UK CASTING NEWS May May 2015 B UK CASTING NEWS UK Casting News

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1 May 2015 B UK CASTING NEWS

2 1. Feature Films in Preproduction 47 METRES DOWN divers get trapped in shark-infested waters Date shoot starts: June 2015 Johannes Roberts Mark Lane, James Harris Casting Colin Jones Casting address displayed for subscribers only Teashop and Film Co BLISS * teenage girl runs away from home Date shoot starts: June 2015 Rita Osei Alan Latham, Alex Ashworth Casting Jenkins McShane Casting address displayed for subscribers only GP Studios address displayed for subscribers only CAPTAIN OF THE GATE story of Winston Churchill Kevin Spacey Saul Dibb Damon Lane, Cameron Lamb Casting Lila 9 th address displayed for subscribers only

3 CROW, the supernatural story (Wales) Corin Hardy Ryan Kavanaugh Casting Dixie Chassay address displayed for subscribers only Ed Pressman Pictures-Weinsteins-Relativity DON T KNOCK TWICE * supernatural story (Wales) Date shoot starts: July 2015 Caradog James John Giwa-Amu Casting Lindsey Kroeger Casting c/o Red and Black Films Red and Black Films address displayed for subscribers only ELIMINATORS US Federal Agent is on the run in London James Nunn Jonathan Sothcott Casting Richwater Films address displayed for subscribers only FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM ** based on JK Rowling novel Date shoot starts: August 2015 David Yates David Heyman Casting Fiona Weir address displayed for subscribers only Warner Bros-Heyday Films address displayed for subscribers only

4 FREE FIRE 70s-set crime story Date shoot starts: June 2015 Ben Wheatley Andy Starke Casting Shaheen Baig Casting address displayed for subscribers only Rook Films HIPPOPOTAMUS, the adaptation of Stephen Fry novel John Jencks Jay Taylor Casting Celestia Fox address displayed for subscribers only Electric Shadow address displayed for subscribers only LONDON TOWN ** 70s-set story about a Clash fan Date shoot starts: June 2015 Derrick Borte Tom Butterfield Casting Culmination Productions address displayed for subscribers only NOEL COWARD BIOPIC ** story based on his early life Joe Stephenson Julia Valentine Casting Just Casting address displayed for subscribers only B Good Picture Co

5 THEIR FINEST HOUR AND A HALF ** based on 2009 novel by Lissa Evans Date shoot starts: July 2015 Lone Scherfig Amanda Posey, Stephen Woolley Casting Lucy Bevan address displayed for subscribers only Wildgaze-BBC Films-Number 9 Films address displayed for subscribers only 2. Feature Films in Development ASSASSIN S CREED ** time traveler assassin story Michael Fassbender Justin Kurzel Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley Casting Jina Jay assistantjinajay@gmail.com Kennedy Marshall Co-New Regency CROAK ** fantasy story Gillian Anderson Sam Fell Rebekah Gilbertson Casting Hubbard Casting @hubbardcasting.com Rainy Day Films

6 CROSS MY MIND love story about a married woman and a soldier (Glasgow) Kevin McKidd, Olivia Williams, Peter Mullan Script: Bruce McLeod, Naomi Wallace Kees Kasander Casting Gary Davy address displayed for subscribers only Kasander Film address displayed for subscribers only Location of production: Date shoot starts: Casting ENEMY OF MAN re-working of Macbeth UK unknown Sean Bean, Jason Flemyng, Rupert Grint, Charles Dance, James D Arcy, Sam Spruell Vincent Regan Steve Harvey, Nick Saunders Hell Kite Films, Milk and One Sugar FINAL PORTRAIT ** story about sculptor Giacometti Geoffrey Rush Script: Stanley Tucci Stanley Tucci Gail Egan Casting Potboiler address displayed for subscribers only

7 FUNNY COW 1970s-set story about a female stand-up Maxine Peake, Martin Freeman Tinge Krishnan Kevin Proctor Casting POW Films address displayed for subscribers only FUTURES City trader works out how to time-travel Rob Green Martin Gentles, Ed King Casting Starchild Pictures address displayed for subscribers only HERETIKS period horror Paul Hyett Mike Riley Casting Sterling Pictures address displayed for subscribers only IBOY man wakes from coma with parts of an iphone in his head Adam Randall Emily Leo Casting Syson Grainger Casting address displayed for subscribers only Wigwam Films address displayed for subscribers only

8 MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH based on novel by Philip Gawthorne Script: Philip Gawthorne Sam Claflin Daniel Gill Dominic Norris, Amanda Brehemy Casting Alice Searby address displayed for subscribers only Serotonin Films address displayed for subscribers only ROCKETMAN Elton John biopic 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 SLUMBER supernatural thriller Jonathan Hopkins James Harris, Mark Lane Casting Tea Shop and Film co address displayed for subscribers only

9 WHITE ON RED contemporary story Rowan Athale Ed Barratt Casting Hook Pictures address displayed for subscribers only 3. Television Drama AGATHA RAISIN ** * (8 x 60 mins) comedy detective story Date shoot starts: July 2015 Matthew Mulot Casting Mammoth Screen for Sky 1 address displayed for subscribers only ALIENS (6 x 60 mins) sci fi Charlie Leech Casting Clerkenwell Films for E4 address displayed for subscribers only

