It was previously announced that Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired North American rights to Nick Hamm’s resistance epic, “William Tell.” The medieval action-drama stars Claes Bang (“The Square,” “Dracula”), Connor Swindells (“Barbie,” “Sex Education,” “Emma”), Golshifteh Farahani (“Paterson,” “Extraction”), “Jonah Hauer-King” (“The Little Mermaid,” “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”), Ellie Bamber (“Moss & Freud,” “Nocturnal Animals”), Rafe Spall (“Life of Pi,” “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” “The Big Short”) and Emily Beecham (“The Interpreter,” “Little Joe”), with Academy-Award winner Ben Kingsley and Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Age of Innocence,” “The Wife”). “William Tell” is written and directed by Nick Hamm.

Nick Hamm is a BAFTA-award winning director who began his career as resident director for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has directed highly successful feature films for Miramax, Film 4, Pathé and Lionsgate. His track records include “Driven,” which was selected as the closing film at the Venice Film Festival, Netflix’s “White Lines” and “The Journey” which premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. The film is produced by Piers Tempest (“The Wife,” “Emily”) and Marie-Christine Jaeger-Firmenich (“Gigi & Nate”).

Inspired by the legendary tale, Claes Bang takes on the role of William Tell, a noble huntsman whose peaceful life is shattered when the ruthless Austrian Empire invades his homeland of Switzerland. Unwilling to bend the knee before his country’s oppressors, William Tell is thrust into a perilous trial, one that draws him and his family into the epicenter of a revolution that will shape the destiny of his nation.

“Nick did an amazing job with this historical epic, we’re incredibly excited to bring this legendary story to the big screen” said SGF president Peter Goldwyn.

“Samuel Goldwyn Films are passionate about our medieval resistance epic and, given their strong track record with bringing European films to audiences in North America, we are thrilled to be working with them,” notes producers Piers Tempest and Marie-Christine Jaeger-Firmenich.

Samuel Goldwyn Films will release “William Tell” in U.S. theaters on April 4, 2025.

The deal was negotiated by Miles Fineburg from Samuel Goldwyn Films and WME on behalf of the producers.

About Samuel Goldwyn Films
Samuel Goldwyn Films is a major, independently owned, and operated motion-picture company that develops, produces, and distributes innovative feature films. Recent releases include the two-part epic, “The Three Musketeers,” “Something in the Water,” and in the “Land of Saints and Sinners.” Upcoming films include “Dead Money” starring Emile Hirsch, “The Last Rifleman” starring Pierce Brosnan, and “The Count of Monte Cristo” starring Pierre Niney. The company distributed the 2021 Academy Award-winning film “Another Round,” the 2021 Academy Award-nominated film “The Man Who Sold His Skin” and 2022 Academy Award-nominated film “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom.”