Stan & Ollie

Stan & Ollie is an upcoming biographical film directed by Jon S. Baird from a screenplay by Jeff Pope. Based on the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, the film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Cast

 * Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel
 * John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy
 * Shirley Henderson as Lucille Hardy
 * Danny Huston as Hal Roach
 * Nina Arianda as Ida Kitaeva Laurel
 * Rufus Jones as Bernard Delfont
 * Susy Kane as Cynthia Clark

Development
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly were announced to be playing the duo in January 2016 in a biopic to be directed by Jon S. Baird. The film was written by Jeff Pope, who had previously collaborated with Coogan on the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Philomena. Pope described the comedy duo as being his "heroes".

Filming
Principal UK photography began in spring 2017. It took place in Dudley, in the West Midlands of England, as well as Birmingham at The Old Rep theatre, West London Film Studios and Bristol in South West England.