Jack Farthing joins the cast of 'Spencer' as Prince Charles

Production on Pablo Larraín’s Spencer, starring Kristen Stewart as Lady Di, has moved to the UK for the final stretch of filming. The production has today released a second image of Stewart as the former Princess.

The film focuses on one weekend in the life of Princess Diana, as she spends the Christmas holiday with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, and decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.

Newly announced today is Jack Farthing (Poldark) as Prince Charles. Also starring are Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) and Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout).

Filming has been taking place in Germany, before moving to the UK. An autumn 2021 launch is anticipated. 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Diana’s death.

Pic is directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie, Neruda) and written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders). The film is produced by Juan de Dios Larraín (Jackie) for Fabula Films, Jonas Dornbach and Janine Jackowski (Toni Erdmann) for Komplizen Film and Paul Webster (Atonement) for Shoebox Films.

FilmNation Entertainment handled international sales with all key territories selling out of the Cannes virtual market. The CAA Media Finance group and Endeavor Content sold to NEON and Topic Studios to distribute in the United States, STXinternational will distribute the film in the UK, France, Italy and Benelux and DCM will distribute in Germany.

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Photo of Kristen as Princess Diana for 'Spencer'

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Photo of Kristen on the set of 'Spencer'

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Photo of the day: "Spencer" shot in Germany completed

The shooting of "Spencer", in Germany and Great Britain, ended in Germany in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia in Berlin / Potsdam on March 18th. The film will be shot in England until March 29th. "Spencer," starring Kristen Stewart, is the story of a weekend in Princess Diana's life. When Diana spends the Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham manor in Norfolk, she decides to part ways with Prince Charles. 

Directed by Pablo Larraín. The producers are Juan de Dios Larraín / Fabula Films, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski and Maren Ade / Accomplice Film and Paul Webster / Shoebox Films. "Spencer" is funded by the DFFF, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the FFA, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and HessenFilm und Medien. The German theatrical release by DCM will be in the 1st quarter of 2022, when it will be the 25th anniversary of Diana's death. The photo shows: Juan de Dios Larraín (producer Fabula Films) - Jonas Dornbach (producer accomplice film), Janine Jackowski (producer accomplice film), Maren Ade (producer accomplice film, top row from left to right), Pablo Larraín (director) and Dario Suter (distributor DCM, middle row from left to right) as well as Kristen Stewart (leading actress) and Kirsten Niehuus (Medienboard, lower row from left to right). Photo: DCM (PR release) Pablo Larraín (director) and Dario Suter (distributor DCM, middle row from left to right) as well as Kristen Stewart (leading actress) and Kirsten Niehuus (Medienboard, lower row from left to right). Photo: DCM (PR release) Pablo Larraín (director) and Dario Suter (distributor DCM, middle row from left to right) as well as Kristen Stewart (leading actress) and Kirsten Niehuus (Medienboard, lower row from left to right). Photo: DCM (PR release)

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