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We have some great news for fans of the Harlan Coben Netflix shows! The next new Harlan Coben show, Caught, premieres on Netflix in March 2025. While you wait for the new series to be available to stream, I picked the four Harlan Coben Netflix shows you should rewatch right now.

Following the release of Missing You on Jan. 1, there are nine of Coben's shows on Netflix right now with many more in the works and on the way soon, including Run Away, which just started production in January.

Let's get the list of Coben's shows to rewatch starting with Safe starring Michael C. Hall!

Safe

Safe is my favorite of the Harlan Coben Netflix shows, as I have mentioned when writing about the topic before. It's actually the only one of the nine shows that isn't based on a book by Coben. Instead, he created the series along with Danny Brocklehurst,...

House of the Dragon star Eve Best and The Penguin‘s Carmen Ejogo will lead a new BBC drama from Nicôle Lecky, Wild Cherry.

Following the success of Lecky’s BAFTA-winning Mood, the BBC and production firm Firebird Pictures (Wilderness, The Jetty) on Wednesday unveiled the cast for the new six-part series. Imogen Faires (Goldie’s Oldies, Marcella) and newcomer Amelia May, Sophie Winkleman (Peep Show, Sanditon) and Lecky (Mood, Sweetpea), who also serves as an executive producer, have also joined the project.

Lorna, played by Ejogo, is a self-made, successful black businesswoman from south London who has worked hard to be where she is. Her best friend, Juliet (Best), is a woman born into the privileged gated community they both call home. Daughters Grace (Faires) and Allegra (May) are also best friends and live a life other teenagers can only dream of. A plot synopsis reads: “Until, that is,...

Exclusive: Double-bafta winning Mood creator Nicôle Lecky has cast her BBC thriller series, which has been given the title Wild Cherry.

House of the Dragon star Eve Best and The Penguin’s Carmen Ejogo are leading Wild Cherry, which has rolled cameras in south England after being teased at last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival. Lecky is creator, star and producer.

Ejogo is Lorna, a self-made, successful Black businesswoman from South London who has worked hard to get to where she is. Best plays her closest friend Juliet, a woman born into the privileged gated community they both call home. The safe haven is a place where bad things never happen until their kids are implicated in a shocking scandal at their exclusive private school and Juliet and Lorna are forced to take sides. The show is described as a “provocative and deliciously honest look at mother/daughter relationships in a haze of social media,...

Hugh Jackman's best film, according to Rotten Tomatoes, is 2019's "Bad Education." Hugh Jackman's best film, according to Marvel fans, is 2017's "Logan." And Hugh Jackman's best film, according to me, is 2013's "Prisoners." But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a different opinion, as the prestigious organization has only ever paid attention to Jackman's 2012 turn in "Les Misérables."

Yes, the beloved Aussie scored an Oscar nomination for Best Actor at the 2013 Academy Awards, but lost out to Daniel Day-Lewis for his portrayal of the titular President in "Lincoln." Not that there's any shame in losing to Day-Lewis, but it's got to be a slight sore point for Jackman as it was the one and only time he earned an Academy Award nom, despite being one of the most versatile actors working in the industry.

Now, Jackman has once again reminded us of his talents with "Deadpool & Wolverine,...

Harvey Keitel transforms into a guru named Marpa, who becomes the spiritual guide of a young girl named Mila (played by “Les Miserables” actor Isabelle Allen), in Italian director Louis Nero’s futuristic drama “Milarepa.”

Set in a “no tech” near future, the English-language indie film – with a cast also comprising F. Murray Abraham; Angela Molina; Franco Nero (no relation to the director); Diana Dell’Erba; Mexico’s Iazua Larios (“Sundown”) and Italy-based Japanese actor Hal Yamanouchi (“The Wolverine”) – just wrapped principle photography on the island of Sardinia, where it made ample use of its ancient megalithic stone constructions, dunes and craggy landscapes. See an exclusive first-look image of Keitel above.

“Milarepa” is a co-production between the director’s L’Altrofilm shingle, British producer Jake Seal’s Black Hanger Studio and Louisiana-based Orwo Studio USA. Orwo Distribution is handling international sales.

The executive producers are Zeno Pisani and Giovanna Maddalena.

The story...

Anne Hathaway's decision to cut her hair for her role as Fantine in Les Misérables was a critical aspect of the character's story and helped to sell the loss and humiliation she experienced. The haircut was a emotionally intense experience for Hathaway, reducing her to tears and making her feel like a "mental patient". Despite the traumatic nature of losing her hair, Hathaway had a lot of support and love on the set of Les Misérables, which made the experience more bearable.

