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The Rookiestar Eric Winter breaks down the gritty details surrounding a fan-favorite couple's heartbreaking split.

Speaking to TV Insider, Winter discussed the season defining breakup between his character, Sergeant Tim Bradford, and Melissa O'Neil's Officer Lucy Chen. "They never broke up because they stopped loving each other. They broke up because Tim didn’t feel he was good enough for her," Winter explained. "And I think that’s what the fans have to understand."

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"As a little time has passed, the wound is still there, but it’s healing. There’s a scab for Lucy. She’s trying to make amends with the situation the best she can," Winter added. "Tim and Lucy find...

Exclusive: Sundance documentary Never Look Away, the directorial debut of actress Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess), has been sold by XYZ to Greenwich Entertainment for all rights in North America, and to Kaleidoscope for all rights in UK.

Both distributors have committed to theatrical releases in the territories. Kaleidoscope will also take over rest of world sales. The film is set to have additional screenings at SXSW this weekend.

The film puts a spotlight on the late, swashbuckling CNN combat camerawoman, Margaret Moth, who risked it all to put the viewer inside the conflict. When a fateful injury got in the way of her appetite for danger and adrenaline, she had a decision to make about her career and survival.

Pic was produced by Matthew Metcalfe of Gfc Films, Tom Blackwell and Lawless, and was written by Metcalfe, Blackwell, Lawless and Whetham Allpress. XYZ Films is executive-producing.

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Exclusive: Actors Iko Uwais, Beulah Koale, and Kate Elliott have signed on to star in Ash, the sophomore feature from producer, rapper, and filmmaker Flying Lotus (Kuso).

The trio round out the cast alongside Flying Lotus, who will now also act in the pic alongside serving as director. As Deadline previously revealed, Eiza González (Baby Driver) and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) lead the project, which comes from an original screenplay written by Jonni Remmler.

Production on the pic began this week in New Zealand, with Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films and Matthew Metcalfe of Gfc Films producing. Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and Echo Lake are onboard as exec producers. XYZ Films is co-financing alongside Ipr.Vc. Flying Lotus is also set to compose an original score for the film.

Plot follows a woman (González) who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed.

Tessa Thompson (Westworld) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Super Pumped) are attached to star in the sci-fi thriller Ash, which the Grammy-winning musician and filmmaker Flying Lotus — otherwise known as Steven Ellison — will direct as his sophomore feature, as we first reported in January. Neill Blomkamp (District 9) has since then come aboard to exec produce the pic, which its financier XYZ Films will rep for worldwide sales at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.

While at TIFF to meet with key buyers for Ash, Flying Lotus will appear in support of his segment of V/H/S/99, which is having its world premiere in the Midnight section of the festival.

The new film, for which the multi-hyphenate will also compose an original score, watches as a woman (Thompson) wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, and must then decide if she can trust...

Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will headline the sci-fi thriller “Ash,” directed by Flying Lotus.

Thompson plays a space station worker who wakes up on a distant planet to find her colleagues viciously killed, and then forced to work together with the man (Gordon-Levitt) sent to rescue her. But as their investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events, the rescuer begins to wonder how innocent she really is.

Executive produced by Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”), “Ash” is based on an original screenplay written by Jonni Remmler. XYZ Films and Gfc Films will produce, with Echo Lake also onboard as an executive producer. XYZ Films is financing and handling worldwide sales at next week’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Flying Lotus will also compose an original score, with a production aiming to shoot in New Zealand next year. The multihyphenate will be attending TIFF to support...

Exclusive: Musician and filmmaker Flying Lotus has set the sci-fi horror film Ash as his second feature, on the heels of his body horror anthology Kuso, which made its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

The new film, for which the multi-hyphenate will also compose an original score, watches as a woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, her investigation into what happened setting in motion a terrifying chain of events.

Jonni Remmler penned the original screenplay. XYZ Films and Gfc Films will produce, with Echo Lake on board as exec producer. XYZ is also financing and handling worldwide sales. Casting will get underway later this month, with production slated for this summer.

Ash follows XYZ’s collaboration with Gfc on Toa Fraser’s New Zealand Oscar entry The Dead Lands, which was presented to the U.S. market by James Cameron,...

Exclusive: Six New Zealand screenwriters have been chosen to participate in the inaugural Black List New Zealand Project.

