Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dome Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #362: Adam Deacon on Sumotherhood, Raising Finance, Directing,...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dome Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #362: Adam Deacon on Sumotherhood, Raising Finance, Directing,...
- 10/23/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Highest-grossing event cinema release ever in the territory.
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Oct 13-15) Total gross to date Week 1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Trafalgar) £5.7m £5.7m 1 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) £1.3m £3.3m 1 3. The Exorcist: Believer (Universal) £1m £3.5m 2 4. Sumotherhood (Paramount) £734,000 £746,000 1 5. The Creator (Disney) £642,345 £5.4m 3
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has become the highest-grossing event cinema release ever in the UK and Ireland after just three days in cinemas.
The concert film, released by Trafalgar Releasing, has taken £5.7m with final figures still coming in.
It overtakes the £5.5m total gross of last year’s Prima Facie,...
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Oct 13-15) Total gross to date Week 1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Trafalgar) £5.7m £5.7m 1 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) £1.3m £3.3m 1 3. The Exorcist: Believer (Universal) £1m £3.5m 2 4. Sumotherhood (Paramount) £734,000 £746,000 1 5. The Creator (Disney) £642,345 £5.4m 3
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has become the highest-grossing event cinema release ever in the UK and Ireland after just three days in cinemas.
The concert film, released by Trafalgar Releasing, has taken £5.7m with final figures still coming in.
It overtakes the £5.5m total gross of last year’s Prima Facie,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Competition comes from Paramount’s ‘Paw Patrol’ and ‘Sumotherhood’.
Pop icon Taylor Swift is looking to extend her cultural reach to cinemas this weekend, through the event cinema release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Opening in 651 UK-Ireland venues through Trafalgar Releasing, the film is a 168-minute recording of three Swift gigs from the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August 2023, as part of Swift’s ongoing tour playing music from across her career.
It is the latest concert film from UK- and US-based director Sam Wrench, a former competitive slalom skier who has also directed BTS: Permission To Dance...
Pop icon Taylor Swift is looking to extend her cultural reach to cinemas this weekend, through the event cinema release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Opening in 651 UK-Ireland venues through Trafalgar Releasing, the film is a 168-minute recording of three Swift gigs from the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August 2023, as part of Swift’s ongoing tour playing music from across her career.
It is the latest concert film from UK- and US-based director Sam Wrench, a former competitive slalom skier who has also directed BTS: Permission To Dance...
- 10/13/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Semi-sequel to the spoof gangland tale muddles comic capers with extreme violence and it’s not helped by a cameo from ‘Crack Ed’ Sheeran
When Adam Deacon sent up the turgid inner-city dramas Kidulthood and Adulthood with his 2011 comedy Anuvahood, he was dissing the hand that fed him: Deacon was one of the stars of the earlier Noel Clarke-penned films, which made it all the more frustrating that none of his barbs hit their target. His aim in the intervening 12 years hasn’t noticeably improved. This new semi-sequel, set in a modern-day London awash with guns and gangs, reunites the earlier picture’s writing duo Deacon and Michael Vu, who are joined by Jazzie Zonzolo, and brings back several cast members. Among them is Richie Campbell, reprising his performance as a lisping thug and still shouting his lines in a bid to make them funny. It’s a tactic...
When Adam Deacon sent up the turgid inner-city dramas Kidulthood and Adulthood with his 2011 comedy Anuvahood, he was dissing the hand that fed him: Deacon was one of the stars of the earlier Noel Clarke-penned films, which made it all the more frustrating that none of his barbs hit their target. His aim in the intervening 12 years hasn’t noticeably improved. This new semi-sequel, set in a modern-day London awash with guns and gangs, reunites the earlier picture’s writing duo Deacon and Michael Vu, who are joined by Jazzie Zonzolo, and brings back several cast members. Among them is Richie Campbell, reprising his performance as a lisping thug and still shouting his lines in a bid to make them funny. It’s a tactic...
- 10/12/2023
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Showtime has an exciting new original movie, and the cast is impressive.
Heist 88 is headlined by two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance and produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, Bassett Vance Productions, and Gunpowder & Sky.
Inspired by one of the largest bank robberies in U.S. history, the film will stream exclusively on Paramount+ with Showtime starting on Friday, September 29, and on Showtime on Sunday, October 1 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
"Inspired by true events, Heist 88 is the unbelievable story centered on Jeremy Horne (Vance), a criminal mastermind with an innate ability to convince anyone to do just about anything, who decides to pull one last job before going to prison," the cabler's official description teases.
"He recruits four young bank employees to steal close to $80 million dollars in a daring and brazen assault on the U.S. banking system."
"The film takes place in a time before widespread...
Heist 88 is headlined by two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance and produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, Bassett Vance Productions, and Gunpowder & Sky.
Inspired by one of the largest bank robberies in U.S. history, the film will stream exclusively on Paramount+ with Showtime starting on Friday, September 29, and on Showtime on Sunday, October 1 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
"Inspired by true events, Heist 88 is the unbelievable story centered on Jeremy Horne (Vance), a criminal mastermind with an innate ability to convince anyone to do just about anything, who decides to pull one last job before going to prison," the cabler's official description teases.
"He recruits four young bank employees to steal close to $80 million dollars in a daring and brazen assault on the U.S. banking system."
"The film takes place in a time before widespread...
- 8/28/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Actor Noel Clarke is looking for damages of around $12m (£10m) in his defamation suit against The Guardian newspaper.
Clarke has filed the suit in response to eight articles published in The Guardian in which he was accused of various incidents of misconduct by 20 women between 2004 and 2019.
The actor, producer, and director, best known for work such as Kidulthood and its two follow-up movies, has denied all of the allegations and said the articles have had a “catastrophic” effect on his career.
The $12m figure was obtained by the BBC, which said it had seen documents lodged at London’s High Court as part of the defamation claim. If Clarke wins the case, a judge will decide what damages he is entitled to.
Alongside claiming general damages for reputational harm, Clarke is looking for damages that cover specific financial losses. Clarke’s claim says The Guardian’s articles had a “devastating” impact on his finances,...
Clarke has filed the suit in response to eight articles published in The Guardian in which he was accused of various incidents of misconduct by 20 women between 2004 and 2019.
The actor, producer, and director, best known for work such as Kidulthood and its two follow-up movies, has denied all of the allegations and said the articles have had a “catastrophic” effect on his career.
The $12m figure was obtained by the BBC, which said it had seen documents lodged at London’s High Court as part of the defamation claim. If Clarke wins the case, a judge will decide what damages he is entitled to.
Alongside claiming general damages for reputational harm, Clarke is looking for damages that cover specific financial losses. Clarke’s claim says The Guardian’s articles had a “devastating” impact on his finances,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
UK-Ireland theatrical release in 2023.
Paramount Global Content Distribution and Paramount Pictures UK have acquired worldwide rights on Adam Deacon’s upcoming action-comedy Sumotherhood.
The studio will release the film theatrically in the UK and Ireland later this year.
Sumotherhood marks a return to the industry for UK actor-filmmaker Deacon, who broke out as an actor in 2006’s Kidulthood and won the Bafta Rising Star award in 2012. The new film is the fourth in the Kidulthood series, after 2008’s Adulthood and 2016’s Brotherhood, the latter of which Deacon did not appear in.
The film is currently in post-production, with an ensemble cast including Deacon,...
Paramount Global Content Distribution and Paramount Pictures UK have acquired worldwide rights on Adam Deacon’s upcoming action-comedy Sumotherhood.
The studio will release the film theatrically in the UK and Ireland later this year.
Sumotherhood marks a return to the industry for UK actor-filmmaker Deacon, who broke out as an actor in 2006’s Kidulthood and won the Bafta Rising Star award in 2012. The new film is the fourth in the Kidulthood series, after 2008’s Adulthood and 2016’s Brotherhood, the latter of which Deacon did not appear in.