Anne Hathaway plays Fantine in Les Misérables, and she really did get a haircut for the role. The 2012 Les Misérables is a dark, epic, historical musical based on the stage musical of the same name, which is, of course, an adaptation of the renowned novel by Victor Hugo. Starring Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, and Hathaway as Fantine, Les Misérables earned eight Academy...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Elliot James Langridge, Tommy Flannigan, John Hannah, Lashana Lynch, Franz Drameh, Sally Collett, Jason Maza | Written by Sally Collett, Martin Owen | Directed by Martin Owen

2020 has been awful for most of us due to the pandemic and the start of this year is no better. Although new movies are not really being made, we are still getting release after realease. I find myself less interested in checking out the big-budget stuff like Tenet and can’t seem to find excitement for Wonder Woman 84. Instead I find myself turning to the lower budget, but way more outlandish, projects that serve up a nice big bowl of escapism. Movies like Knuckledust, Come Away or GLoc.

Recently the trailer for a new Scott Adkins movie dropped called The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud and straight away I was in for this one. I mean come on, Scott Adkins channelling his...

This affectionate spoof of early 90s gaming scores high in nostalgia, but lags without comedic heavy-hitters

Here is a throwaway space spoof, an affectionate send-up of the naffness of early 90s video games, that lovingly recreates the vintage details with its production design and fight choreography, but is troublingly low on scripted gags. It plays out in two dimensions: virtual and real life. Inside a computer game, explorer Max Cloud is an intergalactic hero, a preposterous macho knucklehead in latex, sturdily performed by actor and martial arts expert Scott Adkins, who has appeared in a few of the Marvels. I did wonder if an actor with the comic chops for some megaton silliness might have done some heavier lifting here.

Meanwhile, in actual Brooklyn, teenage gamer Sarah (Isabelle Allen) is hooked on the Max Cloud video game. After a fight with her dad she is mysteriously teleported into the game...

‘Gogglebox’ Co-Creator Leaves Studio Lambert

Tania Alexander, a 12-year Studio Lambert executive who oversees Gogglebox, is leaving the All3Media-owned producer. The director of factual entertainment’s somewhat abrupt departure comes part-way through Gogglebox’s current series on Channel 4, during which it has chalked up some record audiences. Studio Lambert said Alexander is leaving to pursue fresh challenges, with a spokeswoman adding: “We wish Tania success with her future projects.​​” Studio Lambert’s deputy creative director, Mike Cotton, will oversee the remainder of Season 16 of Gogglebox, alongside the show’s executive producer Leon Campbell.

Women In Film & TV UK New CEO

Women in Film and Television UK (Wftv) has appointed Katie Bailiff as CEO. Bailiff joins from TV firm Century Films, where she has worked for two decades. Her credits as an executive producer include TV shows Feltham Sings, The Secret History Of Our Streets, Abused By My Girlfriend,...

"Who wants the first dance!?" Well Go USA has debuted an official trailer for an indie video game sci-fi action movie titled Max Cloud, though the original full title is The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud. This looks like a goofy, comedic play on The Last Starfighter, about a gamer girl who gets sucked into her favorite side-scroller game. She's transported into a crashed space cruiser on a planet that is home to an intergalactic prison. Her friend on the outside must help her finish the game. The film stars Scott Adkins as Max Cloud, plus Isabelle Allen, Tommy Flanagan, Lashana Lynch, Elliot Langridge, Sally Collett, Franz Drameh, and John Hannah. This looks like wacky video game fun! Reminds me of the Trost Bros' The Fp with its clunky sci-fi style. Might be a good casual watch with friends on the weekend. Here's the first official trailer (+ two posters) for Martin Owen's Max Cloud,...

Martin Owen’s sci-fi comedy Max Cloud has landed at Well Go USA, as the entertainment group secured the film’s North America distribution rights.

Max Cloud, from the Let’s Be Evil and Killers Anonymous director, brings viewers back to an age of classic video games as a teenager named Sarah (Isabelle Allen) finds herself living in a virtual world populated by the her favorite game’s most infamous villains and bosses. The young gamer must team up with space hero Max Cloud (Scott Adkins) to defeat the ultimate video game boss Shee (Lashana Lynch) and escape the fantastical world.

Set to star in the video game pic, written by Owen and Sally Collett, are also John Hannah, Tommy Flanagan, Franz Drameh, Elliott Langridge, Sam Hazeldine and Andi Osho.

“Max Cloud is a genre-bender in the best possible way, and it’s a treat to see Scott Adkins branch...

Stars: Tommy Flanagan, Rhyon Nicole Brown, MyAnna Buring, Michael Socha, Tim McInnerny, Gary Oldman, Jessica Alba, Elliot James Langridge, Suki Waterhouse, Sam Hazeldine, Elizabeth Morris, Isabelle Allen, Sally Collett, Sadie Frost, Takako Akashi | Written by Seth Johnson, Elizabeth Morris, Martin Owen | Directed by Martin Owen

Since winning an Oscar for his portrayal of Churchill in Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman has since been affiliated with an alcoholics anonymous-esque group for killers: Killers Anonymous – also the title of his new film!

