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EXCLUSIVE: Bill Nighy has joined nan starry formed of Morten Tyldum’s Ibelin, re-telling nan inspirational existent communicative of precocious abnormal Norwegian gamer Mats Steen, arsenic accumulation gets underway successful Norway.
The Oscar-nominated character (Living) joins antecedently announced formed members Charlie Plummer, Stephen Graham, Toni Collette, Isabela Merced, and Maisy Stella.
Further formed additions see Ekow Quartey (The Arbiter), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Barry), Ivanna Sakhno (M3gan 2.0, John Bradley (Game of Thrones) Jax James (Grantchester), and newcomer Clodagh Bhalla.
Born pinch Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which gradually saw him suffer power of his limbs, Steen connected pinch nan extracurricular world done nan gaming world wherever he lived different life nether nan sanction of his heroic change ego ‘Ibelin’ successful the World of Warcraft game.
The movie recounts Steen’s inspirational communicative pinch his celebrated online persona belying his progressively restricted beingness reality, arsenic nan degenerative muscular illness took distant his body, but ne'er his spirit.
Ilaria Bernardini wrote nan screenplay pinch existent revisions by Hossein Amini, from Steen’s blog “Musings of Life”.
Vendôme Pictures’ Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi are producing alongside Jérôme Seydoux astatine Pathé and Tyldum and Guri Neby for Neby-Tyldum AS. Vendôme and Pathé, which antecedently collaborated connected Best Picture Oscar victor Coda, are co-financing nan film.
As good arsenic his Oscar nominated capacity successful Living, Nighy is besides known of his roles in Love, Actually, Pirates of nan Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, About Time, Emma, and Chalet Girl.
First hitting nan large surface successful Harry Potter and nan Prisoner of Azkaban, Quartey’s much caller credits see nan BAFTA-nominated bid Amandaland, Becoming Elizabeth and This Way Up.
Howell-Baptiste is astir known for her roles successful nan characteristic films Cruella, Queenpins and We Strangers as good arsenic bid credits Sugar and Barry. Sakhno’a credits see Ahsoka, Pacific Rim: Uprising, and M3GAN 2.0
Bradley is champion known for his performances arsenic Samwell Tarly successful Game of Thrones and Jack Rooney successful 3 Body Problem, pinch much caller credits including Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint and Deadpoint.
Nighy is represented by Independent Talent Group, UTA, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein.
Quartey is represented by Link Entertainment, Buchwald and InterTalent Rights Group. Howell-Baptiste by CAA, B-Side, Mosaic and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light. Sakhno is represented by MJ Management, Gersh, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Bradley by The Artists Partnership, UTA, Authentic Talent and Literary Management, and Be Heard Voices. James by Creative Artists Management.
