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A new, interesting project will involve several big names in cinema such as Ian McKellen, Mark Strong, Ben Barnes and Gemma Arterton. This is the period thriller The Critic.
Based on the novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinnthe film written by Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal) and directed by Anand Tucker (And When Did You Last See Your Father?) will see among its protagonists Ian McKellen (the Magneto of X-Men), Mark Strong (Kingsman) , Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man), Ben Barnes (The Darkling of Darkness and Bones), Lesley Manville (The Hidden Thread), Romola Garai (Atonement) and Alfred Enoch (How To Get Away With Murder).
In film set in London in 1934 “McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, the town’s most feared theater critic, while Arterton plays Nina Land, the actress determined to win his good graces. When Jimmy is targeted by his new boss, David Brooke (Strong), Nina finds herself drawn into a dangerous web of blackmail, deceit and murder.“.
Filming on The Critic has already begun in and around Londonbut we still don’t know when the film will be released.
The Critic is financed and produced by British production company BKStudios in collaboration with Culmination Productions, who are also handling the rights together with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group.
