Talulah Riley in 'The Boat That Rocked'

Talulah Riley's (best known for her role as Mary Bennet of the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice) next film will be The Boat That Rocked, a comedy with a big ensemble cast. It is being written, produced, and directed by Richard Curtis, writer (producer and *director) of Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, *Love Actually, Notting Hill, and Four Weddings and a Funeral films. Also, it's being made by Working Title Films for Universal Pictures, who also made Pride & Prejudice. Principal photography started started last March (2008) on location off the coast of England and ended in June 2008.


The Boat That Rocked

Genre: Comedy
Release Dates: 30 April 2009 (Germany) more.
Brief Synopsis: A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960's


Cast:
Gemma Arterton....Desiree
Emma Thomson ... Charlotte
Philip Seymour Hoffman...The Count
Bill Nighy...Quentin
Jack Davenport...Twatt
Kenneth Branagh... Minister Dormandy
Talulah Riley.... Marianne
January Jones... Eleonore
Rhys Ifan...Gavin

More cast.


Casting News articles:

• Bill Nighy A Pirate Of A Different Kind In 'The Boat That Rocked'
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy to topline 'The Boat That Rocked'
• January joins Branagh on the Richard Curtis love-boat

More info...

• The Boat That Rocked (2009) (post-production)
• The Boat That Rocked on Wiki
  

Speaking of Talulah and movies...

Looks like all the 5 Bennet Sisters/P&P actresses (Keira Knightley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, and Talulah Riley) all have individual films that will all be released in 2009 (or 2010 depends on when Keira's King Lear will start filming next year and the release date as wiki listed it as 2009 while imdb listed it as 2010...).


Keira Knightley - King Lear
Rosamund Pike - The Surrogates (Nov. 20, 2009)
Jena Malone - The Messenger
Carey Mulligan -Public Enemies (July 1, 2009 - USA; July 3, 2009 - UK) and The Greatest
Talulah Riley - The Boat That Rocked (May 1, 2009 - UK)