British pop band Take That hit Cannes on Wednesday to promote their planned movie Greatest Days, which is based on the superb stage musical The Band. Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald arrived on the Croisette to take part in a special photocall and to introduce international film buyers to Greatest Days.
Coky Giedroyc (How to Build a Girl) is directing the big screen adaptation, written by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls).
Greatest Days has been developed with the full support of Universal Music Group and Take That. The cast includes Aisling Bea (This Way Up, Hard Sun), Jayde Adams (Serious Black Jumper, Alma’s Not Normal), Alice Lowe (Black Mirror, Sightseers), Amaka Okafor (The Responder, The Split), Marc Wootton (Nativity), Lara McDonnell (Belfast), Jessie Mae Alonzo (Little Joe), Nandi Hudson (Army of Thieves, The Nest) , Carragon Guest and Eliza Dobson. ‘The Boyband’ will feature Aaron Bryan, Dalvin Cory, Joshua Jung, Mark Samaras and Mervin Noronh.
More on the planned movie as it comes in.