The film is currently in post-production, with an ensemble cast including Deacon,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sumotherhood, the upcoming British urban action-comedy that marks the much-anticipated return to filmmaking for BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, is set to hit cinemas later this year following a major worldwide deal with Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.
Paramount Global Content Distribution and Paramount Pictures U.K. have acquired the feature, now in postproduction and coming from Piece of Pie Productions, Deaconstructed and Belstone Pictures. Paramount Pictures U.K. is planning a theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland later in 2023.
Sumotherhood features an ensemble cast, including Deacon (Kidulthood, Rogue), Jazzie Zonzolo (Anuvahood), Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous), Danny Sapani (Black Panther), Ed Sheeran (Game Of Thrones), Leomie Anderson (Glow Up), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Mary Poppins Returns, Paddington 2), London Hughes (London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck), Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick), Richie Campbell (Top Boy, Blue Story), Ella VaDay (Ru Paul’s Drag Race) and Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood), alongside several cameos
Written by Deacon,...
Paramount Global Content Distribution and Paramount Pictures U.K. have acquired the feature, now in postproduction and coming from Piece of Pie Productions, Deaconstructed and Belstone Pictures. Paramount Pictures U.K. is planning a theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland later in 2023.
Sumotherhood features an ensemble cast, including Deacon (Kidulthood, Rogue), Jazzie Zonzolo (Anuvahood), Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous), Danny Sapani (Black Panther), Ed Sheeran (Game Of Thrones), Leomie Anderson (Glow Up), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Mary Poppins Returns, Paddington 2), London Hughes (London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck), Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick), Richie Campbell (Top Boy, Blue Story), Ella VaDay (Ru Paul’s Drag Race) and Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood), alongside several cameos
Written by Deacon,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against Bafta, it has been announced.
The actor and producer, 46, filed the lawsuit after the award’s body suspended his membership and his recent outstanding British contribution to cinema award “in light of the allegations of serious misconduct” against Clarke.
The claims were levelled against the actor, best known for appearing in Doctor Who and for co-creating the films Kidulthood and Adulthood, in The Guardian last year.
It said 20 women, who knew Clarke in a professional capacity, had come forward with allegations of misconduct.
In a statement at the time, Clarke said he “vehemently” denied “any sexual misconduct or criminal wrongdoing”.
On Wednesday (7 September), a Bafta spokesperson announced that Clarks had dropped his legal action against the organisation.
“We note that Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against Bafta,” they said. “The serious misconduct alleged in first-hand testimonies and published in The Guardian...
The actor and producer, 46, filed the lawsuit after the award’s body suspended his membership and his recent outstanding British contribution to cinema award “in light of the allegations of serious misconduct” against Clarke.
The claims were levelled against the actor, best known for appearing in Doctor Who and for co-creating the films Kidulthood and Adulthood, in The Guardian last year.
It said 20 women, who knew Clarke in a professional capacity, had come forward with allegations of misconduct.
In a statement at the time, Clarke said he “vehemently” denied “any sexual misconduct or criminal wrongdoing”.
On Wednesday (7 September), a Bafta spokesperson announced that Clarks had dropped his legal action against the organisation.
“We note that Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against Bafta,” they said. “The serious misconduct alleged in first-hand testimonies and published in The Guardian...
- 9/8/2022
- by Naomi Clarke
- The Independent - TV
Exclusive: Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance have renewed the overall deal with MTV Entertainment Studios for their Bassett Vance Productions, and have set Heist 88, starring Vance, as the first feature under the new pact.
Directed by Menhaj Huda (Kidulthood),the film, which is currently shooting in Chicago, reunites two-time Emmy winner Vance with his The People vs Oj Simpson: American Crime Story co-star Keesha Sharp and Bentley Green, who recently starred alongside him in AMC’s 61st Street.
In addition to Vance, Sharp and Green, Keith David, Xavier Clyde, Nican Robinson and Precious Way also star in Heist 88, which is inspired by true events and tells the unbelievable story of one of the largest bank heists ever to occur in the United States.
In the film, written by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, Vance portrays Jeremy Horne, a criminal mastermind with an innate ability to convince anyone to do just about anything,...
Directed by Menhaj Huda (Kidulthood),the film, which is currently shooting in Chicago, reunites two-time Emmy winner Vance with his The People vs Oj Simpson: American Crime Story co-star Keesha Sharp and Bentley Green, who recently starred alongside him in AMC’s 61st Street.
In addition to Vance, Sharp and Green, Keith David, Xavier Clyde, Nican Robinson and Precious Way also star in Heist 88, which is inspired by true events and tells the unbelievable story of one of the largest bank heists ever to occur in the United States.
In the film, written by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, Vance portrays Jeremy Horne, a criminal mastermind with an innate ability to convince anyone to do just about anything,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Over a year after he was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and bullying, British film and TV star Noel Clarke has said he is writing a screenplay about “all this shit.”
“I am writing a script about all this shit,” Clarke tweeted, without providing any further details on the project. “I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.”
I am writing a script about all this shit. I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.
— Noel Clarke (@NoelClarke) August 19, 2022
The script tweet comes days after Clarke posted a video claiming that he had a clean chit from London’s Metropolitan Police.
“I want you to remember what was said about me… More people coming forward to the police, ‘police are investigating this that the other’ and eventually, ‘police stop the investigation due to insufficient evidence’ and all that sort of malarkey,” Clarke said in the video,...
“I am writing a script about all this shit,” Clarke tweeted, without providing any further details on the project. “I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.”
I am writing a script about all this shit. I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.
— Noel Clarke (@NoelClarke) August 19, 2022
The script tweet comes days after Clarke posted a video claiming that he had a clean chit from London’s Metropolitan Police.
“I want you to remember what was said about me… More people coming forward to the police, ‘police are investigating this that the other’ and eventually, ‘police stop the investigation due to insufficient evidence’ and all that sort of malarkey,” Clarke said in the video,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran and K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
U.K. film and TV star Noel Clarke has spoken up about the so-called ‘cancel culture’ and McCarthyism and revealed that he had suicidal feelings after sexual harassment allegations against him.
In an interview with U.K. tabloid Daily Mail, the first after London’s Metropolitan Police decided not to investigate the claims against him, Clarke said: “Twenty years of work was gone in 24 hours. I lost everything. The company I built from the ground up, my TV shows, my movies, my book deals, the industry respect I had. In my heart and my head it has damaged me in a way I cannot articulate.”
“There has been no arrest, no charges, no trial, no verdict but I have been criminalized,” Clarke added. “This is a form of modern McCarthyism.”
The fall was swift from April 2021, when multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, best known for starring in shows...
In an interview with U.K. tabloid Daily Mail, the first after London’s Metropolitan Police decided not to investigate the claims against him, Clarke said: “Twenty years of work was gone in 24 hours. I lost everything. The company I built from the ground up, my TV shows, my movies, my book deals, the industry respect I had. In my heart and my head it has damaged me in a way I cannot articulate.”
“There has been no arrest, no charges, no trial, no verdict but I have been criminalized,” Clarke added. “This is a form of modern McCarthyism.”
The fall was swift from April 2021, when multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, best known for starring in shows...
- 5/30/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Sexual harassment claims against U.K. actor Noel Clarke will not be investigated by the London Metropolitan Police.
In April 2021, multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, a top actor in the U.K. best known for starring in shows such as “Doctor Who” and “Bulletproof” and the films “Kidulthood” and “Adulthood.” The allegations, first published as part of an extensive investigation by U.K. newspaper The Guardian, spanned sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping, sexually inappropriate behaviour and comments on set, professional misconduct, taking and sharing sexually explicit pictures and videos without consent, and bullying between 2004 and 2019.
The police had launched an investigation at the time, but now will not pursue it.
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “On Wednesday, 21 April 2021 police received a third party report relating to allegations of sexual offences allegedly committed by a male over a period of time. Following a thorough assessment by...
