Andrea Riseborough News

Variety reports that a new TV adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' “The Count of Monte Cristo” is in the works for a major British broadcaster from Lydia Adetunji and Amit Gupta. It will be the first screen version of the story to feature a black actor in the title role.

RLJE Films (NASDAQ: RLJE) will release the thriller/drama film GALVESTON on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD/Blu-ray combo on 

RLJE Films (NASDAQ: RLJE) will release the horror film ALL THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING on DVD, On Demand and Digital Video on December 4, 2018. Co-written and co-directed by David Ian McKendry (The Dump) and Rebekah McKendry (The Barista), who is known for her amazing work at Fangoria and Blumhouse, ALL THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING stars Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians, “Fresh Off the Boat”), Amanda Fuller (“Orange is the New Black”), Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”), Jocelin Donahue (Insidious: Chapter 2) and Graham Skipper (The Mind's Eye). RLJE Films will release ALL THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING on DVD for an SRP of $27.97.

The 62nd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® announces its jury line-up for this year's Festival Awards. The juries will be led by: Academy Award-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson, nominee for the LFF Best Film Award for Room (LFF 2015 and also director of Frank, winner Best Screenplay BIFA 2014); Francis Lee, winner of the 2017 BIFA for Best Debut Screenwriter for God's Own Country; the prolific, award-winning documentary producer Simon Chinn, who won the 2009 and 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary for Man on Wire and Searching For Sugarman respectively; and director Rungano Nyoni, whose film I Am Not a Witch was in the First Feature competition in the Festival last year (securing her a nomination for the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI), won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer and is the UK's entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2019 Academy Awards.

The San Diego International Film Festival (SDiFF), produced by the San Diego Film Foundation, announced today that they have honored Emmy-nominee Kathryn Hahn, star of Tamara Jenkins' “Private Life” with the Fairbanks Award, to honor her contribution to independent film, John Cho, star of “Searching,” with the Spotlight Award which recognizes an actor with the tenacity to forge new ground within their craft, and Christian Navarro, from the Gala Feature “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” with the Rising Star Award. The awards will be presented October 11th at The Night of the Stars Tribute at the Pendry San Diego in Downtown San Diego, CA.  

RLJE Films (NASDAQ: RLJE) will release the horror film SLEEP NO MORE on VOD, Digital and DVD on October 2, 2018. Written by Jason Murphy (The League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen) and directed by Phillip Guzman (Dead Awake), SLEEP NO MORE stars Keli Price (“Side Effects”), Lukas Gage (Assassination Nation), Yasmine Aker (12 Strong), Brea Grant (“The Arrangement”), Stephen Ellis (“You're the Worst”) and Christine Dwyer (“Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”). RLJE Films will release SLEEP NO MORE on DVD for an SRP of $27.97.

RLJE Films (NASDAQ: RLJE) has acquired all North American rights to The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, the upcoming thriller from CINESTATE and XYZ Films. Written by Henry Dunham who is also making his feature directorial debut, the film stars James Badge Dale (13 Hours), Chris Mulkey (Captain Phillips), Brian Geraghty (NBC's “Chicago P.D”.), Robert Aramayo (HBO's “Game of Thrones”), Patrick Fischler (Showtime's “Twin Peaks”), Happy Anderson (Cinemax's “The Knick”) and Gene Jones (The Hateful Eight). The Standoff at Sparrow Creek will make its world premiere at Midnight Madness at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.  RLJE plans to release the film nationally in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD in early 2019.

Dawn King's Foxfinder will have its West End premiere at the Ambassadors Theatre from 6 September 2018 for a strictly limited season until 5 January 2019. Olivier Award-winner Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones' Ramsay Bolton, Misfits) will star in the unsettling and darkly comic drama directed by Rachel O'Riordan whose production of Killology at the Royal Court won the 2018 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre. Further casting will be announced at a later date.

The International Film Festival & Awards • Macao (IFFAM) is today delighted to announce the appointment of Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage as Talent Ambassador for the 3rd edition of the festival, which will take place from 8 to 14 December 2018.

RLJE Films has acquired all North American rights to the upcoming horror film All the Creatures Were Stirring. Written and directed by David Ian McKendry (The Dump) and Rebekah McKendry (The Barista), known for their amazing work at Fangoria and Blumhouse, the film stars Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians, "Fresh Off the Boat"), Amanda Fuller ("Orange is the New Black"), Jonathan Kite ("2 Broke Girls"), Jocelin Donahue (Insidious: Chapter 2) and Graham Skipper (The Mind's Eye).  RLJE plans to release the film on VOD, Digital and DVD on December 4, 2018.

