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Official Valkyrie featurette

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Apple has a new Valkyrie featurette online. There is little Bill in it, but it gives a good impression of the production as a whole.
The release date for Valkyrie now seems to be set to the 28th of June, October 2008.

Bill Nighy returns as Viktor in Underworld prequel

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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 about Coping Strategies

Bill Nighy about Coping Strategies

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 guest appearance in short Coping Strategies

Bill Nighy makes guest appearance in short Coping Strategies

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 [...]

First Valkyrie behind the scenes

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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)

Bill Nighy as General Friedrich Olbricht in Valkyrie

The first picture of Bill Nighy as General Friedrich Olbricht in Valkyrie has been published on the internet. Click the image for a slightly larger version of the picture.
The Daily Mail has a very interesting article about the story behind Valkyrie, and also has a photo of the real General Friedrich Olbricht, the character [...]

Bill Nighy casted for Valkyrie

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We did feel it in our fingers for quite a while already, but it now seem to be official: Bill Nighy is going to play a role in the new Brian Singer film Valkyrie. He joins Tom Cruise who now is surrounded by an incredible British cast : Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh, [...]

Bill Nighy in the film version of State of Play

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According to The Independent, Bill Nighy has accepted a part in the US (film) version of State of Play. Brad Pitt will play the part that John Simms played in the 2003 BBC TV series. It is not mentioned which part Bill Nighy will be playing, but if they are clever, they let him play [...]

Gossip : Bill Nighy in Mamma Mia?

There are probably many people who would like to hear Bill Nighy sing again. And that might just happen in the near future. Rumours are saying that Bill Nighy is going to star in a movie based on the Mama Mia musical!
It is from the gossip department, but interesting gossip nevertheless, and there is [...]

More Whitey – More Flushed Away

Comingsoon.net has another clip of Flushed Away, with the villainous Toad (McKellen) and his two hapless henchrats, Spike (Andy Serkis) and Whitey (Bill Nighy).
Watch it here (it’s quicktime format)

Stormbreaker trailer online

On the officlal Stormbreaker site you can now see a first trailer for the film. You can spot Bill Nighy, as Mr. Blunt for a short moment.
If you happen to live in the UK, you can see a much longer trailer, including a lot more of Bill Nighy (Mr. Blunt) in the cinemas.
The Stormbreaker movie [...]

Bill Nighy in Easy Virtue

Bill Nighy has signed to star in Australian director Stephan Elliott (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) Easy Virtue, a screenplay based on Noel Coward’s play, “Easy Virtue”. The play is one of Coward’s early works and is a melodrama. Alfred Hitchcock made a silent movie version of it in the 20’s.
The project is “in-developtment”.
(Source [...]

New Pirates of the Carribean trailer online

A lean mean Davey Jones (Bill Nighy)
From Timeout:
If I’m honest (and I know I’ll get battered for saying this) Johnny Depp’s hammy overacting spoilt the first ‘Pirates’ film for me, but with Bill Nighy’s performance as the devilish Davy Jones appearing to be worth the price of admission alone this time around, it looks like [...]

Bill Nighy in new Welsh film ?

“Actor John Noble, who played Lord Denethor, the steward of Gondor, in the hit film Lord of the Rings, is in Cardiff for the next few days, preparing for a new Welsh film in which he will play one of the leading parts.
John’s daugher Sam will also be in the film, which is being directed [...]