Emma Thompson is starring in 'Hear Me Roar' about the Liz Bellinger transgender legal case alongside Christopher Eccleston and Anna Friel

Upcoming British movie Hear Me Roar, starring Anna Friel and Christopher Eccleston, will spotlight a landmark trans marriage ruling.

Emma Thompson, Anna Friel, Christopher Eccleston, Julian Ovenden and Rebecca Root have joined the cast of queer drama feature "Hear Me Roar." The script is co-written by Lisa McMullin and Ashley Bayston,

Love Actually’s Emma Thompson and Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston are set to appear in a drama portraying a landmark UK court case involving a trans woman’s marriage. Hear Me Roar, co-written by Lisa McMullin and lawyer Ashley Bayston,

Christopher Eccleston, Emma Thompson, Anna Friel, Rebecca Root, and Julian Ovenden are cast in Hear Me Roar. The drama will be directed by Amy Coop from a screenplay by transgender woman Ashley Bayston and her lawyer Lisa McMullin,

Hear Me Roar tells the story of Elizabeth Bellinger's legal fight against the British government over her marriage to Michael Bellinger. The film follows their lengthy and complicated legal case, which would change the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the U.