Opening with what appears to be a killers anonymous meeting, Gary Oldman’s The Man is the host, but he is in hot demand and must call the meeting short. A popular man, The Man finds himself in a London pub conversing with a killer client, in almost a confession-like situation. Sadly, this is the bulk of Gary Oldman in Killers Anonymous. For the main body of the film, the location...

“Hitman” is probably the most disproportionately over-represented profession in movies, at least over the medium’s last half-century. “Killers Anonymous” is one of those occasional films that attempt novelty by having a character cast of nothing but hitmen — which isn’t really all that much of a novelty, for the above-noted reason.

This latest entry in the cluttered annals of vaguely Tarantino-esque neo-noir criminal capers doesn’t take itself particularly seriously. But it doesn’t strike an assertively comic tone either, resulting in a superficially colorful but hollow pile of contrivances that are neither clever nor convincing enough to achieve more than time-passing diversion. Lionsgate is opening Martin Owen’s third feature, a U.S.-U.K. co-production, on 13 U.S. screens simultaneous with on-demand launch.

After a brief Los Angeles prelude in which we’re introduced to the notion of the titular 12-step-type group for assassins, we follow Gary Oldman...

Cottonwood Media and Zdf have given the greenlight to Season 3 of tween drama series “Find Me in Paris,” with Federation Kids & Family launching sales Monday at Cannes content market MipTV.

The show, which combines ballet, modern dance, drama and comedy, follows the story of Lena Grisky, a time-travelling ballet dancer from 1905 in Russia trapped in modern-day Paris, and the many dilemmas she faces finding her place in the modern world.

Previous seasons of the Euro 12 million ($13.5 million) series have been bought by a host of broadcasters including NBC Universal and Hulu (U.S.), France Télévisions (France), Disney (France and Italy), ABC (Australia), Vrt (Belgium), Rai (Italy), Quebecor (French-speaking Canada), HBO (Portugal), Hot TV (Israel), and Svod service Showmax (South Africa), among others.

The new season sees the introduction of two rising stars from Britain to the cast: Isabelle Allen, who features in the Netflix series “Safe” and played young Cosette in the movie “Les Misérables,...

The Movie Partnership has announced that their new horror, Point of Death, has received its digital release date for 11th February. Point of Death is directed by Steve Stone and stars David O’Hara and Isabelle Allen (Les Miserables). Alex is a man with everything – the …

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Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba have joined a new film project called Killer Anonymous, which is said to have the potential of being a cult classic. The movie is being directed by Martin Owen (Let’s Be Evil) and this is the intriguing description of the film that Variety offered:

The film enters a world that exists beneath ours, beneath the day-to-day, the restraint and the order. For every life there is a death, and for every person there is an itch that only the few scratch; the dark voice that tells us to blow out the flame of another’s life. You might walk down a street and brush shoulders with a stranger and exchange a polite smile, completely unaware that stranger is picturing themselves stood above your bleeding body as you draw your final breath. There is a place for those people. They have all killed, they all think about killing,...

Gary Oldman, fresh from his Oscar win, and Jessica Alba, who stars in the forthcoming television series “L.A.’s Finest,” have joined the cast of thriller “Killers Anonymous,” producer Goldfinch Studios said Wednesday.

The cast also includes Tommy Flanagan, Sam Hazeldine (“Mechanic: Resurrection”), Rhyon Nicole Brown MyAnna Buring, Tim McInnerny (“Game of Thrones”), Michael Socha, Elizabeth Morris (“Let’s Be Evil”), Elliot James Langridge (“Northern Soul”) and Isabelle Allen (“Les Misérables”).

The film is shooting on location in London. Martin Owen (“Let’s Be Evil”) directs from a script co-written by Owen, Elizabeth Morris and Seth Johnson. Matt Williams is producing for Goldfinch alongside CEO Kirsty Bell. Executive producers are Doug Urbanski, Jonathan Willis and Phil McKenzie.

The film enters “a world that exists beneath ours, beneath the day-to-day, the restraint and the order,” according to a statement. “For every life there is a death, and for every person...

Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba are set to star in Goldfinch Studios’ Martin Owen-directed thriller Killers Anonymous.

The Darkest Hour actor and Sin City star are fronting the feature, which has just started filming in London. The studio said it marks Oldman’s first role since winning an Oscar as Winston Churchill in Joe Wright’s drama.

Killers Anonymous explores a world that exists beneath the day to day, the restraint and order. For every life there is a death, and for every person there is an itch that only the few scratch; the dark voice that tells people to blow out the flame of another’s life. You might walk down a street and brush shoulders with a stranger and exchange a polite smile, completely unaware that stranger is picturing themselves stood above your bleeding body as you draw your final breath. There is a place for those people.

