New THE CHILDREN ACT Trailer Witness the new THE CHILDREN ACT trailer! The film, directed by Richard Eyre (Iris, The Other Man), stars Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead, Honey Holmes, and Ben Chaplin. THE CHILDREN ACT will be released in theaters on September 14. As her marriage to Jack flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye has a life-changing decision to make at work – should she force a teenage boy, Adam, to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.