“The Roses,” a reimagining of the 1989 drama “The Warfare of the Roses,” might be launched on Aug. 29, 2025, Searchlight announced on Tuesday.
The brand new movie might be directed by Jay Roach (“Bombshell”) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman.
Life appears straightforward for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Colman) and Theo (Cumberbatch): profitable careers, a loving marriage, nice children. However beneath the façade of their supposed superb life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s profession nosedives whereas Ivy’s personal ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competitors and hidden resentment ignites. “The Roses” is impressed by the 1989 basic movie “The Warfare of the Roses,” based mostly on the novel by Warren Adler.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, “The Warfare of the Roses” was a black comedy that earned a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations. Roach directed the brand new model of the divorce story from a screenplay by Tony McNamara, who earned his second Oscar nomination for the screenplay to Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Issues.”
Cumberbatch produceed by his SunnyMarch banner alongside Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who’ve been in improvement on the venture since 2017. Colman produced beneath South of the River with Ed Sinclair and Tom Carver. Roach and Michelle Graham additionally produced with Jonathan R. Adler and Michael Adler of Adler Leisure Belief as govt producers. That’s a part of a first-look deal between them and Searchlight.
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