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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has prevailed in a competitive auction for worldwide rights on Heart of Stone, the espionage thriller developed by Skydance Media with Gal Gadot starring. Tom Harper, who helmed The Aeronauts and Wild Rose, will direct a film that aspires to hatch a female-centric franchise with the action and…

EXCLUSIVE: In an eight-figure deal that puts her at the upper levels of the actress salary scale, Gal Gadot has been set to star in Heart of Stone, an original international spy thriller hatched by Skydance Media that endeavors to put a female spin on action franchises like Mission: Impossible and 007. Tom Harper, who…

The filmmakers behind The Aeronauts went to great lengths — and heights — to make their movie about pioneering balloonists in 19th century England. So did stars Eddie Redmayne, who plays meteorologist James Glaisher, and Felicity Jones, cast as daredevil pilot Amelia Wren. "Right from the very beginning Felicity was…

Call it "The Theory of Getting High." But the real title is The Aeronauts, a rousing good time at the movies for the entire family. The Theory of Everything stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones retewam to take on the world of hot-air ballooning in 1862, when the sky was the limit and thrilling adventure was the…

Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones spent the majority of The Aeronauts by themselves in the basket of a hot air balloon. While this might sound confining, director Tom Harper reveled in the challenge of getting the best out of his two boxers, who had previously worked together on The Theory of Everything. "There's a…

Jessie Buckley arrived in Toronto last year as an unknown, in the British indie thriller Beast, but she leaves this year as a star in the making, after knocking audiences for six in the feel-good musical Wild Rose, in which she plays Glaswegian country singer Rose-Lynn Harlan. To discuss the film, the actress came by…

Two music-themed female driven pics are the hot properties on the Toronto auction block right now, and neither is decided yet. After another wild all night Toronto auction, the Tom Harper-directed Wild Rose is close to a seven figure U.S rights deal with  a couple distributors chasing. NEON is out front but others are…

EXCLUSIVE: The Theory of Everything won Eddie Redmayne a Best Actor Oscar two years ago and Felicity Jones earned a well-deserved nomination. Now, the two actors are talking about reteaming on The Aeronauts for Amazon Studios. Deadline hears that they are in talks now on a period action adventure based on true events…

EXCLUSIVE: Sophie Okonedo and James Harkness have joined the cast of Faye Ward's much-anticipated comedy-drama Country Music, which has just begun shooting. They will join stars Jessie Buckley (Taboo, War & Peace) and Julie Walters (Billy Elliot, Paddington 2) in the tale about a young singer from Glasgow who dreams…

EXCLUSIVE: After an intense bidding situation that had multiple players in the mix, Entertainment One has acquired worldwide rights to the Tom Harper-directed Country Music. Taboo‘s Jessie Buckley and Julie Walters are starring in the drama that shoots at the end of June. Faye Ward of Fable Pictures is…

Entertainment One has picked up television rights to Peter Nichols' best-selling novel The Rocks, with War & Peace helmer Tom Harper on board to direct. Laura Eason (House of Cards, Sex With Strangers) is attached to adapt the series. Harper, one of the hottest directors coming out of the UK at the moment, will…

EXCLUSIVE: After feverish bidding, Amazon Studios is nearing a deal for Jack Thorne's spec script The Aeronauts, developed and set to be directed by Tom Harper. This has been one of the hottest UK projects floating around, and we’re hearing there were at least six companies vying for the project. But Amazon came out…