Focus Features Sets U.S. Release Date for Edward Berger's Thriller Conclave

Conclave will be released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 1, 2024. The film will expand on November 8, 2024.

The film is Edward Berger’s follow up to the 2022 Oscar® winning film, All Quiet on the Western Front. It's written by Peter Straughan, and the cast features Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O’Byrne, Carlos Diehz, Merab Ninidze with Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini.

Based on Robert Harris’ best-selling novel of the same name, Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events—selecting a new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church.

It's produced by Tessa Ross, p.g.a., Juliette Howell, p.g.a., Michael A. Jackman, p.g.a., Robert Harris, and Alice Dawson, with executive producers Steven Rales, Glen Basner, Alison Cohen, Milan Popelka, Ben Browning, Len Blavatnik, Danny Cohen, Zoe Edwards, Harry Dixon, Paul Randle, Tomas Alfredson, Edward Berger, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Straughan, Robyn Slovo, Mario Gianani, and Lorenzo Gangarossa.

Focus Features upcoming 2024 slate includes Piece by Piece from Morgan Neville about the life of multifaceted global superstar Pharrell Williams told through the lens of LEGO bricks, Back to Black about the life and music of Amy Winehouse from director Sam Taylor-Johnson, Robert Eggers' reimagining of Nosferatu, The Bikeriders from director Jeff Nichols, Sundance-Award winner Dìdi (弟弟) from Sean Wang, Kobi Libii's satirical comedy The American Society of Magical Negroes, Baltasar Kormákur's romantic drama Touch, and Goran Stolevski's next feature, Housekeeping for Beginners, among others.