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Born in Harlow in 1988 and raised in Hertfordshire, Rupert Grint rose to fame after being cast as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series – the world’s second-highest grossing movie franchise – at the age of 11, alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. Outside the Potter world, his film roles include Driving Lessons (2006), Wild Target (2010), and Postman Pat (2014). He made his stage debut in Mojo at the Harold Pinter theatre, London, in 2013. He has recently starred in Snatch (2017), a TV adaptation of Guy Ritchie’s film of the same name, and will star alongside Nick Frost in new TV comedy Sick Note, launching on Sky 1 and streaming service Now TV on 7 November.

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With season 2 arriving on Netflix this week, here's a refresher on the events of Stranger Things' first run. Spoilers...

It’s been over a year since the first season of Stranger Things burst onto the scene, an enthralling mashup of eighties pop culture iconography that garnered huge critical and commercial acclaim. The scale of the Duffer Brothers’ achievements in creating such a lovingly-crafted homage to a bygone era shouldn’t go unrecognised; here at Den of Geek, unable to wait until the end of this week for a return to this monumental ode to the eighties, we’ve tried to replicate their success through scientific means, but thus far, our tactic of placing a DVD of E.T. atop a tattered old copy of The Shining in the hope that they’ll mate hasn’t yet worked. Not even with Barry White blaring in the background.

Timeless Films and Ambient Entertainment announce cast for upcoming animation.

Emily Watson (Everest, War Horse) and Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs have joined the voice cast for 3D animation Happy Family.

The cast also includes Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who).

Production and sales outfit Timeless Films is handling worldwide sales on the project and will be presenting new footage from the film at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11) next week

Co-producer Ambient Entertainment has partnered with Warner Brothers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

The film is directed by Holger Tappe, who previously made Animals United, which was also produced by Timeless and Ambient.

Based on David Safier’s best-selling novel, with a script by Catharina Junk and Safier, Happy Family is a family adventure that follows the very much unhappy Wishbone clan - under pressure and constantly...

Timeless Films and Ambient Entertainment announce cast for upcoming animation.

Emily Watson (Everest, War Horse) and Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs have joined the voice cast for 3D animation Happy Family.

The cast also includes Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who).

Production and sales outfit Timeless Films is handling worldwide sales on the project and will be presenting new footage from the film at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11) next week

Co-producer Ambient Entertainment has partnered with Warner Brothers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

The film is directed by Holger Tappe, who previously made Animals United, which was also produced by Timeless and Ambient.

Based on David Safier’s best-selling novel, with a script by Catharina Junk and Safier, Happy Family is a family adventure that follows the very much unhappy Wishbone clan - under pressure and constantly...

Harry Hill leads Charlie Higson-penned children's book adaptation, The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm...

If you’re unfamiliar with the Professor Branestawm books then let me bring you up to speed. Norman Hunter’s thirteen novels, written over a fifty-year period, chronicled the escapades of Professor Branestawm, a scatterbrained boffin who created absurd contraptions in his ‘inventory’, constantly trying the nerves of his ever-patient housekeeper, Mrs Flittersnoop. As a character, Professor Branestawm is like an adult William Brown (of Richmal Crompton’s Just William series): feckless and unpredictable except the good professor has the added trait of being mad as a bag of spanners. This Christmas, author, actor and screenwriter Charlie Higson has adapted Hunter’s novels into a family telefilm that boasts a terrifically starry cast – namely sealing down comedian Harry Hill as the eponymous scientist – and a plum positioning in the Christmas schedules. I’m sad...

Looking for a good family film this Christmas? See Paddington. Or if you've seen that, you could try Get Santa

This is a film where Santa goes Awol on Christmas Eve, leading to a race against time to make sure the kids of the world get their presents on time. There are many like it, but this one is called Get Santa.

More than that, however, the film revolves around ex-con Steve Anderson, (Rafe Spall) a getaway driver who's been released from prison on parole, just in time for Christmas. Looking forward to spending December 24th with his son Tom, (Kit Connor) he's dismayed when a stranded Santa (Jim Broadbent) hijacks their day together by insisting that only Steve and his son can save Christmas.

Santa then gets himself in worse trouble while trying to recover his reindeer from Battersea Dogs Home (yep, really) and lands himself in the same...

Director: Paul King; Screenwriter: Paul King; Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, Peter Capaldi; Running time: 95 mins; Certificate: PG

With the scars of this year's childhood-decimating Postman Pat: The Movie still fresh, you'd be forgiven for approaching this reimagined live action Paddington with some measure of trepidation.

After some inadvertently atmospheric early marketing spawned the unfortunate 'Creepy Paddington' meme, and more recently the BBFC slapped the film with a PG rating for mild sex references and bad language, there was all the more reason to wonder whether producer David Heyman and writer-director Paul King would obey the famous edict to "please look after this bear".

Mercifully, we needn't have worried. Britain's favourite duffel coat-clad bear is in thoroughly safe hands here, King unfurling his sprightly festive adventure with an arresting blend of thrills, spills and sharp comedy. Ben Whishaw, cannily recast in the lead voice role after the departure of Colin Firth,...

Mad Men producer and distributor Lionsgate is to ramp up its push into television production in the UK and is looking to hire development and production executives.

The company, which also produces Netflix’s female prison drama Orange Is The New Black and ABC’s country drama Nashville, is also searching for a head of UK TV production.

Lionsgate UK chief executive Zygi Kamasa said: “We want to create more British TV content that works in the UK but that we can also take back to the Us networks through [Lionsgate TV chairman] Kevin Beggs’ relationships. The Us networks want more British content.”

Lionsgate recently shot The Royals, a soapy Us drama about the British royal family starring Liz Hurley, in London.

Several years ago, it produced Stanley Park, a TX pilot for BBC3. The show, which was co-produced by comedy indie 6 Degrees Media, told the story of a group of young friends as they went through a series of life-changing...

