Today's Indie Beat comes in the form of the North American release date for Ghett'a Life, which just so happens to be Jamaica's highest grossing box office hit.
Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we now have Indie Beat where we'll highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene. So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com. Now, let's get onto the news!
Jamaica’s highest grossing box office hit Ghett'a Life which enjoyed a 26 screen UK theatrical release in 2012 will be released on DVD and VOD in North America in 2013.
World sales agent Jinga Films has struck a deal with Mvd to release the physical DVD on February 19th with Gravitas Ventures exploiting digital rights soon after.
Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we now have Indie Beat where we'll highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene. So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com. Now, let's get onto the news!
Jamaica’s highest grossing box office hit Ghett'a Life which enjoyed a 26 screen UK theatrical release in 2012 will be released on DVD and VOD in North America in 2013.
World sales agent Jinga Films has struck a deal with Mvd to release the physical DVD on February 19th with Gravitas Ventures exploiting digital rights soon after.
- 1/4/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
It screens tomorrow, Thursday, September 13, at 8:15pm, at Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London, W6. Tickets: £9.50 / £8.50. An “against-the-odds” drama, associate-produced by former heavy weight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, that centers on the story of a young black teenager, set in Jamaica, struggling to realize his dream as a champion boxer, with a politically turbulent community (including his family) as the film's backdrop. Titled Ghett’a Life, the film is the work of Jamaican director Chris Browne, whose last film, released in 1999 (a violent micro-budgeted crime drama titled Third World Cop),...
- 9/12/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
While it’s not all that rare for a classic film to find itself as fodder for a possible remake, it is rather rare for the said film to be a part of the storied library of The Criterion Collection.
However, one film that does, or did rather, call the Collection home, the now out of print Perry Henzell-directed and Jimmy Cliff-starring classic, The Harder They Come (spine #83), is just that.
Variety is reporting that the reggae classic is now set to get a remake, thanks to Third World Cop scribe, and Bob Marley biographer, Chris Salewicz. Salewicz is writing the new film, which will now take place in London and Jamaica, and has been called a “re-imagining that will move to contemporary reggae and reggae-influenced grooves.”
The film is looking to begin being sold after a script is completed by this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Now,...
However, one film that does, or did rather, call the Collection home, the now out of print Perry Henzell-directed and Jimmy Cliff-starring classic, The Harder They Come (spine #83), is just that.
Variety is reporting that the reggae classic is now set to get a remake, thanks to Third World Cop scribe, and Bob Marley biographer, Chris Salewicz. Salewicz is writing the new film, which will now take place in London and Jamaica, and has been called a “re-imagining that will move to contemporary reggae and reggae-influenced grooves.”
The film is looking to begin being sold after a script is completed by this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Now,...
- 4/13/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Variety is reporting the 1972 Jamaican classic “The Harder They Come” will be remade the production companies of United Kingdom-base Xingu Films, Canada-based Conquering Lion and with producer Justine Henzell (“Ghett’a Life,” “No Place Like Home”). The original film was written and directed by Henzells father Perry Henzell. Conquering Lion’s producer Damon D’Oliveira described the remake as “a re-imagining that will move to contemporary reggae and reggae-influenced grooves. “Next year is the 50th anniversary of Jamaica and the 40th anniversary of the original film, so the timing is perfect,” said D’Oliveira to Variety. “’The Harder They Come’ was the first film to bring the real Jamaica to the world, and that spirit informs this new version.” The original film starred Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley and Carl Bradshaw. Its plot involved a Reggae singer pushing his singing career in the city, but finds it harder than he thought.
- 4/12/2011
- LRMonline.com
U.K.-outfit Xingu Films, Canadian company Conquering Lion, and Jamaican producer Justine Henzell are all teaming for a remake of the 1972 drama "The Harder They Come" reports Screen Daily.
Jimmy Cliff starred in the original about an up-and-coming reggae musician who gets dragged into the criminal underworld. The remake will be modernized to reflect the contemporary reggae scene.
Chris Salewicz ("Third World Cop") is writing the screenplay with the action set in Jamaica and London.
Henzell, Trudie Styler, Alex Francis, and Damon D'Oliveira will produce. Shooting kicks off next year.
Jimmy Cliff starred in the original about an up-and-coming reggae musician who gets dragged into the criminal underworld. The remake will be modernized to reflect the contemporary reggae scene.
