of “The Crown.” He would also be starring opposite Elizabeth Debicki, who will be playing Princess Diana in Seasons 5 and 6, with Emma Corrin portraying the royal in Season 4.
Netflix declined TheWrap’s request for comment on West’s casting.
The upcoming fourth season of “The Crown,” which will premiere Nov. 15, will cover Queen Elizabeth and the British royal family during the Princess Diana era. Season 3 of “The Crown,” which launched last November, left off in 1977 at the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.
According to Deadline, “The Affair” alum has not yet closed a deal, but has been lined up for the pivotal part in the British royal family drama’s final two seasons.
West would take over the role from Josh O’Connor, who played Charles on the third and upcoming fourth season of “The Crown.” He would also be starring opposite Elizabeth Debicki, who will be playing Princess Diana in Seasons 5 and 6, with Emma Corrin portraying the royal in Season 4.
Netflix declined TheWrap’s request for comment on West’s casting.
The upcoming fourth season of “The Crown,” which will premiere Nov. 15, will cover Queen Elizabeth and the British royal family during the Princess Diana era. Season 3 of “The Crown,” which launched last November, left off in 1977 at the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.
- 10/20/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Dominic West is one of the final key players joining “The Crown.”
Sources tell Variety that West is in late-stage discussions for the role, though the deal isn’t done. The actor would play Charles in the final two seasons of the Netflix drama. He will star opposite Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana. Seasons 5 and 6 “The Crown” will take the royal family into the 1990s and early 2000s.
Charles was previously played by Josh O’Connor, and news of West’s casting comes just under a month before the series returns for season 4 on Nov. 15.
West is best known to U.S. audiences for his central roles in “The Wire” and “The Affair.” The latter role earned him two Golden Globe nominations. He will next appear opposite Lily James in the BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel “The Pursuit of Love.”
“The Crown” has followed the royal family through multiple time periods,...
Sources tell Variety that West is in late-stage discussions for the role, though the deal isn’t done. The actor would play Charles in the final two seasons of the Netflix drama. He will star opposite Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana. Seasons 5 and 6 “The Crown” will take the royal family into the 1990s and early 2000s.
Charles was previously played by Josh O’Connor, and news of West’s casting comes just under a month before the series returns for season 4 on Nov. 15.
West is best known to U.S. audiences for his central roles in “The Wire” and “The Affair.” The latter role earned him two Golden Globe nominations. He will next appear opposite Lily James in the BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel “The Pursuit of Love.”
“The Crown” has followed the royal family through multiple time periods,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Despite the coronavirus production hiatus, there’s a wealth of international dramas launching at 2020 Mipcom. From Australia to the U.K., Variety rounds up 15 of the most anticipated international series debuting at the market.
Alice (U.K.)
“The Durrells” writer Simon Nye and star Keeley Hawes reteam for this black comedy about a woman coming to terms with the death of her husband. Nigel Havers and Joanna Lumley co-star.
Broadcaster: ITV; Distributor: StudioCanal
Alive and Kicking (Spain)
A coming-of-age tale about four teens escaping a psychiatric institution, “Alive and Kicking” is a YA drama that’s billed as a cross between “Stand by Me” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” – aiming to break down prejudices about teen mental health.
Broadcaster: Movistar Plus; Distributor: BetaFilm
Anna (Italy)
Adapted and directed by Niccolò Ammaniti from his acclaimed novel, this post-apocalyptic tale depicts a ravaged Sicily after an epidemic has wiped out adults,...
Alice (U.K.)
“The Durrells” writer Simon Nye and star Keeley Hawes reteam for this black comedy about a woman coming to terms with the death of her husband. Nigel Havers and Joanna Lumley co-star.
Broadcaster: ITV; Distributor: StudioCanal
Alive and Kicking (Spain)
A coming-of-age tale about four teens escaping a psychiatric institution, “Alive and Kicking” is a YA drama that’s billed as a cross between “Stand by Me” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” – aiming to break down prejudices about teen mental health.