The project, stemming from a partnership between the Black List and the New Zealand Film Commission, is a professional development workshop and mentorship series. Bolstered by the presence of global screen industry executives, who will head up panels, mentor the writers and advise them on fine-tuning their scripts, its aim is to amplify the voices of underrepresented filmmakers, while promoting relationships between writers and producers, and creating international opportunities for New Zealand feature films.

The six participating filmmakers will receive up to Nz$25,000 in development financing from the Nzfc for completing the next draft of their scripts. The scripts they submitted to land a spot at the Black List New Zealand Project cover genres ranging from romance to comedy, crime and horror, and were selected from a pool of 179 for their unique perspectives.

This NOS4A2 review contains spoilers.

NOS4A2 Season 2 Episode 10

For all the flack Game of Thrones gets for the way it ended, one of the things that the show always did that I appreciated was they didn’t save the big crazy finale for the last episode of the season. The ninth episode of the season always had the big shocking moments, and the tenth episode explored more of the after-effects of the big event and set the pace for the next season. “Bats” doesn’t quite do the same thing, but considering the bulk of the episode of NOS4A2 is more concerned with what happens after the escape from Christmasland and the aftermath of Charlie Manx, it’s pretty close.

It’s pretty clear early on in “Bats” that Charlie Manx isn’t doing so good. Every explosion in his Inscape racks his physical body with pain, every smashed window...

‘Dying to Live.’

Illustrating the global appetite for on-demand cinema, Demand Film is growing fast in Australia and internationally, currently offering tickets to 550 events in seven countries.

Richard Todd’s feature documentary Dying to Live, which spotlights people who are awaiting life-saving organs, is among the best sellers in Australia, with 29 screenings now on sale and a further 10 being arranged in response to requests.

Supported by Screen Australia, Screenwest, Screen Queensland and Good Pitch Australia, Todd’s film has screened at the major Australian festivals, grossing $23,000, and it generated $7,500 from the first five on-demand screenings.

David Doepel, who co-founded Demand Film with Andrew Hazelton and Barbara Connell, hopes the film will end up making as much as $150,000 in Australia, observing: “We’re very pleased with the level of press we received for the film and the related ‘What would Jesus do?’ campaign, which is leading to requests for screenings.

“We...

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The Raid's Iko Uwais will star and do fight choreography for Netflix series Wu Assassins.

Are you ready for a TV show's worth of martial arts drama? Netflix is set to unveil a martial arts crime drama TV series starring Iko Uwais, who parlayed impressive cinematic combat in The Raid and The Raid 2 into a role in mega-franchise relaunch Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Brandishing the title, Wu Assassins, the series launches with a 10-episode inaugural season.

Wu Assassins Trailer

The first trailer for the long-awaited Wu Assassins is finally here. Check it out in all its mystical-martial-arts-imbued glory!

Video of Wu Assassins | Official Trailer | Netflix Wu Assassins Release Date

Wu Assassins makes its deadly, stealthy streaming arrival on Netflix on Thursday, August 8.

Wu Assassins Cast

Joining star Iko Uwais in the Wu Assassins cast are the following:

Byron Mann

Katheryn Winnick – Sidenote: Winnick holds...

The Billy Elliot star is terrific as the cocky, swaggering leader of a crack Sas team in an atmospheric real-life drama that’s short on suspense

Toa Fraser’s real-life hostage thriller about the 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy in London (it skipped a cinema release and arrives on Netflix on 3 November) is thoughtful, well-made, with a couple of excellent performances – and just a bit dull. Told with not quite enough suspense, its pin stays firmly in the grenade as six armed men storm the embassy in Kensington, taking 26 hostages and demanding the release of prisoners in southern Iran.

Related: Jamie Bell on 6 Days: 'I was terrified – they were firing guns at me'

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Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment inks deal with Goldcrest.

Vertical Entertainment has acquired all Us rights to supernatural thriller Slumber, starring Maggie Q (Divergent).

Director Jonathan Hopkins’ movie is being lined up for a theatrical release in the Us in Q4, 2017.

Richard Hobley and Hopkins’ screenplay charts the story of Alice (Maggie Q), a rationally minded sleep doctor, who is forced to abandon scientific reason and accept a family is being terrorised by a parasitic demon which paralyses victims as they sleep.

The film is produced by The Tea Shop & Film Company’s Mark Lane and James Harris and by Pascal Degove for Goldcrest Films, which handles sales on the project.

