Daniel Mays announced today that he has joined the cast of Fisherman’s Friends. Based on the true story of a group of fishermen from Port Issaac, Cornwall who are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanty’s and even went on to play the main stage at Glastonbury in 2011.
In a twist of fate, cynical music executive Danny (Daniel Mays) finds himself in a small Cornish village trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen. Attempting to overcome the fishermen’s skepticism about the music business he finds himself drawn into the community, has his integrity tested and ultimately is shown the meaning of loyalty, love and friendship.
And for my next trick! A joy to be onboard new comedy #FishermansFriends with such a talented cast & crew. One of the most heartfelt and uplifting scripts I can remember. #BritishFilm https://t.co/ypE3TwQvCM
— Daniel Mays (@DanielMays9) May 8, 2018
Up, running AND singing on new film #FishermansFriends. How’s that for a view? pic.twitter.com/Ivs2ywSFUc
— Daniel Mays (@DanielMays9) May 3, 2018
We’re gonna need a bigger boat #FishermansFriends pic.twitter.com/oV0Z33Y01W
— Daniel Mays (@DanielMays9) May 4, 2018
Also joining Daniel in the cast are James Purefoy, Dave Johns, Tuppence Middleton, David Heyman, Maggie Steed, and Noel Clarke.
This will be a first for Daniel because this film includes singing!
Fisherman’s Friends is directed by Chris Foggin and produced by Red Films and Powderkeg pictures. Currently filming in Cornwall, the film is expected to be released in 2019.
Legacy Rights, the international sales company headed up by James Scott has hooked sales for multiple international territories including Latin America and Spain (Sun Distribution) , Japan (New Select), Scandinavia (Scanbox), the Middle East (Gulf Film) and Airlines (Jaguar) ahead of the film’s launch at Cannes.
We will have more updates on this new project soon!
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