CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY 
ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL 
TICKET TO PARADISE 
Steve McQueen's upcoming World War 2 feature "Blitz" has added six to its ensemble cast, Variety can reveal.Benjamin Clementine (“Dune”), Leigh Gill (“Joker,” “Game of Thrones”) (both pictured above), Mica Ricketts (“Here We Go,” “As Dead as it Gets”), CJ Beckford (“Riches,” “Sitting in Limbo,” “Small Island”), Hayley Squires (“The Essex Serpent,” "Adult Material”) and Sally Messham (“Aftersun,” “Artemis Fowl”) are all set to appear in the Apple TV+ film.They join previously announced Saoirse Ronan ("Little Women"), Stephen Graham ("The...
Working Title
Tim
Bevan
Co-Chairman
A five-time Oscar nominee for best picture as a producer, most recently for 2017’s WWI drama “Darkest Hour,” Bevan and Working Title Films partner Eric Fellner found themselves back in the thick of the awards-season race in 2022. Their films “The Swimmers” (Netflix), a fact-based tale about two sisters’ journey from Syrian war refugees to the 2016 Rio Olympics, and “Catherine Called Birdy” (Amazon), Lena Dunham’s adaptation of Karen Cushman’s novel about a 14-year-old girl in 13th-century England (Bella Ramsey) trying to avoid being married off by her father, both debuted to acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Working Title was also behind romcom “Ticket to Paradise” (Universal), with George Clooney and Julia Roberts, and adaptation “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” (Netflix), starring Emma Thompson.
