Exclusive: Vision Films has acquired world rights to sci-fi romance feature Forever Young, starring Diana Quick (Brideshead Revisited), Bernard Hill (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Amy Tyger (Foundation), Mark Jackson (The Orville), Stephanie Beacham (Dynasty), Anna Wolf (The Unfamiliar), and Julian Glover (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade).
Written and directed by Henk Pretorius, Forever Young follows an aging woman who is given a chance to become young again with a secret formula. She sees this as an opportunity to right her past, but her husband declines because he has no regrets and wouldn’t change a thing about the life they’ve shared. She must decide if she will take this journey without him and what the consequences would be if she did.
Above is a first trailer for the movie.
Llewelynn Greeff negotiated the deal on behalf of Dark Matter Studios with Lise Romanoff,...
Written and directed by Henk Pretorius, Forever Young follows an aging woman who is given a chance to become young again with a secret formula. She sees this as an opportunity to right her past, but her husband declines because he has no regrets and wouldn’t change a thing about the life they’ve shared. She must decide if she will take this journey without him and what the consequences would be if she did.
Above is a first trailer for the movie.
Llewelynn Greeff negotiated the deal on behalf of Dark Matter Studios with Lise Romanoff,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Alexis Rodney, the British star of Guardians of the Galaxy, Outlander and the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons movie (alongside Rege-Jean Page and Chris Pine), has joined the upcoming dark comedy Young Gun, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.
The film — from London-based Dark Matter Studios — is currently shooting on location in the British capital (Rodney can be seen in the exclusive first production still), with a 2022 international release date targeted.
Written and directed by Henk Pretorius, Young Gun tells the wild-sounding story of illegal immigrant Shaka (Rodney), who accepts a lucrative contract to assassinate the alleged founding member of the Ku Klux Klan’s U....
The film — from London-based Dark Matter Studios — is currently shooting on location in the British capital (Rodney can be seen in the exclusive first production still), with a 2022 international release date targeted.
Written and directed by Henk Pretorius, Young Gun tells the wild-sounding story of illegal immigrant Shaka (Rodney), who accepts a lucrative contract to assassinate the alleged founding member of the Ku Klux Klan’s U....
- 10/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alexis Rodney, the British star of Guardians of the Galaxy, Outlander and the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons movie (alongside Rege-Jean Page and Chris Pine), has joined the upcoming dark comedy Young Gun, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.
The film — from London-based Dark Matter Studios — is currently shooting on location in the British capital (Rodney can be seen in the exclusive first production still), with a 2022 international release date targeted.
Written and directed by Henk Pretorius, Young Gun tells the wild-sounding story of illegal immigrant Shaka (Rodney), who accepts a lucrative contract to assassinate the alleged founding member of the Ku Klux Klan’s U....
The film — from London-based Dark Matter Studios — is currently shooting on location in the British capital (Rodney can be seen in the exclusive first production still), with a 2022 international release date targeted.
Written and directed by Henk Pretorius, Young Gun tells the wild-sounding story of illegal immigrant Shaka (Rodney), who accepts a lucrative contract to assassinate the alleged founding member of the Ku Klux Klan’s U....
- 10/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Thrilled to announce that the spine-chilling new horror film, The Unfamiliar, is available on all digital platforms in the USA as of today, 21 August 2020. iTunes Link Writer / director, Henk Pretorius says: “The Unfamiliar has haunted me for years and it’s a true relief to finally present it to North America. We are overwhelmed …
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- 8/23/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
What if you were experiencing something supernatural in your house, but everyone around you shrugged it off as a mental health condition? That’s the set-up of The Unfamiliar, a creepy-looking British horror movie that just dropped a new trailer. In the film from director Henk Pretorius, an Army medic returns home from war and begins experiencing […]
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- 7/26/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Tagline: "Some Fears Haunt Your from Within." The Unfamiliar is a horror thriller from the United Kingdom. Completed earlier this year, this title has been developed by South African director Henk Pretorius (Leading Lady). And, The Unfamiliar deals with an British Army doctor who returns from war, believing that she has Ptsd. But, something else lurks in her new abode. This title is set for a Summer and Fall release, with Jemima West (The Borgias), Christopher Dane ("Eastenders") and Rebecca Hanssen starring. The film's new trailer is hosted here. The clip shows a young woman at a piano. Events take a strange turn when the woman has an accident. Then, all sorts of shadows emerge from this isolated home. The Unfamiliar will host several releases, internationally. First, the film will show in the United States, on August 21st (Digital). Then, this indie title will show in the United Kingdom on...
