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Director Marianne Elliott’s searing drama The Salt Path has made quite the noise upon its UK release, and with its US release about to happen, the movie is certain to draw more attention. That’s only natural given it stars forever beloved American star Gillian Anderson and amazing Brit actor, Jason Isaacs, who is also on a career high thanks to his recent role in HBO’s The White Lotus, for which he has received an Emmy nomination. More importantly, The Salt Path is based on the best-selling novel by Raynor Winn, and it is the unbelievable true story about Raynor and her husband Moth taking a 600-mile-long walk through the Southern English coast after losing their family home.

Except, all is not well in the world of The Salt Path, mainly thanks to an article that came out in the Observer magazine very recently. According to that article,...

The Salt Path, directed by Marianne Elliott, is based on one of the most riveting human stories you’d ever hear—a middle-aged couple deciding to take a six-hundred-mile-long walk through the Southern coast of England after losing their home and everything. What makes it trickier is one half of the couple, Moth Winn, having been diagnosed with CBD. This is a true story, by the way, and the movie is adapted from the book (also called “The Salt Path”), written by Moth’s wife, Raynor. Moth and Raynor are played by two of the UK’s most solid working actors, Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson. They’re expectedly brilliant in their respective roles. And the film is quite alright. It does follow your usual inspiring story template and doesn’t really have much cinematic flair, but it is still a decent watch. But there’s an issue. Raynor has been recently accused of embezzlement.

Producers for Jason Isaacs' new movie, The Salt Path, have spoken out to defend the film in the wake of recent controversies surrounding the original book. Based on the best-selling 2018 memoir by Raynor Winn, the Harry Potter star is also joined by the X-Files and Sex Education star Gillian Anderson.

The Salt Path recounts the story of Winn and her husband, Moth, and their long-distance walk along the southwest English coastline after the couple lost their home and Moth was diagnosed with a fatal neurodegenerative condition. However, the authenticity of the background events in the book was recently called into question via an article in the British newspaper The Observer.

A spokesperson for Number 9 Films and Shadowplay Features released a statement to Entertainment Weekly, indicating that the ongoing issues surrounding the book are not their responsibility. Instead, the producers stated that there were no issues when the book was first...

Raynor Winn’s next book has been delayed, her publisher confirmed, after an investigation has cast into doubt on the events of her best-selling memoir The Salt Path.

Winn’s story about her gruelling trek across the English coast with husband Moth has long-been considered a giant of the non-fiction genre. The sharp and poignant tale recounted the couple’s penniless journey across England after losing their home to a “bad investment,” and depicted the couple’s dependance on the kindness of strangers to keep going.

But after selling over two million copies since its March 2018 release and getting a film adaptation with Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs earlier this year, The Salt Path was all called into question over the weekend.

A report by U.K. outlet The Observer that published on Saturday said the Winn’s real names are Sally and Tim Walker, and that the repossession of their home was,...

The author of the bestselling memoir that was adapted for Toronto festival hit The Salt Path issued a long statement Wednesday answering allegations about her book that were raised in a UK newspaper article. Raynor Winn says the report in The Observer this week “is grotesquely unfair, highly misleading and seeks to systematically pick apart my life.” See her full statement below.

The film, starring Gillian Anderson as Winn and Jason Isaacs as her ailing husband Moth Winn, the movie is an adaptation of a supposedly true-to-life book about the couple’s journey along the South of England coast after they lose their home and the husband is diagnosed with corticobasal syndrome, a rare progressive neurological disease.

Related: ‘The Salt Path’ Review: Gillian Anderson & Jason Isaacs On A Walk To Remember – Toronto Film Festival

The Observer published a story on Saturday headlined “The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book...

The film adaptation of Winn’s book, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, quickly became the third most successful UK movie of the year. What happens now?

On paper it has everything. A redemption-arc narrative about overcoming homelessness, adversity and illness. Two late-middle age lead characters that would appeal to the key silver-pound cinema-going demographic, as well as providing plum roles for top-notch British actors. A backdrop of glorious south coast scenery, as experienced through that most modish of contemporary activities: hiking.

No wonder film-makers were champing at the bit to make a movie out of The Salt Path, the memoir by Raynor Winn published in 2018 – and so one duly emerged, starring Gillian Anderson as Winn and Jason Isaacs as her husband Moth, who was diagnosed with the incurable condition corticobasal degeneration (CBD). It was released in the UK in May, and was a verifiable hit, taking home £7.6m from...

Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films, andLloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin’sShadowplay Features, producers of hit UK indie film The Salt Path, have issued a statement in response to allegations published in UK newspaper The Observer on July 6 that key parts of the memoir on which the film is based had been fabricated.