Vertical’s 2016 releases included Other People and Under The Shadow.

The 2017 slate includes Blind, starring Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore, and Dylan McDermott; Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome starring Teresa Palmer and Max Riemelt; and Toa Fraser’s 6 Days, starring Abbie Cornish, Jamie Bell, and Mark Strong...

6 Days is a new feature film chronicling the events that took place during the notorious Iranian Embassy siege in London, 1980, when the whole country stopped still and looked on as a tense standoff played out between the British security forces and armed militants, culminating in a dramatic and brutal assault. Directed by Toa Fraser, the film was shot on location in London’s Knightsbridge. The screenplay was written by acclaimed screenwriter Glenn Standring after extensive research and interviews with various individuals who played a key part in the days leading up to, during, and after the Embassy siege.

The film largely follows the perspective of three people who played a vital part in the events at the time – Hostage negotiator Max Vernon (Mark Strong), the man responsible for communicating with the terrorists inside the building; News Reporter Kate Adie (Abbie Cornish), who was covering the events for the BBC and...

"It's down to the negotiators to break the deadlock. Or, your men will have to storm the embassy." An official full-length trailer has debuted for the true story action thriller film 6 Days, about the attack on the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. The standoff lasted for six days, with a group of Sas soldiers eventually breaching the embassy to put an end to the horror. Jamie Bell stars as one of the special forces soldiers tasked with leading the raid. This also stars Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish, Emun Elliott, Nicholas Boulton, Martin Shaw, and Tim Downie. 6 Days is the latest film from the director of the Maori action film The Dead Lands. This actually looks damn good, with an impressive cast that makes it worth watching. Here's the new full-length trailer (+ poster) for Toa Fraser's 6 Days, from YouTube (via Trailer Track): In April 1980, six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate,...

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A thrilling new trailer has arrived for 6 Days, the new film that tells the story of one of the most infamous days in recent UK history – and you can view that and the new poster below!

6 Days in the new film that chronicles the events that took place in London in 1980 at the Iranian Embassy when security and military forces were locked in a standoff with armed militants who stormed the building. Jamie Bell (Fantastic 4, Snowpiercer), Abbie Cornish, Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed), (RoboCop, Seven Psychopaths) and Mark Strong (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Miss Sloane) lead the cast of the film, which is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Toa Fraser (The Dead Lands).

The film tells the story from three people’s perspectives, all of which played a vital role in negotiating and ending the events as they unfolded. Strong plays hostage negotiator Max Vernon, the man...

A new trailer has been released for the British thriller 6 Days starring Jamie Bell, Mark Strong and Abbie Cornish along with a quad poster.

Directed by Toa Fraser, the film depicts the Iranian Embassy siege that took place in London in 1980. Mark Strong plays the role of hostage negotiator Max Vernon, with Cornish and Bell playing BBC reporter Kate Adie and Sas team leader Rusty Firmin respectively.

Shot on location in Knightsbridge, the screenplay was written by Glenn Standring using extensive research and interviews with those who played a key part throughout the siege.

Check out the new trailer above and the poster below.

Exclusive: Patti Cake$ breakout star Macdonald on board Seville International Cannes sales title.

Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.

Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.

Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.

As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.

Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...

Exclusive: Patti Cake$ breakout star Macdonald on board Seville International Cannes sales title.

Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.

Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.

Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.

As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.

Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...

Exclusive: Patti Cake$ breakout Danielle Macdonald on board Seville International Cannes sales title.

Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.

Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.

Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.

As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.

Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...

Author: Zehra Phelan

Real life stories often make for a gripping cinematic experience and with any luck, director Toa Fraser has done the same justice to the forthcoming 6 Days starring Jamie Bell. To give us a small glimpse into this project four new character posters have been released.

Related: 6 Days Trailer and Images.

The feature, which chronicles the events that took place during the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London, focuses on the perspective of three people who played a vital part in the events at the time. The hostage negotiator Max Vernon (played by Mark Strong), the man responsible for communicating with the terrorists inside the building; news reporter Kate Adie (Abbie Cornish), who was covering the events for the BBC and Rusty Firmin (Jamie Bell), leader of one of the Sas assault teams that entered the Iranian Embassy to end the siege, all of which are depicted plus one,...

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To mark the release of The Free Man on 24th April, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.

