Better Man

March 27, 20232 yr

Yes - there does seem to be a glut of these now so hopefully the RW one will be sufficiently fresh and original to do well

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14260836/fullcredits

Cast and crew credits for Better Man

Nicole Appleton and Noel Gallagher get a part - that could be interesting :lol:

There's a lot of credits for special effects

I looked up cg effects - it's computer generated imagery :thinking:

March 28, 20232 yr

EXCLUSIVE: Robbie Williams biopic bursts to life as mini Take That filmed dancing on London streets

Filming for the Robbie Williams biopic 'Better Man', directed by The Greatest Showman’s Michael Gracey, is set to be a 'musical fantasy'

Photo credit to Click News & Media

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news...s-life-29570747

Amazing pics in link above :) , it's looking very interesting, I think the film will be exciting ..

Edited March 28, 20232 yr by Sydney11

March 28, 20232 yr

Their blue suits from the Brits :cheer:

March 29, 20232 yr

Robbie Williams film takes over London's Regent Street as actors dress in grey spandex and dance in the road

A new film about Robbie Williams recently took over London's Regent Street. Actors dressed in blue suits and grey spandex danced in the road for a scene in the Angels singer's biopic. Exclusive photos show the filming for 'Better Man' taking place in the heart of the capital. Directed by the Greatest Showman's Michael Gracey, the film will star Robbie himself.

However, the Let Me Entertain You singer was not spotted on set at Regent Street but Jonno Davies, who plays young Robbie, was dancing about in a CGI suit. Pictured alongside those playing his Take That bandmates, they filmed along the usually busy street in 90's style outfits.

Photos courtesy Click News & Media

https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/film-new...regent-26583387

Edited March 29, 20232 yr by Sydney11

March 29, 20232 yr

Stars of Robbie Williams' Take That biopic Better Man pay homage to the band's iconic 1994 Brit Awards outfits as they dance on the streets of London during filming

Filming for Robbie Williams' Take That inspired biopic Better Man continued earlier this week with stars dancing on the streets of London clad in blue suits. In photographs taken on Monday, the cast embarked on a huge energetic dance scene on Regent Street. The outfits were reminiscent of the band's ensembles for the Brit Awards in 1994, where they played a Beatles Medley on stage.

Jonno Davies, who is playing a young Robbie, sported a brown CGI suit for the shots. It was previously revealed that the movie will take a ‘fantastical’ approach to depicting Robbie’s career, and he will appear as a CGI monkey in some scenes. The rest of the cast members playing Take That are Jake Simmance as Gary Barlow, Liam Head as Mark Owen, Jesse Hyde as Howard Donald and Chase Vollenweider as Jason Orange.

Later in the scene, the actors changed outfits, donning a zany range of looks from a bright yellow vest to a pair of black jeans with a studded belt. Robbie confessed in January that he is nervous about 'being in the crosshairs again' and asserted that it is a 'very vulnerable time' to be in the spotlight. Speaking on the Robbie Williams Rewind podcast, the singer said of the upcoming releases: 'I'm both excited and nervous. I'm not nervous that it isn't any good because what I've seen has blown me away.

'The thing that I'm nervous about is being in the crosshairs again because the film's coming out and the Netflix thing's coming out. 'And, I haven't been truly economically viable to the lesser energies associated with the media for a long time, which has made my life enjoyable and made all of this possible. 'I need these couple of things for the wind behind my sails for the third part of my life, they're vital. But if they are a success then for however long a time, I become in the crosshairs again and it's a very vulnerable time to be in the media right now.

'You can get cancelled for anything, and I'm not talking about sexual, I'm just talking about anything that you say, what particular day you wake up on the wrong side of history, you are a relic from the last century where we thought and felt different things.' Robbie asserted: 'You are 15 seconds away from being cancelled at any moment and that doesn't feel comfortable.' The Angels hitmaker admitted that his 'silliness and daftness' was likely leave him more open to criticism. He said: 'Especially for somebody like me who just shoots from the hip with silliness, not shoots from the hip with opinions about how the world should be. Just jokes and laughter and daftness, so there are two ways of looking at it.

'I'm very looking forward to it coming out and being a success because success feels great but at the same time being in those crosshairs makes me feel vulnerable.' Robbie will star as himself in movie Better Man, which covers his incredible rise to fame from boy band heart-throb to stadium superstar.'

Production began in May 2022 on the big budget biopic - billed as 'a musical fantasy' - which is being made in Melbourne by Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey who directed the box-office smash The Greatest Showman. British actor Jonno Davies, 30, best known for the Amazon Prime series Hunters, will play Robbie as a younger man.

Other members of the cast include Australian actors Kate Mulvany (The Great Gatsby), Damon Herriman (Mr InBetween), and filmmaker-actor Anthony Hayes. It was announced in December 2021 that producers would begin filming Better Man at Docklands Studios in Melbourne in early 2022.

