Greed

Greed (2019)

The devil is in the retail.

A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.

Date of release
2019-09-07
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (177)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Michael Winterbottom

Casting

Interesting facts

Greed is a 2019 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film stars Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Asa Butterfield, Dinita Gohil, Sophie Cookson, Jonny Sweet, Asim Chaudhry, Shirley Henderson, and Isla Fisher. The film centres around Sir Richard McCreadie, played by Coogan, a billionaire high-street fashion mogul loosely based on Arcadia Group chairman Philip Green, and events surrounding the build-up to his 60th birthday celebrations on the Greek island of Mykonos.

Production

It was announced in November 2016 that Fox Searchlight was looking to acquire the distribution rights to the film, with Michael Winterbottom set as director and Sacha Baron Cohen cast.

No further development on the film was announced until September 2018, with the castings of Steve Coogan (replacing Baron Cohen), David Mitchell and Isla Fisher.

In December 2018, it was revealed that filming had concluded, with additional castings being revealed, including Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, and Stephen Fry.

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