Roadside Attractions has released the trailer for Firebrand, the upcoming British historical drama recounting the life of Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII. It’ll debut in cinemas June 14, 2024. It’s led by Alicia Vikander and Jude Law. Rounding out the cast is Eddie Marsan, Ruby Bentall, Bryony Hannah, Sam Riley, and Maia Jemmett.
“In blood-soaked Tudor England, twice married, accomplished, and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII (Law),” reads the film’s official synopsis. “Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given that her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded, or dead. When Henry appoints her as Regent, the nation’s ruler during his absence when he departs to fight overseas, he lays a dangerous path for her. Henry’s courtiers, suspecting she’s sympathetic to radical Protestant beliefs that have taken root in the kingdom and are a threat to their power, scheme against her and cast doubts upon her fidelity to the increasingly ailing and paranoid King.”
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