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Post by robela on Aug 18, 2011 7:56:03 GMT
That is good news if it is correct. Is it a bit strange that we have not heard about it anywhere else? Although Carlo Grace is not a big character in the book I do hope it goes ahead if Rufus has agreed to do it. Presumably he must be enthusiastic about the part. Hopefully it will be made into a good film with a good cast which will be good for Rufus to be a part of.  |
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Post by adina on Aug 18, 2011 9:25:33 GMT
I hope it's true! I want this film!! Go on, Nell! Your usual method to clarify the news of The Sea is to ask in person.  |
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Post by anyother on Aug 18, 2011 11:37:34 GMT
This sounds like good news!
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Post by judypatooty on Aug 18, 2011 14:15:22 GMT
I saw that, too. I'm not going to believe it's happening until it happens! Hasn't her name been on IMDB linked with "The Sea" for quite some time? It could be that the author of this article just looked at her IMDB page and saw that "The Sea" was in "pre-production" (which it has been for quite a long time!). I really would like this movie get made, though! I really like Ciaran Hinds a lot ... not to mention Rufus!  |
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Post by Petruchio - Good God on Aug 18, 2011 18:25:08 GMT
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Aug 18, 2011 18:44:46 GMT
Ooh, good sign - thanks, Nell!  Go on, Nell! Your usual method to clarify the news of The Sea is to ask in person. Yeah, go on! <nudges Nell> ;D |
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Post by nell on Aug 18, 2011 19:52:10 GMT
Ooh, good sign - thanks, Nell! Go on, Nell! Your usual method to clarify the news of The Sea is to ask in person. Yeah, go on! <nudges Nell> ;D Oh ok go on then !  That occurred to me too Judy after I'd posted. Let's just hope it's something she was asked. I'm keeping positive about this. |
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Post by robela on Aug 25, 2011 8:39:01 GMT
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Aug 25, 2011 21:26:46 GMT
This project is starting to move, by the looks of it  : €2.5 million film is planned for Rosslare
A FILM version of Wexford author John Banville’s Man Booker Prize award-winning novel ‘The Sea’ will be shot in County Wexford.
Banville has adapted his book into a screenplay which will star Ciarán Hinds in the role of the novel’s protagonist Max Morden. Sinéad Cusack will play his wife, and Rosamund Pike his childhood crush.
The movie will have a budget of around €2.5m, with all the filming set to be done in Ireland. A theatrical release date is due for early 2013.
Luc Roeg, a producer on ‘The Sea,’ said Rosslare is a likely location for the five week shoot and some of the novel is based there. He said the crew would be “predominantly, if not entirely Irish”.
In ‘The Sea,’ Morden goes back to his childhood holiday location after the death of his wife. The retired art historian spends his days there pondering his youth and marriage. Roeg, who produced Spider and Mr. Nice, admitted the book did not initially present itself as suitable for the screen, but they have worked around that.
“I read the book for pleasure and enjoyed it immensely,” he said. “We just had to find a way to articulate it in cinematic terms. Structurally, there aren’t many changes to the story. I think anybody who has read the book will recognise it in the movie. It was just how we dealt with the three elements of time because there’s Max as a child, in his life with his wife and in the present day at Rosslare.”
‘The Sea’ will be the first feature film directed by Stephen Brown and will also star Ian McElhinney, Charlotte Rampling and Rufus Sewell.
Roeg said the Man Booker accolade was a bonus when approaching actors about the project, and would also help to get the film distributed internationally.
The film is being produced by Roeg’s Independent Films. The Irish Film Board provided funding and the project will avail of section 481 tax breaks.www.theecho.ie/news/eykfauidkf/Boy, Rufus is going to be mighty busy!! |
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Post by megagem on Aug 25, 2011 22:12:22 GMT
Yay!
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Post by Petruchio - Good God on Aug 26, 2011 6:44:51 GMT
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Post by kissmekate on Aug 26, 2011 6:47:54 GMT
Woo-hoo! Great to hear that it's finally going ahead! |
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Post by robela on Aug 26, 2011 7:09:08 GMT
Brilliant!!! Thanks for sleuthing that GE2. I found the book a bit boring but it sounds as if it will make a really good film and with a big distribution and good named actors on board can only be good for Rufus career!! Can't wait to see it! It seems to be happening for him now! |
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Post by anyother on Aug 26, 2011 7:40:57 GMT
Thanks for this find, GE2! I guess it's time for me to start reading the book!
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Post by kygal on Aug 26, 2011 10:39:56 GMT
Happy to see this is going to happen!
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