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Lionsgate Nabs U.K. Distribution Rights to Bill Nighy’s Drama ‘Living’

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Living,” an upcoming film starring Bill Nighy, has sold United Kingdom distribution rights to Lionsgate.Set in London in the 1950s, “Living” centers on Williams (portrayed by Nighy), a veteran civil servant who becomes a cog in the bureaucracy of rebuilding post WWII England.

As the job starts to consume him, he learns he has seven months to live. The realization sparks his quest to find meaning in his life before it slips away.The movie is currently in pre-production and expects to start filming in the U.K.

this spring. Oliver Hermanus is directing “Living” from a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro. The film is an English-language adaptation of the Akira Kurosawa classic “Ikiru,” written by Kurosawa,.

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