Broadcaster: Movistar Plus; Distributor: BetaFilm
Anna (Italy)
Adapted and directed by Niccolò Ammaniti from his acclaimed novel, this post-apocalyptic tale depicts a ravaged Sicily after an epidemic has wiped out adults,...
- 10/12/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
The Pursuit Of Love executive producer Charles Collier has revealed that his production outfit Open Book and Moonage Pictures are planning to make three seasons of the buzzy Lily James period drama.
The adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel is a co-production between the BBC and Amazon, and Collier told a Mipcom Online+ event on Monday that his aim is also to bring the author’s two sequel books to the screen.
“It’s part of a trilogy of books. We hope to bring the books to life in future seasons, so The Pursuit Of Love Season 2 would be called Love In A Cold Climate based on a brilliant book by Nancy. The third book would become our third season, Don’t Tell Alfred,” he explained.
The Emily Mortimer-penned and -directed project follows James as free-spirited aristocrat Linda, who falls in love, first with a stuffy Tory politician,...
The adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel is a co-production between the BBC and Amazon, and Collier told a Mipcom Online+ event on Monday that his aim is also to bring the author’s two sequel books to the screen.
“It’s part of a trilogy of books. We hope to bring the books to life in future seasons, so The Pursuit Of Love Season 2 would be called Love In A Cold Climate based on a brilliant book by Nancy. The third book would become our third season, Don’t Tell Alfred,” he explained.
The Emily Mortimer-penned and -directed project follows James as free-spirited aristocrat Linda, who falls in love, first with a stuffy Tory politician,...
- 10/12/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
With Mipcom cancelled as a physical event, one might think that British distributors would be fearful about the business impact of not travelling to Cannes for their busiest TV show market of the year.
Far from it. While Brit distributors lament not being able to meet with clients over a glass of French rosé in October, most say they are gearing up for a busy month full of online video pitches amid heightened demand for content from broadcasters and streamers in the Covid-19 era.
Because of uncertainty about whether Mipcom would or wouldn’t take place, ITV, for example, has run its own three week-long event, the Fall Festival, a series of virtual sessions for buyers that began on Sept. 14.
BBC Studios has also launched its own virtual sales portal, BBC Studios Connect, to host its content catalog during the Mipcom period. The site opened on Sept. 28 for three weeks,...
Far from it. While Brit distributors lament not being able to meet with clients over a glass of French rosé in October, most say they are gearing up for a busy month full of online video pitches amid heightened demand for content from broadcasters and streamers in the Covid-19 era.
Because of uncertainty about whether Mipcom would or wouldn’t take place, ITV, for example, has run its own three week-long event, the Fall Festival, a series of virtual sessions for buyers that began on Sept. 14.
BBC Studios has also launched its own virtual sales portal, BBC Studios Connect, to host its content catalog during the Mipcom period. The site opened on Sept. 28 for three weeks,...
- 10/10/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Wildly short seasons of hour-long British dramas set in the Second World War are returning to television, it appears that nature is healing. Amazon and BBC One have joined forces to produce a TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s “The Pursuit of Love,” starring Lily James, Emily Beecham, Dominic West, and Andrew Scott. The series is being adapted by Emily Mortimer, who will also direct and star on the show.
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- 7/28/2020
- by Kambole Campbell
- The Playlist
Amazon has come onboard the BBC One series “The Pursuit of Love” from Emily Mortimer. Filming on the series has now begun after it was delayed in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Written and directed by Mortimer, the three-episode series adaptation of the Nancy Mitford novel of the same name is set in Europe between the two World Wars. It story follows Linda Radlett (Lily James) and her best friend and cousin Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham).
Consumed by a desire for love and marriage, the two women are on the hunt for the ideal husband. Their friendship is put to the test as Fanny settles for a steady life and Linda decides to follow her heart, to increasingly wild and outrageous places. The cast also includes Dominic West, Dolly Wells, Andrew Scott, Mortimer, and Beattie Edmondson.
The show will be filmed primarily around the Bristol and Bath area in the UK.
Written and directed by Mortimer, the three-episode series adaptation of the Nancy Mitford novel of the same name is set in Europe between the two World Wars. It story follows Linda Radlett (Lily James) and her best friend and cousin Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham).
