Completed:
Boogie Woogie
Synopsis: A deliciously lurid satire, set against the backdrop of the contemporary art world… its colourful cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money.
The Works International presents in association with Constance Media, Firefly, Muse Productions, P&C Arcade Films and Magna Films an Autonomous/Colourframe production with S Films BOOGIE WOOGIE a film by Duncan Ward Starring Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley, Charlotte Rampling, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Jaime Winstone Casting Gary Davy Production Designer Caroline Greville Morris Composer Janusz Podrazik Editor Kant Pan Art Curated by Damien Hirst Co-Producer Julia Stannard Director of Photography John Mathieson BSC Executive Producers Katrine Boorman, Charles Haswell, Chris Hanley, Leonid Rozhetskin, Matias Rojas, Matthew Hobbs, Valentine Stockdale, Rob Whitehouse, Christopher Figg Based on the novel by Danny Moynihan Producers Danny Moynihan, Kami Naghdi, Christopher Simon and Cat Villiers Screenplay by Danny Moynihan Director Duncan Ward. Released in 2010 by IFC Films and Vertigo.
Peter Falk & Val Kilmer in AMERICAN COWSLIP
American Cowslip
Writer/Dir/Prod: Mark David. Writer: Ronnie Gene Blevins. Prod: Tony Hewett. DP: Mark David. Ed: Mark David. Exec Prods: Matthew Hobbs, Steve Daly, Stefan Jacobs, Justin Kim, Alfred Mitchell, Sherri Olson, Danie Wood. Cast: Ronnie Gene Blevins, Diane Ladd, Rip Torn, Cloris Leachman, Val Kilmer, Peter Falk, Bruce Dern, Priscilla Barnes, Hanna Hall, Blake Clark. Currently on sale throughout the world on DVD, after a North American release.
Hugh Bonneville in CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE
Conspiracy of Silence
Synopsis: Based on true events, Conspiracy of Silence tells the story of a young trainee priest torn between the love for his girlfriend and his vocation to the Catholic Church.
Winner: Hartley Merrill Screenwriters Award and National Board of Review’s ‘Freedom of Expression’ Award.
A Little Wing Films & Flick Features Production in association with Mogirl and Firefly. Dir & Scr: John Deery. Prods: Davina Stanley, Matthew Hobbs, Peter Kinkead. Cast: Brenda Fricker, Hugh Bonneville, John Lynch, Jason Barry, Jonathan Forbes.
In Development:
Beslan
Synopsis: September 1, 2004: the World watched in horror as armed terrorists took over one thousand three hundred men, women and children hostage at School Number One in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia.
Dir.: Kari Skogland. Writer: James W. Mitchell. Story: Matthew Hobbs, James Mitchell. Prods: Matthew Hobbs, Ed Speleers. Co-Prods: Tracey Adam, Sascha Hecks.
About the director: Skogland started directing award-winning television commercials and music videos. She moved on to television shows with 1996′s Traders. Traders was nominated for several Geminis including Best Director, and won Best Series. Her first film, The Size of Watermelons won the Silver Award at WorldFest Houston. Her CBC film White Lies was nominated for several Geminis and an International Emmy and won a Tout Ecran. Fifty Dead Men Walking is Skogland’s most recent project. It stars Sir Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers and Rose McGowan and was released in March 2009.
Come Back to Sorrento
Synopsis: A music teacher with a mysterious past finds more than he bargained for when he travels to a small town in Ohio to teach music and comes to love a housewife seeking a long forgotten dream.
Dir: Michael Worth. Scr: David Mamet. Novel: Dawn Powell. Prods: Matthew Hobbs, Kristin Holt, David Mamet, Michael Worth. Cast (as at 12/09): Felicity Huffman, William H Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon.
