UKFC supports Dorian Gray, Triangle
The UK Film Council’s Premiere Fund (UKFC) has awarded £500,000 to director Oliver Parker and producer Barnaby Thompson’s Dorian Gray, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic novel A Picture Of Dorian Gray.
The film began shooting earlier this summer at Ealing Studios and London locations and boasts of a British cast led by Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall and Ben Chaplin.
The film, written by Toby Finlay, marks the latest collaboration between the BAFTA nominated Parker and Thompson after the recent box office success St. Trinian’s and the Oscar Wilde adaptations The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband.
The film is an Ealing Studios presentation of a Fragile Film backed by Prescience, Aramid and the UK Film Council with Momentum Pictures distributing in the UK and Ealing Studios International selling the international rights. Alliance Films has acquired the film for Spain (Aurum).
UKFC Premiere Fund Head Sally Caplan said, “We are very pleased to be supporting Dorian Gray. This is a fantastic new take on a British classic which showcases the established expertise of Oliver Parker and the excellent emerging talent of Toby Finlay. We are looking forward to seeing an exciting psychological thriller that has been innovatively adapted to bring a fresh new appeal to audiences.”
The Premiere Fund has also awarded £1,625,500 to British director Christopher Smith’s maritime survival drama Triangle, produced by Dan Films’ Jason Newmark and Julie Baines in the UK, and Chris Brown from Pictures In Paradise in Australia. Icon Entertainment International will handle worldwide distribution. The film also received £53,000 from the UKFC’s Development Fund.
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