10 AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (3 x 60 mins) dramatisation of Agatha Christie story Abi Bach Casting KLS Casting address displayed for subscribers only Mammoth Screen for ITV BOOMERS series II ** return of popular series Paul Schlesinger Casting Nicky Bligh Casting address displayed for subscribers only Hat Trick for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only CATASTROPHE series II reprise of well-regarded series Jack Bayles Casting Avalon for C4 address displayed for subscribers only CHEWING GUM sitcom Tom Marshall Casting Retort for C4 address displayed for subscribers only

11 CLOSE TO THE ENEMY period drama with music Stephen Poliakoff Helen Flint Casting Andy Pryor address displayed for subscribers only Little Island for BBC2 CRASHING drama about a group of 20-somethings Josh Cole Casting Big Talk address displayed for subscribers only CROWN, the biopic about HM Queen Elizabeth II Stephen Daldry Andy Harries Casting Nina Gold Casting address displayed for subscribers only Left Bank Pictures for Netflix address displayed for subscribers only DOCTOR THORNE ** period drama based on Trollope Script: Julian Fellowes Julian Fellowes Casting Hat Trick address displayed for subscribers only

12 DRIFTERS series III return of popular series Sam Pinnell Casting Bwark address displayed for subscribers only GRANTCHESTER series II (6 x 60 mins) return of popular series Emma Kingsman-Lloyd Casting Lovely Day for BBC2 address displayed for subscribers only HAPPY VALLEY series II * return of popular series Juliet Charlesworth Casting Beverley Keogh address displayed for subscribers only Red Productions for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only I WANT MY WIFE BACK ** (6 x 30 mins) sitcom about a guy wondering why his wife left Date shoot starts: July 2015 Ben Miller Script: Mark Bussell, Justin Sbresni Carmel Maloney Casting Mainstreet address displayed for subscribers only

13 IN THE CLUB series II (6 x 60 mins) return of popular series (Yorkshire) Kay Mellor Casting Rollem address displayed for subscribers only KBO: THE CHURCHILL SECRET ** oduction: TV drama Churchill story, set in 1950s Date shoot starts: June 2015 Hal Vogel Casting Celestia Fox address displayed for subscribers only Daybreak for ITV address displayed for subscribers only LINE OF DUTY series III TV drama (1 x 30 mins) return of popular drama (Belfast) Date shoot starts: Spring 2015 Peter Norris Casting KRJ Casting address displayed for subscribers only World Productions for BBC2 address displayed for subscribers only LIVING AND THE DEAD, the * 1888-set ghost story Date shoot starts: August 2015 Alice Troughton Eliza Mellor Casting Gary Davy address displayed for subscribers only Monastic Productions

14 LOVE, NINA ** (5 x 30 mins) period drama Date shoot starts: September 2015 Iain Canning Casting address displayed for subscribers only See Saw for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only MAIGRET (2 x 120 mins) re-working of Georges Simenon novels, Hungary, France Jeremy Gwilt Casting Ealing Studios-ITV Studios address displayed for subscribers only MUM ** (6 x 30 mins) late 50s woman rebuilds her life as a widow Richard Laxton Lyndsay Robinson Casting Crowe Casting address displayed for subscribers only Big Talk address displayed for subscribers only ONE OF US ** (4 x 60 mins) murder story (Scotland) Date shoot starts: August 2015 Will McGregor Colin Wratten Casting Two Brothers Pictures-BBC for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only

15 POLDARK series II ** (8 x 60 mins) return of ratings-buster Margaret Mitchell Casting Mammoth for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only PREY series II return of popular series Lewis Arnold Tom Sherry Casting Beverley Keogh address displayed for subscribers only Red for ITV address displayed for subscribers only RED DWARF series XI ** return of popular series Doug Naylor Kerry Wadell Casting Baby Cow for UKTV Dave address displayed for subscribers only SECRET AGENT ** (3 x 60 mins) adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel Date shoot starts: September 2015 Charles McDougall Priscilla Parish Casting World Productions for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only

16 SHERLOCK series IV (4 x 60 mins) return of ratings-winning drama Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman Sue Vertue Casting Hartswood for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only SS GB based on Len Deighton novel Lee Morris Casting Sid Gentle Films for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only TABOO * (8 x 60 mins) 1813-set story about adventurer James Keziah Delaney Tom Hardy Ridley Scott Tim Bricknell Casting RSA-Scott Free Films address displayed for subscribers only TALE OF TWO CITIES, a dramatisation of famous novel Date shoot starts: late 2015 Hilary Norrish Casting Shaheen Baig Casting address displayed for subscribers only Mammoth Screen for C4 address displayed for subscribers only

17 UNDERCOVER ** (6 x 60 mins) political thriller Date shoot starts: June 2015 Script: Peter Moffat Richard Stokes address displayed for subscribers only Casting BBC for BBC1 VERA series VI return of popular series Date shoot starts: June 2015 Letitia Knight Casting Maureen Duff Casting address displayed for subscribers only ITV Studios for ITV1 WITLESS ** (6 x 30 mins) comedy about a guy in a witness protection programme Charlotte Lewis Casting Objective Productions for BBC3 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 2015 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.