PREVIEW: The Lost King (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Steve Coogan (Philomena), Harry Lloyd (The Theory of Everything), James Fleet (Mr. Turner), John-Paul Hurley (Peterloo), Phoebe Pryce (film debut), Benjamin Scanlan (film debut), Adam Robb (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Stephen Frears (The Queen), director; Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa), writer, producer; Jeff Pope (Philomena), writer; Christine Langan (Pierrepoint) and Dan Winch (What We Did on Our Holiday), producers; Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel), composer; Zac Nicholson (The Death of Stalin), cinematographer; Pia Di Ciaula (Tyrannosaur), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Philippa Langley (Hawkins), an amateur historian, becomes obsessed with locating the remains of Richard III (Lloyd), which have been thought to be lost for centuries. Philippa’s research leads her to an ordinary car park in Leicester, where a ground-breaking discovery is eventually made…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The makers of the Oscar-nominated crowd-pleaser Philomena, including director Stephen Frears and co-writer Steve Coogan, tell the remarkable true story of an earth-shattering discovery concerning one of the most fascinating figures in British history.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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