Neon has shared a poster and trailer for The Christophers, the upcoming comedy drama from director Steven Soderbergh.
The film sees the children of a once famous artist hiring a forger to pose as his assistant and gain access to his unfinished work and complete them, in hope of using them to gain an inheritance upon their broke father’s death.
The cast includes Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, James Corden, and Jessica Gunning. Watch the trailer below…
Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access 8 unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage. Her plan is to complete them, then return them to storage, where they are to be “discovered” upon Julian’s death.
The Christophers arrives in cinemas on April 10th.
