Mike Newell’s anticipated adaptation of Great Expectations debuted at TIFF last month to positive early reviews, and will be getting its European premiere as the Closing Night Film of the BFI London Film Festival this month.
The latest UK trailer for the film surfaced a few weeks back, and now the first poster has debuted over on Empire, giving us a look at the lead quartet of Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, and Holliday Grainger.
“Young orphan Pip is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London’s class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella; a spoilt heiress he’s loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear.
This adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic and finest novel is directed by Mike Newell, produced by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, and written by acclaimed screenwriter and novelist David Nicholls.”
Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) is behind the camera, directing from a script by the great novelist/screenwriter David Nicholls (One Day, Starter for 10), adapting (of course) the classic novel by Charles Dickens.
Irvine takes the lead as the young Pip, with Jason Flemyng, Ewen Bremner, Sally Hawkins, and David Walliams completing the cast alongside the leading quartet.
Great Expectations will be making its UK debut on 21st October at the LFF, and will be released in theatres here on 30th November. No word yet on when it will be heading to the US, but with a bit of luck, it will be seen across the Atlantic before the year’s end, too. For now, here’s the first poster for the film, in its UK quad size, and as usual, you can click to enlarge.
