Cannes: Benedict Cumberbatch to Star in War Drama 'The Yellow Birds'

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
7:00 AM PDT 5/17/2014 by Borys Kit



Benedict Cumberbatch, Tye Sheridan, and Will Poulter will star in The Yellow Birds, an adaptation of the Kevin Powers novel being directed by Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery.

The film, which is being unveiled in Cannes, is the second project for Cinelou Films, which is financing with Story Mining & Supply Co.

With a script by Lowery, Birds centers around two soldiers, 21-year-old Private Bartle and 18-year old Private Murphy, who meet in boot camp. Bartle made a promise to Murphy’s mother to guide him home safely and takes the young private under his wing, but soon finds that promise hard to keep as they navigate a war where casual atrocity is a daily occurrence.

Powers is a veteran of the Iraq War and his novel garnered rave reviews; Tom Wolfe called it the “All Quiet on the Western Front for America’s Arab wars.”

Story Mining’s CEO and president Jeffrey Sharp and production president Evan Hayes acquired the rights to the novel and developed the script. The duo will produce the film along with Cinelou's Courtney Solomon and Mark Canton.

Jim Kohlberg, chairman of Story Mining & Supply Co., will executive produce.

The Solution will handle foreign sales of the film in Cannes. WME Global, CAA and UTA will handle the domestic sale.

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‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 SPOILERS: Laura Carmichael Teases ‘Really Meaty Story’ For Lady Edith, Tom Branson And...

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(Photo : Downton Abbey) Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith on "Downton Abbey"

“Downton Abbey” may still be filming Season 5, but that hasn’t stopped a few subtler spoilers from leaking.

After cast members including Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Rob James-Collier, Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton were spotted filming scenes in a graveyard last week (don’t worry, signs point to no funeral!), Allen Leech and Daisy Lewis were spotted filming a sweet scenes between Tom Branson and his new love interest, governess Sarah Bunting.

The Daily Mail writes that the scene features Tom helping Sarah into a car and bidding her a sweet goodbye. She takes several suitcases with her, suggesting she might be leaving Downton for a while – but Branson doesn’t look unhappy. In fact, both actors were beaming at each other, though Bunting looked apprehensive at other points.However, despite debating moving to America last season, we know that Tom is definitely still at Downton – a relief for fans.

“Downton” stars Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith, and Ed Speeler, who plays the footman Jimmy, have also teased spoilers in recent interviews.

Speeler also said that he hopes Jimmy finds love and revealed that filming is going “great.”

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Wild Bill has charm, wit and plenty of morals (MAIL ON LINE)

Verdict: Enjoyable and Engaging

This gangster's to die for: Unlike Guy Ritchie's flippant Lock Stock, British movie Wild Bill has charm, wit and plenty of morals

By CHRIS TOOKEY PUBLISHED: 17:27 EST, 22 March 2012 | UPDATED: 05:37 EST, 23 March 2012

Just when many of us wanted never to suffer through another British gangster film, along comes the best of the lot — a picture that sums up everything that’s good about British movie-making. It’s quirky, warm and charming. It’s also well acted, beautifully written and superbly directed.

Like Billy Elliot before it, it inventively recycles dozens of tired cliches to come up with something fresh and exciting. There’s unlikely to be a more entertaining British film this year. Charlie Creed-Miles gives the performance of his life as Wild Bill, a once violent, now befuddled criminal just released after eight years in prison.

He drops in on his old council flat in East London, and discovers his wife has gone on permanent vacation to Spain with her new squeeze. They’ve abandoned Bill’s understandably angry 15-year-old son Dean (Will Poulter, the outstanding young actor from Son Of Rambow and Voyage Of The Dawn Treader) and his wayward little brother Jimmy (Sammy Williams, a diminutive urchin who made brief but memorable contributions to Attack The Block).


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