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Even in a world as volatile as the film industry, Thomas Vinterberg has had some serious ups and downs. After becoming the toast of Cannes in 1998 with his Dogme film Festen, the Danish director fell sharply from grace with the follow-up It’s All About Love and endured several commercial flops before returning to favor with his provocative 2012 Oscar nominee The Hunt. His latest, the drinking drama Another Round, could have set him back to square one—as shooting began, his teenage daughter died in a car crash, and its Cannes premiere was scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic—but somehow it prevailed, sweeping festival prizes across the globe and bringing Vinterberg back to the Oscar conversation.

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Fox Searchlight has promoted Katie Goodson-Thomas to Senior Vice President of Production, and Taylor Friedman has been promoted to Vice President of Production effective immediately.

The promotions were announced on Wednesday by Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents of Production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum. Goodson-Thomas is based in London. Both Goodson-Thomas and Friedman will continue to report to Greenfield and Greenbaum in Los Angeles.

“Katie and Taylor each possess remarkable creative instincts and rigorous dedication to their projects, and to Searchlight as a whole. They have been essential members of the production team and we are proud that this elevation in their titles reflects their tremendous contributions,” said Greenbaum and Greenfield.

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“I’m proud to call myself one of the Fox Searchlight family as we aim to be bold and innovative; a passionate and creative home for directors, writers and producers, successfully supporting and bringing the best of British and European talent to audiences everywhere. It’s an incredible company, an incredible time, and I’m honored to be a part of it,” said Goodson-Thomas.

“I’m thrilled to continue my work at Fox Searchlight, with such an incredible team of mentors and colleagues who have supported my growth. It has been a privilege and a joy to be at a company that champions collaborations with brilliant auteurs and to discover new and exciting filmmakers, providing a global platform to bring their singular voices to the world,” said Friedman.

Goodson-Thomas heads up the London production team, focusing primarily on bringing British talent and or material to a world-wide audience, also collaborating closely with Rebecca Kearey, President of Fox Searchlight International. Goodson-Thomas joined Fox Searchlight in 2015, and has overseen eight film productions; including “Far From the Madding Crowd,” Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” the forthcoming James Kent’s 2019 release “The Aftermath” starring Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke.

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Goodson-Thomas started her career over twenty years ago, working with Graham Broadbent and Damian Jones at Dragon Pictures. Before joining Fox Searchlight, Goodson-Thomas was a Producer, and Head of Film for Chris Coen’s Unanimous Pictures. Previous to that she was a Senior Production Executive at Origin Pictures.

Friedman began as an assistant in production at Fox Searchlight in 2009, and worked her way up within the production department.

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Fox Searchlight has promoted Katie Goodson-Thomas to Senior Vice President of Production, and Taylor Friedman to Vice President of Production effective immediately.

The promotions were announced today by Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents of Production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum.

Goodson-Thomas is based in London. Both Goodson-Thomas and Friedman will continue to report to Greenfield and Greenbaum in Los Angeles.

“Katie and Taylor each possess remarkable creative instincts and rigorous dedication to their projects, and to Searchlight as a whole. They have been essential members of the production team and we are proud that this elevation in their titles reflects their tremendous contributions,” said Greenbaum and Greenfield.

Said Goodson-Thomas, “I’m proud to call myself one of the Fox Searchlight family as we aim to be bold and innovative; a passionate and creative home for directors, writers and producers, successfully supporting and bringing the best of British and European talent to audiences everywhere.

Aussie co-stars Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger helped propel the Terminator franchise reboot to the top spot in Australian cinemas last weekend.

Terminator: Genisys raked in $4.7 million from Thursday-Sunday and nearly $5.8 million including previews last Monday night and the opening day Wednesday.

Pro-rata, that.s way ahead of the Us three-day debut of $29.2 million and $42.5 million for five days, where the Paramount release was beaten by the third weekend of Inside Out and the fourth of Jurassic World.

