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Production has wrapped on the Ibiza shoot ofRise Of The Footsoldier: Ibiza, with new cast membersThe Football Factory’sTamer Hassan and Green Street’s Leo Gregory. Further filming will take place from January 2025 in Guildford, London and Essex.

Screen can exclusively reveal the film’s first-look images.

The feature is the sequel to 2023’s Rise Of The Footsoldier: Vengeance, and the seventh instalment in the franchise. Craig Fairbass is back in the leading role of notorious criminal Pat Tate, with Nick Nevern returning to direct, which marks his third time directing in the Footsolider franchise.

Further cast includes Jamie Foreman,...

The story of Roy Larner is being told in The Lion Of London Bridge, and a crowdfunding campaign is now underway for the film.

Back in February 2021, author and screenwriter Dougie Brimson (Green Street) was revealed to have set up Red Bus Movies, a company wanting to tell UK working class stories. Brimson, a veteran of the armed forces, has now got another project on the launchpad, and needs a bit of help with the next step.

Redbus is set to make The Lion Of London Bridge, a film that tells the story of Roy Larner. Back in 2017, during the Borough Market Attack, Larner garnered headlines for fighting off three terrorists wielding machetes (alerting them to the fact that he’s a Millwall football fan has he did so).

Larner sustained life-threatening injuries during the attack, and his work was said to have saved up to 30 lives. Yet as Dougie...

British boxing champion and “Love Island” runner-up Tommy Fury will make his acting debut with Oceana Studios’ “The Debt Inherited.”

The film also marks the directorial debut of Oceana CEO Danny Sawaf. Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Oceana, whose credits include “Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend,” starring Gabriel Byrne and Mira Sorvino, “Monstrous,” starring Christina Ricci, and “Terrifier 2,” will launch sales on “The Debt Inherited” at the Cannes Film Market.

The black comedy crime film is written by Niki Sheldrake and tells the story of Colin and Stanley, two good-for-nothing brothers who are faced with the repayment of their dead father’s debt to a notorious loan shark named Maggie. Soon enough, they unwittingly become involved in a criminal underworld and entangled in a web of blackmail and deceit with a host of insalubrious characters.

While the parts of Colin and Stanley are yet to be cast, the...

Olga Kurylenko unleashes beast mode as a revered British warrior seeking bloody vengeance against ruthless Roman oppressors. Boudica: Queen of War falls short on exposition and character development but delivers a quasi-historical actioner with gruesome glee. Limbs are hacked off, entrails torn out, and more throats slit than a slaughterhouse before Thanksgiving. There's also a curious use of fantasy and mystical elements that don't quite deliver the intended impact. The story told had room for dramatic depth beyond the carnage. An opportunity was missed for a more engaging experience.

In 61 Ad, the Roman scholar Tacitus records the events that led to Britania's revolt. Roman legionaries massacre Druids who kneel before them on the island of Mona. They invoke the prophecy of a queen before their deaths. She will punish the conquerors for desecrating their lands. Meanwhile, King Prasutagus (Clive Standen) of the Celtic Iceni tribe lays in bed with his wife and two daughters.

"I cannot lose, you know that!" Signature Ent. in the UK has posted their own official trailer for historical action epic Boudica, also known as Boudica: Queen of War for the US release (here's the other trailer). Also out on VOD in the UK at the end of October. The action film inspired by the true story of Boudica - who was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in Ad 60 or 61. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence. Ukrainian-French actress Olga Kurylenko stars as the hero – the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. The King dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, leaving Boudica's kingdom without a male heir and the Romans seize her land & property. She will rally her people and fight back!

Sharpen your sword and show us your war face because Saban Films‘s Boudica: Queen of War trailer is soaking the soil with blood as battle cries echo throughout the plains. In Boudica: Queen of War, Olga Kurylenko plays a mother whose life is stolen when high-ranking members of the Roman Empire storm her lands, slay her family, and brand her a nobody in the eyes of the aristocracy. Unfortunately for the Roman Empire, the people still see Kurylenko’s character as their queen and would follow her onto any battlefield without question. Given the name Boudica by her loyal subjects, the would-be queen inspires her followers to take up arms in the name of freedom from the Roman Empire. What follows is a bloodbath of epic proportions as rage leads to a plan to topple the corrupt Romans and their overlords.

Jesse V. Johnson directs from his own script,...

