“Chevalier” Coming Soon To Disney+ (UK/Ireland)
Disney has announced that the Searchlight Pictures film, “Chevalier”, will be coming to Disney+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Wednesday, 26th July 2023, which is just over 45 days since its UK theatrical release in June. The film has previously been released on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ in Canada earlier this year, since the movie was released a couple of months earlier in North America than in the UK.
Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling-out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) and her court.
The film stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Minnie Driver, Sian Clifford, Alex Fitzalan and Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo. It was directed by Stephen Williams, the film is written by Stefani Robinson and produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe at Element Pictures, Stefani Robinson, and Dianne McGunigle. Production designer Karen Murphy, director of photography Jess Hall, composer Michael Abels, costume designer Oliver García, editor John Axelrad and set decorator Lotty Sanna round out the production team.
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