Directors: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi; Screenwriters: Irena Brignull, Adam Pava; Starring: Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade; Running time: 98 mins; Certificate: PG

After the success of Frozen and The Lego Movie, it's perhaps understandable to have high expectations for upcoming animated fare. Just because a film is made with younger viewers in mind doesn't give those behind it an excuse to phone it in. Recently, the likes of Postman Pat: The Movie and The Nut Job will have tested the patience of mums and dads dragged along to the multiplex, but there's no such problem with Laika's latest offering The Boxtrolls.

The studio has cleverly forged its own path separate from Disney, DreamWorks and Pixar, bringing dark and spooky edges to their stop-motion work. Boxtrolls is an extension of the tone and style of its predecessors Coraline and ParaNorman, charting the journey of an orphaned boy,...

Film about the iconic football captain will coincide with the 50th anniversary of England’s 1966 World Cup triumph; eOne to distribute in UK.

Production is set to begin next month on a feature-length documentary celebrating the life of the golden boy of English football, Bobby Moore, who captained the national side to a historic victory in the 1966 World Cup Final.

Timeless Films will make the untitled film, in which archive footage of Moore’s life and times will blend with interviews, old and new, and the real stories behind Moore’s footballing glory; his battles with two bouts of cancer; the facts that led to false accusations about a stolen bracelet; and the failure to give a homegrown hero anything like the respect he deserved in later life.

Written and produced by football journalist and TV presenter Matt Lorenzo, it will be directed by Finn McGough, who will also co-write with Lorenzo.

Producer is [link...

After a print of The Expendables 3 was stolen in late July and leaked on-line, the title was downloaded about five million times before the film opened in the Us, Australia and more than 30 other markets last week.

Piracy experts estimate the movie, which cost at least $US90 million, was viewed illegally about 500,000 times in the Us and Canada.

Just how often the actioner starring Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and other senior citizens, directed by Aussie Patrick Hughes, was shared in Australia is a moot point.

But there seems little doubt that piracy hurt its opening weekend take of nearly $1.8 million. That.s way down on the first edition, which grabbed $3.1 million in its first weekend in 2010, and The Expendables 2, which bowed with $2.96 million in 2012.

The PG13 rating may have deterred some folks; another factor may have been audience boredom/fatigue with the franchise. The...

For the first time in almost two decades, Luxor Jr., the beloved hopping desk lamp that announces the beginning of a new Pixar adventure, will not see the light. This year the Emeryville-based studio will not delight their devoted audiences with a new, moneymaking feature film. Surely the outrageously successful team of animators will have great years to come with the recent announcements of sequels for "Cars" and "The Incredibles," as well as "Finding Dori," "The Good Dinosaur," and "Inside Out," all of which are already in the making. But this year, 2014, seems like an open field for everyone else to play without the menacing thought of a surely successful Pixar movie in the horizon, which are usually hard to beat both financially and critically.

Another promising omen for smaller or often-dismissed studios is the fact that Disney Animation itself only has one relevant offer this time around. The November release of "Big Hero 6" is the perfect opportunity for Mickey Mouse’s owners to bank on their Marvel investment. Still, it is almost impossible to think a flick about a group of quirky action characters could defeat or even fathom the thought of getting close to the mindboggling numbers, and the wave of awards, "Frozen" brought in.

With the two animation titans quietly on the sidelines for the most part, a dream-like scenario for other films to shine has been created. During the first half of the year several animated titles have hit theaters already all with varying degrees of success. Clearly the conditions are prime for some great and unique animated features to emerge. However, despite the many promising options, there will also be plenty of disappointments.

Already Gone For Better Or Worse

The Nut Job

January witnessed the atrocious arrival of this generic Open Road Films production about a squirrel planning a heist to get nuts. Easily one of the worse reviewed films of the year so far, it is evident why an early release date was chosen. Even the fact that it was voiced by the likes of Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl and Brendan Fraser couldn’t rescue it from its simplistic premise. Sadly, the fact that it didn’t offer anything but cheap and formulaic laughs didn’t stop it from being a mild financial success. Beware, it has been granted a sequel out in 2016.

The Lego Movie

Now here is a showstopper that stacked up the cash and endless praise by building an incredible homage to pop culture. Warner Bros. Pictures hit an unprecedented milestone with this visually innovative and witty piece of animation, which took the beloved construction toys and infused them with an intelligent story. Following Emmet, an ordinary guy who wants to feel special, "The Lego Movie" takes advantage of its charming concept and the infinite amount of hilarious cameos possible. Almost universally acclaimed, boasting a flawless voice cast, and grossing over $400 million worldwide, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have scored the one animated film to beat this year. Deservingly so, a sequel will follow.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Based on the 1960’s animated characters, this DreamWorks film is one of those that produced a lukewarm reaction. Although didactic in the positive sense of the word, it is missing a certain spark to upgrade it into the realm of memorable filmmaking. Teaching kids about ancient civilizations while also trying to deliver on the emotional connection between parents and children is always commendable, but is it enough? Directed by Rob Minkoff ("The Lion King") this story about a smarty-pants dog and his adopted human son received a moderately positive response from audiences and critics. It is hard to know if it will stand the test of time.

Rio 2

Banking on the World Cup craze that has recently made Brazilian culture a commodity, this colorful sequel will perhaps go down as having one of the most convoluted storylines in recent memory. Endless amounts of characters and subplots get drown under the enchanting musical numbers, which become the film’s saving grace. Like its predecessor, this Amazon set animated feature has proven to be highly profitable at the box-office, but in terms of love from the press, this installment has not amused many. Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway, the Blue Sky production has been plucked of the originality of its predecessor and flies clumsily between an environmentally friendly story and the typical find-yourself narrative.

How to Train Your Dragon 2

These days if an idea sort of works then the creators will try to milk it until there is nothing left. This might not be exactly the case with DreamWorks big summer bet, a sequel to their fantastic 2010 film "How to Train Your Dragon." Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature, the first chapter not only performed outstandingly moneywise, but was also adored by the vast majority of critics, who praised its poignant story and gorgeous imagery. It appears like this follow-up lives up to those standards. For the second part in what is to become a trilogy, Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, and Craig Ferguson are back in their roles. Five years after the ending of the first installment, the Viking heroes are now teenagers and still riding their ferocious creatures into the sunset. The third chapter will be released in 2016.

