Max Harwood
The Olivier-nominated stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, adapted by Dan Gillespie Sells (music) and Tom MacRae (libretto) from the 2011 TV documentary Jamie by Jenny Popplewell, has itself been adapted for film, helmed by original stage director Jonathan Butterell in his feature debut. The creative team also includes Dan Gillespie Sells and Anne Dudley (score), Tom MacRae (screenplay), Christopher Ross (cinematography), Mark Everson (film editing), and Kate Prince (choreography).
The cast includes Max Harwood (Jamie), Sarah Lancashire (mom Margaret), Lauren Patel (Pritti), Shobna Gulati (Ray), Ralph Ineson (dad Wayne), Adeel Akhtar (Iman), Samuel Bottomley (Dean Paxton), Sharon Horgan (Miss Hedge), and Richard E. Grant (Hugo aka Loco Chanelle). Below is a trailer for the film.
The stage musical premiered Feb. 8, 2017, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, and transferred Nov. 6, 2017, to the Apollo Theater in London’s West End. Principal photography on the film began in Sheffield on June 24, 2019, and was originally scheduled to be released Oct. 23, 2020, but was postponed to Feb. 26, 2021, due to the pandemic. Below is a clip of the stage musical from the 2018 Olivier Awards.