Charlie Hunnam Tapping Inner Steve McQueen In ‘Papillon’ Remake?

DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD
By Mike Fleming, Jr.
May 4, 2016

EXCLUSIVE: You could have imagined Steve McQueen playing prodigal existentially conflicted biker gang leader Jax Teller in Sons Of Anarchy, so it doesn’t seem a stretch to envision Charlie Hunnam taking on the role originated by McQueen in the 1973 classic prison escape drama Papillon. Wolf Of Wall Street producer Red Granite is putting it together for a fall shoot with Danish director Michael Noer attached to direct a script by Prisoners scribe Aaron Guzikowski.

I hear that’s the conversation going on right now. McQueen played a man unjustly convicted of murder in 1930s France and condemned to life in a South American prison. He plots his escape, aided by a counterfeiter (Dustin Hoffman co-starred) who finances Papillon’s prison escapes in exchange for protection in prison. Tale was scripted by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr, directed by Franklin J Schaffner from French convict Henri Charriere’s autobiography.

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BAFTA Awards: ‘12 Years A Slave’ Wins Best Film But ‘Gravity’ Carries Most Weight With Six Total Nods; Chiwetel Ejiofor & Cate Blanchett Take Actor Wins; ‘American Hustle’ Scores 3 Including For Jennifer Lawrence

DEADLINE LONDON
By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
Sunday, 16 February 2014 21:58 UK

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave rallied from a slow stat to win the Best Film award tonight at the 62nd BAFTA Film Awards in London. The slave drama from Fox Searchlight had 10 nominations but won just two awards, after Chiwetel Ejiofor took the Leading Actor prize for playing Solomon Northrup. Despite the marquee victory in the last major kudofest before the Oscars, it still seemed as though the night belonged to Warner Bros’ Gravity. The space drama picked up a leading six wins from its 11 overall nominations, including for Outstanding British Film — which will keep the debate going about just how British the pic is. Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director and the pic cleaned up in the craft categories, taking Sound, Cinematography and Special Visual Effects in addition to a nod for Steven Price’s Original Score. The BAFTA crowd at the packed Royal Opera House in Covent Garden exploded with each win for the movie, which had a leading 11 nominations going into the night.

Still, the 12 Years A Slave victory tonight maintains the film’s front-runner status going into the Oscars on March 2; the film also won the Golden Globe for Motion Picture-Drama. Many feel the Academy will lean the same way, honoring Gravity in the craft categories but not for the Best Picture. The two films have been going head to head all awards season, even scrapping to a rare tie in the PGA Awards contest. “It’s very important,” McQueen said backstage after the victory. “The way the public here — but not just here, in the U.S. — by going to see the picture, means a hell of a lot.” Added producer Brad Pitt: “This is an excuse for us to all get to gather and say job well done. We’re very proud of our work here, and it means a lot to us because of the people we got to work with.”

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Lupita Nyong'o Gushes Over 'Close-Knit' Relationship With Michael Fassbender On 12 Years A Slave Set

ENTERTAINMENT WISE
By Alicia Adejobi On February 12, 2014



It's undeniable that Lupita Nyong'o shared a unique on-screen chemistry with Michael Fassbender in the Oscar-nominated 12 Years A Slave so it comes as no surprise that the pair also had a close bond away from the set with the actress revealing that they spent a lot of time together when they weren't filming scenes.

The 30-year-old has so far won several awards and nominations for her emotional turn as Patsey in the slavery-period drama starring alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, however, it's Lupita's brutal relationship with slave owner Edwin Epps played by Fassbender that really tugs on the heart strings.

Speaking about their relationship in real life, Lupita told Glamour magazine: “Michael and I had a ritual that we never even really spoke about: We would make nice right before a scene, and then we’d make nice after a scene.

“Just looking into each other’s eyes, an embrace, squeeze of the hands - that would button the scene. And at the end of the day when [director] Steve [McQueen] said cut, we would go out and enjoy the freedom that these people we were playing have granted us. It was a very close-knit cast and crew.”

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Michael Fassbender & Chiwetel Ejiofor: Winners at AACTA Awards 2014!

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Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor are dapper while attending the 2014 AACTA International Awards held at Sunset Marquis Hotel & Villas on Friday (January 10) in West Hollywood, Calif.

