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The in-person event takes place on October 7 at London’s Picturehouse Central.

Campbell X’s Low Rider and Alex Helfrecht’s A Winter’s Journey are among the five features taking part in the third edition of the BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase.

The in-person event takes place on October 7 as part of the festival’s UK Talent Days focus, in partnership with the British Council, at London’s Picturehouse Central.

The event will screen extracts from each project, with an introduction from its filmmaker, to an invited audience of international buyers as well as UK sales agents and festival programmers,...

Stars: Kate Bosworth, Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann, Thomas Kretschmann | Written by Malachi Smyth | Directed by Tanel Toom

Set about 40 years from the present day, Last Sentinel follows a platoon of four soldiers who are stranded on a military base waiting for relief. This world is now covered in water with only two land masses, who are now at war. Now three months past their duty time, the soldiers are wondering whether the relief will come at all, or if it is the enemy who will find them first.

There is plenty to enjoy about Last Sentinel. Right from the first few seconds you can see that it either has a decent budget or the small budget is used very well. I can only assume that much of it was shot at sea but even the shots where we don’t see the ocean, you really do feel like they are...

In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to film producer Matt Wilkinson of Stigma Films about his newest film Last Sentinel and “3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life”

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“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.

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Last Sentinel is a film directed by Tanel Toom starring Kate Bosworth and Thomas Kretschmann.

Last Sentinel is one of those films that, unfortunately, will not go down in history. It entertains, just enough, but it never ceases to be, look, and behave like what it is: a film with a limited budget whose only appeal is to let us see Kate Bosworth again, who, within her limited role, does the job very well.

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Last Sentinel is born as one of those films that, when they come out well, have a lot to offer, especially as a showcase for the director to shine, Tanel Toom in this case. He proves he knows how to do his job. It is a well shot film (given the circumstances), whose idea could not be simply better exploited as the script by Malachi Smyth was written.

Little action and a lot of tension,...

Last Sentinel Trailer — Tanel Toom‘s Last Sentinel (2023) movie trailer has been released by Vertical Entertainment. The Last Sentinel trailer stars Kate Bosworth, Thomas Kretschmann, Lucien Laviscount, and Martin McCann. Crew Malachi Smyth wrote the screenplay for Last Sentinel. Poster Last Sentinel Movie Poster Plot Synopsis Last Sentinel‘s plot synopsis: “Set in the near future, unchecked and rampant climate [...]

Continue reading: Last Sentinel (2023) Movie Trailer: Kate Bosworth Leads Soldiers in a Fight against the Unknown in a Post-apocalyptic World...

Last Sentinel (not to be confused with the post-apocalayptic film The Last Sentinel reviewed here) is a new sci-fi thriller directed by Estonian filmmaker Tanel Toom. The screenplay is written by Malachi Smyth.

The film will debut Last Sentinel in select US theaters + on VOD starting March 24th, 2023.

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Set in the near future, unchecked and rampant climate change has caused temperatures and sea levels to rise catastrophically. Only two large continents remain, billions die during the mass migration to these higher lands. Surrounded by an endless ocean thousands of miles from home, a skeleton crew o...

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the three nations that stretch along the Baltic Sea coast, jammed in between Poland to the south and Finland across the water to the north, are barely the size of Missouri and, with a combined citizenry of 6.2 million, rank up there with Denmark in terms of population. But since reclaiming independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the Baltic states have punched above their weight on the international scene, not least when it comes to film production.

With a combination of tax and production incentives, high-tech infrastructure and stunning natural and urban backdrops, the region has established itself as a go-to location for international film and TV shoots, with recent examples including Tenet, Chernobyl and Stranger Things.

The Baltics have no plans to abandon the service industry — just last year, the Estonian government more than doubled Film Estonia’s cash-rebate budget to 5.8 million in a bid to bring back international productions post-covid.

Exclusive: Vertical has secured Na rights to sci-fi thriller Last Sentinel, written by Malachi Smyth and directed by Academy Award-nominated Tanel Toom. The film stars Kate Bosworth (Along for the Ride), Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris), Thomas Kretschmann (Infinity Pool), and Martin McCann (The Informer).

