Universal’s romantic comedy You, Me & Tuscany and Studiocanal’s Scottish biopic California Schemin’ are the widest new releases in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend.
You, Me & Tuscany is opening in 510 locations. Halle Bailey stars as a young cook staying in an abandoned Tuscan villa who forms an unexpected romance with the owner’s cousin, played by Rege-Jean Page. Kat Coiro directs.
James McAvoy’s directorial debut California Schemin’ launches in 391 sites via Studiocanal. The Toronto premiere is based on the real story of two Dundee rappers who posed as Californians and secured a record deal. Screen Star of Tomorrow Samuel Bottomley and Rising Star Scotland’s Seamus McLean Ross lead the cast.
Vertigo Releasing opens Canadian horror title Undertone in 348 venues. The film centres on the host of a paranormal podcast who is sent recordings of a married couple experiencing paranormal activity. It premiered at the Fantasia film festival last year.
Park Circus is re-releasing the 1986 classic Stand By Me in 314 cinemas.
In event cinema, Trafalgar Releasing launches concert film BTS World Tour Arirang In Goyang in 257 locations while CinemaLive has screenings of the one-woman cabaret Musik.
Jim Jarmasch’s Father Mother Sister Brother opens in 91 sites via Mubi. The Venice Golden Lion winner centres on estranged siblings who reunite after years apart. Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett and Tom Waits are among the cast.
Curzon is opening François Ozon’s The Stranger. The film premiered in Venice last year and follows a Frenchman living in 1930s Algeria shaken by the death of his mother.
