UK CASTING NEWS July July 2013 «B» UK CASTING NEWS UK Casting News

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1 July 2013 «B» UK CASTING NEWS

2 Editorial Welcome to the July edition, and as today (15 th ) is also a Monday, this is the combined monthly and weekly edition. Please note that next month, our monthly edition will appear a day later than usual, on Friday 16 th August, and there will be no weekly edition the following Monday (19 th ). I hope you find the newsletter to be very useful and my best wishes for your next job. Vivienne Blandford, head of subscriptions UK Casting News 1. s in ASSASSIN ** London-set gangster story (London) Danny Dyer J K Amalou Jonathan Sothcott Casting Richwater Films address listed for subscribers only CHICKEN story of two guys living in a caravan Joe Stephenson Raiomond Mirza Casting B Good Picture Company Ltd address listed for subscribers only

3 CINDERELLA * modern re-imagining of the classic story (Shepperton) Cate Blanchett Aline Brosh McKenna, Chris Weitz Kenneth Branagh Simon Kinberg Casting Lucy Bevan address listed for subscribers only Walt Disney Productions DRACULA well-known story (Belfast) Matt Sazama Gary Shore Michael de Luca Casting Gail Stevens Casting address listed for subscribers only Michael de Luca Productions-Universal FURY ** Story of American tank unit in WW2 (Pinewood) Brad Pitt David Ayer Bill Block Casting Lindsay Graham Phone: QED Int l address listed for subscribers only IMITATION GAME, the story of code-breaker Alan Turing Benedict Cumberbatch Morten Tyldum Ido Ostrovsky, Nora Grossman Casting Nina Gold address listed for subscribers only Ampersand-Black Bear Pictures

4 MAN FROM UNCLE, the * updating of 60s TV series (Leavesden) Guy Ritchie Lionel Wigram Casting address listed for subscribers only Wigram Productions-Warner Bros NORFOLK ** gangster hides out in Norfolk (Norfolk) Martin Radich Felix Pretsell Casting Shaheen Baig address listed for subscribers only BBC Films-Creative England-BFI Film Fund PADDINGTON BEAR live action version of Michael Bond story Paul King David Heyman Casting Nina Gold address listed for subscribers only Heyday Productions SNOW IN PARADISE East End gangster discovers Islam (London) Date shoot starts: July 2013 Andrew Hulme Christine Alderson Casting Shaheen Baig address listed for subscribers only Ipso Facto Films

5 SPACESHIP * alien abduction fantasy (Hampshire) Alex Taylor Alex Taylor Nicola Bowen address listed for subscribers only Casting BBC Films-iFeatures SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS re-working of Arthur Ransome s children s classic Date shoot starts: Summer 2013 Andrea Gibb Tom and Charles Guard Nick Barton, Suzanne Mackie Casting Shaheen Baig address listed for subscribers only Harbour Pictures/BBC address listed for subscribers only 2. s in 47 METERS DOWN divers get trapped in shark-infested waters Date shoot starts: early 2014 Johannes Roberts Mark Lane, James Harris Casting Colin Jones address listed for subscribers only Teashop and Film Co address listed for subscribers only BELLY DANCING FOR BEGINNERS UK woman goes to Turkey to learn belly dancing, Turkey Rachel Cuperman, Sally Griffiths Debbie Isitt Marc Samuelson Casting Bankside Films address listed for subscribers only

6 CHAPERONE, the story of a young Louise Brooks Location of production: Julian Fellowes Simon Curtis Eli Selden, Adam Shulman Casting Big Talk Productions address listed for subscribers only CITIES ** story set in New York, London and Mumbai Location of production: (see above) Orlando Bloom Roger Donaldson Chris Curling Casting Daniel Hubbard address listed for subscribers only Zephyr Films address listed for subscribers only DARKNESS, the American tutor finds weird goings on in an English Manor House Elizabeth Mary Winstead Daniel Stamm Joe Neurauter Casting Occupant Films address listed for subscribers only DESTROYER Falklands War-set story about HMS Coventry Paul Bettany Tom Shankland Tom Shankland Angus Lamont Casting Warp Films address listed for subscribers only

7 EXODUS Biblical epic Date shoot starts: late 2013 Ridley Scott Mark Huffam Casting Nina Gold address listed for subscribers only Prod manager: Janine Modder RSA-Twentieth Century Fox FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD * based on Thomas Hardy novel Date shoot starts: 2014 Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts Thomas Vinterberg Andrew Macdonald Casting Nina Gold address listed for subscribers only Prod co-ord:: BBC Films-DNA Films address listed for subscribers only FRANKENSTEIN re-hashing of familiar story Daniel Radcliffe Paul McGuigan John Davis Casting Davis Entertainment-Twentieth Century Fox GIRLS NIGHT OUT Story about Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, set in 1945 (Yorkshire) Trevor da Silva Michael Hoffman Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae Casting Lucinda Syson address listed for subscribers only Ecosse Films