Set in the near future, unchecked and rampant climate change has caused temperatures and sea levels to rise catastrophically. Only two large continents remain, and billions die during the mass migration to these higher lands. Surrounded by an endless ocean thousands of miles from home, a skeleton crew of soldiers stand as the last bastion, defending their homeland from an invasion by an enemy they have never seen, monitoring for signs of attack and prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause. Their tour of duty ended 3 months ago with no relief in sight. Alone and uncertain as to what fate awaits them,...

Government advice is that cinemas can stay open during official mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II.

The majority of UK-Ireland cinemas will remain open this weekend following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, with distributors moving ahead with new releases.

Government ‘formal guidance’ for the period of mourning was sent by the UK Cinema Associationto its members yesterday shortly before the Queen’s death was confirmed. The guidance states there is “no expectation” for businesses – including cinemas – to close unless they wish to.

A government update received by the Ukca today and sent to members does not include any changes to this advice.

‘T.I.M.’ is directed by Spencer Brown and stars Georgina Campbell.

Producer Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films is attending Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) with the UK premiere of The Score, just one of several projects on his growing slate.

Wilkinson has just wrapped the shoot for T.I.M., Spencer Brown’s contained ‘monster-in-the-house thriller’ which Altitude has pre-sold to a number of territories including the UK.

The cast for the sci-fi, AI-themed thriller features Black Mirror star Georgina Campbell. The film wrapped its shoot in and around London in late July. “It’s a brilliant commercial idea and a well written script,...

’Lakelands’ won best Irish film; ‘The Sparrow’ picked up best first Irish feature.

Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney’s Lakelands was among the big winners at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh which closed on Sunday evening (July 10).

Set among a community in the Irish midlands where Gaelic football is revered Lakelands centres on a sportsman struggling with the aftermath of a head injury. It won best Irish film and the Bingham Ray New Talent award. The latter was given jointly to Lakelands’ two lead actors, Éanna Hardwicke and Danielle Galligan.

The Fleadh awarded best Irish first feature to Michael Kinirons’ The Sparrow,...

The Score Trailer — Malachi Smyth‘s The Score (2021) movie trailer has been released by Gravitas Ventures. The Score trailer stars Johnny Flynn, Naomi Ackie, Will Poulter, Lydia Wilson, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, and Lucian Msamati. Crew Malachi Smyth wrote the screenplay for The Score. Sadaf Nazari conducted the film editing for the film. Darran Bragg crafted the [...]

Continue reading: The Score (2021) Movie Trailer: Johnny Flynn & Will Poulter star in Malachi Smyth’s Crime Musical...

As Troy (Will Poulter) muses on the car ride out-of-town to meet with “professional criminals” and exchange 20 grand for unspecified goods, “score” is one of those words with multiple meanings. Film score. Settling scores. Scoring on the soccer field. Scoring in bed. While it’s as much a monologue to explain writer-director Malachi Smyth’s decision to title his film The Score as it is the set-up to an as yet-to-arrive punchline during the denouement, the real reason for its existence is to let audiences in on the central dynamic. Where Mike is all business, Troy cannot help himself from living life no matter the stakes, consequences, or his companion’s annoyance.

The reason is simple: Troy is only adding “criminal” to his “amateur” title because his brother Derek forced his hand. Derek is the one who helped Mike secure that cash and Derek’s the one who ended up...

Exclusive: Galway Film Festival winners Andy & Ryan Tohill (The Dig) are set to direct up and comers Levi Miller (Kraven the Hunter), Solly McLeod (star of upcoming ITV series Tom Jones), Isabella Pappas (Finding Alice), Lou Llobell (Foundation), and Izuka Hoyle (Mary Queen of Scots) in Beach Boys. Scripted by Malachi Smyth, the film will be repped at the Cannes Market by Hyde Park International.

