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The story of Roy Larner is being told in The Lion Of London Bridge, and a crowdfunding campaign is now underway for the film.

Back in February 2021, author and screenwriter Dougie Brimson (Green Street) was revealed to have set up Red Bus Movies, a company wanting to tell UK working class stories. Brimson, a veteran of the armed forces, has now got another project on the launchpad, and needs a bit of help with the next step.

Redbus is set to make The Lion Of London Bridge, a film that tells the story of Roy Larner. Back in 2017, during the Borough Market Attack, Larner garnered headlines for fighting off three terrorists wielding machetes (alerting them to the fact that he’s a Millwall football fan has he did so).

Larner sustained life-threatening injuries during the attack, and his work was said to have saved up to 30 lives. Yet as Dougie...

48 writers over 40 have scripts for films and TV shows ready to go, and have been showcased by The Grey List 2024.

Launched in 2022 as a response to the entertainment industry and its habit of being on the ageist side of things, The Grey List is now in its third year. It’s the idea of Brad M Johnson, and a response to the fact that once creatives get past 40, it can be harder to break in, and harder to get the attention of Hollywood decision makers.

As such, the list is a collection of production-ready feature and pilot scripts, that are completed and ready for market. The unifying feature between them all is that they’re written by writers who are all over 40.

2024’s The Grey List has thus been published, and it features 48 writers across its collection of projects. To give a flavour of some of the ideas on the list,...

The nation's favourite dating reality show First Dates returned this evening (September 10), and the land of social media was glued to Channel 4 throughout.

Twitter reacted as awkward couples produced some truly cringe-worthy moments, while others hit it off and secured a second date.

First Dates is back and as adorably awkward as ever: What did you think?

Digital Spy rounds up the best reactions below:

Lad Bible Liam needs to get in the bin.

#FirstDates

— Joe Connolly. (@JoeMConnolly) September 10, 2015

"I talk to the Angels" ... *eyebrow raise* #FirstDates

— Ben Farnworth (@BenFarnworth) September 10, 2015

Two More jägerbombs. Fuck #FirstDates

— K. (@eneaux) September 10, 2015

"You went out there on purpose? Why would you do that?!" #FirstDates #Jacko

— SimoneC (@SimoneC) September 10, 2015

How does a guy get lonely with three mouse living in his beard? #firstdates

— Steve Brookstein (@stevebrookstein) September 10, 2015

Is she actively trying to put him off? #firstdates

— MostDeaf (@SnoozeActive) September 10, 2015

so glad first dates is back on!

Top Dog is a feisty crime drama written by Green Street writer Dougie Brimson, the film charts the fall of reformed bad boy Billy Evans (Leo Gregory), who leads a strong cast including Dannielle Brent and Lorraine Stanley.

The film is the second feature from director Martin Kemp, who takes care to ensure that his film has heart, as well as a good old-fashioned fight. We sat with the director himself, alongside Leo Gregory, to discuss their work on the production.

Top Dog is in cinemas from Friday 23rd May and out to own on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 26th May through Universal Pictures. Read our review here.

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★☆☆☆☆Adapted from the novel by Green Street (2005) scribe Dougie Brimson, Top Dog (2014) is the latest offering from Jonathan Sothcott's Richwater Films, who seem intent on burying British independent cinema under a mountain of cockney gangster flicks and inferior horrors. Unfortunately for anyone with even a modicum of taste, there's undoubtedly a certain demographic that will lap up football hooligan dramas, and wouldn't give "a monkey's" if some jumped-up reviewer gives Martin Kemp's Top Dog a critical hiding. Good for them. Ignorance is famously bliss, whilst the rest of us that unfortunately chose the rocky path of knowledge have to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous filmmaking.

Crime dramas, crime thrillers, gangster films. They often get a bad rap – and it’s not hard to see why when there’s a constant stream of poorly made, low budget films being spurned out with the same boring plot where someone shoots someone because he ‘mugged off’ wotshisname / stole the drugs / snitched on so-and-so. So it’s something of a relief when something comes along that’s been made with a little more effort, which is where Martin Kemp’s Top Dog comes into play.

Top Dog was brought to life by Green Street writer Dougie Brimson and lead actor Leo Gregory, who plays bad-boy-turned-good Billy Evans. Evans makes the fatal faux pas of trying to protect his family from a local gang who are charging them protection money – so far, so ordinary. But director Kemp is evidently keen on attempting to present something a little different. There is...

Shooting has begun on London crime drama, with a cast including Leo Gregory, Ricci Harnet and Vincent Regan.

Principal photography has commenced on Top Dog, produced by Richwater Films, on location across London.

Directed by Martin Kemp (The Krays), it is produced by Jonathan Sothcott (Vendetta, Assassin) andwritten by Dougie Brimson, based on his original novel.

The cast includes Leo Gregory (Green Street, Cass), Ricci Harnett (28 Days Later, Rise Of The Foot Soldier), Vincent Regan (Bonded By Blood, Clash Of The Titans), Danielle Brent (Ill Manors), Lorraine Stanley (London To Brighton) and George Russo.

