Johnny Marr, the former guitarist for the rock band The Smiths, slammed Donald Trump for using one of his band’s songs during his political rallies.
“As Trump is scheduled to take the stage in [Laconia, New Hampshire], the new addition to his pre-rally music is The Smiths,” the X user wrote.
On January 23, another user replied to this post with a clip from a Trump rally in Rapid City, South Dakota.
“You actually hear the Smiths more often than you’d think at 2024 Trump rallies,” the user wrote in her post’s caption.
The Smiths song “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want,” released in 1984, can be heard playing over the loudspeakers.
“Ahh…right…Ok,” Marr wrote on X in response to Kim’s post. “I never in a million years would’ve thought this could come to pass. Consider this s— shut right down right now.”
Many artists have...
“As Trump is scheduled to take the stage in [Laconia, New Hampshire], the new addition to his pre-rally music is The Smiths,” the X user wrote.
On January 23, another user replied to this post with a clip from a Trump rally in Rapid City, South Dakota.
“You actually hear the Smiths more often than you’d think at 2024 Trump rallies,” the user wrote in her post’s caption.
The Smiths song “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want,” released in 1984, can be heard playing over the loudspeakers.
“Ahh…right…Ok,” Marr wrote on X in response to Kim’s post. “I never in a million years would’ve thought this could come to pass. Consider this s— shut right down right now.”
Many artists have...
- 2/3/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Objective Fiction, the UK producer behind Netflix comedy Feel Good, is opening a permanent Los Angeles operation, which will be led by head of scripted Hannah Mackay.
Mackay is relocating to the U.S. and will become SVP of Objective Fiction America with immediate effect. She will be responsible for winning original commissions, as well as overseeing American co-productions. Objective Fiction America will be based alongside Objective Media Group America, within All3Media America.
Objective Fiction’s U.S. development slate includes a new project with Feel Good creator Mae Martin titled Programmed; AMC Studios’ The Hook, by Neil Forsyth and John Niven and Designer Spy, by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley; Witless, a co-production with Funny or Die for CBS Studios; and a new female take on Peep Show for FX.
Mackay executive produced Feel Good, which was a Channel 4 and Netflix co-production before the U.S. streamer decided...
Mackay is relocating to the U.S. and will become SVP of Objective Fiction America with immediate effect. She will be responsible for winning original commissions, as well as overseeing American co-productions. Objective Fiction America will be based alongside Objective Media Group America, within All3Media America.
Objective Fiction’s U.S. development slate includes a new project with Feel Good creator Mae Martin titled Programmed; AMC Studios’ The Hook, by Neil Forsyth and John Niven and Designer Spy, by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley; Witless, a co-production with Funny or Die for CBS Studios; and a new female take on Peep Show for FX.
Mackay executive produced Feel Good, which was a Channel 4 and Netflix co-production before the U.S. streamer decided...
- 3/30/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Objective Fiction, producer of Netflix/Channel 4 show “Feel Good,” is setting up a permanent U.S.-based operation.
Hannah Mackay, previously the outfit’s head of scripted, will be relocating to Los Angeles to take up the role of senior VP, Objective Fiction America, with immediate effect.
Mackay’s focus will be on North American original commissions, alongside U.S./U.K. co-productions. Objective Fiction’s current slate of U.S. developments include a project from “Feel Good” creator and star Mae Martin for Netflix; “The Hook,” by Neil Forsyth and John Niven; and “Designer Spy” by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley, both for AMC Studios; “Witless,” a co-production with Funny or Die for CBS Studios; and a female take on “Peep Show” for FX.
Objective Fiction’s new U.S. office will also help the international growth of Tannadice Pictures, a label they established in 2020 with “Guilt” writer Neil Forsyth.
Hannah Mackay, previously the outfit’s head of scripted, will be relocating to Los Angeles to take up the role of senior VP, Objective Fiction America, with immediate effect.
Mackay’s focus will be on North American original commissions, alongside U.S./U.K. co-productions. Objective Fiction’s current slate of U.S. developments include a project from “Feel Good” creator and star Mae Martin for Netflix; “The Hook,” by Neil Forsyth and John Niven; and “Designer Spy” by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley, both for AMC Studios; “Witless,” a co-production with Funny or Die for CBS Studios; and a female take on “Peep Show” for FX.
Objective Fiction’s new U.S. office will also help the international growth of Tannadice Pictures, a label they established in 2020 with “Guilt” writer Neil Forsyth.
- 3/30/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) and Aksel Hennie (The Martian) have been set to co-star in director Tommy Wirkola’s Norwegian-language thriller The Trip, which XYZ will launch world sales on during the Toronto Film Festival.
The film will follow a dysfunctional husband (Hennie) and wife (Rapace) who head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.
Written by Wirkola (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters), Nick Ball and John Niven, the film is produced by Kjetil Omberg and Jørgen Storm Rosenberg for 74 Entertainment. XYZ Films is financing and co-reps U.S. with CAA. Nordisk Film Distribution will release in Scandinavia.
The film reunites Wirkola with Rapace after the two worked together on action pic What Happened to Monday.
The film will follow a dysfunctional husband (Hennie) and wife (Rapace) who head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.
Written by Wirkola (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters), Nick Ball and John Niven, the film is produced by Kjetil Omberg and Jørgen Storm Rosenberg for 74 Entertainment. XYZ Films is financing and co-reps U.S. with CAA. Nordisk Film Distribution will release in Scandinavia.
The film reunites Wirkola with Rapace after the two worked together on action pic What Happened to Monday.
- 9/10/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Leslie K. Barry’s upcoming novel “Newark Minutemen” has been optioned by Fulwell 73, the independent production company behind “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” John Niven and Nick Ball are attached to pen the screenplay.
“Newark Minutemen” is based on an incredible true story. It centers on a Jewish boxer who goes undercover for the mob and FBI to fight fascism in New Jersey during the Great Depression. His mission takes place as a substantial portion of the American public was pushing neutrality as Hitler consolidated power in Europe. In this chaotic time, he joins the Newark Minutemen, a band of other Jewish boxers, who rose up to fight a Nazi shadow party that was emerging in the States. The novel is based on the real-life experiences of author Leslie K. Barry’s uncle, a Newark Minuteman boxer, and was pieced together from first-hand accounts from her 93-year old mother and her cousin,...
