Stan & Ollie

Stan & Ollie
Teaser poster
Directed by Jon S. Baird
Produced by Faye Ward
Written by Jeff Pope
Starring Steve Coogan
John C. Reilly
Nina Arianda
Shirley Henderson
Danny Huston
Rufus Jones
Cinematography Laurie Rose
Edited by Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Billy Sneddon
Production
company
BBC Films
Fable Pictures
Sonesta Films
Entertainment One
Distributed by Entertainment One Films
Release date
  • 21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) (BFI)[1]
  • 11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) (United Kingdom)[2]
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Stan & Ollie is an upcoming British biographical film directed by Jon S. Baird from a screenplay by Jeff Pope. Based on the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, the film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Cast

Production

Development

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly were announced to be playing the duo in January 2016 in a biopic to be directed by Jon S. Baird.[3] The film was written by Jeff Pope, who had previously collaborated with Coogan on the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Philomena.[4] Pope described the comedy duo as being his "heroes".[5]

Filming

Principal UK photography began in spring 2017. It took place in Dudley, in the West Midlands of England, as well as Birmingham at The Old Rep theatre, West London Film Studios and Bristol in South West England.[6]

Release

Whilst Entertainment One Films will handle distribution in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and the Benelux, Sony Pictures Classics were given the right to distribute the film in the United States, Latin America, Eastern Europe, China and South Africa.[2]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/stan-ollie-steve-coogan-john-c-reilly
  2. 1 2 Kay, Jeremy (9 September 2018). "SPC 'Stan & Ollie' TIFF deal confirmed as distributor picks up 'Maiden'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Jaafar, Ali (18 January 2016). "Steve Coogan And John C. Reilly To Star As Stan Laurel And Oliver Hardy In Jon S. Baird's 'Stan & Ollie'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Lee, Benjamin (18 January 2016). "Steve Coogan and John C Reilly to play Laurel and Hardy in biopic". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Steve Coogan and John C Reilly to star in Laurel and Hardy film". BBC. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Young, Graham (4 April 2017). "Movie Stan and Ollie with Steve Coogan to be filmed in Midlands and you can apply to be in the cast". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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