Joe Penhall

Date of Birth

1967-01-01

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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Mindhunter: David Fincher doesn’t think Netflix series will continue

Posted 6 years ago

Out of all the Netflix original series' that broke into the pop-culture consciousness, Mindhunter is still my favorite of the bunch. Executive produced by David Fincher and created by Joe Penhall, the show revolved around FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan...

Michel Gondry to direct As She Climbed Across the Table for Amazon

Posted 6 years ago

Per THR, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND director Michel Gondry has been tapped to direct an adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's novel "As She Climbed Across the Table" for Amazon Studios and Chernin Entertainment. Joe Penhall, who created Netflix's Mindhunter...

Hanna explores her past in trailer for second season of the Amazon series

Posted 6 years ago

There's so many TV shows out there that you'd be forgiven for forgetting about more than a few of them, and I had certainly forgotten about Amazon's TV adaptation of Joe Wright's HANNA. Part high-concept thriller and part coming-of-age drama,...

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Amazon has granted Hanna a second season renewal

Posted 7 years ago

Amazon Prime Video today announced that they've given the greenlight to a second season of HANNA, the action-drama series based on Joe Wright's intense 2011 film. The first season of the series debuted on March 29 in more than 200 countries...

Excl: We talk Hanna w/ Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos & Esme Creed-Miles!

Posted 7 years ago

On March 29th, Amazon will unveil the first season of Hanna, its remake of Joe Wright's 2011 film about a teenage girl, raised in the woods her entire life by her special operative father, who finds herself suddenly thrust into...

TV Review: Hanna

Posted 7 years ago

SYNOPSIS: Raised by her father in the Finnish wilderness, teenage Hanna has trained all her life to be the perfect assassin. Her father sends her on a mission, and she stealthily makes her way across Europe while evading agents sent after...

Hanna: A brutal Super Bowl trailer reveals first episode post-game air date

Posted 7 years ago

If you're of the mind that this year's Super Bowl LIII is going to be is going to be an epic display of agility, strategy, and brutality, you might want to stick around after the game for when Amazon makes the...

Review: King of Thieves

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: An elderly widower (Michael Caine), who was a top-notch thief in his younger days, reassembles the old gang to knock over a safe deposit bank over a holiday weekend. REVIEW: KING OF THIEVES should have been a major release....

Hanna goes missing in teaser for Amazon’s adaptation of the Joe Wright film

Posted 7 years ago

I don't think I've watched Joe Wright's HANNA since its release back in 2011, but I'll soon get to relive the story of a young girl trained to be an assassin by her father in Amazon's TV series of the...

Saban Films nabs the U.S. rights to Michael Caine-led King of Thieves drama

Posted 8 years ago

Word has come in that Saban Films has snagged the U.S. distribution rights for KING OF THEIVES, an upcoming crime drama from director James Marsh (THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, SHADOW DANCER). The much anticipated film stars Sir Michael Caine (DUNKIRK, GOING...

Michael Caine plans a major heist in King of Thieves international trailer

Posted 8 years ago

When they're done well, it's tough to beat a good heist film, and the upcoming KING OF THIEVES certainly looks as though it has the potential to stand out among its brethren. Starring Michael Caine (KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE), Jim...

Joel Kinnaman & Mireille Enos to lead TV series based on Joe Wright’s Hanna

Posted 8 years ago

Remember HANNA? The 2011 thriller from Joe Wright starred Saoirse Ronan as a young girl trained as an assassin by her ex-CIA operative father (Eric Bana) in the wilderness of Finland, and although I can remember watching it and recall...

Joe Wright’s Hanna TV adaptation gets straight-to-series order for Amazon

Posted 9 years ago

Back in March, we reported that Joe Wright's assassination thriller HANNA starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, and Cate Blanchett was being eyed for a television series adaptation. Today, we've learned that Amazon Studios has granted a straight-to-series order for HANNA...

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