A young and ambitious playwright in the time of Queen Elizabeth the 1st makes the travel to London to showcase his wares. The young bard's name? Bill. Young Bill has a play in mind that will one day become the talk of London and, considering how the Queen's personal playwright is far from up to scratch, may even be performed before the Queen herself. But when a group of revolutionaries decide to use the play as the staging point for their plot to kill the Queen, Bill must fight to not only put on a performance to launch his career, but save the audience from assassination. It's all in a day's work for William Shakespeare, however.
BBC Films are setting up to bring the 'Horrible Histories' comedy group to the big screen, with director Richard Bracewell ('The Gigolos') bring the children's entertainers to a wider audience. The main cast of 'Horrible Histories' reunited to being filming on 10th February, 2014. At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, it was revealed that Damian Lewis ('Homeland') would make an appearance in a supporting role for the film. 'Bill' is set for UK theatrical release on 27th March 2015.
Starring: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Helen McCrory, Damian Lewis, David Crow, Rufus Jones, Justin Edwards, John Henry Falle, Jamie Demetriou, Richard Atwill, George Hewer