UK CASTING NEWS July July 2016 B UK CASTING NEWS. 2016UK Casting News

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1 July 2016 B UK CASTING NEWS

2 1. Feature Films in Preproduction AS DARKNESS FALLS contemporary drama Mark Peters Emily Haigh Casting Inspiration Films address displayed for subscribers only CALL ME ** five women start an adult chat line Robert Young Philip Walker Casting Gillian Hawser Casting address displayed for subscribers only Maximus address displayed for subscribers only COMMUTER, the contemporary thriller (Pinewood) Date shoot starts: Summer 2016 Cast: Liam Neeson Jaume Collet-Serra Michael Dreyer Casting Reg Poerscout-Edgerton c/o Studio Canal Studio Canal address displayed for subscribers only

3 CROOKED HOUSE Agatha Christie adaptation Gilles Pacquet-Brenner Joe Abrams Casting Colin Jones Casting address displayed for subscribers only Brilliant Films address displayed for subscribers only DARKEST HOUR, the * drama about Churchill in WW2 Cast: Gary Oldman Joe Wright Lisa Bruce Casting Jina Jay Casting address displayed for subscribers only Working Title address displayed for subscribers only DEVIL OUTSIDE, the coming of age story Date shoot starts: August 2016 Andrew Hulme Christine Alderson Casting Lucy Pardee c/o Ipso Facto Ipso Facto address displayed for subscribers only DOUBLE DATE contemporary drama Benjamin Barfoot Matthew Wilkinson Casting Stigma address displayed for subscribers only

4 FINAL SCORE London-set action thriller (London) Date shoot starts: August 2016 Scott Mann Robert Jones, Wayne Marc Godfrey Casting The Fyzz address displayed for subscribers only GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN * A A Milne biopic Simon Curtis Damian Jones, Steve Christian Casting Alex Johnson Casting address displayed for subscribers only Pathe / DJ Films address displayed for subscribers only HUNTER KILLER ** Russian president is kidnapped, Bulgaria Date shoot starts: Summer 2016 Donovan Marsh Mark Gill, Neil Moritz Casting Syson Grainger Casting address displayed for subscribers only Millennium Films hunterkillerprod@gmail.com NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS famous story of the wooden doll who comes to life Date shoot starts: Summer 2016 Lasse Hallstrom Mark Gordon, Sara Smith Casting Lucy Bevan address displayed for subscribers only Mark Gordon Company

5 PADDINGTON 2 ** sequel Paul King David Heyman, Alexandra Ferguson Casting Nina Gold Casting address displayed for subscribers only Heyday Films address displayed for subscribers only STAN AND OLLIE story of Laurel and Hardy s final UK tour Date shoot starts: end 2016 Cast: Steve Coogan, John C Reilly Jon S Baird Faye Ward, Eugenio Perez Casting Andy Pryor address displayed for subscribers only BBC/Fable/Lookout Point WATERSHIP DOWN live action/animation mix of famous book Date shoot starts: late Summer 2016 Noam Murro Hugo Sands Casting 42 for Netflix address displayed for subscribers only ZOE ** sci fi story Julie Delpy Gabrielle Tana Casting Theo Park Casting address displayed for subscribers only Baby Cow address displayed for subscribers only

6 2. Feature Films in Development ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT WW1 story Location of production: Belgium Roger Donaldson Paul Breuls Casting Sliding Down Rainbows address displayed for subscribers only ANGEL MAKERS, the * WW1-set drama (Wales), Belgium Date shoot starts: late 2016 Cast: Christina Hendricks Jon Amiel Jeanna Polley Casting Marc Schötteldreier address displayed for subscribers only The Producers Films address displayed for subscribers only FAVOURITE, the drama set in the time of Queen Anne Date shoot starts: 2017 Cast: Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz Yorgos Lanthimos Ed Guiney Casting Just Casting address displayed for subscribers only Element Pictures address displayed for subscribers only

7 FOUR KIDS AND IT family action story Cast: Michael Caine, Bill Nighy Andy de Emmony Julie Baines Casting Colin Jones Casting address displayed for subscribers only Dan Films address displayed for subscribers only GHOST STORIES supernatural drama Date shoot starts: Late Summer 2016 Jeremy Dyson Ali Gipps, Claire Jones Casting Shaheen Baig Casting address displayed for subscribers only Warp Films address displayed for subscribers only GIRL AT THE LION D OR, the 1930s set story in a small French town Location of production: France Anand Tucker Andy Brunskill Casting Bob and Co address displayed for subscribers only HATTON GARDEN HEIST, the story of the 2015 raid in Hatton Garden Gabe Turner Leo Pearlman Casting Fulwell 73 address displayed for subscribers only

8 IN MY OILS unknown (Wales) Craig Roberts Adrian Bate Casting Cliff Edge Pictures/Vox Pictures address displayed for subscribers only INVISIBLE story of a Ukrainian immigrant in London Danis Tanovic Miriam Segal Casting Good Films address displayed for subscribers only MOLLY contemporary drama Sally Potter Christopher Sheppard Casting Adventure Pictures address displayed for subscribers only PLAGUE, the arachnid invasion story Johannes Roberts James Harris Casting Tea Shop address displayed for subscribers only

