Overview

• Sony Pictures Classics will release Eleanor the Great in U.S. and Canadian theaters on Friday, September 26.
• June Squibb leads the cast with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht, and Erin Kellyman in Johansson’s first feature behind the camera.
• The film premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and received a warm reception at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall.
• Johansson describes the project as deeply personal, citing her Jewish background, and the production features real Holocaust survivors in support-group scenes.
• IndieWire reports a career haul topping $15 billion for Johansson and early awards chatter for Squibb’s performance.