Don’t let the title fool you, there is no harmony on display here. Pic takes place over one long summer night when a set of affluent students celebrate the end of term, clash with a group of local youths who’ve also hit the same beach to party. Rather than share a beach big enough for everyone, each side stakes absolute rights over it, leading to confrontation, violence, and ultimately tragedy for all. The film was developed with support from Northern Ireland Screen.

“We...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. rights to the musical crime drama The Score, starring Will Poulter (Dopesick), Johnny Flynn (The Outfit), Naomi Ackie (Master of None) and Lydia Wilson (Flack). The Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company plans to release the feature directorial debut of writer-director Malachi Smyth exclusively in theaters on June 3rd, with a release on VOD to follow on June 10th.

In the film from the producers of Danny Boyle’s Yesterday, two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission—the ‘score’—that they both expect will transform their circumstances. As they wait for a rendezvous hand-over at a roadside café, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to question his life choices…while the threat of real danger is driving to meet them.

The Score features songs by Flynn, who outside of his work as an actor, serves...

Will Poulter, Johnny Flynn, Naomi Ackie, and Lydia Wilson appear in the first trailer for upcoming musical heist movie The Score. The film, directed by Malachi Smyth, features songs written by Flynn, who is the lead singer of band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit.

The official synopsis reads, “Two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission – the ‘score’ – that they both expect will transform their circumstances. At a roadside café, as they wait for a rendezvous hand-over, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie...

The fund will make at least 15 film investments over four years.

Tallifornia Film Fund, Estonia’s first private film investment fund, has launched at the country’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, with three initial investments including Estonia-Germany-uk co-production Sentinel.

The fund has been established by Estonian production company Tallifornia, and was announced at the European Film Forum industry event this week.

It will make a minimum of 15 equity investments in both Estonian and international film projects across four years.

The fund, which is financed entirely through private capital with participation from several Estonian investors, is managed by Tallifornia’s Rain Rannu and Tonu Hiielaid.

Hunter Biden Pic Casts Actor To Play Joe Biden

John James (Dynasty) will portray President Joe Biden in My Son Hunter, a film focusing on his son Hunter Biden, who as previously announced will be played by Laurence Fox. Robert Davi (License to Kill) is directing the film. Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney are producing. Filming begins in Serbia this week and will last for four weeks.

‘Sentinel’ Wraps In Estonia

Altitude will launch sales on sci-fi thriller Sentinel, which recently wrapped production in Estonia, at AFM next month. Kate Bosworth, Thomas Kretschmann, Lucien Laviscount, and Martin McCann star in the movie, which comes from Estonian filmmaker Tanel Toom. Set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four soldiers man Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. They await the relief or the enemy, whichever comes first. Malachi Smyth wrote the screenplay, producers are Ben Pullen,...

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tanel Toom (“Truth and Justice”) has wrapped production in Estonia on sci-fi thriller “Sentinel.”

The film stars Kate Bosworth (“Force of Nature”), Thomas Kretschmann (“The Pianist”), Lucien Laviscount (“Emily in Paris”) and Martin McCann (“The Survivalist”).

Written by Malachi Smyth (“The Score”), the film is set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth where four soldiers man Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. While they await their relief or the enemy, the simmering tension amongst them escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range.

“Sentinel” is presented by Altitude Film Entertainment in association with Head Gear Film and Metrol Technology in association with Br/Arte, Tallifornia, Ichiban Films, Sentinel Entertainment and Vertical Entertainment.

Altitude Film Sales are handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the AFM Virtual Market (Nov. 1-5).

The film is produced by Ben Pullen...

Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann also on cast of Tanel Toom’s second feature.

Kate Bosworth, Thomas Kretschmann, Lucien Laviscount and Martin McCann have wrapped production in Estonia on Tanel Toom’s Sentinel, for which Altitude is launching international sales at next month’s AFM Virtual Market (November 1-5).

The UK-Estonia-Germany co-production is a sci-fi thriller set in a war-ravaged future, in which four soldiers man a remote ocean military base that separates two warring continents. As weeks turn into months, paranoia descends that tests relationships to breaking point.

The film is written by Malachi Smyth, who recently wrote and directed UK crime musical The Score,...

