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Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy cast in film "Insomniac City" adapting Bill Hayes memoir

The love story of writer Bill Hayes and neurologist Oliver Sacks will be directed by Dominic Cooke with Altitude handling worldwide sales at AFM

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What this story says

  • Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy are set to star as Bill Hayes and Oliver Sacks in Insomniac City
  • The film adapts Bill Hayes’s 2017 memoir about his romance with Oliver Sacks
  • Dominic Cooke will direct and co‑write the adaptation
  • Altitude will manage worldwide sales and present the project at the American Film Market

Who covered it

Left 67%(4)Centre 33%(2)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .

Trust

58/100

Craft

66/100

Hype

48/100

6 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Jonathan Bailey has been confirmed to play writer Bill Hayes, while Bill Nighy will portray neurologist Oliver Sacks in the feature film Insomniac City.

The picture adapts the 2017 memoir by Bill Hayes, which recounts his move to New York City after a devastating loss and his subsequent love affair with Sacks.

Dominic Cooke will direct the adaptation and also co‑write the screenplay with Hayes.

Altitude has been appointed to handle worldwide sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the American Film Market.

“"poet laureate of contemporary medicine"”

— The New York Times, as quoted by Variety

What the coverage left out

No right‑rated outlet ran the story, so the right side did not publish any report or digest about Insomniac City.

Tags:#Film#InsomniacCity#JonathanBailey#BillNighy#OliverSacks

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 9 Nov 2026, 21:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

4 rated outlets

  • Variety’s full report led on the casting of Bailey and Nighy, Cooke’s role as director and co‑writer, and Altitude’s sales launch at AFM. It also quoted the New York Times description of Sacks as the “poet laureate of contemporary medicine” and listed the production companies and executive producers involved. The Hollywood Reporter digest highlighted Cooke’s direction and Altitude’s sales plan, while Pink News’s digest noted Cooke’s dual role as director and co‑writer of the adaptation.

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • ComingSoon’s digest stressed that the film resembles a beloved 1993 Tom Hanks romance and follows a love story that begins after a devastating loss. Netflix Junkie’s digest focused on the blend of art, science and serendipity in Manhattan, describing the narrative as an exploration of the bond between a grieving artist and a leading figure in modern medicine.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy cast in film "Insomniac City" adapting…?
Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 67% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy cast in film "Insomniac City" adapting… left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy cast in film "Insomniac City" adapting… biased?
Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy cast in film "Insomniac City" adapting Bill Hayes memoir is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy cast in film "Insomniac City" adapting…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy cast in film "Insomniac City" adapting…?
6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Who are the lead actors in Insomniac City?
Jonathan Bailey will play writer Bill Hayes and Bill Nighy will play neurologist Oliver Sacks, as confirmed by Variety and echoed in other reports.
What source material is the film based on?
The film adapts Bill Hayes’s memoir published in 2017, which recounts his real‑life romance with Oliver Sacks.
Who is directing the adaptation?
Dominic Cooke is set to direct the film and also co‑write the screenplay with Hayes, according to all reports.
How will the film be marketed to buyers?
Altitude has been appointed to handle worldwide sales and will present Insomniac City at the American Film Market, as noted by Variety and the Hollywood Reporter.

Read it at the source

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Left

4

Centre

2

Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Not rated

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

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