Welsh star Catherine Zeta-Jones has joined her fellow countryman Anthony Hopkins in D.J. Caruso’s A Visit to Grandpa’s, which began filming earlier this month.
WestEnd Films will handle international sales and will reveal first footage to buyers in Cannes. The initial stills released on Wednesday show the Chicago actress in a yellow dress serving at a bar, and The Silence of the Lambs actor bundled up in a hat and coat.
The film, also starring Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk), Artie Wilkinson-Hunt (Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die), Geraldine James (Sherlock Holmes), and Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Peaky Blinders), is inspired by Welsh poet and author Dylan Thomas’ much-loved short story.
It follows a young boy sent to spend one summer with his charismatic and wildly eccentric grandfather (Hopkins) on a remote Welsh farm. “Expecting dull days and strict rules, the boy instead stumbles into a world of delightful chaos and imagination — where outrageous stories are spun, and a world of wonder, memory, and mischief unfolds,” reads a plot synopsis. “What begins as a reluctant visit becomes a magical journey of connection, discovery, and unexpected joy.”
Anthony Hopkins in ‘A Visit to Grandpa’s’
Christopher Raphael
American filmmaker-screenwriter Caruso is best known for his 2007 thriller Disturbia, as well as 2008’s Eagle Eye and 2024’s Mary.
A Visit to Grandpa‘s is produced by Welsh producer Huw Penallt Jones with Hannah Leader and Amory Leader. The film is a European co-production with Adler Entertainment and U-Media.
Key crew members include director of photography Gavin Struthers, production designer Tom Pearce, costume designer Tina Kalivas, and hair and makeup designer Deb Kenton.
Anthony Hopkins is repped by Jeremy Barber at UTA and Mitch Smelkinson at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Catherine Zeta-Jones is represented by UTA. D.J. Caruso is repped by UTA and Media Talent Group.
