Richard E. Grant has landed the starring role in 20th Century Fox’s big-screen re-telling of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Filming is expected to begin in Sheffield, England on June 24. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is produced by Mark Herbert and Peter Carlton for Warp Films, and New Regency’s Arnon Milchan.
The Gosford Park actor will play a former drag queen who mentors Jamie New, an outcast who finds his voice as a drag queen, per The Hollywood Reporter.
The executive producers include Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer for New Regency and Daniel Battsek and Ollie Madden for Film4, who developed the project alongside Warp Films.