"We are in a time of extreme peril, we fight for our freedom!" Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for a historical epic called Boudica: Queen of War, the latest action film from this guy named Jesse V. Johnson who keeps making trash action trash films year-after-year. It's inspired by the true story of Boudica - who was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in Ad 60 or 61. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence. Ukrainian-French actress Olga Kurylenko stars as the titular hero. The eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. The King dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, leaving Boudica's kingdom without a male heir and the Romans seize her land and property. But she will rally her people and fight back!

Exclusive: Olga Kurylenko-starrer (Black Widow) Boudica has wrapped shoot in the UK for Bleiberg Entertainment, which has today revealed an official first look image from the movie.

Writer-director Jesse V. Johnson (The Debt Collector) is behind the action film about the legendary warrior queen. Also starring are Peter Franzén (Vikings), Clive Standen (Vikings) and Lucy Martin (Vikings) with Nick Moran, Rita Tushingham (Last Night in Soho) James Faulkner (Game of Thrones), Harry Kirton (Peaky Blinders) and Leo Gregory (Green Street Hooligans) rounding out the cast.

Bleiberg / Dimbort will share first footage of the title at their office during AFM next month.

Inspired by true events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic Queen who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he is betrayed and killed by Rome, Boudica’s kingdom is left without a male heir and the Romans seize her land and property.

Exclusive: French-Anglo director J.K. Amalou’s off-beat Cannes and Saint Tropez-set crime comedy Queen Of Diamonds has begun principal photography on the French Riviera.

Popular French comedy actress Frédérique Bel, whose credits include Serial (Bad) Weddings and Ducobu Président!, plays a woman who settles in Cannes after the murder of her British husband in London.

Leo Gregory co-stars as one-half of a British police detective team who travel to Cannes to question the woman about the theft of the precious gem The Queen of Diamonds, which might have been handled by her deceased husband. Andy Beckwith plays his sidekick.

Not convinced they are really policemen, she evades them and a cat-and-mouse caper ensues across the French Riviera, with her path crossing that of a veteran diamond trader, played by Christophe Lambert. Gabriella Wright also features in the cast as his wife.

French-Anglo filmmaker Amalou also wrote the screenplay and produces...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran, Kierston Wareing, Leo Gregory, Beau Fowler, Louis Mandylor, Terence Maynard, Ross O’Hennessy, Daniel Adegboyega, Mark Strange, Greg Burridge | Written by Jesse V. Johnson, Stu Small | Directed by Jesse V. Johnson

Well sh*t… Scott Adkins just had to go and step it up a notch with this very Brutal, very British, hugely funny and fairly orginal Brit crime drama. Boasting a superb leading man performance from Adkins and a delightful supporting cast of top Brit talent.

So I saw the trailer, then I read the synopsis, I looked into the cast list and instanly thought ‘Well I know how this is going to go’. However I do love a lot of the cast involved in the flick and I am known to enjoy a good Brit crime thriller. Add to this Adkins has never failed to deliver when it comes to punch-y,...

To celebrate the home entertainment release of Once Upon a Time in London which will be available on DVD from the 10th June 2019, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of Signature Entertainment!

Gateway Films, Ratio Film & Signature Entertainment presents Once Upon A Time In London, starring Leo Gregory, Terry Stone, Jamie Foreman, footballer Jamie O’Hara, Union J’s Jj Hamblett, legendary boxer Joe Egan, Geoff Bell, Holly Earl, Nadia Forde, Kate Braithwaite, Roland Manookian, Josh Myers, Andy Beckwith, Ali Cook, Doug Allan, Justin Salinger, and Laura Carter (Celebrity Big Brother). Comedian Simon Munnery, and boxers Steve Collins and Frank Buglioni round out this amazing cast from all strata of the entertainment and sports worlds.

Once Upon a Time in London charts the epic rise and legendary fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted for three action-packed decades from the late 1930s. The one-time...

In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to director Simon Rumley about his new film Once Upon a Time in London, which is on limited release across the UK now.

Once Upon a Time in London charts the epic rise and legendary fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted for three action-packed decades from the late 1930s. The one-time friends and partners in crime turned bitter enemies oversaw a fledgeling East End and Soho underworld responsible for brutal protection rackets, vicious lawbreaking, shocking corruption and glamorous associations, which paved the way for the notorious Kray twins to exert their dominance over the capital’s gangland realm.