Let’S Be Evil

Stars: Elizabeth Morris, Kara Tointon, Elliot James Langridge, Isabelle Allen, Jamie Bernadette, Brooke Johnston, Martin Owen, Helene Wilson, Paul Casar, Jonathan Willis, Billie Wilson, Aimee Wright | Written by Elizabeth Morris, Martin Owen, Jonathan Willis | Directed by Martin Owen

Desperately in need of money to care for a sick parent, Jenny (Morris) takes a job supervising children at a learning centre for gifted students. But when she and two other new employees are ushered into a maximum-security underground bunker where eerily robotic children are outfitted with augmented reality glasses, Jenny finds herself thrust into a disturbing technological experiment in which she is an unwitting player in a terrifying virtual game.

Techno-horror is a genre that, given my previous experiences with films of this nature, is really hard to get right. The reliance on the technology within, techno-babble et al. can, and often does, overwhelm the story the filmmakers are trying to tell.

Just when they thought they were safe... revenge pays them a visit. Fox Trap will be released in the Us and UK on DVD and Digital in February of 2017, and we have the exclusive reveal of the film's poster and several stills. Also in today's Highlights: Mondo's The Greasy Strangler items, a Q&A with Pandorica director Tom Paton, UK release details for Let's Be Evil, and info on The Truncated Nightmare Hour: Live! podcast.

Exclusive Fox Trap Poster and Stills: "After a terrible accident leaving a young girl disabled, eight years later the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.

The cast includes Klariza Clayton (Harry Brown, Blood Money, Skins), Scott Chambers (Chicken, Hush, The Hippopotamus), Alex Sawyer (House of Anubis), Kate Greer, Becky Fletcher,...

UK genre fans are currently enjoying five days of nailbiting action with the 2016 edition of the Horror Channel FrightFest now underway in Shepherd's Bush, London, and we are chronicling the event with the official FrightFest TV daily highlights packages. Day Four's subjects? Director Simon Rumley discusses Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word; Director Patricio Valladares, Actor Natalie Burn and Writer Barry Keating discuss Downhill; Director Shaun Robert Smith and Actor Craig Conway discuss Broken; Director Martin Owen and Actors Elliot James Langridge and Isabelle Allen discuss Let's Be Evil; Director Wyndham Price discusses Crow; Director Kate Shenton discusses Egomaniac; plus Horror Icon David McGillivray....

[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...

If you’re feeling less than enthusiastic about heading outside during these dog days of summer, at least there are a lot of intriguing horror and sci-fi VOD and Digital releases coming our way this August that will surely keep you busy and out of the reach of the relentless summertime heat.

On August 2nd, the psychological thriller Sun Choke, co-starring Barbara Crampton and Sarah Hagen, debuts courtesy of XLrator Media and just a few days later, Joe Begos’ The Mind’s Eye makes its way to VOD to give viewers a mind-blowing fun time. Also arriving on August 5th is Let’s Be Evil from IFC Midnight, and on August 16th, Epic Pictures Group is throwing a Killer Party complete with a zombie apocalypse.

Other notable VOD genre releases for August 2016 include Summer Camp, The Suffering, and Hell Town.

Feed the Devil (Uncork’d Entertainment) – August 2nd

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After searching around the world for horror’s most talented filmmakers, Drafthouse Films presents ABC’s of Death 2 1/2: World Competition Edition! The newest ABC’s of Death film will premiere exclusively on Vimeo on August 2nd. Also: a new clip from Fear, Inc., starring Abigail Breslin (Scream Queens) and nine new images from Let’s Be Evil.

Abc’s of Death 2 1/2: World Competition Edition Details: Press Release: “Austin, TX (July 25, 2016) – Drafthouse Films has announced the upcoming release of ABC’s of Death 2 1⁄2: World Competition Edition, the result of an extensive global campaign intended to spotlight the most passionate and talented upcoming filmmakers in the horror genre. The latest entry in the beloved franchise will arrive exclusively on Vimeo August 2nd as a $5.99 download or $2.99 rental.

The series, known for its anarchically alphabet­-themed anthology of short films, launched a “Filmmaker Frenzy” competition for the segment devoted to...

“Evil see. Evil do.” We have a trailer and an official poster to share with our readers today for IFC Midnight’s Let’s Be Evil, which is set to be released in select theaters and on VOD and various digital platforms on August 5th.

Press Release: “In Let’S Be Evil, three chaperones are hired to supervise an advanced learning program for gifted children, who wear Augmented Reality Glasses to assist in their education. Contained within a secure, underground facility, events quickly spiral out of control.

Let’S Be Evil was written by Martin Owen with the story by Elizabeth Morris and Owen, based on an original idea by Jonathan Willis. The film stars Elizabeth Morris (L.A. Slasher), Elliot James Langridge, Kara Tointon (Mr. Selfridge) and Isabelle Allen (Les Miserables) and was produced by Jonathan Willis. The film made its world premiere at January’s Slamdance Film Festival, with...