To reach the level of liberty encapsulated by the concept of being truly free is both a physical and mental endeavour that many will risk their life to obtain. Is life worth risking for the feeling of conquering fear and becoming truly free? These are the questions Jossi Wells must ask himself as he meets extreme sports performance artists, The Flying Frenchies, and takes on the challenge of his lifetime thousands of metres above the ground.

Directed by Toa Fraser (Dean Spanley, Giselle), who brings a breathtakingly cinematic sensibility and narrative construction to the world of extreme sports, The Free Man is as beautiful a film as it is a thrilling one. Shot in New Zealand and France, the film offers a rare insight into the story...

In 1980, the Iranian Embassy in London was the victim of a terrorist attack. There was a standoff that lasted six days until a group of Sas soldiers breached the embassy to end the attack. This film, directed by Toa Fraser and starring Jaime Bell and Mark Strong, follows the events of that attack and the six days leading up to its liberation from terrorists.  

The film also stars Abbie Cornish, Emun Elliott, Nicholas Boulton, Martin Shaw, and Tim Downie. It was shot in London and so far it looks very fairly thrilling. The trailer gives us a good look at what we can expect. Although I'm not a huge war and terrorist thwarting movie fan, the politics behind what happens before an attack goes down is always so interesting to me. Check the trailer out below.

In 1980, there was a siege on the Iranian Embassy in London, which led to a tense standoff between the Sas and the six gunmen inside. Nearly 40 years later, the story will hit the big screen with 6 Days, an action thriller from The Dead Lands director Toa Fraser. Ahead of a U.K. release this summer, the first trailer has now arrived.

Starring Jamie Bell (Snowpiercer) and Mark Strong, and penned by Glenn Standring (The Dead Lands), 6 Days was shot on location in Princess Gate, London for maximum authenticity. Whether this commitment to detail and accuracy will lend to a thriller worth your time is set to be seen, but it seems they’ve gotten off on the right foot. See the trailer below, along with a poster, synopsis, and set of images, with a tip of the hat to HeyUGuys.

In April 1980, six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate,...

"He's got a heart of a lion, and the brains of a judge." Icon has revealed a trailer for an action-thriller titled 6 Days, telling the true story of the attack on the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. The standoff lasted for six days, with a group of Sas soldiers eventually breaching the embassy to put an end to the horror. 6 Days is the latest from the director of the Maori action film The Dead Lands. Jamie Bell stars as one of the special forces soldiers who is tasked with leading the raid. This also stars Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish, Emun Elliott, Nicholas Boulton, Martin Shaw, and Tim Downie. It was shot on location in London, and around Knightsbridge. This seems to be just a teaser and quick intro, but it looks like it could be good. Here's the first UK trailer (+ poster) for Toa Fraser's 6 Days, direct from YouTube...

UK’s Icon Film has released the first teaser trailer for its upcoming action-drama “6 Days.” Directed by “The Dead Lands” helmer Toa Fraser, the film stars Mark Strong (“Kingsman: The Secret Service,” “Sherlock Holmes”), Abbie Cornish (“Limitless,” “Bright Star”) and Jamie Bell (“The Adventures of Tintin,” “Billy Elliot”).

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Written by Glenn Standring (“The Dead Lands”), “6 Days” chronicles the events that took place during the Iranian Embassy siege, from April 30 to May 5, 1980, when a group of terrorists occupied the Iranian Embassy in London and took everyone inside hostage. The historic standoff ended when a group of soldiers from the British Special Air Service stormed the building in what was called Operation– Nimrod. The film was shot on location in and around London’s Knightsbridge, as reported by Screenanarchy.

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The first trailer for British thriller 6 Days was revealed today starring Jamie Bell and Mark Strong. Directed by Toa Fraser, the film chronicles the events that took place during the Iranian Embassy siege in London, 1980.

In April 1980, six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London, taking 26 people inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the Sas prepared for a raid, the likes of which the world had never seen before.

Shot on location in London, in and around Knightsbridge, the screenplay was written by Glenn Standring after extensive research and interviews with individuals who played a part during the incident. 6 Days opens in UK cinemas 4th August 2017.

Check out the trailer above as well as some publicity stills below.