Once Upon a Time in London stars Leo Gregory, Terry Stone, Holly Earl, Josh Myers, Nadia Forde, Roland Manookian, Andy Beckwith, Geoff Bell, and Jamie Foreman.

This true crime-inspired trudge through the cockney underworld is both misleadingly romanticised and too cheaply produced

Somehow, this true-crime-inspired gangster film brings to mind the 80s/90s concept of “heritage cinema”, a phrase that back in the day was applied to films by Merchant Ivory and any literary adaptation of the era. This particular period drama, however, has no ladies in crinolines sipping tea. Indeed, this recounting of the rise and fall of London mob boss Jack “Spot” Comer (Terry Stone) and his protege-cum-rival Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) mostly features lairy cockney men swearing and slicing each other up with cut-throat razors or finding even more inventive ways to inflict pain. But the film’s nostalgic posturing – where boozy nights in the pub were soundtracked by skiffle-band covers, £80 was a lot of money and all prostitutes were pretty – is just as misleading and romanticised as anything that Helena Bonham Carter...

"Come on in, don't be shy." Samuel Goldwyn Films has debuted an official trailer for the indie action thriller Avengement, an intense new crime film made in the UK. This is the latest collaboration between Adkins and director Jesse V. Johnson, they also made Triple Threat together. Avengement is about a lowly criminal who is thrown in jail and made into a cold-hearted killer. While on furlough, he escapes his guards and goes for revenge on the people who set him up. The cast includes Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran, Kierston Wareing, Leo Gregory, Beau Fowler, Louis Mandylor, and Terence Maynard. This looks like your standard revenge action flick mixed with prison brutality, without much more to offer. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Jesse V. Johnson's Avengement, direct from YouTube: While released on furlough from prison, a lowly criminal (Scott Adkins) evades his guards and returns...

Stars: Ruth Galliers, Leo Gregory, Andrew McHale, Fabien Buller, Kristofer Dayne, Ian Saynor, Tim Heath, Paul Lavers, Kimberly Jaraj, Linny Bushey, Honey Holmes | Written by Stuart Bedford, Andy Davie, Tony Jopia, Stu Jopia | Directed by Tony Jopia

When a deadly virus which reanimates the recently deceased is deliberately exposed across the world causing an epidemic on a phenomenal scale, the scientist responsible for creating the virus entrusts the details of his experiments to the only person he feels he can trust; a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor woman Katya (Ruth Galliers). Powerless to act and trapped in a building, Katya and her crew can only watch the world collapse through video feeds from around the globe. Unbeknown to them an agent now ascends through the building with the intent of keeping the secrets help by the scientist and now Katya lost for good. As the zombies continue to flood into...

The dead rise to eat the living in our second Horror Highlights of the day, which includes a trailer for Dawning of the Dead, details on the Lankershim Boulevard screening at Seraph Films' fifth annual Halloween Short Horror Film Night, the 2017 BloodList of renowned and un-produced thriller and horror scripts, and a trailer for the new found footage horror film The Faith Community.

Dawning of the Dead Trailer & Release Details: "Prepare for a zombie apocalypse this Christmas!

Uncork’d Entertainment and filmmakers Tony Jopia, Nika Braun, Yannis Zafeiriou and Alexander Zwart reanimate the silly season with Dawning of the Dead, premiering on Digital 12/5.

While a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, the scientist responsible entrusts his cataclysmic findings to Katya Nevin, a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor-woman at W.W News. While she and the rest of her crew witness the collapse...

Uncork’d Entertainment and filmmakers Tony Jopia, Nika Braun, Yannis Zafeiriou and Alexander Zwart reanimate the silly season with Dawning of the Dead, premiering on Digital on December 5th.

While a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, the scientist responsible entrusts his cataclysmic findings to Katya Nevin, a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor-woman at W.W News. While she and the rest of her crew witness the collapse of society via video feeds from around the globe, a deadly special agent climbs the building floor by floor, his only goal to ensure her silence. Armed only with information and an indomitable will to live, Katya must overcome her crippling anxiety and learn to lead in order to make it out of the studio and into a terrifying new world where only the dead survive.

Honey Holmes, Leo Gregory, Pixie Le Knot, and Sean Cronin...

Simon Rumley (director of Red, White & Blue, Fashionista & Crowhurst) has begun a six week shoot on the brutal gangster thriller Once Upon a Time in London – for Gateway Films – which dramatises the violent reign of two of London’s most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and Jack ‘Spot’ Comer (Terry Stone), charting the legendary rise and fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted until the mid-fifties and which paved the way for the notorious Kray Twins and The Richardsons.