Consumed by a desire for love and marriage, the two women are on the hunt for the ideal husband. Their friendship is put to the test as Fanny settles for a steady life and Linda decides to follow her heart, to increasingly wild and outrageous places. The cast also includes Dominic West, Dolly Wells, Andrew Scott, Mortimer, and Beattie Edmondson.
The show will be filmed primarily around the Bristol and Bath area in the UK.
- 7/27/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Actors from a bunch of your favorite prestige projects are about to join forces in a new one.
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) and Dominic West (The Affair) have joined the cast of The Pursuit of Love, TVLine has learned. They are among the latest additions to the ensemble led by Lily James (Downton Abbey, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again).
More from TVLineFleabag Couple Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott to Reunite (Sorta) on HBO's His Dark MaterialsTVLine Items: Lewis/West Spy Drama, The Last Kingdom Renewed and MorePerformer of the Week: Regina King
Emily Mortimer (The Newsroom) is adapting Nancy Mitford...
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) and Dominic West (The Affair) have joined the cast of The Pursuit of Love, TVLine has learned. They are among the latest additions to the ensemble led by Lily James (Downton Abbey, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again).
More from TVLineFleabag Couple Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott to Reunite (Sorta) on HBO's His Dark MaterialsTVLine Items: Lewis/West Spy Drama, The Last Kingdom Renewed and MorePerformer of the Week: Regina King
Emily Mortimer (The Newsroom) is adapting Nancy Mitford...
- 7/27/2020
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Amazon will co-produce the BBC’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s celebrated novel The Pursuit Of Love, with an eye-catching cast joining Lily James.
Deadline first revealed last December that James will star in the three-part Emily Mortimer-penned series, while we also reported in June that it will be among the first dramas to restart production in the UK. The BBC confirmed today that filming is underway.
Joining James in the Open Book and Moonage Pictures-produced The Pursuit Of Love is Andrew Scott, Emily Beecham, Dominic West, Dolly Wells, Beattie Edmondson, Assaad Bouab, Shazad Latif and Freddie Fox.
The story is based on the first book in a trilogy about an upper-class English family between the First and Second World Wars. The comedy deals with issues of growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric. James plays Radlett family daughter Linda, who falls first for a stuffy Tory politician,...
Deadline first revealed last December that James will star in the three-part Emily Mortimer-penned series, while we also reported in June that it will be among the first dramas to restart production in the UK. The BBC confirmed today that filming is underway.
Joining James in the Open Book and Moonage Pictures-produced The Pursuit Of Love is Andrew Scott, Emily Beecham, Dominic West, Dolly Wells, Beattie Edmondson, Assaad Bouab, Shazad Latif and Freddie Fox.
The story is based on the first book in a trilogy about an upper-class English family between the First and Second World Wars. The comedy deals with issues of growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric. James plays Radlett family daughter Linda, who falls first for a stuffy Tory politician,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon has joined BBC One in producing a TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s “Pursuit of Love,” starring Lily James, Emily Beecham, Dominic West and Andrew Scott. The series, which has begun filming in the U.K. after being delayed by the pandemic, is being adapted by Emily Mortimer, who will also direct and star on the show.
The three-episode hour-long series is one of the first to start shooting in the U.K. following the months-long, Covid-forced shutdown.
“The Pursuit of Love” is “a romantic comedy-drama about love and friendship,” per Amazon. “Set in Europe between the two World Wars, the story follows the adventures and misadventures of the charismatic and fearless Linda Radlett, played by Lily James and her best friend and cousin Fanny Logan, played by Emily Beecham.”
Also Read: Summer TV 2020: Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows (Photos)
“Consumed by a desire for love and marriage,...
The three-episode hour-long series is one of the first to start shooting in the U.K. following the months-long, Covid-forced shutdown.
“The Pursuit of Love” is “a romantic comedy-drama about love and friendship,” per Amazon. “Set in Europe between the two World Wars, the story follows the adventures and misadventures of the charismatic and fearless Linda Radlett, played by Lily James and her best friend and cousin Fanny Logan, played by Emily Beecham.”