“Newark Minutemen” is based on an incredible true story. It centers on a Jewish boxer who goes undercover for the mob and FBI to fight fascism in New Jersey during the Great Depression. His mission takes place as a substantial portion of the American public was pushing neutrality as Hitler consolidated power in Europe. In this chaotic time, he joins the Newark Minutemen, a band of other Jewish boxers, who rose up to fight a Nazi shadow party that was emerging in the States. The novel is based on the real-life experiences of author Leslie K. Barry’s uncle, a Newark Minuteman boxer, and was pieced together from first-hand accounts from her 93-year old mother and her cousin,...
- 9/1/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Beanie Feldstein stars along with Emma Thompson, Jameela Jamil, Lucy Punch, Chris O'Dowd and Alfie Allen in How to Build a Girl, from director Coky Giedroyc. Caitlin Moran adapted her popular novel along with screenwriter John Niven. The film is available for digital viewing on May 8.
Chris Hemsworth leads Sam Hargrav's Extraction, set for an April 24 debut on Netflix. Joe Russo penned the screenplay for the film, which also stars David Harbour and Golshifteh Farahani.
We Summon the Darkness released digitally on April 10, starring Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Logan Miller, Amy Forsyth, Austin Swift, Johnny Knoxville,...
Chris Hemsworth leads Sam Hargrav's Extraction, set for an April 24 debut on Netflix. Joe Russo penned the screenplay for the film, which also stars David Harbour and Golshifteh Farahani.
We Summon the Darkness released digitally on April 10, starring Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Logan Miller, Amy Forsyth, Austin Swift, Johnny Knoxville,...
- 4/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Beanie Feldstein stars along with Emma Thompson, Jameela Jamil, Lucy Punch, Chris O'Dowd and Alfie Allen in How to Build a Girl, from director Coky Giedroyc. Caitlin Moran adapted her popular novel along with screenwriter John Niven. The film is available for digital viewing on May 8.
Chris Hemsworth leads Sam Hargrav's Extraction, set for an April 24 debut on Netflix. Joe Russo penned the screenplay for the film, which also stars David Harbour and Golshifteh Farahani.
We Summon the Darkness released digitally on April 10, starring Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Logan Miller, Amy Forsyth, Austin Swift, Johnny Knoxville,...
Chris Hemsworth leads Sam Hargrav's Extraction, set for an April 24 debut on Netflix. Joe Russo penned the screenplay for the film, which also stars David Harbour and Golshifteh Farahani.
We Summon the Darkness released digitally on April 10, starring Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Logan Miller, Amy Forsyth, Austin Swift, Johnny Knoxville,...
- 4/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The trio of investor-philanthropist Vicky L. Patel, producer Steve Barnett and singer-actor-writer Alan Powell have teamed to launch Monarch Media, a new film and TV production company. The plan is to develop and produce 2-3 feature films a year in all genres and budget levels, as well as make a push into developing TV series and live event/theatrical properties.
Among the first projects in the Monarch pipeline is Deathrow-mance, a film written by Nick Ball and John Niven and based on an original concept from Tommy Wirkola (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters) and Benedicte Westbye. Monarch optioned the script via its film fund and is now packaging the project, which will be directed by Wirkola.
Deathrow-mance centers on a British media executive who hastily marries an American death row inmate as a loophole to avoid being deported and losing a huge buyout of her company. After new evidence...
Among the first projects in the Monarch pipeline is Deathrow-mance, a film written by Nick Ball and John Niven and based on an original concept from Tommy Wirkola (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters) and Benedicte Westbye. Monarch optioned the script via its film fund and is now packaging the project, which will be directed by Wirkola.
Deathrow-mance centers on a British media executive who hastily marries an American death row inmate as a loophole to avoid being deported and losing a huge buyout of her company. After new evidence...
- 2/12/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
World premieres include Julian Jarrold’s biopic ’Sulphur And White’ and Anthony Baxter’s documentary ‘Flint’.
The Glasgow Film Festival has revealed the full programme for its 16th edition, which will run from February 26 to March 8.
The line-up features nine world premieres throughout the programme, including Julian Jarrold’s biopic Sulphur And White, starring Mark Stanley as real-life mountaineer and charity campaigner David Tait who faced long-buried childhood trauma.
The festival will also debut documentaries Flint, from Scottish director Anthony Baxter (You’ve Been Trumped) about the Michigan city’s toxic water scandal; and Robbie Fraser’s Pictures From Afghanistan,...
The Glasgow Film Festival has revealed the full programme for its 16th edition, which will run from February 26 to March 8.
The line-up features nine world premieres throughout the programme, including Julian Jarrold’s biopic Sulphur And White, starring Mark Stanley as real-life mountaineer and charity campaigner David Tait who faced long-buried childhood trauma.
The festival will also debut documentaries Flint, from Scottish director Anthony Baxter (You’ve Been Trumped) about the Michigan city’s toxic water scandal; and Robbie Fraser’s Pictures From Afghanistan,...
- 1/29/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
As a young girl with aspirations to write, journalist Caitlin Moran used her hippie homeschool upbringing to enter literary competitions with potential to open industry doors. The Observer’s “Young Reporter of the Year” at fifteen eventually started her professional career the following year with Melody Maker and never looked back. Did she devolve into the nom de plume Dolly Wild to gleefully trash bands as Dm&e’s resident rock gatekeeper extraordinaire? No. But you have to imagine the opportunity to go that route was available. The financial appeal must have been great too at age sixteen because the type of comedic trolling a good writer can perform is exactly what gets global audiences in a frenzy (see social media). So she did the next best thing and imagined it instead.
The result was the first installment of a planned trilogy entitled How to Build a Girl. At its...
The result was the first installment of a planned trilogy entitled How to Build a Girl. At its...
- 9/10/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
On the heels of other successful music-oriented non-fiction titles, Sony Pictures Classics’ David Crosby: Remember My Name opens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend. The doc, spotlighting the long-time rocker, headlines a fairly busy weekend of new Specialties making their debuts. Freestyle Releasing is going day and date with aging superhero feature Supervised, starring Tom Berenger, Beau Bridges and Louis Gossett Jr., while Breaking Glass Pictures is heading out with Tokyo-set gangster thriller She’s Just a Shadow. A thriller set overseas is Screen Media’s Berlinale 2018 title, Luz, which opens Friday in New York and L.A.
