Simon Beaufoy News

The IMAX trailer for Baltasar Kormákur's adventure thriller EVEREST has been released. The film hits theaters September 18th. Get a first look below!

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for the exciting climbing adventure film EVEREST, hitting theaters September 18th. Get a first look below!

The boys are back!  The Full Monty, the critically acclaimed production that took Sheffield by storm, returns to the Lyceum Theatre as part of its UK Tour from Tuesday 5 to Saturday 23 May with a brand new cast including Gary Lucy as Gaz, Andrew Dunn as Gerald and Louis Emerick as Horse.

Deadline writes that Steve Carell and Emma Stone will star in Fox Searchlight's BATTLE OF THE SEXES, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kristen Stewart is in negotiations to join BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK, helmed by Ang Lee and adapted from Ben Fountain's 2012 novel.

According to Deadline, the PITCH PERFECT star has signed on for Ang Lee's upcoming film BILLY FLYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK, the adaptation of Ben Fountain's 2012 novel.

Dayton's premier professional regional theatre company, The Human Race Theatre Company, announces the lineup of productions and add-ons for its 29th season, filled with titles and authors that are familiar to theatre lovers and general audiences alike. The season begins in September 2015.

Jeff Robinov's Fosun-backed Studio 8, together with Chinese distribution company Bona Film Group, will partner with Tom Rothman's TriStar and Film4 on the adaptation of Ben Fountain's acclaimed novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, to be directed by three-time Oscar-winner Ang Lee. The deal brings together several members of the family of companies at Sony Pictures, which will distribute the film worldwide, except for Greater China, which Bona Film Group Ltd will handle. Film 4 will have UK free television.

Marc Robin, the Artistic Director of the historic Fulton Theatre in downtown Lancaster, has announced the company's lineup for its 2014/2015 Mainstage Season and the first fully produced play of the Ellen Arnold Groff Studio Series. The lineup includes a hilarious farce, a holiday hit based on a classic Irving Berlin film musical, an Agatha Christie thriller, a Broadway hit that's a sexy game of cat and mouse, the Mel Brooks musical that took home the most Tony® Awards in history, a feel-good musical based on a Best Picture Oscar® Nominated Film, and perhaps the most magical musical of all time.

Tom Rothman's TriStar Productions and Film4 announced today that the three-time Oscar®-winner Ang Lee has chosen an adaptation of Ben Fountain's acclaimed novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk as his next film

Tom Rothman's TriStar Productions and Film4 announced today that the three-time Oscar-winner Ang Lee has chosen an adaptation of Ben Fountain's acclaimed novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk as his next film, his first since winning the Academy Award for directing the groundbreaking Life of Pi.

GARY LUCY will lead a cast that includes ANDREW DUNN, LOUIS EMERICK, RUPERT HILL, MARTIN MILLER and BOBBY SCHOFIELD in THE FULL MONTY. Check out a newly released shot below!

GARY LUCY will lead a cast that includes ANDREW DUNN, LOUIS EMERICK, RUPERT HILL, MARTIN MILLER and BOBBY SCHOFIELD in THE FULL MONTY. Check out a sneak peek below!

GARY LUCY will lead a cast that includes ANDREW DUNN, LOUIS EMERICK, RUPERT HILL, MARTIN MILLER and BOBBY SCHOFIELD in THE FULL MONTY at the KING'S THEATRE GLASGOW for one week only from Tuesday 23 September until Saturday 4 October 2014.

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach The Summit of the world's highest mountain, Everest documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

Marc Robin, the Artistic Director of the historic Fulton Theatre in downtown Lancaster, has announced the company's lineup for its 2014/2015 Mainstage Season and the first fully produced play of the Ellen Arnold Groff Studio Series. The lineup includes a hilarious farce, a holiday hit based on a classic Irving Berlin film musical, an Agatha Christie thriller, a Broadway hit that's a sexy game of cat and mouse, the Mel Brooks musical that took home the most Tony® Awards in history, a feel-good musical based on a Best Picture Oscar® Nominated Film, and perhaps the most magical musical of all time.

The Hunger Games returns with Catching Fire...but is it as meaty as the first?

Deadline reports that Daniel Radcliffe will portray Olympian Sebastian Coe in an upcoming sports drama to be titled GOLD.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered a 10-epiosde miniseries titled TELEMARK from the SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Oscar-winning trio, Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle, and Christian Colson. Beaufoy wrote the project, with Boyle and Colson set to executive produce.

Lionsgate, a leading global entertainment company, and NET-A-PORTER, the world's premier online luxury fashion and beauty retailer, today announced an exclusive fashion partnership for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,' the highly anticipated second film of the global blockbuster 'The Hunger Games' franchise.