EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to writer-director Nick Hamm’s medieval action-drama William Tell, which has its world premiere tonight in Toronto.
Starring are Claes Bang (The Square), Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Golshifteh Farahani (Extraction), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals), Rafe Spall (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) and Emily Beecham (Little Joe), with Oscar winner Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) and Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes).
The deal was negotiated by Miles Fineburg from Samuel Goldwyn Films and WME Independent on behalf of the producers. The release is being lined up for early 2025.
Inspired by the legendary tale, Claes Bang takes on the role of William Tell, a noble huntsman whose peaceful life is shattered when the ruthless Austrian Empire invades his homeland of Switzerland. Unwilling to bend the knee before his country’s oppressors, William Tell is thrust into a perilous trial, one that draws him and his family into the epicenter of a revolution that will shape the destiny of his nation.
The film is produced by Piers Tempest (The Wife) and Marie-Christine Jaeger-Firmenich (Gigi & Nate).
“Nick did an amazing job with this historical epic, we’re incredibly excited to bring this legendary story to the big screen” said SGF president Peter Goldwyn.
“Samuel Goldwyn Films are passionate about our medieval resistance epic and, given their strong track record with bringing European films to audiences in North America, we are thrilled to be working with them,” noted producers Piers Tempest and Marie-Christine Jaeger-Firmenich.
Hamm is known for projects including Venice title Driven, Netflix’s White Lines, and The Journey, which played at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.
‘William Tell’