Other limited release debuts include Martin Bell’s doc Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell at Metrograph in New York, along with his 1984 doc Streetwise that introduced the real-life Tiny decades ago. Also heading out is Karlovy Vary Film Festival prize winner I Do Not Care If We Go...
Other limited release debuts include Martin Bell’s doc Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell at Metrograph in New York, along with his 1984 doc Streetwise that introduced the real-life Tiny decades ago. Also heading out is Karlovy Vary Film Festival prize winner I Do Not Care If We Go...
- 7/19/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
With the superhero genre exploding in Hollywood right now, it was only a matter of time before we saw a movie made about a bunch of elderly heroes who come out of retirement to save the world.
The movie is called Supervized, and it stars the likes of Tom Berenger, Beau Bridges, and Louis Gossett Jr. Yes, this is a real movie, and we have a trailer for you to watch below. As you’ll see it’s filled with hefty amount of senior gags involving false teeth, farts, superpowers, and more.
The film actually has a fun concept, and it looks like it will be a silly yet enjoyable flick. Here’s the synopsis for Supervized:
Supervized tells the story of an elderly group of international superheroes retired to Dunmanor nursing home in Ireland. Ray is the once world renowned ‘Maximum Justice’ who as his nom de plume suggests...
The movie is called Supervized, and it stars the likes of Tom Berenger, Beau Bridges, and Louis Gossett Jr. Yes, this is a real movie, and we have a trailer for you to watch below. As you’ll see it’s filled with hefty amount of senior gags involving false teeth, farts, superpowers, and more.
The film actually has a fun concept, and it looks like it will be a silly yet enjoyable flick. Here’s the synopsis for Supervized:
Supervized tells the story of an elderly group of international superheroes retired to Dunmanor nursing home in Ireland. Ray is the once world renowned ‘Maximum Justice’ who as his nom de plume suggests...
- 6/25/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Yellow Bird U.K., part of TV giant the Banijay Group, has optioned the rights to Straight White Male, the 2013 novel by Scottish writer John Niven.
Niven – author of Kill Your Friends, which was made into a film starring Nicholas Hoult and James Corden in 2015 – will adapt his own book, which follows the personal and professional misadventures of unreconstructed Irish writer Kennedy Marr.
For 15 years, he has lived the high life in L.A., womanizing, writing movies and spending every dollar he earns. He’s got away with it because he’s charming and talented and delivers ...
Niven – author of Kill Your Friends, which was made into a film starring Nicholas Hoult and James Corden in 2015 – will adapt his own book, which follows the personal and professional misadventures of unreconstructed Irish writer Kennedy Marr.
For 15 years, he has lived the high life in L.A., womanizing, writing movies and spending every dollar he earns. He’s got away with it because he’s charming and talented and delivers ...
- 12/4/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
John Niven is adapting his book “Straight White Male” for TV with the U.K. arm of “Wallander” producer Yellow Bird.
The author’s “Kill Your Friends” was adapted for the big screen in 2015, and he will now take “Straight White Male” to TV. The book follows the personal and professional misadventures of Kennedy Marr, an unreconstructed, hard-living Irish writer living in Los Angeles. To keep the the tax man at bay, he’s forced to return to England to accept a lucrative prize from a British university.
“I’ve long thought that ‘Straight White Male’ had all the ingredients for a great TV series, and that Kennedy Marr’s singular approach to life and love is more relevant than ever,” Niven said. “Getting the chance to develop the show with Yellow Bird U.K., who share my passion for this character, feels ridiculously fortunate.”
It is the second project...
The author’s “Kill Your Friends” was adapted for the big screen in 2015, and he will now take “Straight White Male” to TV. The book follows the personal and professional misadventures of Kennedy Marr, an unreconstructed, hard-living Irish writer living in Los Angeles. To keep the the tax man at bay, he’s forced to return to England to accept a lucrative prize from a British university.
“I’ve long thought that ‘Straight White Male’ had all the ingredients for a great TV series, and that Kennedy Marr’s singular approach to life and love is more relevant than ever,” Niven said. “Getting the chance to develop the show with Yellow Bird U.K., who share my passion for this character, feels ridiculously fortunate.”
It is the second project...
- 12/3/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell are set to star in a new action-thriller called War Pigs, which comes from director Tommy Wirkola. Wirkola is best known for his films Dead Snow, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and What Happened to Monday?.
The story follows a group of disillusioned ex-marines who "go on one last mission to get revenge on the cartel that murdered one of their own while making off with millions of dollars in drug money."
Farrell will take on the role of a character named Drex and Gibson will play The Pastor. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers) is producing the film, which was written by Nick Ball and John Niven.
Before Gibson jumps on board this project he is set to make a World War II navy film called Destroyer, about the ship that would not die. As for Farrell, he recently wrapped the Steve McQueen-directed Widows and the Tim Burton-directed Dumbo.
The story follows a group of disillusioned ex-marines who "go on one last mission to get revenge on the cartel that murdered one of their own while making off with millions of dollars in drug money."
Farrell will take on the role of a character named Drex and Gibson will play The Pastor. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers) is producing the film, which was written by Nick Ball and John Niven.
Before Gibson jumps on board this project he is set to make a World War II navy film called Destroyer, about the ship that would not die. As for Farrell, he recently wrapped the Steve McQueen-directed Widows and the Tim Burton-directed Dumbo.
- 8/1/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell will star in revenge thriller “War Pigs” for Millennium Films with Tommy Wirkola directing.
Producers are Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian through di Bonaventura Productions, along with Matt Berenson. Production is scheduled to start in October.
“War Pigs,” written by Nick Ball and John Niven, centers on a group of disillusioned ex-marines who go on one last mission to get revenge on the cartel that murdered a colleague and stole their drug money.
Gibson is attached to direct World War II drama “Destroyer” in his first helming gig since receiving an Oscar nomination for “Hacksaw Ridge.” “Destroyer” is being produced at Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang Productions. It’s based on the John Wukovits book “Hell From the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II’s Greatest Kamikaze Attack.”
