'The Personal History of David Copperfield' Finally Has a Digital Release Date

After repeated delays, reschedulings, and cancellations as studios around the world struggle to figure out how to release movies during the coronavirus pandemic, the critically acclaimed film The Personal History of David Copperfield will finally get a digital release in the U.S. next month.

This latest adaptation in a century-long tradition comes to us from director Armando Iannucci, the man behind such modern-day satirical gems as The Think of It and In the Loop. And if the trailer is anything to go by his signature dry, off-beat humor has translated surprisingly well to a period setting.

For those who didn't pay attention in English class back in the day, David Copperfield follows the story of a young boy from impoverished orphan to burgeoning writer in Victorian England, chronicling his everyday adventures and the people who enter and leave his life at various stages of his development.