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News‘The King’s Speech’ writer David Seidler dies aged 86
Seidler had a stammer, as had King George VI, the subject of his Bafta and Oscar-winning 2010 feature.
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FeaturesCannes 2025: 20 buzz titles from North America
Screen presents a selection of the buzziest projects from North America available to international buyers at this year’s Cannes market.
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FeaturesTom Hooper, 'The Danish Girl'
Reunited on The Danish Girl with Eddie Redmayne and Working Title, Tom Hooper tells Screen about his passion for the project, transgender illumination and Redmayne’s ‘gender fluidity’.
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NewsA-list directing talent heading to AGC for dynamic TV slate (exclusive)
Tom Hooper, Roland Emmerich, Resident Evil franchise director Paul W. S. Anderson lining up projects.
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NewsHooper boosts Oscar chances with DGA win for The King's Speech
Tom Hooper won the Director’s Guild Of America top feature prize for The King’s Speech on Saturday night [29].
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FeaturesThe King's Speech
Director Tom HooperProducers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth UnwinProduction companies See-Saw Films, Bedlam ProductionsUS distributor The Weinstein CompanyInternational sales FilmNation EntertainmentUS release date December 10, 2010Iain Canning and Emile Sherman set up See-Saw Films with offices in the UK and Australia in February 2008. The next month, a script came ...
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NewsTom Hooper joins BFI board
At a reception tonight in Cannes, BFI Chair Greg Dyke announced that The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper has been appointed to the BFI’s Board of Governors.
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NewsHooper to head Shanghai jury
UK director Tom Hooper has been appointed jury president for the Golden Goblet Award at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 15-23).
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The King's Speech
The story of the unorthodox relationship between England’s King George VI and his Australian speech therapist who helped him to overcome his stammer.
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