Director and co-writer Simon Rumley commented:

Having spent the last decade or so writing and directing thematically disparate but collectively extreme dramas, it makes absolute sense for me to progress to the gangster genre where love, lust, greed, paranoia, betrayal and violence are every day occurrences. The story of Jack Spot Comer, Billy Hill and their respective battles to become King of London’s Underworld has remained one of Britain’s most dynamic,...

Simon Rumley directs story of notorious criminals Billy Hill and Jack ‘Spot’ Comer.

Once Upon A Time In London, a British gangster drama from director Simon Rumley (The ABCs Of Death), has begun a six-week shoot in the English capital.

The film will tell the story of notorious criminals Billy Hill (played by Leo Gregory, pictured) and Jack Comer (Terry Stone), who were active in London’s organised crime scene from the 1920s to the 1950s.

An eclectic cast has been lined up for the feature, including Holly Earl, Dominic Keating, Geoff Bell, Jamie Foreman, Doug Allen, Andy Beckwith, Roland Manookian, Justin Salinger, Kate Braithwaite and Laura Carter.

Joining them are comedian Simon Munnery, boxers Frank Buglioni, a current British light heavyweight belt holder, Joe Egan, footballer Jamie O’Hara, singers Nadia Forde and Jj Hamblett (from band Union J), and magician Ali Cook.

Gateway Films (Anuvahood, The Messenger) is the lead production outfit on the project...

If there's anything to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, it's that your holiday won't be interrupted by killer rabbits, like the ones we see in our exclusive trailer for Cute Little Buggers. This first-look footage shows what happens when a seemingly-peaceful village is torn upside down by the arrival of zombie-like bunnies which causes the town's residents to band together. As you can see in this footage, this B-movie creature feature is one of a kind.

From the Director of Deadtime and Crying Wolf comes Cute Little Buggers! Will you let them take our women? It's Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz set in the English countryside. When hostile aliens crash land on local farmland the villagers at the summer ball get suspicious when young women start going missing. The villagers soon band together around our hero Melchoir to fend off the invaders, who take the form of killer rabbits, and bring...

Stars: Ed Skrein, Ryan Kwanten, James Norton, Tom Hopper, Charlie Murphy, Leo Gregory, Ken Duken, Anatole Taubman, Johan Hegg, Danny Keogh, Nic Rasenti, Darrell D’Silva, Joe Vaz, Richard Lothian, Daniel Janks | Written by Bastian Zach, Matthias Bauer | Directed by Claudio Fäh

Washed up on an unknown shore after being caught in a storm, a band of Vikings manage to find a hostage and cross into enemy lines with thoughts of gold and safe passage. However, they soon find themselves hunted for their prize and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.

Northmen is about a group of Vikings, some who have a Viking-y accent, others (like the main man, Asbjorn) who are surprisingly English. Trapped in Scotland (the horror!), they find themselves a Princess they take hostage (she has a Scottish accent, which is handy). Thus begins an epic journey across Scotland (the horror!) to...

The Musketeers takes a rare dip in what has been a very strong series with this week's episode, Through A Glass Darkly...

This review contains spoilers.

2.6 Through A Glass, Darkly.

The Musketeers enters its home stretch with Through A Glass Darkly. If I had to compare it to any previous episode, it bears the most resemblance to The Good Traitor in that both are filled with multiple side plots and overarching story development whilst centring on a single antagonist. However, whereas The Good Traitor included equally substantial side plots, Through A Glass Darkly focuses too much on what unfortunately is a weak and at times nonsensical bad guy. That’s not to say that this week's instalment doesn’t have its moments – it certainly does, but not enough when compared to the rest of this series' offerings.

This week’s plot sees the Musketeers escort the King and his entourage...

ITV has announced that Foyle's War will end after its current series.

The long-running period drama starring Michael Kitchen will air its final episode on Sunday (January 18) at 8pm.

The final episode 'Elise' will see Christopher Foyle (Kitchen) solving his final ever case in the two-hour special. It will feature Foyle looking into Hilda Pierce's (Ellie Haddington) secret role during the war, following an assassination attempt on her life.

Writer and creator Anthony Horowitz said: "It feels a terrible wrench to say goodbye to characters I've lived with for more than 15 years. But the truth is that I'm not sure there are any more stories to tell and anyway it was always my intention to end on a high note and I think this year's episodes are the very best we've done.

