Everybody’s Talking About Jamie And His Glamorous Dreams In New Trailer

Make your drag queen goals come true! A brand new trailer for the movie adaptation of the glamorous musical comedy Everyone’s Speaking About Jamie dropped right now (August 10). Tailored from the critically acclaimed West Finish musical of the identical title, the movie follows 16-year-old Jamie New, performed by Max Harwood, on his journey to determine what he needs to be and do whereas attempting to beat obstacles of prejudice, discrimination, and bullies.

The trailer begins with Jamie daydreaming of himself performing and dancing in golf equipment, as he stomps throughout cafeteria tables as in the event that they have been his runway to deal with the monotony of his British secondary faculty. After faculty in an empty classroom, he pulls out sparkly, purple excessive heels and spills a secret to his greatest good friend, Pritti Pasha (Lauren Patel), that he needs to turn into a drag queen. Later, we see the 2 mates enter a boutique run by former performer Miss Loco Chanelle (Richard E. Grant), who turns into Jamie’s mentor in fabulosity.

Being a queer teenager is already tough for Jamie. His father (Ralph Ineson) and profession advisor (Sharon Horgan) are unsupportive of his dream. Jamie always battles his personal self-doubts, questioning whether or not he ought to conform to social expectations and get a “actual” profession. “Do you ever simply want I used to be simply — ‘regular’?” he asks his mother, who’s performed by Sarah Lancashire. She retorts with a clever level: “No, what’s ‘regular’ anyway?” Even Pritti has some encouraging phrases: “Cease ready for permission to be you.”

Each the movie and musical are impressed by Jenny Popplewell’s 2011 documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16. The stage-to-feature adaptation is the directorial debut for Jonathan Butterell and also will star Shobna Gulati, Adeel Akhtar, and Samuel Bottomley. There may also be cameos from John McCrea, the unique West Finish actor who performed Jamie; Bianca del Rio, RuPaul’s Drag Race winner and the London manufacturing actor for Loco; and the real-life Jamie Campbell.

Naturally, the movie will function hit songs from the musical like “And You Don’t Even Know It,” “The Wall in My Head” and the titular “Everyone’s Speaking About Jamie.” An unique new monitor for the movie known as “This Was Me” was additionally recorded.

Everyone’s Speaking About Jamie was initially set to be launched in theaters on October 23, 2020, however was postponed by January 22, 2021 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. A brand new launch date was set for February 26, however Disney canceled the movie’s theatrical launch and bought the distribution rights to Amazon. The movie will lastly be obtainable to stream on September 17, 2021, by way of Amazon Prime Video.

In line with Playbill, the stage musical has additionally just lately reopened at London’s Apollo Theatre this previous Could. It would finally premiere in North America at Los Angeles’s Middle Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in 2022.