Cyril Metzger and Manon Clavel are set to star in Netflix’s upcoming hotel period drama “Winter Palace.”
Metzger (“Happening”) will play André Morel while Clavel (“The Truth”) is set to star as Rose. Together they portray an ambitious married couple who are running the hotel at the centre of the show.
Simon Ludders (“Bridgerton”) plays ambitious aristocrat Lord Fairfax, whose dream is to turn the hotel in a winter holiday destination.
Also joining the cast are Astrid Roos as Lady Isobel, Henry Pettigrew as Sir Conan Doyle, “Vikings” hero Clive Standen as Lance Raney, Vincent Heneine as Chef Voclain and Axel Granberger as Marcus.
Swiss stars Alix Henzelin, Antoine Basler, Gaspard Boesch, Roland Vouilloz, Serge Musy and Karim Barras round out the cast.
“Winter Palace” is set to start filming in the Swiss resort towns of Montreux and Valais this month and is scheduled to wrap next spring.
The eight-episode period extravaganza,...
Metzger (“Happening”) will play André Morel while Clavel (“The Truth”) is set to star as Rose. Together they portray an ambitious married couple who are running the hotel at the centre of the show.
Simon Ludders (“Bridgerton”) plays ambitious aristocrat Lord Fairfax, whose dream is to turn the hotel in a winter holiday destination.
Also joining the cast are Astrid Roos as Lady Isobel, Henry Pettigrew as Sir Conan Doyle, “Vikings” hero Clive Standen as Lance Raney, Vincent Heneine as Chef Voclain and Axel Granberger as Marcus.
Swiss stars Alix Henzelin, Antoine Basler, Gaspard Boesch, Roland Vouilloz, Serge Musy and Karim Barras round out the cast.
“Winter Palace” is set to start filming in the Swiss resort towns of Montreux and Valais this month and is scheduled to wrap next spring.
The eight-episode period extravaganza,...
- 10/18/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has set its first co-production with Swiss network Rts.
The project, a French and English-language period drama titled “Winter Palace,” will chart the birth of winter tourism in the Alps as conceived by a Swiss hotelier and British aristocrat in the early twentieth century.
Based on true events, “Winter Palace” is centred around ambitious proprietor Andre Morel, who, in 1899, envisions a five-star luxury hotel that will remain open throughout winter. He convinces wealthy aristo Lord Fairfax to come on board, and the two find themselves battling demanding clientele, rebellious staff and a hostile climate to make their dream a reality.
The eight-part series, which is based on an original story by Swiss producer Jean-Marc Fröhle, is being produced by Fröhle’s Swiss-based Point Prod (“Banking District”) and French outfit Oble Studios (“Fata Morgana”).
Lindsay Shapero has written the screenplay while Pierre Monnard has been lined up to direct.
“Having...
The project, a French and English-language period drama titled “Winter Palace,” will chart the birth of winter tourism in the Alps as conceived by a Swiss hotelier and British aristocrat in the early twentieth century.
Based on true events, “Winter Palace” is centred around ambitious proprietor Andre Morel, who, in 1899, envisions a five-star luxury hotel that will remain open throughout winter. He convinces wealthy aristo Lord Fairfax to come on board, and the two find themselves battling demanding clientele, rebellious staff and a hostile climate to make their dream a reality.
The eight-part series, which is based on an original story by Swiss producer Jean-Marc Fröhle, is being produced by Fröhle’s Swiss-based Point Prod (“Banking District”) and French outfit Oble Studios (“Fata Morgana”).
Lindsay Shapero has written the screenplay while Pierre Monnard has been lined up to direct.
“Having...
- 9/4/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Nina Sosanya, Laurence Spellman, Nicola Sloane, Tereza Srbova, Freddie Gaminara, Raj Swamy | Written by Lindsay Shapero | Directed by Trevor Nunn
Red Joan, directed by Trevor Nunn, is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jennie Rooney and is loosely based off the life of Melita Norwood. An elderly British woman who in the early 2000s was outed in secret documents by British Intelligence, alleging that Norwood provided detailed plans to the Ussr communist regime about Britain’s developing secret nuclear program, throughout her time working as a secretary at the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association. Nunn’s film follows the truly bizarre story of a young woman emotionally manipulated and internally conflicted on her political beliefs and the direction her heart wants to take.
It is a shame with what noticeably offbeat material Nunn has at his hands,...
Red Joan, directed by Trevor Nunn, is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jennie Rooney and is loosely based off the life of Melita Norwood. An elderly British woman who in the early 2000s was outed in secret documents by British Intelligence, alleging that Norwood provided detailed plans to the Ussr communist regime about Britain’s developing secret nuclear program, throughout her time working as a secretary at the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association. Nunn’s film follows the truly bizarre story of a young woman emotionally manipulated and internally conflicted on her political beliefs and the direction her heart wants to take.