Directed by Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, Thor: The Dark World), the sci-fi action/adventure stars Clarke as John Connor, leader of the human resistance. He sends Seargeant Kyle Reese (Courtney) back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) and safeguard the future. Schwarzenegger plays an unlikely ally, the Guardian.

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Watch: Carey Mulligan Smolders On and Off-Screen in 'Far from the Madding Crowd' Trailer Published in 1874, Thomas Hardy's Victorian-era novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" is hardly unique material for the screen. It was first adapted in 1915, revisited in John Schleinger's 1967 version, uprooted to modern times in Stephen Frears' "Tamara Drewe," and transformed into a "Masterpiece Theater" miniseries in 1998. Thomas Vinterberg's gorgeous treatment of the story, which tracks individualistic farm owner Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) as she runs her property and evades the advances of various suitors, arrives in theaters this week treading no fresh ground. At the same time, the movie rejuvenates the material with a restrained eye for the details of the story — the relationships between a small cast of passionate characters — that frees it from the constraints of its era. With its gorgeously photographed backdrop of the British countryside's rolling...

Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has maintained its lead in the social media buzz chart after a week on release.

The superhero sequel generated just under 65,000 comments across social media, forums, news and blogs in the UK between April 23-29, according to Way To Blue.

One in three of these comments expressed an intent to view, meaning those who posted about Avengers were looking to converts tweets into tickets – up from one in four last week.

In second place, maintaining last week’s position was Carol Morley drama The Falling, which generated nearly 2,000 online comment (ItV 30%).

Trailing closely in third place with 1,863 online comments is this weekend’s biggest opening, the social media horror Unfriended, which had a high ItV of nearly 50%.

It was followed by Thomas Hardy adaptation Far From The Madding Crowd, also opening this weekend, which generated nearly 850 comments (21% ItV).

With Thomas Vinterberg’s retelling of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd hitting theaters today, I thought it was a good excuse to look back at an earlier adaptation that spawned some memorable poster art.Made in 1967, John Schlesinger’s corseted rural love quadrangle was a far cry from the biting contemporary urban dramas like Billy Liar and Darling that had made his name. Schlesinger defended his decision to direct a big budget Victorian costume drama by saying “I wanted to get away from a contemporary subject. People are tiring of the flip side. Contemporary is dated,” but in ’67—the year so beautifully chronicled in Mark Harris’s Pictures at a Revolution as the year Old Hollywood ceded to the New—Far from the Madding Crowd, shot in 70mm and nearly 3 hours long, was inevitably overshadowed by the nowness of the likes of The Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde.

It's blockbuster season, and this month is upping the ante. Last month, we had epics like Fast & Furious 7, and Avengers: Age of Ultron, and now we're seeing the return of our favourite aca-bitches, the Barden Bellas, in Pitch Perfect 2.

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1. Far From the Madding Crowd

Release date: May 1

Why you should see it: Based on the beloved novel from Thomas Hardy, Carey Mulligan stars as Bathsheba Everdene, a headstrong Victorian lady who must decide between three suitors. Starring alongside her are Michael Sheen as the debonair William Boldwood, Tom Sturridge as the passionate Sergeant Frank Troy, and Matthias Schoenaerts as the charming Gabriel Oak.

A woman in a man’s job and enjoying the luxury of not having to settle romantically is a great role model not only for Victorian England but today too.

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Note: This is not a “review” of Far from the Madding Crowd! It is simply an examination of how well or how poorly it represents women. (A movie that represents women well can still be a terrible film; a movie that represents women poorly can still be a great film.) Read my review of Far from the Madding Crowd.

See the full rating criteria. (Criteria that do not apply to this film have been deleted in this rating for maximum readability.)

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New York - You may not believe it, but Carey Mulligan isn't a fan of singing in public.  Somehow though the soon to be 30-year-old actress and wife of "Mumford & Sons" lead singer Marcus Mumford keeps find herself stretching her vocal chords in one movie after another.  It started with Steve McQueen's "Shame" and continued with the Coen Bros.' "Inside Llewyn Davis." Mulligan avoided it in Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," but now find herself singing acappella in Thomas Vinterberg's "Far From The Madding Crowd."  Speaking to Mulligan earlier this month, HitFix asked how she was handling being pigeonholed as a - gasp - songstress! "Persecuted is more the question? I know it's so strange," Mulligan says. "It keeps happening to be int he script and I'm constantly fighting with it. I did fight it a little bit with this one, but I was quickly put...

