Overview
- Netflix will give the film a limited U.K. theatrical run on 22 August before a global streaming debut on 28 August.
- Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie lead the ensemble cast.
- Chris Columbus directs for Netflix and Amblin from a screenplay by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote.
- Filming took place at Shepperton Studios and Englefield House in Berkshire for Coopers Chase, with Columbus describing a deliberately “Hogwarts‑like” design.
- Richard Osman declines a cameo and credits Columbus for casting Ingrid Oliver as Joanna, while Pierce Brosnan says the author felt nervous about visiting the set.