"I'm proud of what we've achieved with Foyle's War and I'm very grateful to the audience that has...

Following a seven month hiatus after star Sullivan Stapleton suffered a major injury in Bangkok, production has resumed in Europe and Asia on the final season of Cinemax's "Strike Back".

Joining regulars Stapleton and Philip Winchester will be a host of talent lead by the one and only Michelle Yeoh.

Joining her will be "The Wolverine" stars Will Yun Lee and Masa Yamaguchi, former "Highlander: The Series" lead Adrian Paul, "Spartacus" stars Dustin Clare and Christian Antidormi, "Game of Thrones" actors Joseph Gatt and Michael McElhatton, Ufc fighter Michael Bisping and a raft of British thesis including Max Beesley, Tim McInnerny, Leo Gregory, Mark Griffin, Andrew Pleavin and Eliza Hope Bennett.

This final set of ten episodes is scheduled to air sometime in 2015

Source: The Live Feed...

Northmen A Viking Saga Trailer. Claudio Fäh‘s Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014) international movie trailer stars Leo Gregory, Ken Duken, Anatole Taubman, Nic Rasenti, and Joe Vaz. Northmen: A Viking Saga‘s plot synopsis: “A gang of Viking marauders under the command of their young leader, Asbjörn, bear down on the [...]

Continue reading: Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014) International Movie Trailer...

Top Dog is a feisty crime drama written by Green Street writer Dougie Brimson, the film charts the fall of reformed bad boy Billy Evans (Leo Gregory), who leads a strong cast including Dannielle Brent and Lorraine Stanley.

The film is the second feature from director Martin Kemp, who takes care to ensure that his film has heart, as well as a good old-fashioned fight. We sat with the director himself, alongside Leo Gregory, to discuss their work on the production.

Top Dog is in cinemas from Friday 23rd May and out to own on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 26th May through Universal Pictures. Read our review here.

The post The HeyUGuys Interview: Leo Gregory and Martin Kemp on British gangster flick Top Dog appeared first on HeyUGuys.

Crime dramas, crime thrillers, gangster films. They often get a bad rap – and it’s not hard to see why when there’s a constant stream of poorly made, low budget films being spurned out with the same boring plot where someone shoots someone because he ‘mugged off’ wotshisname / stole the drugs / snitched on so-and-so. So it’s something of a relief when something comes along that’s been made with a little more effort, which is where Martin Kemp’s Top Dog comes into play.

Top Dog was brought to life by Green Street writer Dougie Brimson and lead actor Leo Gregory, who plays bad-boy-turned-good Billy Evans. Evans makes the fatal faux pas of trying to protect his family from a local gang who are charging them protection money – so far, so ordinary. But director Kemp is evidently keen on attempting to present something a little different. There is...

A tweet that changed everything

There is only one person to thank for my novel Top Dog hitting the screen and the truth is, I have no idea who they are or where they reside. Nor I suspect, does anyone else.

Call it fate, luck or coincidence but when that anonymous soul hit that retweet button and sent Leo Gregory’s name onto my twitter feed, they sent both of our lives off on a journey. A journey which would last a little under 18 months later and would end with the two of us accepting awards at the British Independent Film Festival in London’s Leicester Square.

Now I could go into a long winded account of exactly how that happened but I won’t because if you wrote it in a novel, it would be laughed at as being too far fetched.

This football hooligan genre film about an expelled Harvard student who joins West Ham's firm is compellingly awful – but it's entertaining if you can't sleep

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I am prone to insomnia. I'll lie in bed for a couple of hours, then go turn on the TV and flick through the channels until I find something that holds my attention, often on the film channels. Sometimes it's The Ring, but, when it's on, nothing beats Green Street (Green Street Hooligans in the Us). I've seen it countless times now, though I'm not sure I've ever seen it in its entirety at one sitting – it tends to be 30 minutes here, 45 there, an hour somewhere else. But between all those partial sittings, I've managed several complete run-throughs.

It's not that I'm a fan of the football hooligan genre – I've dabbled in one or two others and found them unwatchable,...

Top Dog directed by Martin Kemp [pictured], Reign of the General and Red Billabong join growing slate.

Manifest Film Sales, a division of Intandem Media Group, are introducing three new films to international buyers at the Efm.

