Focus Features has moved its awards-season contender “Mary, Queen of Scots,” starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, back five weeks from Nov.
2 to Dec.
7.Ronan is starring in the title role opposite Robbie as Elizabeth I.
Josie Rourke is making her feature directorial debut on the movie, directing from a script by Beau Willimon.
The project is based on John Guy’s biography “My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots.”Producers are Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Debra Hayward.
The trio all received best picture Academy Award nominations for “Les Misérables.” Other cast members include Guy Pearce, David Tennant, Jack Lowden (“Dunkirk”), Joe Alwyn, Martin Compston, and Brendan Coyle (“Downton Abbey”).The story is set during the 16th century when Mary Stuart became Queen of France at 16, was widowed two years later, and returned to her native Scotland to reclaim her throne.
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