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John McKay talks We’ll Take Manhattan on BBC Breakfast

Writer and director John McKay found himself on the couch of the UK’s flagship morning tv show a day or two ago, talking about his film, and showing new clips. See the full interview here

Not Another Happy Ending poster revealed!

The first demo artwork for indie romantic comedy Not Another Happy Ending  has been unveiled by producers Claire Mundell and Wendy Griffin of Synchronicity Films. Starring Karen Gillan, Emun Elliott and Jessica Brown Findlay, directed by John McKay, the movie is set for a spring 2012 shoot. More soon!

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BBC site for WTM goes live with new clip

With a week to go before broadcast, the BBC web page for We’ll Take Manhattan goes live with a fresh  preview clip of Karen Gillan and Aneurin Barnard  in action – as Jean Shrimpton and David Bailey work together for the first time…

Find it here

More front covers for We’ll Take Manhattan

As the excitement mounts, Karen, Aneurin and We’ll Take Manhattan capture two more front covers – the mighty Radio Times (with a great lead feature inside) and its plucky young cousin TV and Satellite Week – way to go!

Nowness goes behind the scenes

Uber-cool fashion and film site Nowness today unveils an excerpt from a behind-the-scenes documentary short all about the making of We’ll Take Manhattan, with on-set footage and insider anecdotes from film-maker John McKay.

The full behind-the-scenes film will be featured on the We’ll Take Manhattan dvd.

Find Nowness here

 

 

Vogue hosts a premiere screening for We’ll Take Manhattan

On Thursday 12th, Alex Schulman of Vogue UK kindly hosted a premiere screening of We’ll Take Manhattan at the Charlotte Street Hotel, London. As well as the lead cast, guests included models Lily Cole and Penelope Tree, fashion designer Matthew Williamson, and of course Bailey – who heckled me during my introductory speech!

 

 

 

We’ll Take Manhattan makes Observer magazine cover

Karen Gillan leaps onto another glossy front page in connection with We’ll Take Manhattan. Full feature here –

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/jan/14/karen-gillan

 

 

 

Transmission dates Confirmed for We’ll Take Manhattan

UK Premiere: 9pm Thursday 26th January 2012 9pm BBC4

US Premiere: Saturday 11th February 2012 Ovation Network time tbc

First Trailer for We’ll Take Manhattan

The first trailer for upcoming drama We’ll Take Manhattan airs on BBC2 and BBC4 tonight – giving just a hint of the early- sixties hi-jinks to come…

Trailer/footage  © Kudos Film & Television Limited 2012 and BBC 2012