8 HAPPY PRINCE, the Story about the last days of Oscar Wilde Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Edward Fox Rupert Everett Robert Fox Casting Celestia Fox address listed for subscribers only Bavaria Media, Robert Fox Ltd address listed for subscribers only INTO THE WOODS update of the 1980s Stephen Sondheim musical (Leavesden Studios) Meryl Streep, Jake Gyllenhall, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp Rob Marshall Marc Platt Casting VHJ Casting Lucamar Productions - Walt Disney Company LADY WHO WENT TOO FAR, the period pic about Lady Hester Stanhope + elsewhere David Seidler Tom Hooper Gareth Unwin Casting Bedlam Productions address listed for subscribers only MACBETH * well known Scottish play Date shoot starts: 2014 Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender William Shakespeare Justin Kurzel Iain Canning, Emile Sherman Casting Jina Jay See Saw Films address listed for subscribers only

9 MISS YOU ALREADY two lifelong friends fall out after illness and pregnancy Morwenna Banks, Paul Andrew Williams Toni Collette Paul Andrew Williams Chris Simon, Felix Vossen Casting address listed for subscribers only Embargo Films address listed for subscribers only MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH based on novel by Philip Gawthorne Philip Gawthorne Sam Claflin Daniel Gill Dominic Norris, Amanda Brehemy Casting Serotonin Films address listed for subscribers only OUR KIND OF TRAITOR based on John Le Carre novel Justin Kurzel Gail Egan, Andrea Calderwood Casting Nina Gold address listed for subscribers only Potboiler Productions address listed for subscribers only PARIS, I LL KILL YOU set of inter-connecting short stories about Paris (London) Christian Alvart, Joe Dante, Xavier Gens, Christopher Smith Darryn Welch Casting Instinctive Films address listed for subscribers only

10 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 5 continuing story, USA Date shoot starts: 2014 Johnny Depp Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg Jerry Bruckheimer Casting Bruckheimer Films-Disney address listed for subscribers only PRIDE, PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES just like the Jane Austen novel, but with zombies Lily Collins Burr Steers Richard Kelly, Allison Shearmur Casting Darko Entertainment address listed for subscribers only QUEEN AND COUNTRY story of a young man going to fight in the Korean War /Ireland John Boorman John Boorman Kieran Corrigan Casting Merlin Films address listed for subscribers only REPENT fake confessions of a serial killer Agnieszka Lukasiak Agnieszka Lukasiak Steve Golin, Kris Thykier Casting Anonymous Content-PeaPie Films address listed for subscribers only

11 ROCKETMAN Elton John biopic Tom Hardy Lee Hall Michael Gracey David Furnish, Steve Hamilton Shaw Casting Jessica Ronane (Children) address listed for subscribers only Rocket Pictures address listed for subscribers only SECRET SERVICE, the ** spy trains his nephew to join the Secret Service (London) Colin Firth Matthew Vaughn Tarquin Park, Adam Bohling, David Reid Casting Marv Films STAR WARS VII sci-fi action Date shoot starts: late 2013 J J Abrams Bryan Burk, Kathleen Kennedy Casting Bad Robot, Lucasfilm address listed for subscribers only SUNSET SONG ** coming of age story, set in the 1900s (Scotland) Terence Davies Alan Melia Casting Hubbard Casting address listed for subscribers only Hurricane Films

12 SWORD OF VENGEANCE 11 th century drama Location of production: Jim Weedon Rupert Preston Casting Vertigo Films address listed for subscribers only TAKEDOWN group of wayward kids gets kidnapped Jim Gillespie Alex Brown, Ed Elbert, Alex Tate Casting Studio Eight address listed for subscribers only THEORY OF EVERYTHING, the ** Stephen Hawking biopic (London) Eddie Redmayne James Marsh Lisa Bruce Assoc prod/prod mgr: Nina Gold address listed for subscribers only Working Title address listed for subscribers only TOM JONES * dramatization of Henry Fielding novel Date shoot starts: 2014 Tom Vaughan Janette Day Casting Hubbard Casting address listed for subscribers only Crossday Productions address listed for subscribers only

