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thatsbelievable · 4 months
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wedarkacademia · 5 months
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"Life is so fragile, a successful surgery, a black ice patch, a simple virus, any one of these could have been enough to end you. And what would be the point? What would be the point of being alive if you were dead? What would be the point of being alive if you were not living it?"
- Matt Haig, "How to Stop Time"
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...this is the problem with living in the twenty-first century. Many of us have every material thing we need, so the job of marketing is now to tie the economy to our emotions, to make us feel like we need more by making us want things we never needed before. We are made to feel poor on thirty thousand pounds a year. To feel poorly travelled if we have been to only ten other countries. To feel too old if we have a wrinkle. To feel ugly if we aren't photoshopped and filtered.
from How To Stop Time, by Matt Haig
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elennemigo · 1 year
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“Paddington” producer-distributor Studiocanal is gearing up to shoot “How To Stop Time,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and with D.C. Moore (“Mary & George”) and Tomas Alfredson (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) on board as key creative talent.
Production on the title by Studiocanal and SunnyMarch will be announced by CEO Anna Marsh on Monday at her keynote at Cannes’ MipTV trade fair. 
Based on Matt Haig’s bestselling novel, “How To Stop Time” is written by Moore with Alfredson set to direct. Filming will take place in London and other parts of Europe in 2024, said Marsh. 
Published in 2017, “How To Stop Time” turns on Tom Hazard, a London high-school history teacher, apparently 41, but suffering from anageria, or a very slow ageing process, which means he has lived since the 1500s. Affected by a life of perpetual loss, Tom is part of a like-conditioned secret power elite whose only rule is: Never fall in love.Then he meets a captivating French teacher at his school who seems equally fascinated by him.
Robyn Slovo (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) is series producer alongside Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland, Claire Marshall and Leah Clarke for SunnyMarch (“Patrick Melrose,” “The Child in Time”). Moore, Alfredson, Haig and Jamie Byng executive produce. Ron Halpern, Studiocanal EVP global production and SVP global production Joe Naftalin executive produce and are overseeing for Studiocanal.  
“Losing his loved ones, his existence is in many senses one of perpetual loss. So you can imagine Benedict being absolutely perfect for the role,” Marsh told Variety in the run-up to her keynote. 
“How to Stop Time” will also key in on a love story that, for reasons beyond its lovers’ control, seemingly cannot last. “There are many themes that hit home,” she added.
Cumberbatch said that when he first read “How to Stop Time,” “the potential of this story was immediately obvious.” “In his inimitable style, Matt once again explores what it is to be human and what it is to live a life – a very long one in this case – with pathos, insight, humor, drama and inspiration,” the actor-producer continued. 
He also praised Alfredson for being “the perfect person to capture the scale, tension, and sense of humour alive in DC Moore’s adaptation.”
Canal+ will air “How to Stop Time” in France, throughout Africa and in its six territories in Eastern Europe. Beyond the Canal+ footprint, Studiocanal will look to take the series onto the open market.
As it looks to build an even larger presence in the English-language scripted space and address international audiences, Marsh confirmed to Variety that Studiocanal has acquired an equity stake in London-based Strong Film & Television, co-founded in late 2020 by “Broadchurch” director James Strong and Matt Tombs, a former executive at the BBC and Paramount.
“We have the appetite to make more globally-reaching shows, and a lot of the talent for those kinds of international shows is definitely in London. There’s a lot of great talent there,” March said.
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sincericida · 1 year
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About the plot of "We Live In Time":
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(hot DILF) History teacher called Tom, 41-year-old teacher, okayyy!?
But, i read the whole description this not so a romcom at all. I think we’ll cry again.
(the plot can be based on book "How To Stop Time" , by Matt Haig)
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supercool-here · 1 month
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And, just as it only takes a moment to die, it only takes a moment to live. You just close your eyes and let every futile fear slip away.
-Matt Haig, How to stop time
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love-yellow-door · 1 year
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I think this could be epic.
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bookishlyvintage · 10 months
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The First Bright Thing, JR Dawson
"You are your own story, not a character in someone else's."
☆☆☆☆☆ | full review
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thisdancingheart · 1 year
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A story in three acts, spread over 14 months.
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quiffle · 1 year
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fandom-official · 1 year
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Filming begins in London & other parts of Europe in 2024
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thatsbelievable · 2 years
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kingofmelancholia · 8 months
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“I quote others only the better to express myself,”
Matt Haig, from ‘How to Stop Time’.
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And, just as it only takes a moment to die, it only takes a moment to live. You just close your eyes and let every futile fear slip away. And then, in this new state, free from fear, you ask yourself: who am I? If I could live without doubt what would I do? If I could be kind without the fear of being fucked over? If I could love without fear of being hurt? If I could taste the sweetness of today without thinking of how I will miss that taste tomorrow? If I could not fear the passing of time and the people it will steal? Yes. What would I do? Who would I care for? What battle would I fight? Which paths would I step down? What joys would I allow myself? What internal mysteries would I solve? How, in short, would I live?
from How To Stop Time, by Matt Haig
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elennemigo · 1 year
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14th
✦ Benedict reading American author Andrew Forrester's highly important open letter to People Who Don’t Make Every Conceivable Effort to Ensure that the Bathroom Door is Locked.
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✦ Benedict visited an Argentinian stakehouse while being in Budapest filming "Eric".
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✦ At the opera house in Budapest, Benedict watched Don Quixote and then went behind the scenes to congratulate the cast.
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✦ Benedict Cumberbatch (FINALLY!!) to Star in TV Adaptation of Matt Haig Bestseller ‘How to Stop Time’
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✦ Event announcement: Benedict & Nick Hackworth Live in Conversation. JW3London | 27 June.
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✦ See what Benedict, Ian McKellen, Fiona Shaw and Nathan Lane thought praising Dickie Beau´s Re-member me.
✦ Benedict and Sophie visited restaurante Babel Budapest, in Hungary.
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✦ "Eric" wrapped production in Budapest. Lucy Forbes, director of the series shared on her Instagram that now they´re moving to NY!
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                     ⊱ ────── { FIN } ────── ⊰
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selenakaiba · 8 months
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“Nothing fixes a thing so firmly in the memory as the wish to forget it.”
- Matt Haig
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