ALEX BOVAIRD DESIGNS THE COSTUMES FOR BAD EDUCATION!
Shoot has begun on BAD EDUCATION and echo’s Costume Designer Alex Bovaird is once again collaborating with director Corey Finley. The film is produced by LA LA LAND Oscar winning producer Fred Berger through Automatik Entertainment and starts Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney.
TIM MURRELL EDITS “17 BRIDGES”!
Editor Tim Murrell is starting today on the post-production for the feature film 17 BRIDGES. Directed by Brian Kirk and produced by AGBO, STX Entertainment and Getaway Entertainment, the film follows a NYPD detective (Chadwick Boseman, pictured here in MESSAGE FROM THE KING) who begins to undercover a big conspiracy where corrupted cops are involved into New York’s criminal empire. All of Manhattan’s seventeen bridges must be blocked over the man hunt that will follow.
NIELS THASTUM SHOOTS “SUICIDE TOURIST”
DoP, Niels Thastum, DFF has begun the shoot on new feature, SUICIDE TOURIST with regular collaborator, Director Jonas Alexander Arnby. Niels has worked with Jonas in both commercials and film including WHEN ANIMALS DREAM which had it’s world premiere at Cannes Critics Week in 2014.
SUICIDE TOURIST, written by regular collaborator, Rasmus Birch and produced by Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin and Katrin Pors at Snowglobe Films, tells the story of insurance broker Max, suffering with a brain tumour who tries to take his own life. On realisation that his wife plans to leave him, he checks into a suicide hotel and goes on a journey of polar bears and weird suicides.
"TWO FOR JOY" OUT IN UK CINEMAS TODAY!
TWO FOR JOY is a family drama about a mother (Samantha Morton) who gets depression after her husband’s death, with devastating consequences on her two children. The film was directed by Tom Beard, with Production Design by echo’s Laura Ellis Cricks and Costume Design by echo’s Sarah Blenkinsop and produced by Blonde to Black Pictures, Pretty Bird and Creative England. Out in the UK cinemas today!
AL REID FINISHES EDITING ON THE CRY!
Adapted by screenwriter Jacquelin Perske from the novel by Helen FitzGerald and directed by Glendyn Ivin, THE CRY tells the story of a couple whose child gets abducted. Echo’s Alastair Reid has edited the whole series which star Jenna Coleman and Ewen Leslie.
UKMVA NOMINATIONS ARE OUT!
We are so thrilled for this year’s UKMVA. Very proud to say that Dua Lipa’s IDGAF, with Production Design by echo’s Morgan Kennedy and Stormzy Ft Mnek’s BLINDED BY YOUR GRACE, with Hair and Make-Up Design by Emma Scott have been nominated for “Best Pop Video”. Also nominated for “Best Pop Video” in the Newcomer category was Lightwave Empire’s TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, shot by Nadim Carlsen. Whooop!
LYNNE RAMSAY’S UN “FEED OUR FUTURE” CAMPAIGN IS OUT!
Lynne Ramsay has directed the latest UN campaign titled “Feed Our Future”, which tackles the issue of worldwide hunger. The cinema advertisement was produced by Somesuch and Co., with costumes designed by echo’s Sarah Blenkinsop and hair and make-up designed by Emma Scott.
MR INBETWEEN AIRS IN THE US TODAY!
Directed by Nash Edgerton and produced by Blue-Tongue Films for FX Network MR INBETWEEN sees ex convict, Ray Shoesmith, trying to deal with life out of prison and to manage his anger issues…not always successfully! Director of Photography Christopher Miles has lensed all six episodes of the series which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY, RAISING AWARENESS
Sadly Alzheimer is the most common form of dementia, the only way to beat it is through research! Jon Henson has production designed the latest Alzheimer’s Research UK campaign THE LAST BREATH, directed by Aoife McArdle and produced by Somesuch which is out today to raise awareness on the disease.
SNEAK PEAK OF "BORDER"!
SPOILER ALERT! Check out a clip for Ali Abassi's BORDER lensed by echo’s DoP Nadim Carlsen.
STREAM “SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS” TODAY!
Created by Kit Steinkellner, with costumes by Alex Bovaird and starring Elizabeth Olsen, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS is available on Facebook Watch today. The series follows Leigh, who is left shell-shocked after the sudden death of her husband and is forced to realise that there was a lot about him she didn’t know.
