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Filming is underway in Czech Republic, near Prague, on Netflix’s WWI feature All Quiet On The Western Front.

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Kate Cohen (Jane Got a Gun) has tapped Oscar nominee Lesley Paterson (All Quiet on the Western Front) and Simon Marshall to script a feature adaptation of Viktor Frankl‘s classic treatise, Man’s Search for Meaning. For Paterson’s husband and writing partner, Marshall, the project has taken on particular resonance of late, having just been diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer.

Naman Ramachandran The London Action Festival has revealed a packed program for its second edition. Highlights of the first round of programming that has been unveiled include: Anatomy Of A Set Piece where The Raid franchise creator Gareth Evans and others to be announced will break down chosen set pieces from their works; a screening of “The Raid 2” + Q&A with Evans; The Showrunner’s Story, where, in association with World Productions, “Bodyguard” and ‘Line of Duty” Jed Mercurio creator will explore the work of a showrunner in the creation and production of shows; and The Villains of John Wick, in association with Lionsgate, where Mark Dacascos (Zero in “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”) and Scott Adkins (Killa in “John Wick: Chapter 4”) – two of the most memorable villains from across the $425 million box office smash-hit John Wick franchise will discuss their work.

Bafta-winning filmmaker Lesley Paterson has unveiled her next Mission Impossible project – persuading Tom Cruise to do a triathlon. The screenwriter graced last month’s Oscars red carpet after her movie All Quiet On The Western Front picked up a string of nominations.

Stirling’s Oscar star Lesley Paterson this week delivered an uplifting assembly to pupils at her former primary school in the city.

Comedy drama Everything Everywhere All At Once has cleaned up at the 2023 Academy Awards – but there was glory for Scotland as a Stirling screenwriter's film was named best international flick.

Todd Gilchrist editor Even with predecessors such as  “Paths of Glory,” “A Very Long Engagement,” “1917” and of course Lewis Milestone’s 1930 best picture winner of the same name, director Edward Berger’s adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s bestseller “All Quiet on the Western Front” conveys the meat-grinder brutality — the violence, the blood, and the mud — of trench warfare unlike almost any film in the history of the medium.  “These kids are chewed up by the merciless war machine,” says Berger. “They sign up for this war full of hopes and ideals, but very quickly they realize that they have lost everything in the mud, especially their innocence and their youth.”

Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock, Sigourney Weaver in sci-fi horror Alien 3 and appeared in Doctor Who, tweeted: 'The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty.  'Cutting deserving winners' speeches for toe-curling non-interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbins in memoriam.

K.J. Yossman Actor Phil Davis has dramatically resigned his BAFTA membership following last Sunday’s awards ceremony, calling the show an “embarrassing travesty.” Davis, who has appeared in film and TV projects including “Doctor Who,” “Vera Drake” and “Alien 3,” cited host Richard E. Grant’s introduction – during which he pretended to arrive in a Batmobile before appearing in a floor-length white cape – as well as cuts made to winners’ speeches during the broadcast on BBC One and the omission of fellow “Doctor Who” actor Bernard Cribbins in the In Memorium segment. “The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty,” Davis tweeted on Wednesday. “Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbens in memorium. I resigned my membership. [sic]”

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Despite representing Germany at this year’s Academy Awards for best international feature, “All Quiet on the Western Front” writer-director Edward Berger doesn’t feel national pride for the country. “I don’t feel that because of the history,” Berger tells Variety. “I could never say I’m proud to be German. Those words don’t fit into our mouths, and rightly so. I would have a hard time thinking I would represent the country because I can’t speak for the entire country.” On this episode of Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast, Berger discusses “All Quiet on the Western Front’s” nine Oscar noms — the second most of the year — and employing the most artisans of any non-English movie in history. Finally, he shares why he feels a responsibility to accurately portray Germany’s role in some of humanity’s most devastating wars. Listen to the full podcast below.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.

The National Board of Review today named the top-grossing film of 2022 as its Best Film of the year.

Best Film:  “Top Gun: Maverick”Best Director: Steven Spielberg,“The Fabelmans” Best Actor: Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Best Supporting Actress: Janelle Monáe, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Best Adapted Screenplay: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, “All Quiet on the Western Front”Breakthrough Performance: Danielle Deadwyler, “Till”Breakthrough Performance: Gabriel LaBelle, “The Fabelmans”Best Directorial Debut: Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”Best Animated Feature:  “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” Best International Film: “Close”Best Documentary: “Sr.”Best Ensemble: “Women Talking” Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, “Top Gun: Maverick”NBR Freedom of Expression Awards:“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”“Argentina, 1985”Top Films (in alphabetical order):“Aftersun”“Avatar: The Way of Water” “The Banshees of Inisherin”“Everything Everywhere All at Once”“The Fabelmans”“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”“RRR”“Till”“The Woman King” “Women Talking”Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order):“All Quiet on the Western Front”“Argentina, 1985” “Decision to Leave” “EO”“Saint Omer”Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”“All That Breathes”“Descendant”“Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb”“Wildcat”Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):“Armageddon Time”“Emily the Criminal”“The Eternal Daughter” “Funny Pages” “The Inspection”“Living”“A Love Song”“Nanny”“The Wonder”“To Leslie”The NBR Awards Gala is scheduled

In its second week of release, All Quiet on the Western Front has entered Netflix’s Most Popular Non-English Films List in the seventh spot with 71.45M total hours viewed. For the second week in a row, the film was the #1 non-English film with 39.9M hours viewed and was in the Top 10 in 90 countries.

Lewis Milestone’s 1930 classic, All Quiet On The Western Front was based on the 1928 novel by Erich Maria Remarque and became the first adaptation of a book to win the Oscar for Best Picture, as well as the first Best Picture Oscar winner to also take Best Director. It has hardly been touched by filmmakers since then save for a TV Movie remake by director Delbert Mann in 1979 that starred Richard Thomas. Now that has changed, and in a significant way , as the book has finally been taken on by Germany with director Edward Berger’s (Patrick Melrose, Your Honor) adaptation (co-written with Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell) that finally shows us the perspective from the German side. It has already been selected as the German entry for the 95th Academy Awards Best International Film race, and just had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival today.

Manori Ravindran International EditorNetflix is believed to have swooped for world rights to Edward Berger’s long-anticipated adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” starring Daniel Brühl (pictured).The project is understood to be among the biggest-budget films to ever come out of Germany, with production set to begin in March.