Kevin Spacey’s ‘Control,’ first film since sexual assault acquittal, gets release date

Kevin Spacey is returning to the screen for the first time since being acquitted of sexual assault, with his new film “Control” getting a year-end release date.

Gene Fallaize’s flick — in which the 64-year-old Oscar winner does not appear but instead has a prominent voice role — will release Dec. 15, Variety reports.

The “Usual Suspects” star plays a man who remotely takes over the self-driving car of the British Home Secretary, “forcing her on a rampage through London,” according to the IMDb synopsis of the action-thriller.

The film’s release comes about a year after Spacey recorded his voice role in the U.K., where he was awaiting trial for nine sexual assault charges stemming from claims dating from 2001 to 2013.

Last month, a London court acquitted the Tony winner of all charges — of which there had initially been 12 pertaining to allegations from four men. Three of those charges were eventually dropped.

Spacey previously lived in the U.K. during a lengthy stint as the artistic director of the Old Vic theater.

Allegations of misconduct were first leveled against the “House of Cards” star in 2017, on the heels of those made against since-convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, spurring the #MeToo movement. Like many others, Spacey swiftly became a pariah in the public eye. Among other ramifications, he was axed from the final season of the Netflix political thriller.

Fallaize, who also wrote and executive produced “Control,” told Variety last month that he stands by casting Spacey.

“These people that are saying — if they’re saying — that we’re whitewashing him or enabling him to come back, what facts have they got to contradict the jury?” he asked. “I don’t regret casting Kevin and I would do it all over again.”