WICKER, Directed by Alex Fischer and Eleanor Wilson and starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skaragård will have its world premiere at the 2026 #sundancefilmfestival 🌾
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Thank you for the feature @thetimes
📸: Chris McAndrew for The Times
~ He (Cumberbatch) says that fatherhood has made his “emotions paper thin. That’s what changes how you act, when you become a father,” he explains. “It isn’t necessarily crossovers between your experience and the character’s, it’s that you become an unfettered channel to stuff that you weren’t before. Barbie makes you cry and other things make you angry.” ~
~ The heartbreaking power of the novel and the film lies in the moments of funny silliness — capturing how young boys are, even when they are grieving. “I remember a babysitter looking after me and my brother quite soon after my dad died and we were playing his favourite game, where we kicked each other until one of us begged for mercy, laughing,” Porter says. “The babysitter said, ‘I don’t know how you guys can be so cheerful after what’s happened to you.’ Should we have stopped being boys and been sad all the time? To perform our sadness for her?” ~
Catch the film in cinemas from 21st November 🍿
#thethingwithfeathers #benedictcumberbatch #dylansouthern #maxporter
We’re still crowing (sorry) over a wonderful evening bringing Letters Live to @vue West End in celebration of The Thing with Feathers.
Feast your eyes on our incredible line up of letter readers, whose performances were live-streamed to cinemas up and down the country.
This ‘mini’ Letters Live was followed by an advance preview of @thingwithfeathersmovie , out 21st Nov.
Who’s planning to go out and catch it? 🐦⬛
📸 by @joish81
The brilliant cast of our special edition of Letters Live from @vue West End tonight, ahead of a special preview of The Thing With Feathers.
Benedict Cumberbatch, @mslouisebrealey , @meera.syal , @mscaitlinmoran and @maxmaxporter all joined us to read moving, powerful letters ahead of a preview screening of the film.
And what’s more this was all live-streamed to cinemas nationwide - who caught it?
📸 by @joish81
One day to go! Tomorrow, at a cinema near you, see Benedict Cumberbatch and a top secret line-up of guests performing LIVE from London’s West End.
A special edition of the acclaimed live phenomenon Letters Live will be live-streamed to cinemas nationwide, followed by a preview screening of The Thing with Feathers.
The Thing With Feathers will be in cinemas from 21 November, so this is your chance to be the first to catch it!
Book your tickets now at the link in our bio.
This Thursday 6th November Letters Live is coming to cinemas nationwide followed by a preview screening of the upcoming film THE THING WITH FEATHERS directed by Dylan Southern, based on the best selling book by Max Porter and starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
This is the first time ever Letters Live will be live-streamed throughout the UK in this very special cinematic event.
Snap your tickets up at the link in our bio before it’s too late!
#thethingwithfeathers #benedictcumberbatch #letterslive
New poster for our upcoming film, The Thing with Feathers, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
In cinemas 21 November.
Tickets on sale from this weekend!
Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch plays a grieving father in the film The Thing with Feathers based on Max Porter’s award-winning debut novel.
