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Keshet International to Launch Dark Comedy 'Reset' at London Screenings

Keshet International is set to debut its new comedy-drama 'Reset,' a dark comedy about mistaken terminal diagnoses, at London Screenings.

17 Feb, 09:03 — 17 Feb, 09:04
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The GuardianMostly Factual50d ago

Wuthering slights: why are film-makers afraid of casting Yorkshire actors as Cathy Earnshaw?

Wuthering Heights is inseparable from its landscape – but northern actors seldom get the lead role, instead are pigeonholed as stereotypical or supporting characters. This Bradford-born actor objects Emerald Fennell’s casting choices for her new version of Wuthering Heights have already been much scrutinised. As well as the apparent “whitewashing” of Heathcliff by casting Jacob Elordi in the part, there’s the fact 35-year-old Margot Robbie is playing a woman 20 years her junior. Plus, of course, they’re both Australian, not British – and certainly not from Yorkshire. Fennell has offered a defence of her casting choices as a “personal fantasy” – but amid all the scoff and chatter surrounding the film and its myriad deviations from the book, the erasure of regional authenticity risks going under-discussed. Continue reading...

By Anjelika May

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varietyMostly Factual50d ago

Jacob Elordi, Margot Robbie’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ Tops U.K., Ireland Box Office

Warner Bros.’ “Wuthering Heights” debuted at No. 1 at the U.K. and Ireland box office, earning £7.6 million ($10.4 million) on its opening weekend, according to Comscore. The Emerald Fennell film, starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie, is also No. 1 at the global box office. Sony scored a strong opening frame with two titles […]

By Naman Ramachandran

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