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The Critic is an upcoming British period thriller film directed by Anand Tucker and written by Patrick Marber, based on the 2015 novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn.

The Critic
Directed by	Anand Tucker
Screenplay by	Patrick Marber
Based on	Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn
Produced by	Bill Kenwright Jolyon Symonds Anand Tucker
Starring	Ian McKellen Gemma Arterton Mark Strong Lesley Manville Romola Garai Ben Barnes Alfred Enoch
Cinematography	David Higgs
Production companies	BKStudios Fearless Minds Seven Stories
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Premise

In 1934 London, an actress finds herself in a dark situation involving a theatre critic and his paper's editor.

Cast

• Ian McKellen as Jimmy Erskine
• Gemma Arterton as Nina Land
• Mark Strong as David Brooke
• Lesley Manville as Annabel Land
• Romola Garai as Madeleine Farewell
• Ben Barnes as Stephen Wyley
• Alfred Enoch as Tom Tunner
• Nikesh Patel as Ferdy Harwood
• Jay Simpson as Slyfield
• Eva Magyar as Dolly Langdon
• Nicholas Bishop as Richard Pugh
• Jabob James Beswick as Robbie
• Jake Neads as Flamineo
• Tom Rouvray as Giovanni
• Beau Gadsdon as Freya Wyley
• Oliver Shaw as Rowan Wyley

Production

It was announced in November 2020 that Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Simon Russell Beale and Paapa Essiedu were set to star in the film, at the time titled Curtain Call like the source novel, with Anand Tucker directing and Patrick Marber writing the screenplay.[1] In February 2021, filming was expected to begin later in the year.[2]

In June 2022, the film was retitled The Critic, with Firth, Beale and Essiedu no longer involved. Ian McKellen, Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes and Alfred Enoch were announced to be joining Arterton, and production began in London.[3]

References

External links

• The Critic at IMDb

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