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A statement released by [[Film4]] in February 2016 made reference to funding what would be Morris's second feature film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Channel 4 announces major increase to Film4 funding'|url=http://blog.film4.com/channel-4-announces-major-increase-to-film4-funding|website=www.film4.co.uk|publisher=Film4|access-date=9 February 2016|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213140151/http://blog.film4.com/channel-4-announces-major-increase-to-film4-funding/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2017 it was reported that Morris had shot the movie, starring [[Anna Kendrick]], in the [[Dominican Republic]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/chris-morris-film-2018-new-four-lions-brass-eye-anna-kendrick-a8079696.html|title=Brass Eye's Chris Morris has secretly shot a film in the Caribbean starring Anna Kendrick|date=28 November 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=3 December 2017|language=en-GB|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204061226/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/chris-morris-film-2018-new-four-lions-brass-eye-anna-kendrick-a8079696.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but the title was not made public. It was later reported in January 2018 that [[Jim Gaffigan]] and [[Rupert Friend]] had joined the cast of the still-untitled film, and that the plot would revolve around an FBI hostage situation gone wrong.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rupert Friend and Jim Gaffigan join Chris Morris film |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/01/08/38827/rupert_friend_and_jim_gaffigan_join_chris_morris_film |website=[[Chortle]] |access-date=14 March 2019 |archive-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127110419/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/01/08/38827/rupert_friend_and_jim_gaffigan_join_chris_morris_film |url-status=live }}</ref> The completed film, titled ''[[The Day Shall Come]]'', had its world premiere at [[South by Southwest]] on 11 March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/olivia-wilde-seth-rogen-matthew-mcconaughey-added-sxsw-film-fest-lineup-1176656|title=SXSW: Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey to Premiere New Work|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|date=16 January 2019|access-date=16 January 2019|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328065451/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/olivia-wilde-seth-rogen-matthew-mcconaughey-added-sxsw-film-fest-lineup-1176656|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
{{quote box |width=30% |align=right |quote="I don't really see the point of comedy unless there's something underpinning it. I mean, what are you doing? Are you doing some kind of exotic display for the court, to be patted on the head by the court, or are you trying to change something?" |source=—Morris discussing the motives behind comedy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Morris on satire in the Trump era and his new film 'The Day Shall Come' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK8i2mRxX3sliV5wKAihh8&t=338s |website=YouTube |publisher=Channel 4 |date=2 October 2019 |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref>}}
 
== Artistry ==