There have been many filmed adaptations of Noël Coward's play, including Blithe Spirit (1956) in which writer Noël Coward himself plays the lead role alongside Claudette Colbert and Lauren Bacall, but the most popular version is Blithe Spirit (1945) starring Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Margaret Rutherford and Kay Hammond and directed by David Lean.
It was sold to Sky Cinema after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its cinema release twice: from May 2020 to September 2020 and then to January 2021. Both Netflix and Amazon passed on buying the project; IFC Films distributed it in the United States.
Penelope Keith has played Madame Arcati in several recent tours around England but was passed over for this film version.
Callie Cooke's feature debut.