Bill Nighy in Slapper - a short film

Chiwetel Ejiofor, excellent actor (known from Love Actually and recently American Gangster opposite Denzel Washington) has directed his first short film.
It is called Slapper, and it screens on June 24 as part of the UK Shorts programme at the Edinburgh film festival.
The Guardian has a nice article about Chiwetel’s directing debut, it’s appropiately titled
Can you […]

Bill Nighy in Astro Boy

Bill Nighy will be one of the voice actors in the upcoming CG animation feature Astro Boy.
Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of […]

(Nearly) New Valkyrie trailer

Variety.com has a new trailer for Valkyrie, which is scheduled for release on the 13th of February 2009. There are several Bill bits in the trailer.
Update: OK, there has been some confusion around, this is not the new trailer, but the trailer from November 2007. The truly new trailer will be available soon, if it’s […]

Bill Nighy to star in Wild Target

Bill Nighy will star in “Wild Target” a hitman caper that will be shot on location on the Isle of Man and in the UK later this year. The film will also star Helena Bonham Carter.
(Source: Variety)
More information as it comes available.
BBC2(tv) has just broadcasted the first 2 episodes of a new series of […]

More Bill Nighy - the younger years

Another update in the filmography section:

Bill Nighy - Oliver Latham in Unnatural Causes
Bill Nighy as Alan Sinclair in Peak Practise: Growing Pains
Bill Nighy as Roger Maitland in Performance: The Maitlands
Bill Nighy as David Cleeve in Wycliffe: The Four Jacks
A big thank you to you know who you are!
And if you hadn’t noticed yet, there is […]

Valkyrie release moved to 2009

It is going to be a tough year for all Bill Nighy fans, as the release of Bill’s only film coming out this year, Valkyrie, has been moved to 2009.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists announced today they are moving the release date of Bryan Singer’s World War II thriller VALKYRIE, starring Tom Cruise, to President’s Day […]

Would you like to rock the boat?

The producers of The Boat that Rocked are currently looking for extras who want feature in the shoot of The Boat that Rocked.
The majority of the filming will take place on a boat in Portland Harbour, and street shots set in the 1960s will be filmed in Castletown.
An open casting session will be held on […]

New Valkyrie stills with Bill Nighy

Empire magazine has published some new stills from the upcoming Valkyrie, showing Bill Nighy in character with Tom Cruise and Bill out of character with, among others, director Bryan Singer.

Valkyrie will hit the cinemas on the 3rd of October 2008. Don’t miss it, it’s the only Bill Nighy film to be released in the cinema […]

Bill Nighy, the younger years

While we are waiting for new Nighy delights to find our cinemas, the filmography section has just been updated with a still and information about some of Bill’s older works. Click on the thumbnails above to go to the new pages directly, or wander through the long list of Bill’s work here.
Newly added:

Alive and Kicking
Absolute […]

Bill Nighy is Quentin, the boss of Radio Rock

There is more information available about your without a doubt favourite film of 2009.
Production of The Boat that Rocked has just started in the UK. Shooting will take place in both the Shepperton Studios and on a vessel in the Channel.
From the Working Title website:
Synopsis:
n 1966, arguably British pop music’s finest era, the BBC […]

More crew on board The Boat that Rocked

It’s getting more crowded on Richard Curtis’ The Boat That Rocked, as it seem to turn into a beautiful British ensemble project:
January Jones (Love Actually)
Rhys Ifans (Spike from Notting Hill)
Kenneth Branagh
have just boarded.
Add Bill Nighy and Philip Seymour Hoffman to that mix and it is getting rather explosive.
Shooting starts in the beginning of March in […]

Bill Nighy opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Boat That Rocked

Bill Nighy is getting a fantastic cast aboard his rocking boat, Philip Seymour Hoffman has signed up to star opposite Bil in The Boat That Rocked.
Set to begin production in March, the film centers on two DJs running pirate radio stations on boats in the North Sea in the 1960s, when the BBC was […]

Bill Nighy plays the lead in Saturday

There is no better way to begin your day than open up the news paper reading an article with those words in the same sentence:
“Bill Nighy” and “lead role”.
The Guardian has an article about producer Scott Rudin, who mentions to be producing Saturday, which is a film based on a novel by the same name […]

Bill Nighy on board The Boat That Rocked

The actor who still rocks is on board The Boat That Rocked.
Not much is known about this movie yet, but 3 essential things:
1. Richard Curtis wrote it (Remember Love Actually and The Girl In The Cafe?)
2. Richard Curtis will direct it (he directed Love Actually too).
3. It is a comedy, to be more specific […]

Bill Nighy joins the G-Force

According to several sources on the internet Bill Nighy has joined the cast of G-force, a half live/half animated film produced by Disney. Bill will play one of the live characters.
The story follows a group of ultra-intelligent animal commandos who work for a government agency trying to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the […]