It is a shame with what noticeably offbeat material Nunn has at his hands,...
- 8/20/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
In certain circles (and in scads of UK tabloids), Melita Norwood was known as the “granny spy.” In 1994, the aging former British civil servant was outed as a former Kgb spy who passed nuclear secrets to the Ussr. That came as quite a shock to her family and friends, who were likely only somewhat soothed by the government’s decision not to prosecute her because of her age.
While Trevor Nunn’s “Red Joan” isn’t an exact biographical treatment of Norwood’s story (her Russian code name was Hola), the spy drama pulls generously from both her life and the Jennie Rooney novel inspired by it. The result is a strange, bifurcated tale of love and espionage, with Judi Dench stuck in a thankless role that does nothing to capitalize on her talents. The film is worse for it.
At least Sophie Cookson, who plays the younger version of Joan throughout the film,...
While Trevor Nunn’s “Red Joan” isn’t an exact biographical treatment of Norwood’s story (her Russian code name was Hola), the spy drama pulls generously from both her life and the Jennie Rooney novel inspired by it. The result is a strange, bifurcated tale of love and espionage, with Judi Dench stuck in a thankless role that does nothing to capitalize on her talents. The film is worse for it.
At least Sophie Cookson, who plays the younger version of Joan throughout the film,...
- 4/19/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Our first shot of Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) in “Red Joan” is inauspicious enough. A librarian in a cozy cardigan, she’s pruning roses outside her small, neatly kept row house in a London suburb. But then there’s a knock at the door. And a charge of treason.
Unfortunately, director Trevor Nunn can’t match the rest of the film to this intriguing open, in part because he loses Dench for so much it.
Nunn — who usually focuses on the stage, alternating between Shakespearean adaptations and splashy productions like “Cats” and “Les Misérables” — does know how to craft a good-looking movie. He just doesn’t seem motivated to make a particularly challenging one. There’s a sense of missed opportunity hovering around the edges of this curious story, which ought to be tense and complex but rarely is.
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Unfortunately, director Trevor Nunn can’t match the rest of the film to this intriguing open, in part because he loses Dench for so much it.
Nunn — who usually focuses on the stage, alternating between Shakespearean adaptations and splashy productions like “Cats” and “Les Misérables” — does know how to craft a good-looking movie. He just doesn’t seem motivated to make a particularly challenging one. There’s a sense of missed opportunity hovering around the edges of this curious story, which ought to be tense and complex but rarely is.
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- 4/18/2019
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
There are few bigger legends among actresses than Judi Dench. An Oscar winner, almost anything she chooses to be in is with your attention. Whether it’s a prestige Academy Award hopeful or a blockbuster like the James Bond franchise outings, she’s usually able to elevate the material and provide a reason to watch. However, that’s not the case here with Red Joan. This independent drama does her no favors and she’s unable to save it. This is the poorest use of Dench in some time. Boring, meandering, and constantly unsure of how to generate intrigue, it’s a tale that falters almost immediately. The film is a drama, though that posits that anything especially dramatic occurs. The first scene is interesting, as we see Joan Stanley (Dench) arrested by British police. What could they want with a little old lady? Well, it turns out she’s...
- 4/18/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Red Joan IFC Films Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net with a Rotten Tomatoes link by: Harvey Karten Director: Trevor Nunn Screenwriter: Lindsay Shapero based on Jennie Rooney’s novel Cast: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Tereza Srbrova Screened at: Digital Arts, NYC, 3/13/19 Opens: April 19, 2019 Tom Lehrer sang […]
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- 4/14/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
IFC Films has acquired domestic rights to Judi Dench’s period spy thriller “Red Joan,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. IFC Films is planning to release “Red Joan” theatrically in 2019.
Loosely inspired by the biography of British Kgb agent Melita Norwood, the film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday and is directed by Trevor Nunn. The film also stars Sophie Cookson. “Red Joan” was written by Lindsay Shapero (“Royal Wives at War”) based on Jennie Rooney’s best-selling novel of the same name.
“Red Joan” features Dench as Joan Stanley, a retired scientist living in a London suburb who is arrested for crimes committed many years ago. We flash back to 1938, and young Joan (Sophie Cookson) is a new student at Cambridge, where a chance encounter with Sonya (Tereza Srbova), an alluring fellow student, draws her into a circle of politicized...
Loosely inspired by the biography of British Kgb agent Melita Norwood, the film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday and is directed by Trevor Nunn. The film also stars Sophie Cookson. “Red Joan” was written by Lindsay Shapero (“Royal Wives at War”) based on Jennie Rooney’s best-selling novel of the same name.
