It has taken a bid (…) longer than expected (which has to do with a very busy Bill and clearing rights for the book and so on) but it has been decided. After a clear win in the poll, Bill will dust off his vampire suit and find his fangs and read Bram Stoker’s Dracula [...]
According to Variety, Bill Nighy will return as Viktor and star in the new Underworld: Rise of the Lycans film.
Bill previously appeared in Underworld and Underworld:Evolution.
Apperently there will be more Viktor and more Bill in this one, as the film will focus on the origins of Lucian, the chief Lycan werewolf and his clash with [...]
Bill Nighy will present an award at the annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on the 1st of November.
At the event Denzel Washington will be given the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film, and Kate Winslet will be given the Brittania Award for British Artist of the Year.
BAFTA/LA, founded in [...]
As the Times puts it:
“Typical – you wait ages for a Bill Nighy, and then . . . as well as reading from Eric Clapton’s autobiography, the great thesp returns as Simon Brett’s Charles Paris, the failed actor, much more successful amateur detective and Olympic-standard drunken womaniser. He is brilliant at it, so much a [...]
The Guardian has more information about Coping Strategies, and a lovely and passionate interview (audio) with everybody’s favourite actor.
Hear Bill about wearing “a very bad jumper”, about working alongside people with learning disabilities and the effect of doing plays or film on people with those difficulties.
Read the article on the Guardian.
Hear Bill talking about the [...]
Bill Nighy makes a guest appearance in ‘Coping Strategies’, a 26-minute black comedy film about a young man with learning disabilities, produced by Yarrow Housing Organisation’s Moment by Moment Theatre group.
The film tells the story of Shahid, a young man with learning disabilities, who breaks free from his doting mother for a new life [...]
Bill Nighy is backing Starlight’s Donate-a-disc initiative.
Starlight is a charity that brightens the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by granting their wishes and providing hospital entertainment to help take their minds off the pain, fear and isolation of their illness.
The Donate-a-disc initiative wants you to hand in your old DVD’s and console games [...]
There is only a flash of Bill in it (so watch closely) but here is a first behind the scenes clip of the much spoken about Valkyrie with Bill Nighy, Tom Cruise and that long list of classic British actors.
See the clip over at movienewz.com. (It’s on the bottom of the page)
BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a brand new Charles Paris Mystery with Bill Nighy as Charles Paris.
Here is the info from BBC about Murder Unprompted:
As ever, seedy, middle-aged actor Charles is his own worst enemy: a lush who can resist anything except temptation – especially in the form of women and alcohol. His intentions may [...]