Source: Hollywood Reporter

Veteran filmmaker Ken Loach has teamed with FilmFour for his next picture, the parties said Thursday.

The Channel 4-owned film unit will back THESE TIMES, to be directed by Loach, from a script by longtime collaborator Paul Laverty and is billed as a "contemporary story set in Britain," says The Hollywood Reporter.

FilmFour will co-finance the film which is being produced by Loach's longtime producer partner Rebecca O'Brien under the pair's banner Sixteen Films.

Shooting will start in the autumn on location outside London and in Scotland, the filmmakers said.

FilmFour and Loach have previously worked together on several films including "Bread and Roses," "My Name Is Joe" and "Carla's Song."