Coming off the field workplace success of “Creed III,” actress Tessa Thompson is already placing collectively new tasks, such because the sci-fi movie “Ash” from Flying Lotus and extra “Creed-related film/television spinoffs that could involve her character, Bianca. But there’s more. The Hollywood Reporter is adding one more to the mix, “Hedda,” that may see Thompson reunite with director Nia DaCosta. The pair beforehand labored collectively on the Neon drama “Little Woods.”
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That new characteristic movie will likely be an “epic and visceral reimagination” of Henrik Ibsen’s famed 1890 stage play that may see the actress tackling that titular position with DaCosta dealing with each writing and directing duties. The venture is being arrange at Orion Pictures and Brad Pitt’s Plan B, which have a superb monitor file for creative ventures like this one.
The Norwegian play, “Hedda Gabler,” has been known as the feminine model of “Hamlet” and will simply grow to be a career-defining position for Thompson. The acclaimed play dramatizes the experiences of the title character, Hedda, a common’s daughter, who’s trapped in a wedding and a home that she doesn’t need. It’s unclear what a “reimagining” would imply, however the play has been each modernized and finished as a interval piece. Regarding the venture’s potential, director Trevor Nunn’s 1975 adaptation of “Hedda” would earn Glenda Jackson an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
DaCosta has been engaged on studio tasks recently with a reimaging/soft-reboot of the “Candyman” franchise for MGM that starred Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Next up is the largest movie of her skilled profession releases on November 11, with the “Captain Marvel” sequel “The Marvels.”