IFC Midnight have shared the first poster and trailer for Martin Owen's cyber thriller, Let's Be Evil. The film made its world premiere at January’s Slamdance Film Festival where it made an impression.

the film was written by Martin Owen with story by Elizabeth Morris and Owen, based on an original idea by Jonathan Willis.

Synopsis:

Three chaperones are hired to supervise an advanced learning program for gifted children, who wear Augmented Reality Glasses to assist in their education. Contained within a secure, underground facility, events quickly spiral out of control.

Let’s Be Evil stars Elizabeth Morris, Elliot James Langridge, Kara Tointon and Isabelle Allen and was produced by Jonathan Willis.

Let’s Be Evil opens in se [Continued ...]...

London-based thriller exec’d by Enemy of the State writer David Marconi.

Nic Auerbach’s The Contract has set a Jan 18, 2016 release through VOD platforms and home entertainment.

The film centres on a financier, played by Robert Fucilla, who becomes embroiled in a violent underworld after his multi-million pound house is mysteriously taken over by squatters.

Co-stars include Danny Webb, Isabelle Allen, Nicky Evans, Sarah Armstrong, Patrick Ryecart and Dean Bardini.

Producer is Dean Fisher (City Rats) and executive producer is David Marconi, writer of Enemy of the State and Die Hard 4.0.

The Contract marks the first feature film release of Bow Street Media, run by Fisher.

The international film distribution and sales company will distribute films through its own online platform, Popcorn Movies, as well as via DVD, cinema and other digital distribution outlets, and plans to attend markets at Cannes, Berlin and Afm.

The company also plans to produce and finance feature films for release...

The Russian Cinema Fund, with backing from the Russian Ministry of Culture, presented 18 new Russian productions at a Cannes Market showcase yesterday.

The presentations were grouped into three sections: animations currently in production, completed features and works-in-progresss.

Highlights included hit animation sequel The Snow Queen 2 (already selling well for Wizart); Wizart’s new animation property Sheep and Wolves; Ralph Fiennes starrer Two Women (sold by Rezo) [pictured]; the English-language thriller Bathory; and Orlean from The Horde director Andrey Proshkin.

The films presented were:

Animation

The Snow Queen 2

Sold by Vizart, this 3D production from Melnitsa Animation will be delivered by the end of 2014. The first film was a hit released in several dozen international territories.

The Magic Tower

A 2D animated historical fantasy from Masterfilm, about a man with magical powers who realises that friendship is better than sorcery. Delivery set for November 2014.

Sheep and Wolves

To be delivered in spring or autumn 2015 by director Andrey...

The Russian Cinema Fund, with backing from the Russian Ministry of Culture, presented 18 new Russian productions at a Cannes Market showcase yesterday.

The presentations were grouped into three sections: animations currently in production, completed features and works-in-progresss.

Highlights included hit animation sequel The Snow Queen 2 (already selling well for Wizart); Wizart’s new animation property Sheep and Wolves; Ralph Fiennes starrer Two Women (sold by Rezo) [pictured]; the English-language thriller Bathory; and Orlean from The Horde director Andrey Proshkin.

The films presented were:

Animation

The Snow Queen 2

Sold by Vizart, this 3D production from Melnitsa Animation will be delivered by the end of 2014. The first film was a hit released in several dozen international territories.

The Magic Tower

A 2D animated historical fantasy from Masterfilm, about a man with magical powers who realises that friendship is better than sorcery. Delivery set for November 2014.

Sheep and Wolves

To be delivered in spring or autumn 2015 by director Andrey...

Elizabeth Bathory was said to have bathed in the blood of virgins, so naturally she's been the subject of many a horror film over the years. The Countess is once again gearing up for a return, and a hot young actress has been cast in the iconic role. Read on!

THR reports that The Wolverine star Svetlana Khodchenkova has landed the lead role in the upcoming film Lady of Csejte, a historical thriller that follows the 16th century Hungarian serial killer, labeled the most prolific female serial killer in history. The film will also star Isabelle Allen (Les Miserables).

The Transylvania shoot begins later this month.

Andrei Konst will make his directorial debut with the pic, from a script by Matthew Jacobs. Glacier Films is financing and producing the film, alongside Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activty, Insidious).

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Jurassic World

Chris Pratt will officially join Bryce Dallas Howard in the upcoming "Jurassic World" at Universal Pictures.

Ron Howard confirmed the news whilst tweeting a photo from Sunday night's Golden Globes which showed Chris and Bryce meeting for the first time. [Source: Perez Hilton]

Noah

Darren Aronofsky has confirmed that he's cast Nick Nolte in the role of the watcher Samyaza in his upcoming Biblical epic "Noah". [Source: Twitter]

Silence

"Girls" star Adam Driver is reportedly the newest cast member to join Andrew Garfield and Ken Watanabe in Martin Scorsese's 17th century Japanese thriller 'Silence'. Shooting aims to begin next summer. [Source: Showbiz 411]

Lady of Csejte

Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova ("The Wolverine") has scored the title role in Andrei Konst's historical thriller "Lady of Csejte" at Glacier Films.

