Godless star Jack O'Connell is to star in the BBC's adaptation of The North Water. Deadline understands that the British actor will play the lead role of Patrick Sumner in the series, which is written and directed by Lean on Pete and 45 Years' Andrew Haigh, and produced by Top of the Lake producer See-Saw…

With his fourth feature, Andrew Haigh proved to audiences at the Toronto Film Festival that, after the triple whammy of Greek Pete, Weekend and 45 Years, he had more in him than just British stories. Set in America's backwater fairs and racing tracks, Lean on Pete tells the story of a young drifter named Charley (Charl…

Jack O'Connell has been cast as Alexander McQueen in Pathé's untitled project about the legendary fashion designer, directed by Andrew Haigh. This will be a major vehicle for O'Connell, one of the UK's hottest young actors at the moment. Haigh, who directed 45 Years, will direct from a script written by playwright…

45 Years helmer Andrew Haigh has boarded See-Saw Films’ limited series The North Water which is being developed with the BBC. He will adapt and is attached to direct the six-part mystery/survival drama that’s based on the 2016 book by Ian McGuire. The North Water tells the story of Patrick Sumner, a disgraced former…

EXCLUSIVE: Chloe Sevigny and Travis Fimmel have boarded the cast of Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete. They join, as previously reported exclusively by Deadline, Steve Buscemi and Charlie Plummer in the lead role of Charley Thompson, the itinerant teen abandoned by his mother as a baby. The film is an adaptation of Willy…

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Plummer has landed the lead role in Andrew Haigh's Lean On Pete. Plummer will play Charley Thompson, the itinerant teen abandoned by his mother as a baby who loses his neglectful father to sepsis. Lean On Pete has long been a passion project for Haigh, who will direct and write the tale of lost…

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Buscemi is set to star in Andrew Haigh's Lean On Pete. He will play the character of Del in the film, which has long been a passion project for Haigh, who will direct and write the tale of lost Americana. The film is an adaptation of Willy Vlautin's acclaimed novel about 15-year-old Charley as he…

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the hottest development titles coming out of the UK film biz, 45 Years director Andrew Haigh has signed on to direct the Alexander McQueen biopic for producer Damian Jones and Pathe. Red hot playwright Chris Urch, whose latest play The Rolling Stone has just debuted in London to ecstatic reviews…

Filmgoers at this year’s Berlin Film Festival knew about the power and poignancy of Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, but I didn’t until catching this extraordinary drama of a longtime marriage thrown into crisis on the eve of a 45th wedding anniversary party. The movie deservedly has already won prizes for its veteran British…

Andrew Haigh has won the Best British Film award at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival with 45 Years, about a troubled marriage. The film stars Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling, who shared the award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film with James Cosmo for his performance in The Shammassian brothers’ The…