Picture Shop and Formosa Group, Streamland Media’s picture and sound divisions, have formally announced that acclaimed and award-winning sound editor Jane Tattersall has been appointed managing director, Picture Shop, and sr. VP, Formosa Group, Toronto. Tattersall will draw on her vast industry experience and continue to expand and build upon the award-winning talent roster.
“Jane is one of the most respected creative talents in postproduction, and we are delighted she has taken the reins in Toronto,” said Picture Shop president Cara Sheppard.
“In addition to being a gifted supervising sound editor, she is an outstanding leader and successful entrepreneur,” added Formosa Group president and founder Bob Rosenthal. She embodies the excellence, experience and perspective that is critical to sustain success.”
Tattersall founded two successful post businesses, Tattersall Sound (1994) and Tattersall Sound & Picture (2004). She headed Alliance Atlantis’ Post company from 1999-2003, and Sim Post Toronto from 2016-2021. In 2021, she was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Business Award from Women in Film & TV Toronto and she has been on the Film Ontario board of directors since 2015.
Tattersall’s artistic credits include collaborations with renowned filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta and Sarah Polley. Her numerous awards include a BAFTA, three Emmy® nominations, 28 Golden Reel awards and nominations, and multiple Gemini, Genie, and CSA Awards.
“I am excited to lead the outstanding team we have here at Picture Shop and Formosa Group,” said Tattersall. “As industry expectations for creative excellence continue to increase, we are poised to meet and exceed those expectations with the finest talent in picture and sound, along with innovative use of technology and the global breadth of Streamland Media.”
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