- 7/24/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Dark Matter Studios have today announced the release of The Unfamiliar, a thrilling new British film directed by Henk Pretorius and starring Jemima West, Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Rachel Lin and Harry McMillan-Hunt.
The Unfamiliar tells the story of British Army Doctor, Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, who returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Izzy notices numerous inexplicable activities in her house that her husband believes are due to her suffering from Ptsd as a consequence of war. Izzy militantly pieces the daunting puzzle together to reveal a terrifying, invisible enemy that has infested her entire family. In a heroic attempt to save her family, she is pulled into a dark underworld in Hawaii to explore ancient mythology.
The Unfamiliar will be available on digital platforms on 11th September 2020. Check out the trailer and poster below:...
The Unfamiliar tells the story of British Army Doctor, Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, who returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Izzy notices numerous inexplicable activities in her house that her husband believes are due to her suffering from Ptsd as a consequence of war. Izzy militantly pieces the daunting puzzle together to reveal a terrifying, invisible enemy that has infested her entire family. In a heroic attempt to save her family, she is pulled into a dark underworld in Hawaii to explore ancient mythology.
The Unfamiliar will be available on digital platforms on 11th September 2020. Check out the trailer and poster below:...
- 7/23/2020
- by Kat Wheat
- Nerdly
"Whatever happens, stay calm." Vertical Ent. has unveiled a trailer for the indie horror thriller titled The Unfamiliar, the latest from South African-born, Britain-based filmmaker Henk Pretorius. This is heading straight-to-vod next month for anyone curious. Jemima West stars as a British Army doctor who returns home from a war, thinking that she has Ptsd only to discover that there is a more daunting malevolence at work making the life that she knew unfamiliar. A demon, perhaps? The cast includes Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Harry McMillan-Hunt, Rachel Lin, and Tori Butler-Hart. Oh this looks creepy as hell! All those subtle spooky things in the background. Seems like an homage to Insidious in a good way. Here's the new official US trailer (+ poster) for Henk Pretorius' The Unfamiliar, direct from YouTube: A British Army doctor (Jemima West) comes back from a war, thinking that she has Ptsd only to discover...
- 7/22/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Dark Matters Studios has debuted a new trailer for upcoming horror ‘The Unfamiliar’.
British Army Doctor, Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Izzy notices numerous inexplicable activities in her house that her husband believes are due to her suffering from Ptsd as a consequence of war. Izzy militantly pieces the daunting puzzle together to reveal a terrifying, invisible enemy that has infested her entire family. In a heroic attempt to save her family, she is pulled into a dark underworld in Hawaii to explore ancient mythology.
Directed by Henk Pretorius, the film stars Jemima West, Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Rachel Lin and Harry McMillan-Hunt.
Also in trailers – Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe star in trailer for ‘Hard Kill’
The film is released on Digital platforms from September 11th.
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British Army Doctor, Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Izzy notices numerous inexplicable activities in her house that her husband believes are due to her suffering from Ptsd as a consequence of war. Izzy militantly pieces the daunting puzzle together to reveal a terrifying, invisible enemy that has infested her entire family. In a heroic attempt to save her family, she is pulled into a dark underworld in Hawaii to explore ancient mythology.
Directed by Henk Pretorius, the film stars Jemima West, Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Rachel Lin and Harry McMillan-Hunt.
Also in trailers – Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe star in trailer for ‘Hard Kill’
The film is released on Digital platforms from September 11th.
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- 7/22/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Tagline: "Some Fears Haunt You from Within." The Unfamiliar is a supernatural thriller. From director Henk Pretorius (Leading Lady), the film follows a British Army doctor, with Ptsd. When Elizabeth settles into her home, both spirits and troubling memories begin to haunt her. The film was co-written by Jennifer Nicole Stang. And, The Unfamiliar stars: Jemima West ("The Borgias"), Christopher Dane and Rebecca Hanssen. A newish poster was released for the film, along with some release details. The film was produced by Dark Matter, in the United Kingdom. As well, a few territories have announced distribution plans. Vertical Entertainment will show the film in North America. Meanwhile, Lionsgate and Quantify Distribution Limited will be hosting the UK release. There are also plans to show the film in South Africa. A worldwide roll-out of The Unfamiliar is underway. The Unfamiliar next appearance will be held at Cannes. Held virtually this year,...