First up is Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, starring Leo Gregory and Ricci Harnett, which is currently in post-production. Universal has UK rights and will release in June.

Top Dog star Harnett’s Reign of the General (which he also wrote and stars in) is currently in pre-production and will commence principal photography at the start of March. Universal also holds the UK rights to the film that tells the story of underworld boss Carlton Leach.

Scheduled for a five-week shoot from late March on Queensland’s Gold Coast, Luke Sparke’s thriller Red Billabong stars Josh Helman and Lincoln Lewis and will feature the ‘bunyip’, a creature of legend that is said to hunt the Australian outback.

The three productions...

Top Dog directed by Martin Kemp [pictured], Reign of the General and Red Billabong join growing slate.

Manifest Film Sales, a division of Intandem Media Group, are introducing three new films to international buyers at the Efm.

First up is Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, starring Leo Gregory and Ricci Harnett, which is currently in post-production. Universal has UK rights and will release in June.

Top Dog star Harnett’s Reign of the General (which he also wrote and stars in) is currently in pre-production and will commence principal photography at the start of March. Universal also holds the UK rights to the film that tells the story of underworld boss Carlton Leach.

Scheduled for a five-week shoot from late March on Queensland’s Gold Coast, Luke Sparke’s thriller Red Billabong stars Josh Helman and Lincoln Lewis and will feature the ‘bunyip’, a creature of legend that is said to hunt the Australian outback.

The three productions...

News from Universe Films, Intandem, Global Screen, Studio 100, Jinga, Stealth, Roar Entertainment and more.

Us deal for Run & Jump

Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.

Intandem adopts Dog

Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.

Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga

Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.

Buyers spark to...

News from Universe Films, Intandem, Global Screen, Studio 100, Jinga, Stealth, Roar Entertainment and more.

Us deal for Run & Jump

Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.

Intandem adopts Dog

Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.

Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga

Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.

Buyers spark to...

News from Universe Films, Intandem, Global Screen, Studio 100, Jinga, Stealth, Roar Entertainment and more.

Us deal for Run & Jump

Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.

Intandem adopts Dog

Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.

Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga

Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.

Buyers spark to...

Exclusive: Altitude sells hooligan spoof to Universal’s international home ent division.

Altitude Film sales has licensed football hooligan spoof The Hooligan Factory to Universal Pictures International Entertainment (Upie), the international home entertainment division of Universal Pictures, for multiple territories, including the UK where the film will be released in 2014.

Nick Nevern directed and co-wrote the film with Michael Lindley, with Jason Maza [pictured] taking the lead role and producing alongside Altitude Film Entertainment.

Other cast includes Tom Burke and Josef Altin with cameos from Leo Gregory, Tony Denham, Craig Fairbrass, Tamer Hassan and reformed football hooligan Cass Pennant.

The comedy follows a young hooligan, played by Maza, who longs to live up to the image of his estranged father.

For full production credits visit

The Hooligan Factory...

Shooting has begun on London crime drama, with a cast including Leo Gregory, Ricci Harnet and Vincent Regan.

Principal photography has commenced on Top Dog, produced by Richwater Films, on location across London.

Directed by Martin Kemp (The Krays), it is produced by Jonathan Sothcott (Vendetta, Assassin) andwritten by Dougie Brimson, based on his original novel.

The cast includes Leo Gregory (Green Street, Cass), Ricci Harnett (28 Days Later, Rise Of The Foot Soldier), Vincent Regan (Bonded By Blood, Clash Of The Titans), Danielle Brent (Ill Manors), Lorraine Stanley (London To Brighton) and George Russo.

The film centres on hooligan gang leader Billy Evans (Gregory) who gets in over his head when he joins a dangerous criminal gang.

Universal Pictures UK, part of Universal Pictures International Entertainment - the home entertainment division of NBC Universal – has picked up the rights.

U.K. musician and actor Martin Kemp ("Stalker") is set to direct the British crime drama "Top Dog" at Richwater Films and Universal Pictures UK.

Based on Dougie Brimson's cult novel, Leo Gregory is attached to star as London villain Billy Evans who bites off more than he can chew when he crosses a more dangerous criminal gang.

Brimson ("Green Street") is adapting the script himself, while Jonathan Sothcott is producing.

Source: Heat Vision...