The two 12 Years a Slave co-stars were joined by their director Steve McQueen, who is nominated for Best Director, going up against David O. Russell, Paul Greengrass, Alfonso Cuaron, and Baz Luhrmann.

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Michael Fassbender says he "keeled over" during filming

RTE
 October 30, 2013



The German-Irish actor is tipped for an Oscar for his portrayal of sadistic plantation owner Edwin Epps in the forthcoming film by director Steve McQueen.

Fassbender (36) said that a scene where he had to attack a young slave girl proved too much for him and he "keeled over" in front of the film crew.

“That was a kind of strange one,” he told Express.co.uk. “I just blacked out and came to sort of in the middle of the scene. That has never happened to me.”

In the movie, which has seen film-goers leaving cinemas in tears at the brutal depiction of slavery, Epps delights in abusing slave girl Patsey, who is played by 30-year-old Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o.

“You are doing things that are quite challenging. I guess mentally and physically,” Fassbender said. "The good thing is it’s over in a short period of time, so it’s a very intense focus for a concentrated amount of time.

READ MORE HERE: http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/1030/483626-fassbender-passed-out-during-filming/

When Michael Fassbender leaves a set, people cry (Steve McQueen)

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Orla Barry
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14:03 Monday 21 October 2013

British Director Steve McQueen talks about the ‘magic’ of actor Michael Fassbender, the impact of slavery on his own family and Oscar campaigning

Actor Michael Fassbender has a strange kind of magic about him, says Director Steve McQueen that leaves people in tears when he finishes a scene.

The director was speaking on The Green Room following the London Premiere of his new film 12 Years A Slave.

It is the third time the Irish-German actor and director have collaborated on film (previous films include Hunger and Shame) and it’s a relationship McQueen values highly.

 “I value our relationship more than a lot of things about life, I value it tremendously. He’s an artist, an amazing artist. He’s a force to be reckoned with.”

Murmurings of Oscar nominations are already in the air, although Fassbender who was Oscar nominated for his performance in McQueen’s earlier film Shame, says he won’t be playing the Oscar game this time around.

Steve McQueen agrees with Fassbender’s stance saying he doesn't plan to campaign for the Oscars either.

“I’m not campaigning. Michael’s campaign is on screen. That’s Michael Fassbender’s Oscar Campaign. There’s nothing much more to say. He’s done his thing, that’s it.”

 Listen here for the full interview with Director Steve McQueen and Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor on The Green Room with Orla Barry



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Benedict Cumberbatch - behind scenes filming 12 Years a Slave with Steve McQueen

Michael Fassbender Won't Campaign For '12 Years A Slave' Oscar Nomination

The Huffington Post  |  By Christopher Rosen

Posted: 10/15/2013 10:17 am EDT

Michael Fassbender is on the cover of November's GQ, and in the accompanying interview, the 36-year-old actor tells writer Zach Baron that he won't participate in this year's awards season.

Fassbender, who is in the unique position of promoting two films at once, Steve McQueen's "12 Years A Slave" (out on Oct. 18) and Ridley Scott's "The Counselor" (out Oct. 25), has received unanimous praise for his performance in McQueen's slavery drama, with many already penciling him in for an Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category. The only problem? When awards season hits its crescendo, Fassbender will be busy with other projects.

"[Campaigning is] just not going to happen, because I'll be in New Zealand. I'll be on the other side of the world," Fassbender told Baron. "You know, I get it. Everybody's got to do their job. So you try and help and facilitate as best you can. But I won't put myself through that kind of situation again."

By "that kind of situation," Fassbender is referring to awards season two years ago, when he was up for consideration because of his performance in McQueen's previous film, "Shame." Fassbender, however, was not nominated for Best Actor, despite all signs pointing toward a different result.

“At the beginning people [say], 'You're going to be going to the Oscars,' and you're like, 'Whatever, doesn't matter, don't think so,'" Fassbender told GQ writer Chris Heath in June of 2012. "But after a while it does penetrate. After a while you're like, 'Anyway, so I'm going to the Oscars.' And you start to believe it. And I did. I thought I was going. And then I found out I wasn't and I was upset. I was very upset by it. The first reaction was 'What the fuck…?'”


