Post by avalon on Aug 3, 2007 2:51:53 GMT 9.5
Duo sign on for 'Young Victoria'
Broadbent, Richardson join royal drama
By DIANE GARRETT
GREAT NEW MY GIRLS!IT'S A FACT MIRANDA WILL BE ON THE FILM WITH SCORSESE THERE'S GOTTA CHANCE FOR THE AWARDS SEASON IN 2008. sweet!
LOVE!
Avalon
SOURCE:VARIETY EUROPE & rte.ie
Jim Broadbent and
Miranda Richardson have joined the royal crowd in “The Young Victoria,” Graham King and Martin Scorsese’s look at the monarch’s tur-bulent rise to power.
French-Canadian helmer Jean-Marc Vallee is directing the GK Films.
The drama, exploring Queen Victoria's rise to power, focusing on her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert, will be produced by Graham King and Martin Scorsese from a script by Academy Award-winning Julian Fellowes.
Broadbent will play King William, Victoria’s uncle, ;)while Richardson has been cast as the Duchess of Kent, Victoria’s mother. They join Emily Blunt as Vic-toria and Rupert Friend as her husband, Prince Albert.
In addition, Mark Strong (“Syriana”) has been cast as the devious Conroy.
Production is skedded to begin later this month in the U.K.
Richardson appears in Warner’s upcoming “Fred Claus.”
Sarah Ferguson, the duchess of York, introduced King to the project, which he is producing with Scorsese, Tim Headington and Ferguson.
King, who produced “The Departed” with Scorsese as his director, launched his GK Films shingle this year but remains a partner in Initial Entertainment Group. He is set to produce several projects for Warner, including “Shantaram,” “Sasha’s Story: The Life and Death of a Russian Spy,” “Dark Shadows” and, at Warner Independent, “The Rum Diary.”
Broadbent, Richardson join royal drama
By DIANE GARRETT
GREAT NEW MY GIRLS!IT'S A FACT MIRANDA WILL BE ON THE FILM WITH SCORSESE THERE'S GOTTA CHANCE FOR THE AWARDS SEASON IN 2008. sweet!
LOVE!
Avalon
SOURCE:VARIETY EUROPE & rte.ie
Jim Broadbent and
Miranda Richardson have joined the royal crowd in “The Young Victoria,” Graham King and Martin Scorsese’s look at the monarch’s tur-bulent rise to power.French-Canadian helmer Jean-Marc Vallee is directing the GK Films.
The drama, exploring Queen Victoria's rise to power, focusing on her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert, will be produced by Graham King and Martin Scorsese from a script by Academy Award-winning Julian Fellowes.
Broadbent will play King William, Victoria’s uncle, ;)while Richardson has been cast as the Duchess of Kent, Victoria’s mother.
They join Emily Blunt as Vic-toria and Rupert Friend as her husband, Prince Albert.In addition, Mark Strong (“Syriana”) has been cast as the devious Conroy.
Production is skedded to begin later this month in the U.K.
Richardson appears in Warner’s upcoming “Fred Claus.”
Sarah Ferguson, the duchess of York, introduced King to the project, which he is producing with Scorsese, Tim Headington and Ferguson.
King, who produced “The Departed” with Scorsese as his director, launched his GK Films shingle this year but remains a partner in Initial Entertainment Group. He is set to produce several projects for Warner, including “Shantaram,” “Sasha’s Story: The Life and Death of a Russian Spy,” “Dark Shadows” and, at Warner Independent, “The Rum Diary.”