The production is rumoured to have cost $100million. Directed and co-written by Victorian filmmaker Michael Gracey, the film will offer an introspective look into the experiences that shaped the English entertainer, both on and off stage. 'To tell Robbie William's beautiful, distinct story, back home, in my own city, is a dream come true,' Gracey said in a statement. 'There is a creative energy that burns across the Melbourne film industry, and I know this movie will thrive here.'

It comes after Robbie revealed that he will play himself in his biopic. The team behind the Michael Gracey-directed flick, reportedly previously had trouble finding the perfect person to play Robbie in his younger days but an older Robbie has been found in the form of the man himself.

According to The Sun, Robbie told the crowd at the Rob Laver Arena in Melbourne at a gig to celebrate the filming of the biopic: 'The thing is about films is that it is a wonder anything gets made.

'Everything gets held up in a bottleneck. It is always, "This person says no and this person says yes and this person is offended and this person is not offended enough." It is agents and lawyers. Robbie told the audience: 'There are sex scenes that I do not condone. I am like, 'If they must be in there, Michael, then you put them in there. 'He said that it is a necessity for the script that I get completely naked and I am not sure why as there is one scene where we are in a church and it does not call for it.

'It is my life and it is what I got up to. It is not anodyne, it is not vanilla. It is drugs, the ups, the downs, the women, the sex.'

The project will follow the singer on his rise to the fame and the demons he battled both on and off the stage. Sources say Hollywood is excited about the movie following the success of other singer's lives captured on film such as Elton John's Rocketman and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Insiders believe it could help Robbie crack America, after struggling to make it big across the pond - despite success in Europe when he first went solo after leaving Take That.

A source previously told the Mirror: 'Early indications are that it may really cut through to US audiences, not least as the people in place on it have such pedigree. 'Movie chiefs think the script – essentially a stirring story about an underdog catapulted to fame – will really resonate with people, even those in America who may not know much about Robbie himself.'

Directed and co-written by Victorian filmmaker Michael, the film will offer an introspective look into the experiences that shaped the English entertainer, both on and off stage. It comes after Robbie admitted that his long-running feud with Liam and Noel Gallagher left him so distraught that it contributed in his decision to leave the UK.

The singer and the Oasis stars were locked in a war of words for over two decades, with the Angels hitmaker even challenging Liam, 48, to boxing match at the Brit Awards in 2000. Discussing their rivalry, which mainly took place in the 1990s and 2000s, Robbie told how it was 'unbearable' and that he remembers 'every syllable' of the insults thrown by the rockers.

Speaking to the Talent Takes Practice podcast, Robbie said: 'My brand of entertainment wasn’t deemed worthy because of how I presented myself. 'There was a culture of ‘Robbie Williams is not cool’. That was apart from the three million people who bought my albums. 'Every time I watched TV programmes, there were people being hateful about me. That was just wrong and grotesque. It was unbearable. I just left the country.'

Robbie left the UK for a new life in Los Angeles in 2004.

Talking further on how the rivalry affected him, he continued: 'Liam said that I should be hung, Noel said I was "the fat dancer from Take That".

'I remember every single syllable of every single thing they’ve ever said about me.' Despite Liam having made peace with him, it appeared that Robbie still holds some bitter feelings towards his brother Noel, 53. 'I could talk for two hours about why Noel’s s***', he said.

He concluded: 'Isn’t it interesting what a few words can do to your whole life? I’m not healed.'

MailOnline have contacted representatives of Liam and Noel for comment.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/artic...ams-biopic.html

Edited March 29, 20232 yr by Sydney11

April 4, 20232 yr

Back in the day -

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Hometown - Live In Manchester

April 5, 20232 yr

Residents stunned as Robbie Williams' Better Man filmed in Meir street https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-...mpaign=sharebar

April 6, 20232 yr

Residents stunned as Robbie Williams' Better Man filmed in Meir street https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-...mpaign=sharebar

So filming continues , makes you wonder about release date ..

April 6, 20232 yr

So filming continues , makes you wonder about release date ..

Yes -hard to believe it's going to be this year - maybe in time for his 50th Birthday?

April 7, 20232 yr

Yes -hard to believe it's going to be this year - maybe in time for his 50th Birthday?

& filming for the Netflix series is only starting now , can you believe the press though -_-

April 7, 20232 yr

& filming for the Netflix series is only starting now , can you believe the press though -_-

I don't really understand why there is going to be both.

Isn't it just going to be duplication? :unsure:

April 8, 20232 yr

I don't really understand why there is going to be both.

Isn't it just going to be duplication? :unsure:

I think they will be completely different Laura , I think BM might be his life story told through his music whereas the NF one will be more like the Nobody Someday documentary

The NF one should do well, people are curious will watch it even those who do not like Robbie even if it's just to give out about it

April 8, 20232 yr

I think they will be completely different Laura , I think BM might be his life story told through his music whereas the NF one will be more like the Nobody Someday documentary

The NF one should do well, people are curious will watch it even those who do not like Robbie even if it's just to give out about it

Oh OK -I get you Tess ^_^

Hope they are different