Alan Cumming’s renaissance continues with a role alongside this ‘Succession’ star
Succession. New movie Glenrothan will mark Cox’s directorial debut. One of its producers, Neil Zeiger, calls it Cox’s “love letter to Scotland”.
Both Cox and Cumming, 69, are Scottish. Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Variety reveals the movie recently finished shooting.
Producers are now in the process of striking deals with distributors. Lionsgate has already snapped it up for a theatrical run in the UK.
The movie explores themes of family and heritage and centers on two estranged brothers reuniting. “Donal (Cumming) reluctantly returns to the Scottish Highlands after 35 years in Chicago to make amends with his estranged older brother, Sandy (Cox),” says Variety. “Sandy needs Donal to take over the family’s whisky distillery or he will be forced to sell and give up on the family’s legacy.
