Pub- based comedy drama Mother’s Pride will be in cinemas next year, and the cast has now been confirmed.
The British film industry has been releasing a steady stream of comedy dramas over the last few years, full of homegrown talent both in front of and behind the camera.
In 2018, Stephen Graham and comedian Dave Johns led the cast of wrestling comedy Walk Like A Panther, although perhaps the most notable example is the Fisherman’s Friends series, which chronicled the unlikely story of a group of fisherman who form a band and release an album of sea shanties to critical and commercial acclaim.
This led to life imitating art, as the actual band the film was based on saw a huge surge in popularity, with albums climbing up the charts and multiple sell out national tours.
According to the British Comedy Guide, the team behind Fisherman’s Friends is now producing pub based comedy drama Mother’s Pride. The synopsis reads as follows:
Mother’s Pride tells the story of a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British beer awards.
Men Behaving Badly’s Martin Clunes and The Inbetweeners’ James Buckley will lead the cast as Mike and Jake Harley, alongside Jonno Davies as Cal Harley, Gabriella Wilde as Abi, Mark Addy as Paxman, Lana Moorcroft as Romy, Luke Treadaway as Edward Pritchard and Miles Jupp as Jeremy. The cast also includes Lola-Rose Maxwell, Josie Lawrence, Karl Collins, Stephen Leask and Emily Lloyd-Saini.
Nick Moorcroft will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Meg Leonard.
In other Martin Clunes news, it was recently revealed that he will reunite with his Men Behaving Badly co-star Neil Morrissey for travelogue Neil and Martin’s Bon Voyage, which will see the pair travel around France.
And, updating this story a month or two after it originally ran, the film now has a confirmed release date, of 2nd May 2025.