Children Of A Lesser Disney

Planes: Fire and Rescue

Why? That is the only question audiences should be asking the studio about the baffling decision to make a sequel to the mediocre spin-off. The answer? Well with a budget of a little over $50 million "Planes" managed to quadruple that number despite being panned by critics. Dane Cook returns to voice the protagonist, Dusty, and he will more than likely add another terrible title to his shaky filmography. It is important to point out this film was produced by Disney Toon Studios, which handles their direct-to-video releases and those theatrical ones for which they have lesser hopes: "Planes"

Pirate Fairy

For some absurd reason the studio created a marketing campaign for this film comparable to that of an actually meaningful theatrical release. This was probably due to Tom Hiddleston’s involvement, but is that enough to warrant the fifth installment of this by-the-numbers franchise? Apparently they thought so. As a home-entertainment product this may suffice and keep schoolgirls captivated, but how many more sequels until its young audience gets bored or Thinker Bell becomes obsolete. You guessed it, this is also a Disney Toon Studios work, the place where good generic ideas go to die and resurrect as bargain products. However, as bizarre as it might seem, some critics actually enjoyed it and were fairly positive towards it. Could this be because their expectations of a non-theatrical film are lower? We probably should be worried that such support might encourage the studio to open the next chapter in every multiplex that allows children in - all of them.

The Rest Of The Mainstream

The Book of Life

This is the one mainstream release that could end up being a pleasant surprise. Produced by monster-enthusiast Guillermo del Toro and directed by Mexican animator Jorge R. Gutierrez, the film centers on a romance bathed in Mexican mysticism and strikingly beautiful design. The world is inspired by the Mexican Day of the Death celebration and will hopefully depict the peculiar holiday with much needed authenticity. Based on Del Toro’s track record, having high hopes for this one is not unrealistic. And judging from the luscious trailer this visual feast should certainly be an edgy and innovative work. Among the talent involved are Diego Luna, Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, and Christina Applegate.

The Penguins of Madagascar

After three feature films and a several TV series, the black & white clumsy and flightless birds from the “Madagascar” franchise return with their own full-length adventure for the big screen. This spinoff follows Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private as they work with the North Wind, a special animal task force, to prevent a villain from taking over the world – the usual. From the financial standpoint this is an easy paycheck for DreamWorks. A new iteration of the already beloved characters results in secure ticket sales and lots of plush toys flying off the shelves. DreamWorks already released its strong card this year (“How to Train Your Dragon 2”), this is really just o pay the bills.

Home

Aliens and 3D animation have not been very good friends in past attempts made to unite them. "Mars Needs Mom" (2011), "Escape from Planet Earth" (2013), and even the moderately engaging "Monsters vs. Aliens" (2009) have proven this is a hard concept to nail. Regardless of this doomed landscape, DreamWorks had slated "Home" for a November release. The film has been pushed back to March 2015 and replaced by the aforementioned "Penguins," but we decided to included it since it was scheduled for this year until recently and there is enough information out there already. In the film, purple, tiny, outer-space creatures named Boov have come to Earth to make it their humble abode and relocate humans. Nothing extraordinarily original about the idea or the character design, but what could elevate this film to re-watchable terrain is the all-star cast. Throw in Jim Parsons acid wit, Steve Martin’s classic humor, and some pop divas like Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez, and you have yourself something that will bring people to the theaters. Whether is bad or out of this world great, that’s an entirely different subject.

Is Smaller Better?

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return

Stubbornly reluctant to let the story of The Wizard of Oz behind, the film industry keeps on developing projects based upon it. Last year it was Disney’s live action/CG extravaganza "Oz The Great and Powerful," this year, as if needed, a 3D-animated version by Summertime Entertainment revisits the tale once again. This derivative adventure follows Dorothy after the end of the well-known source tale. For starters the animation looks rather flat and lacks the texture and depth that more experienced studios can deliver. This leaves it relying solely on the power of the screenplay, which, as expected, doesn’t seem to offer much. Extremely efficient sorcery will be required to lure the public into watching it. Their safest bet is to hope for positive reviews and breaking even on their investment.

Postman Pat: The Movie

A famously cherished character across the Atlantic, it is possible Postman Pat will not connect with American audiences or generate the same love the British have for him. Not because he is not a great guy, but because the movie in his honor seems completely incoherent. Based upon the stop-motion animation series that ran on the BBC from the early 1980’s, this reinvention discards the beauty of the medium that made the character iconic and turns it into a bland computerized puppet. As if this wasn’t enough, the guys at DreamWorks Classics came to the conclusion that including a singing contest (on the vein of Britain’s Got Talent), robots, and warfare machinery would be amazing components to include. Really? Some things are better left untouched; you guys could have called Aardman Animations. They would’ve gotten it right.

The Boxtrolls

Craft and boundary-pushing creativity have collided gracefully in Laika's past two projects ("Coraline," "ParaNorman") both of which have garnered Oscar nominations and been fairly well-received by audiences. Fearless towards the excruciating labor that stop-motion requires, the Oregon-based production company not only excels in the artistry displayed on screen, but also in making stories with a specific tone and unique voice. Ghostly adventures whose physicality and attention to detail raises the bar far above their competitors. Their latest enterprise is a mesmerizing period piece that deals with a young boy and his goofy-looking, box-inhabiting, monstrous friends. Undoubtedly there is no one out there making films like this, the team at Laika knows how to match their darkly comedic worlds with a technique that still has something to offer in the tiresome age of 3D animation. Judging by the trailers and behind the scenes videos, "The Boxtrolls" will complete a near-perfect inaugural trifecta of sophisticated animated gems.

Underdogs (Foosball)

Argentina’s religious devotion to soccer or “futbol” has finally infiltrated the animated realm via the mind of Academy Award winning director Juan José Campanella (“The Secret in Their Eyes”). This locally produced 3D flick had a budget of $21 million making it the most expensive animated project ever made in Latin America. Telling the fantastical story of a foosball team in a quest to regroup after being pulled apart, the film’s quality rivals any American studio’s production. Surely noticing the great potential, The Weinstein Company acquired distribution rights for North American, France, Australia, and New Zealand. By Pixar’s or DreamWorks’ standards this is a tiny film, but with Harvey’s infrastructure behind it, this Argentine success could score big away from home.