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Michael Fassbender Found Human Side To 12 Years A Slave Character

FEMALE FIRST
September 18, 2013

Michael Fassbender says he tried to find the 'human being' in his 12 Years A Slave character.

12 Years A Slave has been receiving critical acclaim on the festival circuit as Steve McQueen is back in the director's chair.

Fassbender takes on the role of evil slave owner Edwin Epps, and the actor says he tried to look past his villainous nature.

Speaking to Flicks and Bits the actor said: "He's a human being, so I approached him with a very human touch," he recalled. "I tried to find his voice first. I worked with a lot of different tapes and our dialect coach helped me out a lot."

"It was about finding the human being in [my character] Epps, because obviously what he does is pretty terrible, but... I don't know, there's something in there where I feel a little sorry for him.

"He's a victim of the time as well, in a way. He's in love with [slave] Patsey (Lupita Nyong'o) and he can't deal with it, he thinks, 'How can I be in love with a slave?'

"So he sets about suppressing her and beating her to try to beat it out of himself. So I thought that there was a really amazing humanity in that alone.

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Michael Fassbender Talks "Difficult" Rape, Whipping Scenes in 12 Years a Slave, Thanks Brad Pitt for Film

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by NATALIE FINN

Michael Fassbender probably wouldn't be surprised to learn that audible sobbing has been heard at screenings of 12 Years a Slave, including from the audience at the drama's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The German-born actor, in his third collaboration with director Steve McQueen, admits that the film is tough to watch—some parts more than others. And it was no picnic to shoot, either.


"For me, the rape scene was most difficult to film and probably the most difficult to watch was the whipping scene," Fassbender, who plays a sadistic plantation owner, told E! News at the film's press junket.

Lucky for everyone involved with the impressively cast ensemble tear-jerker, for which star Chiwetel Ejiofor is already getting Oscar buzz, they had each other.

"There are heavy, intense moments when you're on set and filming. But we had a lot of support within each other, a lot of respect, a lot of love on that crew and amongst the actors," Fassbender said, "so we were looking after each other, you know."

Brad Pitt has a small role in the film as a Canadian carpenter, but Fassbender credits the actor's role behind the scenes as the one that really brought the based-on-a-true-story 12 Years a Slave to life.

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Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch: British filmmaker’s ‘12 Years a Slave’ wins best picture in Toronto

Actor and star of the film “12 Years a Slave,” Chiwetel Ejiofor poses for a portrait, on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 in New York. PHOTO BY CARLO ALLEGRI/INVISION/AP

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Agence France-Presse

September 16, 2013 | 5:15 am

OTTAWA—British filmmaker Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” won the audience prize for best picture at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.

The film, already generating Oscars buzz, is based on a firsthand account of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841, recalling the horrors of grueling labor, daily humiliation and families torn apart.

Its premiere in Toronto last week received a standing ovation, as well as sobs, while some in the audience left early over the film’s graphic portrayal of unspeakable torture of slaves during this period in history.

The story is “a gift from the past to open a discussion, not about race, particularly, but about human dignity and our freedoms and what we most require in the world,” said actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays Northup.

“And the only way to really open that discussion is to see all sides of it.”

The film also stars Michael Fassbender as a cruel plantation owner, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong’o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams and Alfre Woodard.

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Michael Fassbender, Steve McQueen: Twelve Years a Slave Press Conference - Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto: 12 Years a Slave premieres to ecstatic reactions and Oscar lockdown for Michael Fassbender

Catherine Shoard

theguardian.com, Friday 6 September 2013 23.04 EDT

The Oscar race has been pronounced over, six months before the ceremony itself. At the Toronto film festival, the premiere of British director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave was met on Friday evening with an overwhelming reception: gasps, sobs, a smattering of walk-outs at particularly brutal moments, and finally, a prolonged standing ovation.

The crowds leaving the auditorium were primed to place bets on the film being an unbeatable contender for best picture, as well as McQueen for best director, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor, best supporting actor for Michael Fassbender, best supporting actress for Lupita Nyong'o, as well as the full slate of technical nods.

12 Years a Slave met with ecstatic reviews when a sneak preview debuted at the boutique film festival in Telluride last week, but the raves coming out of Toronto are likely the crucial second step in what looks certain to be a triumphant awards campaign.