The story is based on the life of serial killer Countess Bathory, who killed hundreds of children in 16th century Transylvania. Isabelle Allen also stars.

Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova, who starred in The Wolverine and appeared in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, has been cast as the lead in horror-thriller Lady of Csejte. The film is set to shoot in Transylvania in January. Andrei Konst will make his directorial debut with the pic, from a script by Matthew Jacobs. Glacier Films is financing and producing the film, which will also star Isabelle Allen (Les Miserables).  The historical thriller follows the 16th century Hungarian serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory, labeled the most prolific female serial killer in history. Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity, Insidious) is producing

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Sunday night's flooded red carpet wasn't exactly a Hollywood moment – but the Golden Globes are not the first awards bash to suffer from deeply unglamorous incidents

• Peter Bradshaw's reaction

• Hadley Freeman: 10 things we learned

• Xan Brooks: six surprises

• Guardian Film Show: 'What the hell?'

If you look closely – really closely – at the stars on the red carpet at last night's Golden Globes, you might be able to detect a hint of horror. That's not because they were about to settle into three hours of tedious smuggery, but because they might have been traipsing their expensive frocks through human waste. Moments before the red carpet opened, emergency crews were drafted in to mop up a flood. Some say a faulty sprinkler was to blame, but it's also been claimed that the flood was caused by a burst sewage pipe. If that's the case, it'd rank as one of the...

Omar Sy will star in the new film by directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache; Scanner-Rhodes Productions is producing thriller Squat, which is shooting in London.

Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache will commence shooting social comedy Samba at the end this month, which also stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim and Izya Higelin. Gaumont, Quad Films and Ten Films are co-producing with Gaumont also handling international sales and French distribution. A release is planned for late 2014.

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Principal photography is underway on Nic Auerbach’s Squat, starring Robert Fucilla and Sarah Armstrong alongside Danny Webb, Jonathan Rhodes, Isabelle Allen and Nicky Evans. Written by David Marconi, the thriller centres on a financier, who becomes embroiled in a violent underworld when his multi-million pound house is mysteriously taken over by squatters. Dean Fisher is producing through his company Scanner-Rhodes Productions .

Nic Auerbach directs, Scanner-Rhodes’ founder Dean Fisher produces.

Scanner-Rhodes Productions has begun a five week London shoot for David Marconi’s thriller Squat.

Nic Auerbach directs, Scanner-Rhodes’ founder Dean Fisher produces. Marconi’s writing credits include Enemy of the State and Live Free or Die Hard.

Robert Fucilla and Sarah Armstrong head up the British cast, with Danny Webb, Isabelle Allen, Nicky Evans, Patrick Ryecart, Jonathan Rhodes and Dean Bardini supporting.

The film follows a financier who becomes embroiled in a violent underworld when his multi-million pound house is mysteriously taken over by squatters.

It is Scanner-Rhodes Productions’ seventh feature and follows 2012 crime-thriller Interview with a Hitman, made in partnership with Kaleidoscope Film Distribution, North Star Ventures and Northern Film and Media.

★★☆☆☆

Winner of three glittering Oscars, British director Tom Hooper's all-singing, all-dancing big screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel (as well as the subsequent stage musical) Les Misérables has certainly managed to capture the imagination of many. After conquering all and sundry at with breakthrough hit The King's Speech (2010), Hooper had set the bar intimidatingly high for his eagerly awaited follow-up. It was almost excruciatingly disappointing then, to see such a competent filmmaker undone more by his own bemusing misdirection and false steps, than by any preconceived, lofty ambition.

Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, Hooper's Les Misérables tells an interconnected, sprawling tale of imprisoned souls, demonised poor and kindred spirits, all fighting for survival amidst a country on the verge of civil unrest. Australian man mountain Hugh Jackman plays ex-convict Jean Valjean (aka prisoner 24601), hunted across the land by lawman Javert (Russell Crowe) after he breaks free of his bonds.

Update: The Pick Award winners will be announced on Feb. 21 on The Reelz Show on Reelz Channel. Check your local listings!

Oscars-schmoscars. Kids and teens can vote for the movies they like best in the 7th Annual KidsPickFlicks.com Pick Awards! The Hunger Games and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days lead the pack with Pick Movie nods + 2 acting nods. At KidsPickFlicks.com, kids vote for the best film, performances by a kid actor and kid actress, and scene stealer in 2012 as well as the most disappointing movie of the year. Kids 17 and younger can vote at KidsPickFlicks.com. The winner will be announced Wed., Feb. 20.

