PETER RABBIT (2018) Cast & Crew

Director Will Gluck and the voices of Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, Dombnall Gleeson, Elizabeth Debicki, James Corden

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WILL GLUCK (Director / co-writer / producer) is a filmmaker with a uniquely authentic voice and an aim to create projects that reflect popular culture and captivate audiences. Gluck has made a name for himself as a great comedic filmmaker who brings heart and a down-to-earth quality to all his endeavors.

Gluck is currently prepping to direct and produce the dark comedy Jackpot for Global Road and the heist romantic comedy drama Steal Away for Columbia Pictures. Through his company Olive Bridge Entertainment, he is developing an untitled action comedy with Dwayne Johnson for New Line. The company also has various other projects in development at Columbia, Fox Searchlight, and Focus Features, among others.

Gluck most recently released the modern-day reimagining of Annie, which he directed and co-wrote for Columbia Pictures. The film stars Quvenzhane Wallis in the title role alongside Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, and Cameron Diaz. Gluck received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for "Opportunity" from the film, shared with Sia and Greg Kurstin.

In addition to numerous projects in development for both network and cable television, including a series based on Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison, Gluck and Olive Bridge are making the Topher Grace-fronted action comedy series "Treasure Squad" at Amazon, the animated series "Sticks" for Freeform; a television movie "Angry Angel" for Freeform; and the musical docudrama "Encore" for ABC. Olive Bridge produced the animated "Moonbeam City" for Comedy Central, and "The McCarthys," a family sitcom, for CBS. In 2013, Gluck co-created and directed the critically acclaimed "The Michael J. Fox Show" for NBC and "The Loop" for Fox.

Gluck released Friends with Benefits in the summer of 2011 for Sony/Screen Gems, starring Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson, and Richard Jenkins, which grossed over $155 million worldwide. His second feature, Easy A, released in September 2010, was a massive critical and financial success, winning Best Comedy Movie at the Critics Choice Awards. Gluck made his feature directorial debut with 2009's darkly funny FIRED UP. In addition to his directing credits, Gluck produced About Last Night for Screen Gems in 2014.

Olive Bridge recently entered into a multi-year agreement in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Interlude/Eko to produce interactive digital content.

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DAISY RIDLEY (Cotton-tail) is an English actress best known for her breakthrough role as Rey in the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. She reprised her role as Rey in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, which was released by Disney on December 15, 2017.

Ridley was also recently seen in Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Kenneth Branagh and featuring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, and Judi Dench which was released by Fox on November 10, 2017.

Ridley recently wrapped production on Ophelia opposite Naomi Watts, which premiered at Sundance this year, and the sci-fi adventure Chaos Walking opposite Tom Holland for Lionsgate. Chaos Walking is set for release in March 2019.

In 2016, Ridley voiced the lead role of Taeko in the 25th Anniversary re-release of Studio Ghibli's classic animated film Only Yesterday. She also served as an executive producer on the documentary The Eagle Huntress, which was released by Sony Pictures Classics.

Additionally, she sang the duet "At the Ballet" from "A Chorus Line" with Anne Hathaway for Barbra Streisand's album "Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway."

Ridley is the recipient of a 2016 Oscar Wilde Award. The non-profit US-Ireland Alliance created the event to recognize the contributions of the Irish in film. This is an honorary Irish award.

Ridley has a variety of projects in development. She recently set up the Maggie Hope series of books, and will be an executive producer on its television adaptation with Blueprint Television.

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MARGOT ROBBIE (Flopsy) is a talented actress who has captivated global audiences with breakout performances alongside some of the most notable names in film. Continually evolving her diverse body of work, Robbie brings gripping narratives to life in coveted roles that speak to her powerful on-screen presence.

Robbie currently stars in I, Tonya, as the titled character, Tonya Harding. She also served as a producer on the film under her production company, LuckyChap Entertainment and received an Oscar nomination for her performance. The film tells the controversial story of Olympic figure skater, Tonya Harding, who infamously conspired to have her competition, Nancy Kerrigan, injured before the 1994 Winter Olympics. Craig Gillespie directs the screenplay by Steven Rogers. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and was released by Neon December 8, 2017.

Robbie has recently been seen in Simon Curtis' Goodbye Christopher Robin alongside Domhnall Gleeson. The film tells the story of Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne (Gleeson) and his wife, Daphne (Robbie). FOX Searchlight released the film on October 13, 2017.