Some Artful Dark Horses

Song of the Sea

Allowing us to take a breather from the homogenous shapes of the virtually-rendered reigning style of animation, Irish filmmaker Tomm Moore returns with his second feature. In 2009 he delighted critics and fans alike with the miraculously flawless "The Secret of Kells." The gorgeous hand-drawn characters and exquisite backgrounds depict a sort of magic rarely seen in toon flicks these days. His follow-up, "Song of the Sea" aims to bring similarly beautiful images to the screen. Gkids, who also distributed Moore’s first picture, has the North American rights for the film and plans to release it later this year. If this new Celtic beauty is any close to "Kells," we are all in for a wonderful treat.

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

As terrible as Miyazaki’s retirement is for the world of animation, there is still hope in the other Ghibli master Isao Takahata. Returning with his first film in over a decade, it appears that the ingenious artist that brought us "Grave of the Fireflies," is back in full form. Poetic and drawn with an entrancing fluidity, this new fantasy is almost certain to be named a masterpiece. Unsurprisingly, Gkids strikes again and will release the film in the Fall with high hopes for award season. Disney banished the hopes of "The Wind Rises" walking away a winner, but next time around the battle might be less set in ice.

Other Global Options

There is also a number of other more obscure foreign animated films that look incredibly compelling but which might not reach American shores anytime soon. Among them are Aunt Hilda (France), The 7th Dwarf (Germany), Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (France), Little from the Fish Shop (Check Republic), El Americano: The Movie (Mexico).

All Their Eggs In One Basket

Big Hero 6

Tonally, “Big Hero 6” feels closer to “Wreck-it Ralph” than the princess tale of “Frozen,” which is trying to marry the success of Marvel’s super hero films with Walt Disney Pictures’ family-friendly magic. The field is bit crowded with new installments of live action franchises like Captain America, Spider-Man, and X-Men, released earlier this year. Yet, in all honesty it is hard to think a film like this will be a failure. It has a preexisting following from the comic book world, and it is the fall's biggest animation release. That’s enough to lure in millions of people into theaters worldwide. Opening November 7th, the story revolves around a group of young crime-fighters and their adorable robot as they fight evil in a fictional futuristic city inspired by both San Francisco and Tokyo. Let’s hope it is edgier than it sounds on paper.

Digitally Animated Dollar Signs

When it comes to a loyal fan-base Disney will always outweigh the competition, this evidently translates into great business. Surely “ Big Hero 6” will be a profitable venture for the studio. How big will it be depends on how willing audiences are to see an animated superhero story in a year with comic book films galore. As of now “The Lego Movie” has conquered and prevailed with astonishing numbers domestically and abroad (over $467 million worldwide). Its closer rival is the musical sequel “Rio 2” (over $352 million worldwide), and then the striking “How To Train Your Dragon 2” (over $292 million worldwide), which has just recently opened and could climb higher up the ladder. In any case the possibilities are bright enough for all to share the wealth. They must enjoy it while it lasts because in 2015 Pixar’s voracious brand will put out not one, but a couple of new moneymaking offers.

Golden Statues Prospects

Here is where Pixar’s absence will be most appreciated. The 3D animation giant has won more Oscars for Best Animated Feature than anyone else. In many occasions they were the only real choice, others - like with “Brave” - it appeared as if they were just winning by default despite the existence of more innovative and daring competitors. Their last offer “Monsters University,” a prequel, failed to garner much love during awards season. This time around they are not even part of the festivities at all. Assuming that the Academy often recognizes the combination of craft and storytelling, then the ideal nominees would be as follows come January

1. The Boxtrolls

2. Song of the Sea

3. The Tale of Princess Kaguya

4. The Book of Life

5. How to Train Your Dragon 2

Of course one of these could easily be replaced by “Big Hero 6” or “The Lego Movie,” but then again, it is only July and this is just educated speculation. The former of these two is a Disney film, and we all know what that means. Without Pixar’s magic to do the heavy lifting, all of the studio’s efforts will go to pushing their new Marvel-inspired crowd-pleaser. As for WB’s massive witty hit, it has a great chance of sneaking if it manages to connect with voters despite its remix culture undertones. Having said this, I think it is time for Gkids or Laika to come out on top and defy the absurd notion that homogenous 3D fare is the only viable technique in the 21st century.

In Oakton, purple squirrel Surly (Will Arnett) is banished from Liberty Park after accidentally destroying the community’s winter food supply. Accompanied by loyal sidekick Buddy, Surly lands on his feet when he discovers a nut shop around the corner from the park — stocking everything from peanuts to pistachios. Bank robbers are using the business as a front for their latest heist, and Surly must get passed their guard dog if he is to pull off his own. When Andie (Katherine Heigl) and Greyson (Brendan Fraser) are dispatched by Raccoon (Liam Neeson) to replace the lost food, it’s not long before they cross paths with Surly, and must ask for his help.

Everything about The Nut Job is unremarkable, from its crude animation to its bland voice cast, but when it does occasionally make an impression it is invariably a negative one. Had it not been released in the...

Mike Disa's entertaining Postman Pat: The Movie is based on a long-running stop-motion BBC children's series which is hugely popular in the U.K. but has never quite made a dent in America, possibly because it's deeply British.

That Britishness hasn't been toned down for the domestic release of the feature film, including borderline ethnic jokes about the Irish and Scottish, and that's a good thing.

The setup is fairly standard: When Pat (Stephen Mangan) fails to receive the bonus he was going to use to take wife Sara (Susan Duerden) on an Italian vacation, he auditions for a Britain's Got Talent–type show, unexpectedly becoming a national celebrity and Losing Sight of the Things That Really Matter.

Meanwhile, an evil postal executive (Peter...

Exclusive: Icon Film Distribution (Ifd) has signed a deal with UK sales and distribution company Park Circus to represent the Ifd library for UK theatrical release.

The Ifd library comprises more than 200 titles including Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, John Hillcoat’s The Road, John Carney’s Once, Emilio Estevez’s The Way, and Tom Ford’s A Single Man.

