Written and directed by Brian Welsh (Beats, Black Mirror), The Return of Stanley Atwell is based on an original story by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, who also serves as executive producer. The film marks Welsh’s second collaboration with Soderbergh following their debut Beats, and his second collaboration with Liza Marshall and Hera Pictures after the acclaimed BBC drama What It Feels Like for a Girl.

Stanley Atwell (Galitzine), the presumed dead son and heir to Lord Atwell’s title and fortune, unexpectedly returns to the family estate having escaped a decade of mysterious captivity. Atwell’s shocking reappearance causes chaos as he finds his sister Beatrice fighting to claim his inheritance, whilst close friend Pamela (Purnell) manipulates his puzzling return, and a dark family secret, in a bid to seize control of the Atwell fortune. Sex, passion, backstabbing and betrayal wreak havoc across the estate as the lies and deception the Atwell name has been built upon start to unravel. How far is each family member willing to go to protect their own wealth and status… and what is really behind the return of Stanley Atwell?

The film is produced by Liza Marshall for Hera Pictures and John Gore for John Gore Studios.

Academy Award® winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh serves as Executive Producer with Hilary Strong and Francis Hopkinson executive producing for John Gore Studios, alongside Protagonist Pictures. The film is produced by Hera Pictures, co-produced and equity financed by John Gore Studios (The Duchess & I, The Queen of Fashion). Protagonist Pictures will handle international sales and WME Independent are co-repping US rights.