{"id":635241,"date":"2026-10-19T12:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635241\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:02:09","slug":"the-state-of-us-brit-comedy-lands-uk-theatrical-deal-with-vertigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635241\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of Us: Brit Comedy Lands UK Theatrical Deal With Vertigo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cThe State of Us<\/a>,\u201d the British coming-age-comedy starring Samuel Bottomley (\u201cCalifornia Schemin\u2019,\u201d \u201cHow To Have Sex\u201d) and Callum Scott Howells<\/a> (\u201cMadfabulous,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a Sin\u201d), is set to land in U.K. cinemas following a deal with Vertigo Releasing<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, the directorial debut of Jake Harvey and Ollie Gardner, had its world premiere in the main competition at the Edinburgh International Film Festival earlier this year and will now release theatrically in the U.K. in 2027. News of Vertigo\u2019s acquisition comes ahead of Monday\u2019s screening of \u201cThe State of Us\u201d at the Rome Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Yorkshire-shot feature is set over one unforgettable night and follows two lifelong best friends as they cling to one final chance to feel alive together. The story follows nineteen-year-old Frankie as he breaks his dying friend Taylor out of a hospice for their annual ritual: watching fireworks from their favourite hilltop, in memory of Frankie\u2019s parents. But as their riotous night out spirals into chaos, their friendship is pushed to breaking point and Frankie finally confronts the truth he has been circling all night, revealing just how far he is willing to go to avoid being left behind. As Taylor\u2019s time runs out, he leaves Frankie with one final wish: to find beauty in the wreckage and the will to keep living.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlongside Bottomley and Scott Howells, the cast also includes Safia Oakley-Green (\u201cAnemone,\u201d \u201cThe Bluff\u201d), Seamus O\u2019Hara (\u201cThe Irish Goodbye,\u201d \u201cHouse of Guinness\u201d), Sunetra Sarker (\u201cBrookside,\u201d \u201cAckley Bridge\u201d) and Frances Barber (\u201cMr Holmes,\u201d \u201cTrick or Treat\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Harvey, the film is produced by Pippa Cross, Dylan Rees and Harvey, whose credits include \u201cChalet Girl,\u201d \u201cMade in Italy\u201d and \u201c7 Keys,\u201d with original music composed by Tom Ogden, frontman of indie band Blossoms. Executive producers are James Scott and James Spring of Circus Studios together with Rachel Hunter, Alastair Mavor and Janette Day.<\/p>\n

\n\tCircus Studios is handling worldwide sales.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe State of Us\u201d is presented by Noughty Pictures in association with Screen Yorkshire and produced by Restless Pictures and Crossday Productions in association with 4 8 Fourteen Films and Circus Studios. Post-production was handled by Playhouse Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe State of Us,\u201d the British coming-age-comedy starring Samuel Bottomley (\u201cCalifornia Schemin\u2019,\u201d \u201cHow To Have Sex\u201d) and Callum…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[311382,156,409,111,139,69,311383,264115],"class_list":["post-635241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-callum-scott-howells","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-the-state-of-us","tag-vertigo-releasing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}