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

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1 June 2013 «B» UK CASTING NEWS

2 1. Feature Films in Preproduction DRACULA ** well-known story (Belfast) Date shoot starts: August 2013 Matt Sazama Gary Shore Michael de Luca Casting Dan Hubbard address displayed for subscribers only Michael de Luca Productions-Universal HONEYTRAP * girl sets up her BF to be murdered Location of production: London Date shoot starts: July 2013 Rebecca Johnson Rebecca Johnson Sarah Sulick Casting Amanda Tabak address displayed for subscribers only Bright Pictures address displayed for subscribers only HYENA * gangster story about a crooked cop (London) Date shoot starts: July 2013 Peter Ferdinando Gerard Johnson Gerard Johnson Joanna Laurie Casting Des Hamilton address displayed for subscribers only Number 9 Films

3 IMITATION GAME, the ** story of code-breaker Alan Turnig Date shoot starts: September 2013 Benedict Cumberbatch Morten Tyldum Ido Ostrovsky, Nora Grossman Casting Nina Gold address displayed for subscribers only Ampersand-Black Bear Pictures IN THE HEART OF THE SEA ** adaptation of Nathaniel Philpott novel (Leavesden) Date shoot starts: September 2013 Chris Hemsworth Charles Leavitt Ron Howard Joe Roth, Paula Weinstein Casting Nina Gold address displayed for subscribers only Roth Films-Warner Bros PADDINGTON BEAR live action version of Michael Bond story Date shoot starts: September 2013 Paul King David Heyman Casting Nina Gold address displayed for subscribers only Heyday Productions SILENT STORM ** 1950s-set drama (Scotland) Date shoot starts: Summer 2013 Damian Lewis, Andrea Riseborough Corinna McFarlane Nicky Bentham Casting Neon Films address displayed for subscribers only

4 SPACESHIP alien abduction fantasy (Hampshire) Date shoot starts: August 2013 Alex Taylor Alex Taylor Nicola Bowen address displayed for subscribers only Casting BBC Films-iFeatures SURVIVOR ** contemporary action thriller (London) Date shoot starts: August 2013 Clive Owen, Katherine Heigl James McTeigue Irwin Winkler Casting Nu Image-Millennium 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 displayed for subscribers only Harbour Pictures/BBC address displayed for subscribers only VAMPIRE ACADEMY: BLOOD SISTERS fanasty vampire story (Pinewood) Date shoot starts: July 2013 Mark Waters Don Murphy, Deepak Nayar Casting Marci Liroff address displayed for subscribers only Kintop Pictures Angry Films

5 WAR BOOK, the ** political thriller set in the aftermath of a nuclear attack (London) Date shoot starts: July 2013 Tom Harper Mike Brett Casting Julie Harkin address displayed for subscribers only Sixteen Films address displayed for subscribers only WRAITH, the ** supernatural story (London) Date shoot starts: July 2013 Robert Young Stephen Cranny Casting Collective Films address displayed for subscribers only X AND Y * story of a maths olympiad Date shoot starts: July 2013 James Graham Morgan Matthews Ed Rubin, David Thompson Casting Shaheen Baig address displayed for subscribers only Origin Pictures address displayed for subscribers only 2. Feature Films in Development 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 displayed for subscribers only Teashop and Film Co address displayed 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 displayed for subscribers only CINDERELLA modern re-imagining of the classic story (Shepperton) Cate Blanchett Aline Brosh McKenna, Chris Weitz Kenneth Branagh Simon Kinberg Casting Lucy Bevan address displayed for subscribers only Walt Disney Productions DARKNESS, the American tutor finds weird goings on in an English Manor House Date shoot starts: Summer 2013 Elizabeth Mary Winstead Daniel Stamm Joe Neurauter Casting Occupant Films address displayed for subscribers only DESTROYER Falklands War-set story about HMS Coventry Paul Bettany Tom Shankland Tom Shankland Angus Lamont Casting Warp Films address displayed for subscribers only

7 EXODUS ** Biblical epic Date shoot starts: late 2013 Ridley Scott Mark Huffam Casting Nina Gold address displayed for subscribers only Prod manager: Janine Modder address displayed for subscribers only RSA-Twentieth Century Fox FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD * based on Thomas Hardy novel Date shoot starts: October 2013 Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts Thomas Vinterberg Andrew Macdonald Casting Nina Gold address displayed for subscribers only Prod co-ord:: BBC Films-DNA Films address displayed 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) Date shoot starts: September 2013 Trevor da Silva Michael Hoffman Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae Casting Lucinda Syson address displayed 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 displayed for subscribers only Bavaria Media, Robert Fox Ltd address displayed 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 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 displayed for subscribers only LET US PREY Satan arrives in a small town (Scotland) Date shoot starts: Summer 2013 Brian O Malley Eddie Dick Casting Makar Productions

9 LONDON FIELDS dramatization of Martin Amos novel Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand Shekhar Khapur Chris Hanley address displayed for subscribers only Casting Muse Productions address displayed for subscribers only MACBETH well known Scottish play Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender Wiliam Shakespeare Justin Kurzel Iain Canning, Emile Sherman Casting See Saw Films address displayed for subscribers only MAN FROM UNCLE, the updating of 60s TV series (Leavesden) Date shoot starts: Summer 2013 Guy Ritchie Lionel Wigram Casting Reg Poerscoutt- Edgerton address displayed for subscribers only Wigram Productions-Warner Bros 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 Nuala O Leary address displayed for subscribers only Embargo Films address displayed for subscribers only