In April 2021, multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, a top actor in the U.K. best known for starring in shows such as “Doctor Who” and “Bulletproof” and the films “Kidulthood” and “Adulthood.” The allegations, first published as part of an extensive investigation by U.K. newspaper The Guardian, spanned sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping, sexually inappropriate behaviour and comments on set, professional misconduct, taking and sharing sexually explicit pictures and videos without consent, and bullying between 2004 and 2019.
The police had launched an investigation at the time, but now will not pursue it.
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “On Wednesday, 21 April 2021 police received a third party report relating to allegations of sexual offences allegedly committed by a male over a period of time. Following a thorough assessment by...
- 3/28/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
More than 20 women made bullying and sexual harassment claims against the actor in 2021.
London’s Metropolitan Police has issued a statement saying UK actor Noel Clarke will not face criminal investigation, after over 20 women made bullying and sexual harassment claims again the actor in April 2021.
In a statement, the Met said: ”Following a thorough assessment by specialist detectives it was determined the information would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation.
“We have shared our findings with the third party organisation and updated the complainants who subsequently contacted us following the initial report.”
Claims of misconduct from 20 women who...
London’s Metropolitan Police has issued a statement saying UK actor Noel Clarke will not face criminal investigation, after over 20 women made bullying and sexual harassment claims again the actor in April 2021.
In a statement, the Met said: ”Following a thorough assessment by specialist detectives it was determined the information would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation.
“We have shared our findings with the third party organisation and updated the complainants who subsequently contacted us following the initial report.”
Claims of misconduct from 20 women who...
- 3/28/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The BFI is to introduce Wellbeing Facilitators on all the films it helps fund as it battles to overcome the industry’s long-running issues with mental health and bullying.
The role will champion and facilitate a positive working culture and provide an independent point of contact for any issues related to stress, bullying and harassment, discrimination and adult safeguarding.
In collaboration with mental health support organization 6ft From The Spotlight and using funding from the National Lottery, all projects backed with BFI Film Fund production funding will see the Facilitator introduced.
The BFI initially introduced the role onto projects in production in 2021 and will help train new Wellbeing Facilitators in the likes of mental health risk policy and dealing with bullying and harassment, alongside 6ft From The Spotlight.
Other core Wellbeing Facilitator responsibilities will include advising producers and heads of departments on how to prevent stress and mental health issues...
The role will champion and facilitate a positive working culture and provide an independent point of contact for any issues related to stress, bullying and harassment, discrimination and adult safeguarding.
In collaboration with mental health support organization 6ft From The Spotlight and using funding from the National Lottery, all projects backed with BFI Film Fund production funding will see the Facilitator introduced.
The BFI initially introduced the role onto projects in production in 2021 and will help train new Wellbeing Facilitators in the likes of mental health risk policy and dealing with bullying and harassment, alongside 6ft From The Spotlight.
Other core Wellbeing Facilitator responsibilities will include advising producers and heads of departments on how to prevent stress and mental health issues...
- 2/2/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
A documentary chronicling the experiences of disgraced actor Noel Clarke is in the works at Channel 4, Variety has confirmed.
Sources indicate that a project in early development at the “It’s a Sin” broadcaster will look to explore the events surrounding Clarke in the last year, though it’s still unclear what the exact angle or treatment will be.
A spokesperson for Channel 4 told Variety: “Channel 4 has not commissioned the documentary. It is in the early stages of development and as part of this process, the production company has started approaching a number of potential participants.”
In April 2021, multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, a top actor in the U.K. best known for starring in shows such as “Doctor Who” and “Bulletproof” and the films “Kidulthood” and “Adulthood.” The allegations, first published as part of an extensive investigation by newspaper The Guardian, spanned sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping,...
Sources indicate that a project in early development at the “It’s a Sin” broadcaster will look to explore the events surrounding Clarke in the last year, though it’s still unclear what the exact angle or treatment will be.
A spokesperson for Channel 4 told Variety: “Channel 4 has not commissioned the documentary. It is in the early stages of development and as part of this process, the production company has started approaching a number of potential participants.”
In April 2021, multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, a top actor in the U.K. best known for starring in shows such as “Doctor Who” and “Bulletproof” and the films “Kidulthood” and “Adulthood.” The allegations, first published as part of an extensive investigation by newspaper The Guardian, spanned sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping,...
- 1/17/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Aml Ameen directs and stars in a transatlantic love story with glam-tourist London locations and a great supporting cast
Aml Ameen is an actor and director who made his name in Kidulthood in 2006. Now he has made this likable Black British aspirational romcom in the transatlantic style, brashly giving his audience plenty of glam-tourist London locations with a cheeky nod to Richard Curtis’s Love Actually.
Ameen plays Melvin, a British writer whose smash-hit bestselling book has taken him to LA, where he has fallen in love with casting director Lisa (Aja Naomi King). Now he wants to take her for a Christmas holiday to London to meet his extended family; his formidable mother Shirley (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) will be hosting her traditional Boxing Day party.
Aml Ameen is an actor and director who made his name in Kidulthood in 2006. Now he has made this likable Black British aspirational romcom in the transatlantic style, brashly giving his audience plenty of glam-tourist London locations with a cheeky nod to Richard Curtis’s Love Actually.
Ameen plays Melvin, a British writer whose smash-hit bestselling book has taken him to LA, where he has fallen in love with casting director Lisa (Aja Naomi King). Now he wants to take her for a Christmas holiday to London to meet his extended family; his formidable mother Shirley (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) will be hosting her traditional Boxing Day party.
- 12/2/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Grierson Awards: Netflix And BBC Neck-And-Neck
Netflix was nearly neck-and-neck with the BBC at last night’s Grierson Awards, winning five gongs including for David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet in Best Single Documentary – Domestic. The streamer was only one behind the BBC’s six wins as the pair dominated on a night where the BBC tends to be out in front. Netflix’s other victories came for Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell (Best Music Documentary), Athlete A (Best Sports Documentary), My Octopus Teacher (Best Natural History or Environmental Documentary) and A Love Song For Latasha (Best Short). BBC2 doc Once Upon a Time in Iraq won two awards (Best History Documentary and Best Documentary Series) while all other BBC awards went to BBC4 shows. Channel 4 won for The School That Tried To End Racism (Best Constructed Documentary Series) and Yinka Bokinni (Best Documentary Presenter), while...
Netflix was nearly neck-and-neck with the BBC at last night’s Grierson Awards, winning five gongs including for David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet in Best Single Documentary – Domestic. The streamer was only one behind the BBC’s six wins as the pair dominated on a night where the BBC tends to be out in front. Netflix’s other victories came for Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell (Best Music Documentary), Athlete A (Best Sports Documentary), My Octopus Teacher (Best Natural History or Environmental Documentary) and A Love Song For Latasha (Best Short). BBC2 doc Once Upon a Time in Iraq won two awards (Best History Documentary and Best Documentary Series) while all other BBC awards went to BBC4 shows. Channel 4 won for The School That Tried To End Racism (Best Constructed Documentary Series) and Yinka Bokinni (Best Documentary Presenter), while...
- 11/11/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amid the UK TV industry’s push to improve workplace conditions, the BBC is set to meet with leading industry bodies Pact, BFI and Equity to work out how its new anti-bullying guidelines can be implemented, as production managers report being “overwhelmed.”
The drive for positive change in the business is throwing up questions and concerns over implementation and UK trade body Pact is currently in talks with the BBC over whether these new guidelines, which were forged in the wake of the Noel Clarke revelations, will create “an additional burden” for producers.
The BBC is due to meet with other UK bodies such as actors’ union Equity, The Film & TV Charity and the BFI over the coming weeks to “work out what the best next steps are as an industry to encourage best practice in a way that is consistent, efficient and drives cultural change,” according to a BBC spokeswoman.
The drive for positive change in the business is throwing up questions and concerns over implementation and UK trade body Pact is currently in talks with the BBC over whether these new guidelines, which were forged in the wake of the Noel Clarke revelations, will create “an additional burden” for producers.
The BBC is due to meet with other UK bodies such as actors’ union Equity, The Film & TV Charity and the BFI over the coming weeks to “work out what the best next steps are as an industry to encourage best practice in a way that is consistent, efficient and drives cultural change,” according to a BBC spokeswoman.
