EXCLUSIVE: Relight My Fire! It required a little Patience but Take That movie Greatest Days, which will star Aisling Bea, has set its cast and financiers ahead of shoot next month.
The question now is: Could It Be Magic?Cast confirmed for the feel-good comedy-musical includes comedian and 2020 BAFTA winner Bea (This Way Up), Alice Lowe (Black Mirror), Amaka Okafor (The Responder), Jayde Adams (Serious Black Jumper), Marc Wootton (Nativity), Lara McDonnell (Belfast), Jessie Mae Alonzo (Little Joe), Nandi Hudson (Army of Thieves), Carragon Guest and Eliza Dobson.The film’s boy band, modeled on Take That, will comprise newcomers Aaron Bryan, Dalvin Cory, Joshua Jung, Mark Samaras and Mervin Noronha.Bron Releasing has boarded worldwide sales on the project, which heralds from Danny Perkins’ Elysian Film Group.
Filming is set to get underway next month on location in London, Lancashire (Clitheroe) and Athens.Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani’s SPG3, the Swiss and LA-based producer-financier, is also newly aboard to finance and produce.Based on the hit stage musical The Band, the film will feature music from Take That and has buy-in from the band and Universal Music Group.
Songs set to feature in the movie include Greatest Day, Patience, Back For Good, A Million Love Songs and Shine. There are also rumors that the band might be writing some original songs for the film.The story follows five best friends who have the night of their lives at a concert from their favorite boy band.
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