On December 23, 2022, “Living” makes a limited theatrical debut in the United States following its November 4 release in the UK. Adapted from the 1952 Japanese film “Ikiru” by Akira Kurosawa, Bill Nighy‘s praised performance headlines the film written Kazuo Ishiguro and directed by Oliver Hermanus.
See Bill Nighy: ‘Living’ will inspire you to live your best life [Exclusive Video Interview]
Nighy is receiving plenty of Oscar buzz for his turn as Williams, a humorless civil servant who decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis. He has already earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Film Drama Actor and a Critics Choice Film Awards bid for Best Actor. Now Nighy looks poised to receive his first Academy Award nomination — he ranks fourth in our current Oscar odds.
The overwhelmingly positive reviews for the film have earned it a near-perfect freshness rating of 94 on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus reading,...
See Bill Nighy: ‘Living’ will inspire you to live your best life [Exclusive Video Interview]
Nighy is receiving plenty of Oscar buzz for his turn as Williams, a humorless civil servant who decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis. He has already earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Film Drama Actor and a Critics Choice Film Awards bid for Best Actor. Now Nighy looks poised to receive his first Academy Award nomination — he ranks fourth in our current Oscar odds.
The overwhelmingly positive reviews for the film have earned it a near-perfect freshness rating of 94 on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus reading,...
- 12/22/2022
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
Alex Sharp, Tony winner for Broadway's The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, has signed on for the upcoming Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake titled Nasty Women, starring previously announced Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.
- 8/24/2017
- by Movies News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: Alex Sharp, who won the Tony in 2015 for his starring role in The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, has been set to co-star in Nasty Women, MGM’s reboot of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels that stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson. Sharp will play Thomas, a tech billionaire in his early 20s who becomes the subject of a wager between the sparring con women. Glenne Headly was the object of the wager in the original 1988 comedy that starred Michael Caine and…...
- 8/24/2017
- Deadline
In an exclusive interview with Bww, Alex Sharp says of this important film, 'When you start a conversation about something that is under-discussed and you use art to convey it, I think that is incredibly powerful, but is always going to create waves.'...
- 7/3/2017
- by Caryn Robbins
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp and Brooke Smith have joined the cast of Marti Noxon's feature directorial debut To The Bone, the dark anorexia comedy that already stars Lily Collins, Carrie Preston, Keanu Reeves and Liana Liberto. Noxon wrote the pic inspired by her own personal experience with anorexia. Meanwhile, Ambi Group principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi have come on board to finance the film along with Sparkhouse Media and will become co-executive producers…...
- 4/4/2016
- Deadline
Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Group has come on board the Keanu Reeves starrer.
Ambi Distribution will jet to Cannes next month to commence worldwide sales on the film that also stars Lily Collins, Carrie Preston, and Liana Liberto, as well as new additions Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp and Brooke Smith.
To The Bone marks Marti Noxon’s feature directorial debut and is inspired by her personal experience with anorexia.
Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis of Mockingbird Pictures will produce along with Karina Miller, who is also financing through her company Sparkhouse Media, the company she heads with her husband and financier, Talal AlAbbar.
Iervolino and Bacardi will serve as co-executive producers and the project marks the start of a broader strategic relationship between Ambi and Sparkhouse Media that will see the two companies co-finance and co-produce a slate of films.
Ambi Distribution will jet to Cannes next month to commence worldwide sales on the film that also stars Lily Collins, Carrie Preston, and Liana Liberto, as well as new additions Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp and Brooke Smith.
To The Bone marks Marti Noxon’s feature directorial debut and is inspired by her personal experience with anorexia.
Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis of Mockingbird Pictures will produce along with Karina Miller, who is also financing through her company Sparkhouse Media, the company she heads with her husband and financier, Talal AlAbbar.
Iervolino and Bacardi will serve as co-executive producers and the project marks the start of a broader strategic relationship between Ambi and Sparkhouse Media that will see the two companies co-finance and co-produce a slate of films.
- 4/4/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
From Neil Patrick Harristo Bernadette Petersto Kelli O'Harato Kristin Chenoweth to Jason Robert Brown to Barbra Streisand to Chita Riverato Nick Jonas, Raul Esparza, Alan Menken, Lena Hall, Laura Osnes, Victoria Clark,and everyonein between - It's the BroadwayWorld.com 2016Valentine's Day Special - and it's bigger than everThis year's entries feature John Cameron Mitchell, Jessie Mueller, Jeremy Jordan, Kelli O'Hara, Peter Gallagher, Kate Baldwin, Alex Sharp, Judy Kuhn, James Monroe Iglehart, Joshua Henry, Rob McClure, Brynn O'Malley and Many more...
- 2/12/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
How To Talk To Girls At Parties
Ruth Wilson, Jessica Plummer, Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp and Matt Lucas have joined the cast of John Cameron Mitchell's "How To Talk To Girls At Parties" at A24. The film is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman while Howard Gertler, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman are producing.