Park Circus specialises in putting classic films back on the big screen and represents more than 20,000 titles from major studios and independent rights owners. This summer, it will handle the international re-release of Some Like It Hot, The Lady From Shanghai, The Deer Hunter and To Catch A Thief.

Ifd, which re-launched last September backed by New Sparta, recently released animated feature Postman Pat: The Movie, which has generated nearly £3m ($5m) at the UK box office after three weeks on release.

The independent...

According to The Wrap and Yahoo Movies UK, Rupert Grint's "Postman Pat: The Movie" will hit New York and Los Angeles on June 27th, 2014. No word yet on if there will be a larger release. The movie was recently released in the UK and will be released in various countries over the next few months. Rupert also lent his voice to the soundtrack. No word on whether the Us will release the soundtrack. However, if you cannot wait for either, Amazon.co.uk has both the soundtrack available now and the blu-ray for pre-order. Unfortunately, no word on the date. In other news, "Underdogs" now has a release on January 16th, 2015 in the Us according to several sources.

Postman Pat: The Movie has been acquired by Shout! Factory for a Us release.

The popular UK character is set to make his debut in the Us later this month.

Postman Pat The Movie review: "Not the Pat you'll remember"

The 3D feature will see the beloved postman as a contestant in a national television talent competition, reports The Wrap.

Postman Pat: The Movie will make its debut in both New York and Los Angeles beginning on June 27.

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil's Mike Disa directed from a screenplay by Kim Fuller, Nicole Dubuc and Annika Bluhm.

Postman Pat first became popular in the UK in the 1980s.

Airing on the BBC, the series centered on Postman Pat, his cat Jess and his travels through Greendale.

Watch the Postman Pat: The Movie trailer below:...

“Postman Pat: The Movie,” a 3D computer animated feature based on a beloved U.K. TV character, is heading for theaters in the U.S. Shout! Factory has acquired domestic distribution rights to “Pat,” and plans a platform release which will begin with openings in New York and Los Angeles on June 27. “Postman Pat” is aimed at pre-school children and began airing in the United Kingdom on the BBC in 1981. It follows the adventures of the friendly country postman and his black-and-white cat Jess as he delivers through the valley of Greendale, frequently helping villagers resolve their problems. The latest iteration.

22 Jump Street has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The comedy, starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, debuted with an impressive £4.8 million opening to see off competition from Maleficent and X-Men: Days of Future Past and secure first place.

22 Jump Street's debut has trebled the opening of 21 Jump Street, which bowed to £1.56 million in 2012 and went on to gross over £10 million in the UK.

Tom Cruise's Edge of Tomorrow and A Million Ways to Die in the West complete this week's top five.

Elsewhere, the D-Day 70 Years On live cinema event is a new entry at number seven ahead of Nicole Kidman's critically-panned Grace of Monaco (number nine).

The UK box office top ten in full is as follows:

1. (-) 22 Jump Street - £4,854,991

2. (1) Maleficent - £2,605,230

3. (2) X-Men: Days of Future Past - £1,764,749

4. (3) Edge of Tomorrow - £1,234,487

5. (4) A Million Ways to Die in the West...

The UK’s revived Icon Film Distribution is adding to its release slate with four pick-ups from Cannes. Ifd acquired Jc Chandor’s A Most Violent Year with Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain; Equals by Drake Doremus with Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart; The Legend Of Barney Thompson starring Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone and Emma Thompson; and It Follows, the horror pic from David Robert Mitchell that ran in Critics’ Week. Ifd is showing itself a savvy buyer and recently released animated feature Postman Pat: The Movie which has grossed over $4M in its first 10 days. Icelandic producers Davíd Óskar Ólafsson and Árni Filippusson, exec producers on David Gordon Green’s Prince Avalanche, are moving forward with their first English-language drama, Autumn Lights. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Angad Aulakh who wrote the screenplay. Newcomer Guy Kent is starring as a young American photographer on assignment in...

Icon Film Distribution CEO Ian Dawson talks about the relaunched company’s strategy to fill a gap in the UK market.

Following the Cannes Market, the relaunched Icon Film Distribution has announced three further titles it has acquired.

They are:

A Most Violent Year [pictured], written and directed by Jc Chandor and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain. The thriller, set in 1981 New York, follows an immigrant and his family struggling in the violent city. FilmNation handles international sales and the film is in post.

Equals, directed by Drake Doremus and starring Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart. This futuristic romance, which counts Ridley Scott as one of its producers, is set in a utopian future. Mister Smith handles sales.

The Legend of Barney Thomson, marking the feature directorial debut of Robert Carlyle, who also stars alongside Ray Winstone and Emma Thompson. The film is about a Glaswegian barber who inadvertently becomes a serial killer. Myriad Pictures handles...

Angelina Jolie's Maleficent has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The Disney blockbuster, a re-telling of the studio's classic animation Sleeping Beauty, earned more than £6 million to knock last week's chart topper X-Men: Days of Future Past into second place.

Maleficent has pulled in $100.6m across 47 territories, making it the biggest ever live-action movie opening for Jolie.

Bryan Singer's latest X-Men film falls to number two on its second weekend on release, while Tom Cruise's sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow experienced a soft opening in third place with £1.8 million.

The Doug Liman-directed time-loop film falls short of the £4.9 million opening haul for Cruise's last outing Oblivion, as well as the £3.5 million earned by Jack Reacher.

Elsewhere, the chart saw new releases A Million Ways to Die in the West and Jimmy's Hall bow at numbers four and ten respectively.

The UK...

Break out your Marauder’s Map, Invisibility Cloak and Time-Turner: It’s time for another Hogwarts Alumni Newsletter.

It’s been nearly a year since the last installment of Hogwarts’ Alumni Newsletter, a post designed to keep you all informed of the latest happenings from Hogwarts’ most famous young wizard alums (err, or the actors who portray them). While the main trio may not be reuniting to film a video for Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter, as was a recent rumor, many of the now-grown-up cast have announced various upcoming projects over the past few weeks.

Below, see...

