Lily James to star in romcom feature
Lily James and Emma Thompson are lined up to star in a new romcom feature, What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Working Title Films is currently in prep on the project, that also stars Shazad Latif and Emma Thompson. Little has been revealed about the plot, but Deadline reported that the story shifts between London and South Asia and is a cross-cultural comedy about love and marriage.
Shekhar Kapur directs from a screenplay by Jemima Khan; the film marks Kapur’s first feature since Elizabeth: The Golden Age in 2007. Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan produce alongside Khan and Nicky Kentish Barnes.
PI subscribers can log in for more details on What’s Love Got To Do With It, including the shoot dates, casting director and line producer. Non-subscribers can click here to request a free online demo.
Thompson is also on board feature film Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, which is due to begin production in London in Q1 of next year. James recently finished shooting an adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love for BBC One and Amazon which, in late July, became the first major UK-based project to resume filming following the suspension of all production earlier in the year.
Photo by Kerry Brown / Netflix/Kerry Brown / Netflix - © 2020 © Netflix, Inc.
Also on The Knowledge
Production gets underway on Everyone Else Burns S2
Production is due to get underway in the next week in Manchester on the second series of Everyone Else Burns.
C5 greenlights mystery thriller The Wives
Production is underway on a new C5 thriller, The Wives, starring Jo Joyner, Angela Griffin and Tamzin Outhwaite.
Filming underway on Sky’s Lockerbie drama starring Colin Firth
Production has begun on a major new drama about the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, starring Colin Firth as Dr Jim Swire.
Studios Spotlight – Behind the scenes at Pride Media Centre
The last Studios Spotlight of 2023 shines on Pride Media Centre in Gateshead, a “safe, welcoming space for businesses and organisations from the LGBT+ community and allies, to grow, develop and be creative”.
Paramount+ drama The Road Trip films in Bristol
The Road Trip, a shiny new drama for Paramount+, is currently filming in Bristol starring Emma Appleton, Laurie Davidson and David Jonsson.
Studio operator Stage Fifty announces new partnership and plans Spanish expansion
As part of its growth plan, Stage Fifty has announced a new partnership with Universal Production Services which sees the latter become the exclusive lighting and equipment supplier for all Stage Fifty UK and European studios.