The premiere date for the second half of Billy the Kid season two has been set. MGM+ has announced the return of the series with the release of a trailer. The first half of season two premiered in October 2023.
The Western drama series, which stars Tom Blyth, Daniel Webber, Eileen O’Higgins, Dakota Daulby, Sean Owen Roberts, Jonah Collier, Ryan Kennedy, Leif Nystrom, Siobhan Williams, Brendan Fletcher, Jamie Beamish, Shaun Benson, Lisa Chandler, Chad Rook, Luke Camilleri, Zak Santiago, Vincent Walsh, and Nuria Vega, tells the story of Henry McCarty aka William H. Bonney (Blyth), otherwise known as the outlaw and gunfighter Billy the Kid.
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The Western drama series, which stars Tom Blyth, Daniel Webber, Eileen O’Higgins, Dakota Daulby, Sean Owen Roberts, Jonah Collier, Ryan Kennedy, Leif Nystrom, Siobhan Williams, Brendan Fletcher, Jamie Beamish, Shaun Benson, Lisa Chandler, Chad Rook, Luke Camilleri, Zak Santiago, Vincent Walsh, and Nuria Vega, tells the story of Henry McCarty aka William H. Bonney (Blyth), otherwise known as the outlaw and gunfighter Billy the Kid.
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- 5/2/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Barry Keoghan has been set to play Billy the Kid in an upcoming biopic set to retell the notorious criminal’s story.
The new telling of his story will lean into Billy’s Irish ancestry and complicated childhood.
Born in New York as Henry McCarty, he was orphaned at the age of 15 when his mother died and his stepfather abandoned him. His first arrest for robbery came a year later, and by the time he was 18, he was wanted for murder after an altercation in Arizona. His notoriety escalated, and he was 21 when Sheriff Pat Garrett shot him to death.
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‘American Animals’ director Bart Layton is aboard to direct the feature. Ed Guiney, of Element Pictures, will produce. Keoghan approached Layton with the story while working together on ‘American Animals.’
“We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before,...
The new telling of his story will lean into Billy’s Irish ancestry and complicated childhood.
Born in New York as Henry McCarty, he was orphaned at the age of 15 when his mother died and his stepfather abandoned him. His first arrest for robbery came a year later, and by the time he was 18, he was wanted for murder after an altercation in Arizona. His notoriety escalated, and he was 21 when Sheriff Pat Garrett shot him to death.
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‘American Animals’ director Bart Layton is aboard to direct the feature. Ed Guiney, of Element Pictures, will produce. Keoghan approached Layton with the story while working together on ‘American Animals.’
“We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Deadline reports that Barry Keoghan, who recently scored an Oscar nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin, is set to star in a new movie about the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid.
Bart Layton, who directed Barry Keoghan in American Animals, is set to helm the Billy the Kid movie, which Element Pictures and Raw will produce with Film4. “We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before,” Keoghan said in a statement to Deadline. “My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we’re all used to seeing. I wanted to humanize him in a way.” Element Pictures producer Ed Guiney added, “This isn’t just a passion project for Barry. This approach is something new, and it’s a version of the tale we hope the world will want to see.
Bart Layton, who directed Barry Keoghan in American Animals, is set to helm the Billy the Kid movie, which Element Pictures and Raw will produce with Film4. “We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before,” Keoghan said in a statement to Deadline. “My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we’re all used to seeing. I wanted to humanize him in a way.” Element Pictures producer Ed Guiney added, “This isn’t just a passion project for Barry. This approach is something new, and it’s a version of the tale we hope the world will want to see.
- 2/16/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Riding high on acclaim for his recent work (including an Oscar nomination for The Banshees Of Inisherin), Barry Keoghan is looking to strike while the iron is hot and set up some projects on his own. He's now pushing forward a Billy the Kid biopic that has long been a film the actor has wanted to make.
"We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before," Keoghan tells Deadline. "My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we’re all used to seeing. I wanted to humanize him in a way."
The film, which will reunite Keoghan with his American Animals director Bart Layton, aims to lean into the Kid’s Irish ancestry and complicated childhood. Born in New York as Henry McCarty, he was orphaned at the age of...
"We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before," Keoghan tells Deadline. "My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we’re all used to seeing. I wanted to humanize him in a way."
