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In early 2019, it was first announced that Catherine Tate would be reprising her role of Joanie Taylor, who first appeared in the sketch series, and subsequently, the spin-off series, for a feature film. The project, directed by Josie Rourke of the 2018 biographical drama, ''[[Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film)|Mary Queen of Scots]]'', announced via [[Instagram]] that the film would be titled ''This Nan's Life''.[{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|title=Here's your first look as Catherine Tate's Nan movie|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a28980033/catherine-tate-nan-movie-first-look/|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=10 September 2019|accessdate=13 September 2019}}][{{cite web|last=Brew|first=Simon|title=The "Nan" movie is going by the name of This Nan's Life, it appears|url=https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/filming-begins-on-catherine-tates-nan-movie/|website=Film Stories|date=11 September 2019|accessdate=13 September 2019}}] Matthew Horne reprises his role as Nan's long-suffering grandson, Jamie, as well as [[Niky Wardley]], another well-known performer within the original series, and [[Katherine Parkinson]]. The film is written by Tate and former collaborator Brett Goldstein. |
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In early 2019, it was first announced that Catherine Tate would be reprising her role of Joanie Taylor, who first appeared in the sketch series, and subsequently, the spin-off series, for a feature film. The project, directed by Josie Rourke of the 2018 biographical drama, ''[[Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film)|Mary Queen of Scots]]'', announced via [[Instagram]] that the film would be titled ''This Nan's Life''.[{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|title=Here's your first look as Catherine Tate's Nan movie|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a28980033/catherine-tate-nan-movie-first-look/|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=10 September 2019|accessdate=13 September 2019}}][{{cite web|last=Brew|first=Simon|title=The "Nan" movie is going by the name of This Nan's Life, it appears|url=https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/filming-begins-on-catherine-tates-nan-movie/|website=Film Stories|date=11 September 2019|accessdate=13 September 2019}}] Matthew Horne reprises his role as Nan's long-suffering grandson, Jamie, as well as [[Niky Wardley]], another well-known performer within the original series, and [[Katherine Parkinson]]. The film is written by Tate and former collaborator Brett Goldstein. |
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After initial filming, the film was retooled substantially. The film largely took place in 1940s London. Those scenes were scaled back and new footage, greatly expanding the modern-day road trip sections, was filmed without Rourke at a low-cost, with animation sequences also used to fill any gaps.[{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=20 March 2022 |title=Gossip: What Really Went Down With Catherine Tate's The Nan Movie |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/gossip-catherine-tate-the-nan-movie-josie-rourke-cut/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}}][{{Cite news |last=Maxwell |first=Dominic |date=2023-12-04 |title=Josie Rourke: 'In the pandemic, I fell in love and ran away to the forest' |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/josie-rourke-in-the-pandemic-i-fell-in-love-and-ran-away-to-the-forest-bcc5xx5sx |access-date=2023-12-04 |issn=0140-0460}}] |
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After initial filming, the film was retooled substantially. The film largely took place in 1940s London. Those scenes were scaled back and new footage, greatly expanding the modern-day road trip sections, were filmed without Rourke at a low cost, with animation sequences also used to fill any gaps.[{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=20 March 2022 |title=Gossip: What Really Went Down With Catherine Tate's The Nan Movie |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/gossip-catherine-tate-the-nan-movie-josie-rourke-cut/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}}][{{Cite news |last=Maxwell |first=Dominic |date=2023-12-04 |title=Josie Rourke: 'In the pandemic, I fell in love and ran away to the forest' |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/josie-rourke-in-the-pandemic-i-fell-in-love-and-ran-away-to-the-forest-bcc5xx5sx |access-date=2023-12-04 |issn=0140-0460}}] |
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The film was scheduled to be released on 19 June 2020,[{{cite web| last=Mustafa| first=Filiz| title=Catherine Tate's Nan movie finally lands an official release date| website=[[Digital Spy]]| url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a29474022/catherine-tate-nan-movie-release-date-confirmed/| date=15 October 2019| accessdate=22 February 2020}}] but was indefinitely postponed due to [[Movie theater|cinemas]] being closed because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].[{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/yes-bovvered-catherine-tate-needs-return-tv/|title=Yes, we are bovvered: why Catherine Tate needs to return to TV|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=23 April 2020|publisher=|accessdate=19 June 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|last1=Hogan|first1=Michael}}] The trailer and poster for the film were released on 18 February 2022 with Josie Rourke receiving an executive producer credit and no director credited.[{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=17 March 2022 |title=Is Catherine Tate's New Film The Nan Missing a Director Credit? |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/catherine-tate-the-nan-movie-no-director-credit-josie-rourke-brett-goldstein-mathew-horne/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}}] The film was released on 18 March 2022.[{{cite AV media |date=18 February 2022 |title=The Nan Movie - Official Trailer - Warner Bros. UK & Ireland |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ephzAakrs |access-date=18 February 2022}}] As a result of "technical reasons", [[Pete Bennett]]'s role was reduced to a brief appearance.[{{Cite web |date=1 April 2022 |title=Catherine Tate apologises to BB star for cutting Nan Movie scenes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39606640/big-brother-pete-bennett-cut-scenes-nan-movie/ |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}] |
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The film was scheduled to be released on 19 June 2020,[{{cite web| last=Mustafa| first=Filiz| title=Catherine Tate's Nan movie finally lands an official release date| website=[[Digital Spy]]| url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a29474022/catherine-tate-nan-movie-release-date-confirmed/| date=15 October 2019| accessdate=22 February 2020}}] but was indefinitely postponed due to [[Movie theater|cinemas]] being closed because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].[{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/yes-bovvered-catherine-tate-needs-return-tv/|title=Yes, we are bovvered: why Catherine Tate needs to return to TV|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=23 April 2020|publisher=|accessdate=19 June 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|last1=Hogan|first1=Michael}}] The trailer and poster for the film were released on 18 February 2022 with Josie Rourke receiving an executive producer credit and no director credited.[{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=17 March 2022 |title=Is Catherine Tate's New Film The Nan Missing a Director Credit? |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/catherine-tate-the-nan-movie-no-director-credit-josie-rourke-brett-goldstein-mathew-horne/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}}] The film was released on 18 March 2022.[{{cite AV media |date=18 February 2022 |title=The Nan Movie - Official Trailer - Warner Bros. UK & Ireland |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ephzAakrs |access-date=18 February 2022}}] As a result of "technical reasons", [[Pete Bennett]]'s role was reduced to a brief appearance.[{{Cite web |date=1 April 2022 |title=Catherine Tate apologises to BB star for cutting Nan Movie scenes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39606640/big-brother-pete-bennett-cut-scenes-nan-movie/ |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}] |
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