Huge has appointed Nathan Weyer as the agency’s new managing director for Europe. He is the former VP and general manager of frog Europe, which he ran for the past four years. Weyer will divide his time between Amsterdam and London and work closely with Huge’s president and COO, Shirley Au who oversees the company’s global operations out of London. Over the last 12 months, Huge London has built out its own European offering. Huge London currently works with European brands Eurosport, SEAT, Unilever and Diageo, along with British companies such as FatFace and Ascot Racecourse….Director Dale Heslip has joined the roster of Toronto-based Sparks. His body of work spans commercials and TV; he even hit number one on the Billboard charts with a three-hour concert film he directed for Rush. Heslip commenced his career by being a successful art director and by the time Aerosmith asked him to design their live set, he had already entered the world of directing music videos. Heslip’s award-winning videos led him to directing television commercials, literally hundreds of them. He managed to diversify into episodic comedy, short films and documentaries….
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