Focus Features Acquires Andrew Scott’s Ian Charleson Biopic ‘Elsinore,’ Eyes Fall Release and Festival Bow (EXCLUSIVE)

The drama also stars Academy Award winner Olivia Colman and adds a prestige title to the studio's awards slate.

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

Chief Awards Editor

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Focus Features has acquired “Elsinore,” the Ian Charleson biopic starring Andrew Scott and Oscar winner Olivia Colman, for the U.S. and multiple international territories, Variety has learned exclusively.

The deal closes a competitive bidding war among several studios for the Simon Stone-directed drama and adds a prestige contender to the Focus slate. Eyeing a fall release, the studio is planning a festival launch to kick off the film’s awards run. Sources tell Variety that programmers at each of the fall festivals — Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York — are circling the title, though a premiere venue has yet to be set. Other sources who have seen the film have been ecstatic and overwhelmingly positive about the Scottish actor’s work.

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