In what is almost surely the year’s biggest casting news, Daniel Day-Lewis has ended retirement for his own progeny. Focus Features have announced Anemone, which his son Ronan Day-Lewis, in a feature debut, is directing from a script that’s co-written by his father––the actor’s first such credit––and concerns “the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds.”
Samantha Morton, Sean Bean, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Green co-star in the film, which has been seen rolling cameras in Manchester, while a paper local to Warrington, one known shooting location, claims it’s an ’80s period piece in which Bean plays an ex-soldier. This is about the deepest details go for now, but expect more in months to come; by any stretch Anemone boasts one of (fair guess) 2025’s most-anticipated performances.
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