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Lionsgate Play Sets January 9 India Streaming Debut for The Thing With Feathers

The Lionsgate Play release expands access beyond its art-house rollout.

Overview

  • Streaming begins January 9 exclusively on Lionsgate Play in India, as confirmed by the platform.
  • The film adapts Max Porter’s Grief Is the Thing with Feathers with Benedict Cumberbatch as a widowed father.
  • Dylan Southern directs, with David Thewlis voicing the Crow and Eric Lampaert performing the role alongside young actors Henry Boxall and Richard.
  • Cumberbatch frames the work as an exploration of grief, male vulnerability and fatherhood expressed through surreal imagery.
  • After premieres at Sundance and Berlin, the movie opened in theaters on November 21, 2025, to mixed reviews.