Chasing Matthew Goode

Actor Matthew Goode (A Single Man, Watchmen) has been working pretty much non-stop recently, with plenty lined up for the near future too. From working with Benedict Cumberbatch to being stuck in a diving bell at the bottom of the sea, here, just for Goode measure, is our round up of his current projects – with further information on many of them on Production Intelligence.

He is currently shooting his role of Hugh Alexander in The Imitation Game, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing, whose work at Bletchley Park during World War II helped crack the Germans’ Enigma code. Directed by Morten Tyldum, the feature co-stars Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear and Charles Dance.

Goode will then head to the US to film Selfless with Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez and Ben Kingsley. The feature is directed by Tarsem Singh, and centres on the idea of mind transference and what happens when a dying elderly man inhabits a younger body, that of a murder victim.

And it is hoped that there will be room in his schedule to film Destroyer, a forthcoming feature from Warp Films about the warship HMS Coventry which was sunk during the Falklands War. At the moment, locations are yet to be tied down, but we are told it’s a project which definitely has Goode’s interest.

He recently finished filming Ron Scalpello’s Pressure, with Danny Huston and Joe Cole about four deep sea divers who become trapped at the bottom of the ocean. It was filmed at Pinewood and in Scotland.

One of the most anticipated British films this year is Belle, in which Goode plays Captain Sir John Lindsay. The feature, directed by Amma Asante, is based on the real life story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the first mixed race woman to appear in the higher echelons of London society in the 18th century. Gugu Mbatha Raw stars in the title role, with Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson and Emily Watson among the robust cast. The film was shot on some beautiful locations in London and the Isle of Man – you can read more from the location managers themselves over on our sister website, KFTV.

And you only have to wait until Christmas for a Goode drama, as the BBC will be airing Death Comes to Pemberley as part of the festive schedule. Filmed over the summer in Leeds, the Pride and Prejudice follow-up is based on the P.D James novel which revisits the Darcys’ marriage six years on, as a body is found in the grounds of Pemberley. Goode plays Wickham in the three-parter, with Anna Maxwell Martin as Elizabeth and Matthew Rhys as Darcy. Juliette Towhidi has written the screenplay.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley also star in director Morten Tyldum’s film about the English code-breaker and early computer scientist Alan Turing.

LONDON – Matthew Goode (Stoker), Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Rory Kinnear (Skyfall) have joined Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley in indie movie drama The Imitation Game.

Charles Dance (Gosford Park), Allen Leech (In Fear, TV’s Downton Abbey) and Matthew Beard (An Education) will also turn out for the movie, directed by Norwegian filmmaker Morten Tyldum (Headhunters) from a screenplay by Graham Moore, based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

Turing (Cumberbatch) was a U.K. mathematician and cryptographer who helped crack the German enigma code during the final years of World War II, helping the Allies to victory. He was later prosecuted by the government for being a homosexual and committed suicide.

Black Bear Pictures’ Teddy Schwarzman is producing alongside Nora Grossman and Ido Ostrowsky, with Moore as executive producer and Peter Heslop (The King’s Speech) as co-producer.

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Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Joe Manganiello are all in the running to play Batman in Man of Steel 2 according to THR. The list of contenders also includes Matthew Goode, Max Martini and Richard Armitage. Brolin is rumored to be the frontrunner at this stage of the game. Keep in mind that the script is still being written for the film set for release in 2015.

It has been reported that Batman will be in his 40′s during the film, which is said to be the same tone of the relationship and fight seen in Frank Miller’s 1980s ground-breaking mini-series The Dark Knight Returns. According to THR, Batman/Bruce Wayne “will be established and rugged. This new movie will not seek to recount an origin story or the rise of the Dark Knight.”

Here is what THR had to say about each of the actors:

Josh Brolin, 46 —  Warner Bros likes him a lot. He starred in the studio’s Gangster Squad, and that’s after he toplined the studio’s 2010 dud Jonah Hex. He’s also attached to star in Warners’ Quasimodo project as well as Crazy for the Storm. Plus, he already has a Frank Miller connection: he leads the cast of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming take on the Miller crime comics.Ryan Gosling, 32 — Yes, Brolin’s Gangster Squad co-star appears to be in the mix. He may be younger than the rest, he may be prettier than the rest, but no one questions his acting chops.

Matthew Goode, 35 — He’s already worked with Snyder in the director’s 2009 filmWatchmen, in which he played Ozymandias.

The 1930s jazz-centric series, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode and John Goodman, will get a stateside bow in October.

Starz has landed the U.S. rights to Dancing on the Edge. The period drama comes from playwright Stephen Poliakoff and saw its official premiere on BBC2 earlier in year.

Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, John Goodman, Angel Coulby, Anthony Head and Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge chronicles The Louis Lester Band, an all-black jazz ensemble playing the club circuit in 1930s London. The series chronicles the band’s rise to fame while dealing while racist resistance among the city’s aristocrats and, ultimately, a murder mystery.

Billed as a five-episode miniseries, Dancing on the Edge bows on Starz in October. It joins another import, BBC One co-production The White Queen, which comes to the network in August.

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English actor Matthew Goode is known for his roles opposite Mandy Moore in Chasing Liberty, in Woody Allen’s Match Point and the epic graphic-novel adaptation Watchmen. Other notable roles include the Evelyn Waugh adaptation Brideshead Revisited, Leap Year, Imagine Me and You, and A Single Man, opposite his friend Colin Firth. In STOKER, from acclaimed director Park Chan-wook, Goode plays Charlie Stoker, uncle to central character, India (Mia Wasikowska), and brother-in-law to Evie (Nicole Kidman)…

Director Park reveals that he gifted Mia a jaguar statue. Did you get anything nice?
He gave me the part. That was the best present! And yes, he did he gave me a gift — an amazing green tea. He and his wife gave me these six or seven boxes of this green tea with this lovely little teapot. Fantastic. I like it a lot. It certainly has anti-oxidant stamp on it.

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Matthew Goode, who will star in the film The Imitation Game. Keira Knightley is in negotiations to play the female lead but hasn’t signed yet. 

Cumberbatch will portray Alan Turing, the mathematical genius who helped to crack the Germans’ Enigma code, with Goode as fellow code-breaker Hugh Alexander.

The role earmarked for Keira is that of Joan  Clarke, who was also part of the top-secret team at Bletchley Park.

Graham Moore’s script is based on Andrew Hodges’s book about Turing, and explores how he told Clarke of his homosexuality — but she still wanted to marry him (they never did).

It also tells of how Turing was prosecuted for what were then illegal sex acts and no one came to help  him during a humiliating court case.

Source: Daily Mail