Jay Roach is ready to direct the “reimagining” whereas the author of Poor Things shall be penning the screenplay.
UPDATE: It appears to be like like we had been proper about this one, with the trades formally confirming at present that the War of the Roses “reimagining” with Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman is a go! Both Cumberbatch and Colman may even be hooked up as producers by way of their very own manufacturing corporations. There isn’t any information but about when it would begin taking pictures, however realistically, the earliest we’ll see it’s the finish of 2025.
ORIGINAL POST: Let’s get able to rumble. Marital woes can get ugly. A few years in the past, the general public grew to become enthralled with the defamation trial between former married couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, the place issues acquired ugly. It was such a aggressive public thrashing between the 2 stars that Alice Cooper would joke that Depp and Heard ought to star in a remake of The War of the Roses. Cooper, who’s buddies with Depp, advised him, “I have a great idea. You and Amber do a remake of The War of the Roses. Who wouldn’t go and see that?”
Alice Cooper might not have gotten the solid he needed, however a remake of The War of the Roses is, in actual fact, on its manner beneath the title The Roses. According to trade insider Daniel Richtman, Jay Roach, who is understood for the Austin Powers trilogy and the Meet the Parents films, shall be helming the brand new movie for Searchlight Pictures with Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman because the feuding couple. The movie is written by Tony McNamara, who has written the current awards nominee Poor Things, in addition to Yorgos Lanthimos‘ earlier movie The Favourite. Producers on the movie embrace Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Ed Sinclair, Tom Carver, Jay Roach and Michelle Graham.
The synopsis for the movie reads,
“Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (CUMBERBATCH) and Ivy (COLMAN): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down. Marital bliss erupts into a hilariously ferocious battle of wills in this dark comedy about love, power, and the lengths we’ll go to win.”
The movie is taking pictures within the United Kingdom, and at the moment, the manufacturing is casting for appears to be like to be the dual youngsters of Theo and Ivy, named Roy and Hattie. They are on the lookout for roles for the youthful and teenage variations of the youngsters. The siblings additionally seemingly take after their mother and father with their competitiveness. The casting description reads, “The twins are super disciplined competitors, runners and great all-around athletes who follow a rigid training protocol but also, and IMPORTANTLY, have a great dry, witty sense of humor learned from both parents.”