South Korean film Parasite was named best picture at this year's Oscars, becoming the first foreign language film to take the top prize of the night. Parasite won four awards in total.
The horror movie which was shot in Syracuse has been hailed the “scariest ghost story in years” after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s the first major acquisition of this year’s Sundance where it’s been reported to have sold for a staggering $12 million.
It’s been a busy couple of months within the most prestigious film awards. First up the Golden Globes announced their winners on Sunday 5thJanuary. Then BAFTA announced their nominees with the awards night to be held on 2ndFebruary and of course the Oscars will be held in LA on the 9thFebruary, but who are this year’s winners and front runners?
Wayne Brady, the Emmy award-winning actor and host, who’s best known for ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ and also stars in our new Sci-Fi Movie 'Blank', was named the winner of ‘The Masked Singer’ season two, after being revealed that he was Fox.
Back in August, Disney was the first studio to have five movies gross over $1 billion in a single calendar year and now the company has broken records once again due to their record number of billion dollar blockbusters, Disney is the first studio in history to cross $10 billion at the worldwide box office.
Mega giant Sky has announced plans to build a Hollywood-style film studio here in London which will create over 2,000 jobs. The 32 acre development will be used by Sky and other Comcast-owned firms, including NBC Universal and will be open to third parties.
Templeheart Films are proud to announce our support for the short film ‘Lead Belly’, which is also supported by various charities. The movie represents only our second short film, the first being the award winning ‘Being Keegan’ starring Stephen Graham.
It was announced earlier this year that Amy Koppelman had adapted her critically acclaimed book 'A Mouth Full Of Air' into a screenplay and would be directing the feature length drama. The movie stars Amanda Seyfried (Mama Mia, Les Misérables) and was shot in New York in September and October.
Saturday 2nd November, Lyndon Baldock of Templeheart Films and Marcia Do Vales of EnMar Productions will be at PitchFest, which is part of Screenwriters LSFAccelerate at Regent’s University in London, where they will also take part in the networking session after.
It’s been reported in a recent interview with Forbes, by producer Frank Marshall, that the sixth film in the epic Jurassic Park saga will begin filming at Pinewood Studios, here in Buckinghamshire in February 2020.
‘Lead Belly’ is a charity short film to help raise awareness for homeless veterans and veterans with mental health issues, starring Jamie Lomas and Sammy Winward. The film wrapped on the 12thOctober 2019 and Templeheart Films are proud to say we are supporting the film, which was shot in Manchester and Liverpool last week.
The highly anticipated (and some say controversial) ‘Joker’ film hit the cinemas at the weekend and is now Joaquin Phoenix biggest starring role movie since ‘Her’ in 2003. Joker will surpass $300 million worldwide today as audiences have headed out in their hoards to watch a film all about the origins of Batman’s greatest villain.
The Amytal Therapy, the short film directed by Valentina Caniglia, who was also the Cinematographer, is now an official selection at the prestige Chelsea Film Festival. Valentina is the Director of Photography on our exciting new supernatural thriller ‘Quail Hollow’, which we recently shot in Louisiana.
'It Chapter Two', the sequel to 'It', is another smash hit with $155 million domestic and $323.3 million worldwide in just under two weeks of global play, which has just taken the franchise over the $1 Billion mark. No other horror franchise has hit this milestone so quickly, with just two movies released and it hasn't finished yet.
Pinewood Studios have announced they’ve struck a deal with The Walt Disney Co for their long-term home in the UK. The arrangement is said to be expected in start from 2020, where it’s been reported that the giant company will take nearly all Pinewoods stages, backlots and other production accommodation at the studios here in Buckinghamshire, for 10 years.
Disney is number one when it comes to the global box office and now the company plan to take on the streaming giant Netflix with a new streaming service that includes family programming, live sports, and a huge library of television shows.
While our fabulous new Sci-Fi Drama 'Blank' is deep in post-production, Multitude Media PR are working closely with the team and have released first look pictures of our leading stars and it’s hit some great publications.
We were saddened, yesterday, to hear of the passing of Rutger Hauer, an incredibly versatile actor and true professional. Rutger is perhaps best known for his role Roy Batty in 1982’s 'Blade Runner', directed by Ridley Scott.
Avatar’s 10-year reign as the world’s highest grossing film has come to an end after Avengers: Endgame passed $2.7902bn (£2.23bn) on Sunday at the box office. Taking just 13 weeks to pass Avatar’s previous record, the popularity has not been solely kept to ticket sales either, as it has also pulled in extensive critical acclaim.
Danny Stack, one half of the writing and directing duo on the exciting new children’s adventure movie ‘Future TX’ with Tim Clague, needs your help to launch the very first issue of a brand-new film magazine that’s aimed at under 15’s and help them spread the word.
Netflix has announced signing a long-term lease at Shepperton Film Studios, owned by The Pinewood Group. Their plan is to create a new dedicated production hub in the U.K. with a 14-stage studio space, in Surrey.
The Prince of Wales Joined actors Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes and director Cary Fukunaga on the set of Bond 25 here at Pinewood Studios on Thursday. Prince Charles was visiting as the patron of the British Film Institute and royal patron of all three main intelligence services.
The iconic Stephen King tale ‘The Shining’ (1980), which starred Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, is back with a sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’. Directed by Mike Flanagan, the movie stars Ewan McGregor as an adult Danny Torrance.
Our new Sci-Fi drama/thriller Blank has completed shooting. The film was shot mostly on location in Bolsover, Chesterfield, at an old converted Water Works and two other beautiful locations near Macclesfield. It’s been a journey!
