‘Elsinore’ Trailer: First Look At Andrew Scott’s Buzzy Awards-Season Entry

We have the first official trailer for Elsinore, starring Andrew Scott.

Simon Stone (The Dig) directs Elsinore, based on the life of Ian Charleson, written by Stephen Beresford (Pride). The official synopsis reads: Elsinore is a powerful, deeply moving, and inspiring true story of the actor Ian Charleson, who faced incredible odds while preparing to give the performance of his life in Hamlet at the National Theatre in London.

Scott stars as Charleson. He leads the film alongside Olivia Colman. Scott is also a producer on the film. The wider cast features Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Luke Thompson, David Dawson, Monica Dolan, Matthew Beard, Joe Locke, Georgie Glen, Sadie Soverall, Adeel Akhtar, Dickie Beau, with Juliet Stevenson and Peter Mullan.

Andrea Occhipintio of Lucky Red (Il Divo) produced the film with Gabrielle Tana of Magnolia Mae Films (The Dig), along with Pete Shilaimon and Mickey Liddell of LD Entertainment (Jackie), and Stefano Massenzi and Carolyn Marks Blackwood.

This film has received enthusiastic reviews following debut screenings at the fall festivals. Deadline’s Pete Hammond described Scott’s performance as “heartbreakingly great” and a “performance for the ages.”

Elsinore will next screen at the London Film Festival. StudioCanal will release the film in UK cinemas on January 29, 2027. Focus has the U.S. rights and will open the film on November 20.

“The movie is also a love letter to Britain’s National Theatre, a sprawling monument to the power of art and artists, an “Elsinore” unto itself,” Hammond wrote.