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Sean Durkin To Direct, Tony Grisoni To Script Channel 4 Mini ‘Southcliffe’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday August 24, 2012 @ 4:34am PDTTags: Channel 4, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sean Durkin

In an interesting pairing, Martha Marcy May Marlene helmer Sean Durkin will make his British TV debut with Channel 4 drama Southcliffe, based on a script by Tony Grisoni, who wrote the Red Riding trilogy for the net in 2009. Warp Films is producing the four-part Southcliffe to be aired in 2013.

Following a raft of shootings in a fictional English market town, the story is told through the eyes of a journalist and the tragedies’ victims. Grisoni calls it an “anthem to ordinary people’s ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.” His similarly-themed neo-noir Red Riding crime trilogy achieved cult status in 2009. It was released theatrically by IFC in the U.S.

Durkin, who won the Best Director prize in Sundance with Martha Marcy, is also directing the feature indie, Joplin, next year. The $20M pic looks at the last 6 months in the singer’s career and has Tony-winning actress Nina Arianda lined up to star. Southcliffe‘s cast has yet to be set. Derrin Schlesinger is producing Soutchliffe with Peter Carlton exec producing for Warp Films. Sophie Gardiner exec produces for Channel 4.

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London Film Festival Sets Program As George Clooney Global Tour Continues

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 4:38am PDTTags: A Dangerous Method, Anonymous, BFI London Film Festival, Carnage, George Clooney, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Pariah, Rampart, Restless, Shame, The Artist, The Descendants, The Ides of March, This Must Be The Place, Trishna, W.E., We Need To Talk About Kevin
Mike Fleming

The 55th BFI London Film Festival has set its slate for the 16-day festival that runs Oct. 12-27. It’s composed mostly of the high-profile films that will have made their debuts at the Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York film … Read More »

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Sundance: Fox Searchlight Buys ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 24, 2011 @ 1:28pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Fox Searchlight, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Movie Deals, Movies, Sean Durkin, Sundance, Sundance Film Deals, Sundance Film Festival
Mike Fleming

PARK CITY, UT January 24, 2011 – Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired worldwide rights to the suspenseful drama MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE. Written and directed by Sean Durkin, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE stars Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes and Hugh Dancy. Maybach Cunningham and FilmHaven entertainment present a Borderline Films Production in association with This Is that. The film was produced by Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach and Patrick Cunningham. Ted Hope, Matt Palmieri, Saerom Kim, Saemi Kim and Alexander Schepsman are executive producers with Andrew Corkin as co-producer. The film is scheduled to be released in 2011.

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Sundance: Screenings Start Very Sloooow; Buyers Circle ‘The Guard’ With Don Cheadle

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday January 21, 2011 @ 8:04pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Dealmaking, 2011 Sundance Film Festival, 2011 Sundance Films, John Michael McDonagh, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Movies, Pariah, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Sceenings, The Guard
Mike Fleming

On the second day of Sundance, buyers were beginning to get antsy. The first screenings generated moderate interest, but buyers haven’t loved anything and only liked a few films. So far, the consensus is that the unveiled crop of films can’t be released on a high screen count. Deals will be … Read More »

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