PREVIEW: Fireheart (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Olivia Cooke (Pixie), Kenneth Branagh (Death on the Nile), Laurie Holden (Dragged Across Concrete), William Shatner (Escape from Planet Earth), Maya Misaljevic (8-Bit Christmas), Ryan Garcia (What They Had), Wilex Ly (Detainee X), Mara Junot (Ella Bella Bingo), Scott Humphrey (mother!)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Laurent Zeitoun (film debut), director, writer, producer; Theodore Ty (film debut), director; Jennica Harper (The Clockwork Girl) and Daphne Ballon (film debut), writers; Valérie d’Auteuil (Hibou), André Rouleau (What If) and Yann Zenou (Untouchable), producers; Chris Egan (film debut), composer; Jericca Cleland (Ballerina), cinematographer; Robert Yates (The Legend of Sarila), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1930s New York City, young Georgia Nolan (Cooke) dreams of becoming the first female firefighter, following in the footsteps of her fireman father Shawn (Branagh), but she is unable to qualify because she is a woman. When some of the city’s top firemen start to go missing at the sites of mysterious fires on Broadway, Georgia disguises herself as a new male recruit named “Joe” and joins her father’s improvised team of firefighters charged with finding the elusive arsonist, while she struggles to keep her identity a secret…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This fun animated family adventure pays tribute to the hard-working firefighters out in the world, in this special outing which features the voices of Olivia Cooke and Kenneth Branagh.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW

 

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