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By Dustin Rowles | Film | October 31, 2025
Bleeker Street released the trailer for Fackham Hall three days ago, and it broke the studio record for most views within the first 24 hours: 7.5 million. But why? The movie’s biggest star is, arguably, Damian Lewis, although it also stars Tom Felton (Harry Potter), Katherine Waterston (daughter of Sam), Emma Laird, and Jimmy Carr, who also co-wrote the film, directed by Jim O’Hanlon, a director of British television.
What could be so enticing that 7.5 million people would watch? No big names, no big director, and it’s a British period piece? It’s because it’s a spoof of British period pieces. The Scary Movie of Downton Abbeys. The Naked Gun of Belgravia.
It looks dumb, but that’s the point. Bleeker Street is taking the p*ss.
Fackham Hall opens on December 5th. If half the people who watched the trailer see the movie, it’ll be a smash hit for the studio.
