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Director Joachim Back, formerly of Copenhagen-based production house Bacon, has joined Park Pictures, New York. Known for slightly absurd, comical storytelling, Back just helmed a Viagra spot for the Canadian market for The Partners’ Film Company, Toronto….Jeff Farnath has exited his CEO post at Vinton Studios, Portland, Ore., and Los Angeles. He will continue under contract with the character/computer animation studio as a consultant. Bob Harold, a Vinton Studios board member and Nike, Inc. Finance executive, will serve as interim CEO at Vinton until a permanent successor is found for Farnath…..Global creative agency Attik has returned to New York, setting up an office in the Tribeca district. Company partner William Travis heads up the Big Apple operation. The Attik continues to maintain shops in Huddersfield, U.K., headed by partner James Sommerville, and San Francisco under the aegis of partner Simon Needham….Patrick O’Donoghue has joined Talent Solutions, New York, as broadcast business manager. Talent Solutions is a division of Beaucoup Chapeaux. O’Donoghue has been in advertising business affairs for 10-plus years, eight of which were spent with Wieden+Kennedy in its Portland, Ore., New York and Amsterdam offices….The Hugo Awards, honoring the best in television, and presented by Cinema/Chicago and the Chicago International Film Festival, were held on March 31 in the Windy City. The Gold Hugo Award for best commercial campaign went to the “Sour Altoids Campaign” out of Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, and directed by Craig Gillespie of bicoastal/international Morton Jankel Zander (MJZ). The Gold Hugo for best commercial went to Anheuser-Busch’s “Applause,” directed by Joe Pykta of Venice, Calif.-based PYTKA for DDB Chicago…..Category:Street Talk
Lashana Lynch, Eddie Redmayne Compare Notes On “The Day of the Jackal”
Lashana Lynch was running away from spies.
After playing Nomi in 2021's "No Time To Die," she was actively avoiding any role that involved working for the secret service. What part could beat a Bond girl who took James Bond's 007 code name from him?
"I was like, 'No, I'm not doing it again. That's a legacy role. That's something that absolutely should be untouched forever,'" recalls Lynch.
But then she read the character of Bianca Pullman for a TV series based on Frederick Forsyth's classic thriller "The Day of the Jackal." Bianca was also an employee of Britain's foreign intelligence agency, but the differences between the two MI6 workers appealed: While Nomi was slick, Bianca was a mess Lynch could dive into.
"I'd pushed against this world for a long time and it felt like it came right at me full throttle," she says.
No one is happier that she jumped on board than Eddie Redmayne, who plays the Jackal, the myth-like murderer for hire. Her "versatility is insane," he says, adding that Lynch even suggested the perfect song for the theme, Celeste's "This Is Who I Am."
"The Day of the Jackal" updates Fred Zinnemann's 1973 movie, starring Edward Fox as the cravat-wearing killer hired to kill the French president.
Redmayne's version inherits the gentlemanly style of Fox, living a life of jet-setting quiet luxury, funded by getting away with murder through ingenious devices, clever disguises and flawless planning. Bianca is the intelligence officer and arms expert who will stop at nothing to find him, much to the discomfort of her co-workers and family.
Lynch and Redmayne are also producers on the show, which is airing on Sky in the U.K. and debuts Thursday on Peacock. They didn't spend much time together on set,... Read More
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