Farrell will be seen next in Steve McQueen’s “Widows” and Tim Burton’s “Dumbo.
Producers are Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian through di Bonaventura Productions, along with Matt Berenson. Production is scheduled to start in October.
“War Pigs,” written by Nick Ball and John Niven, centers on a group of disillusioned ex-marines who go on one last mission to get revenge on the cartel that murdered a colleague and stole their drug money.
Gibson is attached to direct World War II drama “Destroyer” in his first helming gig since receiving an Oscar nomination for “Hacksaw Ridge.” “Destroyer” is being produced at Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang Productions. It’s based on the John Wukovits book “Hell From the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II’s Greatest Kamikaze Attack.”
Farrell will be seen next in Steve McQueen’s “Widows” and Tim Burton’s “Dumbo.
- 7/31/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell had better start practicing their "war faces," because Millennium Films has just announced via Deadline that both stars have been cast to lead an action war epic titled War Pigs. Helming the upcoming feature is Dead Snow and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters director Tommy Wirkola, who will shoot from a script penned by Nick Ball and John Niven. Lorenzo di... Read More...
- 7/31/2018
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell are set to star in War Pigs, a Millennium Films actioner that Tommy Wirkola will direct, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian producing through di Bonaventura Productions, along with Matt Berenson. Production is to start October.
Scripted by Nick Ball & John Niven, the project first got set up as The Takedown. A group of disillusioned ex-marines go on one last mission to get revenge on the cartel that murdered one of their own while making off with millions of dollars in drug money. Farrell plays Drex and Gibson plays The Pastor.
Gibson will make the movie before focusing on directing the WWII action film Destroyer with Mark Wahlberg starring, and financing being sewn up. Farrell wrapped the Steve McQueen-directed Widows and the Tim Burton-directed Dumbo, and will play Oliver North in an Amazon miniseries about the Iran Contra scandal. The Norwegian-born...
Scripted by Nick Ball & John Niven, the project first got set up as The Takedown. A group of disillusioned ex-marines go on one last mission to get revenge on the cartel that murdered one of their own while making off with millions of dollars in drug money. Farrell plays Drex and Gibson plays The Pastor.
Gibson will make the movie before focusing on directing the WWII action film Destroyer with Mark Wahlberg starring, and financing being sewn up. Farrell wrapped the Steve McQueen-directed Widows and the Tim Burton-directed Dumbo, and will play Oliver North in an Amazon miniseries about the Iran Contra scandal. The Norwegian-born...
- 7/31/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell have boarded War Pigs, a World War II action pic for Millennium Films to be directed by Tommy Wirkola, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Farrell will play Drex and Gibson fills the role of The Pastor in a project penned by Nick Ball and John Niven that follows ex-soldiers out for revenge against a gang that killed one of their own and stole their drug money.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian of di Bonaventura Productions will produce alongside Matt Berenson.
In addition to War Pigs, Gibson is set to helm Destroyer, a World War II naval war ...
Farrell will play Drex and Gibson fills the role of The Pastor in a project penned by Nick Ball and John Niven that follows ex-soldiers out for revenge against a gang that killed one of their own and stole their drug money.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian of di Bonaventura Productions will produce alongside Matt Berenson.
In addition to War Pigs, Gibson is set to helm Destroyer, a World War II naval war ...
- 7/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mel Gibson and Colin Farrell have boarded War Pigs, a World War II action pic for Millennium Films to be directed by Tommy Wirkola, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Farrell will play Drex and Gibson fills the role of The Pastor in a project penned by Nick Ball and John Niven that follows ex-soldiers out for revenge against a gang that killed one of their own and stole their drug money.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian of di Bonaventura Productions will produce alongside Matt Berenson.
In addition to War Pigs, Gibson is set to helm Destroyer, a World War II naval war ...
Farrell will play Drex and Gibson fills the role of The Pastor in a project penned by Nick Ball and John Niven that follows ex-soldiers out for revenge against a gang that killed one of their own and stole their drug money.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian of di Bonaventura Productions will produce alongside Matt Berenson.
In addition to War Pigs, Gibson is set to helm Destroyer, a World War II naval war ...
- 7/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang has optioned Second Coming, the satirical novel by Scottish author John Niven. Italian filmmaker Paolo Genovese (Perfect Strangers) is circling the project to write and direct.
In Second Coming, God takes a much needed holiday, which in Heaven-lapsed time is a leisurely week of celestial relaxation. But on Earth, several hundred years have passed. When God returns from his break, he discovers a modern day world gone awry and littered with contemporary societal issues from war and genocides to racism, violence, terrorism and an unhealthy obsession with celebrity culture. So who best to fix today’s problems of the here and now? God sends his dope smoking son to straighten things out.
Niven is best known for his music industry novel Kill Your Friends. “This is the book of mine that has sold by far the most copies around the world,” he said. “I...
In Second Coming, God takes a much needed holiday, which in Heaven-lapsed time is a leisurely week of celestial relaxation. But on Earth, several hundred years have passed. When God returns from his break, he discovers a modern day world gone awry and littered with contemporary societal issues from war and genocides to racism, violence, terrorism and an unhealthy obsession with celebrity culture. So who best to fix today’s problems of the here and now? God sends his dope smoking son to straighten things out.
Niven is best known for his music industry novel Kill Your Friends. “This is the book of mine that has sold by far the most copies around the world,” he said. “I...
- 5/18/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kill Your Friends author and screenwriter John Niven has become attached to pen the screenplay for Berlin Bromley, a coming-of-age comedy/drama based on the memoir of Bertie Marshall. Marshall was one of the Bromley Contingent, followers of the Sex Pistols, that also included Siouxsie Sioux, Billy Idol and Steve Severin. Charlotte Arden is producing the film with Peter Dunphy as exec producer for Gizmo Films (Mad To Be Normal, Funny Cow). Neal Moore is exec…...
- 2/28/2018
- Deadline
Simon Brew Feb 19, 2018
The film adaptation of How To Build A Girl looks set to film this summer, with Caitlin Moran adapting her novel.
