Peterloo

Mike Leigh’s ‘Peterloo’ Eyes Fall Festival Run & Theatrical Release

by

Amazon Studios marketing and distribution boss Bob Berney revealed that Mike Leigh’s Peterloo will be making a play at the fall film festivals with an eye on a November theatrical release.Pic follows the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.  Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson, and Tim McInnerny star.Leigh is a seven-time Oscar nominee for movies including Secrets & Lies, Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake, Happy Go Lucky and Another Year [. . . ]

Continue reading at: Mike Leigh’s ‘Peterloo’ Eyes Fall Festival Run & Theatrical Release | Deadline

Peterloo: Mike Leigh film releases first photo

by

Mike Leigh’s first film in more than three years is shaping up to be a marked change of pace for the celebrated English filmmaker.Released early Thursday, the first official still from Leigh’s historical drama Peterloo — a dramatization based on the titular massacre — sets the stage for a grim turn of events, one that ultimately leaves roughly a dozen people dead on the streets of Manchester in 1819.Starring Rory Kinnear, Christopher Eccleston, Maxine Peak, and David Bamber, Peterloo follows [ . . . ] More: Peterloo: Mike Leigh film releases first photo