McQueen's third feature as director, following 2008's Hunger and 2011's Shame, 12 Years a Slave is very faithfully adapted from the memoir by Solomon Northup, a free man living with his family in relative affluence near New York, who in 1841 was duped, drugged, abducted and sold into slavery. John Ridley adapted the book for the big screen, McQueen's partner, Bianca Stigter - who he thanked on stage before the premiere - was the person who originally suggested it as a source.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Solomon's first, more progressive owner; Michael Fassbender - McQueen's longterm collaborator - his much less benevolent second. Slave shares much of the aesthetic (particularly the unflinching violence) that distinguished McQueen's earlier films, yet here the splashy tech setpieces have been cast aside. This is a film in the service of both its story and a hero who's much more unequivocally sympathetic than those from Hunger and Shame. The odd flash of McQueen's installation-origins remains - a burnt piece of paper in the pitch black night, its embers dying like shrinking larvae - but this is also accessible and immediate; a winning mix of mainstream and arthouse.

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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND MICHAEL FASSBENDER IN A DAFT PUNK DANCE-OFF AT SOHO HOUSE! (TIFF PARTY PATROL)

BY: JESSICA ALLEN
THE GRID

Party: The Fifth Estate’s opening night fete, hosted by producer Michael Sugar and Grey Goose Vodka.

Location: Soho House Toronto

Date/time: Thursday, Sept. 5, 11 p.m-2 a.m.

The vibe: A subdued, slightly anxious one at first, with industry types and media (who showed up at 11 p.m. sharp for free Grey Goose cocktails and haute eats) mingling while pretending not to be excited about the real-life celebrities who were going to show up. Any minute now. And they did, just after midnight. Once the two disparate groups sniffed each other out inside the dark and moody private members’ club (outfitted in quilted leather couches, plushy velvet chairs, and vintage carpets), the mood morphed into something slightly more casual: the sort where plebs pretend like drinking and dancing in the company of bonafide stars is a typical Thursday night out.

Who was there from the film: A tuxed-up Benedict Cumberbatch, who traded in his long, golden Julian Assange locks for shorter chestnut brown tresses; Alicia Vikander outfitted in an Erdem green floral gown (with pockets!) that may be the dress to top at TIFF; Carice Van Houten; Daniel Brühl; and Dan Stevens.

Surprise show-ups: Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti—Cumberbatch’s director and costars from 12 Years a Slave. Plus: Colin Hanks and Smallville’s Tom Welling, who both star in Parkland, produced by Hanks’ pop. The wild card? Juno Temple and her glorious big mop of yellow hair, who was spotted catching up with fellow Brit—and former costar from 2007′s Atonement—Cumberbatch.

Strangest entrance: A young, clean-shaven man wearing a blue hoodie with white trim, mulled about on the sidewalk just outside Soho House. Then a man asked for his autograph. Then the people smoking on the patio said, “Hey wait, that’s Colin Hanks.”

Refreshments: Grey Goose signature cocktails, of course, with the Le Fizz—a combination of their original vodka, elderflower cordial, fresh lime juice and club soda—filling most revellers’ hands.

Number of men wearing a seersucker jacket: Two.

Daft Punk dance-off: In one corner, Cumberbatch was spotted timidly bringing his fists up to his chest and then gently rocking them back and forth for approximately 2.7 seconds when a bad remix of “Get Lucky” played. In another corner, when the DJ moved on to “Lose Yourself to Dance,” Michael Fassbender did just that. Dressed in a black crew-neck sweater (probably cashmere) and sipping on a cup of tea, the actor let loose with two friends and danced like nobody was watching (even though everybody was but pretended not to be).

Best bromances: Men were coupling off everywhere! George Stroumboulopoulos saddled up to his show’s executive producer, and the party’s host, Michael Sugar; Cumberbatch chatted with his 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen; and Colin Hanks, who lost the hoodie, got cozy with Michael Fassbender, while Tom Welling pretended not to be jealous when they hugged. In fact, the only celeb with a date in tow may have been Brühl, who cozied up to his model girlfriend Felicitas Rombold.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender: 12 Years a Slave: Telluride Review

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
7:04 PM PDT 8/31/2013 by Todd McCarthy

The Bottom Line

A strong, involving, at times overstated telling of an extraordinary life story.

