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Prime Video has ordered Lazarus (working title), a limited series from Quay Street Productions, producer of Netflix’s hit Fool Me Once, starring Sam Claflin (Daisy Jones & The Six), Bill Nighy (Living) and Alexandra Roach (Killing Eve). Based on an original story idea and written by Fool Me Once…

There's quite a lot going on beneath the shiny, fun surface of this animated comedy, though some of the questions it deals with — animal mortality, the world's fragile eco-system — might be too much for younger children to process. For older, smarter kids, it could be a gateway film, a way to turn young…

Hayley Atwell, David Harewood and Ben Whishaw are among more than 100 UK actors backing a proposal for a ‘Green Rider.’ Mark Rylance, Gemma Arterton, Stephen Fry, Bella Ramsey, Paapa Essiedu, Natalie Dormer, Adrian Dunbar and Jerome Flynn have also put their names to a statement from performing arts…

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Nighy (Living) and Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso) have signed on to join the voice cast of CG animated family comedy 10 Lives.  The pair will join already-announced cast members Mo Gilligan (That's My Jam), Simone Ashley (Bridgerton), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda), Dylan Llewellyn (Derry Gir…

Editors note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year's movie awards races. For his acclaimed Sony Pictures Classics drama Living starring Golden Globe winner Bill Nighy, director Oliver Hermanus adapted Ikiru, the classic 1952…

EXCLUSIVE: Aimee Lou Wood describes the young woman she plays opposite Bill Nighy in the acclaimed movie  Living as the film's "character of life." It's a performance that's been steadily attracting awards season buzz, and is recognized in the BAFTA longlist, announced today. However, Wood says that…

Bill Nighy is one of those actors who seem to be memorable in just about any role, and any time they turn up on screen. His current role of Mr. Williams in the Sony Pictures Classics release Living has brought him to the forefront of the awards season…

After some 50 years in the business, Bill Nighy is used to people getting his surname wrong. It actually rhymes with 'sigh': the 'y' is silent. "My dad was very particular about it," he says, "and for a while, I used to correct people on his behalf, because he couldn't bear it when people said 'Nigh-y'…

"You know you're in a hit when you get messages from people you were at school with or people you haven't heard from in a long time," Bill Nighy said during the Sony Pictures Classics panel for Living at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles awards-season event.  He continued, "Everyone always says…

Oliver Hermanus's film Living appeared at Toronto with a clutch of prestigious festival slots already under its belt, having premiered at Sundance earlier in the year and followed that with  appearance in Venice and Telluride. A period film set in '50s London, it stars Bill Nighy as an office worker forced to come to…

EXCLUSIVE: Viva Kids has acquired North American distribution rights to Dragonkeeper, the animated action-adventure film from Spanish firm Guardián de Dragones and China Film Animation. Hulu will release domestically after the film’s theatrical bow, which is slated for August 2023. Based on the first book in Carole…

The Venice film festival hasn't been short of dramatic performances on screen, but also offscreen on the red carpet. Stars like Ana De Armas, Cate Blanchette, Timothée Chalamet, Tessa Thompson, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Mia Goth all showcased bold designs throughout the fest’s 10-day run at the premiers for Tár; Don't Wo…