Patrick James Stephens
@patrickfirstad.bsky.social
DGA 1st Assistant Director for Film & TV. Represented by Jacqui Fincham at
Creative Media Management. UK based
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Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Hiam Abbass, Amir El-Masry, Lindsay Duncan lead ‘Daughter Of Eden’
EXCLUSIVE: Filming underway on BFI, BBC Film-backed and developed film.
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Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Hiam Abbass, Amir El-Masry and Lindsay Duncan are starring in Fateme Ahmadi’s directorial debut Daughter Of Eden, with filming underway in Dublin.
“It ain’t true ‘till it’s blue” #fishfingersorlobster #DGA #moviemagic #finaldraft
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“It ain’t true ‘till it’s blue” #fishfingersorlobster #DGA #moviemagic #finaldraft
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Full-tilt chase sequences, a punk aesthetic and a sugar-rush soundtrack, means there is plenty of enjoyment to be had as Edgar Wright goes back to King’s original 1982 novel via @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social #RunningManMovie www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
The Running Man review – Glen Powell sprints through fun update of Stephen King future-shock sci-fi satire
Full-tilt chase sequences, a punk aesthetic and a sugar-rush soundtrack, means there is plenty of enjoyment to be had as Edgar Wright goes back to King’s original 1982 novel
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November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Full-tilt chase sequences, a punk aesthetic and a sugar-rush soundtrack, means there is plenty of enjoyment to be had as Edgar Wright goes back to King’s original 1982 novel via @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social #RunningManMovie www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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It was my great pleasure to speak to @srd.bsky.social about competitive authoritarianism and what it means for our age. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Are we living in an age of competitive authoritarianism
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 11/11/2025 · 47m
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November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It was my great pleasure to speak to @srd.bsky.social about competitive authoritarianism and what it means for our age. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Animal behaviourists tested 61 gulls in Cornwall to find most effective method of countering feathery threat #Corwall www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Worth a shout? Yelling is best way to deter gulls, UK study suggests
Animal behaviourists tested 61 gulls in Cornwall to find most effective method of countering feathery threat
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November 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Animal behaviourists tested 61 gulls in Cornwall to find most effective method of countering feathery threat #Corwall www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Alien: Earth — and the long-running creative relationship between series creator Noah Hawley and FX — will continue www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/a...
‘Alien: Earth’ Renewed as Noah Hawley Inks New Overall Deal at FX, Disney Entertainment TV
The series is set to go back into production in 2026 in London.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Alien: Earth — and the long-running creative relationship between series creator Noah Hawley and FX — will continue www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/a...
As many independent films continue to falter at the box office — Black Bear and Row K Entertainment — have a strategy that’s counterintuitive these days: releasing mid-level-budget films. variety.com/2025/film/en...
Sydney Sweeney and Colman Domingo Films Are Among the Projects Picked Up in the Wave of New Domestic Distributors
New domestic distributors Black Bear and Row K grab films starring A-listers like Sydney Sweeney, Colman Domingo and Lily James
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As many independent films continue to falter at the box office — Black Bear and Row K Entertainment — have a strategy that’s counterintuitive these days: releasing mid-level-budget films. variety.com/2025/film/en...
“Predator: Badlands” is this weekend’s apex predator at the box office, collecting a better-than-expected $40 million in its domestic debut. #PredatorBadlands variety.com/2025/film/bo...
‘Predator: Badlands’ Sets Franchise Record With $40 Million Debut, Snapping Box Office Cold Streak
"Predator: Badlands" is this weekend's apex predator at the box office.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Predator: Badlands” is this weekend’s apex predator at the box office, collecting a better-than-expected $40 million in its domestic debut. #PredatorBadlands variety.com/2025/film/bo...
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The 🇺🇸American supernatural slasher horror film “A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET” written & directed by Wes Craven, starring John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Ronee Blakley, Robert Englund and Johnny Depp in his film debut was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1984
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November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The 🇺🇸American supernatural slasher horror film “A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET” written & directed by Wes Craven, starring John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Ronee Blakley, Robert Englund and Johnny Depp in his film debut was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1984
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Where Have All the Indie Hits Gone?