“PEAKY BLINDERS” SEASON 5 STARTS SHOOTING TODAY!
Shoot has started on the fifth season of PEAKY BLINDERS, and series aficionado Loz Schiavo is back once more to take care of the Hair and Make Up design for Cillian Murphy and gang. Echo is very proud of Loz, who has earned a BAFTA Craft nomination for her work on PEAKY, good luck with the shoot!
“BIRDS OF PASSAGE”: ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS
Last day at TIFF! Lensed by echo’s David Gallego, ADFC, BIRDS OF PASSAGE premiers today, directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s. Also screening in competition at London Film Festival, the film tells the story of a man from the Wayuu tribe in Colombia as he becomes more and more involved in drug trading to be able to afford the extravagant dowry he needs to marry the tribe’s matriarch daughter. Au revoir TIFF!
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENTRIES AT THE OSCARS
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY has been submitted as Norway’s representative at the 91st Academy Awards. Deeply moving and stunningly shot by echo’s Nadim Carlsen this movie takes the audience onto an emotional roller coaster. Ali Abbasi’s BORDER, which was also shot by Nadim Carlsen is the Norwegian entry and Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s BIRDS OF PASSAGE, lensed by David Gallego, ADFC is the Columbian entry. We are also very proud to say that I AM NOT A WITCH has been submitted as this year’s UK entry, also shot by David Gallego, ADFC, with Costume Design by Holly Rebecca and Art Direction by Malin Lindholm. Fingers crossed, go team echo!
“A PRIVATE WAR”: ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS
Academy Award nominee, Matthew Heineman’s latest work, A PRIVATE WAR, had it’s world premiere at TIFF and will premiere in the UK at the London Film Festival on 20th October. Based on true events, the biographical drama tells the chronicles of American-born British war reporter, Marie Colvin (played by Rosamund Pike), who has been driven for years by a persistent urge to bear witness and give voice to the voiceless. Look out for the incredible production design from echo’s Sophie Becher!
"IN FABRIC": ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS
Peter Strickland’s IN FABRIC is showing at TIFF’s Midnight Madness tonight, followed by its European premier at LFF’s Official Competition on 18th October! The film follows a gorgeous deep-red silky dress - courtesy of echo’s Costume Designer Jo Thompson - that proves to be possessed while passing from one owner to the other…fashion can kill! Amazing Hair and Make-Up by echo’s Emma Scott.
NADIM CARLSEN SHOOTS "PSYCHOSIS IN STOCKHOLM"!
Our DoP Nadim Carlsen, has begun shooting Maria Bäck's new feature PSYCHOSIS IN STOCKOLM. Produced by Garagefilm alongside The Swedish Film Institute and The Danish Film Institute, the film tells the story of Bäck's own experience as a teenager, when her mother became ill while on holiday in Stockholm.
"TRUST" AIRS ON BBC TWO TONIGHT!
TRUST, the new FX Productions + Cloud Eight Films series, airs tonight at 9pm on BBC Two with the entire series available to stream on iPlayer after. Starring Hilary Swank and Donald Sutherland and directed by Danny Boyle, Susanna White, Jonathan Van Tulleken, Dawn Shadforth and Emanuele Crialese, the ten part series is set in Italy, 1973 and centres around the abduction of John Paul Getty III, then-heir to Getty Oil. Written by Simon Beaufoy and exec produced by Danny Boyle, Morten Højbjerg cuts episode 9 + 10 of the season, directed by Susanna White.
"THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS": ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS
Having it's world premiere at this year's Gala Presentation at TIFF, Nicole Holofcener's THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS - with Costume Design by Alex Bovaird - follows Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn) while he subverts his life to find freedom. His reckless new path leaves him regretting his decisions and questioning who he really is, both as a person and as a father. The film will be then released on Netflix on September 14th.
"AMERICAN WOMAN": ECHO FESTIVAL FOCUS
With costumes by echo's Alex Bovaird and starring Sienna Miller, Christina Hendricks and Aaron Paul, the film tells the story of the disappearance of a child over a period of 11 years. Director Jake Scott highlights the tragedies that change a person and the life that happens in between. AMERICAN WOMAN premiered at Toronto Film Festival on Sunday 9th September.