X-Men: Days of Future Past has delivered the biggest opening weekend in the UK this year.

Bryan Singer's superhero sequel earned £9.1 million to easily see off competition from Godzilla and secure first place at the box office. Its debut edges out The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which premiered to £9 million earlier this year.

Days of Future Past has also posted the biggest UK debut of an X-Men movie to-date. The film's weekend haul beats X-Men: The Last Stand's £7.1 million earnings from 2006 and represents an uptick on recent entries The Wolverine (£4.6 million) and X-Men: First Class (£5.4 million).

X2 is the best-performing X-Men movie in the UK with a cumulative total of £20.7 million. Days of Future Past already looks on course to surpass that figure.

Elsewhere in the top ten there are places at numbers four and five for Postman Past: The Movie and Blended respectively.

The Lego Movie also saw...

It’s certainly no easy task to follow on from 11 years playing such a pivotal role in one of the biggest and highest grossing movie franchises of all time. However for Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series, it’s been something of an enlivening, reinvigorating experience post-Potter, as the young actor continues to tackle an eclectic range of projects, now starring in Postman Pat: The Movie.

“I quite like variety and doing something different each time,” he told us. “The decisions are just based on good scripts and the people involved. It’s fun doing new things, and I’m just learning a lot. Although I was on Potter for all those years, you felt like you were in a bubble, those films were so unique I don’t think I’ll ever experience that scale and budget again. So it’s fun to do it on a smaller scale,...

Director: Mike Disa; Screenwriter: Annika Bluhm, Nicole Dubuc, Kim Fuller; Starring: Stephen Mangan, Ronan Keating, David Tennant, Rupert Grint, Jim Broadbent; Running time: 87 mins; Certificate: U

Pat Clifton, the humble and dedicated postman who's been the star of his own TV series for more than 30 years, gets his moment to shine on the big screen with the release of Postman Pat: The Movie.

Forget the quaint and low-key adventures of yesteryear, though, this film translation is a multicoloured 3D animation that turns its protagonist into a Paul Potts-type singing sensation via a reality TV show. Unfortunately, much of the parochial charm is lost in a film that lacks the visual and storytelling sophistication of superior toon fare.

If only Aardman was in charge of pulling the strings, Pat and his loyal feline sidekick Jess could have been like Wallace and Gromit for a new generation. As it stands, the...

Rupert Grint has debuted his first track 'Lightning' online.

The Harry Potter star sings the song, featured on the soundtrack for Postman Pat: The Movie, for which he also voices Josh, Pat's rival.

Jessie J and Peter Gabriel feature as well on the soundtrack, as does former Boyzone singer Ronan Keating, who does the singing voice of Postman Pat in the film.

Grint's Harry Potter co-stars Jim Broadbent and David Tennant also voice characters in the adaptation of the much-loved children's television show.

The actor was recently awarded for his work on stage when he was presented with the London Newcomer of the Year award for his work in Mojo.

Watch Stephen Mangan and Ronan Kearing talk Postman Pat: The Movie below:...

To play one of the nation’s best loved characters from a children’s TV show is no easy task – and Stephen Mangan discusses the pressure that comes with taking on the role of Postman Pat, ahead of the character’s debut on the big screen.

Mangan also tells us of his delight in working on something his young sons can watch and enjoy, while explaining the difficulties in bringing Pat to the silver screen to dramatic effect, given the inherent, good nature of the man. He also explains what attracted him to take on this role, and compares his singing voice to that of Ronan Keating’s, who provides the vocals for Pat’s fledging musical career in the movie.

Postman Pat: The Movie is released on May 23rd, and you can read our review here.

The post The HeyUGuys Interview: Stephen Mangan on playing Postman Pat appeared first on HeyUGuys.

Urgent Daily Prophet bulletin: After graduating from Hogwarts, Ron Weasley (err, Rupert Grint, if you care about “accuracy”) apparently attended some sort of magical singing camp. He’s featured on the soundtrack for the British animated film Postman Pat: The Movie, performing a song called “Lightning.”

The best news? Grint sounds pretty great on the catchy, teen-pop-esque track. (In addition to singing, Grint voices the character of Josh, Pat’s rival, in the film, which opens today in the U.K.)

Listen below, and decide if Weasley is your king once again.

And because you’re now wondering when you...

★☆☆☆☆After more than three decades entertaining children on TV, Postman Pat makes the transition to the big-screen in Postman Pat: The Movie (2014). The result is a lacklustre offering that comes as a far cry to the charming stop-motion TV series fostered by original creators John Cunliffe and Ivor Wood. Desperate to treat his loyal wife to a romantic holiday, Pat (Stephen Mangan) is forced to enter an X Factor-style talent competition when his bonus is scrapped. An overnight sensation, Pat is whisked away to London, where he immediately settles into his newfound celebrity status, leaving Carbunkle (Peter Woodward) - the postal service's evil new recruit - to replace him with hundreds of automatons.

One of the stars of the new Postman Pat movie, Rupert Grint, chats to us about the film, Harry Potter, Knightmare and more...

Interview

I felt sorry for Rupert Grint. Just an hour before he ended up speaking to me, he'd been interviewed live on air on Radio 2. Then he ended up in a basement of a London office, clutching a coffee, with me. While I had him trapped though, I got ten minutes of his time, and here's how it went...

You're clearly a much younger, more attractive and more learned man than me, and I expect our experiences of childrens' television is very different. Postman Pat is clearly a big thing for you, but what were the TV shows that helped define your youth? What were you watching as you grew up?

I really identified with characters that did things that it was feasible to achieve. Fireman Sam!

When adapting a children’s TV show that has an established, expectant audience in already in place, to fully succeed you need to ensure that you remain faithful to the tone and spirit of the much-loved series, and to enlarge cinematically with minimum contrivance. While Postman Pat’s debut on the silver screen may deliver in both aspects, it remains a somewhat alienating production as far as the parents are concerned, with little in here to appease all members of the family.

In Mike Disa’s endeavour, Pat’s journey does feel greater, with more dramatic implications to the narrative, to warrant this big screen release. Pat (Stephen Mangan), along with his trusty pet cat Jess, is determined to take his wife on a holiday to Italy. To raise some funds, he decides to enter into a national talent contest, to show off his unique singing ability, and go head-to-head...