Prestige films keep tanking at the box office. But there's a way out of this existential slump. By Owen Gleiberman
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Prestige films keep tanking at the box office. But there's a way out of this existential slump. By Owen Gleiberman
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Where Have All the Indie Hits Gone?
Prestige films keep tanking at the box office. But there's a way out of this existential slump.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Where Have All the Indie Hits Gone?
Prestige films keep tanking at the box office. But there's a way out of this existential slump. By Owen Gleiberman
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Prestige films keep tanking at the box office. But there's a way out of this existential slump. By Owen Gleiberman
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‘The Running Man’: Edgar Wright on Directing His Most Expensive Movie Ever, Shooting Glen Powell Naked in the Freezing Cold and Getting Stephen King’s Approval #RunningManMovie variety.com/2025/film/ne...
‘The Running Man’: Edgar Wright on Directing His Most Expensive Movie Ever, Shooting Glen Powell Naked in the Freezing Cold and Getting Stephen King’s Approval
'The Running Man' director Edgar Wright on making his most expensive movie, shooting Glen Powell nearly naked in the freezing cold and more.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
‘The Running Man’: Edgar Wright on Directing His Most Expensive Movie Ever, Shooting Glen Powell Naked in the Freezing Cold and Getting Stephen King’s Approval #RunningManMovie variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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“When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
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We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
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Stephen King in conversation with Edgar Wright: “When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
In a bumper year for screen adaptations of Stephen King’s work, the director of The Running Man, a dystopian thriller about a bloodthirsty TV gameshow, talks to the author about media manipulation, th...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
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We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
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Zach Cregger on the One Time He Felt ‘Not in Control’ on ‘Weapons,’ and Amy Madigan’s Refusal to Let Her Stuntwoman Run for Her www.indiewire.com/features/int...
Zach Cregger on the One Time He Felt ‘Not in Control’ on ‘Weapons,’ and Amy Madigan’s Refusal to Let Her Stuntwoman Run for Her
Zach Cregger goes behind the scenes on the 'Weapons' ending, and Amy Madigan's iconically dismissive reaction to meeting her stuntwoman.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Zach Cregger on the One Time He Felt ‘Not in Control’ on ‘Weapons,’ and Amy Madigan’s Refusal to Let Her Stuntwoman Run for Her www.indiewire.com/features/int...
IMDb has added 12 new professional credits including intimacy coordination, choreography, craft services, puppetry, voice actor dubbing and more. #IMDbPro
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IMDb Adds Credits for Intimacy Coordination, Choreography, Dubbing and 9 More Professional Categories
IMDb adds 12 new professional credit categories including choreography and intimacy coordination.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
IMDb has added 12 new professional credits including intimacy coordination, choreography, craft services, puppetry, voice actor dubbing and more. #IMDbPro
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Do you have what it takes to survive The Running Man? The world’s deadliest game show? Get your tickets for The #RunningManMovie now to find out. Only in theatres November 14th. @runningmanmovie.com Get tix! - runningmanmovie.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Do you have what it takes to survive The Running Man? The world’s deadliest game show? Get your tickets for The #RunningManMovie now to find out. Only in theatres November 14th. @runningmanmovie.com Get tix! - runningmanmovie.com
“Richards Lives!”
Get ready to experience Edgar Wright's The Running Man on the big screen. Get your tickets now for The #RunningManMovie – Only in theatres November 14.
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Richards Lives!”
“We needed to build this ourselves”: Apple’s Eddy Cue, Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht talk ‘F1’ and Emmys success, upcoming slate, and launching a platform 🙏🏻 ❤️🎥
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Apple content team on ‘F1’, Emmys success, and launching a platform
"We joke that we worked almost six years to become an overnight success story."
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November 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“We needed to build this ourselves”: Apple’s Eddy Cue, Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht talk ‘F1’ and Emmys success, upcoming slate, and launching a platform 🙏🏻 ❤️🎥
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Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivo...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘If I’d known the skeletons were real I’d have been even more disgusted’: how we made Poltergeist…
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‘If I’d known the skeletons were real I’d have been even more disgusted’: how we made Poltergeist
‘Steven Spielberg lit up when I told him I couldn’t do the face-tearing scene. Those are his hands you see in the film. I could never have ripped my face off with the same joie de vivre’
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November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
‘If I’d known the skeletons were real I’d have been even more disgusted’: how we made Poltergeist…
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Adam Greenberg, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer known for his work on The Terminator and many other films, has died. He was 88. deadline.com/2025/11/adam...
