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12.09.2022 / 19:06

‘Alias Grace’ & ‘True Detective’ Star Sarah Gadon To Make Directorial Debut On ‘Lullabies For Little Criminals’ — TIFF

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off starring in Toronto Film Festival drama North Of Normal, Sarah Gadon is set to make her directorial debut on feature Lullabies For Little Criminals, based on Heather O’Neill’s 2007 novel which won the Canada Reads competition.

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16.08.2021 / 20:43

‘After Life’ Producer Charlie Hanson, Subject of Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Resigns From Ex-Wife Amma Asante’s Company (EXCLUSIVE)

K.J. Yossman Disgraced “After Life” producer Charlie Hanson has severed his last ties with ex-wife Amma Asante (“Belle”) after resigning from her production company AWOL Films.Hanson, who was removed as a producer from the hit Ricky Gervais show by Netflix after being accused of historic sexual assaults in May, has been a part of the company since its incorporation in 2002.In June, The Times of London reported that 11 women had complained about Hanson’s conduct.

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27.05.2021 / 19:45

‘Levittown’ Limited Series In Works From Amma Asante, Thomas Schlamme, Wiip & Gotham Group

EXCLUSIVE: David Kushner’s bestselling book Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s Legendary Suburb is in the works for the small screen. Independent studio wiip has optioned the rights to the book and partnered with The Gotham Group to develop as a limited series. BAFTA-winning screenwriter and director Amma Asante is attached to pen the series adaptation and direct the pilot. Emmy winner Thomas Schlamme is on board to produce.

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30.03.2021 / 12:13

Chiwetel Ejiofor & Thandie Newton Sign Lenny Henry Letter Urging Black Britons To Get Covid Vaccine

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, and David Harewood are among a group of influential actors who have signed an open letter from Sir Lenny Henry urging Black Britons to get a coronavirus vaccine.

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30.03.2021 / 05:23

Armie Hammer Dropped From ‘Billion Dollar Spy’ Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

Armie Hammer has been dropped from another film project in development. The actor will no longer be appearing in director Amma Asante's Cold War drama thriller , according to multiplereports.Hammer was set to play a CIA operative working in Moscow during the Cold War tensions, and would have starred opposite Mads Mikkelsen, who will be playing a Soviet scientist and engineer.The news comes shortly after Hammer was accused of rape and battery by a 24-year-old woman named Effie.

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30.03.2021 / 00:29

Armie Hammer Dropped From Another Film, ‘Billion Dollar Spy,’ in Wake of Sexual Assault Allegations (EXCLUSIVE)

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentArmie Hammer has been dropped from another film, in the wake of sexual assault allegations and continuous online chatter that has been spiraling across social media since the beginning of the year.Hammer is no longer attached to the thriller “Billion Dollar Spy,” Variety has learned exclusively. Hammer was set to star opposite Mads Mikkelsen in the Cold War drama that comes from filmmaker Amma Asante.Representatives for Asante and Walden Media, the film company behind the movie, declined to comment any further.“Billion Dollar Spy” was the one remaining active film on Hammer’s slate.

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02.11.2020 / 23:14

Mads Mikkelsen, Armie Hammer Join Amma Asante's Cold War Thriller 'Billion Dollar Spy'

Mads Mikkelsen and Armie Hammer are teaming up as a Soviet engineer and his CIA handler for Cold War thriller The Billion Dollar Spy for Belle and A United Kingdom director Amma Asante. HanWay Films has come on board to handle international sales and distribution and will introduce the project at the upcoming virtual American Film Market.

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02.11.2020 / 07:06

Mads Mikkelsen and Armie Hammer to Star in Cold War Thriller ‘The Billion Dollar Spy’

Mads Mikkelsen and Armie Hammer are set to star in “The Billion Dollar Spy,” a Cold War-era thriller that will be directed by Amma Asante, who is the director of 2013’s “Belle” and has made episodes of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Mrs. America.”“The Billion Dollar Spy” is based on a true story of a Soviet engineer and his CIA handler who risked their lives to help bring an end to the Cold War.

