Following Prime Minister David Cameron’s comments on Wednesday that the “UK should fund more mainstream films”, some of Britain’s top filmmakers have been scrambling to adapt their forthcoming projects to match the industry’s new direction. Here’s a round-up of who’s on board:
Director Ken Loach has announced that the script for his new project Dark Without Light, about the power cuts of the 1970s, is being rewritten to include a computer generated puffin named Wrigglesworth. “Wrigglesworth says what everyone else is thinking,” Loach told Empire Magazine. “He speaks truth to power, and he glows in the dark.”
Kenneth Branagh was quick out of the gate too, telling the BBC that his next film, about the life of Boudicca, will be a bawdy comedy focussing more on the great warrior’s human side, including her penchant for going topless and lighting her own farts.
And Mike Leigh announced on Twitter this morning that he was planning a remake of Abigail’s Party which, he said, would feature “500% more explosions and a fuckawesome new ending that will blow you away”.
Tilda Swinton has received funding for an educational video illustrating the correct method of obtaining a urine sample.