Jan 26,2012
Welcome To The Punch Promotional Still
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I have added the first promotional still of James in Welcome To The Punch:
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Jul 19,2011
Welcome To The Punch Starts Shooting
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According to Empire, Welcome To the Punch has begun shooting:
For those not in the know, Welcome To The Punch is a new British thriller starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong and Andrea Riseborough, and it’s shooting in 3 Mills Studios as of round about… now.
We bring this news to your attention not just because it contains Mark Strong – and we do love Mark Strong, just check out his videblogisode appearances – but also because it’s being directed by Eran Creevy, who brought us 2008′s Shifty.
Now Shifty was a fanastic debut, made on a microscopic budget (just £100k) and delivering a dramatic, exciting story with next to no financial leeway – so naturally we can’t wait to see what he’s going to do with a bit more money behind him, as well as the great cast he’s assembled.
Plus, there’s the plot, which sounds pretty intriguing, based as it is around two criminals (Strong and McAvoy) whose hatred for each other has to be set aside when they both uncover a “bigger conspiracy”.
Or something like that, anyway, details are a little thin on the ground at the moment, but the chance of seeing this talent, both behind and in front of the camera, is definitely worth keeping an eye on.
Oh, and did we mention? Peter Mullan, David Morrissey, Johnny Harris and Daniel Mays (also seen in Shifty) will round out the rest of the cast. In other words, definitely file this one under “very, very interesting”.
Jun 20,2011
Riseborough to ‘Punch’ with McAvoy
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Casting Update on Welcome To The Punch:
“Made in Dagenham” star Andrea Riseborough has landed the female lead opposite James McAvoy in Eran Creevy’s British crime thriller “Welcome to the Punch.”
“Green Lantern” thesp Mark Strong co-stars as a criminal who forms an unlikely union with a detective (McAvoy) as they uncover a conspiracy.
Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh are producing, while Ridley Scott and Liza Marshall are exec producing for Scott Free.
Worldview Entertainment is financing and exec producing the pic, which is slated to start production July 18 in London.
Riseborough recently appeared in Mark Romanek’s “Never Let Me Go,” and next stars in Madonna’s “W.E.” and IFC’s “Brighton Rock.” Thesp is also in talks to co-star in Joe Wright’s upcoming adaptation of “Anna Karenina.”
Riseborough is repped by Independent Talent and CAA, which is handling U.S. sales rights.
Jun 15,2011
Worldview to finance McAvoy thriller
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Worldview Entertainment is financing and exec producing the British crime thriller “Welcome to the Punch,” written and directed by Eran Creevy (“Shifty”). James McAvoy and Mark Strong are attached to star as a detective and his criminal nemesis, who form an unlikely union as they uncover a conspiracy.
Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of Between the Eyes are producing. Exec producers include Ridley Scott and Liza Marshall of Scott Free Prods., Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik Entertainment, Stuart Ford of IM Global, Charles Layton of Alliance Films and Sarah Johnson Redlich.
Principal photography is set to begin July 18 in London.
IM Global’s selling international rights and pre-sold 36 territories at last month’s Cannes market. Layton’s Alliance was among the buyers and will handle the film in the U.K., Canada and Spain.
CAA will represent the U.S. sales rights.
Worldview recently invested in black comedy “Killer Joe,” written by Tracy Letts, directed by William Friedkin and starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Juno Temple and Gina Gershon. “Killer Joe” was co-financed and exec produced by Worldview Entertainment and produced by Nicolas Chartier of Voltage Pictures and Scott Einbinder.
“‘Welcome to the Punch’ is the latest example of Worldview’s model of risk mitigated film investment, established to deliver quality projects to consumers and profitable returns to our investors,” said Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow.
McAvoy’s currently seen in “X-Men: First Class” and Strong’s in “Green Lantern.”
New York-based Worldview provides equity and mezzanine capital for the independent film market. The company is represented by CAA.
May 15,2011
More distribution for Welcome To The Punch
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The promise of James McAvoy and Mark Strong in action in Welcome To The Punch has sparked deals for the UK (Momentum), Germany (Square One), Russia (West), Spain (Aurum), Canada (Alliance), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Australia (Pinnacle) and Latin America (Swen).
Apr 13,2011
Cinemablend.com interview with James McAvoy
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Joe Wright has been very vocal about wanting you Anna Karenina. Any idea if you’ll be able to do it?
I don’t know at the moment, it’s all a bit of– no, not really. When did he say that?He was doing Hanna press and said he wanted both you and Saoirse Ronan back in.
Oh, that’s nice. No, I don’t know what’s happening with that at the moment.I wrote this morning about you taking a role in Welcome to the Punch. Is that totally true?
It’s true, I’m going to do that in June or July.Since that’s shooting in the UK, are you using it as a way to come home after running around doing press for X-Men for months?
Kind of. I filmed X-Men in Britain as well. I’ve only ever actually made one film in America, and that’s The Conspirator. I did a week with Wanted in America, and five weeks on X-Men in America, and that’s it. It’s generally Britain or Europe.Is there also a desire to make a smaller movie to counterbalance a big movie like X-Men, especially with the sequels looming?
Yeah, of course. I don’t think you can just do the big stuff. And if you do just keep doing the big stuff people get bored. But I want to keep working, so you want to diversify and do different things. I just want to do good work, and this is a very exciting script, and a very exciting director, someone I think is exceptionally talented and so impressively invested in his craft and his job. I find that quite infectious.