Stephen Mangan has revealed that Alan Partridge fans still regularly yell out "Dan!" to him - despite the sitcom moment being more than ten years old.

Mangan - who has since appeared in Green Wing and Episodes, and voiced the title character in Postman Pat: The Movie - played Dan Moody, a kitchen salesman who tried to lure Partridge into a menage a trois in I'm Alan Partridge.

"I get 'Dan' shouted at me almost every day," Mangan told Digital Spy, adding that festivals are "a dangerous area for me".

"If it gets around the crowd that I'm there, I've had 6,000 people shouting 'Dan' at me. Maybe it will morph into 'Pat'?" he said in reference to his role as Greendale's premiere postman.

Postman Pat: The Movie will open in cinemas on May 23.

Stephen Mangan has revealed that Alan Partridge fans still regularly yell out "Dan!" to him - despite the sitcom moment being more than ten years old.

Mangan - who has since appeared in Green Wing and Episodes, and voiced the title character in Postman Pat: The Movie - played Dan Moody, a kitchen salesman who tried to lure Partridge into a menage a trois in I'm Alan Partridge.

"I get 'Dan' shouted at me almost every day," Mangan told Digital Spy, adding that festivals are "a dangerous area for me".

"If it gets around the crowd that I'm there, I've had 6,000 people shouting 'Dan' at me. Maybe it will morph into 'Pat'?" he said in reference to his role as Greendale's premiere postman.

Postman Pat: The Movie will open in cinemas on May 23.

Postman Pat is hitting the big screen, with Episodes actor Stephen Mangan and Boyzone star Ronan Keating voicing the cheery postie when he's speaking and singing, respectively.

To celebrate, Digital Spy caught up with the pair to find out all about weird fan mail and demand they sing the famous Postman Pat theme tune for our amusement.

Plus, with the film seeing Pat enter a Britain's Got Talent-esque competition, we got Stephen to relive his worst ever audition (it involved being half-naked up a ladder) and chatted to Ronan about a possible move from X Factor Australia to the homegrown version...

Postman Pat: The Movie opens in UK cinemas on Friday (May 23).

The new Postman Pat, Stephen Mangan, chats to us about the film, about children's telly, and on a darker sequel...

Interview

The new Postman Pat (as heard in Postman Pat: The Movie, due in cinemas this Friday) has two voices. When he's singing, he magically switched to Ronan Keating. When he's not? He's Stephen Mangan. And the day after the film's premiere, we had a chat with the man himself...

You're Postman Pat.

I know! Can you believe it?

It's a surreal thing to have that claim. There are fewer Postman Pats in the world than there are James Bonds.

That's true, I hadn't thought of that. You make a very good point!

Ken Barrie was the original Postman Pat of course.

That's right.

A friend of mine met him outside a pub once, and in everyday conversation he sounded nothing like him. But in a second, he switched that famous voice on.

Ronan Keating is in awe of Simon Cowell, branding the Britain's Got Talent boss a "very impressive man" and revealing that he "would love" to join The X Factor UK.

The former Boyzone star - who is currently a judge on the Australian version of X Factor - described Cowell as "a great businessman... through and through".

Speaking to Digital Spy about his role in Postman Pat: The Movie, which features a spoof version of the Syco chief named 'Simon Cowbell', Keating said: "Simon's always been very nice to me.

"I worked with Simon in the early years when I signed Westlife to his label, so I've known him for years. He's a very clever man. He knows what he's doing.

"The empire that he's built is very impressive. He's a great businessman, really, through and through."

Keating added that although his commitments to X Factor Australia ruled him out...

The much beloved Postman Pat finally makes his way to the big screen. But is it worth the wait?

It's better than the trailer, let's start there. After all, the big screen debut of Postman Pat suffered from an early promo that suggested the film was not one to look forward to. As it turns out, there are merits to the Postman Pat movie, which at times feels as much like the beneficiary of a Doctor Who script conference as a stint watching children's telly. But ultimately, for all the nods to other movies (Faster Pussycat Kill Kill being the most bizarre), and for all the ideas, Pat falls just a little flat when it matters.

It starts promisingly enough. We meet Pat, now voiced by Stephen Mangan, as he goes about his work in Greendale, courtesy of a really good, extended opening shot. All the regulars are there, with the gentle,...

May 2, 2014

Blue Ruin

Director: Jeremy Saulnier

Starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves

Running time: 90 mins

Certificate: 15

Brick Mansions

Director: Camille DeLamarre

Starring: Paul Walker, David Belle, Rza

Running time: 91 mins

Certificate: 15

Tarzan 3D

Director: Reinhard Klooss

Starring: Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Robert Capron

Running time: 99 mins

Certificate: PG

May 9

Bad Neighbours

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Dave Franco

Running time: 97 mins

Certificate: 15

Sabotage

Director: David Ayer

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington

Running time: 109 mins

Certificate: 15

The Canyons

Director: Paul Schrader

Starring: Lindsay Lohan, James Deen

Running time: 96

Certificate: 18

Frank

Director: Lenny Abrahamson

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson

Running time: 95 mins

Certificate: 15

The Wind Rises

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt

Running time: 127 mins

Certificate: PG

May 16

Godzilla

Director: Gareth Edwards

Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston

Running time: 123 mins

Certificate: 12A

In Secret

Director: Charlie Stratton

Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton...

Stephen Mangan has said that Postman Pat's first venture into film involves "an emotional journey".

Speaking to Digital Spy at last night's (April 24) BAFTA nominations party, the Episodes star - who voices the iconic children's TV character in the upcoming silver screen adaptation - said that the longer format demanded more character development.

"A movie is not a little five or ten-minute cartoon," he explained, "It's an hour and a half - you want your character to go on an emotional journey.

"Pat is probably the nicest fictional cartoon character ever invented. It's quite hard. What do you do with such a nice guy?

"So he's taken to an area a bit darker - he's slightly dazzled by fame and the prospect of a bit of glamour and it drives a wedge between him and, not only his wife and his son, but his cat [Jess]."