On April 30, 1980 six armed men stormed the Iranian Embassy in London, holding everyone inside hostage for six days of escalating tension that played out live on national television with the Thatcher government eager to publicly demonstrate their hardline approach to terrorism. That real life drama comes to the big screen in The Dead Lands helmer Toa Fraser's 6 Days and the first trailer for the film's impending UK release has just arrived online. In April 1980, six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London, taking 26 people inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the Sas prepared for a raid, the likes of which the...

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Here's the trailer for 6 Days, a London-set action thriller starring Jamie Bell, Mark Strong and Abbie Cornish...

Based on real events, new film 6 Days captures a slice of UK history. Thirty-seven years ago, a six-man terrorist team calling itself the Democratic Revolutionary Movement for the Liberation of Arabistan captured the Iranian Embassy in Knightsbridge, taking twenty-six hostages and starting a six-day ordeal.

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Director Toa Fraser (Into The Badlands, Penny Dreadful) and writer Glenn Strandring (The Dead Lands, McLaren) are telling the story of that siege in the action thriller, which is due out in the UK this August. 

In 6 Days, Jamie Bell plays Sas leader Rusty Firmin, with Mark Strong as negotiator...

At one point, Jamie Bell‘s name was being tossed around as a potential contender for 007, and while “6 Days” isn’t exactly a spy movie, it does give the actor a chance to show his skills in a story about terrorists threatening innocent British lives.

Co-starring Mark Strong and Abbie Cornish, and direced by Toa Fraser, the film tells the true story of the standoff inside the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London in 1980.

Continue reading The Siege Begins In New Trailer For ‘6 Days’ Starring Jamie Bell, Mark Strong & Abbie Cornish at The Playlist.

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The trailer and release date for the upcoming story 6 Days, which is based on the real-life siege drama at the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980, starring Jamie Bell and Mark Strong has been announced.

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Jamie Bell (Snowpiercer / Defiance / Billy Elliott) get his chance to delve deep into the gritty role of Sas team leader, Rusty Firmin in the story which depicts events that took place during the notorious Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980, An event which brought the whole country to a standstill to watch as events unfolded on an intense standoff played out between the British security forces and armed militants, culminating in a dramatic and brutal assault.

Developed with detailed input from survivors of the real-life events, 6 Days was also shot on location in Princess Gate, London, the actual location those fateful events unfolded.

New Zealand director Toa Fraser, who...

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What is it that fuels adrenaline junkies to risk their lives? Toa Fraser’s documentary The Free Man sets out to investigate extreme sports and the psychology behind it. The film focuses on New Zealand Olympic freestyle skier Jossi Wells who sets himself the immense task of taking up extreme sports in which he has absolutely no experience. Jossi began learning to ski from just 18 months and now at 26 his body has been severely battered by his skiing and thrill-seeking pursuits. But he faces his toughest test to date when he partners up with extreme sports performance artists The Flying Frenchies. The French daredevil group undertake extreme stunts thousands of metres above the ground and often without any safety harness. The Free Man is a breath-taking look at extreme sports and these fearless people who participate in them.

Jossi’s determination and openness make him an intriguing...

Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

– Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to April Mullen’s “Below Her Mouth.” Shot entirely with a female crew, the film tells the story of an unexpected romance between two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2016, and it went on to screen at Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Mar Del Plata International Film Festival, and Goteborg Film Festival. It will also play at BFI Flare: London’s Lgbt festival in March.

Gunpowder & Sky Distribution will release the film on April 28, 2017, theatrically and across all major On Demand platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Video, Google Play, Microsoft Movies & TV, Verizon FiOS, and DirecTV.

Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to 6 Days, the Toa Fraser-directed thriller starring Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish and Mark Strong. Netflix has also snagged international rights in several territories including Germany, France and Japan. Vertical is eyeing a fall theatrical bow in the U.S. for the pic, which was announced at Afm in 2014. The pic is based on the real events surrounding the April 1980 hostage crisis when six armed gunmen stormed the…...

Xyz Films reports global sell-out on Jamie Bell embassy siege thriller.

Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Toa Fraser’s 6 Days and has earmarked an autumn theatrical release.

Netflix has picked up international rights as a Netflix Original Films release in France, Germany, Latin America, Japan, Benelux, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Italy, Switzerland and other territories.

Elsewhere rights to the thriller have gone to: the UK (Icon), Australia and New Zealand (Transmission), Portugal (Film4You), Spain (A Contracorriente), Middle East (Falcon), Turkey (Calinos), Indonesia (Pt Prima), South Korea (Double & Joy), pan-Asian pay-tv (Fox) and China (Hgc).