BFI London Film Festival has revealed its line-up for its second Works-in-Progress showcase, including a documentary about Hong Kong’s draconian National Security law and a TV narrative feature starring Sir Lenny Henry and Malachi Kirby (pictured above).

The showcase will take place on Oct. 9.

It consists of seven recently completed or in production/post-production audio-visual projects from emerging British talent made for cinema, television and immersive platforms.

The audience will include international buyers, festival programmers and, via a secure digital platform, a number of other industry professionals.

The talent selected for the workshop will also, with assistance from the British Council as well as the BFI Lff, get an opportunity to network with various industry players such as buyers, commissioners, producers and programmers via a number of initiatives including a reception for new talent and a producers’ lunch.

2021 marks the workshop’s second year. Last year’s projects included...

The second edition of the showcase will take place on October 9.

The second edition of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff)’s Work-in-Progress showcase has selected seven projects from emerging British talent, to present to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers at the event on October 9.

The in-person showcase will include extracts screened from each project, followed by a Q&a with the director and producer. Projects include cinema, television and immersive works; all are recently completed or in production or post-production.

The works include Dionne Edwards’ debut feature Pretty Red Dress, backed by BBC Film and the BFI,...

MGM landed global distribution rights to “Pussy Island,” Zoë Kravitz’s feature directorial debut, which has also tapped BAFTA winner Naomi Ackie as its lead.

Ackie will join Channing Tatum, who was previously announced to star in the project, written by Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum.

Bruce Cohen, Kravitz, Tiffany Persons and Tatum’s Free Association will produce the movie, with Garret Levitz overseeing for Free Association.

“I am honored to be partnering with an iconic studio such as MGM for this project,” Kravitz said. “Their commitment to the art of storytelling is something that I truly admire and respect. Naomi Ackie is an extraordinary talent and we can’t wait to see her bring this role to life.”

Ackie will play Frida, a young, clever, Los Angeles cocktail waitress who has her eyes set on the prize: philanthropist and tech mogul Slater King (Tatum). When she skillfully maneuvers her way...

Johnny Flynn-fronted heist musical “The Score” has wrapped production in the U.K., joining a handful of films that have started and completed filming during the pandemic.

The directorial debut of U.K. filmmaker Malachi Smyth finished production on Friday (Oct. 2) after two months of filming between Luton Hoo and the Royal Gunpowder Mills in England. The feature joins the ranks of Akshay Kumar’s “Bellbottom,” which also shot in its entirety during the pandemic.

The film, which is sold internationally by WestEnd Films, technically started production on March 16, but shot for just one day before being forced to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filming resumed on Aug. 31.

“From March until Aug. 31, that whole time was spent monitoring the Covid-19 situation, figuring out how to go back to work, figuring out the insurance situation, making sure cast and agents were comfortable, and plotting what a return to...

Seven upcoming UK films and immersive works will be presented to buyers and festival programmers.

The BFI London Film Festival is to introduce a new works-in-progress showcase and has selected seven projects for the inaugural edition.

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The platform will form part of the Lff’s industry programme and will introduce upcoming UK films, TV series, and immersive projects to international buyers and festival programmers. The first edition will take place entirely online on October 9 and is intended to become an annual event.

Clips will be screened from each of the selected projects – which are all in production,...

The BFI London Film Festival has added a new, annual works-in-progress showcase as part of its industry program, and has invited seven projects to participate, including two featuring “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker” and “The End of the F***ing World” actor Naomie Ackie and “ZeroZeroZero” actor Andrea Riseborough.

The showcase features works made for cinema, television and immersive platforms by U.K. emerging talent and will be presented to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers.

The projects include psychological thriller “Here Before” by Stacey Gregg (“Little Birds”), produced by Sophie Vickers (“Surge”) and Julia Godzinskaya (“The Other Lamb”), starring Riseborough, Martin McCann (“Wildfire”) and Jonjo O’Neill (“Pennyworth”); and heist film “The Score,” directed by Malachi Smyth (“Nocturne”), produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”), Ben Pullen (“Light of the World), alongside co-producer Isabelle Georgeaux (“Calibre”), starring Johnny Flynn (“Stardust”), Ackie and Will Poulter (“Midsommar”).