The film centres on hooligan gang leader Billy Evans (Gregory) who gets in over his head when he joins a dangerous criminal gang.

Universal Pictures UK, part of Universal Pictures International Entertainment - the home entertainment division of NBC Universal – has picked up the rights.

Anchor Bay Entertainment, the UK home entertainment arm of Us distributor Anchor Bay, has signed a four film co-production agreement with Jonathan Sothcott’s Richwater Films.

The two companies will develop, finance and produce a minimum of four feature films per year, starting with thriller We Still Kill The Old Way. Anchor Bay Entertainment will retain UK distribution rights.

Co-written by Gary Lawrence and Green Street Hooligans’ writer Dougie Brimson, the feature revolves around a group of ageing London gangsters on a vigilante killing spree after one of their number is murdered by a street gang.

The deal is not exclusive for Richwater, which will shortly begin filming gangster epic Top Dog for Universal Pictures UK.

Anchor Bay UK’s director of acquisitions, Rod Smith, said: “I am very proud and excited to announce this new partnership with Richwater Films and an exciting new chapter in Anchor Bay UK’s growth and development.

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U.K. musician and actor Martin Kemp ("Stalker") is set to direct the British crime drama "Top Dog" at Richwater Films and Universal Pictures UK.

Based on Dougie Brimson's cult novel, Leo Gregory is attached to star as London villain Billy Evans who bites off more than he can chew when he crosses a more dangerous criminal gang.

Brimson ("Green Street") is adapting the script himself, while Jonathan Sothcott is producing.

Source: Heat Vision...

U.K. actor and musician Martin Kemp is set to direct Top Dog, an adaptation of the novel by Dougie Brimson, starring Leo Gregory reports The Hollywood Reporter. Jonathan Sothcott will produce via his Richwater Films, with a story following Billy Evans (Gregory), a London criminal who's in for more than he can handle when he crosses a more powerful and dangerous gang. Kemp last directed and produced Stalker which won best director at the British Horror movie awards. That film finds release Stateside some time later this year.

Jonathan Sothcott’s Richwater Films has announced that it has signed a first look deal with independent Kent-based publisher Caffeine Nights.

The deal will see Caffeine Nights publish paperback tie-in editions of Richwater movies and will give Richwater first look at film rights for material published by Caffeine Nights.

The deal was negotiated by Darren Laws for Caffeine Nights and Jonathan Sothcott for Richwater.

The first title announced as part of the deal is a paperback novelisation of Richwater’s forthcoming vigilante film Vendetta, adapted by crime writer Nick Oldham from the screenplay by Stephen Reynolds. It will be published in October.

Already announced is a movie edition of Dougie Brimson’s cult novel Top Dog which will be published to tie-in with the film version’s release by Universal in 2014.

Richwater CEO Jonathan Sothcott said: “Opportunities of this nature allow me to grow Richwater into a business that is more than just a film production company...

Richwater Films has picked up the film rights to Dougie Brimson's epic British crime novel "Top Dog".

Leo Gregory will play a London villain named Billy Evans who bites off more than he can chew when he crosses a more dangerous criminal gang.

Brimson, who previously co-wrote soccer hooligan movie "Green Street," is adapting his own novel into a screenplay. Jonathan Sothcott will produce and shooting kicks off in the Summer.

Source: Heat Vision...

Thanks once again to Screen Rant reader “Nomad” we have another inside scoop on what’s been going on behind the scenes of Lexi Alexander’s Punisher: Warzone (aka Punisher 2). Nomad says that although the source cannot be named, they are Highly reliable.

What follows are the details of what’s happened behind the scenes of the production from the first draft of the screenplay, to the Comic-Con, PG-13 accusations and the revelation that yes, the movie will be rated R. I’m posting what I was sent unedited for the most part, and have added my thoughts here and there.

Keep in mind I really don’t have any bias towards this film one way or another…

Punisher: War Zone rumors deconstructed

I have a very dear friend who’s been around Hollywood for a long time. He’s a unique person here, because his ethics are still intact...

Claire Forlani has signed to join Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam in Odd Lot Entertainment's Hooligans. Also set to team on director Lexi Alexander's soccer-themed project are Marc Warren, Leo Gregory and Terence Jay. Set to start shooting this weekend in London, Hooligans centers on a Harvard undergraduate (Wood) who moves to London after he is wrongfully expelled from the Ivy League school. Once there, he meets up with a young man (Hunnam) who introduces him to the violent underworld of soccer hooliganism. Forlani will play the married sister of Wood's character. Warren plays her husband, with Gregory as the best mate of Hunnam's character and Jay as a golden boy at Harvard who sets off the destructive spiral of Wood's character. Alexander teamed with Dougie Brimson to develop the story, and the duo then took it to scribe Josh Shelov to flesh it out to a full screenplay. Odd Lot's Gigi Pritzker, Deborah Del Prete and Donald Zuckerman are producing. Senator International repped worldwide sales rights for Odd Lot. Forlani is repped by WMA and attorney Robert Offer. Warren is repped by Paradigm and Gilly Sanguinetti. Gregory is repped by CAA. Jay is repped by Talentworks and the Marshak/Zachary Co.