- 10/21/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Adam Deacon, the BAFTA-winning star of British indie dramas “Kidulthood” and “Adulthood,” will take on his next directorial project with “Sumotherhood.”
Billed as an urban action comedy, the film sees Deacon reteaming with Michael Vu, with whom he collaborated on the 2011 film “Anuvahood” — his first turn in the director’s seat. Joining them for the new project is writing partner and comedy performer Jazzie Zonzolo.
“Sumotherhood” marks Deacon’s return to the industry after a number of years away. The British actor-rapper broke through in the 2006 drama “Kidulthood,” and went on to win BAFTA’s highly coveted Rising Star award in 2012, beating the likes of Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston. Early in his career, Deacon collaborated on several projects with actor-director Noel Clarke — who was recently subject to multiple sexual misconduct and bullying claims, all of which he denies — but went on to accuse Clarke of bullying and sabotaging his...
Billed as an urban action comedy, the film sees Deacon reteaming with Michael Vu, with whom he collaborated on the 2011 film “Anuvahood” — his first turn in the director’s seat. Joining them for the new project is writing partner and comedy performer Jazzie Zonzolo.
“Sumotherhood” marks Deacon’s return to the industry after a number of years away. The British actor-rapper broke through in the 2006 drama “Kidulthood,” and went on to win BAFTA’s highly coveted Rising Star award in 2012, beating the likes of Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston. Early in his career, Deacon collaborated on several projects with actor-director Noel Clarke — who was recently subject to multiple sexual misconduct and bullying claims, all of which he denies — but went on to accuse Clarke of bullying and sabotaging his...
- 7/1/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
This week, British actor, writer and director Noel Clarke has made headlines after being accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women.
Clarke played Mickey Smith in “Doctor Who” from 2005 to 2010 and starred as Sam in the films “Kidulthood,” “Adulthood” and “Brotherhood,” which he wrote and directed, intent on bringing more representations of working-class Britain to screen. Clarke also writes, produces and plays Aaron Bishop in the British police procedural series “Bulletproof,” alongside close friend Ashley Walters.
Clarke made his film debut in 2003’s “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” and has since starred in movies including “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Centurion,” “4.3.2.1.,” “Fast Girls,” “Storage 24,” “I Am Soldier,” “The Anomaly,” “I Kill Giants,” “Mute,” “10×10,” “The Corrupted,” “Twist” and “Sas: Red Notice.”
In 2015, Clarke founded the London-based production company Unstoppable Film and Television with Jason Maza, eventually securing investment from super-indie All3Media, which owns “Fleabag” producer Two Brothers and “1917” outfit Neal Street Productions.
Clarke played Mickey Smith in “Doctor Who” from 2005 to 2010 and starred as Sam in the films “Kidulthood,” “Adulthood” and “Brotherhood,” which he wrote and directed, intent on bringing more representations of working-class Britain to screen. Clarke also writes, produces and plays Aaron Bishop in the British police procedural series “Bulletproof,” alongside close friend Ashley Walters.
Clarke made his film debut in 2003’s “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” and has since starred in movies including “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Centurion,” “4.3.2.1.,” “Fast Girls,” “Storage 24,” “I Am Soldier,” “The Anomaly,” “I Kill Giants,” “Mute,” “10×10,” “The Corrupted,” “Twist” and “Sas: Red Notice.”
In 2015, Clarke founded the London-based production company Unstoppable Film and Television with Jason Maza, eventually securing investment from super-indie All3Media, which owns “Fleabag” producer Two Brothers and “1917” outfit Neal Street Productions.
- 4/30/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Update #2: CAA has dropped the actor and producer Noel Clarke following a series of misconduct allegations, as have his U.S. managers Industry Entertainment and UK managers 42, Deadline can confirm.
Updated, 2:24 Pm: All3Media, which backs Noel Clarke’s production company Unstoppable Film and Television, has launched an investigation into bombshell misconduct allegations reported by The Guardian. A spokesman said: “We have a zero tolerance approach to abuse, bullying and harassment. We take allegations of this kind extremely seriously and are looking into this as a matter of urgency.”
Previously, 12:23 Pm: BAFTA has suspended UK film and TV actor, director and producer Noel Clarke following a bombshell expose in the Guardian which contains allegations of inappropriate behaviour from more than 20 women.
“In light of the allegations of serious misconduct regarding Noel Clarke in the Guardian this evening, BAFTA has taken the decision to suspend his membership and the...
Updated, 2:24 Pm: All3Media, which backs Noel Clarke’s production company Unstoppable Film and Television, has launched an investigation into bombshell misconduct allegations reported by The Guardian. A spokesman said: “We have a zero tolerance approach to abuse, bullying and harassment. We take allegations of this kind extremely seriously and are looking into this as a matter of urgency.”
Previously, 12:23 Pm: BAFTA has suspended UK film and TV actor, director and producer Noel Clarke following a bombshell expose in the Guardian which contains allegations of inappropriate behaviour from more than 20 women.
“In light of the allegations of serious misconduct regarding Noel Clarke in the Guardian this evening, BAFTA has taken the decision to suspend his membership and the...
- 4/29/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: BAFTA has suspended the membership of actor Noel Clarke, along with his recent Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, following numerous sexual harassment and bullying allegations made in a Guardian investigation published Thursday.
Meanwhile, All3Media, the super-indie backers of Clarke’s production company Unstoppable Film and Television, has told Variety it is conducting its own probe of Clarke and his activities through the banner.
“We have a zero tolerance approach to abuse, bullying and harassment,” said an All3Media spokesperson. “We take allegations of this kind extremely seriously and are looking into this as a matter of urgency.”
In a statement shared with Variety on Thursday evening, BAFTA said: “In light of the allegations of serious misconduct regarding Noel Clarke in The Guardian this evening, BAFTA has taken the decision to suspend his membership and the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award immediately and until further notice.”
The Guardian...
Meanwhile, All3Media, the super-indie backers of Clarke’s production company Unstoppable Film and Television, has told Variety it is conducting its own probe of Clarke and his activities through the banner.
“We have a zero tolerance approach to abuse, bullying and harassment,” said an All3Media spokesperson. “We take allegations of this kind extremely seriously and are looking into this as a matter of urgency.”
In a statement shared with Variety on Thursday evening, BAFTA said: “In light of the allegations of serious misconduct regarding Noel Clarke in The Guardian this evening, BAFTA has taken the decision to suspend his membership and the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award immediately and until further notice.”
The Guardian...
- 4/29/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The actor, director and screenwriter on loyalty, getting caught short in a shopping centre and losing his hair
Born in London, Noel Clarke, 45, played Mickey Smith in Doctor Who. He wrote and starred in the 2006 film Kidulthood and its sequels, Adulthood and Brotherhood, which he also directed. He stars in Sky One’s Bulletproof and the ITV drama Viewpoint, which starts later this spring. Clarke is married with three sons and lives in London.
What is your greatest fear?
Not achieving enough.
Born in London, Noel Clarke, 45, played Mickey Smith in Doctor Who. He wrote and starred in the 2006 film Kidulthood and its sequels, Adulthood and Brotherhood, which he also directed. He stars in Sky One’s Bulletproof and the ITV drama Viewpoint, which starts later this spring. Clarke is married with three sons and lives in London.
What is your greatest fear?
Not achieving enough.
- 4/3/2021
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
BET Goes Online-Only In UK
ViacomCBS’s BET is to become an online-only channel in the UK on April 8. The channel will be officially housed on Channel 5 streamer, My5, as well as on ViacomCBS’s advertising-supported streamer Pluto, where it launches on April 5. Alongside the digital switch, BET has unveiled its first UK originals slate: Cooking series Celebrity Comfort Food; comedy archive series Black to the Future (working title); and We Do That, a format following three well-known hosts as they meet talented Black individuals and try out their various career paths through hilarious challenges. Additionally, BET UK announced the launch of BET Amplifind UK, a regional music talent search. “We are committed to growing the BET brand in the UK, and to continuing to elevate Black love, joy, power and pride worldwide,” said Monde Twala, SVP of BET International.
