Tag: Michael Winterbottom

  • &flix Presents the flix first premiere of the satirical comedy ‘Greed’

    &flix Presents the flix first premiere of the satirical comedy ‘Greed’

    MUMBAI: When extreme wealth and unchecked narcissism takes over, it’s only a downhill trip from there on. Here’s a story of a billionaire fashion magnate whose life turns topsy-turvy around the time of his glorious 60 birthday. Come Sunday, 13 December , at 1PM and 9PM, &flix, the destination of the biggest Hollywood hits presents a must-watch satire about the world of the super-rich with the Flix First Premiere of Greed. Amidst the glitz and the glam and all the razzmatazz of the runways, it’s one man’s reputation at stake. #LeapForth into a world where seven deadly sins threaten to destroy the riches that surround the ultimate fashion tycoon – Sir Richard McCreadie.

    Directed by the BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, the film brings a stellar ensemble cast featuring the academy award-nominee Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher (Confessions Of A Shopaholic), David Mitchell, and Asa Butterfield (Hugo). The movie will also premiere on 13 December at 2 PM on Zee Café and 3PM and 11PM PM on &PrivéHD.

    Greed tells the story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion – bringing the high street to the catwalk and the catwalk to the high street. As fate would have it, after a damaging public inquiry, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicized and extravagant party celebrating his sixtieth  birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. A satire on the grotesque inequality of wealth in the fashion industry, the film sees McCreadie’s rise and fall through the eyes of his biographer, Nick.

    Witness one of the biggest fashion faux pas as in the Flix first premiere of Greed this Sunday 13 December at 1PM and 9PM, &flix, 2 PM on Zee Café and 3PM and 11PM PM on &PrivéHD

  • Kate Beckinsale to be a part of ‘The Face of an Angel’

    Kate Beckinsale to be a part of ‘The Face of an Angel’

    MUMBAI: A drama directed by Michael Winterbottom will soon see Kate Beckinsale be a part of the crew alongside Daniel Bruhl and Cara Delevingne.

    Scripted by Paul Viragh, the film is based on the book ‘Angel Face’ by Barbie Nadeau with a plot loosely based on Amanda Knox. Amanda Knox was an American woman who was convicted to killing a mate along with her boyfriend in Italy and served four years in prison before the conviction was overturned.

    Beckinsale will play a journalist in the movie while Delevingne is playing a suspect and Bruhl is a documentary film maker.

    The film will start production in Italy, backed by BBC films and produced by Melissa Parmenter.

  • Kate Beckinsale to be a part of The Face of an Angel

    Kate Beckinsale to be a part of The Face of an Angel

    MUMBAI: A drama directed by Michael Winterbottom will soon see Kate Beckinsale be a part of the crew alongside Daniel Bruhl and Cara Delevingne.

     

    Scripted by Paul Viragh, the film is based on the book ‘Angel Face’ by Barbie Nadeau with a plot loosely based on Amanda Knox. Amanda Knox was an American woman who was convicted to killing a mate along with her boyfriend in Italy and served four years in prison before the conviction was overturned.

     

    Beckinsale will play a journalist in the movie while Delevingne is playing a suspect and Bruhl is a documentary film maker.

     

    The film will start production in Italy, backed by BBC films and produced by Melissa Parmenter.

  • BBC looks to take hit comedies to big screen

    BBC looks to take hit comedies to big screen

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC is looking to turn its comedy shows into feature films. Kenton Allen, an Oscar-winning producer who produced this year’s Academy award winning short film Six Shooter will lead the development initiative for the comedy department that produces shows like Little Britain, Extras, Ideal and Funland.

    Alongside exploring the potential to develop existing brands into feature films, Kenton Allen and the Comedy team will also work with a wide variety of writers and writer/performers to develop feature films. Allen said, “Many of the comedy talent we work with ultimately want to paint on a bigger canvas, and this relationship with BBC Films means that we can now offer them that opportunity.

    “From initial development in Radio and the Internet, through Television and on to Film, BBC Comedy can offer the best comedy talent the best possible development path for their work.

    “BBC Comedy has a fine tradition of developing iconic comic voices from Ronnie Barker to Ricky Gervais and I’m confident that this opportunity will lead to some truly original film making.”

    BBC Films head David Thompson said: “I am very excited about working with Kenton and The BBC Comedy team. Comedy is very much a target area for us at the moment, with several interesting projects in development, the recent successful releases of Debbie Isitt’s Confetti and Michael Winterbottom’s A Cock & Bull Story.”