The hit novel How To Build A Girl, penned by Caitlin Moran, is edging towards the movies, after Monumental Pictures picked up the screen rights. It tells the story of Johanna Morrigan, a girl who’s brought up in Wolverhampton, and then movies to London in the 1990s, becoming a music writer.
The film adaptation was first announced in 2014, with Moran tackling the screenplay for the semi-autobiographical novel herself. John Niven, back then, was also set to work on the script with her.
Whilst we don’t yet know who’s going to direct the feature, and who’s lining up in its ensemble, it is now being reported that How To Build A Girl will go before the cameras this summer. That would suggest a 2019 release date.
The film adaptation of How To Build A Girl looks set to film this summer, with Caitlin Moran adapting her novel.
The hit novel How To Build A Girl, penned by Caitlin Moran, is edging towards the movies, after Monumental Pictures picked up the screen rights. It tells the story of Johanna Morrigan, a girl who’s brought up in Wolverhampton, and then movies to London in the 1990s, becoming a music writer.
The film adaptation was first announced in 2014, with Moran tackling the screenplay for the semi-autobiographical novel herself. John Niven, back then, was also set to work on the script with her.
Whilst we don’t yet know who’s going to direct the feature, and who’s lining up in its ensemble, it is now being reported that How To Build A Girl will go before the cameras this summer. That would suggest a 2019 release date.
- 2/19/2018
- Den of Geek
It's contest time again, and this one is quite impressive. We've partnered up with our friends at Well Go USA to present a chance to celebrate the theatrical release of Owen Harris's Kill Your Friends, starring Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road), on April 1 -- that's today! The film takes a look at the late '90s British music industry through the eyes of the savagely ambitious Steven Stelfox (Hoult). Apart from the comparisons to American Psycho, which are definitely appealing, the film also features an amazing soundtrack of BritPop and dance hits from bands like Blur, Oasis, Radiohead, Prodigy, and The Chemical Brothers. Kill Your Friends is based on the critically acclaimed book of the same name by John Niven, who also wrote the...
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- 4/1/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Based on cult author John Niven’s best-selling novel, Kill Your Friends, starring Nicholas Hoult as you’ve never seen him before, will be released on Blu-ray™ and DVD 4 April and you can own it first on Digital Download now. Balanced again the backdrop of a cocksure London, Hoult plays the ultimate anti-hero Steven Stelfox: a
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- 4/1/2016
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Music is an ever-changing business and that business is fickle. Few lines of work are more cut-throat than the music biz and Hollywood loves to accentuate that about it’s sister industry. It’s a fascinating, frustrating free-for-all watching the players and heavy hitters crossing lines and breaking rules, all vying for the next big hit song or hot band. Ethics, morals, loyalty… these have no place here.
Kill Your Friends is the newest film to examine these escapades, written by and based on John Niven’s novel, the film is directed by Own Harris, who cut his teeth making episodes of edgy television shows like Misfits and Black Mirror. Harris definitely brings an edgy style to the film, one that is both unique and influenced by modern masters, undoubtedly including Danny Boyle among a few others.
Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road) plays Stelfox, an ambitious English A&R...
Kill Your Friends is the newest film to examine these escapades, written by and based on John Niven’s novel, the film is directed by Own Harris, who cut his teeth making episodes of edgy television shows like Misfits and Black Mirror. Harris definitely brings an edgy style to the film, one that is both unique and influenced by modern masters, undoubtedly including Danny Boyle among a few others.
Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road) plays Stelfox, an ambitious English A&R...
- 4/1/2016
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Thirty seconds into "Kill Your Friends" we're informed that A&R men, the elite trendsetters who decide which albums get spun into consumable product and which ones end up in the trash bin, "Have no obligation to make art ... we have an obligation to make money." Oddly enough, freshman director Owen Harris has somehow managed to make neither. As a clunky, ersatz "American Psycho," it's unlikely the film will be a critical darling or a box office smash come its release. Adapted from Scottish author John Niven's acclaimed novel, the film is set in 1997, at the apex of the Britpop music movement. The man most eager to ascend to the top of that scene is Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult), equal parts opportunistic and mendacious. In the film's first scene, our protagonist appears as an ambitious twenty-something fresh out of university having just majored in Apathy and minoring in Amoralism.
- 3/31/2016
- by Sam Fragoso
- The Playlist
Thanks to my daily alter ego as a 9-6 business professional (hard air quotes), I’m continually drawn to dark cinematic interpretations of corporate navigation. It’s intriguing to watch these far-fetched sleazeball fantasies play out, bringing physical meaning to the term “cut-throat business practices.” I’m referring to movies like American Psycho, about a smooth-talking wolf in Valentino’s clothing, or Bloodsucking Bastards, a sharp-tongued satire of skeevy salespeople. What could be more fun than obscuring regularity and exploiting herd mentalities for the horrors we’ve become blind to?
Owen Harris’ Kill Your Friends is no different, as John Niven’s source novelization translates one record producing guru’s ruthless, can-do attitude into serial assassinations. Think of it as a modern version of Vinyl, with a lot more intentional bloodshed, less coherency where morality complexes are concerned and the same amount of snorted narcotics. A&R departments have to...
Owen Harris’ Kill Your Friends is no different, as John Niven’s source novelization translates one record producing guru’s ruthless, can-do attitude into serial assassinations. Think of it as a modern version of Vinyl, with a lot more intentional bloodshed, less coherency where morality complexes are concerned and the same amount of snorted narcotics. A&R departments have to...
- 3/30/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
A few months ago we got our first look at actor Nicholas Hoult in Kill Your Friends. In the John Niven adaptation, Hoult plays an A&R man, Steven Stelfox, who literally starts killing off the competition. A story about a young, handsome, murderous and successful businessman is bound to draw comparisons to American Psycho, which this Kill Your Friends trailer actually embraces. Watch the […]
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- 2/22/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Owen Harris’ directorial debut Kill Your Friends has premiered a new trailer today, taking you into the dark and twisted mind of Nicholas Hoult’s seedy A&R (artists and repertoire) man, Steven Stelfox.