The actor previously revealed that...

Postman Pat: The Movie has premiered a new preview clip exclusively through Digital Spy.

The scene above sees the postal worker and his faithful cat Jess execute "manoeuvre 17" as they attempt to make a delivery to a Greendale resident who can't hear them knocking on his door.

Postman Pat: The Movie will see Stephen Mangan voice the beloved cartoon character as he enters a TV talent show competition. Ronan Keating will provide the singing voice for Pat.

David Tennant, Jim Broadbent and Rupert Grint all feature in the voice cast for the film, which will be released in UK cinemas on May 23.

Postman Pat: The Movie has premiered a new preview clip exclusively through Digital Spy.

The scene above sees the postal worker and his faithful cat Jess execute "manoeuvre 17" as they attempt to make a delivery to a Greendale resident who can't hear them knocking on his door.

Postman Pat: The Movie will see Stephen Mangan voice the beloved cartoon character as he enters a TV talent show competition. Ronan Keating will provide the singing voice for Pat.

David Tennant, Jim Broadbent and Rupert Grint all feature in the voice cast for the film, which will be released in UK cinemas on May 23.

Just a little over a month to go now until Postman Pat: The Movie hits our cinemas screens. To mark the occasion we’ve been given this world exclusive look at a brand new TV spot ahead of the release on 23rd May.

The movie has an all-star voice cast which includes David Tennant, Rupert Grint, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Mangan, Peter Woodward and Enn Reitel. We’ll be ramping up our coverage taking up to release so keep checking back for more. If you’ve missed the trailers, posters etc, fear not as you can knock, ring or click here and we’ll deliver the content straight to your screen.

The film finds Pat, everyone’s favourite postman, coming face-to-face with the temptations of money, status and a shiny new suit when he enters a national TV talent show competition that threatens to tear him away from his hometown of...

Postman Pat makes a bid for stardom in his upcoming feature film, auditioning for a Britain's Got Talent-like TV show called You're the One.

Ronan Keating provides the singing voice of Pat, and he can be heard performing for 'Simon Cowbell' and the talent show judges in Digital Spy's clip from the movie above.

The 3D animated film will see Stephen Mangan voice the beloved cartoon character, with David Tennant, Jim Broadbent and Rupert Grint also lending their vocal talents to the cast.

Pat's trusty sidekick Jess the cat will also make an appearance in the feature film, the character's first after multiple TV series outings since he debuted in 1981.

Postman Pat: The Movie will open in UK cinemas on May 23.

Postman Pat makes a bid for stardom in his upcoming feature film, auditioning for a Britain's Got Talent-like TV show called You're the One.

Ronan Keating provides the singing voice of Pat, and he can be heard performing for 'Simon Cowbell' and the talent show judges in Digital Spy's clip from the movie above.

The 3D animated film will see Stephen Mangan voice the beloved cartoon character, with David Tennant, Jim Broadbent and Rupert Grint also lending their vocal talents to the cast.

Pat's trusty sidekick Jess the cat will also make an appearance in the feature film, the character's first after multiple TV series outings since he debuted in 1981.

Postman Pat: The Movie will open in UK cinemas on May 23.

Postman Pat: The Movie has released a new trailer.

The promo is the latest look at Greendale's parochial postman's first big-screen adventure after a recent teaser trailer and character posters.

Postman Pat: The Movie will see Stephen Mangan voice the beloved cartoon character as he enters a TV talent show competition. Ronan Keating will provide the singing voice for Pat.

David Tennant, Jim Broadbent and Rupert Grint all feature in the voice cast for the film, which will be released in UK cinemas on May 23.

Lionsgate have released the second trailer for Postman Pat the movie and it’s CG-Tastic! The voice cast includes David Tennant, Rupert Grint, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Mangan, Peter Woodward and Enn Reitel. Postman Pat: The Movie is released in UK cinemas 23rd May.

The film finds Pat, everyone’s favourite postman, coming face-to-face with the temptations of money, status and a shiny new suit when he enters a national TV talent show competition that threatens to tear him away from his hometown of Greendale and his family and friends. What happens when kindness meets selfishness? When local fame meets Global notoriety? Will a nice cup of tea be kicked aside by a Frappacapacino Pat is set to find out as he falls for the age-old temptation of the grass being greener…

If I’m honest I’m not sure what to make of this trailer. The way in which it...

Postman Pat: The Movie has released three new posters exclusively through Digital Spy.

The artwork features the parochial postman alongside his loyal cat Jess and a sinister Pat-Bot robot. The 3D animated movie will be released in UK cinemas on May 23.

Postman Pat: The Movie will see Stephen Mangan voice the beloved cartoon character as he enters a TV talent show competition. Ronan Keating will provide the singing voice for Pat.

David Tennant, Jim Broadbent and Rupert Grint all feature in the voice cast for the film. Watch a trailer below:...

Pat has always had something of the serial killer about him. But in his new 3D movie, he's really lost the plot

There are many films that could have been made about Postman Pat. A gritty Ken Loach drama about the evils of privatisation. A Speed-style thriller about a man who has to deliver a sackful of letters in an hour before his van explodes. A horror story about how Postman Pat is a serial killer (which he obviously is, by the way. He has a constant, unblinking fixed grin, diminished capacity for emotional intimacy, a cat for a best friend, and can often be found whistling his own theme tune like a monstrous narcissist. All the signs are there).

And yet this is the film that's been made about him. The first trailer for Postman Pat: The Movie has just been released, and it's apparently about Postman Pat entering The X Factor.

February 4th, 2014, 11:09am– Today, the very first trailer for Postman Pat: The Movie – You Know You’re The One was released and we get our first glimpse of the character Rupert Grint has voiced. It’s been a long time since we found out that he would be voicing the character Josh who is a boyband star and now we just can’t wait to hear him in the movie. The movie will be released in the UK on May 23, and it looks to be enjoyable for all ages. You can see a picture of Rupert‘s character Josh right here in our gallery. And check out the trailer below: - See more at: http://www.rupert-grint.us/#sthash.Sij4tBFP.dpuf...