Director: Michael Gracey

Cast: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman

Synopsis:

Better Man looks at the rise, fall and resurrection of Robbie Williams – one of the UK’s bestselling artists of all time. Michael Gracey will shine light on the incredible highs and lows of celebrity and the journey to stardom, inspired by Williams’ life and how he sees himself. The fantastical musical will be filled with reimagined versions of Williams’ musical hits and iconic performances, with spectacular set pieces and stunning visual effects created by the Academy Award® winning team at Weta FX (Avatar, Lord of the Rings trilogy). Williams stars alongside Jonno Davies (Hunters, Kingsman: The Secret Service).

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Who is Robbie Williams? Sure, it’s the question most Yanks might ask when given the elevator pitch to “Better Man,” the latest from 'The Greatest Showman' director Michael Gracey. (His meteoric success in the UK, both as a member of British boy band Take That and his own chart-topping solo career, never quite translated across the pond.) But in classic music biopic fashion, 'Better Man' is also concerned with the kinds of man-behind-the-music insights required of these kinds of pictures: The rough, working-class childhood, the disapproving father figure, the rollercoaster of sex, drugs, and market forces that make and break our most iconic pop culture figures.

But Gracey, Williams, and crew throw their mightiest curveball away from those tropes in the film’s opening seconds as Williams purrs in voiceover, 'I want to show you how I really see myself'-an anthropomorphic monkey, rendered in pitch-perfect CGI. It’s 'Planet of the Apes' meets 'Top of the Pops,' and it's just the first magic trick Gracey's stirring, effective chronicle wants to throw your way.

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