Prime-Video - The English: a screening in Cannes with Emily Blunt

By Mulder, 16 october 2022

“ The "Chemin des étoiles de Cannes" is an element that fully participates in the attractiveness of the city. The greatest personalities of the cinema mark with their prints their passage in the Palais des Festivals and Congresses. I wished that the sequence of taking of the prints is again a moment of sharing with the public, Cannes inhabitants and visitors. I am delighted today that Emily Blunt has been able to share this emotion with us. Her footprints will join our pathway to the stars, which will be reinvented thanks to the work to embellish the Croisette.” - David Lisnard. Mayor of Cannes.

On the occasion of the screening of the series The English at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes, at the opening of the 38th edition of MIPCOM, Emily Blunt lent herself to the traditional handprinting, reserved for VIPs. Once again performed in front of the public, an array of photographers and directly on the red carpet, it is under the applause that Emily Blunt has placed her hands on a clay plate. She thus left an indelible testimony to the city and an unforgettable moment for the spectators. Her footprints will join the famous "Path of the Stars" of Cannes which counts nearly 450 others such as Meryl Streep, Quentin Tarantino, Cameron Diaz, Sylvester Stallone, Tim Burton, Clint Eastwood, Sharon Stone, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci, Nicolas Cage, Sophia Loren or Diane Kruger

The English is an upcoming internationally co-produced Western drama television miniseries, written and directed by Hugo Blick. It stars Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer. It will premiere in the United States on Amazon Prime Video, and in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 11 November 2022.

In February 2020, Emily Blunt joined the cast of the series, with Hugo Blick writing and directing, and Amazon Studios and BBC Studios set to co-produce. In May 2021, Chaske Spencer, Rafe Spall, Toby Jones, Tom Hughes, Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, Ciarán Hinds, Malcolm Storry, Steve Wall, Nichola McAuliffe, Sule Rimi and Cristian Solimeno joined the cast of the series., Principal photography began in Spain in May 2021 and ended in September 2021.

Synopsis :
Englishwoman Cornelia Locke lands in the wild west of the United States to seek revenge on the man she considers responsible for the death of her son. There she meets Eli Whipp, a former cavalry scout from the Pawnee people. Very quickly, they discover a common history that they will have to overcome...

The English
Written and directed by Hugo Blick
Starring Emily BluntChaske Spencer, Rafe Spall, Toby Jones, Tom Hughes, Stephen Rea, Nicholas Aaron, Valerie Pachner, Ciarán Hinds, Malcolm Storry, Steve Wall, Nichola McAuliffe, Sule Rimi, Cristian Solimeno
Executive producers : Greg Brenman, Hugo Blick, Emily Blunt, Mona Qureshi
Producer : Colin Wratten
Production companies : BBC Studios, Amazon Studios, Drama Republic, Eight Rook Productions, All3Media
Original network : BBC Two (United Kingdom), Amazon Prime Video (United States)