Chris Salewicz ("Third World Cop") is writing the screenplay with the action set in Jamaica and London.
Henzell, Trudie Styler, Alex Francis, and Damon D'Oliveira will produce. Shooting kicks off next year.
- 4/12/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Harder They Come, is set to get a remake from UK production company Film Xingu Films, Canada's Conquering Lion and Jamaican producer Justine Henzell. The 1972 Jamaican classic starred reggae legend Jimmy Cliff as an aspiring musician lured into crime. The film is being produced by Henzell, Xingu's Trudie Styler and Alex Francis and Lion's Damon D'Oliveira and Clement Virgo and is the first film co-produced by the three countries.
The original was written and directed by Perry Henzell (Henzell's father who died in 2006). D'Oliveira described the new version as "a re-imagining that will move to contemporary reggae and reggae-influenced grooves." The film will be set in Jamaica and London, and written by New Musical Express scribe Chris Salewicz, co-writer of Third World Cop (the most financially successful Caribbean pic) and books including "Bob Marley: The Untold Story." A draft of the script is plannned to be completed to attract...
The original was written and directed by Perry Henzell (Henzell's father who died in 2006). D'Oliveira described the new version as "a re-imagining that will move to contemporary reggae and reggae-influenced grooves." The film will be set in Jamaica and London, and written by New Musical Express scribe Chris Salewicz, co-writer of Third World Cop (the most financially successful Caribbean pic) and books including "Bob Marley: The Untold Story." A draft of the script is plannned to be completed to attract...
- 4/12/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
In the pantheon of great music-related movies, Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come stands tall. The Jamaica-set film stars reggae star Jimmy Cliff as an aspiring songwriter who arrives in Kingston, Jamaica only to be drawn into crime, and is set to one of the all-time great soundtracks. That soundtrack, in fact, was instrumental in bringing reggae to global attention. Even those who emerged from college with a total disdain for reggae thanks to over-exposure to the same ten party songs could probably find something to love by discovering this soundtrack in context with the film. So The Harder They Come is a pretty daunting remake prospect. It has stymied some would-be producers in the past, but now Sting's wife Trudi Styler and a Bob Marley scholar are working together to remake or, re-invent the film. Variety [1] says that Nmw editor, Third World Cop scripter and Bob Marley biographer...
- 4/12/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Jamaican filmmaker Perry Henzell‘s 1972 classic The Harder They Come was a groundbreaking film for a number of reasons. A tale of an aspiring reggae star named Ivanhoe Martin (played by Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff) who gets caught up in a life of public crime that only helps popularize his record, it was the very first feature-length film to come out of the then decade old country. When it eventually made its way to America in 1973, it became a massive hit with midnight movie audiences.
But The Harder They Come‘s greatest influence was on music, not film. Its soundtrack, made up of singles released in Jamaica between 1967 and 1972 from Jimmy Cliff, The Maytals, Desmond Dekker, and more, gave international audiences their first real taste of that style of reggae music. Besides having a heavy influence on English punk rockers, this record is what paved the way for Bob Marley to break overseas.
But The Harder They Come‘s greatest influence was on music, not film. Its soundtrack, made up of singles released in Jamaica between 1967 and 1972 from Jimmy Cliff, The Maytals, Desmond Dekker, and more, gave international audiences their first real taste of that style of reggae music. Besides having a heavy influence on English punk rockers, this record is what paved the way for Bob Marley to break overseas.
- 4/11/2011
- by James Battaglia
- The Film Stage
A remake of The Harder They Come is in the works, Variety is reporting. The original film, released in 1972, featured musician Jimmy Cliff in the lead role. Produced and set in Jamaica, the film became a midnight classic when it hit the United States the following year, distributed by Roger Corman. The crime actioner boasts a reggae soundtrack with tracks by Cliff himself. Justine Henzell, the daughter of the original film's writer/director Perry Henzell, will produce the remake alongside Xingu Films' Trudie Style and Alex Francis and Conquering Lion's Damon D'Oliveira and Clement Virgo. The new version is said to focus on modern reggae and will be written by Third World Cop 's Chris Salewicz. Production is currently targeted to begin sometime in 2012.
- 4/11/2011
- Comingsoon.net
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