The Irishman Will Be On UK Netflix On 27 November

Martin Scorsese's The Irishman will be released on Netflix in the UK on 27 November.

The movie, which stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, will hit UK cinemas on 8 November before it arrives on the streaming platform.

Our pals across the pond will seemingly get to watch a little bit sooner, as its reportedly tipped for cinematic release on 1 November and dropping on Netflix one week later on the 8 November.

The eagerly-anticipated film seems a host of gangster-movie royalty reunited - alongside De Niro and Pacino, the flick stars Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci and Bobby Cannavale as well as Boardwalk Empire and Line of Duty star Stephen Graham.

The film gets its premier at the 57th New York Film Festival on 27 September. NYFF director Kent Jones, who has been treated to a screener of the new flick, heaped praise on it, saying: "It's the work of masters, made with a command of the art of cinema that I've seen very rarely in my lifetime, and it plays out at a level of subtlety and human intimacy that truly stunned me."

The Irishman is based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt and tells the story of Frank Sheeran, a gangster, hitman and World War Two veteran. Sheeran (played by De Niro in the film) finds himself mixed up with some of the most notorious people of the 20th century.

The film centres on the disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino) and its possible connection to organised crime.

The movie is set to have Netflix's biggest ever theatrical release - following on from the success of Roma last year.

It is reported to have cost the streaming giant around $105m (£82m) to create.

Robert De Niro told Marrakesh Film Festival 2018: "We've talked about it with Netflix.

"They are going to do a presentation of our film the way it should be, in a theatre, in certain venues, the best theatrical venues there can be.

"How they resolve it is, in the beginning, they will show it on the big screen, we're talking about big venues where it would play, where it should play, and what happens after that I'm not sure."

The Irishman hits Netflix in the UK on 27 November - if you can't wait that long, it'll be a selected cinemas on 8 November.

Topics: TV and Film, Netflix

Claire Reid

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