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In the Studio: Julie Baines: The making of a movie, part one

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Julie Baines: the making of a movie, part 1

02/06/2020 GMT

Julie Baines: The making of a movie, part one

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Film producer Julie Baines on filming of `Four Kids and It' starring Russell Brand

Julie Baines has been fighting for years to bring `Four Kids and It' to the big screen. Joseph Adesunloye follows the ups and downs of being an independent film producer

British film producer Julie Baines knows all about long lead times. She often has to work for years to get a project financed before any filming can happen at all. For over six years, Julie had been fighting to bring ‘Four Kids and It’, a script she loves, from page to screen. The story is based on a retelling of the 1902 book ‘Five Children and It’ by the hugely popular children’s writer Jacqueline Wilson.

When we first met Julie in March 2017, filming was scheduled to start in just a few months but there were still deals to be done and actors to be cast. Film stars, including Russell Brand and Academy Award winner Michael Caine, were on board and the locations had been earmarked but would the money start flowing in time for filming to begin?

Film director Joseph Adesunloye followed Julie through the ups and downs of wrangling with lawyers and financiers as she worked to get the cameras rolling.

Produced by Hilary Dunn and Karl Bos for the BBC World Service

(Image: Film producer Julie Baines)

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