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Aidan Gillen (Games Of Thrones) and Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders) have signed on to star in the horror film Black Noise from Blunt Pictures and NoW Films.

Described as a “hallucinogenic horror,” the film will be directed by Simon Blake and produced by Colette Delaney-Smith.

Aidan plays Hector the eldest member of the wealthy Livingstone family returning for a memorial meal to celebrate his father’s life. Phillips will play the lead role of Leda, a journalist attending the meal, but her true intentions to seek justice diverge with The Butler, a man with revenge very much on his mind.

Also starring are Tom Mothersdale (Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light), Rebecca Calder (I May Destroy You), Michael Jibson (Last Night In Soho), Jeanie Hackman (The Death of Bunny Munro), and Whitstable Pearl (Acorn).

Principal photography begins in Suffolk and London this month.

Producer Colette Delany-Smith describes the film as a “haunting,...

French drag performer Nicky Doll has taken legal action against British actor and politician Laurence Fox after he lashed out at drag queens involved in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony and called them “deviant little pedos” on social media.

The July 26 ceremony, which featured a group of drag artists portraying Greek gods and has been perceived by some as a parody of Leonardo va Vinci’s religious painting “The Last Supper,” sparked debate worldwide. Fox, posted on X about the performance, saying: “No point in getting wound up when the child f**kers want to wind you up. Just laugh at the deviant little pedos. Eternity is a b***h.”

Nicky Doll, whose real name is Karl Sanchez, announced the lawsuit through a statement from lawyer Anne Sophie-Laguens. The statement detailed that performers faced online harassment and threats following the July 26 ceremony.

“Stop Homophobia lawyers have received numerous reports of incitement to hatred,...

French celebrity drag queen and tv presenter Nicky Doll is suing Laurence Fox for defamation over pedophile comments he made about drag artists appearing in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

The action comes just three months after UK actor Fox, who is now better known as a controversial political activist and TV presenter, was ordered to pay £180,000 in damages to former RuPaul’s Drag Race UK contestant Crystal (Colin Seymour) and charity trustee Simon Blake, after he called them “pedophiles” on social media.

Nicky Doll, whose birth name is Karl Sanchez, was among a group of drag artists appearing in a scene entitled ‘Festivity’, celebrating inclusion and diversity. It was among 12 tableaux celebrating the French spirit woven into the Olympics opening ceremony on July 26.

Fox responded to the tableau with a clip and caption which read: “No point in getting wound up when the child f**kers want to wind you up.

Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £180,000 in damages to a former RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star and charity trustee he called “paedophiles” on social media.

The former Gb News host lost his libel case against Crystal, whose real name is Colin Seymour, and Simon Blake, a trustee of UK charity Stonewall, several months ago.

According to Pa, he has been ordered to pay £180,000 in damages, split evenly between Crystal and Blake.

“By calling Mr Blake and Mr Seymour paedophiles, Mr Fox subjected them to a wholly undeserved public ordeal,” the judge was reported to have said by Pa. “It was a gross, groundless and indefensible libel, with distressing and harmful real-world consequences for them.”

Both Crystal and Blake have previously said they faced abuse after the former Lewis star’s tweet and posted on X after the trial that “a huge weight” had been lifted. Crystal competed in...

British actor Laurence Fox has lost a libel case with two men he called pedophiles on social media after they had called the My Son Hunter star a racist.

On Monday, the High Court in the U.K. deemed that Fox had defamed Simon Blake, a former LGBT charity trustee, and Crystal, a drag artist and former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant, on Twitter/X in October 2020, when he called them pedophiles over an escalating row over Black History Month.

The Guardian reports that the spat on X started, when Fox said he would boycott U.K. grocery store Sainsbury’s for supporting “racial segregation and discrimination” after the company said it would establish safe spaces for Black employees during Black History Month in October 2020. Blake and Crystal, whose real name is Colin Seymour, responded to Fox’s call for a boycott by calling him racist. Fox, in turn, replied...

Laurence Fox has lost his libel case after calling two people including a former Drag Race contestant “paedophiles” on social media.

The actor-turned-politician, who was fired by Gb News late last year for highly misogynistic remarks, heard his comments labeled “harmful, defamatory and baseless” by a High Court judge this afternoon in London, according to the BBC.

Fox was sued by former RuPaul’s Drag Race UK contestant Crystal and Simon Blake, a trustee of UK charity Stonewall, after referring to them as “paedophiles” on X, formerly Twitter.

