麻豆传媒

Skip to main content

Daniel Day-Lewis ends acting retirement for a movie directed by his son

Lena Christakis, left, Ronan Day-Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis and Rebecca Miller at Metrograph on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Lena Christakis, left, Ronan Day-Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis and Rebecca Miller at Metrograph on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Share
NEW YORK -

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement, seven years after his last movie, for a film directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis.

The project was announced Tuesday by Focus Features and Plan B, who are partnering on 鈥淎nemone.鈥 The film, Ronan Day-Lewis' directorial debut, will star his father along with Sean Bean and Samantha Morton. The film was co-written by the two Day-Lewises.

Earlier Tuesday, Daniel Day-Lewis and Bean were spotted driving a motorbike through Manchester, England, stoking intrigue about his impending return to acting. After making Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 film 鈥淧hantom Thread,鈥 the 67-year-old had said he was quitting acting.

鈥淎ll my life, I鈥檝e mouthed off about how I should stop acting, and I don鈥檛 know why it was different this time, but the impulse to quit took root in me, and that became a compulsion,鈥 he told W Magazine in 2017. "It was something I had to do.鈥

Since then, his appearances in public have been infrequent. In January, though, he made a surprise appearance at the National Board of Review Awards to present an award to Martin Scorsese, who directed him in 鈥淕angs of New York鈥 (2002) and 鈥淭he Age of Innocence鈥 (1993).

鈥淎nemone," currently in production, is described as exploring 鈥渢he intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds.鈥

Ronan Day-Lewis, 26, is a painter who has previously exhibited his works in New York. His first international solo exhibition debuts Tuesday in Hong Kong.

鈥淲e could not be more excited to partner with a brilliant visual artist in Ronan Day-Lewis on his first feature film alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as his creative collaborator,鈥 said Peter Kujawski, chair of Focus Features. 鈥淭hey have written a truly exceptional script, and we look forward to bringing their shared vision to audiences alongside the team at Plan B.鈥 

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says her recent comment about chemtrails doesn't mean she believes the United States government is spraying them in the province.

A father in Kelowna is furious after his 13-year-old daughter was brutally beaten on Gyro Beach. He is calling for criminal charges in the devastating attack, which was caught on video by multiple bystanders.

Trudeau government survives another Conservative-led non-confidence vote

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government survived another Conservative-led non-confidence vote on Tuesday, the second in less than a week. This, the same day the Bloc Quebecois had an opportunity to table a non-confidence motion of its own, opting instead to push the Liberals to support one of its key demands.

Local Spotlight

The last living member of the legendary Vancouver Asahi baseball team, Kaye Kaminishi, died on Saturday, Sept. 28, surrounded by family. He was 102 years old.

On Saturday night at her parents鈥 home in Delaware, Ont. the Olympic bronze medallist in pole vault welcomed everyone who played a role in getting her to the podium in Paris.

A tale about a taxicab hauling gold and sinking through the ice on Larder Lake, Ont., in December 1937 has captivated a man from that town for decades.

When a group of B.C. filmmakers set out on a small fishing boat near Powell River last week, they hoped to capture some video for a documentary on humpback whales. What happened next blew their minds.

A pizza chain in Edmonton claims to have the world's largest deliverable pizza.

Sarah McLachlan is returning to her hometown of Halifax in November.

Wayne MacKay is still playing basketball twice at Mount Allison University at 87 years old.

A man from a small rural Alberta town is making music that makes people laugh.

An Indigenous artist has a buyer-beware warning ahead of Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.