9 REASON OF STATE thriller set in Downing Street Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey Casting Wildgaze Films address displayed for subscribers only ROCKETMAN Elton John biopic Cast: Tom Hardy Script: Lee Hall Michael Gracey David Furnish, Steve Hamilton Shaw Casting Jessica Ronane address displayed for subscribers only Rocket Pictures address displayed for subscribers only SANDITON based on Jane Austen novel Cast: Charlotte Rampling Script: Simon Reade Jim O Hanlon Guy de Beaujeu Casting Hubbard Casting address displayed for subscribers only Fluidity Films address displayed for subscribers only TWO FOR JOY ** social realist drama Date shoot starts: 2017 Tom Beard Emma Comley Casting address displayed for subscribers only

10 WAR OF THEIR OWN, a WW1 drama (Wales) Date shoot starts: late 2016 Bille August Martin Dewitte Casting Zimmermann Casting address displayed for subscribers only Living Stone address displayed for subscribers only Location of production: Date shoot starts: Casting WELL, the psychological drama UK unknown Massanyi Misko Tony Krantz Nancy Bishop Casting address displayed for subscribers only 79 Pictures address displayed for subscribers only Location of production: Date shoot starts: Casting WHERE HANDS TOUCH WW2-set story UK unknown Amma Assante Charlie Hanson Tantrum Films address displayed for subscribers only

11 3. Television Drama BORN TO KILL (4 x 60 mins) psychological thriller (Wales) Date shoot starts: late 2016 Bruce Goodison Nick Pitt Casting Daniel Edwards Casting address displayed for subscribers only World Productions for C4 address displayed for subscribers only CATASTROPHE series III ** return of popular drama Adam Tandy Casting Avalon for C4 address displayed for subscribers only CLIQUE * drama about uni friends (Glasgow) Date shoot starts: September 2016 Gabriel Silver Casting Jane Ripley Casting address displayed for subscribers only Balloon for BBC address displayed for subscribers only CORMORAN STRIKE MYSTERIES, the ** adaptation of Robert Galbraith novels Julian Farino Dan McCulloch Casting Shaheen Baig Casting address displayed for subscribers only Blair Partnership address displayed for subscribers only

12 CUCKOO series IV return of popular comedy Emma Lawson Casting CW Casting address displayed for subscribers only Roughcut TV address displayed for subscribers only DECLINE AND FALL ** comedy (Wales) Date shoot starts: Summer 2016 Matthew Bird Casting KRJ Casting address displayed for subscribers only Tiger Aspect for BBC2 address displayed for subscribers only DR FOSTER series II (5 x 60 mins) return of popular drama Date shoot starts: October 2016 Kate Crowther Casting Andy Pryor address displayed for subscribers only Drama Republic for BBC address displayed for subscribers only DURRELLS, the series II return of popular drama Lee Morris Casting Sid Gentle address displayed for subscribers only

13 END OF THE FUCKING WORLD, the comedy based on comic book story Date shoot starts: September 2016 Nick Pitt Casting Clerkenwell Films for E4 address displayed for subscribers only FEARLESS ** detective story Adrian Sturges Casting Alex Johnson Casting address displayed for subscribers only Mammoth for ITV address displayed for subscribers only HAUNTINGS, the * supernatural drama (Manchester) Date shoot starts: late 2016 Joel Campbell Casting Eleven Film address displayed for subscribers only HOWARD S END (4 x 60 mins) based on E M Forster novel Date shoot starts: Summer 2016 Laura Hastings-Smith Casting Playground for BBC address displayed for subscribers only

14 JURY, the ** dramatisation of a murder trial with real people Nick Holt Hamish Ferguson, Andrew Litvin Casting Dragonfly Films for Channel Four address displayed for subscribers only LINE OF DUTY series IV ** TB series return of popular drama (Belfast) Date shoot starts: end August 2016 Simon Heath Casting KRJ Casting address displayed for subscribers only World Prod ns for BBC2 address displayed for subscribers only McMAFIA (8 x 60 mins) based on the Misha Glenny novel Date shoot starts: October 2016 Dixie Linder Casting Cuba Pictures address displayed for subscribers only OUTLANDER series III return of popular drama (Scotland) Date shoot starts: August 2016 David Brown Casting Suzanne Smith Casting address displayed for subscribers only Left Bank Pictures address displayed for subscribers only

15 POLDARK SERIES 3 return of popular drama Date shoot starts: September 2016 Roopesh Parekh address displayed for subscribers only Casting Mammoth Screen address displayed for subscribers only ROBOT OVERLORDS spinoff of feature film Jon Wright Tony Wood Casting Buccaneer Media address displayed for subscribers only SNATCH ** series based on the Guy Ritchie film Date shoot starts: August 2016 Helen Flint Casting Little Island address displayed for subscribers only TRIP TO SPAIN, the a third outing for Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan /Spain Michael Winterbottom Josh Haynes Casting Julie Harkin Casting address displayed for subscribers only Baby Cow for Sky Atlantic address displayed for subscribers only

16 WINDSORS, the series II return of popular drama Date shoot starts: late 2016 Camilla Campbell, Robert Wulff-Cochrane Casting Noho address displayed for subscribers only WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (2 x 60 mins) adaptation of Agatha Christie novel (Manchester) Date shoot starts: August 2016 Colin Wratten Casting Mammoth for BBC address displayed for subscribers only * Updated listing since a previous weekly or monthly edition ** New listing for the monthly edition (may have been previously listed in a UKCN weekly edition) Updates since previous edition(s) in bold italics 2016 UK Casting News. All Rights Reserved. Information contained herein is not to be copied, sold or distributed in whole or in part without the express permission of UK Casting News. All information set out is provided in good faith but may not be accurate at the date of publication. UK Casting News or its owners are not responsible for any errors or omissions. No promise of employment is expressed or implied.