Also Read: Summer TV 2020: Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows (Photos)
“Consumed by a desire for love and marriage,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Amazon has signed on to co-produce a BBC miniseries from Emily Mortimer based on Nancy Mitford's novel The Pursuit of Love.
Mortimer writes and directs the three-hour project, which has begun production in the U.K. Amazon Studios is co-producing for the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand along with Open Book and Moonage Pictures. The show will air on BBC One in the U.K.
Set between the two World Wars, The Pursuit of Love is a romantic dramedy that follows the adventures and misadventures of Linda Radlett (Lily James, Downton Abbey) and her best friend and cousin, Fanny ...
Mortimer writes and directs the three-hour project, which has begun production in the U.K. Amazon Studios is co-producing for the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand along with Open Book and Moonage Pictures. The show will air on BBC One in the U.K.
Set between the two World Wars, The Pursuit of Love is a romantic dramedy that follows the adventures and misadventures of Linda Radlett (Lily James, Downton Abbey) and her best friend and cousin, Fanny ...
- 7/27/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
BBC One’s hit police drama Line Of Duty is looking to resume production again in late August after being forced to shut down in March due to the coronavirus crisis.
Deadline understands that producer World Productions has penciled in the week commencing August 24 as a potential restart date, but nothing is yet set in stone as the pandemic continues to be a fluid situation.
Shot in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Line Of Duty was one of the first major BBC productions to be derailed by Covid-19 when it was paused in March, so its resumption will be a symbolic moment for the broadcaster.
Line Of Duty’s potential restart comes as creator Jed Mercurio has voiced caution on production work getting back underway. “Until wider society has the public health infrastructure of test, trace and isolate in place it’s going to be very hard for anyone,” he said in May.
Deadline understands that producer World Productions has penciled in the week commencing August 24 as a potential restart date, but nothing is yet set in stone as the pandemic continues to be a fluid situation.
Shot in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Line Of Duty was one of the first major BBC productions to be derailed by Covid-19 when it was paused in March, so its resumption will be a symbolic moment for the broadcaster.
Line Of Duty’s potential restart comes as creator Jed Mercurio has voiced caution on production work getting back underway. “Until wider society has the public health infrastructure of test, trace and isolate in place it’s going to be very hard for anyone,” he said in May.
- 7/13/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix hit Sex Education is on track to go back into production again next month after work on Season 3 was halted amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Deadline revealed in May that Netflix and Sex Education producer Eleven had set a hopeful target of August to get cameras rolling again on the teen drama. Now, Eleven’s new parent company Sony Pictures Television says formal work is underway on the show.
“It’s all [good] at the moment,” said Wayne Garvie, Sony’s president of international production. Producers are understood to be making progress on standard preparations, while they are also drawing up safety protocols for filming. Cast members have also held the August date in their diaries.
Season 3 was originally due to begin filming in May, but the plans were put on ice as Wales remained in lockdown. August is seen as the latest Sex Education can go into production this...
Deadline revealed in May that Netflix and Sex Education producer Eleven had set a hopeful target of August to get cameras rolling again on the teen drama. Now, Eleven’s new parent company Sony Pictures Television says formal work is underway on the show.
“It’s all [good] at the moment,” said Wayne Garvie, Sony’s president of international production. Producers are understood to be making progress on standard preparations, while they are also drawing up safety protocols for filming. Cast members have also held the August date in their diaries.
Season 3 was originally due to begin filming in May, but the plans were put on ice as Wales remained in lockdown. August is seen as the latest Sex Education can go into production this...
- 7/1/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC One’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel The Pursuit of Love, starring Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again actress Lily James, is poised to be among the first big-budget TV dramas to resume production in the UK.
Deadline can reveal that producers Moonage Pictures and Open Book have been working tirelessly to begin filming in July after having to postpone their original spring shoot because of the coronavirus pandemic. Formal preparation is back underway ahead of production taking place around Bristol, south-west England, according to sources.