Experimental filmmaker Baff Akoto,...

The heist musical began shooting in the UK last month.

Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Naomi Ackie, Johnny Flynn, and Will Poulter in heist musical The Score, Malachi Smyth’s feature debut.

Flynn and Poulter play Mike and Troy, small-time crooks on a job that will change their circumstances. Troy falls for waitress Gloria (Ackie) and begins to question his life choices - not knowing that real danger is on its way to meet them.

It began shooting in the UK on August 31, having been delayed the day before production was supposed to start on March 17 due...

Lydia Wilson joins Flynn, Naomi Ackie and Will Poulter in the cast.

Malachi Smyth’s feature debut The Score, starring Johnny Flynn, Naomi Ackie and Will Poulter, will restart shooting in the UK on August 31, after production was halted in March due to the pandemic.

Lydia Wilson, whose credits include Star Trek Beyond, About Time, Ripper Street and Requiem, has also joined the cast.

Described as a heist musical and featuring original music from actor-musician Flynn, The Score centres on two small-time crooks who are on a job at a roadside café when one falls in love with the waitress...

World sales agency WestEnd Films has boarded “The Score,” a heist musical starring Johnny Flynn, Will Poulter (“The Revenant”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”) and Antonia Thomas (Netflix’s “Lovesick”), from one of the producers of Beatles music themed hit “Yesterday,” which grossed $154 million worldwide.

“The Score” combines a heist thriller suspense with offbeat romance. Two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission – the “score” – that they both expect will transform their circumstances. At a roadside café, as they wait for the handover, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to question his life choices. But it may be too late to change because, unbeknownst to him, Mike has brought him here to kill him.

“The Score” is written and directed by Malachi Smyth (“Gateway 6”), and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films, and Ben Pullen of...

Matthew James Wilkinson, one of the original producers of box-office hit “Yesterday,” has his latest movie, “Days of the Bagnold Summer,” premiering at the Locarno Festival on Wednesday. He talks to Variety about those movies, as well as upcoming projects, including a heist musical, a feminist horror pic, and a new film – as yet unannounced – directed by BAFTA winner Paul Andrew Williams.

Wilkinson is riding high on the success of “Yesterday,” which he brought to screenwriter Richard Curtis, who in turn helped persuade Working Title and Universal Pictures to come on board, with Danny Boyle attaching as director to form a dream team.

Reflecting on what has driven the film’s popularity with audiences – it has grossed more than $125 million worldwide – Wilkinson says: “It is partly escapism. We are living through quite difficult and complicated times, so when you present something that is charming and takes you out of the everyday,...

’Yesterday’ producer Matthew James Wilkinson producing; Malachi Smyth directing.

Beast star Johnny Flynn will lead the cast of The Score, a UK heist musical that will also feature Flynn’s own music.

Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker), both former Screen Stars of Tomorrow from 2017 (as was Flynn back in 2005), have also been cast as has Antonia Thomas (Sunshine On Leith).

The film is a musical take on a doomed love story - two small time crooks drive to a secluded cafe for a big ‘score’. While Troy (Swindells) falls for the waitress...

Exclusive: List of best unproduced movie scripts topped by two projects from emerging writers; biopics of Priscilla Presley, Alexander McQueen also feature.

The 2016 Brit List – a line-up of the best yet-to-shoot movie screenplays as voted on by the UK industry – has been topped by a sci-fi and an apocalyptic western, both from emerging writers.

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The UK version of America’s Black List list is topped by joint-winners The Competitors, an apocalyptic western written by Ruth Greenburg, and sci-fi The Far Edge Of The World, written by Felix Harrison. Both projects received nine votes.

In second with seven votes was rom-com Bride Or Groom written by The Thick Of It and In The Loop actress Olivia Poulet and Lucy Brown.

Also making the list are Ecosse Films’ Lonesome Tonight, a biopic of Priscilla Presley written by Paul Viragh (The Face Of An Angel), Matthew Orton-scripted Eichmann and Chris Urch’s [link...