Part American Pyscho, part Wolf of Wall Street, Stelfox’s general irreverence for the world around him is captured brilliantly in the latest sizzle reel, as Hoult’s businessman embarks on a power-mongering – and seemingly bloodthirsty – climb to the top of the British music scene of the mid-90s.
Thanks in large part to genre-defining hits from Blur, The Stone Roses, Oasis and the like, the industry was enjoying a historic high before the turn of the millennium, and those themes of fame and excess will underpin Hoult’s burning desire to continue his winning streak.
Lifted from John Niven’s novel of the same name, Kill Your Friends also stars James Corden, Tom Riley, Joseph Malwe,...
Part American Pyscho, part Wolf of Wall Street, Stelfox’s general irreverence for the world around him is captured brilliantly in the latest sizzle reel, as Hoult’s businessman embarks on a power-mongering – and seemingly bloodthirsty – climb to the top of the British music scene of the mid-90s.
Thanks in large part to genre-defining hits from Blur, The Stone Roses, Oasis and the like, the industry was enjoying a historic high before the turn of the millennium, and those themes of fame and excess will underpin Hoult’s burning desire to continue his winning streak.
Lifted from John Niven’s novel of the same name, Kill Your Friends also stars James Corden, Tom Riley, Joseph Malwe,...
- 2/22/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The music industry ain't pretty. It's a notion that's explored in "Kill Your Friends," bringing an almost "American Psycho" vibe to the story of one young man trying to make his mark on the '90s "Cool Britannia" scene that yielded Oasis, Radiohead and Blur. Read More: Tiff Review: 'Kill Your Friends' Starring Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, James Corden & Rosanna Arquette Based on the novel by John Niven and starring Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, James Corden, Tom Riley, Joseph Mawle, Georgia King, Ed Skrein, Jim Piddock, Edward Hogg and directed by Owen Harris ("Secret Diary Of A Call Girl," "Black Mirror"), this film follows a young man willing to go to extreme lengths to stay one step ahead in his job as an A&R man at a London record label. London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Britpop bands Blur, Oasis, Radiohead rule the airwaves and Cool Britannia.
- 2/22/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
★★☆☆☆ Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) came under heavy fire from some quarters for not being strident enough in its disavowal of the behaviour of Leonardo DiCaprio's Jordan Belfort. There's a very fine line between portraying outrageous behaviour and skewed morality in the hopes of highlighting its grotesquerie, and relenting to its warped philosophy. Kill Your Friends (2015) - the feature debut from Owen Harris, based on the novel by John Niven - falls into the latter camp.
- 11/11/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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Nicholas Hoult takes the lead in Kill Your Friends, the big screen take on John Niven's novel. Here's our review...
Kill Your Friends bullishly sets out its stall in the opening monologue - it's an uncompromising study of ambition in an industry that's purely motivated by profit, and if you're not buying what it's selling, you can eff right off. And then, just for good measure, Nicholas Hoult pisses on an unconscious James Corden.
The year is 1997, Steven Stelfox (Hoult) is a rising star in the world of A&R and the obvious candidate to succeed David Schneider (Dustin Demri-Burns), the dead manager walking at his label, Unigram. Like most of his class of entitled so-and-so's in the industry, Steven has little knowledge and even less interest in actual music, much to the frustration of his dedicated secretary Rebecca (Georgia King).
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Nicholas Hoult takes the lead in Kill Your Friends, the big screen take on John Niven's novel. Here's our review...
Kill Your Friends bullishly sets out its stall in the opening monologue - it's an uncompromising study of ambition in an industry that's purely motivated by profit, and if you're not buying what it's selling, you can eff right off. And then, just for good measure, Nicholas Hoult pisses on an unconscious James Corden.
The year is 1997, Steven Stelfox (Hoult) is a rising star in the world of A&R and the obvious candidate to succeed David Schneider (Dustin Demri-Burns), the dead manager walking at his label, Unigram. Like most of his class of entitled so-and-so's in the industry, Steven has little knowledge and even less interest in actual music, much to the frustration of his dedicated secretary Rebecca (Georgia King).
Steven just happens to have...
- 11/8/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Nicholas Hoult is an obnoxious A&R man in this witless adaptation of John Niven’s novel
With its Bret Easton Ellis-lite misanthropy and knowing pre-X Factor “let the audience decide” jokes, this 90s-set music industry romp should probably have been entitled English Syco: the Britpop Years. Nicholas Hoult is obnoxiously talentless A&R man Steven Stelfox (think Patrick Bateman minus the killer charm) in screenwriter John Niven’s adaptation of his own 2008 novel, itself inspired by his stint as a talent scout who turned down Coldplay and Muse. Hoult is a sharp performer but understandably struggles to find dark humour in cringe-worthy shock jock lines such as: “This music is the biggest insult to humanity since a roomful of Nazis first cooed over the blueprints for Auschwitz.”
Lacking, too, is the visual wit that made Mary Harron’s American Psycho adaptation so scabrously entertaining, leaving us instead...
With its Bret Easton Ellis-lite misanthropy and knowing pre-X Factor “let the audience decide” jokes, this 90s-set music industry romp should probably have been entitled English Syco: the Britpop Years. Nicholas Hoult is obnoxiously talentless A&R man Steven Stelfox (think Patrick Bateman minus the killer charm) in screenwriter John Niven’s adaptation of his own 2008 novel, itself inspired by his stint as a talent scout who turned down Coldplay and Muse. Hoult is a sharp performer but understandably struggles to find dark humour in cringe-worthy shock jock lines such as: “This music is the biggest insult to humanity since a roomful of Nazis first cooed over the blueprints for Auschwitz.”
Lacking, too, is the visual wit that made Mary Harron’s American Psycho adaptation so scabrously entertaining, leaving us instead...
- 11/8/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Based on the book of the same name by John Niven, Kill Your Friends pitches itself as the next American Psycho or The Wolf of Wall Street with the tale of Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult), an A&R man for a London based record company in 1997, the height of the Britpop craze. Far more concerned with making money that producing good music, Stelfox has to watch from the sidelines as his colleges find success with signing fledgling bands, drowning his sorrows with copious amounts of booze and drugs. Taking a line from Conan the Barbarian as his business motto, he decides enough is enough and sets in motion a series of devious plans to finally get the glory and recognition he thinks he deserves. As with the movies it is clearly trying to be, excess is the name of the game, but being as offensive as you can be will only get you so far.
