On Chesil Beach (2017) Directed by Dominic Cooke Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Sam West, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough and Bebe Cave. SYNOPSIS: It’s the early 1960s and newly-married couple, Florence and Edward, have arrived to spend their first night together at a hotel near Chesil Beach in Dorset. Their first attempt at […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Dominic Cooke talks On Chesil Beach and his next film Ironbark
Director Dominic Cooke made his name in the theatre, with much-praised stints at The Royal Court, The Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre. TV’s award winning The Hollow Crown (2012) followed and he now arrives in cinemas with his first movie, On Chesil Beach, adapted from the novella by Ian McEwan. A self-confessed constant […]
Saoirse Ronan featured on UK poster for On Chesil Beach
Lionsgate has released a new UK poster for On Chesil Beach, the upcoming romantic drama which sees Oscar-nominee Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Billy Howle (Dunkirk) leading a cast that includes Anne-Marie Duff (Suffragette), Adrian Scarborough (Vera Drake), Emily Watson (Testament of Youth) and Samuel West (Darkest Hour). SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for On Chesil […]
First trailer and images for On Chesil Beach starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle
Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer and a batch of images for the upcoming adaptation of Ian McEwan’s bestselling novel On Chesil Beach. The drama marks the feature directorial debut for Dominic Cooke and stars Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough, and Samuel West; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Read our review […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – On Chesil Beach (2017)
On Chesil Beach, 2017. Directed by Dominic Cooke. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Samuel West, Adrian Scarborough, and Bebe Cave. SYNOPSIS: Young newlyweds Edward and Florence arrive at their seaside hotel for their honeymoon in the 1960s, full of anticipation as to what married life has in store for them. As […]
New poster for On Chesil Beach starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle
Lionsgate has released a new poster for Dominic Cooke’s feature directorial debut On Chesil Beach. Based on Ian McEwan’s 2007 novella of the same name, the drama stars Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, and Anne-Marie Duff; take a look at the poster here… It is summer 1962, and England is still a year away […]
Billy Howle to star opposite Saoirse Ronan in On Chesil Beach
Number 9 Films has announced that Billy Howle (The Sense of an Ending, The Seagull) who will play the lead role of Edward Mayhew opposite Saoirse Ronan’s (Brooklyn, Atonement) Florence Ponting in On Chesil Beach. “I’m very excited about working with Billy on this brilliantly written role,” said director Dominic Cooke (The Hollow Crown). “He […]
Saoirse Ronan to star in On Chesil Beach
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan has signed to to appear in an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach, where she’ll play the female lead Florence. McEwan’s novel is set in England in 1962 and “tells the story of Florence and husband, Edward, starting with the unspoken expectation of their marital […]