The film, which will reunite Keoghan with his American Animals director Bart Layton, aims to lean into the Kid’s Irish ancestry and complicated childhood. Born in New York as Henry McCarty, he was orphaned at the age of...
- 2/15/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Fresh from his Oscar nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin, Irish actor Barry Keoghan is turning his attention back towards a dream assignment: a new feature retelling of the story of Billy the Kid. Keoghan’s American Animals director Bart Layton is aboard to direct the feature, produced by Element Pictures with Film4.
“We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before,” Keoghan tells Deadline. “My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we’re all used to seeing. I wanted to humanize him in a way.”
“This isn’t just a passion project for Barry,” notes Element Pictures producer Ed Guiney, who came aboard having worked with Keoghan on The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Calm with Horses. “This approach is something new, and it’s a version...
“We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before,” Keoghan tells Deadline. “My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we’re all used to seeing. I wanted to humanize him in a way.”
“This isn’t just a passion project for Barry,” notes Element Pictures producer Ed Guiney, who came aboard having worked with Keoghan on The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Calm with Horses. “This approach is something new, and it’s a version...
- 2/15/2023
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
“Vikings” creator Michael Hirst takes on his childhood hero in “Billy the Kid.” Starring Tom Blyth as the legendary gunslinger, born Henry McCarty, the eight-episode series – co-produced by Epix Studios and MGM International Television Productions, in association with Viaplay – is currently screening at French TV festival Series Mania ahead of its April 24 premiere.
“It’s probably true that you shouldn’t meet your heroes; I have met a couple of mine and it didn’t go particularly well. But what I want more than anything else is for people to love this Billy,” Hirst tells Variety in Lille.
“Michael [Wright, president of Epix] allowed me to tell a story I wanted to tell, which doesn’t happen very often. This show is saying to people: ‘You think you know Billy the Kid because you have heard his name.’ You think he is a bit of a rough guy, a gunman and a killer.
“It’s probably true that you shouldn’t meet your heroes; I have met a couple of mine and it didn’t go particularly well. But what I want more than anything else is for people to love this Billy,” Hirst tells Variety in Lille.
“Michael [Wright, president of Epix] allowed me to tell a story I wanted to tell, which doesn’t happen very often. This show is saying to people: ‘You think you know Billy the Kid because you have heard his name.’ You think he is a bit of a rough guy, a gunman and a killer.
- 3/22/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
In 1881 a legend was ended, though whether it was a legend worthy of praise or worth forgetting is up for debate between scholars and fans of the movie Young Guns. William H. Bonney, aka Henry McCarty, aka Henry Antrim, aka Billy the Kid, didn’t really live the life that Young Guns 1 and 2 showed in pop culture, but moments of his life caught in film were somewhat accurate since he did work for John Tunstall for a while, and he was a criminal. But as for the glorification of his life and his deeds, it feels fair to
The Gun that Killed Billy the Kid is Up For Sale...
The Gun that Killed Billy the Kid is Up For Sale...
- 9/23/2021
- by Tom Foster
- TVovermind.com
Tim Blake Nelson is a highly skilled and versatile actor (not to mention a terrific director), but for years now there has been one character he owns: the yokel, the snaggletoothed redneck runt, the leering hillbilly bumpkin who never met a big vocabulary word he didn’t like to chew on like tobacco. He has done variations on this role in films from “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” to “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” and the thing about it is that each time Nelson goes Full Hick, you don’t feel like he’s acting; you feel like he just is. In truth, he’s acting up a storm, never more so than in “Old Henry,” in which he gives what I can only call the “Citizen Kane” of Tim Blake Nelson hayseed varmint performances.
Here’s what elevates this one. Most of the backwoods turns on Nelson’s resume have been unabashedly comic.
Here’s what elevates this one. Most of the backwoods turns on Nelson’s resume have been unabashedly comic.
- 9/7/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Initiate Productions have released the first trailer and poster for their new comedy which has pooled together a rather impressive cast called Stay Cool. The film is directed by Michael Polish and as well as Polish, also stars Hilary Duff, Winona Ryder, Sean Astin, Josgh Holloway, and Ashley Bell with some cameos from Chevy Chase and Jon Cryer.