- 11/7/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Kill Your Friends and Burnt were no match for the latest James Bond film.
Spectre, the latest entry in the James Bond franchise, dominated the UK social media buzz chart for a second week, according to analysis firm Way To Blue.
The film generated 70,720 mentions across social media, news, forums and blogs, with 8,270 of those registering intent to view (ItV).
Kill Your Friends, Owen Harris’ adaptation of John Niven’s book about the British music industry in the 90s, garnered 1,460 comments (123 ItV) ahead of its UK release.
Burnt, which stars Bradley Cooper as a washed-up chef searching for redemption, generated 1,180 mentions (55 ItV).
On the horizon, the Michael-Fasbender Steve Jobs had 714 mentions (31 ItV) and Maggie Smith-starring The Lady In The Van had 354 (50 ItV).
Spectre, the latest entry in the James Bond franchise, dominated the UK social media buzz chart for a second week, according to analysis firm Way To Blue.
The film generated 70,720 mentions across social media, news, forums and blogs, with 8,270 of those registering intent to view (ItV).
Kill Your Friends, Owen Harris’ adaptation of John Niven’s book about the British music industry in the 90s, garnered 1,460 comments (123 ItV) ahead of its UK release.
Burnt, which stars Bradley Cooper as a washed-up chef searching for redemption, generated 1,180 mentions (55 ItV).
On the horizon, the Michael-Fasbender Steve Jobs had 714 mentions (31 ItV) and Maggie Smith-starring The Lady In The Van had 354 (50 ItV).
- 11/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Nicholas Hoult shows charisma in the lead role, but this cast of repugnant characters is draining
John Niven adapts his own savagely satirical novel about the Britpop-era music industry and the monsters that dwell there into a grubby and gruellingly mean-spirited feature film.
Nicholas Hoult has a certain shark-like charisma as Steven Stelfox, the indie-pop Patrick Bateman at the centre of this tale of murderous ambition. Stelfox’s appetite for success is only matched by his appetite for debauchery – and in this, he is matched by pretty much every other character in the movie. All available surfaces are constantly coated with cocaine and prostitutes. This is not a film for anyone who requires their female characters to be more than the pneumatically inflated punchline to a lad gag.
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John Niven adapts his own savagely satirical novel about the Britpop-era music industry and the monsters that dwell there into a grubby and gruellingly mean-spirited feature film.
Nicholas Hoult has a certain shark-like charisma as Steven Stelfox, the indie-pop Patrick Bateman at the centre of this tale of murderous ambition. Stelfox’s appetite for success is only matched by his appetite for debauchery – and in this, he is matched by pretty much every other character in the movie. All available surfaces are constantly coated with cocaine and prostitutes. This is not a film for anyone who requires their female characters to be more than the pneumatically inflated punchline to a lad gag.
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- 11/5/2015
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
We’re all aware of the sheer importance of an opening scene, in setting the tone, the narrative and the precedence, for what is yet to come. In Owen Harris’ Kill Your Friends – adapted from John Niven eponymous novel – it’s absolutely imperative, as we meet our protagonist Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) and right from
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- 11/5/2015
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kill Your Friends was spawned from the mind of author John Niven, who has since turned his original prose into a screenplay, and entrusted it in the hands of director Owen Harris – with the finished product released in cinemas on November 6th. We had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with the pair to
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- 11/4/2015
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Think Simon Cowell is cruel and calculating? Well, he's Gareth Malone compared to Steven Stelfox - the reptilian music rep in Kill Your Friends, a tar-black satire of the 1990s pop business. Which makes the fact he's played by the angelic face of Nicholas Hoult - who urinates on people (James Corden, no less) as an ice breaker - all the more startling.
But that's largely down to the subject matter. Former A&R man John Niven penned this daring and dynamic comedy from his own hit novel about his time in the biz - and has somehow managed to instil it with even more piss and bile on the big screen. What Niven doesn't do, however, is convey the same fear and desperation that sends Stelfox into his homicidal spiral of despair.
That burden, luckily, falls on leading man Hoult's shoulders, as he keeps you hanging on his every word.
But that's largely down to the subject matter. Former A&R man John Niven penned this daring and dynamic comedy from his own hit novel about his time in the biz - and has somehow managed to instil it with even more piss and bile on the big screen. What Niven doesn't do, however, is convey the same fear and desperation that sends Stelfox into his homicidal spiral of despair.
That burden, luckily, falls on leading man Hoult's shoulders, as he keeps you hanging on his every word.
- 10/30/2015
- Digital Spy
To mark the release of Kill Your Friends on 6th November, we’ve been given 1 prize bundle including a signed Kill Your Friends film poster, John Niven’s book Kill Your Friends, and the Kill Your Friends film soundtrack. London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Britpop bands Blur, Oasis, Radiohead rule
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- 10/30/2015
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In what is arguably the finest performance of his career to date, Nicholas Hoult shines in Owen Harris and John Niven’s Kill Your Friends, playing the savage protagonist, Steven Stelfox. We sat down with the ever blossoming British actor to discuss getting in to the head of such a reprehensible character, why he wanted to
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- 10/29/2015
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stars: Nicolas Hoult, Craig Roberts, James Corden, Tom Riley, Joseph Mawle, Georgia King, Ed Skrein, Jim Piddock | Written by John Niven | Directed by Owen Harris
Kill Your Friends is adapted from John Niven’s 2009 novel. It’s a late Nineties black comedy about the last hurrahs of post-Britpop record labels before the internet came along and devalued everything they’d built their expense accounts on. The book is to the music industry what Brett Easton Ellis’s American Psycho is to Wall Street. In so much that taking a life can be justified if winning is all and losing will get your fired.
Leading the film is Nicholas Hoult. He plays Stelfox – the ruthless and ambitious record company executive that lacks any morals or love of music. He simply craves success. Paradoxically, this has served him well to date, but the lack of a work ethic or plan is catching up with him.
Kill Your Friends is adapted from John Niven’s 2009 novel. It’s a late Nineties black comedy about the last hurrahs of post-Britpop record labels before the internet came along and devalued everything they’d built their expense accounts on. The book is to the music industry what Brett Easton Ellis’s American Psycho is to Wall Street. In so much that taking a life can be justified if winning is all and losing will get your fired.