Both have previously said they faced abuse after the former Lewis star’s tweet and today posted on X after the trial that “a huge weight” has been lifted. Crystal, whose real name is Colin Munro Seymour, competed in the first season of Drag Race in the UK.

Fox counter-sued the pair over tweets accusing him of racism but the judge did...

For a little over one month of her life, Mary Rose was missing. As haunting as her disappearance on a secluded Scottish island was, her sudden reappearance was even more unsettling. The subject of J.M. Barrie's ghost story and nearly the centerpiece of an Alfred Hitchcock film, this eerie fictional event is further explored in Geoffrey Girard’s new horror novel Mary Rose, and ahead of the book's October 17th release at Barnes & Noble (courtesy of Adaptive Books), we've been provided with the exclusive trailer for the novel to share with Daily Dead readers.

You can watch the trailer for Mary Rose below, and we also have additional details on the new horror novel. To learn more about the book, visit Geoffrey Girard’s official website.

"Mary Rose Moreland and Simon Blake are the perfect couple: successful young professionals in Philadelphia, attractive, madly in love, and ready to start a life together.

Aiden Gillen stars in “Still,” the latest from Omnibus Entertainment, the specialty imprint of the New York-based film distribution company Film Movement. The British thriller, from writer-director Simon Blake, will be available June 30 on DVD. Gillen stars alongside Jonathan Slinger, Elodie Yung, Amanda Mealing and rapper Sonny Green in a film that focuses on the a man whose life has quickly gone out of control after a personal tragedy. “A gritty and atmospheric thriller about the traumatic disintegration of a man and father, Still is the haunting, deeply moving story about a journey every parent hopes they will never have to make. Tom Carver (Aidan Gillen, Game of Thrones [ Read More ]

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One Crazy Thing will open the East End Film Festival The line-up for the East End Film Festival in London has been announced, with the European premiere of Amit Gupta's One Crazy Thing opening the event on July 1. It will close on July 12 with Marc Silver’s 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets.

One Crazy Thing is a romantic comedy about a daytime TV star who meets his dream girl but is faced with having to tell her about a leaked sex tape. Silver's documentary, meanwhile, considers the 'stand your ground' law in Florida, that saw a teenager shot for playing loud music.

The festival will feature 17 world premieres, eight European premieres and 20 UK premieres.

The festival’s Centerpiece Gala screenings are Simon Blake’s revenge thriller Still, which will include a Q&A with lead actor Aidan Gillen and the world premiere of Lee Scratch Perry's Vision Of Paradise, including an Q&A with Perry.

Festival to include 18 world premieres and close with Us crime documentary 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets.

Amit Gupta’s One Crazy Thing (fka Nothing Like This) is to receive its European premiere as the opening film of the 14th East End Film Festival (July 1-12).

Starring and produced by Ray Panthaki, the romantic comedy also stars Daisy Bevan

Panthaki plays a former daytime TV star whose life has hit rock bottom until he meets his dream girl - and has to choose his moment to tell her about the leaked sex tape that made him an internet sensation.

Eeff will this year include 18 world premieres, 8 European premieres and 20 UK premieres.

The closing film will be Marc Silver’s 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, which examines the aftermath of a tragic incident at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, in which an unarmed 17-year old African-American was gunned down for playing loud music. It marks British documentary filmmaker Silver’s follow-up to Who...

★★☆☆☆ The cinematic spectre of the terrifying hoodie rears its head once again in Simon Blake's debut feature, Still (2014), which is in cinemas now. At its centre is a startling performance filled with conflict and nuance from the ever-excellent Aidan Gillen (best known for television's Game of Thrones), but it's the tug-of-war between atmospheric character drama and grim, outlandish thriller that dominates proceedings. On one hand Still is a moving and upsetting portrait of paternal grief; on the other is a battle with the foot soldiers of Broken Britain, who wage savage war for imagined slights on the streets of London. Admittedly, this is far from the nightmarish underpasses of something like Harry Brown (2009).

Still

Written and Directed by Simon Blake

UK, 2014

The subject of adolescent criminality is a hot button issue in Britain, playing on the fears generated by rampant urbanization and the generation gap. Cinema has addressed these fears in different ways; Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg riffed on the idea with Hot Fuzz and their friend Joe Cornish cast them as unlikely heroes in Attack the Block while Michael Caine‘s avenging war vet in Harry Brown takes it into the territory of elderly wish fulfilment. Writer/director Simon Blake uses the idea as the narrative and thematic force behind Still; a grim, well-acted yet slightly messy contemporary crime drama.

