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Soccer Aid 2010 vid, ‘The Baker’ screening, ‘Will’ update

  • The entire Soccer Aid 2010 match can be found on Youtube:

    Click here for the rest.

  • The Baker, the Connecticut Film Festival’s 2009 Audience Favorite Award winner, will open on Friday at Criterion Cinemas in New Haven, Connecticut for a one week engagment. Visit the Criterion Cinemas website for ticket information.

    The Baker DVD is already available in North America and Europe. Click here for links.

  • Cineuropa has more info on the film Will and Damian’s role in it – major spoilers ahead:

    Eleven-year-old Will Brennan (Eggelton) is the world’s biggest Liverpool football fan. At his boys’ school in southern England, Will’s love and knowledge of the sport is all that sustains him. Then out of nowhere appears Will’s absentee father, Gareth (Lewis), and with two tickets to the biggest match of the year: the Champions League Final in Istanbul.

    But before the two can begin their journey, Gareth dies suddenly. Determined to make the trip and honour his father’s dream, Will runs away. En route, he encounters Alek (Kristian Kiehling), a former Yugoslavian football star who abandoned the game during his country’s civil war. Despite his initial reluctance to help, Alek finds himself inspired by Will’s heroic journey and helps him fulfil his dream.

Categories Events Interviews News Will

New interview, Soccer Aid broadcast times, ‘Will’ update


  • The Times Online has a nice little interview with Damian Lewis:

    I used to be a bit of a party animal. These days I can’t go out relentlessly and be a father as well. I have two children, aged 3 and 2, so instead I tend to do silly dad things such as going on 150-mile bike rides with my friends just to prove that we can do it. We did a ride in the Cambrian Mountains and Brecon Beacons over three days at Easter out of a sense of adventure, but we’ve all been in physiotherapy ever since.

    Read the rest at the Times Online.

  • Soccer Aid 2010 will broadcast on ITV1 from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Soccer Aid: Extra Time – with highlights, analysis and player reaction – will broadcast on ITV4 from 10:00pm to 11:00pm following the match. Click here for more program details.

  • According to This is Local London, Will filmed at The Royal Standard of England pub over the weekend.

Categories In Development/ Pre-Production Man Is Wolf to Man News Will

‘Will’ update & a new project!


    Finally, some news on Will and a new project for Damian!

  • From the Screen Daily:

    Damian Lewis, Bob Hoskins and Perry Eggelton have started shooting Will, about an orphan’s journey across Europe to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

    The film will also include appearances by Liverpool football stars Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard.

    Ellen Perry directs from her own script, which was co-written by Zack Anderson. She also produces, alongside Taha Altayli, Timothy Nicholas and Mark Cooper for Strangelove Films. Executive producers are Stewart Till, Mustafa Karahan and Stephen Moffitt. Muharrem Gulmez is co-producer.

    Will is shooting on location in Liverpool, Kent, Paris and Turkey, including Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium, and also at Elstree Studios.

    Click here for the Will project page.

  • New project: Damian has signed on to star in the film Man Is Wolf to Man by the director and producer team, Dominic and Lee Santana!

    From The Hollywood Reporter:

    Damian Lewis, the redheaded star of “Life” and “Band of Brothers,” has joined the cast of another Santana project, the action-thriller “Man Is Wolf to Man.”

    Inspired by true events, “Man Is Wolf to Man” is set in French Guyana in 1934. A group of foreign prisoners escape from a penal colony only to be tracked down by a ruthless bounty hunter. Finnish actress Pihla Viitala (“Bad Family”) and Germany’s Vinzenz Kiefer, who had a supporting role in “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” also star. Principle photography is also planned for fall.

    More from Screen Daily:

    British director and producer team, Dominic and Lee Santana have arrived in Cannes with a trio of high-profile stars attached to the next two films being produced under their UK-based Santana Brothers production banner.

    Ralph Fiennes and Olga Kurylenko will star in romantic drama Coronet and Damian Lewis will star in the action thriller Man Is Wolf To Man.

    “We have two films going into production this fall so things are moving incredibly fast for us right now,” said the brothers. “Casting has been our main priority over the last month and we’re very excited that Damian, Ralph and Olga are on board for their respective roles. Ralph and Olga are the perfect leads for Coronet given the on-screen chemistry they can generate to bring the story to life. Damian is a remarkably gifted actor who will command the screen in Man Is Wolf. We’re eager to get started on both films.”

    You’ll find more info – including producer and director statements – at the Santana Brothers website here. Click here for the new project page.

Categories Band of Brothers Events News Richard Winters The Baker Will

New project, ‘The Baker’ US DVD release, Richard Winters Leadership project

  • New project: According to IMDb, Damian Lewis has been cast as “Gareth” in the film Will. According to the film’s IMDB page, it is being directed by Ellen Perry who is also listed as co-writer along with Zack Anderson. The film also lists actors Kristian Kiehling and Perry Eggelton in the cast and is in pre-production. Click here for the film’s IMDb page.


  • Soccer Aid Reminder/ Update: Legendary French player Zinedine Zidane has signed on to play on the Rest Of The World team against England. More info here.

    Tickets for the match at Old Trafford on June 6th are now available. Call 0844 576 2010 or visit the official Soccer Aid site for tickets. All money raised from the event will go to Unicef.

  • The Baker will be renamed Assassin in Love when it’s released on DVD in the US by Screen Media Films at the end of the year. More info here at Home Media Magazine.

    The film is already available in North America in Region 1 format. Click here for links.


  • Click here at the Tim Gray Media website to learn more about the Richard Winters Leadership Monument and Film project which has full approval of the Winters family. Thanks to Linda in Belgium for the headsup.