When was the last time they made a Monty Python movie?  England pulls out all the stops and pulls in all the tropes in its next comedy, Fackham Hall, a big send-up of Downton Abbey and stodgy British dramas.  Its slate of actors can’t be beat–that’s Homeland, Life, and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’s Damian Lewis, Harry Potter’s own Draco Malfoy, Tom Felton, Alien: Covenant and Fantastic Beasts’ Katherine Waterston, The Bletchley Circle, Good Omens, and The Frankenstein Chronicles’ Anna Maxwell Martin, Last Night in Soho and Jojo Rabbit’s Thomasin McKenzie, Humans, Mr. Selfridge and Case Histories’ Tom Goodman-Hill, Shakespeare in Love and The Fifth Element’s Tim McMullan, and A Haunting in Venice’s Emma Laird.

So let’s hope it’s actually funny.  Check out the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker bawdy brand of humor in this first trailer for Fackham Hall:

Look for Fackham Hall coming to theaters December 5, 2025.

C.J. Bunce / Editor / borg