Jamie Bell, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller And Woody Norman Join The Uprising From Academy Award-Nominated Director Paul Greengrass For Focus Features
Production is currently underway
Academy Award®-nominated director Paul Greengrass’s film for Focus Features, The Uprising, has added to its cast with the addition of Jamie Bell (Half-Man, All Of Us Strangers, Rosebush Pruning), Cosmo Jarvis (Warfare, Shogun), Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit, Last Night in Soho), Jonny Lee Miller (Sepia One, Elementary, Trainspotting) and Woody Norman (Sukkwan Island, C’mon C’mon).
They join Andrew Garfield who stars as a legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. As the war burns across England, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice and survival. Katherine Waterston was previously announced as joining the cast as well.
Jason Blum is producing through Blumhouse, alongside Gregory Goodman, Joanna Kaye and Greengrass. Lars Sylvest will also produce through Thank You Pictures and Joe Neurauter will produce through Supernix. Focus Features is set to distribute the film domestically.
Greengrass’ most recent project is The Lost Bus (Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey and Academy Award-nominee America Ferrera) for Apple Original Films, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will have a theatrical release before debuting on the platform.
Focus Features’ upcoming slate includes auteur-driven works like Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, based the New York Times bestselling novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley; Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons; and Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.