Focus Features has set a June 17 US release date for Jim Archer’s feature directorial debut and Sundance entry Brian And Charles co-funded by Film4 and BFI.
Focus announced towards the end of the festival that it had acquired worldwide rights to the World Cinema Dramatic Competition entry from Bankside.
Brian And Charles is based on co-writer David Earl’s alter ego, Brian Gittins, and his unlikely friendship with a robot named Charles. Co-writer Chris Hayward plays the robot. The cast includes Lynn Hunter, Louise Brealey, Jamie Michie and Nina Sosanya.
Rupert Majendie produced Brian And Charles for Mr Box, the UK producer that offers comedians a platform to create and broadcast their own sketches and podcasts. Executive producers are Damian Jones and Mary Burke for the BFI, and Lauren Dark and Ollie Madden for Film4.
Universal Pictures will distribute the film internationally and Film4 will retain free TV rights to the film in the UK.
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