The first trailer for the film with an extremely long title, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society has been released by Studiocanal.
The feature is based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ best-selling novel. Directed by Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s Mike Newell; the film stars Lily James plays free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Starring alongside James is Glen Powell (Everybody Wants Some, Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, Downton Abbey), Jessica Brown Findlay (Victor Frankenstein, Downton Abbey) and Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, The Boat That Rocked) with Tom Courtenay (45 Years, Doctor Zhivago) and Penelope Wilton (The BFG, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
The film is set for a 20th April release.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Official Synopsis
Lily James plays free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