Matthias Schoenaerts doesn’t carry quite the air of intensity that you might expect of him after watching some of his heavier dramas. In reality, the “Rust and Bone” star is the laid back, all-smiles, and a surprisingly chatty sort, as happy to delve into the tenets of his dramatic education as he is to celebrate the comic force that is Will Ferrell. Schoenaerts’ latest film, Thomas Vinterberg’s adaptation of 19th century author Thomas Hardy’s novel “Far from the Madding Crowd,” allows the actor to show off a degree of sensitivity of which audiences might never have known him to be capable. Schoenaerts plays a strong and stoic farmhand deeply in love with his boss (Carey Mulligan), whose character is likewise the romantic pursuit of a timid landowner (Michael Sheen) and a rogue soldier (Tom Sturridge). Although we kicked off with a conversation about his work on “Far from the Madding Crowd,...

In this excerpt from this week's Guardian film show our critics chase Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts all over the Dorset hills in Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of the Thomas Hardy romantic classic. Far From the Madding Crowd, which also stars Michael Sheen as the lovelorn William Boldwood and Tom Sturridge as the cocksure Sergeant Francis Troy, is released worldwide on Friday 1 May Continue reading...

Read More: Interview: Thomas Vinterberg Talks ‘Far From The Madding Crowd,’ Working With Carey Mulligan, 'The Commune' & More It's been two years since Oscar-nominee Carey Mulligan has appeared on the big screen. But as the actress revealed to Indiewire this week, it's not for lack of trying. After reportedly beating out some of the most in-demand young actresses working today to embody Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 3D extravaganza "The Great Gatsby" and appearing that same year in Joel and Ethan Coen's beloved musical drama "Inside Llewyn Davis," Mulligan found herself struggling. Strong female roles, like the ones she's been known for playing since "An Education" made her a star, weren't coming her way. Over a year later, one finally came in the form Bathsheba Everdene, the fiercely independent heroine at the center of a new film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel "Far From the Madding Crowd.

There is a distinct and undeniable throb of social expectation to get settled, get married, and have children as one approaches middle age. It may not be explicitly stated, but as friends find companions for life, and become parents, those who are still independent seem to become outliers to their social circle. And it’s these ideas that power Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s "Far From The Madding Crowd," and that when coated with the overlapping emotions of desperation and passion, create a stirring film that delivers tragedy and triumph in equal measure. Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is a woman ahead of her time in 1870. Orphaned when she was quite young, a generous inheritance from her late uncle has bestowed upon her his sizable estate and farm. “Too independent” she has been called, but it’s a status Bathsheba embraces. Undeniably beautiful, the virginal woman — who hasn...

Far From The Madding Crowd may be set in late 1860s “Wessex” but one of the fascinations of Thomas Vinterberg’s new adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel is the light it casts on our own preoccupations. The publicity hasn’t been slow to remind us that the story’s protagonist, Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), inspired the Hunger Games’ author Suzanne Collins to make her heroine Katniss into an ‘Everdeen' as well.

Carey Mulligan has previously admitted to wanting a certain scene cut from Far from the Madding Crowd - and now you can watch it below.

The actress filmed a duet with Michael Sheen on the folk tune 'Let No Man Steal Your Thyme' for the romantic film.

Far from the Madding Crowd review: Carey Mulligan in corset mode

Speaking to Digital Spy about the scene, she said: "I always get nervous about singing, so there was a singing scene that I campaigned to get cut out of the film.

"I was rejected!"

Mulligan has shown off her singing voice in previous films Shame and Inside Llewyn Davis.

Mulligan plays Thomas Hardy's heroine Bathsheba Everdene, with Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts and Tom Sturridge as her love interests.

