Based on the critically acclaimed, bestselling novel by Jojo Moyes, New Line Cinema’s and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ “Me Before You” stars Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin under the direction of Thea Sharrock, making her feature film directorial debut. Oftentimes you find love where you least expect it. Sometimes it takes you where you never expected to go…
Louisa “Lou” Clark (Clarke) lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year-old goes from one job to the next in order to help her tight-knit family make ends meet. Her normally cheery outlook is put to the test, however, when she faces her newest career challenge. Taking a job at the local “castle,” she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor (Claflin), a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair-bound in an accident two years prior, and whose whole world changed dramatically in the blink of an eye. No longer the adventurous soul he once was, the now cynical Will has all but given up. That is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for, and find their lives—and hearts—changing in ways neither one could have imagined.
The film also stars Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, Matthew Lewis, Vanessa Kirby, Stephen Peacocke, Brendan Coyle and Oscar nominee Janet McTeer. Sharrock directs from a screenplay by Jojo Moyes and Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber based on the book by Moyes. The film is being produced by Karen Rosenfelt and Alison Owen and executive produced by Sue Baden-Powell.
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Oscar-nominated director of photography Remi Adefarasin, production designer Andrew McAlpine, editor John Wilson and costume designer Jill Taylor.
“Me Before You” is a presentation of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Set for release on June 3, 2016, it will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.
