Can You Ever Forgive Me movie: All you need to know on the AUDACIOUS true story

Finally, a role fit for a queen.

While Can You Ever Forgive me may not be the movie everyone expects Melissa McCarthy to make, it is the one in which she can shine.

The comedic genius has had a few recent cinematic flops which have not lived up to her inimitable talent.

But now, Can You Ever Forgive Me has given McCarthy the chance to stretch her acting muscles in a whole new way.

You can watch the brand new trailer for Can You Ever Forgive Me right here at Express.co.uk.

When is Can You Ever Forgive Me out in cinemas?

The true-story film will be released in UK cinemas on Friday, February 1, 2019.

However, for those who purchased tickets to the upcoming BFI film festival, the movie is available much sooner.

Can You Ever Forgive Me will have a UK Gala Screening at the BFI London Film Festival on Friday, October 19, 2018.

Stateside, the movie will have its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2018.

The movie will also screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018, with a US release date of October 19, 2018.

Who is in the Can You Ever Forgive Me cast?

Besides Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant also takes a starring role as Jack, the friend who abets Lee’s criminal activity.

Other cast members include Jane Curtin as Marjorie, Dolly Wells as Anna, Anna Deavere Smith as Elaine, Shae D’Lyn as Nell, Michael Cyril Creighton as Harry, Kevin Carolan as Tom Clancy, Marc Evan Jackson as Lloyd, Tim Cummings as Craig, Christian Navarro as Kurt, Joanna Adler as Arlene, and Ben Falcone as Alan Schmidt.

Before McCarthy joined, Julianne Moore was set to portray the biographer, but she dropped out of the project in 2015.

Can You Ever Forgive Me is directed by Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) and written by Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said).

What is the plot of Can You Ever Forgive Me?

The official plot synopsis reads: “When Lee Israel is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack.”

The biographer has covered the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen.

But the trailer finds her down on her luck, unable to sell her used books back to the very store which sells her own new works.

When she makes a discovery of a letter authored by Fanny Bryce, Lee turns to selling it to help pay her rent.

Soon she discovers a knack for forging these letters, and what starts as a lark turns into one of the biggest literary frauds. 

Can You Ever Forgive Me will have a UK Gala Screening at the BFI London Film Festival on Friday, October 19, 2018, and is in UK cinemas on February 1, 2019.