The band is bankrolling the movie with CinemaNX, the film financing and production company backed by the Isle of Man Government, Merzbau and produced by Fiesta Productions.

 

LONDON -- Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess, Lesley Manville, Jodie Whittaker and Luke Evans have gathered for Mat Whitecross’s Ashes, a contemporary film noir backed by pop group Coldplay.

 

The band is bankrolling the movie with CinemaNX, the film financing and production company backed by the Isle of Man Government, Merzbau and produced by Fiesta Productions.

 

Written by Paul Viragh and Whitecross, the script was developed with cash from Northern Film and Media, U.K. Film Council Vision and the MEDIA program with shooting scheduled to begin March 21 on the Isle of Man.

 

The movie is being produced by Esther Douglas and Fiona Neilson of Fiesta Productions. Exec producers are Steve Christian and Marc Samuelson of CinemaNX, Phillip Keir of Merzbau alongside Coldplay’s Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.

 

Whitecross’s previous credits include Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, with Andy Serkis as Ian Dury and a brace of documentaries co-directed with Michael Winterbottom, The Shock Doctrine and The Road to Guantanamo.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/coldplay-cinemanx-produce-film-noir-168833

CinemaNX greenlights 'Ashes'

 

Contemporary noir thriller stars Ray Winstone

 

LONDON -- CinemaNX, the film financing and production venture bankrolled by the Isle of Man, has greenlit "Ashes," toplining Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess and Lesley Manville.

 

Pic, which also stars Jodie Whittaker ("Attack the Block") and Luke Evans ("Robin Hood"), is directed by "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" helmer Mat Whitecross.

 

The project, which is budgeted under £5 million ($8 million), is being co-financed by private investor Merzbau and Brit music group Coldplay.

 

Fiesta Prods.' Esther Douglas and Fiona Neilson will produce the pic, while exec producer credits will go to CinemaNX's Steve Christian and Marc Samuelson, Merzbau's Phillip Kier and Coldplay's Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion.

 

Whitecross is reuniting with "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" scribe Paul Viragh to co-pen "Ashes," a contemporary noir thriller.

 

Script has been developed with the assistance of Northern Film and Media, UKFC Vision and the MEDIA program. Lensing is skedded to commence on March 21 on location around the Isle of Man.

 

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034032?refCatId=13

that sounds pretty freaking awesome.

Wonder what this will be like :surprised:

I wonder if that vid was music for the film?

Can you imagine a Score by Coldplay? If they do it, they will add an Oscar to their trophies.

I actually think if they did one it wouldn't be very good. :anxious:

I actually think if they did one it wouldn't be very good. :anxious:

Totally the opposite feeling for me!

I think it'd be awesome and I've often thought about that.

Postcards could have easily been part of a soundtrack / trailer music / whatever. :heart:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-12806230

 

"For Coldplay to do the music gives them a great platform for an album and likewise it's great for us to be associated with them, and so it works both ways.'

 

 

So not only are they funding it, they will provide some of the music aswell!

Sounds like it in that article!

Hopefully it's true. :awesome:

Soundtrack! :nice:

Can you imagine a Score by Coldplay? If they do it, they will add an Oscar to their trophies.

One of them already did two songs for a Japanese movie :P

 

anyway, I like the sound of it tbh :nice:

One of them already did two songs for a Japanese movie :P

 

anyway, I like the sound of it tbh :nice:

 

The Longest Night in Shanghai? I love those songs!

just so long as it doesn't delay the album or tour dvd....

The Longest Night in Shanghai? I love those songs!

yes, and until the other day I still wasn't 100% sure those songs were really his, but he confirmed it :nice:

Coldplay to finance new Brit film

 

By Vicky Allison

Aug 24, 2011, 22:15 GMT

 

Coldplay are putting up the cash for a new British film that is being shot on the Isle of Man, according to reports.

 

Ashes, which is being directed by Mat Whitecross, stars British actors Jim Sturgess and Ray Winstone.

 

The band’s members – Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion – will all act as executive producers on the upcoming flick.

 

Sturgess, who is currently starring in new movie One Day, revealed that the group’s lead singer Martin has yet to visit the set.

 

According to BBC Newsbeat, the 30-year-old actor said: 'He didn't. No, they were away being Coldplay. We were filming on the Isle of Man, so he had other things to do.

 

'It was amazing those guys helped us out with that film. I'm really proud of the film.'

 

(http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1658960.php/Coldplay-to-finance-new-Brit-film)

a Mat Whitecross-directed film starring Jim Sturgess and executively produced by Coldplay??? :wideeyed:

O

 

M

 

 

G

actually this has been mentioned before, there's already a thread about it

 

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76035

When I saw the title I thought "what, another one???" :lol:

actually this has been mentioned before, there's already a thread about it

 

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76035

Threads merged. :nice:

Movie?

 

 

Coldplay?

 

 

 

 

SOUNDTRACK?

 

 

 

 

 

Like,

 

 

 

 

O M G

 

I'm so gonna watch this!! :drunk:

Trailer For Coldplay-Backed Noir 'Ashes' Starring Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess & Luke Evans

 

 

Remember when it was announced that Coldplay were co-financing a movie? No? Well, that was almost two years ago, and the fruits of their money's labor will now be seen in the finished product, "Ashes," a film noir that looks as confusing as it is generic, though it does boast Ray Winstone going blonde, "Memento"-style.

 

Co-starring Jim Sturgess, Luke Evans and Lesley Manville, it's unfortunate that the collective talents of all the actors, couldn't be in service of something better. Here's the synopsis: Jamie (Jim Sturgess), after many months of searching, finally tracks down his estranged father (Winstone), and together they embark on a dangerous road trip. However, with Frank becoming more unstable and Jamie's motives unclear, the journey gradually unravels their dark and sinister pasts.

 

Mat Whitecross, a frequent collaborator with the band who recently helmed their video for "Paradise" (and also directed the pretty terrible Ian Dury biopic "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll") got behind the camera here, and if the results look straight-to-DVD quality, well, that's because it is. The movie has skipped theaters and will land on DVD in the U.K. on January 28th. No word yet if or when it will cross the pond. Watch below.

 

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQEonO6ufig[/ame]

 

 

 

link

CROSS THE POND, DO IT

 

i don't care if it ends up being a so-so movie, i want to see it so badly :P

Can you imagine a Score by Coldplay? If they do it, they will add an Oscar to their trophies.

 

I would die to see them at the Oscars!

The moment I prefer is 1:48 :awesome:

The moment I prefer is 1:48 :awesome:

 

 

:wacko: