Tinsel Town (film)

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Tinsel Town
Tinsel Town poster.jpg
Release poster
Directed by Chris Foggin
Screenplay byPiers Ashworth
Adam Brown
Frazer Flintham
Produced byPascal Degove
Matt Williams
Ava Aashna Chopra
Starring
CinematographyDavid Mackie
Edited byMark Thornton
Music by
  • Kara Talve
  • Sami Goldberg
Production
company
Future Artists Entertainment
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 28 November 2025 (2025-11-28)(United States)
  • 5 December 2025 (2025-12-05)(United Kingdom)
Running time
94 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Tinsel Town is a 2025 British christmas comedy film directed by Chris Foggin and starring Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson. Finding himself typecast and blacklisted, Hollywood actor Bradley Mac (Kiefer Sutherland) resorts to doing theatre work in England only to discover it involves appearing in a small town panto of Cinderella.

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Plot

With his career as a Hollywood action star faltering, Bradley Mack finds himself typecast and blacklisted, leaving him without any potential roles. His agent has him fly to England for stage work, but instead of finding serious roles in a West End theatre, stunned Bradley discovers he has been cast as Buttons in a small town production of the panto Cinderella.

Cast

Production

The film is directed by Chris Foggin and Piers Ashworth, Adam Brown, and Frazer Flintham wrote the screenplay. [3] The film is choreographed by Adam Crossley. It is produced by Future Artists Entertainment. The cast is led by Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson. [4] [5] [6] In February 2025, Derek Jacobi, Mawaan Rizwan, Meera Syal, Danny Dyer, Alice Eve, Jason Manford, Katherine Ryan, James Lance and Lucien Laviscount joined the cast. [7] [8]

Principal photography took place in Yorkshire in January 2025. Filming locations include:

Release

The film was first released in the United States in theaters and VOD on 28 November 2025, [9] and will be released on Sky Cinema in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2025. [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Tinsel Town (12A)". British Board of Film Classification . November 25, 2025. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Ntim, Zac (February 7, 2025). "Kiefer Sutherland & Rebel Wilson Set For Sky Original 'Tinsel Town' — EFM". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  3. Singh, Sartaj (December 4, 2024). "Kiefer Sutherland to Star in Chris Foggin's 'A Proper English Christmas' Next". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  4. Port, Samuel (January 30, 2025). "Hollywood legend Kiefer Sutherland 'shooting Christmas film' in quaint Yorkshire town". Examiner Live. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  5. "Film star Kiefer Sutherland spotted in Knaresborough". Yourgarrogate. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  6. Ritman, Alex (February 7, 2025). "Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson to Star in Sky Christmas Comedy 'Tinsel Town'". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  7. Ritman, Alex (February 14, 2025). "Derek Jacobi, Mawaan Rizwan, Meera Syal, Danny Dyer, Alice Eve and Lucien Laviscount Among Bumper Lineup Joining Sky Christmas Comedy 'Tinsel Town' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  8. Richardson, Jay (February 14, 2025). "Katherine Ryan, Jason Manford and Meera Syal join Sky's Tinsel Town". Comedy.co.uk.
  9. Popternative (November 3, 2025). "Trailer: Kiefer Sutherland & Rebel Wilson Play Father & Daughter in the Christmas Comedy 'Tinsel Town'". Popternative. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
  10. Raisbeck, Alex. "Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson in first look at new movie Tinsel Town | Radio Times". www.radiotimes.com. Retrieved November 3, 2025.