Bill Nighy stars in Robin Hood tax campaign

More than 50 charities are supporting a UK campaign to levy a Tobin tax on transactions between financial institutions, which can be used to help fight poverty, protect public services and tackle climate change.
The campaign will be launched today with an online promotional film written by Richard Curtis, the writer of Four Weddings and a [...]

Bill Nighy in Dr. Who and new Charles Paris radio play

Bill Nighy will guest star in an episode of the new series of Doctor Who.
Bill will play the curator of a Vincent van Gogh exhibition, apparantly dressed in the same fashion as The Doctor in an episode written by Richard Curtis (of Love Actually, The Boat That Rocked and The Girl in the Cafe fame).
The [...]

New poster for Pirate Radio

Here is the brand new poster for Pirate Radio (ready made for the US release of The Boat That Rocked)

Read more about Pirate Radio / The Boat That Rocked here.
More The Boat That Rocked posters here and here.

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

The Girl In The Cafe wins Emmy’s in the USA

It has been a succesful evening for the The Girl In The Cafe yesterday, at the yearly Emmy Awards. The film featuring Bill Nighy and Kelly MacDonald won 3 prizes :
Best TV Movie
Best Writing, mini-series/TV movie
Best Supporting actress in mini-series/TV movie (Kelly MacDonald)
All prices are absolutely deserved, Richard Curtis wrote a fantastic script, and Kelly [...]