Bell, Abbie Cornish, and Mark Strong star in 6 Days, which recounts the six-day hostage crisis at the Iranian Embassy over April-May 1980 and the subsequent rescue mission by the elite British Sas.

Glenn Standring wrote the screenplay, Matthew Metcalfe produced, and Nate Bolotin, Aram Tertzakian, Peter Hampden, Gavin Poolman, Andrea Scarso, and Standring served as executive producers.

6 Days is a Dog...

Exclusive: Feature version launches of hit book Capital In The 21st Century.

Thomas Piketty’s New York Times bestseller Capital In The 21st Century is to be made into a feature documentary as a New Zealand/France co-production with Piketty on board as a consultant.

Justin Pemberton (The Golden Hour) will direct the film with Mathew Metcalfe (The Dead Lands) on board as producer. General Film Corporation will produce.

Upside Distribution handles world sales. Transmission Films will release in Australia/Nz. Production is due to get underway in August of this year.

The film will explore the book’s subject of how capitalism affects our world today; the forces that govern everything from house prices in Auckland to economic upheavals on Wall St.

Presented without a narrator, the story will reveal itself through a combination of interviews, visual clips (movies, TV shows, training films, cartoons, pop culture references etc), original footage and the occasional news programme snippet...

While Toa Fraser's The Dead Lands was undoubtedly the first introduction to the traditional martial arts of the Maori people it would appear that it won't be the last. Not by a long shot. Maori Television is currently gearing up for the premiere of their new TV series Kairakau and, like The Dead Lands, it tells a tale set in pre-colonial New Zealand driven by tribal conflict and featuring rather a lot of traditional martial arts if the freshly released trailer is any indicator. Production values are gorgeous and the quality on all levels appears to be top notch on this one, check it out below!...

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Suburbicon, Loving, and Deep Water all set to be presented by sales agents.

Berlin buyers are steeling themselves for a possible feeding frenzy today (Feb 11) as sales agents present or show footage from the likes of Suburbicon, Loving, and Deep Water.

George Clooney, in town for Thursday evening’s opening night gala Hail, Caesar! directed by the Coen brothers, will meet buyers to talk up Suburbicon, which he will direct from a screenplay by the Coens. Bloom handles international sales and CAA represents Us rights.

Insiders and CAA are showing footage of Pablo Larraín’s Jackie starring Natalie Portman as the former First Lady.

CAA will also show footage from Loving, a timely tale of racism from Jeff Nichols, whose Midnight Special premieres in competition tomorrow.

The agency’s other hot titles available for Us distribution include James Grey’s long-gestating adventure The Lost City Of Z, and crime drama I.T. starring Pierce Brosnan.

Sierra/Affinity...

Production has begun in New Zealand on Welcome to the Thrill, an extreme sports action adventure movie starring Olympic freestyle skier Jossi Wells.

In the film, Wells takes up the challenge of new extreme sports in which he has no experience at all.

The film examines why adrenaline junkies do what they do.

It is laced with philosophical reflections ranging from Mark Twain to the athletes themselves.

Directed by Toa Fraser(The Dead Lands, Giselle), Welcome to the Thrill brings Fraser.s cinematic sensibility and narrative construction to the world of extreme sports..

It is the latest film from producer Matthew Metcalfe.s General Film Corporation and is his fifth collaboration with Toa Fraser (6 Days, The Dead Lands, Giselle, Dean Spanley).

Filming will take place in New Zealand, USA, France and Hawaii..

New Zealand distribution is by Rialto Distribution.

Fraser and Metcalfe are currently in post-production on action thriller 6 Days,...

Transmission Films has formed a new venture to manage its film distribution activities in New Zealand..

Transmission Films New Zealand (Tmfnz) will be headed by Michael Eldred in the role of general manager.

He will oversee all of Transmission.s interests in New Zealand..

Eldred will work in close association with Sony Pictures New Zealand, the current home media sub-distributor for Transmission films..

Under a new arrangement, Sony will also handle the booking of Transmission.s theatrical releases under direction from, and in co-ordination with, Tmfnz..

The move consolidates Transmission.s activities in the New Zealand market, where they have been releasing films with various local partners since 2008..

Over the intervening period the company has invested in and brought over 75 films to New Zealand audiences, including such successful local films as Boy, The Dark Horse, The Dead Lands, The Orator and Slow West..

