COW ON THE RUN
From abattoir to moooovie star
Inspired by the true story of Yvonne, the bovine bandit from Bavaria, who went on the run for 92 days.
Live action / cgi family feature film.
Written by Jess Kedward & K Peart. Script funded by FFF Bayern; shortlisted for the Deutsche Filmpreis The German Lola Awards 2014; and received maximum development funding from MEDIA. Barry Cook directing (MULAN, ARTHUR CHRISTMAS, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS 3D).
Gritstone is co-producing with German producers, Philipp Kreuzer of Maze and Torsten Poeck / TheManipulators GmbH, (CHICKEN WITH PLUMS), a production joint venture of sales agents Celluloid Dreams, Paris,Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam and Clou Partners, Munich. As managing partner of Clou Partners, Torsten Poeck has been involved in the financing of more than 40 international pictures, among them many international successes (THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, I, ROBOT, DODGEBALL, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN). As managing director for Shotgun Pictures, a production company of internationallow budget he produced movies like OPEN WATER 2, PRINCESS (Cannes, Directors’Fortnight), SUELY IN THE SKY (Venice and Toronto). And as managing director for German Media Fund N1 he was responsible for the exploitation of movies like I HEART
HUCKABEES, SEVERANCE, KINSEY, or ALIEN AUTOPSY.
Philipp Kreuzer's recent producer credits include MR MORGAN’S LAST LOVE (Dir: Sandra Nettelbeck, Cast: Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy, Piazza Grande Locarno 2013); THE POLICE OFFICER’S WIFE (Dir: Philip Gröning, Special Jury Award Venice 2013); INNOCENT SATURDAY (Dir: Alexander Mindadze, Berlinale Competition 2011); THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUBERS (Dir: Severio Costanzo, Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Isabella Rossellini,
Venice Competition 2010, Toronto); DEATH OF A SUPERHERO (Dir: Cast: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Andy Serkis, Toronto, Tribeca); MOZZARELLA STORIES ( Dir. Edoardo de Angelis, Cast: Luisa Ranieri”); REYKJAVIK ROTTERDAM (Cast: Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar Eggert Sigurosson) amongst others. Philipp is a member of the European and German film academies and serves on selection boards of various film funding bodies, currently at the Austrian Film Institute.
SUBBUTEO MAN
Subbuteo is the ultimate table soccer game. Bob is the best in the business. Until his plastic team start answering him back.
Warp Films / ReAnimate finalist 2011 - live action/cgi based on the world of Subbuteo; Writers Kirsty Peart and Daniel Tatarsky. Producers: HASBRO and Gritstone Entertainment.
GRISELLA
The Incredible (and some say True) Adventures of a Magical Donkey and a Young Boy.
Based on the children’s book by H. M. Denneborg
Feature-length children's film. Script by Jess Kedward & K Peart. Producers Torsten Poeck and Philip Kreuzer (see above COW ON THE RUN for further information).
SHOOTING OSAMA
Feature shooting in Morocco and Kabul - co-producer Christopher Figg (Hellraiser, Coriolanus) and Michael Hoffman (director THE LAST STATION, GAMBIT, ONE FINE DAY). Writer / Director award-winning comedian and satirist Henry Naylor. www.henrynaylor.co.uk
THE RETURNED
In a future world where bringing back loved ones from the dead is a capital offence, an idealistic police recruit is accused of ‘returning’ his brother.
Sci-fi feature. Finalist TRIANGLE Scheme 2011. Written by Andy Walker. Script supported by Screen Yorkshire. In development.
THE WITCHCRAFT CONSPIRACY
The Living fear her. The Dead speak to her. It is 1944... and Helen Duncan is Britain’s last witch.
A Supernatural Biopic. Inspired by a True Story. Writer Alice D Cooper www.hurcheonfilms.com
Developed with MEDIA's EAVE Producing Programme and Moonstone Script Labs.