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Lauren Milici

Singer Robbie Williams is played by a CGI monkey in emotional new trailer for The Greatest Showman director's musical biopic with a great Rotten Tomatoes score

Better Man.

A new trailer for Better Man, a unique, semi-autobiographical film about singer Robbie Williams, has arrived - and we'd be lying if we said it didn't make us tear up a bit.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, we see more of Williams as a child - and in this case the child is a baby CGI monkey with big eyes and the most heartbreaking little face. The new trailer spends a little more time on Robbie's parents and his childhood dreams of being a big star before going into his time in the pop group Take That and later deciding to embark on a solo career.

Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote alongside Oliver Cole and Simon Gleeson. The film features the hits, 'She’s The One,' 'Angels,' and 'Let Me Entertain You,' which are re-sung by Williams. Jonno Davies provides the voice and motion capture for the monkey. The unconventional biopic has rave reviews and an 87% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Better Man had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30. It's slated for a wide release in Australia on December 26 and in the UK on Boxing Day. A limited theatrical release in the US is set for December 25, with a wider US release is starting on January 17.  We will be seated.

For more, check out our list of the most exciting upcoming movies in 2024 and beyond, or, skip right to our list of movie release dates.

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