Far from the Madding Crowd opens in cinemas on May 1. Watch a trailer below:...

New York - Matthias Schoenaerts is best known for his roles in the acclaimed French drama "Rust and Bone" alongside Marion Cotillard and in last September's thriller "The Drop" opposite Tom Hardy, but the Belgian actor has spent a good chunk of the past 18 months shooting a number of period pieces with Oscar friendly actors.  The first, "A Little Chaos" with Kate Winslet, debuted at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival to not so great reviews.  The second, "Suite Française" with Michele Williams, has already opened to mixed reviews in most of Europe and there currently is no U.S. release date.  The third, "Far From The Madding Crowd," which finds him romancing Carey Mulligan, has earned mostly positive notices so far and opens in limited release Friday. Adapted from Thomas Hardy's classic novel, "Madding" centers on Bathsheba Everdene (Mulligan), a young woman who inherits a struggling family farm in the...

It’s hard to believe that a 2015 screen adaptation of an 1874 Thomas Hardy novel could be even stodgier than the 1967 movie version, but director Thomas Vinterberg‘s take on “Far From the Madding Crowd” accomplishes just that. It’s not just that Vinterberg’s work here pales next to the admittedly flawed John Schlesinger film; anyone watching this prosaic, “Masterpiece Classic”-friendly movie would be hard-pressed to connect it to the firebrand filmmaker behind the revolutionary 1998 drama “The Celebration.” Alternating between character close-ups and pastoral shots of the British countryside (courtesy of cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen, “The Hunt”) and scored to.

The May 1 release of Avengers: Age of Ultron marks the "official" start of the 2015 Summer Movie Season and with that in mind, it's only appropriate to offer up a look forward at what's ahead over the next four months. What is ahead over the next four monthsc Well, a lot of movies that cost a lot of money with a few smaller features mixed in for good measure, and as much as some of us may lament the fact studios have become so franchise focused, it's hard not to admit a desire to see some of these bigger features. As a means of whittling down the flock of films arriving over the next several months I've chosen to take a look at my 20 most anticipated, which does mean there are bound to be some titles I probably ought to mention, but didn't make the list for a variety of reasons.

Upon meeting director Thomas Vinterberg, you’d see exactly where his new film adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel “Far from the Madding Crowd” gets its temperament. Soft-spoken, patient, vividly intelligent, and funny when you least expect it, filmmaker Vinterberg exudes all the same characteristics that make his period romance such an interesting reinvention of the 1874 classic. If you're unfamiliar with novel or story, it takes place in Victorian England and follows the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who finds three very different suitors vying for her hand: the shepherd, Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), wealthy landowner, William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), and soldier, Sergeant Troy (Tom Sturridge). As the characters overlap and pursue their own methods of courtship, heartbreak and romance aren't too far behind. We met Vinterberg in a sun-basted hotel room across from Central Park. Though jet-lagged from a flight in from Denmark just...

Ridiculously romantic in all the best ways, and more modern, more progressive, and even just plain more grownup that half the movies thrown at us today. I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast; desperate for stories about women

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have read the source material (but not since high school and have no strong memory of it)

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

The novel it’s based on is a century and a half old, and it opens with a mad-sheepdog accident, of all the crazy rural old-fashioned things, but this new cinematic adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd is more modern, more progressive, and even just plain more grownup that half the movies thrown at us in our stodgy convention-bound movie landscape. And it’s not always modern in positive ways! The challenges faced by...

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Far From The Madding Crowd: Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge...

He was the Dogme auteur who had the world at his feet, then it all fell apart. Thomas Vinterberg talks about hitting rock bottom, splitting up with Lars Von Trier – and what a ‘Danish handshake’ really means

Two decades ago, Thomas Vinterberg came roaring out of Denmark, a precocious, brilliant brat whose second feature, Festen, electrified audiences worldwide and put the Dogme movement on the map. But Festen is ancient history now – Vinterberg has since experienced the bitter taste of failure, both artistic and personal. But against all odds, he is returning as a confident, comfortable lion, with a big fat period adaptation under his belt. Far From the Madding Crowd, based on the Thomas Hardy novel – by way of a script by David Nicholls – stars Carey Mulligan and is produced by British film industry titans Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich. Born and bred in Denmark, Vinterberg might be a...

Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic romance Far From the Madding Crowd stars Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene, a Victorian landowner who is torn between safeguarding her independence and following her heart. Here the film's star talks to Catherine Shoard about how accurately Hardy was able to write a female character, while Vinterberg and co-star Matthias Schoenaerts explain why the story offers up a good example of how men should act. Far From the Madding Crowd is released in the UK on 1 May Continue reading...

I was never a fan of John Schlesinger’s overblown and undercooked 1967 screen version of Thomas Hardy’s Far From The Madding Crowd, which starred Julie Christie. Thankfully, as I say in my video review above, the new version from Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt) gets it absolutely right. Working in the English language, Vinterberg emphasizes the vulnerability, passions and resolve of Hardy’s characters rather than the still-life version tried by Schlesinger, a…...

It’s All About Love: Vinterberg Revamps Hardy’s Classic Romance

Inevitably, we would have seen some filmmaker tackle a revamp of Thomas Hardy’s classic 1874 novel Far From the Madding Crowd, so it’s mostly surprising to note that it wasn’t Michael Winterbottom, who has made several Hardy adaptations since the 1990s. Instead, Danish director Thomas Vinterberg takes the reins from director John Schlesinger, who previously held credit for a famous 1967 adaptation starring Julie Christie, with Terence Stamp, Peter Finch and Alan Bates as the trio of suitors (and let’s not forget to mention a modern reimagining of this novel, the comic strip serial Tamara Drewe, made into a film by Stephen Frears in 2010). Curiously, this is Vinterberg’s follow-up to his 2012 critically acclaimed title The Hunt, which won Mads Mikkelsen Best Actor at Cannes and received an Oscar nod for Best Foreign Language Film, making...

Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd returns to the big screen this week with Carey Mulligan taking on the role of heroine Bathsheba Everdene.

Spirited and headstrong, Bathsheba finds herself caught between a number of suitors: farmer Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), middle-aged bachelor William Boldwood (Michael Sheen) and reckless soldier Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge).

Mulligan's brilliant lead turn sees her break into song for the third time in her big screen career (after Shame and Inside Llewyn Davis), duetting with Michael Sheen on folk tune 'Let No Man Steal Your Thyme'.

However, Mulligan joked to Digital Spy that she wanted the scene cut from the film.

"I always get nervous about singing, so there was a singing scene that I campaigned to get cut out the film," she said. "I was rejected!

"It's not my thing, it's always a bit nerve-wracking, but I got to work with Michael Sheen...

Far From The Madding Crowd Fox Searchlight Pictures Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya . Databased on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: B+ Director: Thomas Vinterberg Screenwriter: David Nicholls Cast: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple Screened at: Dolby88, NYC, 4/18.15 Opens: May 1, 2015 The ignoble strife that forms a theme in “Far from the Madding Crowd” exists within the Victorian society in which Thomas Hardy’s novel is located. But the principal strife is within the mind of Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), an independent woman who suddenly inherits her uncle’s farm and becomes the mistress, or employer, of some two dozen farm hands. Whenever Bathsheba has time [ Read More ]

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Tom Sturridge is an actor who’s so far been better known for his relationships with his fiancée, Sienna Miller, and his best friend, Robert Pattinson, than for his own acting CV, but that could all change this week with two high-profile projects. He’s starring in a new film version of Thomas Hardy’s classic, Far from the Madding Crowd, as Sergeant Frank Troy, the love interest of Carey Mulligan’s Bathsheba, and he’s also playing opposite Damian Lewis and John Goodman in the new revival of David Mamet’s play American Buffalo.

Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd is the story of Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), a fiercely independent and spirited young woman who inherits her uncle’s farm. Financially autonomous (a rarity in Victorian times), beautiful and headstrong – she attracts three very different but determined suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her willfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba’s choices and passions, while trying to maintain her own independence, explores the nature of relationships and love – as well as the human ability to overcome hardship through resilience and perseverance.

