ENOLA HOLMES (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Millie Bobby Brown (Godzilla: King of the Monsters), Henry Cavill (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), Sam Claflin (The Nightingale), Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech), Fiona Shaw (Colette), Adeel Akhtar (The Big Sick), Frances de la Tour (The Lady in the Van), Louis Partridge (Paddington 2), Susie Wokoma (Burn Burn Burn), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Harry Bradbeer (film debut), director; Jack Thorne (The Aeronauts), writer; Millie Bobby Brown (film debut), Paige Brown (film debut), Alex Garcia (Kong: Skull Island), Ali Mendes (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) and Mary Parent (The Revenant), producers; Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs), composer; Giles Nuttgens (Hell or High Water), cinematographer; Adam Bosman (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Victorian England, Enola Holmes (Brown) is the teenage sister of famed detective Sherlock Holmes (Cavill) and government official Mycroft Holmes (Claflin). When she discovers that her mother (Bonham Carter) has gone missing, Enola sets out to solve the case on her own, outwitting her brothers in the process…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Millie Bobby Brown stars and produces in a brand-new spin on the Sherlock Holmes narrative that puts the spotlight on the famous sleuth’s teenage sister, played of course by the Stranger Things star herself.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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