Overview
- Neon opens the film in New York and Los Angeles on April 10, followed by a nationwide expansion on April 17.
- Ian McKellen leads as once‑famous pop artist Julian Sklar, with Michaela Coel as an art restorer and former forger.
- The official synopsis details a scheme by Sklar’s estranged children to have eight unfinished canvases completed and later “discovered.”
- Ed Solomon wrote the screenplay, with Jim Parks and Iain A. Canning producing and Michael Schaefer, Mike Larocca, and Corey Bayes as executive producers.
- The Christophers premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where Neon acquired it and critics highlighted McKellen’s performance.