Fox Searchlight presents a DNA Production of Far From The Madding Crowd, directed by Thomas Vinterberg, written by David Nicholls from the Thomas Hardy novel and starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen and Tom Sturridge.

From the excellent ensemble cast, to the gorgeous cinematography and the romantic tension that threads through the story, there are many pleasures to be had in the upcoming "Far From The Madding Crowd." But one that might surprise you is a song from the film's star, Carey Mulligan. Well, today we have the exclusive rendition from the film's soundtrack. Co-starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, and Juno Temple, the adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel, from director Thomas Vinterberg, tells the story of the independent and strong-willed Bathsheba Everdene, who finds three men vying for heart. During a dinner sequence with two of her suitors present, Bathsheba sings the traditional ballad "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme," perhaps as a warning she will not be easily swayed. Mulligan is joined by Michael Sheen partway through the tune. "Far From The Madding Crowd" opens on May 1st. The soundtrack featuring this song and the score.

If you're a fan of literary adaptations, then May is your lucky month. It'll kick off with Thomas Vinterberg's take on Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd," and then closing off the month will be "Gemma Bovery." It's a spin on Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary," and after debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, it's now headed to cinemas and a new U.S. trailer is here. Directed by Anne Fontaine ("Adore," "Coco Before Chanel"), the film follows a stunning British woman who moves with her husband to rural France. But soon her presence stirs all sorts of passion, via a local baker and a playboy. But for all the promise, this is one that we found "attempts to bring new heat to an old story, but mostly winds up cooling on the sill." "Gemma Bovery" opens on May 29th. Watch below.

What arthouse film would possess the temerity to go up against a blockbuster behemoth like "Avengers: Age of Ultron" on the opening weekend of the summer movie season? How about “Far From the Madding Crowd,” a sumptuous romantic period piece that stars talented English beauty Carey Mulligan—on a roll with a hit show currently on Broadway (“Skylight”) and a potential Oscar contender (“Suffragette”) on the big screen this fall—as one of the most fascinating free-spirited literary heroines to ever grace a bookshelf? In fact, the willfully independent Bathsheba Everdene is held in such high regard that badass warrior Katniss Everdeen of “The Hunger Games” has the honor of sharing her surname. Mulligan, the 29-year-old Oscar nominee for 2009’s “An Education” who previously earned her highbrow summer counter-programming stripes as Daisy opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013’s “The Great Gatsby,” has her best acting showcase yet as British author Thomas Hardy’s.

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One of our 41 Most Anticipated Movies Of Summer 2015, "Far From The Madding Crowd" is not what is presently understood as a seasonal blockbuster. It's based on a literary classic, rather than a comic book. And it's from a director not known for explosions leveling entire cities, but for deep drama and complex characters. So basically, it's right up our alley, and today comes a few new looks at the movie. A trio of new TV spots provide another look at the sweeping drama based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, and new images give us a closer look at the top shelf cast for Thomas Vinterberg's film, including Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen and Tom Sturridge. And finally, a couple more clips have arrived as well. "Far From The Madding Crowd" arrives on May 1st. Watch below.

Thomas Daneskov’s low-budget Diy drama The Elite (Eliten) has won the New Talent Grand Pix at Copenhagen’s Cph Pix.

The international jury comprised Alex Ross Perry, Katrine Wiedemann and Gabe Klinger. They said they were “pleased to discover a deeply personal, relevant and contemporary new voice in Danish independent cinema with ‘The Elite’ by Thomas Daneskov, a disturbing and hilarious portrait of privileged youth made in a spirit of collectivity.”

Daneskov, 26, wins €10,000 ($10,800) towards his next film.

Interview: Thomas Daneskov, The Elite

The jury also gave a special mention to Limbo by Anna Sofie Hartmann, “which deployed stunning images through a rigorous and challenging form and which kept us thinking for days.”