Tmfnz under Eldred signals Transmission.s major...

Could acoustic lightening strike twice? 2006 was a mythical, magical year for John Carney when Once took the Sundance Film Festival and film world by storm. With buffer items Zonad (2009) and The Rafters (2012) only whetting our appetite for another Carney gem, 2013’s surprise box office indie hit Begin Again (with Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo and Adam Levine) sort of got us back in the saddle. We now come full circle back to another micro film with potentially lots of heart. Considered a cousin to Once, Carney enlists U2’s Bono and The Edge for the this when Irish eyes are smiling coming-of-ager romance. Currently in the midst of a certain restructuring, the Weinsteins picked up Sing Street in at the Cannes Film Fest in 2014 and it was kept off the 2015 slate. Could this semi-biographical tale be tuned up as a crowd-pleasing Park City item?

Gist: This tells the story of 14-year-old Cosmo,...

Since launching his career in Park City with the World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic winning No. 2 (2006 Sundance Film Fest), Toa Fraser has been mapping out his filmography with items such as Dean Spanley (2008), Giselle (2013) and The Dead Lands (2014). A true story from 1980, his shot in New Zealand June/shot in London in August fifth feature is an action thriller that features a stellar threesome in Jamie Bell, Mark Strong and the underused Abbie Cornish. Perhaps it’s time for Fraser to reunite with Sundance?

Gist: Co-written by Fraser and Glenn Standring, this is based on the actual events of April 1980 when six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy at London’s Princes Gate, taking 26 people hostage. Six days of tense stand-off ensued as a group of highly trained soldiers from Britain’s Special Air Service (Sas) prepared to raid the building.

Production Co./Producers: General Film Corporation’s Matthew Metcalfe...

When the award-winning Manakamana landed on the film festival circuit (the Golden Leopard win in Locarno was the first of many worthy acknowledgments), it not only further demonstrated the excellence out of the Sensory Ethnography Lab and made a name for the filmmaker tandem with an anthropological-like curiosity, but one refreshing takeaway was that it reminded us that there are novel approaches in nonfiction filmmaking with huge, emotionally giddy payoffs. For his next project, docu-helmer Pacho Velez takes a President whose legacy mysteriously continues to enflame and shape current politico debate. Spliced into three parts and presented as a series of shorts (The Reagan Shorts) at the Rotterdam Film Fest this past January, The Reagan Years is certainly in getting ready phase as it was invited to the July set Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Lab. Proposed as an archival journey from Hollywood to the White House, the big...

Exclusive: Roger Donaldson’s documentary is the second film in the official venture between Xyz-gfc backed by the New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc).

Matthew Metcalfe and Fraser Brown produce McLaren, about the life and career of New Zealand racing car designer and McLaren Motor Racing Team founder Bruce McLaren (pictured).

The subject died in 1970, four years before his F1 team won its first Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship.

Transmission Films will distribute in New Zealand and Australia while Xyz Films represents Us rights.

The film marks the return to New Zealand of Donaldson, whose credits include The World’s Fastest Indian and Burt Munro: Offerings To The God Of Speed, both about world land speed champion and New Zealander Burt Munro.

“My enthusiasm for making a film about Bruce McLaren comes from my long held passion for motorsports – a passion that was passed down to me from my father and grandfather,” said the director...

TwitchFilm has partnered with Magnet Releasing and Magnolia Pictures to bring you a couple of wonderful films on Blu-ray and DVD. First up we have two copies of Toa Fraser's brutal New Zealand Maori action film The Dead Lands. A film that our Jason Gorber very much enjoyed when he saw it at the Toronto International Film Festival last year:An engaging film with strong commitments from those on screen, the visit to The Dead Lands is both epic and intimate. Audience expectations should be tempered, as the film defies easy categorization, and those expecting a simple action film may be disappointed. Still, for those willing to take the journey, and who are willing to be patient as it tells its tale with a mix of...

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On May 5, 1980 an Sas squad abseiled down the side of the Iranian Embassy in London's Princes Gate to rescue the 26 hostages trapped inside. 6 Days, a new action thriller, tells the full story behind that raid and the nerve-knotting days leading up to it. These three new stills give a flavour of what to expect.Although character details are still underwraps, Jamie Bell is looking like he's either leading a special forces team or there's a bit where he goes on the world's most elaborate paintballing outing. Judging by the pic below, Mark Strong will be helping out in a hostage negotiation capacity.Shot partly in New Zealand and now underway near the notorious incident's actual epicentre, 6 Days is the latest from Kiwi director Toa Fraser (The Dead Lands, Dean Spanley). He's teamed up again with his Dead Lands writer Glenn Standring, with several former Sas members helping bring realism to...

