In 2016, Harrelson announced that he would direct, write, produce, and star in a film, "Lost in London", which was shot as a single take and premiered live on January 19, 2017. Harrelson played police chief Bill Willoughby in the black comedy crime film "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", released in 2017, for which he received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.