“Red Joan” features Dench as Joan Stanley, a retired scientist living in a London suburb who is arrested for crimes committed many years ago. We flash back to 1938, and young Joan (Sophie Cookson) is a new student at Cambridge, where a chance encounter with Sonya (Tereza Srbova), an alluring fellow student, draws her into a circle of politicized...
- 9/14/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
IFC Films has scooped up the U.S. rights to Trevor Nunn’s period spy thriller “Red Joan” with Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson, which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday.
Represented in international markets by Embankment Films, “Red Joan” explores the complex persona and legacy of Joan Stanley, a seemingly demure physicist who was also a long-serving British spy for the Kgb. “Red Joan” was written by Lindsay Shapero (“Royal Wives at War”) based on Jennie Rooney’s best-selling novel of the same name.
“Red Joan” stars Dench as Joan Stanley, a retired scientist living in a London suburb who gets arrested by MI5 and accused of providing intelligence to Communist Russia. We flash back to 1938, and young Joan (Cookson) is a new physics student at Cambridge, where she is drawn into a circle of pro-ussr politicized youths and falls for a young communist,...
Represented in international markets by Embankment Films, “Red Joan” explores the complex persona and legacy of Joan Stanley, a seemingly demure physicist who was also a long-serving British spy for the Kgb. “Red Joan” was written by Lindsay Shapero (“Royal Wives at War”) based on Jennie Rooney’s best-selling novel of the same name.
“Red Joan” stars Dench as Joan Stanley, a retired scientist living in a London suburb who gets arrested by MI5 and accused of providing intelligence to Communist Russia. We flash back to 1938, and young Joan (Cookson) is a new physics student at Cambridge, where she is drawn into a circle of pro-ussr politicized youths and falls for a young communist,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Spy drama to play at San Sebastian, Zurich.
IFC Films has picked up Us rights from Embankment Films to spy drama and Tiff selection Red Joan starring Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson.
The film received its world premiere in Toronto on Thursday. Trevor Nunn directed from Lindsay Shapero’s adapted screenplay based on Jennie Rooney’s novel.
Red Joan begins with the arrest in 2000 of retired Joan Stanley, who as a young woman had been recruited by the Russians while at Cambridge University and spent her life passing on nuclear secrets to the Kgb.
The story is based on the life of Melita Norwood,...
IFC Films has picked up Us rights from Embankment Films to spy drama and Tiff selection Red Joan starring Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson.
The film received its world premiere in Toronto on Thursday. Trevor Nunn directed from Lindsay Shapero’s adapted screenplay based on Jennie Rooney’s novel.
Red Joan begins with the arrest in 2000 of retired Joan Stanley, who as a young woman had been recruited by the Russians while at Cambridge University and spent her life passing on nuclear secrets to the Kgb.
The story is based on the life of Melita Norwood,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Trevor Nunn’s Red Joan, starring Judi Dench, which it plans to release theatrically in 2019.
Based on the novel of the same name by Jennie Rooney and adapted for the screen by Lindsay Shapero, the film focuses on a woman, living in retirement, who is suddenly arrested by MI5 and accused of spying for Russia during World War II. Sophie Cookson plays the younger version of Dench’s character, a Cambridge physics student who goes to work in a top-secret nuclear research facility.
Red Joan, which had its world premiere Thursday at the ...
Based on the novel of the same name by Jennie Rooney and adapted for the screen by Lindsay Shapero, the film focuses on a woman, living in retirement, who is suddenly arrested by MI5 and accused of spying for Russia during World War II. Sophie Cookson plays the younger version of Dench’s character, a Cambridge physics student who goes to work in a top-secret nuclear research facility.
Red Joan, which had its world premiere Thursday at the ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Trevor Nunn’s Red Joan, starring Judi Dench, which it plans to release theatrically in 2019.
Based on the novel of the same name by Jennie Rooney and adapted for the screen by Lindsay Shapero, the film focuses on a woman, living in retirement, who is suddenly arrested by MI5 and accused of spying for Russia during World War II. Sophie Cookson plays the younger version of Dench’s character, a Cambridge physics student who goes to work in a top-secret nuclear research facility.
Red Joan, which had its world premiere Thursday at the ...
Based on the novel of the same name by Jennie Rooney and adapted for the screen by Lindsay Shapero, the film focuses on a woman, living in retirement, who is suddenly arrested by MI5 and accused of spying for Russia during World War II. Sophie Cookson plays the younger version of Dench’s character, a Cambridge physics student who goes to work in a top-secret nuclear research facility.
