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In this sequel, the screen unfolds the story of an unyielding rebel confronting the harsh realities of financial domination. The film revisits the life of Dave Fishwick—a man who rose from modest origins in Burnley to challenge the cold machinations of exploitative lenders.

His saga is recounted with both an earnest regard for the everyday struggles of common folk and a touch of surreal exuberance that exposes the absurdity of unchecked greed.

Burnley emerges not merely as a backdrop but as a living testament to communal pride and resilience, its narrow streets echoing with whispers of quiet rebellion. As the narrative expands to include the stark glare of international finance, the contrast between a small-town spirit and the indifferent power of sprawling financial empires becomes painfully vivid.

The plot centers on a pivotal moment when Dave unearths the brutal practices of predatory payday lenders—a discovery that transforms personal...

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger is a sequel to the 2023 film, which is based on a true story revolving around a businessman-turned-banker, Dave Fishwick, who started his own financial institution with the intention of helping secure loans for those who find it hard to get one from multinational banks. The hardships Dave faced at the hands of the established bankers and how he surpassed their influence to start the ‘Bank of Dave’ was the crux of the first film. The Loan Ranger, the second film, is based on Dave’s relentless fight to save people from getting into insurmountable debt as he goes after loan sharks.

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The movie began with Dave Fishwick, a man popular in England for starting his own bank, “Bank of Dave,” who was on a media tour to talk about his banking institution...

The businessman with a heart takes on crooked payday lenders in this predictable sequel that gets by on its heartfelt performances

It won no prizes for subtlety, but cheerful, victory-of-the-underdog comedy Bank of Dave featured a stonking lead performance by Rory Kinnear as Dave Fishwick. He’s the Burnley businessman who made millions selling vans then took a stand against fatcat bankers by opening his own community bank, the Bank of Dave, in 2011. Now Kinnear is back for a sequel, this time taking on crooked payday lenders. Like the first film, Bank of Dave 2 is predictable and cliché-ridden but gets by on likable, heartfelt performances, and the knowledge that in real life some of this stuff actually happened.

The film picks up two years after the original. The “Bank of Dave” on the high street in Burnley is still going strong – lending to ordinary people who struggle to secure loans from bigger banks.

One of the best feel-good underdog stories of modern times is getting a sequel on Netflix, and we now have our first trailer and release date details. Following on from the critically acclaimed Bank of Dave, which is based the real story of Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire who sets up his own community bank, Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger picks up two years later and finds the local hero taking on the predatory payday lenders bringing misery to his small English town.

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger (that really is a wonderful pun and the perfect example of the kind of wholesome humor in store), is all set to land on Netflix in the new year on January 10, 2025. You can check out the newly released trailer and the synopsis for the comedy-drama sequel below.

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Netflix has debuted the trailer for the sequel ‘Bank of Dave 2: The Lone Ranger.’

Based on a true-ish story – two years after founding Britain’s very first community bank, Dave Fishwick takes on an even more dangerous and formidable opponent than the big banks – Payday Loan Companies. Dave recruits Jessica, an American investigative reporter, and Oliver, a local Citizen’s Advice counsellor, to his cause. Together they embark on a journey that will eventually take them to the United States and help bring down an entire industry of predatory corporations.

Directed by Chris Foggin, the cast includes Rory Kinnear, Chrissy Metz, Rob Delaney, Jo Hartley, Amit Shah, Def Leppard, Pearce Quigley, Leila Farzad, Dan Fogler.

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The movie hits the streamer on January 10th, 2025.

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The Bank of Dave true story adds an extra layer of endearing oddness to the 2023 Netflix movie, and the fact that Daves attempts to start his own bank actually happened only serve to make the strange underdog story all the more charming. One of several Netflix productions to come out of the UK, director Chris Foggins comedy-drama tells the story of Dave Fishwick (Rory Kinnear), a millionaire who decides to try and set up his own bank. The reasons he wants to do this are wholesome and well-meaning - its not because he wants to profit, but because he feels that the financial sector in the UK isnt giving people fair treatment.

Dave simply wants to set up a fair financial lender so that businesses in his local community have a chance at a fair start. Unfortunately, to do this, he needs to acquire a license to be an officially...

Exclusive: This Is Us lead Chrissy Metz has joined the cast of Bank of Dave: The Sequel, director Chris Foggins’ follow-up to his 2023 British feel-good comedy Bank of Dave, based on a true story.

Among those confirmed to return for the sequel, from the same creative team, are Rory Kinnear and Jo Hartley. Stay tuned for further castings to be announced imminently.

Hitting North American theaters last year via Samuel Goldwyn Films, Bank of Dave is inspired by the true story of Dave Fishwick (Kinnear), a self-made millionaire from the British town of Burnley. Pic chronicles the myriad challenges he faces in setting out to establish a community bank, with an eye toward bolstering small local businesses.