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19.10.2020 / 18:45

Cary Fukunaga, Amma Asante Among BAFTA Breakthrough Jurors

Naman Ramachandran “No Time to Die” filmmaker Cary Fukunaga and “The Handmaid’s Tale” director Amma Asante are among the jurors for this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Breakthrough initiative, supported by Netflix.Previously known as Breakthrough Brits, the initiative shines a spotlight on emerging talent and has been running in the U.K. since 2013 and in China since 2019.

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19.10.2020 / 18:11

BAFTA Unveils UK & U.S. Juries For Breakthrough Talent Showcase

Tom Grater International Film ReporterBAFTA has unveiled the jurors for its Breakthrough initiative, the talent showcase that from this year is expanding to include participants from the U.S., China and India.The UK and U.S. selectees will be unveiled on November 16, with applications opening for India and China later this year.

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24.09.2020 / 21:55

‘Smilla’s Sense Of Snow’: Amma Asante To Direct Constantin Adaptation Of Peter Höeg Novel

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorBelle and A United Kingdom filmmaker Amma Asante is set to direct Constantin’s latest drama series adaptation of Peter Höeg’s Smilla’s Sense of Snow. The series, which was already made into a 1997 feature from filmmaker Bille August and starring Julia Ormond, follows Smilla Jaspersen, whose investigation into the mysterious death of an immigrant Inuit child from the projects evolves into a much grander supernatural epic.

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24.09.2020 / 21:12

‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Director Amma Asante to Helm ‘Smilla’s Sense of Snow’ Series for Constantin

Naman Ramachandran Acclaimed British director Amma Asante (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Mrs America”) will direct a drama series adaptation of acclaimed novel “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” for German outfit Constantin Film.Based on the bestselling book by Peter Höeg, and created and written by Clive Bradley (“Trapped”), the series will follows Smilla Jaspersen, whose investigation into the mysterious death of an immigrant Inuit child from the projects evolves into a much grander supernatural epic. Her search for answers sets her on a journey to her native home of Greenland.The book was adapted as a film by Bille August in 1997, starring Julia Ormond, and produced by Bernd Eichinger and Martin Moszkowicz.

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02.07.2020 / 20:45

Amma Asante to Start Principal Photography on ‘Billion Dollar Spy’ in 12 Months

Naman Ramachandran U.K. filmmaker Amma Asante has revealed she plans to start principal photography on long-gestating project “The Billion Dollar Spy” in 12 months.

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12.06.2020 / 15:01

Amma Asante, Tabitha Jackson & Paul Feig Sign Up For Conference On Diversity & Inclusion In Post-COVID Biz

Tom Grater International Film ReporterA series of high-profile names have committed to speaking at CARLA 2020, a digital conference focusing on creating lasting structural change in the film and TV industries post-COVID-19.Keynote speakers will include Belle filmmaker Amma Asante, new Sundance director Tabitha Jackson, Swedish Film Institute CEO Anna Serner, and broadcaster Mo Abudu. They will open the conference with a series of talks on August 21.Following on August 22 will be a series of speeches, in-conversations, roundtables and networkings events focusing on the subjects of diversity and inclusion.

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12.06.2020 / 13:27

Amma Asante, Tabitha Jackson to Keynote New Carla Conference, Examining Structural Change in Industry (EXCLUSIVE)

Manori Ravindran International EditorA new conference out of Sweden hopes to start a dialogue around creating lasting structural changes across film and TV, uniting leaders such as Sundance director Tabitha Jackson and “Belle” and “A United Kingdom” filmmaker Amma Asante.Organized by Women in Film & Television International, in association with the Carl International Film Festival, Carla 2020 will convene creatives, researchers, executives, financiers and activists to discuss on and off-screen representation and topics including the mechanisms of power in the industry, racism, unconscious bias, intersectionality, sexual harassment and safety on set.The virtual festival will run Aug. 21-23.

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‘Alias Grace’ & ‘True Detective’ Star Sarah Gadon To Make Directorial Debut On ‘Lullabies For Little Criminals’ — TIFF

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