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'Here's every 2019 movie release date so far'. 'Music Documentary 'Echo In The Canyon' Set As LA Film Festival Opener'. ^ 'Production begins on 'The Chaperone' with Elizabeth McGovern'.'Haley Lu Richardson Joins Elizabeth McGovern's PBS Movie 'The Chaperone' '. ^ 'Elizabeth McGovern Returns to MASTERPIECE in The Chaperone'.' 'Downton Abbey' Writer Julian Fellowes & Elizabeth McGovern Reunite For 'The Chaperone' – Cannes'. 'Fox Searchlight Sets Simon Curtis-Directed 'The Chaperone' With 'Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern'. The film also stars Campbell Scott, Gza Rhrig, Miranda Otto, Robert Fairchild, and Blythe Danner. The site's critical consensus reads, ' The Chaperone is inspired by a potentially interesting real-life story, but loses its sharpest and timeliest angles in the telling.' On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 48 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews.' References The Chaperone holds a 47% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews, with an average of 5.7/10. The film had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 23, 2018. Principal photography began in August 2017. Victoria Hill, Greg Clark, Luca Scalisi, Rose Ganguzza, Kelly Carmichael and Gary Hamilton also served as producers on the film. The film received a theatrical release prior to airing on PBS. Masterpiece, Altus Media, and Rose Pictures produced the film, with PBS Distribution distributing it. In May 2017, it was announced Michael Engler would direct the film, instead of Curtis, who remained as executive producer on the film. Fox Searchlight Pictures would distribute the film. In February 2013, it was announced Elizabeth McGovern would star in the film, with Simon Curtis directing from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, based upon the novel by Laura Moriarty, with McGovern, Curtis, Eli Selden, and Adam Shulman producing under their Anonymous Content banner. Cast: Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Gza Rhrig, Victoria Hill. Elizabeth McGovern as Norma (The Chaperone) Responsibility: Masterpiece Films, PBS and Fibonacci Films present a 39.Masterpiece also announced that the film will be presented to distributors at Cannes this month.The story centers on Norma Carlisle, a middle-aged woman who chaperones the teenage Louise Brooks, who ventures to New York City to study dance at the Denishawn school. “The Chaperone” is set to be released theatrically and will air on PBS stations after its initial run. “Like ‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘The Chaperone’ is a beautifully told period drama set in a changing world, but now the setting is New York City.”Īrclight Films is financing the film, while PBS will distribute. “It feels so right to reunite Julian Fellowes, Elizabeth McGovern, and director Michael Engler for our first feature film,” Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton said at a PBS annual meeting. “I am absolutely delighted to be working with Masterpiece and Elizabeth McGovern on ‘The Chaperone,’ based on Laura Moriarty’s novel, which is captivating and beguiling and resonant in so many ways,” Fellowes said in a statement. “Downton Abbey” - the highly successful period drama that aired on PBS in the US - ran for six seasons and told the story of the family and servants that lived in a wealthy estate at the turn of the 20th century. One is off to become a star while the other is trying to unearth the secrets of her past.Īlso Read: 'Downton Abbey' and 10 More Excellent Shows That Never Won the Top Emmy (Photos) The film is based on Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel of the same name about a Kansas woman (McGovern) who chaperones a dancer named Louise Brooks (Julia Goldani Telles from “The Affair”) to New York. Michael Engler, who directed four episodes of the series, will be in the director’s chair once again. “The Chaperone,” which was written by “Abbey” creator and writer Julian Fellowes, will star Elizabeth McGovern, who played Lady Grantham in the hit series, PBS and Masterpiece announced on Tuesday. The creator of “Downton Abbey” is reuniting with one of its stars for the first feature film from PBS and Masterpiece.

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