September 29, 20222 yr Will the movie mention Jonny? He shared a flat with him 2001 -or will he be left out of it?
September 30, 20222 yr Do you think there will also be another book? I hope that he and Jonny can make peace.
September 30, 20222 yr I do think there will be a book to celebrate his career to date , there definitely a hint of it in that video. Surely Jonny has to be in Betterman otherwise it would not be authentic , If it's not in the movie then it as to be in the documentary series where he says nothing is hidden . I am actually expecting the series to be of more in-depth detail than the movie as Netflix said they has been given footage from all over the years of Robbie's career. He has always had a camera on him following him around so we should see some interesting footage there. He has said recently in several interviews that he had sent scripts of the movie to people that are going to feature in it to see if they were ok with it. I wonder what he sent to NMS :rolleyes: Could we see another Wagatha Christie in the pipeline . Rob has been threatened with court action so many times. I am sure the Legal Eagles are very busy . It's all very interesting -_- Edited September 30, 20222 yr by Sydney11
September 30, 20222 yr No, don't think there will be a new book so soon. Sure it will happen only after new TT reunion, so in 4-5 years or so :) That British Vogue One Is just their pratice for any guests. I watched also Shakira's and Moss's. Edited September 30, 20222 yr by Better Man
September 30, 20222 yr No, don't think there will be a new book so soon. Sure it will happen only after new TT reunion, so in 4-5 years or so :) That British Vogue One Is just their pratice for any guests. I watched also Shakira's and Moss's. So you think it was a 'one off' just for Vogue. You could well be right, I had not thought of that ^_^
October 26, 20222 yr why did robbie and johnny fall out? No idea, your guess is as good as mine . did they fall out, didn't they , no idea what the story is only that we no longer see them together :unsure:
November 1, 20222 yr AFM 2022: The buzz titles from the UK As AFM enjoys its first face-to-face edition since 2019, Screen profiles a selection of key titles, at various stages of production, available across the market. Rocket Science will be showing first footage from Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, directed by The Greatest Showman’s Michael Gracey. Paul Currie, Jules Daly, Craig McMahon and Gracey produce, with a cast including Williams, Steve Pemberton and Alison Steadman, plus Jonno Davies as a younger Williams. https://www.screendaily.com/features/afm-20...5176023.article Edited November 1, 20222 yr by Sydney11
November 7, 20222 yr Robbie Williams forced to axe 'four villains' from biopic due to legal reasons The Angels singer is set to release a film based on his life. Robbie Williams says he has been forced to remove "four villains" from a biopic on his life - for legal reasons. The Angels singer is set to release a film based on his life. He told a crowd at a recent gig: “It is a b***h to put a film together. You tell all of these stories and then legally you have to pass them to see if lots of people will sue you. “So I sent the script off to lots of people to see if they would sue me — and it turns out they would.” He added: “At the start of this movie there were at least five villains. “There were at least five a**holes in the script. And now because of legal reasons there is only one a**hole in the movie and you are looking at him.” The Greatest Showman's Michael Gracey will direct. Robbie said “Michael directed a little movie you might know, called The Greatest Showman. “He once came to my house and said, “I want to pitch you something’. He said, ‘Look, I have got this film and it is about an entertainer. It’s about P.T Barnum, the greatest entertainer of all time’. He showed me the script for the movie and he talked all the way through it. “I thought, ‘I know what is coming,’ and he played me the songs. They are amazing, right? At the end of it he said, ‘I need you to do me a favour? Will you phone Hugh Jackman and ask him to do it please?’ “That’s a true f***ing story. Just think what could have been.” https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showb...e-four-25459224 Let's hope it's not edited to death because of legal reasons :unsure: . That would annoy me no end :angry:
November 7, 20222 yr Yes... Not the best time for Robbie's opening story... Too different moral and manners nowadays. It could be pressed him ever worse than during Rudebox era... I also hope it will be HIS story without special adding because of a new world's terms... Good luck to him. “There were at least five a**holes in the script" At least let's try to suppose who are these 5 people. I suppose Robbie himself, Martin, Gary, Noel and who else? Somebody from EMI? Edited November 7, 20222 yr by Better Man
