Pressure (upcoming film)

Pressure is an upcoming British war film directed by Anthony Maras and written by Maras and David Haig, based on Haig's 2014 stage play. It stars Andrew Scott as meteorologist James Stagg and Brendan Fraser as Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Pressure
Directed by	Anthony Maras
Screenplay by	David Haig Anthony Maras
Based on	Pressure by David Haig
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
Starring	Andrew Scott Brendan Fraser Kerry Condon Damian Lewis Chris Messina
Cinematography	Jamie D. Ramsay
Production companies	Working Title Films StudioCanal
Distributed by	StudioCanal
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Premise

In the final days before the planned Allied invasion of Europe in 1944, Royal Air Force meteorologist James Stagg must deliver a weather report to the Allied high command determining the feasibility of the planned D-Day.^[1][2]

Cast

• Andrew Scott as James Stagg
• Brendan Fraser as Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Kerry Condon as Kay Summersby
• Chris Messina as Irving P. Krick
• Damian Lewis as Bernard Montgomery
• Con O'Neill as Trafford Leigh-Mallory
• Daniel Quinn-Toye as Michael Gregory
• Toby Williams as Bryant
• Max Croes as Private Eugene Shaw

Production

The film is produced by Working Title Films and StudioCanal and directed by Anthony Maras, who co-wrote the script with David Haig. It is adapted from Haig's stage play Pressure which premiered in Edinburgh in 2014 and later moved to the West End.^[3]

Andrew Scott was reported to be leading the cast in July 2024 as Captain James Stagg.^[4] The same month, Brendan Fraser was cast as Dwight D. Eisenhower.^[5] The following month, Kerry Condon joined the cast as Eisenhower's assistant Captain Kay Summersby.^[6] They were later joined in the cast by Damien Lewis and Chris Messina. Principal photography began in the UK in September 2024.^[7][8]

Release

In November 2024, Focus Features acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.^[9]