‘Unforgotten’ Renewed For Fifth Season
ITV has renewed detective...
ViacomCBS’s BET is to become an online-only channel in the UK on April 8. The channel will be officially housed on Channel 5 streamer, My5, as well as on ViacomCBS’s advertising-supported streamer Pluto, where it launches on April 5. Alongside the digital switch, BET has unveiled its first UK originals slate: Cooking series Celebrity Comfort Food; comedy archive series Black to the Future (working title); and We Do That, a format following three well-known hosts as they meet talented Black individuals and try out their various career paths through hilarious challenges. Additionally, BET UK announced the launch of BET Amplifind UK, a regional music talent search. “We are committed to growing the BET brand in the UK, and to continuing to elevate Black love, joy, power and pride worldwide,” said Monde Twala, SVP of BET International.
‘Unforgotten’ Renewed For Fifth Season
ITV has renewed detective...
- 3/30/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Noel Clarke will be the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the 74th Ee British Academy Film Awards.
The award will be presented on Apr. 10 as part of the Ee BAFTA Film Awards opening night ceremony in London.
Clarke wrote and starred in the feature film Hood trilogy, “Kidulthood” (2006), “Adulthood” (2008) and “Brotherhood” (2016), and directed the latter two. The films focused on the lives of troubled teenagers turned adults living in West London. He received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2009.
In 2007, Clarke co-founded his own production company, Unstoppable Entertainment, later joining with fellow actor/producer Jason Maza. Since then, the company has produced over 10 feature films including Jessica Hynes’ directorial debut “The Fight.” In 2018, the company joined with All3Media and launched Unstoppable Film and Television to expand their remit to include television.
Under this expanded banner, Clarke co-created and stars in Sky One’s hit original drama “Bulletproof” with Ashley Walters,...
The award will be presented on Apr. 10 as part of the Ee BAFTA Film Awards opening night ceremony in London.
Clarke wrote and starred in the feature film Hood trilogy, “Kidulthood” (2006), “Adulthood” (2008) and “Brotherhood” (2016), and directed the latter two. The films focused on the lives of troubled teenagers turned adults living in West London. He received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2009.
In 2007, Clarke co-founded his own production company, Unstoppable Entertainment, later joining with fellow actor/producer Jason Maza. Since then, the company has produced over 10 feature films including Jessica Hynes’ directorial debut “The Fight.” In 2018, the company joined with All3Media and launched Unstoppable Film and Television to expand their remit to include television.
Under this expanded banner, Clarke co-created and stars in Sky One’s hit original drama “Bulletproof” with Ashley Walters,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Previous recipients include Andy Serkis, Tessa Ross, Film4.
UK actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke will receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema award at the upcoming Bafta Film Awards.
The honorary prize will be presented as part of the Bafta Film Awards opening night, on Saturday April 10.
The 74th Baftas are taking place across two nights on the weekend of April 10-11, with the format and hosts unveiled last week.
Clarke is best known for writing and starring in the Hood film trilogy, consisting of Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008) and Brotherhood (2016). He also directed the latter two entries, with the series focusing...
UK actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke will receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema award at the upcoming Bafta Film Awards.
The honorary prize will be presented as part of the Bafta Film Awards opening night, on Saturday April 10.
The 74th Baftas are taking place across two nights on the weekend of April 10-11, with the format and hosts unveiled last week.
Clarke is best known for writing and starring in the Hood film trilogy, consisting of Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008) and Brotherhood (2016). He also directed the latter two entries, with the series focusing...
- 3/29/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Noel Clarke, the British multi-hyphenate behind the Hood franchise and the hit TV series Bulletproof, will receive this year’s Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema honorary award at the BAFTAs.
Clarke will pick up the prize as part of the BAFTA Film Awards Opening Night ceremony on Saturday, April 10. He will be the only winner picking up their award in person on the night. As previously reported, the BAFTAs are dividing into two events this year, with the main ceremony on Sunday, April 11.
An actor, producer, writer and director, Clarke won the Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ for his performance in the play Where Do We Live at the Royal Court, and then broke into the big screen with his successful Hood trilogy. The three movies – Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008) and Brotherhood (2016), the latter two of which Clarke directed – were successful at the UK box office. Clarke also received the...
Clarke will pick up the prize as part of the BAFTA Film Awards Opening Night ceremony on Saturday, April 10. He will be the only winner picking up their award in person on the night. As previously reported, the BAFTAs are dividing into two events this year, with the main ceremony on Sunday, April 11.
An actor, producer, writer and director, Clarke won the Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ for his performance in the play Where Do We Live at the Royal Court, and then broke into the big screen with his successful Hood trilogy. The three movies – Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008) and Brotherhood (2016), the latter two of which Clarke directed – were successful at the UK box office. Clarke also received the...
- 3/29/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast: 200th Episode Special – Noel Clarke on making feature films as a Writer,...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast: 200th Episode Special – Noel Clarke on making feature films as a Writer,...
- 1/11/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Leading television industry event the Edinburgh TV Festival has added two sessions to its lineup, with “Succession” writer Lucy Prebble and Russell T. Davies, the former “Doctor Who” showrunner, among the speakers.
Davies, executive producer and writer of “Doctor Who,” “Years and Years” and “A Very English Scandal,” will be joined by “Bulletproof,” “The Corrupted” and “Kidulthood” leading actor, writer, director and producer Noel Clarke, on a drama panel that will look at the challenges behind getting scripted TV funded and produced, as well as what the picture for drama post-lockdown is shaping up to be.
They will be accompanied on the panel, hosted by New Pictures’ Willow Grylls, by “Succession” writer Lucy Prebble, controller of BBC Drama Piers Wenger, and Channel 4’s head of drama Caroline Hollick.
The session will also delve into what Britishness means in U.K.-originated, scripted TV especially now there is an emphatic demand for,...
Davies, executive producer and writer of “Doctor Who,” “Years and Years” and “A Very English Scandal,” will be joined by “Bulletproof,” “The Corrupted” and “Kidulthood” leading actor, writer, director and producer Noel Clarke, on a drama panel that will look at the challenges behind getting scripted TV funded and produced, as well as what the picture for drama post-lockdown is shaping up to be.
They will be accompanied on the panel, hosted by New Pictures’ Willow Grylls, by “Succession” writer Lucy Prebble, controller of BBC Drama Piers Wenger, and Channel 4’s head of drama Caroline Hollick.
The session will also delve into what Britishness means in U.K.-originated, scripted TV especially now there is an emphatic demand for,...
- 7/17/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The trio will be in conversation with Screen editor Matt Mueller on Thursday June 4 at 16.00 BST.
David Oyelowo, Andrea Riseborough and Noel Clarke will be in conversation with Screen International editor Matt Mueller in the next edition of Screen Talks on Thursday June 4 at 16.00 BST.
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The trio of UK actor/producers – who were all named Screen Stars of Tomorrow in the early stages of their careers – will share their experiences as actors and producers during the coronavirus shutdown, including how they’re keeping inspired, future projects and their views on the production guidelines that will allow...
David Oyelowo, Andrea Riseborough and Noel Clarke will be in conversation with Screen International editor Matt Mueller in the next edition of Screen Talks on Thursday June 4 at 16.00 BST.
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The trio of UK actor/producers – who were all named Screen Stars of Tomorrow in the early stages of their careers – will share their experiences as actors and producers during the coronavirus shutdown, including how they’re keeping inspired, future projects and their views on the production guidelines that will allow...
- 6/2/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
When rapper Stormzy landed a headlining slot at the Glastonbury Festival last summer, black British music took center stage and set the cultural agenda in the U.K. The film and television industries haven’t had many of those defining moments — and there was outrage as BAFTA recently unveiled an all-white acting nominations list for its 2020 film awards. But with a slew of major projects featuring diverse talent, there are hopes that change is afoot.