Venue

Telluride Film Festival

Opens

October 18 (Fox Searchlight)

Cast

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garrett Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti

Director

Steve McQueen

The recent popular revenge fantasy Django Unchained notwithstanding, there have been so few good and strong films about slavery in America that, for this reason alone, 12 Years A Slave stands quite tall. With director Steve McQueen dedicating himself to detailing the “peculiar institution” with as many dreadful particulars as he can, Chiwetel Ejiofor leads a fine cast with a superior performance as the real-life Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into Southern slavery until being miraculously rescued. Perhaps the nature of the story is such that the film can’t help but be obvious and quite melodramatic at times, but it gets better as it goes along and builds to a moving finish. Despite the upsetting and vivid brutality, Fox Searchlight has a winner here that will generate copious media coverage, rivet the attention of the black public, stir much talk in political and educational circles and appeal to film audiences who crave something serious and different.

Northup published a memoir of his 12-year nightmare in 1853, the year after Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, and it was so successful that he went on to participate in two stage adaptations. The book dropped from sight in the 20th century, but the movie tie-in will certainly reestablish its virtually unique status as a work by an educated free man who managed to return from slavery. British director McQueen, whose striking first two features, Hunger and Shame, remained restricted to the art film world, paints on a much bigger canvas and with a much broader brush here, befitting a subject that defined the structure of American society before the Civil War. The nature of the outrage, villainy and human suffering on display is entirely genuine if also familiar, but it is never far removed from the direct experiences of Northup, who, near the beginning of his ordeal, decides, “I don’t want to survive, I want to live.”

READ MORE HERE:http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/twelve-years-a-slave/review/618848

Brad Pitt & Michael Fassbender: AMPAS Party in Telluride!

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The 49-year-old actor was joined at the event by his 12 Years a Slave co-stars Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The day before, the actors were all seen making a surprise appearance at the film’s world premiere at the festival. Director Steve McQueen has premiered all of his films at this specific festival

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Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch: 12 Years A Slave to Have Its Premiere at the New York Film Festival

DEN OF GEEK
News David Crow 8/30/2013 at 3:43PM

Fox Searchlight has announced that the official release for director Steve McQueen’s (Shame) upcoming 12 Years A Slave is slated to premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 8.

Based on a true story, 12 Years a Slave is to chronicle the harrowing life of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man in Upstate New York who is abducted and sold in chains to a malevolent owner (Michael Fassbender). The movie will tell of his 12-year struggle for freedom and dignity, as well as the surprise encounter of a Canadian abolitionist played by Brad Pitt.

The film’s cast also includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Garrett Dillahunt, Sarah Paulson and Michael Kenneth Williams.

12 Years A Slave has its official U.S. release date on October 18.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender: NOLA-shot '12 Years a Slave' named opening-night selection of 2013 New Orleans Film Festival

Benedict Cumberbatch, left, and Chiwetel Ejifor star in director Steve McQueen's New Orleans-shot adaptation of 'Twelve Years a Slave.' (Jaap Buitendijk / Fox Searchlight)

Mike Scott, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

The 2013 New Orleans Film Festival will boast a decidedly local feel when it kicks off its 24th edition on Oct. 10. Director Steve McQueen's locally shot adaptation of "12 Years a Slave" -- starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt -- was named the festival's opening-night selection in an announcement this afternoon (Aug. 12).

McQueen's film, which will be screening more than a week before its limited theatrical release, will be the centerpiece of a red-carpet, opening-night event to be held at the newly renovated Civic Theater on O'Keefe Avenue. McQueen is expected to be among those in attendance.

The announcement was made this afternoon (Aug. 12) by the New Orleans Film Society, which organizes the annual eight-day celebration of film. At the same time, it was announced that director Lily Keber's music documentary "Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker" -- about the legendary local piano player / eccentric -- will be the film's closing-night selection.

Film Society Executive Director Jolene Pinder expressed special satisfaction that the films filling both prestigious slots have local roots, in addition to creating early buzz.


"Both of the films were produced in New Orleans and represent the burgeoning film scene in the city," Pinder was quoted as saying in a news release. "We are honored that the New Orleans Film Festival will be the premiere for both films. With these two films bookending the festival, we can showcase both larger productions now calling Louisiana home while also celebrating our indigenous filmmakers."


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