U.K. actor and musician Martin Kemp is set to direct Top Dog, an adaptation of the novel by Dougie Brimson, starring Leo Gregory reports The Hollywood Reporter. Jonathan Sothcott will produce via his Richwater Films, with a story following Billy Evans (Gregory), a London criminal who's in for more than he can handle when he crosses a more powerful and dangerous gang. Kemp last directed and produced Stalker which won best director at the British Horror movie awards. That film finds release Stateside some time later this year.

Entertainment One is releasing the British crime thriller The Sweeney on Blu-ray and DVD April 2, director Nick Love's adaptation of the 1970s British TV series of the same name. Ray Winstone stars as Jack Regan, a detective who runs an unorthodox unit of the London police department, known for their old-school tactics that often get them into hot water with their boss (Damian Lewis). We have a contest running where fans can not only win the DVD, but also a desktop safe and British DVDs such as Cleanskin, The Big I Am, and London to Brighton. These prizes will surely go fast, so enter this contest today.

Winners Receive:

A desk-top safeThe Sweeney DVD Starring Damian Lewis, Ray Winstone (April 2, 2013)Cleanskin DVD Starring Sean Bean (Sep 11, 2012)The Big I Am DVD Starring Steven Berkoff, Michael Madsen, Leo Gregory, et al. (Mar 22, 2011)London to Brighton DVD Starring Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome,...

Sneak Peek the new trailer from the upcoming UK crime thriller "All Things To All Men", written and directed by George Isaac, starring Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell, Toby Stephens, Elsa Pataky, Gil Darnell, Leo Gregory, Mc Harvey, Pierre Mascolo and Julian Sands:

"...a thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and a London crime boss..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek :"All Things To All Men"...

Fan of British films? Have we got a giveaway for you, poppet!

In honor of the upcoming Entertainment One Blu-Ray/DVD release of the British action film The Sweeney on April 2, 2013, we invite you to enter to win a British DVD Prize Pack. The Sweeney is a stylish action thriller starring Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis (Homeland) and Ray Winstone (Hugo, The Departed) and based on the popular UK television series from the 70’s with the same name.

One winner will receive the following items and DVD titles:

A desk-top safe The Sweeney Starring Damian Lewis, Ray Winstone (April 2, 2013) Cleanskin Starring Sean Bean (Sep 11, 2012) The Big I Am Starring Steven Berkoff, Michael Madsen, Leo Gregory, et al. (Mar 22, 2011) London to Brighton Starring Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, et al. (Aug 11, 2009)

Prizepack value: $100

Answer the following:

The title of the movie “The Sweeney” derives from Sweeney Todd, the cockney rhyming...

After making his directorial debut back in 2011 with the British crime-drama Terry, Nick Nevern has returned behind the camera this year for his second film, The Hooligan Factory.

This time around, Nevern is stepping into new territory, marking the first high-profile movie to spoof the Football hooligan genre that has found such impressive success on our shores in recent years.

Production has been underway since the middle of January, and it officially wrapped on Sunday. And we’ve had the first look image sent over in hi-res.

“Danny (Jason Maza) wants something more. Expelled from school and living in his grandfather’s flat, he longs to live up to the image of his estranged father Danny Senior. Meanwhile legendary football hooligan Dexter (Nick Nevern) is about to be released from prison and is on a quest of his own, one of vengeance against his nemesis and rival firm leader The...

British crime thrillers are having a bit of a moment right now. We just brought you the trailer for one, and now here are brand-new pics from All Things To All Men, with Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell and Toby Stephens looking cool around London.Stephens plays Riley, a professional thief, who's hired to pull off "the ultimate sting" - more than that we don't yet know - only to find himself caught between maverick cop Parker (Sewell) and crime lord Corso (Byrne). With Parker determined to bring down Corso, the sting going wrong and the stakes getting ever-higher, we're guessing that Riley's in for a bad time. See kids? Crime doesn't pay.The film's written and directed by George Isaac, who's already a successful producer with Kidulthood and Adulthood and a BAFTA nominee for short film Nits, and also stars Elsa Pataky, James Frain, Julian Sands and Leo Gregory. All Things To All Men...

Richwater Films has picked up the film rights to Dougie Brimson's epic British crime novel "Top Dog".

Leo Gregory will play a London villain named Billy Evans who bites off more than he can chew when he crosses a more dangerous criminal gang.

Brimson, who previously co-wrote soccer hooligan movie "Green Street," is adapting his own novel into a screenplay. Jonathan Sothcott will produce and shooting kicks off in the Summer.

Source: Heat Vision...

