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From the moment it was published in 1928, D.H. Lawrence’s steamy romance of a commoner and artistocratic wife has met with outrage and enduring popularity. It was so scandalous an unexpurgated version never appeared until an obscenity trial in Britain in 1960 was won by the publisher of the uncut version, leading to 3…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mann’s upcoming race car drama Ferrari is building on its already stacked ensemble as sources tell Deadline, Jack O’Connell, Patrick Dempsey and Sarah Gadon have rounded out the cast. Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley and Gabriel Leone are already set to star. Dempsey will…

EXCLUSIVE: Jack O'Connell and Matthew Duckett have joined Golden Globe Winner Emma Corrin in Lady Chatterley's Lover for Sony's 3000 Pictures and Netflix. This will be the first film to be produced under the new partnership where Sony Pictures will offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make for…

The gloves are off down in Jungleland. Here is the first trailer for the film starring Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell as two brothers struggling to stay relevant in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. Have a look above. When Stan (Hunnam) fails to pay back a dangerous crime boss (Jonathon Majors), he and…

Stephen Graham (The Virtues, Line of Duty), Tom Courtenay (45 Years, The Aeronauts) and Peter Mullan (Mum, Top Of The Lake) have joined the cast of The North Water, See-Saw Films’ adaptation of Ian McGuire’s Arctic whaling novel for BBC Two. The trio will support leads Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell on the four-part…

EXCLUSIVE: “When a reluctant bare-knuckle boxer and his older brother rack up a hefty debt, they are forced to chaperone an unexpected travel companion cross-country for one last fight in search of their fortune.” That is the simple one-liner description for Jungleland, which has its world premiere Thursday night at…

AGC Studios is launching sales on and co-producing Twisting My Melon, a music biopic of Shaun Ryder, frontman for UK band the Happy Mondays. Jack O'Connell (Unbroken), and Jason Isaacs (Hotel Mumbai) are in advanced negotiations to star as Ryder and his father, Derek Ryder, respectively. Also in discussions to join…

Trial By Fire had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in September and now finally will see the light of day in a theatrical run. I saw it then, and I have recently seen it again. It is powerful stuff that packs a real emotional punch. At its core it is a movie that makes you angry and presents a sad…

“Prisoners talk about doing time,” the condemned man says. “On the Row, there is no time. Clock stopped moving the minute we was sentenced.” Here is the first trailer for Trial by Fire, director Ed Zwick’s controversial film that premiered at Telluride last year. It’s the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond…

Godless star Jack O'Connell is to star in the BBC's adaptation of The North Water. Deadline understands that the British actor will play the lead role of Patrick Sumner in the series, which is written and directed by Lean on Pete and 45 Years' Andrew Haigh, and produced by Top of the Lake producer See-Saw…

Roadside Attractions has obtained the U.S. distribution rights to the Edward Zwick-directed true-crime drama Trial by Fire and has slated a release date for May 17. Based on a 2009 article in The New Yorker by David Grann, the film starring Jack O'Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade and Jeff Perry premiered at last…

Chloë Grace Moretz (Greta) and Jack O'Connell (Unbroken) are attached to star as iconic outlaws Bonnie and Clyde in Kiké Maillo's Love Is A Gun. Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst (Daybreakers) of Skybound Entertainment. Endeavor Content is…