Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan's new film Ammonite confirms UK release date
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Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan's new romance drama Ammonite has confirmed its official UK release date.
With cinemas in the UK still closed, studio Lionsgate has confirmed that Ammonite will be skipping cinemas in favour of a premium video-on-demand rollout.
The film will now land on digital platforms across the nation on Friday, March 26.
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Written and directed by God's Own Country filmmaker Francis Lee, Ammonite is loosely inspired by the life of British palaeontologist Mary Anning.
Set in England in the early 1840s, the film follows fossil hunter Mary Anning (Winslet) and housewife Charlotte Murchison (Ronan), who has been sent to convalesce by the sea by her husband, as the two women develop an intense romantic relationship.
Gemma Jones, Alec Secareanu, James McArdle and Killing Eve's Fiona Shaw round out the cast.
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While promoting the movie late last year, Winslet previously joked that she'd purposefully scheduled the filming of its main sex scene to fall on co-star Ronan's birthday, so as to give her "a great memory in her film life".
"I just wanted her to have, frankly, a great memory in her film life, regardless of how the scene played out or the movie turned out," Winslet recalled.
"I knew that it would be [great] just because of the experience that we would share together. I knew that it would be very equal."
Ammonite will be available for premium rental at home on all digital platforms from Friday, March 26.
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