Leading the film is Nicholas Hoult. He plays Stelfox – the ruthless and ambitious record company executive that lacks any morals or love of music. He simply craves success. Paradoxically, this has served him well to date, but the lack of a work ethic or plan is catching up with him.
- 10/28/2015
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Kill Your Friends launched itself face-first into Leicester Square this evening for the film’s Premiere. Nicholas Hoult leads the cast of Owen Harris’ film which adapts John Niven’s novel of furious backstabbing and bad behaviour in the 90s UK music industry. James Corden, Craig Roberts and Georgia King complete the cast of Harris’ film which
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- 10/23/2015
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nicholas Hoult's upcoming Kill Your Friends is far from your average music industry drama.
The black comedy takes the dark side of the '90s Cool Britannia movement to its extreme, with drugs and even murder coming into play.
The X-Men star plays a record executive who will do anything to remain on top of the viciously competitive industry. When we say 'anything', we mean anything.
Check out the trailer above to get your fill of James Corden high off his ass, a surly Liam Gallagher-looking rocker and – oh yeah – a few brutal kills too.
Director Owen Harris's film rounds up a who's who of international acting talent, including Tom Riley, Ed Skrein, Georgia King and Moritz Bleibtreu as the movers and shakers in the world of Britpop.
Kill Your Friends - an adaptation of John Niven's novel – hits the UK on November 6.
The black comedy takes the dark side of the '90s Cool Britannia movement to its extreme, with drugs and even murder coming into play.
The X-Men star plays a record executive who will do anything to remain on top of the viciously competitive industry. When we say 'anything', we mean anything.
Check out the trailer above to get your fill of James Corden high off his ass, a surly Liam Gallagher-looking rocker and – oh yeah – a few brutal kills too.
Director Owen Harris's film rounds up a who's who of international acting talent, including Tom Riley, Ed Skrein, Georgia King and Moritz Bleibtreu as the movers and shakers in the world of Britpop.
Kill Your Friends - an adaptation of John Niven's novel – hits the UK on November 6.
- 10/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Confidence was a preference for the habitual participants of what was known in the '90s as Britpop. And for Nicholas Hoult's character in Kill Your Friends, that confidence is stoked by large quantities of white powder and not a little violence. How far will his A&R man Steven Stelfox go to find the next Oasis? Have a look at the latest trailer to get an idea.Adapted by John Niven from his own 2008 novel, Kill Your Friends finds 27-year-old Stelfox carving out a career for himself in the London music industry; zigzagging around the world in search of the next massive hit (powered by greed and huge snorts of Colombian marching powder); and doing almost anything for that elusive new sensation, even if it means cutting a few throats in the non-figurative sense.Owen Harris (Holy Flying Circus, Black Mirror) is here directing his first feature film.
- 10/16/2015
- EmpireOnline
Nicholas Hoult has spent the past few years playing zombies and furry blue superheroes and sympathetic post-apocalyptic henchmen, so it’s only natural that he’d eventually end up in a movie that doesn’t require him to be slathered in prosthetics. That movie is Kill Your Friends, a darkly comedic thriller based on the novel by John Niven. A new […]
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- 10/15/2015
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Crafting a compelling drama around the music industry has proven to be a difficult butterfly to pin for major studios – just ask Max Joesph and Zac Efron. But the underwhelming box office performance of We Are Your Friends has in no way dampened our interest in Owen Harris’ upcoming British drama, Kill Your Friends.
As the title suggests, this is a decidedly darker spin on the business, swapping out the glitz and glam of Hollywood for a British music industry at its prime. Buoyed by the genre-defining successes of bands such as Blur, The Stone Roses and Oasis, business was booming during the late 80s and early 90s, leading to an era of fame, fortune and gluttonous success.
Lifted from the pages of John Niven’s eponymous novel, Harris’ feature stars Mad Max: Fury Road alum Nicholas Hoult as A&R man (artists and repertoire) Steven Stelfox, who revels in...
As the title suggests, this is a decidedly darker spin on the business, swapping out the glitz and glam of Hollywood for a British music industry at its prime. Buoyed by the genre-defining successes of bands such as Blur, The Stone Roses and Oasis, business was booming during the late 80s and early 90s, leading to an era of fame, fortune and gluttonous success.
Lifted from the pages of John Niven’s eponymous novel, Harris’ feature stars Mad Max: Fury Road alum Nicholas Hoult as A&R man (artists and repertoire) Steven Stelfox, who revels in...
- 10/15/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
"This generation's American Psycho." StudioCanal UK has debuted a brand new official trailer for Owen Harris' Kill Your Friends, a crazy serial killer-esque movie about a music industry dude who gets a little too crazy in his search. Nicholas Hoult plays Steven Stelfox, an A&R man for the music business who goes to extreme lengths to find the next best act. "Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record." This certainly looks very brutal and very wild, but hopefully there's something to it beyond just all the gratuitousness and excess. The cast includes Ed Skrein, Rosanna Arquette, James Corden, Craig Roberts and Tom Riley. Fire it up and watch out. Here's the official UK trailer (+ poster) for Owen Harris' Kill Your Friends, found directly on YouTube: You can also still watch the first teaser...
- 10/15/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
While the music industry as it once was has been more or less destroyed, it's proving fertile ground for storytellers. On the small screen, Martin Scorsese drops "Vinyl" on HBO in January, while Showtime will be the home of Cameron Crowe's "Roadies" (check out the first teaser). Meanwhile, the big screen has music manager Bill Murray discovering new talent in "Rock The Kashbah" and now, Nicholas Hoult navigates the world of executives and hitmakers with "Kill Your Friends." And the latter has a new trailer. Read More: Tiff Review: 'Kill Your Friends' Starring Nicholas Hoult Based on the novel by John Niven, co-starring James Corden and Craig Roberts, and directed by Owen Harris ("Secret Diary Of A Call Girl," "Black Mirror"), this one jumps back to the heady days of the '90s (I'm feeling old), as a young man navigates the excesses of the British scene at the time,...
- 10/15/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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