Bill Nighy's Netflix drama 'Joy' confirmed for world premiere in October at BFI London Film Festival 2024

The full official programme for the 68th BFI London Film Festival will be released next Wednesday, and announcements are pouring in about what cinemagoers can expect from the latest edition of the lff. We've already learned that Steve McQueen's Saris Ronan-starring World War II drama Blitz and Morgan Neville's brick-based Pharrell Williams biopic Piece By Piece will crown this year's festival, and just last week the Elton John documentary Never Too Late was revealed as an American Express gala selection. And now the BFI has confirmed that Netflix-bound drama Joy, Sex Education alum Ben Taylor's feature directorial debut directed by Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton, will make its world premiere as the festival's Cunard gala screening.

Written by prolific author Jack Thorne, “Joy” (not to be confused with David O. Russell’s biopic of the same name about the mop maker) tells the true story behind the birth…