Firebrand

Firebrand Movie Details:

Firebrand Movie Cast & Characters:

• Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr
• Jude Law as Henry VIII
• Eddie Marsan as Edward Seymour
• Erin Doherty as Anne Askew
• Sam Riley as Thomas Seymour
• Mia Threapleton as Joan Bocher
• Simon Russell Beale as Stephen Gardiner
• Patsy Ferran as Princess Mary
• Anna Mawn as Agnes Howard
• Paul Tinto as John Stowe
• Ian Drysdale as Anthony Denny
• Edward Harrison as John Gates
• Jason Baughan as Will Sommers
• Junia Rees as Princess Elizabeth
• Richard Taylor as John Dudley
• Norman Bowman as William Herbert
• Patrick Buckley as Prince Edward
• Linnea Martinsson as Maude Lane
• Joseph Aston Grant as William Petre
• Amr Waked as Dr. Mulay Al-Farabi
• Lisa Pyk Wirstrom as Eleanor Browne
• Ruby Bentall as Cat
• Bryony Hannah as Ellen
• Mina Andala as Jalinda
• Ashleigh Reynolds as Leo
• Milo MacKenzie as Young Page
• Julian Clapton as Courtier

Storyline:

In blood-soaked Tudor England, Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII, is named Regent while tyrant Henry is fighting overseas. Katherine has done everything she can to push for a new future based on her radical Protestant beliefs. When an increasingly ailing and paranoid King returns, he turns his fury on the radicals, charging Katherine’s childhood friend with treason and burns her at the stake. Horrified and grieving, but forced to deny it, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival. Conspiracy reverberates through the palace. Everyone holds their breath – for the queen to slip up, for Henry to take her head like wives before. With the hope for a future free of tyranny at risk, will Katherine submit to the inevitable for the sake of King and country?

About Firebrand Movie:

Firebrand is a British historical drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz from a screenplay by Henrietta Ashworth and Jessica Ashworth, based on the 2013 novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle. The film focuses on Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII. It stars Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, and Eddie Marsan. The film marks Aïnouz’s first directorial effort in the English language.

The film was announced during the 2021 American Film Market. Karim Aïnouz was set to direct, with Michelle Williams and Jude Law cast to star. In March 2022, Alicia Vikander joined the cast, replacing Williams. In May, Sam Riley, Eddie Marsan, Simon Russell Beale and Erin Doherty were among the additional cast announced for the film.

Filming began by April 2022, with production taking place at Haddon Hall in Bakewell, Derbyshire until June.

Firebrand was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 21 May 2023. FilmNation Entertainment sold the film to STXinternational for the United Kingdom and to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for multiple markets and independent distributors elsewhere. Amazon Prime Video was rumoured to have been in negotiations to acquire UK rights from STX, but it was later revealed the deal had already taken place in 2022.

In December 2023, Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment acquired US distribution rights to the film, scheduling it for a theatrical release on June 21, 2024.