Hello ALL,
Well, I am now writing to you as a 57 year old. What a wonderful last 10 days I have had. The showing of Annabel Lee was first class I thought. We had about 80-100 people come to watch the film on BAFTA's large screen. Gosh. that was a big screen. And I hadn't seen it put together by that point, so it was an awful lot to take in. I know everyone there was a friend, but even those friends who I hadn't met before, or were industry colleagues, seemed to really like it. There were a few investors who brought chums and that was nice. People made it from all over the world, and that was especially thrilling. I hope no one was disappointed, I don't think so.
IFC, the distributor for Claire McCarthy's "Ophelia" starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton and Nathaniel Parker published news on the books adaptation's release details. It is currently planned for a short theatrical release from June 28, 2019 and then for digital HD platforms and video on demand distribution from July 2, 2019. The move has a running time of 107 minutes and is rated PG13.
Anna, Angel, Raphaella and Nat are on their way to this year's Olivier Awards. They asked me to put up a pic for you all to enjoy....
"Just on our way to Oliviers and thought I would share this on the site. Not sure how to do that on my phone."
Just to keep all of you up to date on the progression of Annabel Lee....... We're getting to the last bits now. Earlier this week I went to Sofia with Angel to do the very last bit of filming. Sofia???? I hear you cry, well, yes, it has the best tank in Europe for underwater filming, and who am I to stand in the way of ambition? It actually worked out to be cheaper to fly Angel & I out to Sofia and use a crew out there for the day than it is to go to any of the British tanks. Shame really, but not that surprising. Anyway the crew led by Ian and Alistair were terrific. Angel was pushed to the limits in a tank that wasn't properly warm. I have to put my hands up and admit that I was the one pushing.
A brand new audio production is out - it's title is "Lovely War". It's a new book written by best-selling author Julie Berry and published by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing.
Lovely War is a beautiful historical fiction story.