Red Joan, which had its world premiere Thursday at the ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The creatively rich, diverse lineup of British films at the Toronto Film Festival — headlined by David Mackenzie’s historical epic “Outlaw King,” Wash Westmoreland’s costume drama “Colette” and Steve McQueen’s crime thriller “Widows,” among others — suggests that the ambitions of the country’s film folks remain high, even while the challenges they face continue to mount.
In many ways “Widows” is an example of what is right about the British scene. The movie offered creative progression for the director, both in terms of scale and a move into a new area, a U.S.-set genre pic. This was, in large part, made possible through the first-look deal the film’s U.K. production company, SeeSaw Films, has with New Regency, which allowed it to secure the rights to the source material — Lynda La Plante’s 1983 TV series of the same name.
Not many U.K. producers have such deep-pocketed backers,...
In many ways “Widows” is an example of what is right about the British scene. The movie offered creative progression for the director, both in terms of scale and a move into a new area, a U.S.-set genre pic. This was, in large part, made possible through the first-look deal the film’s U.K. production company, SeeSaw Films, has with New Regency, which allowed it to secure the rights to the source material — Lynda La Plante’s 1983 TV series of the same name.
Not many U.K. producers have such deep-pocketed backers,...
- 9/11/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Trevor Nunn is not the first director to accrue both a glorious stage résumé and a paltry, pedestrian screen one. Still, given the talent involved, it’s disappointing that “Red Joan” does so little to change that — his first theatrical feature since a decent “Twelfth Night” adaptation 22 years ago is a would-be sweeping epic that instead turns out tweedy, dreary, and unconvincing.
Something was surely lost along the way as the real-life story of one Melita Norwood — a British civil servant of scant note until her pro-ussr espionage was revealed when she was an elderly retiree — turned into a 2014 novel by Jessica Rooney, then into this tepid film incarnation. Beyond all other intrigue, our heroine here proves an under-radar key player in shaping the power dynamics of the Cold War. So it’s dismaying that so little drama is wrung out of the tale, and that what we get too...
Something was surely lost along the way as the real-life story of one Melita Norwood — a British civil servant of scant note until her pro-ussr espionage was revealed when she was an elderly retiree — turned into a 2014 novel by Jessica Rooney, then into this tepid film incarnation. Beyond all other intrigue, our heroine here proves an under-radar key player in shaping the power dynamics of the Cold War. So it’s dismaying that so little drama is wrung out of the tale, and that what we get too...
- 9/8/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Both play the Kgb’s longest serving British spy at different stages in her life.
Source: Nick Wall / Trademark Ltd 2017
Sophie Cookson and Judi Dench
Screen International has exclusive first look images at Judi Dench (Skyfall, Shakespeare In Love) and Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Gypsy) in Red Joan, the spy drama based on Jennie Rooney’s novel of the same name.
See below for full size pictures.
Cookson will play Joan Stanley as a Cambridge physics student in 1938 who falls for a young communist, while Dench takes up the character in 2000 as her suburban retirement is disrupted by MI5 arresting her.
Source: Nick Wall / Trademark Ltd 2017
Judi Dench in ‘Red Joan’
The cast also includes Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles and Tereza Srbova, while renowned theatre director Sir Trevor Nunn directs. Lindsay Shapero wrote the script from Rooney’s book, and the film was shot on location across England.
Source: Nick Wall / Trademark...
Source: Nick Wall / Trademark Ltd 2017
Sophie Cookson and Judi Dench
Screen International has exclusive first look images at Judi Dench (Skyfall, Shakespeare In Love) and Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Gypsy) in Red Joan, the spy drama based on Jennie Rooney’s novel of the same name.
See below for full size pictures.
Cookson will play Joan Stanley as a Cambridge physics student in 1938 who falls for a young communist, while Dench takes up the character in 2000 as her suburban retirement is disrupted by MI5 arresting her.
Source: Nick Wall / Trademark Ltd 2017
Judi Dench in ‘Red Joan’
The cast also includes Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles and Tereza Srbova, while renowned theatre director Sir Trevor Nunn directs. Lindsay Shapero wrote the script from Rooney’s book, and the film was shot on location across England.
Source: Nick Wall / Trademark...
- 2/16/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Tom Hughes, who plays Prince Albert in ITV/Masterpiece’s Victoria, is joining the cast of Red Joan, the story of a grandmother exposed as the Kgb’s longest-serving British spy. Based on the 2013 book by Jennie Rooney, it’s inspired by real-life events. Judi Dench is playing the eponymous Joan Stanley with Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Golden Circle) as the young Joan. Trevor Nunn is directing from Lindsay Shapero’s script. The film takes place in two eras. In a…...
- 11/2/2017
- Deadline
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