The Beautiful Game (upcoming film)

The Beautiful Game is an upcoming British sports drama film directed by Thea Sharrock and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The film stars Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward.

The Beautiful Game
Directed byThea Sharrock
Written byFrank Cottrell-Boyce
Produced by
Starring
Production
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Distributed byNetflix
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Premise

The squad of English homeless footballers, including the talented but troubled striker Vinny (Ward), are led by their coach Mal (Nighy), to compete in Rome at the global annual football tournament, the Homeless World Cup.[1]

Cast

Production

Development

A previous iteration of the script was set up at Fox Searchlight Pictures, with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson attached. Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward were confirmed as the leads in August 2021. Film4 helped develop the film. Producers on the project are Blueprint Pictures' Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin with Anita Overland. Ben Knight and Diarmuid McKeown serve as executive producers alongside Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek of Film4.[2]

The production worked closely with the Homeless World Cup Foundation on the film.[3] Frank Cottrell-Boyce met many participants in the Homeless World Cup and developed characters for the film from their stories, which was originally set to film in 2012 and for Cottrell-Boyce was an eleven year project.[4][5]

Mel Young, President and Founder of the Homeless World Cup Foundation, said he was delighted to be the focus of the film: "We have proven how powerful football can be when applied to a social issue and we will keep striving to do more. We hope that our work, shared in 'The Beautiful Game', will inspire more people to get involved and support future Homeless World Cups, and together we can all aim to end homelessness forever.”[6]

Filming

Principal photography was revealed to be taking place in Rome and London, in August 2021.[7][8]

Release

The film is expected to be released on Netflix.[9][10]

References
  1. White, James (August 13, 2021). "Bill Nighy & Micheal Ward Starring In The Beautiful Game". Empire.
  2. Grater, Tom (August 3, 2021). "Micheal Ward & Bill Nighy Starring In Soccer Pic 'The Beautiful Game' For Netflix & Blueprint". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  3. "HOMELESS WORLD CUP INSPIRE NEW NETFLIX FILM". HomelessWorldCup.org. August 4, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  4. Rustin, Susanna (October 26, 2012). "A life in writing: Frank Cottrell Boyce". The Guardian. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  5. "Frank Cottrell–Boyce on wonder, forgiveness and the writer's calling". Theosthinkthank. May 4, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  6. Burger, Laura (August 3, 2021). "Thea Shurrock to direct Soccer pic The Beautiful Game". Women and Hollywood. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  7. "Thea Sharrock prepping football flick The Beautiful Game". cineuropa.org. August 4, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  8. Jones, Tony (August 3, 2021). "The Beautiful Game — new film focusses on the Homeless World Cup". Cultbox.co.uk. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  9. Bose, Swapnil Dhruv (August 4, 2021). "Bill Nighy and Michael Ward join the cast of Netflix film 'The Beautiful Game'". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  10. Asatryan, Tigran (August 17, 2021). "The Beautiful Game' Bill Nighy Netflix Film: What We Know So Far". Whats On Netflix. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
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