The Beautiful Game is a 2024 British sports drama film directed by Thea Sharrock and written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The film stars Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward.
It is scheduled to be released on 29 March 2024, on Netflix.
Premise
The squad of English homeless footballers, including the talented but troubled striker Vinny (Ward), are led by their coach Mal (Nighy), to compete in Rome at the global annual football tournament, the Homeless World Cup.
Cast
- Bill Nighy as Mal
- Micheal Ward as Vinny
- Valeria Golino as Gabriela
- Callum Scott Howells as Nathan
- Kit Young as Cal
- Sheyi Cole as Jason
- Robin Nazari as Aldar
- Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Kevin
- Susan Wokoma as Protasia
- Layo-Christina Akinlude
- Cristina Rodlo as Rosita
- Sian Reese-Williams as Sian
Production
Development
A previous iteration of the script was set up at Fox Searchlight Pictures, with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson attached. Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward were confirmed as the leads in August 2021. Film4 helped develop the film. Producers on the project are Blueprint Pictures’ Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin with Anita Overland. Ben Knight and Diarmuid McKeown serve as executive producers alongside Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek of Film4.
The production worked closely with the Homeless World Cup Foundation on the film. Frank Cottrell-Boyce met many participants in the Homeless World Cup and developed characters for the film from their stories, which was originally set to film in 2012 and for Cottrell-Boyce was an eleven year project.
Mel Young, President and Founder of the Homeless World Cup Foundation, said he was delighted to be the focus of the film: “We have proven how powerful football can be when applied to a social issue and we will keep striving to do more. We hope that our work, shared in The Beautiful Game, will inspire more people to get involved and support future Homeless World Cups, and together we can all aim to end homelessness forever.”
Filming
Principal photography was revealed to be taking place in Rome and London, in August 2021.
Release date
The film is expected to be released on 29 March 2024, on Netflix.
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