Full casting is announced for Foxfinder's West End premiere which begins performances at the Ambassadors Theatre on 6 September and will play a strictly limited season until 5 January. Olivier nominee Bryony Hannah (Call the Midwife) and Paul Nicholls (Law & Order, The C-Word, EastEnders) will join the previously announced Heida Reed (Poldark) and Olivier winner Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones' Ramsay Bolton, Misfits) in Dawn King's unsettling and darkly comic drama.

RLJE Films will release the horror film TRENCH 11 on VOD, Digital and DVD on September 4, 2018.  Directed by Leo Scherman (Never Forget) who co-wrote the film with Matthew Booi (“Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan”), TRENCH 11 stars Rossif Sutherland (River), Robert Stadlober (Enemy of the Gates), and Charlie Carrick (The Devout). TRENCH 11 will be available on DVD for an SRP of $27.97.

Full casting has been announced for Rain Man, the inaugural production of Bill Kenwright's Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company. Joining the previously announced Gavin and Stacey's Mathew Horne (Raymond) and Downtown Abbey's Ed Speleers (Charlie) is: Mairi Barclay (Pippin), Hannah Barker, Elizabeth Carter (Dreamboats and Petticoats), Adam Lilley (The 39 Steps), Neil Roberts (Mamma Mia!) and Joe Sellman Leava (Monster).

Millions of Poldark fans were left heartbroken on Sunday evening when Heida Reed's character Elizabeth Warleggan met her untimely and tragic end in the season finale. After four series as a lead in the much-loved BBC drama, Heida Reed bowed out in a dramatic episode which saw her character Elizabeth die from a concoction taken to induce early labour. As the nation tuned in for the season four finale this week, the emotional scenes saw Poldark fans take to social media in their droves to express their dismay at the shock departure of this popular character.

Dawn King's Foxfinder will have its West End premiere at the Ambassadors Theatre from 6 September 2018 for a strictly limited season until 5 January 2019. Olivier Award-winner Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones' Ramsay Bolton, Misfits) will star in the unsettling and darkly comic drama directed by Rachel O'Riordan whose production of Killology at the Royal Court won the 2018 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre. Further casting will be announced at a later date.

VIDEO: Official Trailer For MANDY Starring Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough

RLJE Films (NASDAQ: RLJE) will release the thriller TERMINAL on DVD and Blu-ray on June 26, 2018. A sexy, mysterious thriller with many twists and turns, TERMINAL stars Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie (I, Tonya, Suicide Squad), Simon Pegg (Star Trek, Shaun of the Dead), Mike Myers (Austin Powers, “Saturday Night Live”), Max Irons (Woman in Gold, “The White Queen”) and Dexter Fletcher (Kick Ass, Doom). RLJE Films will release TERMINAL on DVD for an SRP of $29.96 and on Blu-ray for an SRP of $29.97.

RLJE Films (NASDAQ: RLJE) will release the thriller TERMINAL on DVD and Blu-ray on June 26, 2018. A sexy, mysterious thriller with many twists and turns, TERMINAL stars Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie (I, Tonya, Suicide Squad), Simon Pegg (Star Trek, Shaun of the Dead), Mike Myers (Austin Powers, “Saturday Night Live”), Max Irons (Woman in Gold, “The White Queen”) and Dexter Fletcher (Kick Ass, Doom). RLJE Films will release TERMINAL on DVD for an SRP of $29.96 and on Blu-ray for an SRP of $29.97.

Bill Kenwright presents the inaugural Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company production of RAIN MAN. Mathew Horne (Gavin & Stacey, The Catherine Tate Show) stars as Raymond Babbit opposite Ed Speleers (Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall) as Charlie Babbit. RAIN MAN opens at Windsor Theatre Royal on 21 August, before embarking on a UK tour to Milton Keynes, Cardiff, Eastbourne, Southend, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Brighton, Guildford, Leeds, Richmond, Derby and Northampton. Further dates and casting to be announced in due course.

On Thursday, May 31, Rooftop Films will present the New York Premiere of Nancy, filmmaker Christina Choe's Andrea Riseborough-starring thriller that took home the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The event, which is free with an RSVP, will take place outdoors at MetroTech Commons in Downtown Brooklyn, and include a live musical performance. Choe– who received the 2014 Rooftop Films and Eastern Effects Equipment Grant to complete the film –will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.