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Shoot begins today on period drama starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts and Michael Sheen.

Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced that Thomas Vinterberg’sFar From the Madding Crowd has begun principal photography in the UK today [Sept 16].

The film stars Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby), Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone), Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon), Tom Sturridge (On the Road) and Juno Temple (Killer Joe).

The script was written by David Nicholls, author and screenwriter of One Day and Starter for Ten. Allon Reich and Andrew Macdonald of DNA Films are producing with Christine Langan of BBC Films executive producing.

The film will shoot on location in Dorset, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and London.

Vinterberg said it is “a great privilege to bring such a wonderful piece of very English literature to the screen”.

Langan added that Mulligan is “the perfect Bathsheba”.

Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd is the story of independent and headstrong...

Production exec Katie Goodson-Thomas joins as director of production and acquisitions.

Production executive Katie Goodson-Thomas has joined UK financier Ingenious as director of production and acquisitions.

Goodson-Thomas has previously worked with Jon Finn, Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones and David Thompson. She was most recently head of film for Chris Coen.

The executive will work closely with Fox Searchlight president of production Claudia Lewis and La-based director of production, Richard Gold, and she will be tasked with searching the UK for new investment projects.

She will also manage Ingenious and Fox Searchlight’s existing slate of joint development projects, including Shimmy written by Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Miss Austen Regrets, Five Days); I Dreamed A Dream, based on the Susan Boyle biographical stage musical, currently being adapted by Neil McKay (Appropriate Adult, Mo); and Season To Taste, based on the memoir by Molly Birnbaum and currently being adapted by Heather McGowan (Tadpole, Old Fires).

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Things at Sundance Film Festival are getting serious. Every day we hear some new project is being purchased.

So, check this out, Fox Searchlight has acquired worldwide remake rights from Native Voice Films to the Sundance documentary The Bengali Detective.

Philip Cox directed The Bengali Detective and Giovanna Stopponi, Annie Sundberg and Himesh Kar produced the World Cinema Documentary Competition entry about an intrepid private eye in Calcutta’s criminal underbelly. Movie premiered on Saturday.

Here’s the The Bengali Detective official synopsis:

“In response to police corruption, the private detective business has become increasingly common in India. Movie follows the life of detective Rajesh Ji, who, along with his ragtag team of assistants, investigates cases ranging from counterfeit hair products to a brutal triple murder.

When Rajesh is not sleuthing, he has big dreams of competing on a televised national talent show, so he and his detective gang form a dance troupe,...

HollywoodNews.com: Fox Searchlight Pictures President of Production Claudia Lewis announced today that the company has acquired worldwide remake rights from Native Voice Films to the entertaining original feature documentary, The Bengali Detective, directed by Philip Cox and produced by Giovanna Stopponi, Annie Sundberg and Himesh Kar.

?We adored this film and are delighted to have the chance to work with such entertaining, funny material. We were charmed by this story of a dedicated husband and self-made detective who dreams big,? said Lewis.

?We are thrilled that Fox Searchlight has fallen in love with our leading man Rajesh and his wild adventures as a detective in Kolkata. Fox Searchlight has an amazing track record of bringing stories set in India to a worldwide audience, and we are excited to be sharing this journey with them,” said director Phil Cox and The Bengali Detective team.

In The Bengali Detective, Calcutta’s...

Fox Searchlight has picked up the worldwide remake rights to Philip Cox's "The Bengali Detective," produced by Giovanna Stopponi, Annie Sundberg and Himesh Kar. The deal was brokered on Fox Searchlight's side by Senior Vice President of Business Affairs Megan O'Brien with Andrew Hurwitz of Schreck Rose Dapello Adams & Hurwitz, Llp on behalf of Native Voice Films. Creative Executive Richard Gold will oversee development for Fox Searchlight Pictures. The ...