{"id":27307,"date":"2024-11-17T13:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T18:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=27307"},"modified":"2024-11-17T13:40:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T18:40:20","slug":"better-man-featurette-why-the-monkey-robbie-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=27307","title":{"rendered":"Better Man Featurette : Why the Monkey? \u2013 Robbie Williams, Michael Gracey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=Paramount+Pictures\">Paramount Pictures<\/a> has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated film, <strong>Better\u00a0Man<\/strong>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i> <\/i><strong><i>Better Man<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams, one of the greatest entertainers of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Under the visionary direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1243905\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Michael Gracey<\/a> (<strong><i>The Greatest Showman<\/i><\/strong>), the film is uniquely told from Williams&#8217; perspective, capturing his signature wit and indomitable spirit. It follows Robbie&#8217;s journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-braking solo artist &#8211; all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p class=\"p3\">The film is directed by Michael Gracey, written by Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole, Michael Gracey, produced by Paul Currie, Michael Gracey, Coco Xiaolu Ma, Jules Daly, Craig McMahon, Executive Produced BY Zhe Chen, Robbie Williams, Markus Barmettler, Philip Lee, Li-Wei Chu, Michael Loney, Thorsten Schumacher, Lars Sylvest, Mark Williams, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Klaudia Smieja, David Ravel, Domenic Benvenuto, Gianni Benvenuto, Zoran Stojkovic, Dean Hood, David Conley, Daniel Fluri, Adrian Grabe, Andres Kernen, Slava Vladimirov, Jared Underwood, Andrew Robinson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Besides Robbie Williams, the film also stars Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvaney, Frazer Hadfield, Tom Budge, Anthony Hayes.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount Pictures has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated film, Better\u00a0Man. 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