BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning actor Invoice Nighy, who was just lately nominated for the Finest Actor Oscar for his flip in Dwelling, and Emmy nominee Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso, Downton Abbey) have joined the solid of GFM Animation’s 10 Lives. The beforehand introduced voice roster options Mo Gilligan, Simone Ashley, Sophie Okonedo, Dylan Llewellyn and pop star Zayn Malik.
10 Lives is the story of a pampered and egocentric cat named Beckett (Gilligan) who takes with no consideration the lives he has been dealt. After carelessly shedding his ninth life he begs to be given a second probability, a chance to indicate he can study from his errors. Ultimately his want is granted — however with sure, hilarious stipulations…
Nighy will play Professor Craven within the movie, and Swift will voice a wisecracking canine named Joyful.
10 Lives is directed by Chris Jenkins (Duck Duck Goose) and produced by Man Collins and Sean Feeney for 10 Lives Productions, Martin Metz and Adrian Politowski for Align, Yann Zenou for Quad, Valérie d’Auteuil and André Rouleau for Caramel Movies, and Louis-Philippe Vermette for The Joyful Producers. Cinesite’s Montreal studio L’Atelier Animation (Leap!, Fireheart) is producing the CG.
GFM Animation can be purchasing 10 Lives on the European Movie Market in Berlin (Feb. 16-22), in addition to A Greyhound of a Woman, primarily based on the Roddy Doyle ebook and directed by Enzo D’Alò (Pinocchio, 2012) and voice starring Brendan Gleeson, Sharon Horgan and Rosaleen Linehan. A Greyhound of a Woman can be screening within the Berlinale’s Technology KPlus program.
Nighy’s intensive credit record contains a number of animated roles for movies and collection together with Flushed Away, G-Pressure, Astro Boy, Rango, StarDog and TurboCat, Castlevania and Arthur Christmas, for which he gained an Annie Award for voiceover. Swift performed his Ted Lasso character Higgins within the present’s 2021 animated particular, The Lacking Christmas Mustache.
Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross are dealing with casting for 10 Lives. Nighy is represented by Impartial Expertise Group, United Expertise Company, Q Voice and Public Eye Communications. Swift is repped by APA Company, Impartial Expertise Group and Framework Leisure.
[Source: Deadline]
