Some Bill Bits from around the internet

BFI is celebrating 75 years of film and TV culture and to mark their 75th birthday, they asked 75 key figures from the world of film and current affairs 2 questions:
Q1 Which one film would you wish to share with future generations?
Q2 What excites you about the future of the moving image?
Of course Bill Nighy [...]

Valkyrie release moved before Christmas 2008!

It seems like we will get a bit of Bill Nighy in 2008 now anyway, the US release date of Valkyrie has now been moved to the 26th of December 2008. The UK release date has not been announced yet but is expected to follow the US date closely.
(Source: mgm.com)
The good thing about this move, [...]

Bill Nighy – now with hissing, new Underworld photo

Do not mess with Viktor …
New Underworld 3 stills have popped up, one of which features a very dangerous looking hissing Bill. (Click the above image for a slightly larger version).
Here is an overview of Bill and Underworld on the web:
Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans – official website
There is a short interview with Bill [...]

Independent: Bill Nighy is one of the Groovy Old Men

The Independent has an article about “the rise of the silver swingers” and made a list of the men they think are “Groovy Old Men”.
Now Bill is surely one of the youngest on the list (which also includes men like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Gabriel Byrne) but there is no doubt that he is [...]

First picture of Bill Nighy as Viktor in Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans

A first picture of Bill Nighy as Viktor in the upcoming third Underworld film has popped up on the internet. The new Underworld film is currently being screened at the Comic Con in San Diego. The rest of us has to wait until January 2009 where the film will have its cinema release.
More information about [...]

Observer: The week of Bill Nighy

As we already know, Bill spent most of his week being a “be’nighy’n nuisance” around the G8 summit and to remind everyone of the promises that have been made on previous G8 summits.
For the Observer he wrote up his week, and you can read about his air guitar habit, his obsession with suits, his [...]

Bill Nighy in I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse – radio

No new films with Bill Nighy in the cinema this year does not mean that we don’t get a fair deal of Billiciousness anyway.
BBC4 will broadcast a brand new romantic comedy radio play, it is called I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse and if you want to hear it, you have [...]

Bill Nighy in Japan with Oxfam – video

Bill has also written a post on the Oxfam International blog about his experiences in Japan.
Bill’s (and many other Oxfam ambassadors’) letter to the G8 can be read here.

And Bill would not be Bill …

without a couple of rock ‘n roll moves. The Act Now photos are taken in Japan, where Bill is supporting Oxfam lobbying at the currently held G8 conference.

All Pictures taken by Oxfam

Bill Nighy from Japan (G8) interview Andrew Marr show

Bill Nighy is currently lobbying with Oxfam at the G8, to make sure that the G8 doesn’t forget their promises about making poverty history.
Bill did an interview for the Andrew Marr show (Bill’s interview is about 30 minutes in the program).
You can see the interview here.
See also:
Oxfam
More about Bill Nighy and Oxfam
Bill has just finished [...]

Bill Nighy in Japan to support Oxfam leading up to G8

After his trip to Tanzania with Oxfam last year, Bill is now in Japan helping Oxfam to remind the G8 of their responsibility to tackle poverty.
You can follow the Oxfam campaigners in Japan on their blog.
Bill Nighy starred in The Girl in the Cafe (2005), a film made for TV written by Richard Curtis. Bill [...]

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 [...]

Radio: Bill Nighy reads Animal Farm – BBC7

BBC7 is repeating Bill reading Animal Farm from Monday.
Animal Farm
Bill Nighy reads from George Orwell’s satirical fable of a revolution which went wrong.
Monday 9th of June – Friday 13th of June at 1pm on BBC7
And on listen again, up until 7 days after the day of broadcasting.
Enjoy!