Overview

• The adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestseller opens in a limited UK theatrical run on August 22 before a global Netflix debut on August 28.
• The ensemble features Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan and Celia Imrie, alongside Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Richard E. Grant and Naomi Ackie.
• Ben Kingsley said Helen Mirren burst into tears at the first read-through as the pair reunited after roughly 58 years since working together in theatre.
• Helen Mirren says she would return for another installment "in a nanosecond," with Osman’s multiple sequels providing a ready pipeline for future films.
• Mirren reflected on her 2019 quip about Netflix and said CEO Ted Sarandos understood that her comments were about preserving the communal cinema experience.