10 MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH based on novel by Philip Gawthorne Philip Gawthorne Sam Claflin Daniel Gill Dominic Norris, Amanda Brehemy Casting Alice Searby Serotonin Films address displayed for subscribers only OUR KIND OF TRAITOR based on John Le Carre novel Justin Kurzel Gail Egan, Andrea Calderwood Casting Nina Gold address displayed for subscribers only Potboiler Productions address displayed 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 displayed 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 displayed for subscribers only

11 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 displayed for subscribers only REPENT fake confessions of a serial killer Agnieszka Lukasiak Agnieszka Lukasiak Steve Golin, Kris Thykier Casting Anonymous Content-PeaPie Films address displayed for subscribers only ROCKETMAN ** Elton John biopic Tom Hardy Lee Hall Michael Gracey David Furnish, Steve Hamilton Shaw Casting Jessica Ronane address displayed for subscribers only Rocket Pictures address displayed for subscribers only STAR WARS VII sci-fi action Date shoot starts: late 2013 J J Abrams Bryan Burk, Kathleen Kennedy Casting Bad Robot, Lucasfilm address displayed for subscribers only

12 SUPERBOB superhero takes a day off to go on a date Date shoot starts: Summer 2013 Jon Drever Robert Jones Casting Leo Davis address displayed for subscribers only Jones Company Productions address displayed for subscribers only SWORD OF VENGEANCE ** 11 th century drama Location of production: Date shoot starts: September 2013 Jim Weedon Rupert Preston Casting Vertigo Films address displayed for subscribers only TAKEDOWN ** group of wayward kids gets kidnapped Jim Gillespie Alex Brown, Ed Elbert, Alex Tate Casting Studio Eight address displayed for subscribers only TOM JONES dramatization of Henry Fielding novel Tom Vaughan Janette Day Casting Hubbard Casting address displayed for subscribers only Crossday Productions address displayed for subscribers only

13 TOMORROW drama set in contemporary London Martha Pinson Neil Jones, Dean Mitchell Casting Burn Hand Films address displayed for subscribers only TURN, the urban horror Dean Fisher address displayed for subscribers only Casting Scanner-Rhodes address displayed for subscribers only WALKING ON SUNSHINE contemporary musical Location of production: Italy Date shoot starts: September 2013 Kylie Minogue, Gemma Arterton Max and Dania James Richardson Casting Gary Davy address displayed for subscribers only Vertigo Films address displayed for subscribers only WANDERERS, the Britpop teen musical, set in 1996 Date shoot starts: Spring 2013 Bill Milner Luke Snellin Michael Berliner Casting 2AM Films address displayed for subscribers only

14 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 displayed for subscribers only Hammer Film Productions address displayed 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 displayed for subscribers only 3. Television Drama DCI BANKS series III ** TV series return of detective series (Yorkshire) Date shoot starts: August 2013 Emma Kingsman-Lloyd Casting laura Scott address displayed for subscribers only Left Bank Pictures for ITV DUMPING GROUND, the series II ** TV series return of popular CBBC series (Newcastle) Date shoot starts: July 2013 Craig Lines Foz Allan Casting Sue Needleman address displayed for subscribers only BBC for CBBC

15 FALL, the series II ** TV series return of detective series (Belfast) Gillian Anderson Julian Stevens Casting Nina Gold address displayed for subscribers only Artists Co-BBC Northern Ireland address displayed for subscribers only FROM THERE TO HERE ** TV series (3 x 60 mins) Manchester-set story, set in late 90s (Manchester) Date shoot starts: August 2013 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 displayed for subscribers only GAME, the TV series (6 x 60 mins) Cold War spy thriller Date shoot starts: August 2013 Niall McCormick Radford Neville Casting Rachel Freck address displayed for subscribers only BBC Wales for BBC1

16 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 displayed 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 displayed for subscribers only HEBBURN series II ** TV series return of popular comedy (Manchester) Date shoot starts: August 2013 Jason Cook, Graham Duff Gill Isles Casting Janet Hampson address displayed for subscribers only Channel X-Baby Cow for BBC2 address displayed for subscribers only 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

17 JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL TV series (6 x 60 mins) drama set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars Date shoot starts: August 2013 Peter Harness, from Suzanna Clark novel Toby Haynes Nick Hirschkorn, Nick Marston Casting Kate Rhodes James address displayed for subscribers only Cuba Productions for BBC1 address displayed for subscribers only LEGACY ** TV movie (1 x 90 mins) spy story adapted from Alan Judd novel (London) Date shoot starts: July 2013 Pete Travis Simon Crawford Collins Casting Celestia Fox address displayed for subscribers only Slim Film for BBC2 address displayed for subscribers only OUTLANDER ** TV series (16 x 60 mins) stories based on Diana Gabaldon novels (Scotland) Ron Moore, Hilary Benson Casting Tall Ships-Starz-Left Bank Pictures PENNY DREADFUL * TV series series about literature s most terrifying characters Date shoot starts: September 2013 Sam Mendes Pippa Harris Casting Neal Street Productions address displayed for subscribers only

18 REMEMBER ME ** TV series (3 x 60 mins) murder mystery (Manchester) Date shoot starts: October 2013 Ashley Pearce Chris Carey Casting Mammoth Screen-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 UKPN weekly edition) Updates since previous edition(s) in bold italics 2013 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.