Nick Cave, Taika Waititi and Olivia Colman are among the many star names set to make an look in new biopic The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain.

The movie, which follows the story of eccentric artist Louis Wain, options Benedict Cumberbatch within the titular function, in addition to Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sophia Di Martino, Asim Chaudhry, Hayley Squires, Julian Barratt and extra.

Colman, who beforehand labored with the movie’s director Will Sharpe on Channel 4 comedy drama Flowers, is readily available as narrator. Cave, in the meantime, gives a flip as well-known science fiction creator H.G. Wells.

Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok director Waititi performs New York newspaper editor Max Kase within the movie, per Empire.

The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain is because of be launched on Amazon Prime Video on November 5, 2021.

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— Empire Journal (@empiremagazine) August 28, 2021

Cave has been busy this yr, with he and Warren Ellis recently adding two extra dates to their joint UK tour this autumn.

The Bad Seeds duo will tour in September and October in help of their February album ‘Carnage’, which was recorded in the course of the coronavirus lockdown.

Waititi, in the meantime, revealed final month (July 31) that his upcoming Flash Gordon adaptation, which was initially set to be animated, will now be a live-action movie.

In accordance with producer John Davis, who has been hooked up to the venture for a while, Waititi is at the moment within the means of penning his model of the area opera, based mostly on the King Options sketch created by Alex Raymond.

The director was first employed by Disney to tackle the long-gestating venture again in 2019, which was beforehand hooked up to administrators like Matthew Vaughn and Julius Avery. The Thor: Love And Thunder filmmaker’s take is alleged to be extra trustworthy to the unique supply materials than that of the unique ’80s live-action film.

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