With a great cast in , Rhys Ifans, Sofia Boutella and Ed Skrein Gateway 6 sounds like it could be a pretty cool sci-fi Pa thriller.

The film was penned by Malachi Smyth who wrote the UK cyber horror flick Ghost Machine and is being directed by Tanel Toom.

Producers are Ben Pullen of Sentinel Entertainment and Matthew James Wilkinson (The Call Up) for Stigma Films with Pippa Cross (Bloody Sunday) serving as executive producer.

Long Synopsis:

Earth in the not too distant future...The Global population has risen to unsustainable levels as [Continued ...]...

Exclusive: Star Trek Beyond and The Mummy actress joins cast of upcoming thriller sold by Altitude.

Burgeoning star Sofia Boutella, who is currently filming opposite Tom Cruise in Universal’s The Mummy and will have a major role in Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond, has signed on for sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which is currently in pre-production.

Boutella and veteran Jurgen Prochnow (The Da Vinci Code) are joining Deadpool villain Ed Skrein and Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) in the story of a squad of soldiers stranded on an abandoned military base in a post-apocalyptic Earth who are waiting for the relief or the enemy…whichever comes first.

The Malachi Smyth (Ghost Machine)-written project, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose short The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.

Altitude Film Sales is handling international sales on the film, which is due...

Exclusive: Star Trek Beyond and The Mummy actress joins cast of upcoming thriller sold by Altitude.

Burgeoning star Sofia Boutella, who is currently filming opposite Tom Cruise in Universal’s The Mummy and will have a major role in Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond, has signed on for sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which is currently in pre-production.

Boutella and veteran Jurgen Prochnow (The Da Vinci Code) are joining Deadpool villain Ed Skrein and Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) in the story of a squad of soldiers stranded on an abandoned military base in a post-apocalyptic Earth who are waiting for the relief or the enemy…whichever comes first.

The Malachi Smyth (Ghost Machine)-written project, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose short The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.

Altitude Film Sales is handling international sales on the film, which is due...

Gateway 6

Rhys Ifans and Ed Skrein are set to star in Tanel Toom's science-fiction thriller "Gateway 6" which has been penned by Malachi Smyth. Shooting will take place in Estonia early next year.

Set on a future, war-ravaged Erth, the story follows four soldiers who man the last bastion Gateway 6 - an outpost in a sea-covered continent - awaiting a relief crew or the enemy. As months pass, paranoia descends that tests relationships to breaking point. [Source: Variety]

Power Rangers

Ludi Lin ("Marco Polo") will play the Black Ranger and Rj Cyler ("Me and Earl and the Dying Girl") is set to play the Blue Ranger in Dean Israelite's upcoming "Power Rangers" cinematic reboot/continuation in the works at Lionsgate.

The Yellow Ranger remains yet to be cast. The new duo join the already set Naomi Scott as the Pink Ranger and Dacre Montgomery as the Red Ranger. Ashley Miller and...

Malachi Smyth’s sci-fi thriller topped the latest Brit List.

Sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, has been acquired by Altitude Film Sales for international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).

The film, written by Malachi Smyth, is described as combining “the solitary abandonment of Moon with the claustrophobic atmosphere of Das Boot and the ‘fight to survive’ instincts of Alien”.

The project marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.

The Gateway 6 cast includes Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) soon to be seen in Oliver Stone’s Snowden and Ed Skrein (The Transporter Refueled) who has just completed a major role as lead villain Ajax in upcoming superhero film Deadpool, opposite Ryan Reynolds.

Ifans is represented by 42 and UTA, and Skrein is represented by 42 and CAA. Further casting...

Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill) and Ed Skrein (The Transporter Refueled) have boarded scribe Malachi Smyth's Brit List topper Gateway 6. Tanel Toom makes his directorial debut with the project. His previous short, The Confession, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011. Will Clarke’s Altitude Film will handle international sales at Afm. Gateway 6 is a taut science fiction thriller that combines the solitary abandonment of Moon with the claustrophobic atmosphere of Das Boot…...

