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It’s finally 2017 so I though I would do a round up of projects for Anna Chancellor fans to look out for in the new year.
Film: This Beautiful Fantastic – Bramble – “Early 2017”
A ‘contemporary fairy tale’ about a friendship between a reclusive young woman (Jessica Brown Findlay) and her widower neighbour (Tom Wilkinson) who bond over gardening. Anna’s playing the heroine’s uptight & terrifying librarian boss. The film is going to be released in early 2017 but there’s no actual date yet.
Film: Love of My Life – Grace – Unknown (2017?)
A British-Canadian comedy-drama in which Anna plays an architect diagnosed with a brain tumour and given a limited time to live, at which point her ex-husband decides to win her back from her current husband. This is Anna’s first lead role in a film and it also stars John Hannah, Hermione Norris and James Fleet. There’s no release date yet.
Shetland (Phyllis Brennan), Flowers (Aunty Viv), New Blood (Eleanor Davies), The Seagull (Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina), The Carer (Milly), The Snow Queen (Herself – Director), Grantchester (Aunt Cece), The Last Dragonslayer (President of StuffCo)
Anna Chancellor on screen and stage and behind the scenes in 2016
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Anna Chancellor discusses the Young Chekhov Trilogy at the premiere of The Carer
Promo for the Grantchester Christmas Special which airs on Christmas Eve on ITV. Anna’s playing Aunt Cece.
Lots of news all at once cos I’ve been a bit crap lately
Christmas TV
As previously mentioned, Anna’s playing the President of StuffCo in The Last Dragonslayer on Christmas day
In addition to that role, Anna also is also appearing in the Grantchester Christmas Special on Christmas Eve. She is playing Aunt CeCe. There’s more information here, but no photos or trailer yet.
Snow Queen Radio Interviews
Anna’s been discussing Portobello Panto’s production of The Snow Queen on radio shows this week.
On BBC Radio Five Live Afternoon Edition on 6 December (interview beings about 2 hours 40 minutes in)
And on 7 December with Jo Good on BBC Radio London (interview beings about 14 minutes in)
BTW, there’s still standing tickets available for the Snow Queen. And there’s also a crowdfunding campaign running at the moment to help pay for sets, costumes and feeding the kids involved.
This Beautiful Fantastic
Also, news is that This Beautiful Fantastic will be released in cinemas in early 2017 (no solid dates yet). You can watch the trailer here.
“The Portobello Panto was conceived of an idea borne way back in the year of our Lord 1991 in the humble surroundings of the Portobello Star pub by Anna Chancellor and a few other reprobates. The first show was to be called ‘Drinkerella’ – a name which unfortunately fell foul of sponsors, and was changed back to the only slightly less offensive ‘Cinderella’.” (x)
Tickets are on sale for The Portobello Pantomime’s production of The Snow Queen which Anna is directing this year. It’s running from 14-17 December at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill.
Profits are going to The Shepherd’s Bush Families Project and Solace Women’s Aid
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On Christmas Day Anna will be in The Last Dragonslayer, a film based on the novel by Jasper Fforde about a young orphan girl who finds herself tasked with slaying the last dragon. Anna’s character is the President of StuffCo, described as being the head of the world’s biggest conglomerate who is keen for a sponsorship deal. The film will be airing on Sky1 and there’s more information in the press pack.
Anna will also be directing the Portobello Panto’s production of The Snow Queen. In addition to directing this year, Anna was one of the founders of the Portobello Panto in 1991. Details are a bit scarce at the moment on dates and ticket sales.(x)
Anna Chancellor discusses The Carer at the film’s premiere.
Through neglect, I’ve managed to amass a rather long list of upcoming things you can watch Anna Chancellor in but have not been mentioned on this tumblr. Rectifying this now. Here goes:
Television: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip – Herself – Available Now
Anna appeared as one of the competitors in an episode of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip which is on BBC iPlayer at the moment. It’s basically four women in two teams driving around the English countryside in classic cars buying antiques with brief segues in local history. It’s delightful.
Audio Play: Northanger Abbey – Mrs Allen – Available Now
Audible have produced a full cast radio drama of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, with Anna in the role as Mrs Allen, the wealthy chaperone of the heroine Catherine. The cast included Ella Purnell as Catherine and Emma Thompson as Jane Austen. It’s avaliable here.
Television: The Crown – Lady Rosse – 8 December 2017
It’s really hard to find any info about this but it appears Anna’s in the second series of The Crown playing Lady Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse – Princess Margaret’s mother-in-law.
Television: Trust – Penelope Kittson – Janurary 2018
Trust is a new anthology series from Danny Boyle thematically about families and money. The first series covers the true crime story of the kidnapping and ransom of John Paul Getty III. Anna’s playing Penelope Kittson one of the (apparently many) women in a relationship with John Paul Getty (played by Donald Sutherland). The cast also includes Hillary Swank and Brendan Fraiser. It’s expected to air in the US in Janurary on FX (no dates for outside the US yet).