“When we were recently made aware that The Observer was planning to publish, we advised our key collaborators, filmmakers and stakeholders,” said the producers. “There were no known claims against the book at the time of optioning it or producing and distributing the film and...

The producers behind under fire movie The Salt Path have said they “undertook all necessary due diligence before acquiring the book.”

Responding to a bombshell investigation in The Observer that questioned many of the claims made in the movie’s source material, a spokeswoman for Number 9 Films and Shadowplay Features said: “There were no known claims against the book at the time of optioning it or producing and distributing the film.”

The producers were only made aware of allegations at the end of last week when contacted by The Observer journalist who wrote the investigation, they added.

Starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, the movie is an adaptation of a supposedly true-to-life book about Raynor Winn and her husband Moth Winn’s journey along the South of England coast after they lose their home and Moth Winn is diagnosed with corticobasal degeneration.

The Observer’s report alleges that Raynor Winn,...

The author of bestselling non-fiction book The Salt Path woke up to shocking claims in an exposé published over the weekend.

Raynor Winn’s story about her journey across England with her husband, Moth, after the two lost their home to a “bad investment” has long-been considered a sharp, poignant tale of perseverance and the kindness of strangers, selling over two million copies since March 2018.

The book, based entirely on a true story according to its writer, detailed the pair’s penniless trek camping along the British coast. The feat was deemed so inspiring that an adaptation of The Salt Path, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, released in U.K. theaters earlier this year and depicted Moth’s diagnosis of a debilitating and terminal neurological illness that Winn said was improved by the expedition.

Isaacs told The Hollywood Reporter about the movie when it debuted on the festival circuit...

The veracity of the story told by the author of hit novel The Salt Path, a film version of which is currently in cinemas starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, has been called into question.

Over the weekend, an investigation by UK outlet The Observer cast doubt over events in the allegedly true-to-life Salt Path, a memoir and nature book about Raynor Winn and her husband Moth Winn’s journey along the South of England coast after they lose her home and Moth Winn is diagnozed with corticobasal degeneration (CBD).

The Observer’s report alleges that Raynor Winn, whose real name was revealed to be Sally Walker, was arrested after being accused of stealing tens of thousands of pounds from her employer. This is never mentioned in The Salt Path book, which instead says that Raynor Winn and her husband lost their home after being taken advantage of by a...

Marianne Elliott directs this affecting drama, based on Raynor Winn’s memoir, which builds steadily as the couple journey towards redemption

This film gives cinema one of the most nail-biting scenes of the year so far: an edge-of-the-seat moment as Gillian Anderson puts her bank card into a cash machine. Is there enough money in the account? Everything is at stake. This impressive, intelligent drama is an adaptation of Raynor Winn’s memoir about walking the South West Coast Path from Somerset to Dorset, with her husband, Moth. Unlike other hikers, the couple were not walking for pleasure – at least not to begin with. They had nowhere else to go after losing their farm. From theatre director Marianne Elliott, it stars two fancy actors – Anderson and Jason Isaacs – both giving lovely, emotional, low-key performances.

In flashback we see the bailiffs banging at the door, evicting the couple, who are in their 50s,...

Hot on the heels of last year’s The Outrun comes The Salt Path, another adaptation of a memoir about the healing power of nature, featuring craggy coastlines and encounters with seals. Two examples don’t make a trend, but could it be that studios have identified ‘bestselling nature-writing-slash-memoir’ as a new kind of exportable British intellectual property? While on paper this true story of a middle-aged couple facing homelessness and a debilitating disease embarking on a trek along the southwest coast of England should be compelling, in actuality the road is a bit tough going.

We begin in medias res with hippyish Ray (Gillian Anderson) and Moth (Jason Isaacs) fighting the elements to rescue their tent from being washed away by the tide. We’re then taken back to the beginning of their journey, and both seem weary before they’ve even started. Interwoven flashbacks reveal that not only...

The Batman: Arkham series took the world by storm when its first game was released in 2009. The series became lauded as one of the greatest superhero franchises in video game history. It also gave us the best comic-accurate Batman experience that truly made us feel like the Caped Crusader.

Now that speculations of a new Arkham game have been floating around the web for a while, fans cannot help but wonder who is going to be the next big villain in the Arkhamverse. If you are one of those people who are scratching their head with no idea who is going to be the next harbinger of havoc, then worry not, because we have brought you a list of 5 Batman villains who would be perfect for the next Arkham game.

1. Ventriloquist

The Ventriloquist, or Arnold Wesker, is a ruthless criminal and a crime boss in the DC Comics who (as...

