What is The Two Popes?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Two Popes''''' is a British-Italian-American 2019 [[biographical]] [[drama]] movie directed by [[Fernando Meirelles]] and written by [[Anthony McCarten]]. It was adapted from McCarten's 2017 play ''The Pope''. <ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix confirms cast and production team on 'The Pope' |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/netflix-confirms-argentine-cast-and-production-team-on-the-pope/5123699.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902220359/https://www.screendaily.com/news/netflix-confirms-argentine-cast-and-production-team-on-the-pope/5123699.article |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> It stars [[Anthony Hopkins]] as [[Pope Benedict XVI]] and [[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[Pope Francis|Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio]] (later Pope Francis).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/netflix-confirms-argentine-cast-and-production-team-on-the-pope/5123699.article|title=Netflix confirms Argentine cast and production team on 'The Pope'|last=Kay|first=Jeremy|website=Screen Daily|language=en|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> The movie had a [[limited release|limited]] theatrical release in the United States on November 27, 2019 and in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2019, and started digital streaming on December 20, 2019, by [[Netflix]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Two Popes, The}} [[Category:2010s biographical movies]] [[Category:2019 drama movies]] [[Category:Netflix movies]] [[Category:Italian biographical movies]] [[Category:Italian drama movies]] [[Category:British biographical movies]] [[Category:British drama movies]] [[Category:American biographical movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Vatican City]] {{movie-stub}}