Giant with John Lithgow in cinemas – trailer released
The award-winning play comes to the big screen
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Nationwide
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9 July 2026
A trailer has been released for Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier Award-winning drama Giant, starring John Lithgow, ahead of its international cinema release.
Showings are set to take place in 900 cinemas in 18 different countries around the world, including the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia. The official release date is 19 November 2026.
Set in the summer of 1983, just before the release of The Witches, Giant imagines a tense meeting between Roald Dahl and his American and British publishers as they scramble to contain the fallout from his public denunciation of Israel and defence of the Palestinians in a review of a book on the 1982 Lebanon war.
Giant enjoyed sold-out runs at the Royal Court Theatre and in London’s West End, where it was filmed at the Harold Pinter Theatre. It also played on Broadway.
The screen cast will be made up of Tony Award winner Lithgow as Dahl, Olivier winner Elliot Levey, Tony nominee Aya Cash, Rachael Stirling, Tessa Bonham Jones, and Richard Hope. It is directed by Nicholas Hytner.