Paul Hyett’s supernatural period horror ‘Heretiks’ gets it's UK release! Retail outlets including Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, HMV and FOPP, as well as Amazon, Sky Store and all good digital platforms including ITunes.
Disney's Avengers: Endgame has broken numerous records on the way to hitting the $2 Billion milestone, also in record time. It took less than two weeks and is now the second-highest grossing movie of all time behind Avatar.
Wayne Brady one of the stars in our brand new Sci-Fi/thriller movie ‘Blank’, has been nominated for not one but two awards at the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will take place on Sunday, May 5th, at the Passadena Civic Auditorium in Passadena, California.
While the film and TV industry enjoys an international boom on content, there is now urgent need for below and above the line talent, which means the industry has become more creative and adventurous in their approach to training talent to try and fill the skills gaps quicker.
The iconic cat from Stephen Kings masterpiece looks very different to the 1989 movie adaptation of the classic book. We loved the old Church and we love how he looks in 2019 too!
Vertical Entertainment has gained distribution rights for North America and will release Heretiks under a new title ‘The Convent’ in cinemas and VOD on the 3rd May 2019. Thunderbird Releasing has also announced their release date of 27th May here in the UK under the original title ‘Heretiks’.
The first female-led Marvel movie hit the cinemas on International Women’s Day. Captain Marvel is making history in it's multiples, whilst the movie continues to dominate the UK and world box office, with a current 15-day global cume of $812.2m, so far.
The 2019 The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, took place on the 24thFebruary at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This prestige award ceremony takes please yearly and given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognise the various achievements made in cinema, in 24 different categories.
There is a huge big-screen boom across the UK, with cinema admissions up 5% over 2017, producing the best year since 1971. Cinemas continue to defy the stay at home option of Netflix and Amazon. The rise is largely due to a more diverse film slate and the rise of boutique theatres, such as the Everyman Cinemas.
It was recently reported by the Financial Times that the streaming giant Netflix is in ‘advance talks’ with Pinewood Studios about signing a long lease and setting up a U.K. production base at the facility.
The good news keeps on coming in for 'Being Keegan'. Not only has it been accepted into BAFTA and Oscar qualifying festivals, the nominations and awards keep rolling in. Templeheart Films are proud to be a part of this high quality short film.
Fears of the UK’s post-Brexit economy and impact to industry is a regular topic. However, the British film industry is set to become a major driver for our economy, with large investments being ploughed into studios including Pinewood Studios.
Mid October it was announced WTFilms picked up sales rights for Heretiks, just in time for The American Film Market where it screened on Friday to distribution companies from around the world.
It’s no trick but a treat for the Horror movie ‘Halloween’, as its opening weekend figures fly in to tasty $77.5 million from 3920 theatres in the US and Canada. The second-best R rated horror opening weekend in history behind Stephen King's movie ‘It’.
It’s been announced that our period chiller Heretiks has been added to Telluride Horror Show’s second wave of programming. The festival takes place over October 12th – 14th in the mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado.
Being Keegan has been a hit on the festival circuit over the last year and it still continues to go from strength to strength. The short has now been selected to not one but two BAFTA qualifying festivals with our official selection to the 38th Cambridge Film Festival and UnderWire Festival.
The 25th James Bond film starts filming at Pinewood Studios on 4th March 2019 with its new director. It’s announced that Cary Joji Fukunaga, best known for HBO’s True Detective and the war film Beasts of No Nation, is Danny Boyles replacement.
In the fifth instalment of the Conjuring series ‘The Nun’ tops the North American box office with their best opening weekend with a staggering $53.5 million, which is more than double its budget of $22 million.
Templeheart Films first children's movie, directed and written by Danny Stack and BAFTA nominated Tim Clague, has completed filming and heads into the editing phase. The exciting family friendly movie, starring the brilliant Griff Rhys Jones, already has some fun stories to tell.
After our Easter drone shoot, which generated a buzz about the slick Sci-Fi ambitions of Future TX, the casting for the main block of the shoot was underway and the screenplay has attracted multi award winning comedy genius Griff Rhys Jones.
Our short movie Being Keegan has officially been selected to the 14th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles., which runs from the 9th August to 18th August 2018. The festival itself has recently been named an Academy Awards Qualifying Festival, which is amazing news for our film.
We are excited to announce our supernatural chiller 'Heretiks' will have its World Premiere on Saturday 25th August, at the UK's biggest genre festival, FrightFest, in Leicester Square, London. The 5-day event runs from August 23rd to August 27th.
Lyndon Baldock, Marcia Do Vales and Paul Sandhu took part in the Tough Mudder event on the 7th of July in North London to raise funds for three very important charities, Mind, Alzheimer’s Research UK and Alzheimer’s Society.
just 16 percent of feature movies were directed by women. The figures were calculated based on 651 films, inclusive of micro-budget productions. They are concerned the diversity among feature film directors remain low in Hollywood and beyond.
The Film & Television Charity announced this week the recipients of its 2018 John Brabourne Awards and Rachel Gold, the producer of Templeheart Films new movie ‘The Tombs’, is among the nine awardees which were selected from 127 applicants.
Screen Scotland has announced the new major film and TV production facility and its home will be at Bath Road, Leith, Edinburgh, the former home of the wave energy company Pelamis.
It’s with great sadness that we report the sudden passing of a fine actor. Nathan recently gave a great performance in our new movie, 'Quail Hollow', leaving 'Sheriff Landon' forever with us.
