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May 18, 2017 21:33:50 GMT
Post by coolclearwaters on May 18, 2017 21:33:50 GMT
Just read some of the creepy comments at the end of the Variety story. Wow! I guess they will never realize that they come off as repellent nut bags. The nepotism charges are so ridiculous. It's not unusual for family members to work together in businesses that they own.
Not having seen any of Sophie's work, I have no idea whether I would like it. Some of her projects have sounded interesting to me, some not so much. I rarely, if ever, go to see a movie based on the producers.
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May 19, 2017 0:01:52 GMT
Post by dreamsincolour on May 19, 2017 0:01:52 GMT
Just read some of the creepy comments at the end of the Variety story. Wow! I guess they will never realize that they come off as repellent nut bags. The nepotism charges are so ridiculous. It's not unusual for family members to work together in businesses that they own. Given that Megan Hunter is apparently on twitter, I just hope that the nut jobs aren't attacking her now for the crime of having written a good book and/or for being the sister-on law (if she actually is).
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May 19, 2017 0:07:33 GMT
Post by mllemass on May 19, 2017 0:07:33 GMT
I've only seen her in an episode of Midsomer Murders. She was really good! She was the reason the murderer committed the murders.
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May 19, 2017 4:30:51 GMT
Post by roverpup on May 19, 2017 4:30:51 GMT
Dreams said: "But I must admit that I also assumed quoting Sophie as a producer was probably a typo, and just a confusion of the two "Hunter" names. Apart from anything else, wasn't there an announcement a while back that Sophie was to use "Sophie Cumberbatch" as her official name now rather than "Sophie Hunter"? If Sophie was being officially quoted as producer, it would therefore surely be as Sophie Cumberbatch."
No, there was no "announcement". There was an article in People magazine after the time of the birth of Sophie and Ben's second child that said:
"PEOPLE can also confirm that Sophie has formally changed her name from Sophie Hunter to Sophie Cumberbatch."
That doesn't mean that she wouldn't be retaining Hunter as her last name when working professionally (like being a producer). I think that info was presented in the People article because whoever sourced the info for the birth of Hal came across the fact that Sophie was listed as Sophie Cumberbatch. Lots of women use their nee names professionally and yet change their names to their husband's name formally so in their private life there is one family name on birth certificates etc.
There has never been any kind of announcement about Sophie changing her name and I think this name change actually happened a while back but of course wasn't "discovered" until the birth of Hal.
BTW I didn't see any quote attributed to Sophie Hunter. The Hunter who was quoted was the author of the book. I see that Adam Ackland has retweeted the Variety article on his twitter account. One would think that if there was incorrect info (like incorrectly listing Ben's wife as a producer) he would have corrected any misconceptions then and there.
I don't know why there seems to be this feeling like Sophie's involvement in this project has to be some kind of mistake or typo. It seems entirely within the realm of possibility that she might get involved with SunnyMarch to me. I hope it is a fact and will be reconfirmed soon with additional articles and information about this project.
:-)
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May 19, 2017 4:47:36 GMT
Post by coolclearwaters on May 19, 2017 4:47:36 GMT
I think the only reason some people think it might have been a typo is because the story was awkwardly written - quoting Megan Hunter right after mentioning Sophie Hunter without clarifying which Hunter they were talking about. LOL, Then the writer went on to list Benedicts management and the author's management - again just referring to her as "Hunter" as if there were no others "Hunters" mentioned. Weird.
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May 19, 2017 4:57:37 GMT
Post by roverpup on May 19, 2017 4:57:37 GMT
I think the only reason some people think it might have been a typo is because the story was awkwardly written - quoting Megan Hunter right after mentioning Sophie Hunter without clarifying which Hunter they were talking about. LOL, Then the writer went on to list Benedicts management and the author's management - again just referring to her as "Hunter" as if there were no others "Hunters" mentioned. Weird. I thought the article was pretty straightforward actually. The producers were mentioned and then there was a quote from the author of the book (pretty clear from the content of the quote). At the end of the article the three people quoted in the article were sourced back to their agents (who would have been contacted to get the quotes. Adam Ackland and Sophie Hunter, two other producers on this project, were not mentioned in the attribution paragraph because they didn't supply any information for the story. Style wise it is standard for newspapers/magazines not to use first names after the first mention of the person. I admit that since both the author of the book and one of the producers have the same last name it could be confusing to the reader if you aren't familiar with news "writing". :-))
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May 19, 2017 5:21:03 GMT
Post by coolclearwaters on May 19, 2017 5:21:03 GMT
I don't think this is a typo, but it is unnecessarily awkward writing. Authors are sometimes given production credits on movies based on their novels.
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May 19, 2017 7:22:44 GMT
Post by mllemass on May 19, 2017 7:22:44 GMT
People magazine would have received their information directly from Benedict's people. That's how they do it. But I think the information about this new production is probably old news (from before SH changed her name to SC) and it's only being officially announced now because the book is being published.
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May 20, 2017 11:04:42 GMT
Post by roverpup on May 20, 2017 11:04:42 GMT
This is a link to a press release from the company publishing Megan Hunter's new book. It is about the film rights being bought by SunnyMarch. I am going to consider that it puts an end to any speculation that the listing of Sophie Hunter as a producer for the proposed film as a mistake or typo because it clearly states that Sophie Hunter is one of the producers of the proposed film based on M. Hunter's book. www.picador.com/blog/may-2017/the-end-we-start-from-film-rights-acquiredHere's an excerpt of the pertinent information. I am very pleased that Sophie will be participating in Ben's company and on this project. :-))
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May 20, 2017 16:30:10 GMT
Post by MagdaFR on May 20, 2017 16:30:10 GMT
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