Previous Pick Movie winners are Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Despicable Me, The Princess and the Frog, Wall-e, Ratatouille and Happy Feet. This is the third time Zachary Gordon has been nominated for Pick Actor for playing Greg Heffley in the...

Oscars-schmoscars. Kids and teens can vote for the movies they like best in the 7th Annual KidsPickFlicks.com Pick Awards! The Hunger Games and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days lead the pack with Pick Movie nods + 2 acting nods. At KidsPickFlicks.com, kids vote for the best film, performances by a kid actor and kid actress, and scene stealer in 2012 as well as the most disappointing movie of the year. Kids 17 and younger can vote at KidsPickFlicks.com. The winner will be announced Wed., Feb. 20.

Previous Pick Movie winners are Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Despicable Me, The Princess and the Frog, Wall-e, Ratatouille and Happy Feet. This is the third time Zachary Gordon has been nominated for Pick Actor for playing Greg Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies; last year, he won.

Here are this year’s nominees:

Pick Movie:

The Avengers

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It has been one of the most prolific decades for the film musical since the 1960s – but only the global brands get their moment in the spotlight

Ever since Les Misérables commenced its ground assault on the Oscars last autumn, director Tom Hooper has taken every opportunity to flaunt extreme courage in the line of duty by Hugh Jackman and co, who sung their takes live. Mostly, the critics seem won over by the brinksmanship. Present in every larynx-crack, heaving gulp and passion-flushed cheek, Hooper's authenticity fetishism – peering longingly in the direction of Les Mis's stage origins – is also a reminder of how chummy film and musical theatre have become in the last few years.

It has been one of the most prolific decades for the film musical since the golden-age studio extravaganzas fizzled out in the 1960s. But strictly on limited terms. Only the biggest, global, Broadway-and-beyond brands get...

The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were handed out today in Los Angeles, with Argo taking home the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Modern Family and Downton Abbey won the top awards in the television categories. Take a look at the full list of the Screen Actors Guild Awards winners and nominations.

The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Winners and Nominations

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Daniel Day-Lewis / Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures)

Bradley Cooper / Pat - Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)

John Hawkes / Mark - The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)

Hugh Jackman / Jean Valjean - Les Miserables (Universal Pictures)

Denzel Washington / Whip Whitaker - Flight (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Jennifer Lawrence / Tiffany - Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)

Jessica Chastain / Maya - Zero Dark Thirty...

Ben Affleck's "Argo" continues its march as the Oscar front-runner this awards season. Yesterday, the film was the big winner at the 2013 Producers Guild Awards, and tonight, it won the big prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards taking home the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture trophy.

As predicted, Daniel Day-Lewis won the Lead Actor award for "Lincoln" while Jennifer Lawrence won the Lead Actress award for "Silver Linings Playbook."

Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor award for "Lincoln," and my fave, the lovely Anne Hathaway won the Best Supporting Actress award for "Les Miserables."

In the television category, "Downton Abbey" won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and "Modern Family" took home the Comedy Series award.

Here's the complete 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Winners (bolded and highlighted); for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:

Theatrical...

Film: "Les Miserables"; Cast: Aaron Tveit, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Colm Wilkinson, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Jackman, Isabelle Allen, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen and Samantha Barks; Director: Tom Hooper; Rating: ****

Sad stories sell like hot cakes and "Les Miserables" tugs at your heart strings. An adaptation from Victor Hugo's eponymous book, it is not a historical story, but a classic tale of humanity, love and loss set against the backdrop of a political uprising in France, the French Revolution.

Directed by Tom Hooper, who had earlier done "The King's Speech", "Les Miserables" is a spectacular blockbuster. From the first to the last frame, the film enthralls you like a magnum opus.

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There's nothing that demonstrates the difference between the "Les Misérables" stage show and movie more than the new Oscar-nominated song, "Suddenly." The tender lullaby sung by Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) to little Cosette (Isabelle Allen) in a carriage never could've been carried off on stage, yet it's one of the intimate highlights of the movie. For composer Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyricist Alain Boublil (who created the blockbuster stage musical in 1985), it was an opportunity to expand their vision by revisiting the famed Victor Hugo source novel at the insistence of director Tom Hooper. "Hooper thought one thing missing from the musical was how an acknowledgment of the love that Cosette played in Jean Valjean's life helped transform him," Boublil explains. "Victor Hugo had written something about two unhappy souls making one happy human being, and Hooper asked us to think about that line and a song as a...

No, it's not a young Dakota Fanning. The girl who recreated the iconic Les Miserables poster for the Oscar-nominated movie is Isabelle Allen, who plays Cosette, the forlorn daughter of Fantine (Anne Hathaway). As Cosette grows older, Amanda Seyfried takes over in the role.

Les Miserables is Allen's first movie, but it probably won't be her last. "She’s incredible. Totally pure and unspoilt. She is the movie," costar Hugh Jackman told the Daily Mail.

