Post by sgev1977 on Feb 16, 2019 0:35:54 GMT
Just for fun! Some old projects that weren't just that projects:
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/benedict-cumberbatch-finds-a-will-28642581.html
Also reported by ScreenDaily:
www.screendaily.com/production/cumberbatch-cox-harrison-attached-to-where-theres-a-will-/5030346.article
variety.com/2014/film/global/benedict-cumberbatch-to-star-in-blood-mountain-exclusive-1201074011/
Benedict Cumberbatch is to star in Irish comedy Where There's A Will
Alongside the Sherlock star, Charlie Cox and Jenna Harrison are also attached to the Maurice Phillips-directed film, which has been developed by actor Danny Midwinter, who is also producing.
"I've been working on this for five years, trying to get it off the ground and all of a sudden it's falling into place," Danny told Screen Daily.
"Benedict read the script and said he loved it and thought it was so different to anything else he had seen," he added.
The film, which is described as having "a feel of Waking Ned with the banter of The Quiet Man [the 1952 film with John Wayne]", is about three brothers who go on the run to Ireland from the mob in London after thinking they have inherited a pub, only to discover it's a funeral parlour.
Penned by Ian D Fleming and Maurice, Where There's A Will plans to shoot in Ireland in 2012.
Benedict, best known for his portrayal of iconic detective Sherlock Holmes in the BBC One series, will next be seen in Steven Spielberg's War Horse and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with Colin Firth and Gary Oldman.
He will also be the voices of both Smaug the Dragon and the Necromancer in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.
Alongside the Sherlock star, Charlie Cox and Jenna Harrison are also attached to the Maurice Phillips-directed film, which has been developed by actor Danny Midwinter, who is also producing.
"I've been working on this for five years, trying to get it off the ground and all of a sudden it's falling into place," Danny told Screen Daily.
"Benedict read the script and said he loved it and thought it was so different to anything else he had seen," he added.
The film, which is described as having "a feel of Waking Ned with the banter of The Quiet Man [the 1952 film with John Wayne]", is about three brothers who go on the run to Ireland from the mob in London after thinking they have inherited a pub, only to discover it's a funeral parlour.
Penned by Ian D Fleming and Maurice, Where There's A Will plans to shoot in Ireland in 2012.
Benedict, best known for his portrayal of iconic detective Sherlock Holmes in the BBC One series, will next be seen in Steven Spielberg's War Horse and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with Colin Firth and Gary Oldman.
He will also be the voices of both Smaug the Dragon and the Necromancer in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/benedict-cumberbatch-finds-a-will-28642581.html
Also reported by ScreenDaily:
www.screendaily.com/production/cumberbatch-cox-harrison-attached-to-where-theres-a-will-/5030346.article
Sergei Bodrov (“Mongol,” “Seventh Son”) will direct, and Lawrence Bender (“Pulp Fiction,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Kill Bill”), Nicola Horlick and James Gibb are producing. Jonathan W. Stokes penned the original script, with revisions by John Romano.
The film follows a private military contractor whose special forces team is ambushed and killed during a covert raid, forcing him to personally escort one of the world’s most wanted terrorists over hostile terrain in order to bring him to justice. With a bounty at stake and insurgents and rival mercenaries hunting them, the two find themselves facing not only their enemies, but each other in their fight for survival.
The film follows a private military contractor whose special forces team is ambushed and killed during a covert raid, forcing him to personally escort one of the world’s most wanted terrorists over hostile terrain in order to bring him to justice. With a bounty at stake and insurgents and rival mercenaries hunting them, the two find themselves facing not only their enemies, but each other in their fight for survival.
variety.com/2014/film/global/benedict-cumberbatch-to-star-in-blood-mountain-exclusive-1201074011/