Kristen Stewart to play Princess Diana in Spencer

Hollywood star Kristen Stewart will be essaying the role of Princess Diana in filmmaker Pablo Larrain’s Spencer. The film, which will centre around the Princess of Wales’ decision to leave Prince Charles while holidaying with the British royals, has a script from Steven Knight of Peaky Blinders fame.

According to Deadline, the story takes place over three days, in one of Princess Diana’s final Christmas holidays in the House of Windsor in their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. Larrain, whose directorial credits includes critically-acclaimed films such as Jackie, Neruda and Ema, will also produce the movie along with Juan de Dios, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski and Paul Webster.

FilmNation Entertainment is handling the international rights and will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming virtual Cannes market.