Film: The Happy Prince – Mrs Arbuthnott – 2018
An Oscar Wilde biopic, written, directed and starting Rupert Everett. The cast includes Colin Firth, Miranda Richardson, Colin Morgan and Joshua McGuire. It’s not clear what Anna’s role is, but worth noting Mrs Arbuthnott is the titular character in Oscar Wilde’s play A Woman of No Importance.
Film: The Revenger: An Unromantic Comedy – Carol – 2018
Romanic comedy about a guy who finds out his fiancée is plotting against him. Supposedly a subversion of the romantic comedy. Not clear who Anna’s playing at this point.
Film: Benjamin – Tessa – 2018
A film written and directed by Simon Amstell which has Colin Morgan playing a writer/director who about to premiere a feature. Again, there’s little about Anna’s role at this point. The rest of the cast includes Jessica Raine and Ellie Kendrick.
Television: Ordeal by Innocence – Rachel Argyll – Unknown
The BBC’s traditional Christmas Agatha Christie adaptation has the case of the murder of philanthropist Rachel Argyll (Anna’s character) reopened after the revelation her son found guilty for the crime (and subsequently murdered in prison) was innocent. The cast includes Bill Nighy, Luke Threadaway, Matthew Goode and Morven Christie. It was to air in the BBC’s Christmas schedule but unfortunately the cast also includes Ed Westwick and the BBC has shelved the series while multiple rape allegations against him are being investigated. It’s unclear if it will ever air.
Which not a topic I’d like to end this on, so if you’re now in need of a pleasant distraction, may I suggest Anna’s episode of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. As mentioned earlier, it’s delightful.
You can hear Anna along with Toby Jones performing readings in today’s episode of With Great Pleasure on BBC Radio 4 at 4pm. The show consists of readings of writing selected by the episode’s host Tim Smit (founder of the Eden Project). After airing, it will be available on BBC Radio iPlayer for 30 days.
Also, Anna is playing Mrs Arbuthnott in The Happy Prince, an Oscar Wilde biopic written, directed and staring Rupert Everett. It was filmed last year with no release date yet. Other actors involved include Colin Firth, Miranda Richardson and Joshua McGuire.
Anna Chancellor on This Morning 16 February 2017
Anna was on The One Show yesterday, presenting a segment on the impact and legacy of Four Weddings and a Funeral. The episode is currently available on iplayer.
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Anna was on This Morning yesterday (starting 45 minutes in), discussing Love of My Life, Canada, bears and what she’s up to next - more of The Last Dragonslayer and Flowers.
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Clip from Love of My Life
There’s also a much more detailed description for the film:
After a stormy first marriage to a cheating husband who left her for another woman, Grace (Anna Chancellor) built the perfect life: a solid second marriage to a good and faithful man (James Fleet), two well-adjusted and successful daughters (Katie Boland and Hannah Anderson), and a dream career as a Toronto architect. So when she finds out that she has a possibly fatal brain tumour she accepts her impending demise the way she lives her life, graciously and without fuss. At least she knows she has no regrets.
Until…
Her still tempting first husband (John Hannah), an award-winning novelist who wrote a tell-all bestseller about their marriage, arrives in the middle of the night vowing to win her back before she dies.
Still a rebel at heart, Richard is determined to prove that he is the love of her life. With only five days to go before the surgery that may kill her, she suddenly finds herself courted in her own home as her famous ex embarks on a campaign of seduction. Her husband Tom barely notices as he obsesses on his future as a widower.
As Grace struggles to keep her life on an even keel, she discovers that her daughters are secretly living lives of romantic and professional disaster. But how do you give your children a lifetime of wisdom in a handful of days? And has she really achieved any wisdom at all?
Things get even more complicated when the outrageous woman (Hermione Norris) who stole her first husband moves in, determined to stop Grace from having a final fling with the brilliant novelist they both loved.
But Grace doesn’t want a final fling – except maybe with her married co-worker (Greg Wise).
So who – or what - is the love of her life?
In what might be the last few days of her life Grace finds her orderly existence filled with temptation, questions, comedy, and chaos. Which just may be what she needs to bring her back to life before it’s too late.(x)
There’s a new trailer and a US release date for This Beautiful Fantastic.
This Beautiful Fantastic will be in cinemas and video on demand on 10 March in the US. I haven’t found anything about a potential UK release date.
The film is a contemporary fairy tale about a friendship between a reclusive young woman (Jessica Brown Findlay) and her widower neighbour (Tom Wilkinson) who bond over gardening. Anna’s playing the heroine’s uptight & terrifying librarian boss.
There’s now both a trailer and a release date for Love of My Life.
Love of My Life will be out in UK cinemas on 17 February and on video on demand on 20 February. The film stars Anna along with James Fleet, John Hannah, Hermione Norris and Greg Wise.
Anna plays Grace, an architect who has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and potentially five days to live, at which point her first husband returns to try and win her back from her second.
