Overview
- Critics publishing on Nov. 24–25 describe the film as an affectionate, self-aware tribute to British pantomime, with JoBlo rating it GOOD/7 and The Hollywood Reporter calling it a light Yuletide diversion.
- Kiefer Sutherland plays a faded Hollywood action star who signs onto a small-town Cinderella pantomime and finds a path toward personal renewal and reconnection with his daughter.
- Collider and The Hollywood Reporter list a Nov. 28 opening in theaters and on VOD, while Sky and Radio Times promote a Sky Original premiere on Sky Cinema on Dec. 5.
- The ensemble includes Rebel Wilson as choreographer Jill, Derek Jacobi as a panto veteran and stage-door figure, Mawaan Rizwan as cheerful driver Nigel, and appearances by Meera Syal, Jason Manford, Alice Eve, Danny Dyer, Maria Friedman, Lucien Laviscount and Savannah Lee Smith.
- On-set reporting notes filming in Yorkshire, including work at Leeds’ Versa Studios and local venues in Knaresborough, Wetherby and Wakefield during a 25-day shoot.