EXCLUSIVE: A24 will release Roger Michell’s last movie, the documentaryElizabethabout the life of Queen Elizabeth II, we can reveal. It’s not known when the stateside debut will take place.
British filmmaker and late actor, well-known for making movies such asNotting Hill, The Duke,Hyde Park On HudsonAndMy Cousin RachelCompletedElizabethjust days before he passed away last September.
We have previously described the film as a “movie”. “nostalgic, uplifting and fresh modern chronicle of the extraordinary 70-year reign of Her Majesty the Queen, the longest-lived, longest-reigning British monarch and longest-serving female head of state in history.”
Pic is produced by UK producer Kevin Loader, known for movies includingNowhere Boy,The Lady in the VanandThe Death of Stalin. Composer is five-time Oscar-nominee George Fenton.
In the UK, Signature Entertainment has set a June 3 theatrical release to coincide with the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee. Embankment handles world sales.
Loader recently commented on the film: “Roger literally finished this last film the day before he left us. His film contains all his trademark emotion and playfulness, combined with a proper search for truthful insight into the woman who was Queen when most of us were born, and still is.”
A24’s recent releases include Joaquin Phoenix pic C’mon C’monand Joel Coen’s The Tragedy Of Macbeth with Denzel WashingtonAnd Frances McDormand. ElizabethThis is a rare attempt at document acquisition, but we know that the company was already quietly on board from an early stage.