Robbie is currently in production on Miles Joris-Peyrafitte's 1930s Dust Bowl drama Dreamland, which her production company LuckyChap Entertainment produced along with Automatik. Robbie stars in the film, which follows a 15-year-old boy who beats out the FBI and local police to find and capture a fugitive bank robber (Robbie), only to learn that she's far more than what authorities claim her to be.

She recently wrapped production on Josie Rourke's Mary Queen of Scots where she stars as Queen Elizabeth opposite Saoirse Ronan as Mary Stuart. The Focus Features project will take on the historic rivalry between cousins Elizabeth and Mary, when the latter attempted to overthrow Elizabeth's seat on the English throne.

Robbie has numerous film and television development projects under her LuckyChap Entertainment banner, all of which correspond to her objective of telling stories with strong female characters, the four most-notable being Bad Monkeys, Fierce Kingdom, Marian and The Paper Bag Princess.

Bad Monkeys, based on Matt Ruff's novel of the same name, centers around Jane Charlotte, who lands herself in the Las Vegas Clark County Detention Center after she is arrested for murder. Jane claims she works for a secret organization, the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons, also known as "Bad Monkeys." Universal Pictures optioned the rights to the psychological thriller to be adapted by Dylan Clark, with Robbie as a producer and Josey McNamara as executive producer.

LuckyChap Entertainment is producing Fierce Kingdom alongside Warner Bros. and Di Novi Pictures. The film, based on the Gin Phillips thriller novel, Beautiful Things, focuses on a mother and son trapped in a zoo with a gunman on the loose.
Additionally, LuckyChap will produce Marian alongside Donald De Line and Amy Pascal. Robbie is set to star as Maid Marian, who picks up the cause to lead her people into a pivotal war after the love of her life, Robin Hood, dies.

Finally, LuckChap is producing The Paper Bag Princess alongside Elizabeth Banks' Brownstone Productions, Bryan Unkeless' Clubhouse Pictures and Dan Krech. Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to the bestselling children's book of the same name.

Last summer, Robbie appeared in Warner Bros' Suicide Squad, playing the coveted role of Harley Quinn opposite Jared Leto, Will Smith, and Viola Davis. Robbie's portrayal of Quinn is the first time the villainous fan-favorite comic book character was revealed on the big screen. The film, directed by David Ayer, was released August 5, 2016 and currently ranks 9th in 2016 worldwide gross box office with more than $745,600,000 million. Robbie also portrayed the legendary classic character "Jane Porter" in David Yates' The Legend of Tarzan, opposite Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, and Christoph Waltz. The action-adventure Warner Bros film was released on July 1, 2016 and grossed more than $356,700,000 million worldwide.

Robbie is perhaps best known for her breakout role in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street in which she stars as the female lead opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort, the film tells the story of a New York penny stockbroker (DiCaprio) who served 20 months in prison for refusing to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, the corporate banking world, and mob infiltration. Starring as DiCaprio's wife in the film, Robbie is joined by an all-star cast of actors including Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin, Jon Favreau and Kyle Chandler.

Additional film credits include: Paramount's Whiskey Tango Foxtrot opposite Tina Fey; Roadside Attraction's Z for Zachariah opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine; Warner Bros' Focus, opposite Will Smith; Suite Française alongside Michelle Williams, Kristen Scott Thomas and Matthias Schoenaerts; and About Time opposite Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson.

Robbie made her U.S. debut in the critically acclaimed ABC series, Pan Am, in 2011. The period drama depicted the lives of the pilots and stewardesses who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly. Robbie starred as "Laura," a runaway bride, who fled a life of domestic boredom to take to the skies. The series was created by Jack Orman (ER, Men of a Certain Age), and also starred Christina Ricci.

In Australia, Robbie is most recognized for her role as "Donna Freedman" on the television soap opera Neighbours which chronicled the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street in the fictional Australian suburb of Erinsborough. Her role garnered her two Logie Award nominations for Most Popular New Female Talent and Most Popular Actress.