Movies such as Gurinder Chadha’s “Blinded by the Light,” about a British Pakistani teenager’s love of Bruce Springsteen, and Rapman’s “Blue Story,” a tale of friendship amid gang conflict, are registering critical acclaim and commercial success at the cinema. Series like “Top Boy” are winning eyeballs. Diverse rising talent is breaking through — and helping ensure that what appears on screen better reflects modern, multicultural Britain to audiences at home and around the world.
Movies such as Gurinder Chadha’s “Blinded by the Light,” about a British Pakistani teenager’s love of Bruce Springsteen, and Rapman’s “Blue Story,” a tale of friendship amid gang conflict, are registering critical acclaim and commercial success at the cinema. Series like “Top Boy” are winning eyeballs. Diverse rising talent is breaking through — and helping ensure that what appears on screen better reflects modern, multicultural Britain to audiences at home and around the world.
- 1/16/2020
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The story of a British-Nigerian boy growing up in rural Lincolnshire and inner-city London is told with compassion in Shola Amoo’s profoundly moving drama
Writer-director Shola Amoo’s “semi-autobiographical” second feature is an affecting coming-of-age tale pitched somewhere between the sublime American poetry of Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight and the streetwise British grit of Noel Clarke and Menhaj Huda’s Kidulthood movies. A huge leap forward from the experimental collages of 2016’s A Moving Image, The Last Tree bristles with film-making confidence, plunging us into the world of its young protagonist as he struggles to find his place in a strangely changing environment. Powerful performances, tactile visuals and an elegantly fluid score add to the impact of this impressively understated yet profoundly moving tale.
We open in Lincolnshire, with a scene of bucolic beauty reminiscent of the dreamy field-of-corn sequence in Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher. Here, 11-year-old Femi (Tai Golding...
Writer-director Shola Amoo’s “semi-autobiographical” second feature is an affecting coming-of-age tale pitched somewhere between the sublime American poetry of Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight and the streetwise British grit of Noel Clarke and Menhaj Huda’s Kidulthood movies. A huge leap forward from the experimental collages of 2016’s A Moving Image, The Last Tree bristles with film-making confidence, plunging us into the world of its young protagonist as he struggles to find his place in a strangely changing environment. Powerful performances, tactile visuals and an elegantly fluid score add to the impact of this impressively understated yet profoundly moving tale.
We open in Lincolnshire, with a scene of bucolic beauty reminiscent of the dreamy field-of-corn sequence in Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher. Here, 11-year-old Femi (Tai Golding...
- 9/29/2019
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
The actor on his Notting Hill childhood, his role in Fisherman’s Friends – and the best advice he’s ever been given
Noel Clarke has grown up at Uli in Notting Hill. The actor first came to Michael Lim’s restaurant 20 years ago, along with his girlfriend, at the invitation of director Rikki Beadle-Blair who had taken a chance on casting the unknown Clarke in his debut TV role. The Szechuan chilli prawns and perfect calamari seemed good portents and he and that girlfriend – Iris Da-Silva, now his wife and mother of his three boys – have kept coming back.
During the years that Clarke was writing and starring in his landmark film Kidulthood and its sequel Adulthood – more than a decade ago, before his boys were born – he would sit in Uli with friends and collaborators until the early hours. And as Clarke, now 43, has developed to become a director...
Noel Clarke has grown up at Uli in Notting Hill. The actor first came to Michael Lim’s restaurant 20 years ago, along with his girlfriend, at the invitation of director Rikki Beadle-Blair who had taken a chance on casting the unknown Clarke in his debut TV role. The Szechuan chilli prawns and perfect calamari seemed good portents and he and that girlfriend – Iris Da-Silva, now his wife and mother of his three boys – have kept coming back.
During the years that Clarke was writing and starring in his landmark film Kidulthood and its sequel Adulthood – more than a decade ago, before his boys were born – he would sit in Uli with friends and collaborators until the early hours. And as Clarke, now 43, has developed to become a director...
- 3/17/2019
- by Tim Adams
- The Guardian - Film News
Following the underground 2016 hit, The Intent, the brand new prequel, The Intent 2: The Come Up will release in cinemas on September 21. To celebrate the release, we are giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the World Premiere.
Starring Bet nominee Ghetts, Mobo and Bet winners Krept & Konan, rap star Fekky, dancehall artist Popcaan, BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, Ashley Chin, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Dylan Duffus, takes the crew to Jamaica.
The Intent 2: The Come Up centres on Jay (Ghetts) who has big dreams; but his ambitions are crippled by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster). Jay sets about laying the foundations for his own organised crime ring with the help of Mustafa (Adam Deacon). Things are going well until Beverley discovers his disloyalty, and an ill-fated robbery in North London and a trip to Jamaica tears the crew apart.
Starring Bet nominee Ghetts, Mobo and Bet winners Krept & Konan, rap star Fekky, dancehall artist Popcaan, BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, Ashley Chin, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Dylan Duffus, takes the crew to Jamaica.
The Intent 2: The Come Up centres on Jay (Ghetts) who has big dreams; but his ambitions are crippled by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster). Jay sets about laying the foundations for his own organised crime ring with the help of Mustafa (Adam Deacon). Things are going well until Beverley discovers his disloyalty, and an ill-fated robbery in North London and a trip to Jamaica tears the crew apart.
- 9/14/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Vertigo Releasing has debuted a new poster and trailer for British crime thriller sequel, The Intent 2: The Come Up.
Written by and starring both Nicky Slimting Walker and Femi Oyeniran who helmed The Intent. The film stars Nicki Slimting Walker, Femi Oyeniran, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. It also includes Bet nominee Ghetts, Mobo and Bet winners Krept & Konan, rap star Fekky, dancehall artist Popcaan, BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, Ashley Chin, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Dylan Duffus.
Also in trailers – Rowan Atkinson fails to get the hang of virtual reality in new trailer for Johnny English Strikes Again
The film is released on September 21.
The Intent 2: The Come Up Synopsis
The Intent 2: The Come Up centres on Jay (Ghetts) who has big dreams, but his ambitions are crippled by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster). Jay sets about laying the foundations for his own...
Written by and starring both Nicky Slimting Walker and Femi Oyeniran who helmed The Intent. The film stars Nicki Slimting Walker, Femi Oyeniran, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. It also includes Bet nominee Ghetts, Mobo and Bet winners Krept & Konan, rap star Fekky, dancehall artist Popcaan, BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, Ashley Chin, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Dylan Duffus.
Also in trailers – Rowan Atkinson fails to get the hang of virtual reality in new trailer for Johnny English Strikes Again
The film is released on September 21.
The Intent 2: The Come Up Synopsis
The Intent 2: The Come Up centres on Jay (Ghetts) who has big dreams, but his ambitions are crippled by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster). Jay sets about laying the foundations for his own...
- 8/28/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Taking influence from films such as Lethal Weapon and Bad Boys and adding a “Law and Order rhythm”, Top Boy star Ashley Walters and Kidulthood creator Noel Clarke say that they want new show Bulletproof to be the most commercial drama on British television.
Speaking to Deadline, the pair, old friends who have never properly appeared on screen together, they discuss how their new Sky One series came about and how they figured out the tone for a funny, and action packed, buddy cop drama.
Walters also tells Deadline about the return of gang drama Top Boy, thanks to hip hop artist Drake, while Clarke opens up about his new All3Media-backed production company.
Bulletproof, which airs on the British pay-tv broadcaster on May 15 at 9pm, stars Walters as Senior Officer Ronnie Pike and Clarke as Senior Officer Aaron Bishop.
Pike is the stable half of the duo. He’s...
Speaking to Deadline, the pair, old friends who have never properly appeared on screen together, they discuss how their new Sky One series came about and how they figured out the tone for a funny, and action packed, buddy cop drama.
Walters also tells Deadline about the return of gang drama Top Boy, thanks to hip hop artist Drake, while Clarke opens up about his new All3Media-backed production company.