The story follows a shy teenage punk rocker in 1970s suburban London, and his two closest friends. One night they all sneak into a party where they meet a group of intensely attractive, otherworldly girls; at first they think they're from a cult, but eventually come to realize the girls are literally aliens with nefarious plans. [Source: Deadline]
Ashes in the Snow
Jonah Hauer-King and Bel Powley ("Diary Of A Teenage Girl") have come onboard Marius Markevicius' World War II drama "Ashes In The Snow" in the leading roles. Ben York Jones...
Ruth Wilson, Jessica Plummer, Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp and Matt Lucas have joined the cast of John Cameron Mitchell's "How To Talk To Girls At Parties" at A24. The film is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman while Howard Gertler, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman are producing.
The story follows a shy teenage punk rocker in 1970s suburban London, and his two closest friends. One night they all sneak into a party where they meet a group of intensely attractive, otherworldly girls; at first they think they're from a cult, but eventually come to realize the girls are literally aliens with nefarious plans. [Source: Deadline]
Ashes in the Snow
Jonah Hauer-King and Bel Powley ("Diary Of A Teenage Girl") have come onboard Marius Markevicius' World War II drama "Ashes In The Snow" in the leading roles. Ben York Jones...
- 11/4/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The acquisitions scene has been quiet in Toronto this year, though A24 has just nabbed one of the big pre-buys off the market with John Cameron Mitchell's "How to Talk to Girls at Parties." The film will unite Mitchell with Alex Sharp, Tony winner from Broadways "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," and once again with Nicole Kidman, Oscar-nominated for his 2010 drama "Rabbit Hole." Based on a story by cult author Neil Gaiman, who executive-produces alongside producers Howard Gertler and Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, "How to Talk to Girls" starts shooting in November. The film centers on a teen punk rocker, Enn, in 1970s suburban London who, with his two close friends, crash a party of otherworldly women they soon realize are actually aliens from another planet, and they have a malevolent plan in mind. Mitchell cowrote the script with Philippa Goslett ("Little Ashes") and,...
- 9/15/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Read More: A24 Picks Up Ultra-Violent Patrick Stewart Cannes Thriller 'Green Room' "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" mastermind John Cameron Mitchell hasn't made a feature film since 2010's critically acclaimed "Rabbit Hole," but that's all about to change very soon. The filmmakers' latest project, "How to Talk to Girls at Parties," has just been picked up by A24. The film is an adaptation of the Neil Gaiman short story and stars Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman (who Mitchell directed to an Oscar nomination in "Rabbit Hole") and recent Tony winner Alex Sharp. Production on the project begins in November. The official synopsis reads: "'How to Talk to Girls at Parties' focuses on Enn, a shy teenage punk rocker in 1970s suburban London, and his two closest friends, Vic and John. One night they all sneak into a party where they meet a group of intensely attractive, otherworldly girls; at...
- 9/15/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
In a welcome sign of acquisition activity, ambitious indie distrib A24 has acquired U.S. rights to John Cameron Mitchell’s How to Talk To Girls At Parties. The film, which starts filming in November, is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman and stars Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, and Alex Sharp — a recent Tony award winner for The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Gaiman is exec-producing. Producers are Howard Gertler (Mitchell’s Shortbus) and Iain Canning and…...
- 9/15/2015
- Deadline
Mr. Holmes himself, Ian McKellen, Star Trek star George Takei and, in the rear, John Buffalo Mailer Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Miramax and Roadside Attractions celebrated Bill Condon's Mr. Holmes with a premiere screening at the Museum of Modern Art, hosted by Ian McKellen and Laura Linney with Hiroyuki Sanada, executives Howard Cohn, Zanne Devine, Steve Schoch, Eric D'Arbloff and producer Anne Carey.
Laura Linney channeling Gene Tierney in Otto Preminger's Laura with Ian McKellen Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze The last time I spoke to Ian McKellen was at David Hockney's symposium on Vermeer's use of Optics when he was starring on Broadway with Helen Mirren and David Strathairn in August Strindberg's Dance of Death. Condon directed McKellen's Oscar-nominated performance in Gods and Monsters as Frankenstein director, James Whale.
Guests included The Wolf Of Wall Street screenwriter, Terence Winter, who expressed his awe of Sherlock Holmes. Actors Bob Balaban,...
Laura Linney channeling Gene Tierney in Otto Preminger's Laura with Ian McKellen Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze The last time I spoke to Ian McKellen was at David Hockney's symposium on Vermeer's use of Optics when he was starring on Broadway with Helen Mirren and David Strathairn in August Strindberg's Dance of Death. Condon directed McKellen's Oscar-nominated performance in Gods and Monsters as Frankenstein director, James Whale.
Guests included The Wolf Of Wall Street screenwriter, Terence Winter, who expressed his awe of Sherlock Holmes. Actors Bob Balaban,...
- 7/15/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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