Overview

• The film opens in select UK cinemas on 22 August before a global Netflix launch on 28 August.
• Director Chris Columbus defended the stately look of Coopers Chase as wish fulfillment, saying Englefield House in Berkshire matched Osman’s description and let the team shoot the church-and-cemetery layout without CGI.
• Pierce Brosnan said Richard Osman was initially nervous about visiting the set but did join the production, noting Steven Spielberg also stopped by, and he praised the story’s focus on dignity in later life.
• Helen Mirren, Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie headline under Columbus, with a screenplay by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote and production backed by Netflix and Amblin.
• Principal photography took place at Shepperton Studios and across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, and Osman said he declined a cameo as his wife Ingrid Oliver appears as Joyce’s daughter.