Principal photography has commenced on location in the UK on Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield [+lire aussi :
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Dev Patel (Lion [+lire aussi :
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Kevin Loader (The Death of Stalin [+lire aussi :
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The Personal History of David Copperfield reunites many of writer and broadcaster Iannucci’s long-term collaborators, including crew members who collaborated on his BIFA Award-winning The Death of Stalin as well as previous productions. They include casting director Sarah Crowe, production designer Cristina Casali, costume designer Suzie Harman, cinematographer Zac Nicholson and composer Chris Willis.

FilmNation’s current and upcoming slate includes Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], starring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci and Fionn Whitehead; and Dan Fogelman’s Life Itself, featuring an all-star cast that includes Oscar Isaac, Samuel L Jackson, Olivia Wilde, Antonio Banderas and Annette Bening. The company is in post-production on Sebastián Lelio’s American remake of Gloria [+lire aussi :
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Film4’s forthcoming releases include Bart Layton’s American Animals, Lelio’s Disobedience, Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mike Leigh
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interview : Steve McQueen
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fiche film]. Films in production or pre-production include Asif Kapadia’s Diego Maradona [+lire aussi :
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