And while the Emily Mortimer-penned and -directed project will certainly be among the first to take a leap of faith, it may not be the first. Industry sources have told Deadline that Season 2 of War of the Worlds could get cameras rolling again in mid-July, with producer Urban Myth Films said to be working on innovative safety protocols for cast and crew.
Deadline can reveal that producers Moonage Pictures and Open Book have been working tirelessly to begin filming in July after having to postpone their original spring shoot because of the coronavirus pandemic. Formal preparation is back underway ahead of production taking place around Bristol, south-west England, according to sources.
And while the Emily Mortimer-penned and -directed project will certainly be among the first to take a leap of faith, it may not be the first. Industry sources have told Deadline that Season 2 of War of the Worlds could get cameras rolling again in mid-July, with producer Urban Myth Films said to be working on innovative safety protocols for cast and crew.
- 6/25/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Downton Abbey and Baby Driver star Lily James is to front an Emily Mortimer-penned and directed adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel The Pursuit of Love for BBC One.
The British public broadcaster has ordered a three-part series based on the 1945 book from BBC Studios-backed Moonage Pictures and Open Book, the Charles Collier-founded joint venture between BBC Studios, Original Talent and Tavistock Wood.
The Pursuit of Love is the first book in a trilogy about an upper-class English family between the First and Second World Wars. The comedy deals with issues of growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric.
The Pursuit of Love follows the travails of the Radlett family, focusing on Linda, the most beautiful and wayward Radlett daughter, played by James, who falls first for a stuffy Tory politician, then an ardent Communist, and finally a French duke named Fabrice,...
The British public broadcaster has ordered a three-part series based on the 1945 book from BBC Studios-backed Moonage Pictures and Open Book, the Charles Collier-founded joint venture between BBC Studios, Original Talent and Tavistock Wood.
The Pursuit of Love is the first book in a trilogy about an upper-class English family between the First and Second World Wars. The comedy deals with issues of growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric.
The Pursuit of Love follows the travails of the Radlett family, focusing on Linda, the most beautiful and wayward Radlett daughter, played by James, who falls first for a stuffy Tory politician, then an ardent Communist, and finally a French duke named Fabrice,...
- 12/9/2019
- by Peter White and Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC-backed Original Talent has bought into Tavistock Wood, the talent agency that globally reps a raft of big-name stars, and together the new partners have launched Open Book, a U.K.-based production company that will create drama projects with agency clients. Its first series in development include an Emily Mortimer-penned adaptation of Nancy Mitford novel “The Pursuit of Love.”
Original Talent was formed in 2016 with the backing of BBC Studios. It is the parent company of Curtis Brown, one of Europe’s largest agencies, with Margaret Atwood and John Le Carre among its literary clients, and “McMafia” producer Cuba Pictures.
It has taken a significant stake in Angharad Wood and Charles Collier’s Tavistock Wood, which will continue to operate autonomously and remain in its current Central London offices. That is in line with Original Talent’s federal structure, whereby its different divisions retain their individual identities.
Original Talent was formed in 2016 with the backing of BBC Studios. It is the parent company of Curtis Brown, one of Europe’s largest agencies, with Margaret Atwood and John Le Carre among its literary clients, and “McMafia” producer Cuba Pictures.
It has taken a significant stake in Angharad Wood and Charles Collier’s Tavistock Wood, which will continue to operate autonomously and remain in its current Central London offices. That is in line with Original Talent’s federal structure, whereby its different divisions retain their individual identities.
- 9/10/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Hadley Freeman's memoir masquerading as a survival guide is fresh, witty and packs a serious punch
Anyone who professes to hate the Daily Mail while being addicted to its "sidebar of shame" (the celebrity-packed right-hand feed on its website) will feel very at home with this book. The Nora Ephron opening quote, "Be the heroine of your life not the victim", sums up the style and the theme.
Like Ephron's non-fiction books, it's a series of anecdotes dressed up as a survival guide: "Sex tips for smart ladies; Every dating guide you'll ever need; But do you like him?" It's packed with cultural references: Nancy Mitford, The Devil Wears Prada, Nina Simone, Miss Piggy, The Princess Bride. New York-born Freeman manages to get away with a lot: she can be both scathing and serious about being "awesome" in a way no British writer could.