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir has plenty of colorful heroes and villains. The anime wouldn't be a superhero series if each of these memorable characters didn't come with their own unique abilities. However, some characters may have powers that stand out as stronger than the rest. These abilities can easily create chaos or undo it by simply saying a word.

There are few attacks in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir that would directly harm people. Instead, the abilities are used to make people more powerful or to trap and capture. Others allow the wielder complete access to time itself. Plenty of powers stand out in this animated show, but these are the best the series offers.

Venom Temporarily Paralyzes Its Victim User: Queen Bee

Venom is one of the few abilities that is an actual attack in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. With one sting from this power,...

You know the old saying about the truth being stranger than fiction? Well, it's certainly one that applies to the story of Raynor and Moth Winn, a couple who — after a business deal with a friend went awry — lost their home, suffered a devastating neurodegenerative condition diagnosis for husband Moth, and then decided to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path despite having no prior rambling experience. It's a simultaneously harrowing and inspiring story that first became The Salt Path, a bestselling memoir-cum-travelogue for Raynor Winn, and is now about to become a major new film starring Jason Isaacs (Hello!) and Gillian Anderson. You can check out the newly released trailer below:

If, like us, you're a sucker for walky-talky find yourself films like The Way, Wild, A Walk In The Woods, or The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry, then Marianne Elliott's film looks like it'll fit right within the micro-genre's milieu.

Legendary Kiwi actor Lucy Lawless, renowned for her iconic roles in Xena: Warrior Princess, Battlestar Galactica, and Spartacus: Blood and Sand, recently sat down with HeyUGuys to discuss her compelling directorial debut, Never Look Away. The film delves into the remarkable life and career of Margaret Moth, one of New Zealand’s most fearless war photographers. The film represents a bold and exciting shift for Lawless as she transitions from her celebrated acting career to the challenging and creative world behind the camera.

In the interview, Lawless shared her deep admiration for Moth, whose life was a testament to courage, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of truth through photojournalism. Moth’s fearless approach to capturing stories resulted in her being shot by a sniper suring the siege of Sarajevo in 1992. Lawless spoke passionately about the responsibility of telling Moth’s story authentically, ensuring that her unparalled spirit and groundbreaking work resonate with audiences.

Fascinating documentary about Margaret Moth, whose footage from war zones almost killed her in 1992, lives up to her motto ‘don’t be boring’

When TV news camerawoman Margaret Moth was shot through the face by a Serbian sniper in Sarajevo in 1992, her CNN colleagues were told that it was touch and go. One medic said that her face was so badly injured it might be better if she died. But not only did Moth survive, she went back to the frontline. “She didn’t do less war after she was shot,” remembers one colleague and friend. “She did more.” This documentary about her life, directed by the actor Lucy Lawless, is a fascinating portrait of a woman who had two mottoes: “no regrets” and “don’t be boring”.

With her jet-black hair, thick black eyeliner and army combat boots (which she slept in on the job) Moth looked more like...

Lucy Lawless is stepping behind the camera for the first time with Never Look Away. Lawless memorably first broke out on screen with the classic fantasy show Xena: Warrior Princess, which she had originated in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys before receiving her own spinoff. In the years since, the New Zealand actor has found further success with everything from Battlestar: Galactica to key roles in the Spartacus franchise as Lucretia and Ash vs. Evil Dead as the villainous Ruby.

With Never Look Away, Lawless finds herself pulling from her home country's history to explore the life of Margaret Moth, a photojournalist who worked for CNN in the '90s, covering the likes of the Persian Gulf War, the Tbilisi, Georgia civil war, the Bosnian War, and a variety of other conflicts in the Middle East. The movie also chronicles Moth's personal life, including the various lovers she had and...

Remembering Margaret Moth, he former lover, Jeff Russi, recalls “She definitely wanted to be where people were doing something wrong. Where she had a purpose.”

Some people live life as hard as they can. Growing up in a household where both parents were violent, a place she would later address only through her nightmarish sketches, Moth died her hair, changed her name, moved to the big city, made a name for herself as a photographer. She picked up Russi when he was 17 and she was 30, but there was something real between them, sweet and tender, to which they returned over the years, when she was back in town. Another such lover, photojournalist Yashinka, awaited her in a flat in Paris. The two of them did heroin together; with Russi, it was speed, or whatever came to hand. But nothing, nothing came close to the thrill of war.