Low-grade crimmo Mickey Skinner (Leo Gregory) is catapulted into the big time when he pinches a car that just happens to have mob boss locked in the boot. Taking the youngster under his wing, the kingpin (Vincent Regan) begins exacting his brutal revenge with Skinner finding himself out of his depth and up to his neck in a turf war. Bruising British gangster caper also starring Beatrice Rosen as an ex-hooker who takes a shine to Mickey and Michael Madsen as an American enforcer.

We’ve been given three copies of One in the chamber to give away on Blu-ray for the release of the movie 27th August.

It’s hitman vs. hitman in explosive action-thriller One In The Chamber . Oscar® winner Cuba Gooding Jr (Jerry Maguire, A Few Good Men, Men of Honour) and Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV, The Expendables, The Expendables II) star as two super-efficient killing machine, pitted against each other in an out and out mob war. Also starring Billy Murray (EastEnders, The Bill), Leo Gregory, Louis Mandylor and directed by William Kaufman (Bad Cop, The Hit List), One In The Chamber takes the viewer on an intense ride from beginning to end!

Set in Prague, skilled assassin Ray Carver (Cuba Gooding Jnr) is hired by gang leader, Demyan Ivanov (Louis Mandylor). His job: eliminate top Russian mobster, Bobby Suverov (Leo Gregory), the youngest brother and partner to mafia leader,...

One In The Chamber

Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Dolph Lundgren, Billy Murray, Claudia Bassols, Louis Mandylor | Written by Benjamin Shahrabani, Derek Kolstad | Directed by William Kaufman

The latest in a long line of Cuba Gooding Jr. starring hit-man movies that seem to be inspired by Collateral, (although less so than the previous flick we reviewed, Hit List), this time round Cuba takes on the one man mountain that is Dolph Lundgren. Set in Prague, One in the Chamber sees skilled assassin Ray Carver (Gooding Jr.) hired by gang leader, Bobby Suverov (Leo Gregory), to eliminate his competitiors, the Ivanov brothers. However when Demyan Ivanov (Mandylor) escapes Suverov hires an eccentric Soviet killing machine known as ‘The Wolf’ (Lundgren), to take out the surviving Demyan, as well as Carver. However in a bizarre turn of events, Ivanov hires his brothers killer, Carver, to eliminate the Suverov brothers. With twists and double-crosses a plenty,...

Low-grade crimmo Mickey Skinner (Leo Gregory) is catapulted into the big time when he pinches a car that just happens to have mob boss locked in the boot. Taking the youngster under his wing, the kingpin (Vincent Regan) begins exacting his brutal revenge with Skinner finding himself out of his depth and up to his neck in a turf war. Bruising British gangster caper also starring Beatrice Rosen as an ex-hooker who takes a shine to Mickey and Michael Madsen as an American enforcer.

Wild Bill

Stars: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Liz White, Leo Gregory, Andy Serkis, Olivia Williams | Written by Danny King, Dexter Fletcher | Directed by Dexter Fletcher

Wild Bill has the dubious honour of being part of that most squiffy of sub-genres, the ‘geezer’ picture. Pioneered by Guy Ritchie, the trademarks of this unfortunate film are: a London (usually East End, always rough) location; ‘realistic’ hard bloke dialogue that thinks it’s a lot cleverer than it is, thus rendering it interminably grating and (worse still) boring; a token foreign accent for, y’know, tolerance and stuff. Oh, and there’s a black guy in it too! But he’s a drug dealer. And he runs away from the final fight, so he’s a coward too; at least one punch-up in a pub (see above); fancy camera movements performed in order to give a sense of stylistic awareness but really just...

This is a reprint of our review from the BFI London Film Festival last year. "Wild Bill" opens in the U.K. today.

For whatever reason, directorial debuts by British character actors tend to lean towards the gritty kitchen-sink drama; Tim Roth, Gary Oldman and, more recently, Paddy Considine have all broken their filmmaking cherry with uncompromisingly tough, bleak subject matter. Considering that it involves abandonment, council estates and the risk of being taken into care, one might be forgiven for expecting the same from Dexter Fletcher's first film, "Wild Bill." But then, Fletcher's best known for being one of the central quartet, alongside Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng and Nick Moran, in Guy Ritchie's debut "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," and for appearing frequently in  's pictures, so could Fletcher have turned out some kind of guns and geezers movie instead?

But of course, Fletcher has had a long diverse career,...