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June 23, 2002

- Sinbad release date postponed:

Apparently seeing more potential of reaching a larger audience after school's out, DreamWorks has pushed the release of Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas back several week to July 2nd, 2003, which takes advantage of a four-day holiday weekend, while also offering a family-friendly alternative to the juggernaut that will undoubtedly be Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
This is according to Greg's Previews of Upcomping Movies

June 21, 2002

- KMS is released in the UK and Greece. Check the UK Warnerville and UCI Cinemas.

June 13, 2002

- The release of KMS has been put back a week in the UK to 21 June 2002 (as advertised at Warnervillage cinemas and UCI cinemas).

- Sinbad will now be known by the title of Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas according to Greg's Previews of Upcomping Movies which used to be Upcoming Movies. We updated the link to the site itself and their Joe movie pages of the last 4 years on our More Links Page

June 12, 2002

- Bloomberg News , June 11: Hasbro buys 'Sinbad' license

Glendale - DreamWorks SKG said it awarded Hasbro Inc. the main toy license for "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas," the studio's animated movie set for release next year. Terms weren't disclosed. "Sinbad" will be a part of the G.I. Joe action figure brand, one of only a few characters that has been attached to the brand, the companies said in a statement. Hasbro will also have rights to all clothing, vehicles, environments, play sets and other accessories related to the action figures. "Sinbad" will feature the voices of Brad Pitt, Joseph Fiennes, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michelle Pfeiffer. DreamWorks' latest animated film, "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," has grossed $53.8 million in three weeks.

June 10, 2002

- The Royal Theatrical Fund mentions the Charge of the Light Brigade performance in their "Events" section. Btw, Joe is mentioned in the "Our Friends" section under the letter J.

June 9, 2002

- From Channel Four: A one-time opportunity to see Joe in "Charge of the Light Brigade" on stage as well

First angry young man's take on the Charge

On Sunday, 16 June, there is the unique opportunity to see a live charity performance of a recently discovered screenplay on the Charge of the Light Brigade, written in the early 1960s by John Osborne (best known for his play Look Back in Anger).
Directed by Bill Bryden and starring Alec McCowen (Raglan), Charles Dance (Cardigan), Sir Donald Sinden (Lucan) and Joseph Fiennes (Captain Nolan), it takes place at the Honourable Artillery Company in London.
With tickets each costing £125, this may be for aficionados only, but the price does include a champagne reception and buffet supper, and all proceeds go to the Royal Theatrical Fund.
To book tickets, contact Wendy Marshall at Seriously Bright Ltd, tel: 020 7494 2677.
Read more about the background and about Captain Nolan here and here.
The poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson is posted here.

June 7, 2002

- From today's Telegraph online:

In a spin about Westminster
Film director Martha Fiennes - sister of actors Ralph and Joseph - has stumbled on an intriguing subject for her next film. At the launch of Patrick Dillon's The Much-Lamented Death of Madam Geneva, Fiennes revealed that she recently enjoyed dinner with a Westminster journalist. "This lobby chum regaled her with stories about the lobby, spin doctors, Alastair Campbell and the weird world that is life at Westminster," says a guest. "Martha was very taken by it all, and reckons there's a smashing film to be made about spin doctors. She says the characters are so odd and the plotting is weirder than fiction."

June 5, 2002

- Joe in new radio play!

Found in Radio Times, June 8-14, 2002, by Peter Barnard
2.15 pm to 3.45 pm BBC Radio 4 Thursday 13 June
The Charge of The Light Brigade
A Star studded radio production of John Osborne's original screenplay, completed but ultimately not used for the classic movie of 1968. It takes a revisionist view of the military and political blundering that surrounded the British involvement in the Crimean War, culminating in the Battle of Balaklava, in 1854.
John Osborne - Michael Feast
Lord Cardigan - Charles Dance
Morris - Jasper Britton
Nolan - Joseph Fiennes
Cpt Lockwood - Trevor Ray
Mrs Duberly - Lynne Miller
Cpt Duberly - Guy Lankester
Lady Errol - Angela Douglas
Clarrisa - Charlotte Emmerson
Gen Airey - Geoffrey Palmer
Lord Raglan - Alec McCowen
Sgt O'Hara - James Ellis
Fist Soldier/Braithwaite - John Tams
Second Soldier/James - William MacBain
Lord Lucan - Donald Sinden
Third Soldier/Charteris - Robert Oates
Sir George - Sebastian Graham Jones
Ballad Singer Michael Waterson Music and Lyrics by John Tams and Michael Waterson
Producer Nicholas Newton Director Bill Bryden

Back in the sixties, John Osborne wrote a screenplay based on this epic military blunder. Today it gets to be performed for the first time. As producer Nicholas Newton explained to me, the genesis had nothing to do with a lack of of quality and everything to do with various copyright problems which led, ultimately to Charles Wood writing the screenplay for the film version. Hollywood's loss is radio's gain. And a bonus in this production is that Osborne's elegant screen directions are given a role as scene setter, so that the playright (played by Michael Feast) is heard at the start during writing of the screenplay and at moments thereafter, setting the scene. A fine cast includes Charles Dance, Donald Sinden and Joseph Fiennes.

June 1, 2002

- First Look takes Luther International

By Mike Goodridge in Cannes, 18 May, 2002 for Screen Daily
First Look Media has acquired international rights excluding Germany to Luther, a biopic of Martin Luther currently shooting in central Germany, Bavaria, Italy and the Czech Republic with Joseph Fiennes playing the title character. Alfred Molina, Peter Ustinov and Bruno Ganz co-star in the film which is directed by Eric Till and produced by Alexander Thies, Brigitte Rochow and Christian Stehr. Luther follows the man's life from the God-fearing man who becomes a monk who grows to challenge the tyranny of a monolithic church and reinterpret the bible. The film is an NFP production in collaboration with AAL/LB (Aid Association for Lutherans/Lutheran Brotherhood) and Degeto Frankfurt with support from the German Federal Film Board FFA, Bavarian Film and Television Funding FFF, Mitteldeutsche Medienforderung MDM and Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg. A theatrical release in Germany is scheduled for autumn 2003.

- Vortex takes international rights to Scala's Leopold

By Mike Goodridge in Cannes, 16 May, 2002 for Screen Daily
Vortex Pictures, the international sales and finance outfit, set up by Nicolas Chartier and Dean Shapiro, has acquired international rights to Leopold, the latest picture from Nik Powell's Scala Productions directed by Mehdi Norowzian and starring Joseph Fiennes, Elisabeth Shue, Sam Shepard, Dennis Hopper, Deborah Kara Unger, Mary Stuart Masterson and Justin Chambers. Set in South Carolina, the film is in post-production and follows a man as he changes lives on his journey towards redemption.