Studiocanal, Europe’s largest independent film studio, hit Vegas today with director Danny Boyle and the opening scene of his new film Ink, the true story of British Tabloid The Sun. It teased a next Paddington film. It announced a reboot of John Carpenter’s iconic Escape From New York a reimagining of 1981 horror classic The Howling.
In an extended scene of Ink, Guy Pearce’s Rupert Murdoch and Larry Lamb, played by Jack O’Connell, whom the young media baron hired to run The Sun when he purchased it in 1969, are exploring the five ‘W’s of journalism — who, where, when, what and why. The film is based on the play by James Graham, who wrote the screenplay, and production is underway.
Anna Marsh, CEO of Studiocanal (and Chief Content Officer of parent CANAL+) confirmed that a fourth Paddington film is in development with writers attached to the next edition of the highest-grossing independent family franchise ever at over $700 million in box office worldwide. The most recent, Paddington In Peru, was released Stateside through Sony Pictures.
EVP Global Marketing and Distribution Studiocanal Hugh Spearing introduced a exclusive peeks of Aardman’s upcoming Shaun The Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. He said StudioCanal’s genre label Sixth Dimension is boarding The Mannequin, which starts production this summer from director Sean Byrne starring Melissa Leo.
And the studio’s in development on feature adaptation of Matt Haig’s worldwide bestseller The Midnight Library in partnership with Blueprint Pictures.
More to come