The British actress, 10, was discovered while playing the male lead in a school play last year. Jeremy Taylor of the National Youth Music Theatre spotted Allen in her role as a lame boy in 'The Pied Piper Of Hamelin' and got her an audition with Les Miserables casting agents.

She's also a team player, tweeting congrats to her costars for their Golden Globes wins Sunday night:

Yay, well done to @realhughjackman, #AnneHathaway & @lesmisofficial...

Les Miserables

Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Isabelle Allen, Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne, Colm Wilkinson | Written by Victor Hugo, William Nicholson | Directed by Tom Hooper

Victor Hugo’s epic novel Les Miserables is no stranger to big screen adaptations, with close to fifty different versions in various languages, but Tom Hooper’s version, (Oscar winning director of The King’s Speech) the first to adapt the stage musical, is possibly the grandest and most ambitious to date. The tale of Jean Valjean provides the plot for the longest running musical in the West End, and it took 27 years for someone to bring give it the cinematic treatment it so clearly deserves.

The story begins as Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is released on parole after 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, and trying to escape. However he breaks parole, in attempt to make a better life for himself,...

London, Jan 12: Anne Hathaway, became so fragile after losing 25 pounds for her 'Les Miserables' role, that she broke her arm in a fall.

Her ten-year-old British co-star Isabelle Allen, who plays Fantine's daughter Cosette, disclosed that while filming the 30-year-old actress, who was very thin during the filming of the movie, broke her arm while she was riding a bike, the Daily Mail reported.

Allen has described Hathaway's diet as 'rabbit food,' as she was only eating salad and greens and vegetables. (Ani)...

Having picked up an impressive eight nominations in yesterday’s Oscar nominations announcement, Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables is finally making its way to the UK this weekend, after opening in North America on Christmas Day.

As you can imagine from the number of nominations, the film has been earning tremendous levels of praise in the last few months – you can read our five-star review here – and naturally the anticipation for its arrival on our shores is running on high.

Whilst we’ve had longer to wait for it to arrive, we do have the added benefit of the film securing an IMAX release here in the UK, and now a new IMAX featurette has debuted ahead of its release this Friday.

“Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption—a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.

Christmas Day has finally arrived, and for Us theatres, that means only one thing: the release of Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained*.

We’ve seen nothing but good things from each of them, and the critics have been heaping praise upon them both, and now audiences will finally get to see them for themselves in the Us. If you’re reading this across the Atlantic and are planning on spending your Christmas at the cinema, be sure to let us know what you’re seeing in the comments below.

With the arrival of Hooper’s highly anticipated, potentially genre-defining film, Universal have released a brilliant new 90-second TV spot to get you in the mood this holiday season.

“Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption—a timeless testament...

Les Misérables is a musical of big emotions.  Characters are brought to their lowest, experience love at first sight, sacrifice their lives for revolution, spend decades in pursuit of justice, and believe their quests are ordained by God.  The songs and their context can come off as cheesy, but the non-stop music and story wrap the production in grandeur that sweep the audience into a captivating world.  Paired with terrific performances, the film adaptation of Les Misérables is almost unstoppable.  But director Tom Hooper throws up a barrier as he constantly blocks out the tremendous production values with far too many close-ups and editing that chases the music rather than guides it.  We still hear the people sing, but their voices should ring louder. Set in Paris during the first half of the 19th century, Les Misérables follows the journey of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman).  After being imprisoned for 19 years...

There is a lot of buzz about the live singing on the set Les Misérables. All of the actors sang as the cameras rolled rather than recording in a studio first, and that’s a great accomplishment since many of the actors have wonderful singing voices and don’t exactly need autotuning. This live singing in combination with the film’s grand scope – finally, a film of the legendary Boublil/Schönberg musical! – is supposed to make this a great film. But, very sadly, it does not. While the film is filled with a lot of great talent and certainly is watchable, it buckles under the often mind-blowingly heavy-handed direction by Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) and never becomes the epic piece of cinema that it so clearly set out to be. The story is fairly common knowledge (and quite involved), but Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is finishing up his prison sentence for breaking into a house...

Les Miserables Directed by: Tom Hooper Written by: William Nicholson (screenplay), Victor Hugo (novel) Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter Tom Hooper’s (The King’s Speech) ambitious, sweeping epic adaptation of the musical Les Miserables hits full force on all cylinders during the first half, ensuring that it will garner a plethora of Academy Award nominations. However, an unfortunate and disappointing second half sends the film careening off course, and left me scratching my head over what exactly went wrong. Les Miserables (based on the French novel by Victor Hugo) has so successfully ingratiated itself into the world of pop culture that chances are you know the story of Jean Valjean and his lifelong quest to elude the clutches of police inspector Javert, even if you have never read the book or seen a performance. There have been multiple film...