After 20 years, a successful author Henry McCarthy (Polish) returns to his home town to give a commencement speech, only to fall in love with his old crush Scarlet Smith (Ryder) but is asked to the prom by a sexy high school senior Shasta ONeil (Duff). Henry faces tough decisions which cause him to consider his love for Scarlet whos the perfect girlfriend, but when Principle Marshall (Chase) give advise on love things start to become hilariously entertaining.
No sign of a UK release date as yet but we’ll keep you posted.
After 20 years, a successful author Henry McCarthy (Polish) returns to his home town to give a commencement speech, only to fall in love with his old crush Scarlet Smith (Ryder) but is asked to the prom by a sexy high school senior Shasta ONeil (Duff). Henry faces tough decisions which cause him to consider his love for Scarlet whos the perfect girlfriend, but when Principle Marshall (Chase) give advise on love things start to become hilariously entertaining.
No sign of a UK release date as yet but we’ll keep you posted.
- 9/2/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
[1] Back in 2009, the Polish Brothers, Mark and Michael, released two films on the festival circuit: The Smell of Success premiered at Sundance, while Stay Cool opened at Tribeca. Now, two years later, both films are finally getting released in theaters. The Smell of Success just got a very limited opening [2] this month, and Stay Cool will be hitting theaters September 16. A new trailer's just been released for the latter, and... well, I can see why no one was in a hurry to rush this out. Stay Cool follows a successful writer named Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish) who returns to his high school as a commencement speaker at the request of Principal Marshall (Chevy Chase). Once Henry arrives, Marshall encourages him to "connect" with the graduating class, which apparently means sitting in on classes and passing notes with students. (I don't know about you, but I have never had a commencement speaker that did this.
- 8/30/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Hilary Duff. From PatrickMcMullan.com. The painful acne. The cracking voice. And worst of all, the unrequited love from the girl who is two times as tall as you and whose class schedule you’ve memorized. While most people don’t like to revisit these painful high-school memories, they were celebrated last night in New York City as party-goers fêted the much hyped Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Stay Cool. In the film, Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish), an accomplished writer, returns to his high school to give a commencement speech two decades after he graduated. McCarthy is still haunted by his love for former classmate Scarlet Smith (Winona Ryder), but to complicate matters, the sexy Shasta O’Neil (Hilary Duff), a high-school senior, attempts to woo McCarthy to her senior prom. The film is written by Mark Polish and directed by his brother Michael Polish, and the eclectic cast also includes Chevy Chase,...
- 4/24/2009
- Vanity Fair
See images from the Michael Polish-helmed comedy "Stay Cool" written by Mark Polish. The cast includes Mark Polish, Hilary Duff, Winona Ryder, Jon Cryer, Josh Holloway, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, Marc Blucas and Joanna Cassidy. The film is produced by the Polish brothers along with Jonathan Sheldon and Janet Dubois. See all the images here! What's it about? Mild-mannered Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish), an accomplished author, returns home to give the commencement speech at his high school. But even after 20 years, it feels like he never left. Henry stays in his old room, perfectly preserved with '80s artifacts, and a luggage mishap leaves him no choice but to squeeze into clothes still hanging in his closet...read more at the Tribeca Film Festival site. ...
- 4/24/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See images from the Michael Polish-helmed comedy "Stay Cool" written by Mark Polish. The cast includes Mark Polish, Hilary Duff, Winona Ryder, Jon Cryer, Josh Holloway, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, Marc Blucas and Joanna Cassidy. The film is produced by the Polish brothers along with Jonathan Sheldon and Janet Dubois. Mild-mannered Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish), an accomplished author, returns home to give the commencement speech at his high school. But even after 20 years, it feels like he never left. Henry stays in his old room, perfectly preserved with '80s artifacts, and a luggage mishap leaves him no choice but to squeeze into clothes still hanging in his closet...
- 4/24/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See images from the Michael Polish-helmed comedy "Stay Cool" written by Mark Polish. The cast includes Mark Polish, Hilary Duff, Winona Ryder, Jon Cryer, Josh Holloway, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, Marc Blucas and Joanna Cassidy. The film is produced by the Polish brothers along with Jonathan Sheldon and Janet Dubois. Mild-mannered Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish), an accomplished author, returns home to give the commencement speech at his high school. But even after 20 years, it feels like he never left. Henry stays in his old room, perfectly preserved with '80s artifacts, and a luggage mishap leaves him no choice but to squeeze into clothes still hanging in his closet...
- 4/24/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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