Bulletproof, which airs on the British pay-tv broadcaster on May 15 at 9pm, stars Walters as Senior Officer Ronnie Pike and Clarke as Senior Officer Aaron Bishop.
Pike is the stable half of the duo. He’s...
- 5/11/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Zoe Saldana and Imogen Poots star in the newly recently trailer from Kaleidoscope, I Kill Giants.
Based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel by Image Comics’ Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura the film is directed by Academy Award-winning Anders Walter and produced by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban).
Also in trailers – J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world makes a return in the First trailer for Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald
The stars Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek), Imogen Poots (Green Room, Sweet Virginia, 28 Days Later), Madison Wolfe (Joy, The Conjuring 2, Trumbo)
Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Doctor Who), Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice, Zero Dark Thirty) and Sydney Wade (Wolfblood, The Damned United).
I Kill Giants is in Cinemas 6th April and Digital 4th May
I Kill Giants Official Synopsis
I Kill Giants tells the story of Barbara Thorson...
Based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel by Image Comics’ Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura the film is directed by Academy Award-winning Anders Walter and produced by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban).
Also in trailers – J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world makes a return in the First trailer for Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald
The stars Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek), Imogen Poots (Green Room, Sweet Virginia, 28 Days Later), Madison Wolfe (Joy, The Conjuring 2, Trumbo)
Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Doctor Who), Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice, Zero Dark Thirty) and Sydney Wade (Wolfblood, The Damned United).
I Kill Giants is in Cinemas 6th April and Digital 4th May
I Kill Giants Official Synopsis
I Kill Giants tells the story of Barbara Thorson...
- 3/14/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I Kill Giants, produced by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) and directed by Academy Award-winning director Anders Walter, is based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel by Image Comics’ Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura. The film tells the story of Barbara Thorson (Madison Wolfe), a teenage girl who escapes the realities of a troubled school and family life by retreating into a magical realm fighting evil ‘giants’ – colossal monsters who attack her quiet coastal town.
With the help of her new friend Sophia (Sydney Wade) and her school counsellor (Zoe Saldana), Barbara will learn to face her fears – tackling the mean bullies at school, coming to terms with her difficult home life and battling the mythic giants that threaten her world.
I Kill Giants stars Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek), Imogen Poots (Green Room, Sweet Virginia, 28 Days Later), Madison Wolfe (Joy,...
With the help of her new friend Sophia (Sydney Wade) and her school counsellor (Zoe Saldana), Barbara will learn to face her fears – tackling the mean bullies at school, coming to terms with her difficult home life and battling the mythic giants that threaten her world.
I Kill Giants stars Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek), Imogen Poots (Green Room, Sweet Virginia, 28 Days Later), Madison Wolfe (Joy,...
- 3/14/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Kidulthood director is starting Unstoppable Film and TV with producer/actor Jason Maza.
Super-indie All3Media Group has taken a stake in Kidulthood writer Noel Clarke’s newly-launched production company.
Clarke is launching Unstoppable Film and TV, along with producer and actor Jason Maza. Both are starring in Sky1’s upcoming Vertigo Films-produced thriller Bulletproof.
Clarke and Maza launched their previous venture Unstoppable Entertainment in 2007 but they will now be taking up all commissions under the All3-backed indie.
It will take the lead on the TV adaptation of Kidulthood, which was announced as a Lionsgate UK co-pro at the end of last year. The series will comprise of several seasons of eight to 10-hour long episodes, with the first set to be called Kidolescence.
Clarke and Maza will work from a base in London while using All3’s backing to strengthen their presence in the Us. All...
Super-indie All3Media Group has taken a stake in Kidulthood writer Noel Clarke’s newly-launched production company.
Clarke is launching Unstoppable Film and TV, along with producer and actor Jason Maza. Both are starring in Sky1’s upcoming Vertigo Films-produced thriller Bulletproof.
Clarke and Maza launched their previous venture Unstoppable Entertainment in 2007 but they will now be taking up all commissions under the All3-backed indie.
It will take the lead on the TV adaptation of Kidulthood, which was announced as a Lionsgate UK co-pro at the end of last year. The series will comprise of several seasons of eight to 10-hour long episodes, with the first set to be called Kidolescence.
Clarke and Maza will work from a base in London while using All3’s backing to strengthen their presence in the Us. All...
- 2/26/2018
- by Max Goldbart Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
The east London-born actor starred in films such as Kidulthood and pipped Eddie Redmayne to a Bafta. He was poised for Hollywood until a skunk-induced psychosis led to a row with mentor Noel Clarke and a restraining order. Now appearing on stage in The Retreat, he talks about seizing his second chance
When Adam Deacon beat Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston to the Bafta for rising star in 2012 it caused an upset. While Deacon was a working-class school dropout who played street boys, the Eton-educated Redmayne and Hiddleston were already Hollywood sex symbols in the making. But the upset was nothing compared with what came next. As Redmayne and Hiddleston continued their ascent to superstardom, nothing more was heard of Deacon – until 2015, when he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act, convicted of harassing his former mentor and director Noel Clarke, and charged with possessing an offensive weapon after reportedly...
When Adam Deacon beat Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston to the Bafta for rising star in 2012 it caused an upset. While Deacon was a working-class school dropout who played street boys, the Eton-educated Redmayne and Hiddleston were already Hollywood sex symbols in the making. But the upset was nothing compared with what came next. As Redmayne and Hiddleston continued their ascent to superstardom, nothing more was heard of Deacon – until 2015, when he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act, convicted of harassing his former mentor and director Noel Clarke, and charged with possessing an offensive weapon after reportedly...
- 11/19/2017
- by Simon Hattenstone
- The Guardian - Film News
Growing its commitment to British television, and reteaming with actor/writer/director Noel Clarke, Lionsgate UK is adapting cult phenomenon Kidulthood as a series. The feature film Hood Trilogy began with 2006’s Kidulthood, which was written by and starred Clarke. It then carried on with 2008’s Adulthood and 2016’s Brotherhood. Combined, the urban dramas have made £7.5M ($10M) at the UK box office and sold more than 1.3M DVDs. Clarke on Sunday teased his social media…...
- 10/3/2017
- Deadline TV
The third season of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man and new police drama Bulletproof begin shooting next month for Sky with plans to air in 2018. James Nesbitt will return to Lucky Man as Detective Inspector Harry Clayton while Noel Clarke (The Level, Adulthood, Kidulthood) and actor/rapper Ashley Walters (Top Boy) are teaming up as a detective duo in Bulletproof which they co-created with Nick Love. The two Sky Original Productions will air on Sky 1. A mix of comedy, drama and…...
- 8/25/2017
- Deadline TV
Louisa Mellor Apr 7, 2017
Filming is well underway on the fourth series of the brilliant Inside No. 9. Here's who to expect among the guest cast...
Series one and two of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's consistently inventive, continually surprising anthology strand Inside No. 9 have recently landed on Netflix UK, which will hopefully bring it to the attention of those who didn't catch it on the first run. If you're among them, then run, don't walk, etc. It's simply one of the best shows around.
See related The X-Files: an episode roadmap for beginners The X-Files: Fox wants more episodes in 2018 Dirk Maggs Interview: Hitchhiker's, Douglas Adams, Superman, Batman, & more...
And thrillingly, more of it is incoming. Hot on the heels of the recently aired third series, filming is already well underway on a fourth, to comprise six new standalone stories.
As soon as there's a sniff of an official broadcast date,...
Filming is well underway on the fourth series of the brilliant Inside No. 9. Here's who to expect among the guest cast...
Series one and two of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's consistently inventive, continually surprising anthology strand Inside No. 9 have recently landed on Netflix UK, which will hopefully bring it to the attention of those who didn't catch it on the first run. If you're among them, then run, don't walk, etc. It's simply one of the best shows around.
See related The X-Files: an episode roadmap for beginners The X-Files: Fox wants more episodes in 2018 Dirk Maggs Interview: Hitchhiker's, Douglas Adams, Superman, Batman, & more...
