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Bleecker Street Acquires “On Chesil Beach”

Saoirse’s upcoming film On Chesil Beach has been acquired by Bleecker Street! They are currently planning a 2018 release.

‘Dunkirk’ actor Billy Howle also stars in Dominic Cooke’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel, which recounts a honeymoon gone wrong.

Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to the newlywed drama On Chesil Beach, starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle.

The Brooklyn Oscar nominee and the Dunkirk actor, respectively, play a newlywed couple who remained virgins until their wedding night. Their honeymoon retreat along the English seaside in 1962 becomes a challenge as they find themselves ill-equipped to consummate their marriage.

Former Royal Court Theatre head Dominic Cooke directed the adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel from the author’s script. Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley produced, with Joe Oppenheimer, Thorsten Schumacher, Zygi Kamasa, Beth Pattinson, Chiara Gelardin, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden and Ian McEwan serving as executive producers.

On Chesil Beach made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Bleecker Street, which also picked up the drama Disobedience out of Toronto, will wait until 2018 to release On Chesil Beach.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

On Chesil Beach
Published
by Jess
on Oct 03, 2017
Focus Features To Distribute “Lady Bird” Internationally

Focus Features To Distribute “Lady Bird” Internationally

According to Variety, Focus Features has acquired international distribution to Lady Bird! That means they will handle distribution in all territories outside North America. The film was directed by Greta Gerwig in her feature debut, premiered on Sept. 3 at the Telluride Film Festival, then showed on opening night at the Toronto Film Festival. It’s also set to premiere at New York Film Festival and at BFI London Film Festival soon.

The comedy-drama, set in 2002 in Sacramento, Calif., also stars Tracy Letts in the father role and Lucas Hedges and Timothee Chalamet as the romantic interests. A24 opens “Lady Bird” on Nov. 10.

Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O’Neill are the producers. A24 and IAC are the production companies.

“With ‘Lady Bird,’ Greta has proven herself to be both a brilliant illusionist and a towering filmmaker,” said Focus chairman Peter Kujawski. “She tricks us into believing this is an intimate story about a specific character, time, and place until the culmination of the laughter and the tears makes you realize it’s actually a grand epic that is as universal, relatable and emotionally powerful as any story of mothers and daughters that has ever been put on film.”

Lady Bird
Published
by Jess
on Sep 12, 2017