Born in Australia, Robbie grew up on the Gold Coast and eventually moved to Melbourne where she began acting professionally at the age of 17. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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DOMHNALL GLEESON 's (Thomas McGregor / Mr. Jeremy Fisher) latest projects include Rian Johnson's Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, Darren Aronofsky's Mother!, and a cameo appearance in Sharon Horgan's Catastrophe. Prior to these he filmed David Wain's A Futile and Stupid Gesture, the lead role of Stensland in the comedy feature Crash Pad directed by Kevin Tent, and Doug Liman's American Made, in which he plays the role of Monty Schafer alongside Tom Cruise. Other recent credits include Nick Hornby's adaptation of Colm Tóibín's novel Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, The Revenant directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Force Awakens, Alex Garland's sci-fi film Ex Machina, and the Coens' adaptation of Louis Zamperini's memoir Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie.

In January 2015, Gleeson appeared in Enda Walsh's The Walworth Farce, directed by Seán Foley, starring alongside his father Brendan Gleeson and brother Brian Gleeson.

His previous lead roles in film include Lenny Abrahamson's Frank with Michael Fassbender and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Richard Curtis' About Time opposite Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy, and Sensation, directed by Tom Hall. He received Irish Film and Television Awards for playing Bob Geldof in When Harvey Met Bob, Levin in Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, and Jon in Lenny Abrahamson's Frank.

Supporting roles in film and television include John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror" on Channel 4, Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, Joel and Ethan Coen's True Grit, the role of Bill Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (I & II) directed by David Yates, and Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning short Six Shooter. He also appeared in Dredd directed by Pete Travis, Shadow Dancer directed by James Marsh, Ian Fitzgibbon's Perrier's Bounty, "A Dog Year" for HBO films opposite Jeff Bridges, Paul Mercier's Studs, Stephen Bradley's Boy Eats Girl, and John Butler's Your Bad Self, for which he co-wrote sketches with Michael Moloney.

Gleeson's work onstage includes "Now or Later" at the Royal Court, "American Buffalo" and "Great Expectations" at the Gate, Druid's production of "The Well of the Saints," "Macbeth" directed by Selina Cartmell, and "Chimps" directed by Wilson Milam at the Liverpool Playhouse. Gleeson was nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway production of Martin McDonagh's "The Lieutenant of Inishmore." He received a Lucille Lortel nomination and a Drama League Citation for Excellence in Performance for the same role. He earned an Irish Times Theatre Award nomination for his role in "American Buffalo."

Gleeson wrote and directed the short films Noreen (starring Brendan and Brian Gleeson) and What Will Survive of Us (starring Brian Gleeson). He also created Immaturity for Charity, comedy sketches shot with family and friends in aid of St. Francis' Hospice. They're pretty weird and they're on YouTube.

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ELIZABETH DEBICKI (Mopsy), an Australian stage and film actress, is quickly on the rise. She first made her mark in 2013 when she appeared in Baz Luhrmann's critically-acclaimed film The Great Gatsby alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan. Debicki was awarded an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award (AACTA) for her role as Jordan Baker in the film. She was also nominated for an Empire Award for Best Newcomer.

Debicki most recently completed production on Vita and Virginia with Gemma Arterton and Isabella Rosselini. The film follows the love affair between socialite Vita Sackville-West (Arterton) and literary icon Virginia Woolf (Debicki). There is no release date yet. Additionally, Debicki appeared in Jennifer Fox's The Tale, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Debicki will next star in the J.J. Abrams-produced Untitled Cloverfield Movie with Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo and Daniel Bruhl. The movie, directed by Julius Onah, will follow a team of astronauts fighting for their survival, and is set to be released by Paramount Pictures on April 20, 2018.

Later this year, Debicki will star alongside Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Rodriguez, Colin Farrell and Liam Neeson in Steve McQueen's Widows. Based on the 1983 British miniseries about a robbery gone wrong, the story follows four armed robbers who are killed in a failed heist attempt, leaving their widows to finish the job. Paramount will release the film on November 16, 2018.

In May 2017, Debicki was seen as the villain Ayesha in Marvel and Walt Disney Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 with Chris Pratt, Kurt Russell and Zoe Saldana. Shortly after the film opened, director James Gunn announced that Debicki will return in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Debicki also voiced a role in Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which was released on July 21, 2017. Previous film credits for Debicki include Guy Ritchie's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. alongside Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander, The Weinstein Company's Macbeth with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, and Everest with Jake Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright and Keira Knightly.

