Disney+ drama ‘The Good Mothers’ among Berlinale 2023 Series line-up
SCREEN DAILY - 16/01/23
The Disney+ series is directed by the UK’s Julian Jarrold, whose credits include Kinky Boots, Becoming Jane and Brideshead Revisted, and Italian filmmaker Elisa Amoruso. The Good Mothers is a UK-Italy co-production and follows three women trying to bring down the Italian mafia.
The first two episodes of the six-part series is one of five series world premiering at Berlinale.
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British Independent Film Awards: ‘Aftersun,’ ‘Blue Jean’ & ‘The Wonder’ Lead Nominations
Sebastián Lelio latest pic, The Wonder, racked up 12 noms, including Best Lead Performance for Florence Pugh. Other dominant titles include the Kazuo Ishiguro-penned drama Living, with nine nominations. Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet with seven and Men by Alex Garland, The Origin by Andrew Cumming, and God’s Creatures by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer with five each.
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Lily James Joins Sean Durkin‘s ’The Iron Claw’ For A24
EXCLUSIVE: Lily James is the latest star to join the all-star ensemble of A24’s The Iron Claw. The film also stars Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, Holt McCallany, Jeremy Allen White and Maura Tierney.
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‘Mindhunter’ Star Holt McCallany To Co-Star Opposite Zac Efron In ‘The Iron Claw’
Holt McCallany is the latest to join the growing ensemble of A24’s The Iron Claw, in which he will play Fritz Von Erich, the patriarch of the famed Von Erich wrestling family. The film also stars Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson and Jeremy Allen White.
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‘The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White To Co-Star In Sean Durkin’s ‘The Iron Claw’ opposite Zac Efron & Harris Dickinson
DEADLINE - 15/09/22
EXCLUSIVE: Following the breakout success of FX series The Bear, Jeremy Allen White looks to have found his first big project to keep him busy during the show’s hiatus. Sources tell Deadline that White is set to co-star opposite Zac Efron and Harris Dickinson in A24’s The Iron Claw, in which the three will play world-famous wrestling siblings the Von Erichs. White will play Kerry Von Erich, with Efron playing Kevin and Dickinson playing David.
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‘Sherwood’ Renewed For Season 2 By BBC
The BBC has greenlit a second season of Sherwood from Brexit: The Uncivil War and Quiz creator James Graham, immediately after the conclusion of the first.
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Zac Efron To Star In ‘The Iron Claw’ From A24 And Sean Durkin
Days after announcing his next star studded comedy at Netflix, Zac Efron is continuing to build up his diversified slate as he is set to star in A24’s The Iron Claw, the latest drama from writer-director Sean Durkin.
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Kevin McKidd, ‘Boiling Point’s’ Vinette Robinson Cast in ITV Adaptation of Bestseller ‘Six Four’
U.K. broadcaster ITV has commissioned “Six Four,” a four-part crime thriller inspired by the bestselling novel by Hideo Yokoyama.
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Ralph Fiennes To Lead Conspiracy Thriller ‘Conclave’ With Edward Berger Helming; John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci & Isabella Rossellini Join Cast With FilmNation Selling At Cannes Market
Ralph Fiennes has signed up to lead conspiracy thriller feature Conclave, with John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini also joining the cast and Edward Berger helming.
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Matt Smith And Morfydd Clark To Lead Supernatural Horror ‘Starve Acre’; Cornerstone Handling Sales On EFM Hot Pic
The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark are to lead supernatural horror film Starve Acre from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. Cornerstone is handling world sales and will launch at next month’s European Film Market.
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‘The Wonder’: First Look At Florence Pugh In Netflix Period Thriller Filming In Ireland; Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Toby Jones, More Join
Filming is underway in Ireland on Netflix’s psychological thriller The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh.
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Thomasin McKenzie & Sian Clifford To Lead Cast For BBC Adaptation Of Kate Atkinson’s ‘Life After Life’
The BBC has set the cast for its four-part adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s best-selling and award-winning novel Life After Life.
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Disney+ Streamer Star Greenlights Italian Mafia Series ‘The Good Mothers’ From House Productions & Wildside
Exclusively revealed by Deadline today, The Good Mothers forms part Disney+ and Star’s first European originals slate, and promises to tell the story of how Italian mob bosses were targeted by prosecutors through their wives and daughters.
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‘Brexit: The Uncivil War’ Writer James Graham Re-Teams With House Productions For BBC Crime Thriller ‘Sherwood’
The writer is penning six-part series Sherwood, a fictionalized drama based on real-life events, set in the Nottinghamshire mining village in which Graham grew up. It centers on two shocking and unexpected murders that shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.
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BBC Greenlights House Productions Adaptation Of Kate Atkinson’s ‘Life After Life’; ‘Outlaw King’ Writer Bash Doran & ‘Brooklyn’ Director John Crowley Attached
House founders Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell have attached some eye-catching creatives to the project, including Outlaw King and Traitors writer Bash Doran, and John Crowley, the two-time BAFTA-winning director who helmed Saoirse Ronan starrer Brooklyn.
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