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Margaret Moth’s life could have been ripped straight from a pulp fiction novel. The New Zealand-born photojournalist spent her youth dropping acid and skydiving before traversing the globe to blaze trails for women in the world of war photography. Rising through the ranks at CNN, she covered war zones in Kuwait, Georgia, Bosnia, Lebanon, the Congo, Somalia, Chechnya, Gaza, and Sarajevo — where she took a bullet to the face that permanently limited her ability to speak but barely slowed her down. Unfazed by gunfire and explosions, she saw battlefields as breeding grounds for the kind of human drama that was worth risking any amount of physical safety to document.

She did it all while maintaining an unapologetically individualistic mindset, refusing any kind of commitment that could hinder her ability to drop everything at a moment’s notice to pursue a new adventure. While she was never interested in family,...

"At a certain point, sex, drugs, & rock 'n roll wasn't enough – war was the ultimate drug." Greenwich Ent. has revealed an official trailer for a compelling documentary titled Never Look Away, telling the story of renowned camerawoman Margaret Moth. Most people will not recognize her and aren't familiar with her name, but the footage she shot is as important as ever. Never Look Away is a biopic doc telling the life story of Moth and her exceptional courage to always head right into war zones rather than walk away from them. Swashbuckling CNN combat camerawoman, Margaret Moth, risks it all to put the viewer inside the conflict. When a fateful injury gets in the way of her appetite for danger and adrenaline, Moth must find the strength to carry on. There was another 2009 doc about her already called Fearless: The Margaret Moth Story. This new one is the first film...

The 11th season of Fox’s wild and wacky reality TV show “The Masked Singer” premieres on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Nick Cannon returns as host of the whodunnit program alongside three of the perennial judges: Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg and Ken Jeong. The fourth panelist this year is Rita Ora, who temporarily replaces Nicole Scherzinger at the judges’ table as she travels abroad to star in London’s West End.

“Tms” producers have already released several high-res photos of the new costumes, including Afghan Hound, Beets, Book, Clock, Goldfish, Gumball, Koala, Lizard, Lovebird, Miss Cleocatra, Poodle Moth, Seal, Sir Lion, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Starfish and Ugly Sweater. Scroll through our photo gallery below for everything to know about “The Masked Singer” Season 11 costumes, judges and host. The secret celebrities hiding underneath these colorful masks will be revealed one at a time throughout Spring 2024. Who is Your early favorite?...

King Shark proves Batman's No-Kill Rule valid by selflessly defending Killer Moth in Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum #2 preview. This altruistic act highlights King Shark's potential for rehabilitation, challenging his traditional villain label. DC could be setting up King Shark as its next beloved anti-hero, much like they did with Red Hood and Harley Quinn.

In a display of pure altruism, Suicide Squad member King Shark has officially proven the undeniable validity of Batman's No-Kill Rule. This heroic moment may also serve as evidence of DC Comics further establishing Nanaue's moral stance as an anti-hero rather than merely a villain forced to play the role of a "good guy."

On March 5, 2024, Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum #2 by John Layman and Jesus Hervas will hit comic shelves. While enthusiasts eagerly await the second part of this comic prequel to Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, they can delve into its preview,...

Margaret Moth in Never Look Away

Lucy Lawless steps behind the camera for the first time as a director to tell the story of fellow New Zealander, Margaret Moth, who passed away in March 2010. A trailblazing combat camerawoman who worked for CNN, Moth’s images from the frontlines of conflicts including Desert Storm and the Bosnian War, confronted people in their homes with the abject reality of war. Her footage not only caught historic moments but framed the violent and merciless propensity of human beings to dehumanise others.

Moth herself was a contradictory figure, living a carefree and hedonistic lifestyle of sex, drugs and thrill-seeking, whose life was transformed after she was shot by a sniper’s bullet in Sarajevo. Never Look Away charts her endurance against adversity, peeling away the layers of her life to offer an understanding of its enigmatic subject.

In conversation with Eye For Film, Lawless...

Batgirl had a crush on Killer Moth, her first supervillain encounter, but it's in the past and she no longer pines for him. Batgirl doesn't need to be ashamed of her embarrassing crush, as everyone has odd crushes growing up. Batgirl shouldn't worry about her crush affecting her relationship with Nightwing, as he wouldn't look at her any differently.

Unbeknownst to Nightwing, Batgirl is harboring a crush on a surprising Gotham-based villain. Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon may be in a secure relationship, but even DC's hottest couple has a few secrets they hide from one another. In Batgirl's case, it has everything to do with the first bad guy she was ever attracted to.

In Birds of Prey #84 by Gail Simone and Joe Bennett, the Huntress returns home after a botched mission only to find the Birds of Prey member Barbara Gordon. Huntress wants nothing to do with Oracle,...