The Politiken Audience Award went to Dagur Kari’s Virgin Mountain, the second Icelandic film in a row to claim the honour (after Of Horses And Men). The film is a tender portrait of a 43-year-old man who lives with is mother but wants...

Thomas Vinterberg, director of the Danish Oscar Nominated drama The Hunt, brings Thomas Harding's classic novel Far From The Madding Crowd, with Carey Mulligan leading the cast as the headstrong Bathsheba Everdene. Two new clips have come our way, giving us a great look at what to expect when the romantic drama hits our screen next month. Released: 1st May Synopsis: Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching wilfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba’s choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love – as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through.

A new television promo for Far from the Madding Crowd has been unveiled.

This latest adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic 1874 novel features Carey Mulligan as the independent farm owner Bathsheba Everdene.

Bathsheba's social status has attracted three suitors from various walks of life, despite the fact that she has no intention of marrying.

Michael Sheen portrays the aristocratic William Boldwood, while Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone) is humble sheep farmer Gabriel Oak and Tom Sturridge (On the Road) is military sergeant Frank Troy.

Hardy's novel is being adapted for the screen by Starter for 10 writer David Nicholls and The Celebration director Thomas Vinterberg.

Danish director Vinterberg is well known to international audiences as one of the developers of the naturalistic Dogme 95 filmmaking style.

Far from the Madding Crowd opens on May 1 in the Us and the UK.

The middle of Spring actually means a new selection of summer blockbusters to look forward to, and with a ton of big-budget films slated to come out within the next few months and beyond, the summer of 2015 looks like one to remember.

From the new Mad Max (which is already on our end-of -year top ten list event though we haven’t yet seen it) to Avengers, Poltergeists, male strippers, talking teddy bears, and a reboot of the Jurassic Park franchise, this summer’s trips to the theaters will be jam-packed with sequels and new tales. From May 1st right through to the end of August, some of the movies on our list could wind up on year-end “best of” lists or even receive some Oscar talk by December.

Grab your calendar, because Wamg has a rundown of this summer’s films we’re most excited about, so check them out below!

Corsets, autumnal cinematography and literary romance are not the usual ingredients of summer movies, but "Far From The Madding Crowd" might serve as a nice counterweight to the usual nachos-and-oversized-soda fare. And today comes a new clip from the film. Based on the book by Thomas Hardy and directed by Thomas Vinterberg ("The Hunt," "The Celebration"), the story follows three very different men who vie for the hand of the beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan). And in this clip, you'll see the sheep farmer Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts) make his bid for marriage. Watch it below along with a new TV spot, and a UK one sheet via Recent Movie Posters. "Far From The Madding Crowd" opens on May 1st.

A light varnish of feminism is the only revisionist note struck in this most recent adaptation of Thomas Hardy's venerable pastoral novel Far From the Madding Crowd. Nicely served on both sides of the camera, this is a concise and involving rendition of the story of a resilient young woman who comes into property in Victorian England's West Country and is courted by three suitors, all of whom have pluses and minuses. Tales of sexually abstemious sheepherders and farmers in a Britain that no longer exists can't be expected to set the pulses of today's masses' racing, but youngish female

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After his Academy Award nominated film The Hunt (starring Mads Mikkelsen), Danish director Thomas Vinterberg adapted Thomas Hardy’s classic love story Far From The Madding Crowd for the big screen. Grammy award-winning composer Craig Armstrong was enlisted to compose the score for the film.

On April 28, Sony Classical will release the original motion picture soundtrack recording of Far From The Madding Crowd.

In this eagerly awaited drama, Vinterberg has brought together a first class cast, including Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go, An Education, Drive), Golden Globe nominee Michael Sheen (Kingdom of Heaven, Midnight in Paris, Frost/Nixon), Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone, Bullhead) and Tom Sturridge (On The Road).

The film will be in theaters on May 1, 2015.

Far From The Madding Crowd tells the story of independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer,...

