Overview
- Production sources say The Janitor is in production with Harry Kirton cast as a crisis publicist and the makers report the film could reach screens before Christmas as a theatrical release or as the basis for a US TV adaptation.
- Filmmakers told reporters they offered Mountbatten‑Windsor’s legal team a chance to provide his side for the script but say he declined to engage with the project.
- Producers and multiple reports say the drama will depict sequences tied to Virginia Giuffre and will recreate a photograph from the Epstein files that shows Mountbatten‑Windsor kneeling over a woman.
- The production has publicly defended its approach, with a source saying the legal team has ‘bulletproofed every single frame’ and the executive producer warning the film expects backlash and possible litigation.
- The film’s dramatisation sits against the subject’s recent troubles: Mountbatten‑Windsor had his royal titles removed last year and was arrested on February 19 this year; he remains under investigation and denies wrongdoing.