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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 8, 2017 0:58:58 GMT -6
deadline.com/2017/08/florence-pugh-outlaw-king-netflix-cast-1202144081/ Florence Pugh Nabs Lead In Netflix's 'Outlaw King' Florence Pugh has been cast as the female lead in Netflix’s Outlaw King from Hell Or High Water director David Mackenzie. The epic period drama will tell the story of Robert The Bruce, the king who led his country to freedom from the oppressive rule of England in Scotland, but it will be far different than Braveheart. Pugh, an English actress, will join Chris Pine who stars as Bruce in the film. Bash Doran (The Looming Tower) wrote the latest draft. Sigma Films’ Gillian Berrie is producing with Anonymous Content’s Richard Brown and Steve Golin. The actress will be seen upcoming opposite Dwayne Johnson in MGM and WWE Studios’ Fighting with My Family for MGM with Dwayne Johnson. Her role in Lady Macbeth (RSA) wowed critics as the classically trained actress is getting tons of buzz right now. She also films King Lear at the end of this year as well. She was also cast opposite Liam Neeson in a small role in The Commuter next year. She is repped by WME and Julian Belfrage in the U.K.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 18, 2017 19:30:04 GMT -6
deadline.com/2017/08/david-mackenzies-outlaw-king-billy-howle-netflix-1202152073/David Mackenzie’s ‘Outlaw King’ Adds Billy Howle EXCLUSIVE: Actor Billy Howle has joined Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Florence Pugh in David Mackenzie’s (Hell Or High Water) upcoming Netflix film Outlaw King. The Looming Tower scribe Bash Doran drafted the screenplay, which tells the story of Robert The Bruce (Pine), the king who led his country to freedom from the oppressive rule of England in Scotland. Howle will play Prince of Wales who goes head to head with Robert The Bruce to secure the Scottish throne. Gillian Berrie of Sigma Films is producing with Anonymous Content’s Richard Brown and Steve Golin. Howle recently co-starred along with Saoirse Ronan in the film adaptation On Chesil Beach, which will screen at the Toronto Film Festival next month. He also appeared in Dunkirk and The Sense of an Ending. Howle is repped by Curtis Brown Group in the UK and CAA.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 2, 2017 23:38:24 GMT -6
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 8, 2017 10:31:31 GMT -6
deadline.com/2017/09/chris-pine-netflix-outlaw-king-first-look-1202164162/First Look At Chris Pine In Netflix’s ‘Outlaw King’ Netflix has released a first look photo of Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce in the upcoming period drama Outlaw King, as principal photography gets underway in the UK. With Tony Curran (Sons of Anarchy) and Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones) now among the cast, the film reunites director David Mackenzie with Pine following the Academy Award nominated Hell or High Water. Also starring are Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, and Billy Howle. The feature film is produced by David Mackenzie and Gillian Berrie via their production company Sigma Films, and Richard Brown and Steve Golin of Anonymous Content. The screenplay was written by Mackenzie, Bash Doran, James MacInnes, Mark Bomback and Scottish playwright David Harrower. The action takes place over the extraordinary historic year when Robert the Bruce fights to regain control after being crowned King of Scots, only to be defeated in a surprise attack and made an outlaw by the English King and his occupying forces. Supported by Creative Scotland, shooting will take place in historical locations in Scotland including the last known resting place of the legendary Scottish king’s remains. The film is slated for release in 2018.
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