EXCLUSIVE: Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has picked up world sales rights to Frank and Percy , a comedy film starring Ian McKellen and Roger Allam, which starts production this month.

The film is adapted from the West End play of the same name, which also starred McKellen and Allam. The story follows two older men who meet while walking their dogs on Hampstead Heath. What begins as a casual conversation about the weather and aching hips gradually deepens into an unexpected friendship—and perhaps something more. Wryly funny and poignantly tender, Frank and Percy is a heartfelt, life-affirming tale about the courage to take a chance on love at any age.

The film’s cast also features Stephen Fry ( Gosford Park ), Jessica Gunning ( Pride ), Dame Joanna Lumley ( The Wolf Of Wall S

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