Verve has signed two high-profile writers in Joe Ahearne and Malachi Smyth, TheWrap has learned. Ahearne is a writer-director who wrote Danny Boyle‘s thriller “Trance,” starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel. Ahearne has directed a number of “Doctor Who” episodes, one of which earned him a BAFTA nomination. He also wrote and directed the BBC miniseries “Apparitions” and has written on “Da Vinci’s Demons” for David Goyer. Also Read: Verve Launches Global Business Development Initiative Verve Ventures Smyth is the writer of “Gateway 6,” which topped the 2014 Brit List. Tanel Toom is attached to direct the film for producers Sentinel.

Unrepped writer Richard Galazka’s romantic comedy Matinee Idol and Malachi Smyth’s Gateway 6 topped the annual Brit List of best unproduced screenplays. Both projects received nine votes. The list is compiled by UK producers, agents, distributors and sales companies, who aren’t allowed to vote for their own projects. Other qualifying criteria include receiving a minimum of three votes and not having featured on previous Brit Lists.

Previous films to appear on the Brit List include The King’s Speech, Welcome To The Punch, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and most recently The Riot Club.

Matinee Idol is being produced by Rooks Nest Entertainment. Sentinel Entertainment is behind Gateway 6, a futuristic sci-fi project. 42, one of the UK’s most dynamic production and management companies, had two projects on the shortlist: Jay Basu’s The Pier and Outside The Wire, from screenwriting duo Rowan Athale and Rob Yescombe

There were 140 entries,...

Rom-com and sci-fi top industry selection of hot unproduced screenplays.Scroll down for full list

Romantic comedy Matinee Idol by writer Richard Galazka and sci-fi Gateway 6 by Malachi Smyth lead this year’s Brit List, the industry selection of hot unproduced screenplays.

Both scripts recorded nine industry votes to top the list.

Rooks Nest Entertainment are producing Matinee Idol, about a cinephile who tries to win a girl’s heart by pretending to be someone he’s not, only to learn that it takes more than grand gestures to turn fantasy into reality.

Sentinel Entertainment are behind futuristic sci-fi Gateway 6, in which on a war-ravaged Earth, four soldiers man the last bastion – an outpost in a sea-covered continent.

Jay Basu’s The Pier, produced by 42, and Krysty Wilson-Cairns’ Aether, from FilmNation, followed with eight votes.

The list is compiled by a combination of UK producers, agents, distributors and sales companies.

There were 140 entries...

Anchor Bay Entertainment sent along a few exclusive photos (see them below) from Ghost Machine, the British chiller it releases on DVD December 22. The company also let us know about the special features that will accompany the movie.

The Belfast-lensed Ghost Machine stars Sean Faris and The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor’s Luke Ford as military technicians/video-game fans who steal a virtual-reality training program from their base and smuggle it into an abandoned jail—where a vengeance-seeking spirit uses the software to come to murderous life. See No Evil and Shutter’s Rachael Taylor co-stars as a Special Forces trainee who gets in on the action; Chris Hartwill directed, and Sven Hughes and Malachi Smyth scripted. The disc extras are:

• “The Making Of Ghost Machine” featurette

• Interview with screenwriter Hughes

• Trailer

Retail price is $26.97.

• IFC Films and Mpi Home Video gave Fango the scoop on the details and a first look at the cover art for its DVD release of Home Movie, Christopher Denham’s unnerving story of a family unraveling in frightening ways as seen through the lens of their camcorder. The disc arrives December 8.

Written and directed by Denham (an actor who appears in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Shutter Island) and produced by Offspring and The Girl Next Door’s Andrew van den Houten, Home Movie stars Heroes’ Adrian Pasdar, Cady McClain and real-life young siblings Austin Williams and Amber Joy Williams; see our review here. The movie will be accompanied on the disc by a making-of featurette and the trailer; retail price is $19.98.

• Media Blasters gave Fango the first news that it plans to release Frank Henenlotter’s latest feature Bad Biology, the touching story of two young people with aberrant—and hungry—sex organs,...