Take another look @ director Thomas Vinterberg's upcoming film adaptation of author Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd", starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge and Juno Temple:

"...'Gabriel Oak' is a young shepherd. With the savings of a frugal life, and a loan, he has leased and stocked a sheep farm. He falls in love with a newcomer six years his junior, 'Bathsheba Everdene', a proud beauty who arrives to live with her aunt, 'Mrs Hurst'. 

"She comes to like him well enough, and even saves his life once, but when he makes her an unadorned offer of marriage, she refuses; she values her independence too much and him too little. Gabriel's blunt protestations only serve to drive her to haughtiness. After a few days, she moves to 'Weatherbury', a village some miles off.

"When next they meet, their circumstances change drastically..."

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He was the star of some of the decade’s most memorable films – and dated some of its most beautiful women. With the reissue of 1967’s Far From the Madding Crowd, the actor talks about his friendship with Michael Caine and his topsy-turvy career

Terence Stamp sticks his head round the door and opens his mouth. How will this legend of British acting introduce himself? What pearl of wisdom will he divulge? Stamp, self-confessed “decadent” and former holder of the title of world’s best-looking man (1963-1969) speaks: “Gotta take a slash, man. Where’s the gents?” Having been pointed in the right direction, Stamp returns, visibly relieved.

It’s funny how things work out. Now 76, Stamp had a fantastic 1960s, during which he starred in a handful of imperishable classics (Billy Budd, Ken Loach’s Poor Cow, Pasolini’s Theorem) and consorted with some of the era’s most beautiful women (Julie Christie,...

He was the star of some of the decade’s most memorable films – and dated some of its most beautiful women. With the reissue of 1967’s Far From the Madding Crowd, the actor talks about his friendship with Michael Caine and his topsy-turvy career

Terence Stamp sticks his head round the door and opens his mouth. How will this legend of British acting introduce himself? What pearl of wisdom will he divulge? Stamp, self-confessed “decadent” and former holder of the title of world’s best-looking man (1963-1969) speaks: “Gotta take a slash, man. Where’s the gents?” Having been pointed in the right direction, Stamp returns, visibly relieved.

It’s funny how things work out. Now 76, Stamp had a fantastic 1960s, during which he starred in a handful of imperishable classics (Billy Budd, Ken Loach’s Poor Cow, Pasolini’s Theorem) and consorted with some of the era’s most beautiful women (Julie Christie,...

Copenhagen’s Cph Pix (April 9-22) will be bookended by films from two Danish directors shooting in the UK – Jeppe Ronde’s Welsh teen suicide drama Bridgend [pictured] and Thomas Vinterberg’s Thomas Hardy adaptation, Far From The Madding Crowd.

The audience-focused Cph Pix will show 130 feature films during 420 screenings and events.

Festival director Jacob Neiiendam said: “Artistically it’s a strong year for Danish cinema.”

Indeed, three Danish debut features will screen at Pix. “The first features from Thomas Daneskov [The Elite], Anna Sofie Hartmann [Limbo] and Jeppe Rønde showcase a diversity and nerve we have been missing in our fiction films, and they are just the tip of the iceberg,” added Neiiendam.

“We always wanted the festival to be a platform for local films which wouldn’t play well with regular releases, and this year we’ve been flooded with films produced outside the standard support system - and they are good films.”

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A forthcoming remake will do well to match the power of John Schlesinger’s 1967 Hardy adaptation, which is rereleased this week

I bid you good luck, young Thomas Vinterberg, if you think your forthcoming remake of Far From The Madding Crowd will outstrip John Schlesinger’s version from 1967, now extensively reupholstered and rereleased for our delectation.

Schlesinger’s Hardy was derided back then for its casting of Julie Christie and Terence Stamp, mere months after they’d been name-checked in the Kinks’ Waterloo Sunset, and who then seemed more Swinging London than Wailing Wessex. Time and distance have eradicated that feeling, however, and I delighted in the credits as they unfolded: not just Terry and Julie, but Peter Finch and eternal peasant-pagan Alan Bates, all perfectly cast; Stamp in particular, as the vile Sergeant Troy, whose name should really be “destroy”.

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