- 6/4/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Vertical Entertainment handles North American distribution.
Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media has acquired international rights excluding the UK and South Africa to horror thriller The Unfamiliar and will kick off sales at the Cannes virtual market next month.
Vertical Entertainment will handle the North American release on the story starring Jemima West from The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones as a British Army doctor who returns from battle with what she thinks is Ptsd only to discover that she is being attacked by malevolent spirits.
Henk Pretorius directed from a screenplay by Jennifer Nicole Stang, and the cast includes Christopher Dane.
Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media has acquired international rights excluding the UK and South Africa to horror thriller The Unfamiliar and will kick off sales at the Cannes virtual market next month.
Vertical Entertainment will handle the North American release on the story starring Jemima West from The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones as a British Army doctor who returns from battle with what she thinks is Ptsd only to discover that she is being attacked by malevolent spirits.
Henk Pretorius directed from a screenplay by Jennifer Nicole Stang, and the cast includes Christopher Dane.
- 5/20/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
★☆☆☆☆ The play within a film that South African director Henk Pretorius builds Leading Lady (2014) towards shows the minutest promise during a laborious rehearsal process. Unfortunately, it is revealed to be a predictably laughable am-dram production in a barn which has the audience of a dozen locals - all familiar to the cast - in raptures, gleefully chanting the leading lady's name. Imagine The Vicar of Dibley's nativity play with any humour, whatsoever, removed.
- 10/12/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Snooty English actress meets rugged local in South Africa: blandness ensues
Both the blandest of romcoms and a film about film-making that displays zero feel for the way films are made. Ireland’s Katie McGrath adopts a cut-glass English accent as an actress jetting to South Africa to research a Boer war role, landing at the farm of a rugged local (the marvellously named Bok van Blerk). She’s snooty enough to be mistaken for royalty; he’s rough-edged, but strums the guitar. What could possibly happen? Getting from A to B necessitates countless insipidly scored montages, and while director Henk Pretorius fills the frame with veldt, early glimpses of Big Ben establish the wider lack of ambition. It’s tourist-trap cinema, for gullible eyes only.
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Both the blandest of romcoms and a film about film-making that displays zero feel for the way films are made. Ireland’s Katie McGrath adopts a cut-glass English accent as an actress jetting to South Africa to research a Boer war role, landing at the farm of a rugged local (the marvellously named Bok van Blerk). She’s snooty enough to be mistaken for royalty; he’s rough-edged, but strums the guitar. What could possibly happen? Getting from A to B necessitates countless insipidly scored montages, and while director Henk Pretorius fills the frame with veldt, early glimpses of Big Ben establish the wider lack of ambition. It’s tourist-trap cinema, for gullible eyes only.
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- 10/8/2015
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Dark Places
A24 and DirectTV have acquired all U.S rights to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Dark Places" based on the novel by "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn. Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Tye Sheridan and Corey Stoll star.
Theron plays a survivor of the brutal killing of her family as a child who is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving crimes.
Gentlemen
Magnolia has acquired U.S. rights to Mikael Marcimain's post-wwii-set "Gentlemen" which stars David Dencik, Sverrir Gudnason and Pernilla August.
Based on Klas Ostergren’s bestselling novels, the story deals with the forbidden love and dark secrets surrounding Sweden’s flamboyant Morgan brothers.
The Mirror
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Ed Boase's urban myth-inspired horror tale "The Mirror". The story follows friends who buy a supposedly haunted camera on eBay. The...
A24 and DirectTV have acquired all U.S rights to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Dark Places" based on the novel by "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn. Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Tye Sheridan and Corey Stoll star.
Theron plays a survivor of the brutal killing of her family as a child who is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving crimes.
Gentlemen
Magnolia has acquired U.S. rights to Mikael Marcimain's post-wwii-set "Gentlemen" which stars David Dencik, Sverrir Gudnason and Pernilla August.
Based on Klas Ostergren’s bestselling novels, the story deals with the forbidden love and dark secrets surrounding Sweden’s flamboyant Morgan brothers.
The Mirror
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Ed Boase's urban myth-inspired horror tale "The Mirror". The story follows friends who buy a supposedly haunted camera on eBay. The...
- 11/10/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
This is a wonderful South African indie feature I really like. Link to trailer below.
108 Media presents Fanie Fourie's Lobola and its release by 108 Media on VOD after Tuesday April 22, 2014 on iTunes http://bit.ly/1n8YQiM Amazon, Xbox, Playstation...
