Will «Spencer» be presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival 2021?

Official confirmation from the Biennale has not yet arrived, but second Variety it is certain that Spencer, the highly anticipated Pablo Larraín drama starring Kristen Stewart as Lady Diana, will be presented as a world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Written by the creator of Peaky Blinders Steven Knight, the film tells of a weekend in the early nineties at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk during which Diana decides to leave Prince Charles.

Together with Kristen Stewart, Spencer will also see Jack Farthing, star of Poldark, in the role of Prince Charles, as well as the BAFTA nominee Timothy Spall, la candidata all’Oscar Sally Hawkins e Sean Harris. The film will be released in theaters in 2022 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Diana’s death and, always second Variety, will have no problem competing for the next Oscars. Larraín, on the other hand, is not new to the Dolby Theater since, with Jackie, earned Natalie Portman a Best Actress nomination for playing the role of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.

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Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín for Fabula Films, Jonas Dornbach and Janine Jackowski for Komplizen Film and BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee Paul Webster for Shoebox Films, Spencer he could go to Venice keeping company with the already announced Dune, the sci-fi epic signed by Denis Villeneuve with Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya which will be presented out of competition. The shadow of Covid, however, hovers over the exhibition also due to the spread of variants and the danger of new travel bans, in particular from the United States.

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