In 2016, Debicki starred as Jed in "The Night Manager," the miniseries adaptation of John le Carre's novel-of-the-same-name. The miniseries, which also featured Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman, premiered in the US on April 19, 2016 and soon-after, the show received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Limited Series. Also on the small screen, Debicki was seen in the highly-acclaimed Australian drama on Foxtel, "The Kettering Incident." The show delivered consistently strong ratings and season one was ultimately acquired by Amazon Prime Video in the U.S.

On stage, Debicki most recently starred in David Hare's production of "The Red Barn," based on the novel La Main by Georges Simenon, at the National Theatre in London. The other cast included Mark Strong and Hope Davis. "The Red Barn" opened on October 6, 2016 and ran until January 17, 2017. Debicki also starred in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of "The Maids" alongside Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert. The show, based on a notorious murder case in which two homicidal sisters killed their mistress and her daughter, played as a part of the 2014 Lincoln Center Festival in New York.

Debicki currently resides in Sydney, Australia.

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JAMES CORDEN (Peter Rabbit) is an Emmy Award winning host, writer, and producer, a Tony Award Winning actor, and a multiple BAFTA Award winner.

Corden is the host of "The Late Late Show," which premiered on CBS in March 2015. He has won three Emmy Awards - one for Outstanding Interactive Program (2016), and two for Outstanding Variety Special (2016 and 2017) for "The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special." Corden was nominated for two additional Emmy Awards in 2016 and 2017 for Outstanding Variety Talk Series and three consecutive Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Talk Show. Since Corden took over as host of "The Late Late Show," the show has set YouTube records with over 3 billion views and has achieved the highest ratings, with any host, since the show's inception in 1995. "The Late Late Show" channel has a subscriber base of approximately 12 million, and holds the top 3 most watched late night videos on YouTube with Adele Carpool Karaoke, Justin Bieber Carpool Karaoke and One Direction Carpool Karaoke.

Corden is also the co-creator and executive producer of the new "Carpool Karaoke" series for Apple Music, which received a 2017 PGA Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program. Corden also serves as executive producer of "Drop the Mic," which premiered fall 2017 on TBS.

Corden hosted the 70th Annual Tony Awards THE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, which had the highest viewers in 15 years, and won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class Program." He was also the host of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, and returned as host in 2018.

In the UK, Corden hosts the BAFTA Award winning UK sports-themed comedy game show "A League of Their Own," which airs on Sky 1. He was also host for the Brit Awards, the biggest event in the British music industry, from 2010 to 2014. Corden starred in, produced, and wrote the BAFTA nominated comedy thriller "The Wrong Mans," which aired on the BBC and is also available on Hulu. In 2013, Corden was awarded the Royal Television Society Award for Comedy Writer of the Year for his work on the show.

Previously, Corden starred as 'Smithy' in the critically acclaimed BBC comedy series "Gavin and Stacey," which he co-created and co-wrote. For this role, he earned the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2008 and the British Comedy Award for Best Male Comedy Performer in 2007. The series received the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy in 2008, as well as the National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Programme in 2010. Corden also starred in the British television series "Fat Friends" from 2000 to 2005, which earned him a nomination for the 2000 Royal Television Society Award for Network Newcomer On Screen and in 2011, he had a recurring role in the popular BBC science fiction series "Doctor Who" as Craig Owens, the Doctor's roommate.

On the big screen, Corden will next star in Ocean's 8 with Rihanna, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, and Sandra Bullock, among others for Warner Bros. He was last seen starring in the Golden Globe nominated feature Into the Woods with Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt; Begin Again with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo; The Three Musketeers with Orlando Bloom; Gulliver's Travels with Jack Black and Jason Segel; How to Lose Friends and Alienate People with Jeff Bridges; and The History Boys with Dominic Cooper.

On stage, Corden attracted international attention as the lead in the hit comedic play "One Man, Two Guvnors," which he first performed at The National Theatre in London and then on Broadway. His performance garnered him the 2012 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play. His additional theater credits include the worldwide tour of "The History Boys" in the role of Timms, which he also played in the feature film adaptation.

Over the course of his career, Corden has been awarded the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Comedy Writer of the Year, the South Bank Show Award for Comedy, the TRIC Award for Best Comedy, and the National Television Award for Best Comedy.

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