First images of Jamie Bell and Mark Strong revealed.

6 Days, an action thriller based on the true events of April 1980 when armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in London and took 26 people hostage, has begun the London portion of its shoot.

The New Zealand-uk co-production recently completed its New Zealand shoot and will continue this month in London.

The action thriller is directed by Toa Fraser (The Dead Lands) and produced by Matthew Metcalfe (The Dead Lands).

The cast is led by Jamie Bell (Fantastic Four), Mark Strong (The Imitation Game) and Abbie Cornish (Limitless).

The film traces the six days of tense stand-off that ensued as a group of highly trained soldiers from Britain’s Special Air Service (Sas) prepared to raid the Iranian Embassy at London’s Princes Gate.

Following their acquisition of Fraser’s The Dead Lands, Xyz Films have again partnered with Metcalfe’s General Film Corporation (Gfc) and will take worldwide sales duties...

EW has our first look at Jamie Bell in full Sas kit in Toa Fraser's Six Days, his follow up to last year's Tiff entry The Dead Lands. Directed by Toa Fraser (The Dead Lands), the film concerns the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in which armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in London and took 26 people hostage. Bell plays Rusty Firmin, a member of the elite unit of the British army called the Sas that became famous for its involvement in the incident.There are also a couple images of Mark Strong in the gallery as well. The film is still in production. Xyz Films is producing 6 Days along with General Film Corporation. TwitchFilm founder and editor Todd Brown is a partner at Xyz Films. ...

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Exclusive: Production commenced in Auckland on Wednesday on the embassy siege action thriller from Toa Fraser that Xyz Films sells internationally.

Jamie Bell, Mark Strong and Abbie Cornish star in 6 Days, which General Film Corporation finances in association with the New Zealand Film Commission, Lip Sync Productions and the Ingenious Senior Film Fund.

The story is set in London in April 1980 as the Sas prepares to rescue 26 hostages during the Iranian Embassy siege.

The New Zealand-uk co-production is scheduled to finish the New Zealand portion of the shoot in late July prior to relocating to London in August.

Producer Matthew Metcalfe of General Film Corporation reunites with Fraser and screenwriter Glenn Standring following their collaboration on the 2015 New Zealand foreign-language Oscar submission The Dead Lands.

The parties also worked with Xyz Films, whose Nate Bolotin and Aram Tertzakian serve as executive producers on 6 Days alongside Gavin Poolman and Andrea Scarso from Ingenious Senior Film Fund, Ian Dawson and [link...

Stars: James Rolleston, Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Xavier Horan, Raukura Turei, George Henare, Rena Owen, Pana Hema Taylor, Calvin Tuteao, Jamus Webster, Bianca Hyslop, Isabella Rakete, Matariki Whatarau, Wairangi Koopu, Jeff Ruha | Written by Glenn Standring | Directed by Toa Fraser

Hongi (James Rolleston) – a Māori chieftain’s teenage son – must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains, led by Wirepa (Te Kohe Tuhaka), Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden Dead Lands and forge an uneasy alliance with the mysterious “Warrior” (Lawrence Makoare), a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.

I actually found The Dead Lands really entertaining. Not only is the film filled to the brim with crazy Māori fight sequences which look brutal and realistic,...

Action adventure The Dead Lands is in UK cinemas this weekend. Director Toa Fraser talks about its making and how James Cameron’s a fan...

A taut and intense action adventure, The Dead Lands is a superb showcase for director Toa Fraser. It provides an insight into a culture not often explored on screen - set in pre-colonial New Zealand, the film’s dialogue is entirely in the Maori language - while delivering the kind of pared-back revenge story you might expect from a western or a samurai film.

In other words, The Dead Lands is both unique to its country and universal; its historical setting and subtitles might suggest something for the arthouse crowd, but its bruising fight scenes will please the action crowd, too. What’s more, James Cameron is officially a fan.

As The Dead Lands makes its debut in UK cinemas, we caught up with Toa Fraser...