Joy (2024 film)

Joy
Joy
Directed by	Ben Taylor
Screenplay by	Jack Thorne
Story by	Rachel Mason; Emma Gordon; Shaun Topp;
Produced by	Finola Dwyer; Amanda Posey;
Starring	Bill Nighy; Thomasin McKenzie; James Norton;
Music by	Steven Price
Production; companies	Wildgaze; Pathé;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	15 October 2024 (BFI); 15 November 2024 (United Kingdom); 22 November 2024 (Netflix);
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Joy is a 2024 British biographical drama film starring Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton. Directed by Ben Taylor, it is the true story of the world's first in vitro fertilisation baby Louise Brown. The screenplay is by Jack Thorne who developed the story with his wife Rachel Mason and Emma Gordon & Shaun Topp. It is produced by Wildgaze and Pathé for Netflix.

Synopsis

Set in the 1960s and 1970s, a nurse (McKenzie), a visionary scientist (Norton) and an innovative surgeon (Nighy) work to develop the first 'test tube baby'.^[1]

Cast

Production

A British production, the film is produced by Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey for Wildgaze, with executive producer Cameron McCracken for Pathé. Husband and wife team Rachel Mason and Jack Thorne developed the story with Thorne providing the screenplay. Thorne explained the project was heavily inspired by he and Mason's experience of undergoing IVF to have their son.^[2] It is directed by Ben Taylor.^[3]

The cast is led by Bill Nighy, James Norton and Thomasin McKenzie and also includes Joanna Scanlan, Charlie Murphy, Tanya Moodie, Ella Bruccoleri and Rish Shah.^[4]

Filming got underway in the UK in September 2023.^[5]

Release

The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 15 October 2024, and had a limited theatrical release in the UK and Ireland on 15 November 2024. It is scheduled for a streaming release on Netflix worldwide on 22 November 2024.^[6]

References

^ Asatryan, Tigran (September 24, 2023). "Joy: Everything We Know About Netflix's IVF Biopic Starring Bill Nighy". What's On Netflix. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
^ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/10/screenwriter-jack-thorne-ivf-joy-film-netflix
^ Dalton, Ben; Leffler, Rebecca (September 23, 2023). "Bill Nighy, James Norton, Thomasin McKenzie lead Ben Taylor's IVF film 'Joy' for Netflix, Pathe; first look with production underway (exclusive)". Retrieved September 23, 2023.
^ Kelly, Aiden (October 1, 2024). "Bill Nighy and James Norton Make a Groundbreaking Discovery in New 'Joy' Trailer". Collider. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
^ Rajput, Priyanka (September 25, 2023). "Bill Nighy and James Norton IVF film Joy filming underway in the UK for Netflix". kftv. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
^ Stedman, Emily (August 27, 2024). "James Norton's new movie confirms earlier UK screenings ahead of Netflix release". Digital Spy. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

External links

Joy at IMDb

[1] Asatryan, Tigran (September 24, 2023). "Joy: Everything We Know About Netflix's IVF Biopic Starring Bill Nighy". What's On Netflix. Retrieved September 24, 2023.

[2] ttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/10/screenwriter-jack-thorne-ivf-joy-film-netflix

[3] Dalton, Ben; Leffler, Rebecca (September 23, 2023). "Bill Nighy, James Norton, Thomasin McKenzie lead Ben Taylor's IVF film 'Joy' for Netflix, Pathe; first look with production underway (exclusive)". Retrieved September 23, 2023.

[4] Kelly, Aiden (October 1, 2024). "Bill Nighy and James Norton Make a Groundbreaking Discovery in New 'Joy' Trailer". Collider. Retrieved October 6, 2024.

[5] Rajput, Priyanka (September 25, 2023). "Bill Nighy and James Norton IVF film Joy filming underway in the UK for Netflix". kftv. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

[6] Stedman, Emily (August 27, 2024). "James Norton's new movie confirms earlier UK screenings ahead of Netflix release". Digital Spy. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

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TV series created	Cast Offs (2009) The Fades (2011) Glue (2014) The Last Panthers (2015) National Treasure (2016) Kiri (2018) The Virtues (2019) The Accident (2019) His Dark Materials (2019–2022) The Eddy (2020) Best Interests (2023) Toxic Town (2024) Lord of the Flies (2025)
Films written	The Scouting Book for Boys (2009) A Long Way Down (2014) War Book (2014) Wonder (2017) The Aeronauts (2019) Radioactive (2019) Dirt Music (2019) The Secret Garden (2020) Enola Holmes (2020) Help (2021) Then Barbara Met Alan (2022) The Swimmers (2022) Enola Holmes 2 (2022) An Almost Christmas Story (2024) Joy (2024) Tron: Ares (2025)
Plays written	Sixty-Six Books (Oliver Lewis, 2011) Greenland (2011) Let The Right One In (2013) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016) A Christmas Carol (2017) King Kong (2018, Broadway version) After Life (2021) The Motive and the Cue (2023) When Winston Went to War with the Wireless (2023) Stranger Things: The First Shadow (2023)