Director Thomas Bryant has joined Blink for commercials and music videos in the U.K. He continues to be handled by production house Ruffian in the U.S. Prior to joining Blink, Bryant was repped in the U.K. by Agile. Bryant started out making fashion films for such brands as Nike, Northface and Sibling. His immersive documentary approach led him to take on commercial projects for Samsung, Mini and award-winning work for the National Trust. Recent projects have taken him to Tobago for Virgin Atlantic and got him up close and personal with Anthony Joshua for StubHub….
Great Guns has added director Andzej Gavriss to its roster for global representation. His signing comes off the back of a recent nomination at the Berlin Music Video Awards. Gavriss’ short film, 1190, follows a young woman on a dark journey to find her lost home and identity. Inspired by his personal experiences backpacking and staying in a capsule hotel, Gavriss and his team navigated the challenges of shooting in Moscow, Bangkok, and several Thai islands for the project. Gavriss also shot a shorter music video version of 1190 for Samsung and St. Petersburg-based electronic duo Aigel. Gavriss’ curiosity for the filmmaking process drove him to challenge himself to successfully achieve his vision using a Samsung Galaxy Note…..
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More