And thrillingly, more of it is incoming. Hot on the heels of the recently aired third series, filming is already well underway on a fourth, to comprise six new standalone stories.
As soon as there's a sniff of an official broadcast date,...
- 1/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Toronto crime drama will screen to potential buyers at Afm following £3.7m UK run.
UK outfit Independent Film Sales has boarded Noel Clarke’s UK box office success Brotherhood for international sales
The Toronto title will screen to buyers during the American Film Market.
Brotherhood is the third film in multi-hyphenate Clarke’s urban crime series which began with 2006 title Kidulthood.
The movie, about a former gang member struggling to adapt to a new way of life, has grossed £3.7m in the UK following its late August release.
Clarke, the most prolific black actor in UK film, wrote, stars in and directed the movie. Under his Unstoppable Entertainment banner he produced the feature alongside Jason Maza and Gina Powell. Also producing were Maggie Monteith’s Dignity Films Finance.
Executive producers are Damian Jones, Zygi Kamasa, Nick Manzi, Nicola Pearcey, Chris Reed and Josephine Rose.
Independent represent North American rights jointly with Noel Clarke’s agency Apa.[p...
UK outfit Independent Film Sales has boarded Noel Clarke’s UK box office success Brotherhood for international sales
The Toronto title will screen to buyers during the American Film Market.
Brotherhood is the third film in multi-hyphenate Clarke’s urban crime series which began with 2006 title Kidulthood.
The movie, about a former gang member struggling to adapt to a new way of life, has grossed £3.7m in the UK following its late August release.
Clarke, the most prolific black actor in UK film, wrote, stars in and directed the movie. Under his Unstoppable Entertainment banner he produced the feature alongside Jason Maza and Gina Powell. Also producing were Maggie Monteith’s Dignity Films Finance.
Executive producers are Damian Jones, Zygi Kamasa, Nick Manzi, Nicola Pearcey, Chris Reed and Josephine Rose.
Independent represent North American rights jointly with Noel Clarke’s agency Apa.[p...
- 10/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Mark Harrison Published Date Friday, September 9, 2016 - 20:47
There's a scene early on in Brotherhood, the concluding chapter in Noel Clarke's British Hood trilogy, in which his Sam Peel checks himself out in a changing room mirror after a rigorous gym session. He ends up sadly patting his emerging belly and you realise that whatever his original intentions for this series, Sam has become his Rocky Balboa.
Having played the antagonist in 2006's Kidulthood and then switched gears in the hit 2008 sequel Adulthood to show the difficulties of that character's life after being released from prison, Brotherhood ties up a lot of loose ends but also rediscovers Sam a little further down the line, much like Sylvester Stallone brought back his most iconic character in Rocky Balboa or Creed. Sam the character has nothing like the innate sympathy that the Italian Stallion evokes, but the connecting tissue in all...
There's a scene early on in Brotherhood, the concluding chapter in Noel Clarke's British Hood trilogy, in which his Sam Peel checks himself out in a changing room mirror after a rigorous gym session. He ends up sadly patting his emerging belly and you realise that whatever his original intentions for this series, Sam has become his Rocky Balboa.
Having played the antagonist in 2006's Kidulthood and then switched gears in the hit 2008 sequel Adulthood to show the difficulties of that character's life after being released from prison, Brotherhood ties up a lot of loose ends but also rediscovers Sam a little further down the line, much like Sylvester Stallone brought back his most iconic character in Rocky Balboa or Creed. Sam the character has nothing like the innate sympathy that the Italian Stallion evokes, but the connecting tissue in all...
- 9/9/2016
- Den of Geek
Simon Brew Sep 10, 2016
From Doctor Who’s Mickey to a one-man film industry, and Brotherhood. So why doesn’t Noel Clarke get more respect?
Over the past weekend, the final part of Noel Clarke’s The Hood trilogy of movies, Brotherhood, hit big in the UK. The movie has earned £1.98m in its first seven days on release, on just 220 screens. It did so in spite of Clarke at one stage struggling to raise the finance for the film (only two companies ended up putting in tangible offers), and also in spite of it being eight years since the release of its predecessor, Adulthood.
In a summer of box office disappointments, Brotherhood has offered a very welcome contrast.
The box office numbers were being reported as a surprise, and not unreasonably. Rounding off a trilogy that’s been off screen for many years is a gamble, and a trilogy too...
From Doctor Who’s Mickey to a one-man film industry, and Brotherhood. So why doesn’t Noel Clarke get more respect?
Over the past weekend, the final part of Noel Clarke’s The Hood trilogy of movies, Brotherhood, hit big in the UK. The movie has earned £1.98m in its first seven days on release, on just 220 screens. It did so in spite of Clarke at one stage struggling to raise the finance for the film (only two companies ended up putting in tangible offers), and also in spite of it being eight years since the release of its predecessor, Adulthood.
In a summer of box office disappointments, Brotherhood has offered a very welcome contrast.
The box office numbers were being reported as a surprise, and not unreasonably. Rounding off a trilogy that’s been off screen for many years is a gamble, and a trilogy too...
- 9/7/2016
- Den of Geek
The final part of Noel Clarke’s trilogy surprise hit from a seemingly spent urban genre, as Pixar flick beats Disney stablemate Captain America: Civil War to be season’s best performer
Eight years ago, Noel Clarke’s Adulthood stunned the UK film industry when it debuted in the UK with £1.20m from 157 cinemas, on its way to a total of £3.35m. This represented a big jump up from the success of Kidulthood from 2006, and set a high commercial bar for the British urban drama.
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Eight years ago, Noel Clarke’s Adulthood stunned the UK film industry when it debuted in the UK with £1.20m from 157 cinemas, on its way to a total of £3.35m. This represented a big jump up from the success of Kidulthood from 2006, and set a high commercial bar for the British urban drama.
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- 9/6/2016
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
The Fab Four rock, The Magnificent Seven reload, Obama goes on a date – and Bridget Jones gets the baby blues. Our arts preview continues with autumn’s unmissable films
Autumn culture: Art | Classical | Pop | Dance | Theatre
Following Kidulthood and Adulthood, Noel Clarke’s London crime saga rolls to a close. Ex-con Sam (Clarke) is seeking a way out from the gangster life, but just when he thought he was out etc.
• 2 September (all dates are UK release dates)
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Autumn culture: Art | Classical | Pop | Dance | Theatre
Following Kidulthood and Adulthood, Noel Clarke’s London crime saga rolls to a close. Ex-con Sam (Clarke) is seeking a way out from the gangster life, but just when he thought he was out etc.
• 2 September (all dates are UK release dates)
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- 8/30/2016
- by Henry Barnes and Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Noel Clarke’s Kidulthood trilogy reaches a thoughtful, complex conclusion
With its theme of former gang members coming to terms with the ramifications of their decisions as teenagers, this is the most mature and thought-provoking of Noel Clarke’s urban drama series. Clarke, who stars as well as writes and directs, delivers a powerfully downbeat turn as Sam Peel, a man who stands to lose everything because of one single violent act a lifetime ago. There are some unexpected moments of humour. And Clarke’s film-making is more complex here than it has been before: there’s an interesting use of sound to emphasise Sam’s rock-bottom moment of personal tragedy. Then Clarke goes and spoils it all by using naked women as set dressing and cramming the frame with flash gangster cliches, which rather undermines the anti-aspirational message of the film.
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With its theme of former gang members coming to terms with the ramifications of their decisions as teenagers, this is the most mature and thought-provoking of Noel Clarke’s urban drama series. Clarke, who stars as well as writes and directs, delivers a powerfully downbeat turn as Sam Peel, a man who stands to lose everything because of one single violent act a lifetime ago. There are some unexpected moments of humour. And Clarke’s film-making is more complex here than it has been before: there’s an interesting use of sound to emphasise Sam’s rock-bottom moment of personal tragedy. Then Clarke goes and spoils it all by using naked women as set dressing and cramming the frame with flash gangster cliches, which rather undermines the anti-aspirational message of the film.
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- 8/28/2016
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
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