Picking up two years later, the sequel finds Dave taking on an even more dangerous and formidable opponent than the big banks — Payday Loan Companies. After recruiting Jessica (Metz), an American investigative reporter,...

Bank of Dave, Rebel Moon, Maestro – Pictures: WME Entertainment / Netflix

We’re just over a week away from Christmas. If you’re already off work or beginning to wind down, Netflix has a few surprises in store over the next seven days with its new releases lineup. Here’s a rundown of everything set to arrive between December 18th and Christmas Eve 2024.

For everything still to come to Netflix throughout the remainder of December 2023, keep it locked here on What’s on Netflix. We’ve also got a relatively complete picture of what’s coming to Netflix in January 2024!

If you want to watch one of the titles set to be removed from Netflix over the next seven days, we recommend checking out Guest House, which leaves on Tuesday. The French Netflix Original series Twice Upon a Time will depart on Wednesday.

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Bank of Dave is a biographical comedy centered around a self-made millionaire who sets up a community bank to help local businesses thrive. Rory Kinnear leads the cast, bringing his comedic talent to a role that showcases a change of pace from his dramatic work. The movie's success may depend on whether it can tap into the popularity of wholesome British comedies like Ted Lasso and Fisherman's Friends among international viewers.

One man's fight for his community is finally being brought to the screen in an exclusive Bank of Dave clip. Based on the true story of its eponymous figure, the biographical comedy centers on Dave Fishwick, a self-made millionaire in the working class region of Burnley who sets out to set up a community bank to help local businesses thrive, though must go against London's elite financial system to break a century-long curse. Rory Kinnear leads the ensemble Bank of Dave...

"I told you they'd fight dirty." "We need to fight back." Samuel Goldwyn Films in the US has debuted their official trailer for this British feel good comedy titled Bank of Dave, which will finally be landing in the US this August. It first opened in the UK in January earlier this year. Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; Bank of Dave tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a small community bank. After working as a successful van salesman in the town, he gets involved lending to other locals which gives him the idea: Why not set up a tiny local bank that uses local money to fund local enterprise? He will call it: The Bank of Dave. The film stars Rory Kinnear (from Men and the Bond movies) as Dave, Joel Fry, Jo Hartley, Phoebe Dynevor,...

New projects include UK series ‘Black Doves’, ‘Department Q’ and ‘Bank Of Dave: The Sequel’

Netflix has outlined its investment in the UK creative economy since 2020, totalling £4.8bn from making series and films.

Almost £1.2bn a year is now spent, an increase of nearly 50% each year between 2020 and 2023.

The US streamer has also set details of three new UK commissions. Rory Kinnear-led Bank Of Dave is getting a sequel, produced by Tempo Productions and Future Artists, and directed once again by Chris Foggin. It sees Dave Fishwick take on a new and more dangerous adversary in the shape of payday lenders,...

Netflix has invested nearly $6 billion in United Kingdom programming in the past four years, the streamer revealed on Wednesday.

The company noted that it has invested almost $1.5 billion per year producing films and television series across the United Kingdom – up half a billion dollars each year.

“It’s no secret that the UK produces some of the world’s most iconic entertainment,” Netflix’s vice president of UK Content Anne Mensah said in a statement. “This is true for Netflix, too – from ‘Top Boy’ to ‘The Crown,’ ‘Heartstopper’ to ‘The Tinder Swindler’ – our productions are some of the buzziest, most watched and zeitgeist defining in the world.”

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Netflix has greenlit a Keira Knightley-starring thriller, the latest series from The Crown producer Left Bank and a Bank of Dave sequel.

Unveiled at a showcase in London, the streamer introduced Black Doves from Chernobyl producer Sister, which is written by Joe Barton and counts Knightley as EP. The show stars Knightley as Helen, who embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is. Caught in the crosshairs when her lover falls victim to the dangerous and shadowy London underworld, Helen’s employer’s call in Sam to protect her.

Giri/Haji scribe Barton is creator and writer and his Noisy Bear indie is producing alongside Sister. Knightley is EP with Barton, Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry.

Meanwhile, Left Bank, which is currently shooting The Crown Season 6, is behind Department Q, an adaptation of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels. The series centres around Carl,...

Keira Knightley is set to star in Netflix series “Black Doves,” the streamer unveiled today.

Written by “Giri/Haji” showrunner Joe Barton, the drama will see Knightley star as Helen, a woman with a secret identity who embarks on a passionate affair. When her lover falls victim to London’s shadowy underworld, Helen’s employers send an old friend, Sam, to protect her. The two of them soon embark on a high octane adventure set against a backdrop of diplomatic tension and Christmas.

“‘Black Doves’ is the story of two old friends coming back together, finding trust in one another in a world where trust can get you killed and, ultimately, changing the course of each other’s lives forever,” reads the logline.

The show will be produced by Barton’s production company Noisy Bear and Sister (“Chernobyl”). Barton and Knightley will exec produce alongside Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry for Sister.

Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has locked down North American rights to the British feel-good comedy Bank of Dave, starring Joel Fry (Our Flag Means Death), Rory Kinnear (Men), Jo Hartley (After Life) and Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton). The film featuring music and performances by English rock band Def Leppard is slated for release in theaters and on digital platforms later this year.

Telling the true story of how a working-class man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank, Bank of Dave follows Dave Fishwick (Kinnear), who sells vans in Burnley, Lancashire. Once the world’s most productive and profitable mill town, Burnley is now one of the most deprived and neglected towns in the UK. Dave, however, through a combination of hustle and hard work, has done well for himself — so well that in the wake of the last financial crisis, he started lending money at reduced rates...

When you look at his body of work, it’s hard to believe Rory Kinnear is only 44: the man’s covered a hell of a lot of ground. He’s earned his place as a household name with roles like Tanner – M’s efficient Chief of Staff in several Bond films including Skyfall – and Detective Nock in Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, but while many actors would be rightly chuffed to bag these roles, they’re merely the tip of Kinnear’s acting iceberg.

Few actors, for instance, can claim to be responsible for a scene that has been burned onto our retinas, never to be forgotten, no matter how hard we try. For Rory Kinnear, that scene is in Black Mirror episode ‘The National Anthem’, the very first instalment of this disturbing dystopian anthology series, where he plays a Prime Minister forced into doing the dirty...

It’s not surprising that Bank of Dave – Netflix’s latest film, based on the heartwarming true story of Burnley businessman Dave Fishwick trying to open a community bank – has captured people’s attention. The real man himself delightedly shared the news it was number one in Netflix UK’s Top 10 Films soon after its release:

Wow!! Just Wow!!!

Bank of Dave is Number One! @Netflix Top 10 Films #BankofDave #Netflix @NetflixUK pic.twitter.com/qqIi99LDzY

— Bank on Dave (@FishwickDavid) January 19, 2023

Indeed, Burnley businessman Dave Fishwick is as real as they come, a joyful, larger-than-life character that – judging from his social media and recent TV appearances – is accurately captured by Rory Kinnear (Our Flag Means Death), who plays him in the film.

Also undeniably real is the huge amount of good he has done for his local community, lending over £30 million to people in need and donating all the profits to charity.

Netflix viewers have piled praise on the streaming service’s new No 1 film, Bank of Dave.

Based on a true story, the uplifting British drama follows Burnley entrepreneur Dave Fishwick (Rory Kinnear) and his efforts to set up his own bank.

The film has risen above releases such as the Christian Bale-starring drama The Pale Blue Eye and the murder mystery sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery to claim the top spot on Netflix’s charts, as of Friday 20 January.

Hugh Bonneville plays a villain in the film, an upper-crust banker standing in the way of Dave’s attempts to create the community bank.

Jo Hartley, Joel Fry and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor also star.

Bank of Dave features a number of cameos, including the real Fishwick, the rock band Def Leppard, and Burnley’s former football team manager Sean Dyche.

The film has received mixed reviews from critics,...

Rory Kinnear is brilliant in this warming comedy about a Burnley businessman who took on London’s elite and won

Here is the latest film to roll off the production line of cheerful warming British underdog comedies. As originally showcased in a 2012 Channel 4 series, it is the true story of how self-made Burnley businessman Dave Fishwick took on London’s elite banking institutions to get a licence to open his own bank serving the local community. More accurately, this film is a heavily fictionalised version of that story, slickly packaged into a familiar formula by the team behind Fisherman’s Friends.

Rory Kinnear is brilliant as Fishwick, who made his fortune selling vans and minibuses but has never forgotten his roots. Kinnear gives the character a winning mix of down-to-earth blokiness with a rags-to-riches flamboyance (and a bit of ego to match the flash car). The film opens in the...

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In 2011, a Burnley businessman named Dave Fishwick established a lending company, Burnley Savings and Loans Limited. The 2008 financial crash had deprived the area of opportunity; small businesses were struggling to make ends meet. Fishwick, who grew up poor in Burnley, but who later set up a successful minivan business, began loaning money to locals, often people he knew by name. “It’s quite antediluvian in a way,” says the actor Rory Kinnear. “All the people he lends money to, he wants to meet them, see what they’re about.” Kinnear recently visited Bsal’s only branch, on a Burnley high street. “There’s a safe in the basement,” he says, incredulous. “Most of it is handwritten.”

Kinnear...

Exclusive: Game of Thrones and Cruella star Joel Fry, Bridgerton‘s Phoebe Dynevor and No Time to Die and 007 franchise star Rory Kinnear are set to star in the romantic comedy The Bank of Dave written by Piers Ashworth and directed by Chris Foggin.

Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; The Bank of Dave tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community of Burnley he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.

Fry plays young London lawyer Hugh who is hired by Dave to fight his case against the British banking system.