South African comedy in which newcomer actress Zethu Dhlomo shines, Fanie Fourie's Lobola won the 2013 Seattle Film Festival Best Film and Best Comedy at Best Comedy at the Sedona one, both audience awards.
Direcred by Henk Pretorius Lobola is a feel good film that lightheartedly addresses cultural divides and an evolving culture in stunning hilarity and beautiful production. This love story gives viewers a taste of African cinema, bringing together comedy and romance as young Afrikaner, Fanie Fourie (Eduan van Jaarsveldt), and beautiful Zulu, Dinky Magubane, fall in love.
After being presented with a dare at the cake shop, Fanie makes his first moves on Dinky after he is urged to invite her as a date to his brother's wedding. Marking the beginning of a tumultuous love story, this film goes on to break down traditional cross-cultural barriers, emphasizing the power of love. As Fanie and Dinky quickly begin to fall head over heels in love, their lives go awry as their loved ones struggle to come to an agreement on the Lobola – the traditional Zulu bride price.
Watch the trailer here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHKxbP3lSjU...
108 Media presents Fanie Fourie's Lobola and its release by 108 Media on VOD after Tuesday April 22, 2014 on iTunes http://bit.ly/1n8YQiM Amazon, Xbox, Playstation...
South African comedy in which newcomer actress Zethu Dhlomo shines, Fanie Fourie's Lobola won the 2013 Seattle Film Festival Best Film and Best Comedy at Best Comedy at the Sedona one, both audience awards.
Direcred by Henk Pretorius Lobola is a feel good film that lightheartedly addresses cultural divides and an evolving culture in stunning hilarity and beautiful production. This love story gives viewers a taste of African cinema, bringing together comedy and romance as young Afrikaner, Fanie Fourie (Eduan van Jaarsveldt), and beautiful Zulu, Dinky Magubane, fall in love.
After being presented with a dare at the cake shop, Fanie makes his first moves on Dinky after he is urged to invite her as a date to his brother's wedding. Marking the beginning of a tumultuous love story, this film goes on to break down traditional cross-cultural barriers, emphasizing the power of love. As Fanie and Dinky quickly begin to fall head over heels in love, their lives go awry as their loved ones struggle to come to an agreement on the Lobola – the traditional Zulu bride price.
Watch the trailer here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHKxbP3lSjU...
- 4/22/2014
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Emir Baigazin’s Harmony Lessons won the 39th Seattle International Film Festival’s Best New Director grand jury prize on Sunday [9] as top brass handed out jury and audience awards.Scroll down for full list of winners
The Siff 2013 Best Documentary grand jury prize went to Penny Lane’s Our Nixon and Lucy Walker earned a special jury prize for The Crash Reel, while Kyle Patrick Alvarez took the Best New American Cinema grand jury prize for C.O.G.
In the audience awards, Henk Pretorius’ Fanie Fourie’s Lobola won the Best Film Golden Space Needle Award and Morgan Neville’s Twenty Feet From Stardom took the corresponding documentary prize.
The Best Director Golden Space Needle Award went to Nabil Ayouch for Horses Of God, while best actor was awarded to James Cromwell for Still Mine and best actress to Samantha Morton for Decoding Annie Parker.
The Best Short Film Golden Space Needle Award was presented to [link...
The Siff 2013 Best Documentary grand jury prize went to Penny Lane’s Our Nixon and Lucy Walker earned a special jury prize for The Crash Reel, while Kyle Patrick Alvarez took the Best New American Cinema grand jury prize for C.O.G.
In the audience awards, Henk Pretorius’ Fanie Fourie’s Lobola won the Best Film Golden Space Needle Award and Morgan Neville’s Twenty Feet From Stardom took the corresponding documentary prize.
The Best Director Golden Space Needle Award went to Nabil Ayouch for Horses Of God, while best actor was awarded to James Cromwell for Still Mine and best actress to Samantha Morton for Decoding Annie Parker.
The Best Short Film Golden Space Needle Award was presented to [link...
- 6/9/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The short story goes... What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola? Directed by Henk Pretorius and co-written by Pretorius and Janine Eser, the film is called Fanie Fourie’s Lobola, a contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. It stars newcomer Zethu Dlomo (star of South African TV network SABC1's paranomal investigative series Room 9) as Fanie’s love interest and Eduan van Jaarsveld as Fanie - Fanie being the Afrikaans guy - a white South African. So, yes, it's an interracial...
- 1/24/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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