Adam Greenberg Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘The Terminator’ Cinematographer Was 88
Adam Greenberg, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer known for his work on 'The Terminator' and many other films, has died. He was 88.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Adam Greenberg, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer known for his work on The Terminator and many other films, has died. He was 88. deadline.com/2025/11/adam...
How to Introduce Characters in Your Script Like These Iconic Examples #FinalDraft
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How to Introduce Characters in Your Script Like These Iconic Examples
Learn how to craft compelling character introductions in your screenplays with insights from iconic film examples like Training Day, Misery, and The Silence of the Lambs. Discover tips for making your...
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November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How to Introduce Characters in Your Script Like These Iconic Examples #FinalDraft
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“It: Welcome to Derry” hit 5.7 million viewers through in its first three days.
#IT:welcometoderry 🤡 🎈 ❤️
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#IT:welcometoderry 🤡 🎈 ❤️
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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Hits 5.7 Million Viewers in Three Days, No. 3 HBO Max Premiere Ever
'It: Welcome to Derry' hit 5.7 million viewers in three days, achieving the No. 3 HBO Max premiere ever.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“It: Welcome to Derry” hit 5.7 million viewers through in its first three days.
#IT:welcometoderry 🤡 🎈 ❤️
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#IT:welcometoderry 🤡 🎈 ❤️
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Paramount will lose its most prolific television creator, Taylor Sheridan, who has closed a long-term film and television deal with NBCUniversal, Deadline has confirmed. deadline.com/2025/10/tayl...
Taylor Sheridan To Leave Paramount For Big Film & TV Deal At NBCUniversal
Paramount will lose its most prolific television creator, Taylor Sheridan, who has closed a long-term film and television deal with NBCUniversal
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October 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Paramount will lose its most prolific television creator, Taylor Sheridan, who has closed a long-term film and television deal with NBCUniversal, Deadline has confirmed. deadline.com/2025/10/tayl...
5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Screenwriting #FinalDraft www.finaldraft.com/blog/5-thing...
5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Screenwriting
Veteran screenwriter Edwin Cannistraci shares the real lessons he’s learned after nearly two decades in Hollywood. From creative fulfillment and discipline to community and collaboration, discover the...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Screenwriting #FinalDraft www.finaldraft.com/blog/5-thing...
Deadline EXCLUSIVE: The Directors Guild of America’s Women’s Steering Committee has announced a new cohort for DGA WSC Squad, its program supporting mid-career women and nonbinary directors, which is wrapping up its fifth cycle and entering its sixth. #DGA deadline.com/2025/10/dga-...
DGA Women’s Steering Committee Entering Sixth Cycle Of DGA WSC Squad, A Program For Mid-Career Women & Non-Binary Directors
DGA WSC Squad, the DGA program for women and non-binary directors, has kicked off its sixth cycle, announcing its latest cohort.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Deadline EXCLUSIVE: The Directors Guild of America’s Women’s Steering Committee has announced a new cohort for DGA WSC Squad, its program supporting mid-career women and nonbinary directors, which is wrapping up its fifth cycle and entering its sixth. #DGA deadline.com/2025/10/dga-...
Barbara Gips, who helped sell Ridley Scott’s classic horror sci-fi thriller Alien to unsuspecting moviegoers with her now-legendary tagline “In space no one can hear you scream,” has died. She was 89. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Barbara Gips, Who Wrote the Iconic Tagline for ‘Alien,’ Dies at 89
She came up with “In space no one can hear you scream” while washing dishes, and it was used on the film's poster co-designed by her husband.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Barbara Gips, who helped sell Ridley Scott’s classic horror sci-fi thriller Alien to unsuspecting moviegoers with her now-legendary tagline “In space no one can hear you scream,” has died. She was 89. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...