Pathé Reveals First Look at Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland

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Pathé reveals first look at Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland

Pathé and Calamity Films have started filming Judy in London and released the first photo of Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland. Zellweger, Academy Award winner and three-time Academy Award nominee (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Cold Mountain, Chicago) is directed by Rupert Goold (a Tony nominee and two-time Olivier winner).

Joining Zellweger in the film are Jessie Buckley (War and Peace), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Sir Michael Gambon (Harry Potter).

It’s Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband. And yet Judy is fragile. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted; haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood; gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Will she have the strength to go on?

Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of “the world’s greatest entertainer.” The film is based on a script written by Tom Edge (The Crown) and will be produced by BAFTA winner David Livingstone (Pride) for Calamity Films. Pathé will distribute the film in the UK, France and Switzerland and will handle sales throughout the rest of the world.

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