Focus Features Sets Summer Release For Sundance Pick-Up ‘Brian And Charles’
deadline.comFocus Features will open their Sundance acquisition Brian and Charles on June 17.The pic, which the Uni label acquired out of this year’s fest, reps Jim Archer’s feature directorial debut.
Brian and Charles follows Brian, a lonely inventor in rural Wales, who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work.
Undeterred by his lack of success, Brian attempts his biggest project yet. Three days, a washing machine, and various spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and has an obsession with cabbages.David Earl and Chris Hayward wrote the screenplay and also star.
Rupert Majendie produced for Mr Box Productions. Brian and Charles also stars Louise Brealey, James Michie and Nina Sosanya.
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