Set in and around North London, Still introduces Carver (Aidan Gillen) and his ex-wife Rachel (Amanda Mealing) putting flowers on the grave of their deceased teenaged son on the anniversary of his death. Carver has deeply rooted feelings of guilt about...

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Exclusive: Paris-based outfit boards international rights to UK thriller.

Matteo Lovadina’s Paris based-sales outfit Reel Suspects has acquired world sales rights to UK thriller Still, starring Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones).

The film, which premiered last year at the Galway Film Fleadh, where it won Best International First Feature award, marks the debut of writer-director Simon Blake.

The London-set thriller charts the violent disintegration of a father who is unable to come to terms with the loss of his son in a car accident.

Verve Pictures will distribute in the UK in May, while Film Movement has rights in North America.

“I am very happy to come on board Simon Blake’s debut feature, which has already proved itself on the international festival circuit,” said Lovadina.

“Aidan Gillen’s performance is incredibly powerful and compelling. The Game of Thrones fans will be delighted to experience Aidan’s vast talents, in an equally...

First time directing – alongside writing – isn’t an easy process, and usually results with a watchable average film that feels more like a directorial experimental process. Take arguably the world’s hottest director right now, Christopher Nolan; if you go watch Following and then continue watching his filmography chronologically, you will begin to notice an evolution of sorts with his shot composition, personable style, narrative structure, and directing in general. The point being is that a director’s first outing is usually their weakest production because it’s typically the beginning of their career. That same logic applies to everything really; this review is probably leagues better than the first one I wrote.

Still does not feel like a film created by a first-time director though, it’s the complete opposite. Director Simon Blake has filled this movie with multiple unique shots – scenes filmed from outside a halfway closed-door, dirty...

Terry McMahon’s Patrick’s Day and Gerard Barrett’s Glassland have jointly picked up the Best Irish Feature Award at the Galway Film Fleadh, which closed last night (July 13).

The annual awards ceremony took place before the screening of the festival’s closing film An Bronntanas.

Patrick’s Day world premiered at SXSW earlier this year. It tells the story of a schizophrenic young man (Moe Dunford) who tries to build a relationship with a flight attendant. Barrett’s follow up to Pilgrim Hill stars Toni Collette, Jack Reynor and Will Poulter and centres around alcoholism.

The festival’s Galway Hooker Awards were given to Irish actor Brenda Fricker, whose latest film A Long Way From Home was screened during t festival, and to animation powerhouse Brown Bag Films in recognition of their success as Irish animators on the international stage, including such successes as Doc McStuffins and two Oscar-nominated shorts.

In other awards...

Exclusive: Stoner comedy has cast including Sean Power, Billy Boyd, Alice Lowe.

AmStarDam has started shooting in Amsterdam and London’s 3 Mills Studios for Propeller Artists in association with 011 Productions.

The comedy marks the debut feature from the Lennox Brothers.

The cast includes Sean Power, Jonathan Readwin, Eline Powell, Kenneth Collard, Billy Boyd, Eric Lampaert, Alice Lowe and Javone Prince, with a special appearance from Howard Marks.

The “Amsterdam adventure” is about a young man who comes to Amsterdam to find his father; through a magical encounter he finds a way to turn around his father’s struggling marijuana ‘coffee shop’ business.

Zorana Piggott of 011 Productions is producing. Simon Liddell, Tony North and Brian Jamieson of Propeller Artists are Executive Producers.

Piggott said: “The Lennox Brothers have set out to make an edgy and exciting cinema experience, to tell a story with heart which just happens to be set in a place where weed is smoked freely...

Exclusive: Stoner comedy has cast including Sean Power, Billy Boyd, Alice Lowe.

AmStarDam has started shooting in Amsterdam and London’s 3 Mills Studios for Propeller Artists in association with 011 Productions.

The comedy marks the debut feature from the Lennox Brothers.

The cast includes Sean Power, Jonathan Readwin, Eline Powell, Kenneth Collard, Billy Boyd, Eric Lampaert, Alice Lowe and Javone Prince, with a special appearance from Howard Marks.

The “Amsterdam adventure” is about a young man who comes to Amsterdam to find his father; through a magical encounter he finds a way to turn around his father’s struggling marijuana ‘coffee shop’ business.

Zorana Piggott of 011 Productions is producing. Simon Liddell, Tony North and Brian Jamieson of Propeller Artists are Executive Producers.

Piggott said: “The Lennox Brothers have set out to make an edgy and exciting cinema experience, to tell a story with heart which just happens to be set in a place where weed is smoked freely...