13 TOMORROW drama set in contemporary London Martha Pinson Neil Jones, Dean Mitchell Casting Burn Hand Films address listed for subscribers only TOP DOG ** London-set gangster story (London) Date shoot starts: November 2013 Martin Kemp Jonathan Sothcott Casting Richwater Films address listed for subscribers only TURN, the urban horror Dean Fisher address listed for subscribers only Casting Scanner-Rhodes address listed for subscribers only WALKING ON SUNSHINE * contemporary musical Location of production: Italy Kylie Minogue, Gemma Arterton Max and Dania James Richardson Casting Gary Davy address listed for subscribers only Vertigo Films

14 WANDERERS, the Britpop teen musical, set in 1996 Date shoot starts: Bill Milner Luke Snellin Michael Berliner Casting 2AM Films address listed for subscribers only WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH WW2-set sequel Date shoot starts: October 2013 Jon Crocker Tom Harper Simon Oakes, Ricjard Jackson Casting Julie Harkin address listed for subscribers only Hammer Film Productions address listed for subscribers only ZOOKEEPER S WIFE, the WW2 story based on Diane Ackerman novel Jessica Chastain Diane Ackerman Niki Caro Michael Tollin, Kim Zubick Casting Tollin Productions address listed for subscribers only

15 3. Television Drama DCI BANKS series III TV series return of detective series (Yorkshire) Emma Kingsman-Lloyd Casting Laura Scott address listed for subscribers only Left Bank Pictures for ITV FALL, the series II TV series return of detective series (Belfast) Gillian Anderson Julian Stevens Casting Nina Gold address listed for subscribers only Artists Co-BBC Northern Ireland address listed for subscribers only FROM THERE TO HERE TV series (3 x 60 mins) Manchester-set story, set in late 90s (Manchester) Peter Bowker James Strong Derek Wax, Stephen Wright Casting Kudos for BBC1 FORTITUDE TV series (13 x 60 mins) sci-fi thriller Colin Callender, Patrick Spence Casting Tiger Aspect-Fifty Fathoms-Starz for Sky Atlantic address listed for subscribers only

16 GAME, the TV series (6 x 60 mins) Cold War spy thriller Niall McCormick Radford Neville Casting Rachel Freck address listed for subscribers only BBC Wales for BBC1 GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, the TV series (4 x 60 mins) story set in the time of the Fire of London in 1666 Douglas Rae Casting Ecosse Films for ITV1 address listed for subscribers only HAPPY VALLEY TV series (6 x 60 mins) female police sergeant confronts a kidnapper (Manchester) Sally Wainwright Exec Nicola Shindler Casting Red Productions for BBC1 address listed for subscribers only HEBBURN series II TV series return of popular comedy (Manchester) Jason Cook, Graham Duff Gill Isles Casting Janet Hampson address listed for subscribers only Channel X-Baby Cow for BBC2 address listed for subscribers only

17 IN THE FLESH series II ** TV series return of popular series (Manchester) John Rushton Casting Beverley Keogh address listed for subscribers only BBC for BBC3 JAMAICA INN TV drama (3 x 60 mins) dramatization of the Daphne du Maurier novel Emma Frost Philippa Lowthorpe Grainne Marmion Casting Origin Pictures for BBC1 JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL TV series (6 x 60 mins) drama set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars Peter Harness, from Suzanna Clark novel Toby Haynes Nick Hirschkorn, Nick Marston Casting KRJ Casting address listed for subscribers only Cuba Productions for BBC1 address listed for subscribers only OUTLANDER * TV series (16 x 60 mins) stories based on Diana Gabaldon novels (Scotland) Date shoot starts: October 2013 Ron Moore, Hilary Benson Casting Tall Ships-Starz-Left Bank Pictures

18 PENNY DREADFUL * TV series series about literature s most terrifying characters Sam Mendes Pippa Harris Casting Karen Lindsay Stewart address listed for subscribers only Neal Street Productions address listed for subscribers only POET IN NEW YORK ** TV drama (1 x 75 mins) last days of Dylan Thomas in New York Aisling Walsh Ruth Caleb Casting Shaheen Baig address listed for subscribers only Modern TV for BBC2 REMEMBER ME * TV series (3 x 60 mins) murder mystery (Manchester) Date shoot starts: October 2013 Ashley Pearce Chris Carey Casting Mammoth Screen-BBC UTOPIA series II ** TV series (6 x 60 mins) return of popular series Rebekah Wray-Rogers Casting Julie Harkin address listed for subscribers only Kudos for Channel 4 * Updated listing since a previous weekly or monthly edition ** New listing for the monthly edition (may have been previously listed in a UKPN weekly edition) Updates since previous edition(s) in bold italics

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