Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan, And More Announced For EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Film Adaptation

Academy Award-nominee Richard E. Grant, TV star Sharon Horgan, and more have joined the cast of an upcoming film adaptation of the West End hit musical. Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

According to the Daily Mail, Grant will step into the shoes/heels of Hugo/Loco Chanelle, actor and writer Sharon Horgan will portray Miss Hedges, with Sarah Lancashire as Jamie's mother, Margaret.

Urdang Academy theatre student, Max Hardwell, has also been announced in the title role.

The film is expected to begin shooting in the UK beginning June 24.

Inspired by a true story, Everybody's Talking About Jamie is the hit musical for today.

Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield.
Jamie doesn't quite fit in.
Jamie is terrified about the future.
Jamie is going to be a sensation.

Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight.

With songs by lead singer-songwriter of The Feeling, Dan Gillespie Sells, and book and lyrics by writer Tom MacRae, this funny, fabulous, feel-good, musical sensation has been wowing audiences and critics alike.

Sixteen: the edge of possibility. Time to make your dreams come true.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie opened at the Sheffield Crucible in 2017 and is now playing at the Apollo Theatre in the West End, currently booking until 6 April 2019. As well as receiving 5-star reviews, Everybody's Talking About Jamie was nominated for 5 Olivier Awards, received the UK Theatre and What's On Stage Awards for Best New Musical and won the Attitude Culture Award 2017. Dan Gillespie Sells won Best Composer at The Stage Debut Awards, John McCrea won the What's On Stage award for Best Actor in a Musical, the UK Theatre Award for Best Performance in A Musical and was named joint Most Promising Newcomer at the Critics Circle Awards and Lucie Shorthouse won the What's On Stage Award for Best Supporting Actresses in a Musical.