November 8, 20222 yr Robbie Williams forced to axe 'four villains' from biopic due to legal reasons The Angels singer is set to release a film based on his life. Robbie Williams says he has been forced to remove "four villains" from a biopic on his life - for legal reasons. The Angels singer is set to release a film based on his life. He told a crowd at a recent gig: “It is a b***h to put a film together. You tell all of these stories and then legally you have to pass them to see if lots of people will sue you. “So I sent the script off to lots of people to see if they would sue me — and it turns out they would.” He added: “At the start of this movie there were at least five villains. “There were at least five a**holes in the script. And now because of legal reasons there is only one a**hole in the movie and you are looking at him.” The Greatest Showman's Michael Gracey will direct. Robbie said “Michael directed a little movie you might know, called The Greatest Showman. “He once came to my house and said, “I want to pitch you something’. He said, ‘Look, I have got this film and it is about an entertainer. It’s about P.T Barnum, the greatest entertainer of all time’. He showed me the script for the movie and he talked all the way through it. “I thought, ‘I know what is coming,’ and he played me the songs. They are amazing, right? At the end of it he said, ‘I need you to do me a favour? Will you phone Hugh Jackman and ask him to do it please?’ “That’s a true f***ing story. Just think what could have been.” https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showb...e-four-25459224 Let's hope it's not edited to death because of legal reasons :unsure: . That would annoy me no end :angry: Yes he said all this again tonight -he also said the other four TT lads couldn't back him up in his opinion of NMS so he can't say what he wanted to say because of fear of litigation. So no idea how they're going to address that in the movie because it's a pretty big part of the story isn't it. I guess there are lots of different versions of the truth. I think GB is quite close to NMS isn't he.
November 8, 20222 yr In the past I also read that Gary is close still to NMS. Not a surprise as he had no bad experiences as far as we know. Interesting that Rob and Gary could make up with each other despite of the different experiences with NMS. I remember that I read during the Progress time that Jason was the only other one who suffered.
November 8, 20222 yr That horse has bolted tbh , this is what happened back in 2007 when Robbie tried to write about it in Rudebox ( The 90's ) & had to remove the lyrics & ended up paying damages as well as apologising to NMS . It's a wasted journey now as tbh nobody wants to end up in court so I can understand why he would not get backing from the other guys in the band This was an article in the press from that time which kinda says it all, I mean where can he go from there to make it any different https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/artic...llegations.html Maybe he should have used his artwork to express his feelings without naming names -_-
November 8, 20222 yr Thank you, Tess. I believe NMS will get his fair share. Papers will pick up on it.
November 9, 20222 yr I wonder how he can address it in the film though? I guess they have to allude to it not state it as fact. :unsure:
November 9, 20222 yr I wonder how he can address it in the film though? I guess they have to allude to it not state it as fact. :unsure: Yes, it will be interesting to see how they handle it . I am sure 'eyes' will be focussed on the details -_-
January 24, 20232 yr I continue the conversation over here given it has it's own thread, apologies for the confusion The exposure that he will get from the movie will be huge especially if it is shown in the US where it sounds like it will be, an audience where many may have never heard of him or his songs before It's hard to know when it will be released as a lot of the film festivals are spread throughout the year . Will it actually be next year 2023 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates https://www.screendaily.com/news/2023-film-...5177432.article https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14260836/fullc.../?ref_=tt_cl_sm
January 28, 20232 yr Musician Biopics Must Evolve to Keep Rocking On Musician biopics look like they're here to stay, but there are several things these movies need to do to avoid creative stagnation. At the start of 2021, news broke that a biopic on the singer Robbie Williams would be going in a bit of an unorthodox route compared to other musician biopics. In this film, the singer would be portrayed, at least to some degree, by a CGI monkey, a detail the real Williams has not denied in recent interviews about the movie. The idea of making a musician biopic with an extremely expensive CGI character despite the fact that these movies, unless they’re about Freddie Mercury, rarely cross the $300 million threshold worldwide…that’s insane. It’s also why we need to see more bold creative swings like that. Who knows if this Williams biopic, reportedly titled Better Man, will be any good. But the decision to heavily feature a CGI monkey as a stand-in for the central singer is such a preposterous idea that you can’t help but admire it. That’s not a normal thing for a musician biopic to do and that’s why more entries in this genre should be taking a cue from this decision. We don’t necessarily need CGI primates running around all these biopics (though I’m not say we don’t need that either), but we should see more of these movies to take unexpected creative chances. The musician biopic has delivered the occasional Rocketman and Elvis in recent years, but it’s otherwise been mired in punchlines about its predictability. Daring to embrace elements as outrageous as CGI monkeys more often could be the start of ensuring the next wave of musician biopics avoids the sour notes of the past https://collider.com/musician-biopic-movies/ Edited January 28, 20232 yr by Sydney11