Obviously this book is aimed firmly at fans of Caitlin Moran,...
Anyone who professes to hate the Daily Mail while being addicted to its "sidebar of shame" (the celebrity-packed right-hand feed on its website) will feel very at home with this book. The Nora Ephron opening quote, "Be the heroine of your life not the victim", sums up the style and the theme.
Like Ephron's non-fiction books, it's a series of anecdotes dressed up as a survival guide: "Sex tips for smart ladies; Every dating guide you'll ever need; But do you like him?" It's packed with cultural references: Nancy Mitford, The Devil Wears Prada, Nina Simone, Miss Piggy, The Princess Bride. New York-born Freeman manages to get away with a lot: she can be both scathing and serious about being "awesome" in a way no British writer could.
Obviously this book is aimed firmly at fans of Caitlin Moran,...
- 5/19/2013
- by Viv Groskop
- The Guardian - Film News
Lisa Allardice continues our writers' favourite films series with the sparkling escapist fantasy that can dispel any hint of the 'mean reds'
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To admit that Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of your favourite films, these days, is to out yourself as the emotional and intellectual equivalent of a cupcake. The iconography of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly has become as neatly packaged and commodified as a duck-egg blue Tiffany's box – a world away from Capote's booze-and-nicotine-fuelled 1958 original. A revisionist feminist take on Breakfast at Tiffany's would be as unconvincing and ill-advised as Mickey Rooney playing the Japanese Mr Yunioshi – there's no getting away from the fact (although Hollywood tried) that Holly takes money "for the powder room", and that she is in many ways the creation of a series of Svengali-like men.
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To admit that Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of your favourite films, these days, is to out yourself as the emotional and intellectual equivalent of a cupcake. The iconography of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly has become as neatly packaged and commodified as a duck-egg blue Tiffany's box – a world away from Capote's booze-and-nicotine-fuelled 1958 original. A revisionist feminist take on Breakfast at Tiffany's would be as unconvincing and ill-advised as Mickey Rooney playing the Japanese Mr Yunioshi – there's no getting away from the fact (although Hollywood tried) that Holly takes money "for the powder room", and that she is in many ways the creation of a series of Svengali-like men.
- 12/29/2011
- by Lisa Allardice
- The Guardian - Film News
That ridiculous poster you see is for one of the all-time laughable bad movies made from good books. Nancy Mitford’s 1951 novel The Blessing is a great romantic comedy of cultural manners about a proper Englishwoman who marries a womanizing Frenchman (kind of redundant to say womanizing Frenchman, which is very much Mitford’s point). Alexander Korda came to Mitford with the idea and asked her to write a film treatment, which she would then be free to turn into a novel. He rejected her treatment, but she had the sweetest revenge: her book became a best seller and he had…...
- 3/23/2011
- James on ScreenS
Dozens of books have been written about Britain’s six famed Mitford sisters—their memoirs, biographies, collected letters, Nancy Mitford’s fictionalizations of their family life—that Deborah Mitford’s memoir Wait For Me! contains little new information, in spite of the value of extreme hindsight. (She’s 90 years old.) “I have always voted Conservative and would never do otherwise,” the 11th duchess of Devonshire proclaims. “I was not interested in Communism or Fascism—I had had too much of them in my childhood.” It’s clear, then that her take on the story of an oft-lurid family, will ...
- 12/30/2010
- avclub.com
Frances Osborne first met her great-grandmother in the pages of Nancy Mitford’s novels The Pursuit Of Love and Love In A Cold Climate, as the heroine’s absentee mother. In The Bolter, Osborne suggests, not always convincingly, that Mitford’s real-life inspiration endured an undue measure of heartbreak over her self-selected exile from London society. A plain girl but a quick study, Idina Sackville married above her station to handsome heir Euan Wallace, but was separated from him during World War I. They grew apart, and while they both took advantage of the permissiveness of their set to take ...
- 6/4/2009
- avclub.com
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