Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in Searchlight Pictures’ The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 dark comedy The War Of The Roses to be directed by Jay Roach.
Tony McNamara, whose credits include Poor Things and The Great, wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Warren Adler.
The Roses centres on the seemingly perfect family life of Theo and Ivy, whose private competition and resentments are exposed when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
Cumberbatch is producing through his SunnyMarch with Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who have been in development on the project since 2017. Colman is...
Tony McNamara, whose credits include Poor Things and The Great, wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Warren Adler.
The Roses centres on the seemingly perfect family life of Theo and Ivy, whose private competition and resentments are exposed when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
Cumberbatch is producing through his SunnyMarch with Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who have been in development on the project since 2017. Colman is...
- 4/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in “The Roses,” a reimagining of the 1989 classic “The War of the Roses.” The dark comedy, which is currently in development, will be directed by Jay Roach (“Bombshell,” “Meet the Parents”) and is written by Tony McNamara (“Poor Things,” “The Great”) based on the novel by Warren Adler.
The film follows picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), who have successful careers, great kids and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentment that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
“‘The Roses’ is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” said Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield announcing the project. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”
Cumberbatch will produce under his SunnyMarch...
The film follows picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), who have successful careers, great kids and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentment that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
“‘The Roses’ is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” said Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield announcing the project. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”
Cumberbatch will produce under his SunnyMarch...
- 4/1/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) and Olivia Colman (The Favourite) have been tapped to star in The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses that Jay Roach (Bombshell) will direct for Searchlight Pictures.
Currently in development, the dark comedy’s logline is as follows: 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.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, the original film adaptation of The War of the Roses was released by 20th Century Fox in 1989, garnering a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations, including for Best Motion Picture, among other accolades.
Tony McNamara (Poor Things) has scripted Searchlight’s new take...
Currently in development, the dark comedy’s logline is as follows: 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.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, the original film adaptation of The War of the Roses was released by 20th Century Fox in 1989, garnering a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations, including for Best Motion Picture, among other accolades.
Tony McNamara (Poor Things) has scripted Searchlight’s new take...
- 4/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Costner, renowned for his compelling portrayal in the acclaimed TV series Yellowstone, has left an indelible mark on audiences worldwide. However, his unexpected departure from the hit show last year cast a shadow over his involvement.
Yet, in a surprising turn of events, Costner has emerged with a bold venture, poised to captivate audiences once again: the Western epic film, Horizon: An American Saga.
Kevin Costner on Yellowstone
What makes this endeavor particularly daring is Costner’s decision to personally finance and contribute his own money to the production. By stepping outside the confines of traditional Hollywood financing, Costner is not only taking control of his creative destiny but also setting an example for aspiring filmmakers and actors alike.
Kevin Costner’s Bold Bet by Financing on Horizon: An American Saga
Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga
Kevin Costner‘s latest venture into the cinematic world, Horizon: An American Saga,...
Yet, in a surprising turn of events, Costner has emerged with a bold venture, poised to captivate audiences once again: the Western epic film, Horizon: An American Saga.
Kevin Costner on Yellowstone
What makes this endeavor particularly daring is Costner’s decision to personally finance and contribute his own money to the production. By stepping outside the confines of traditional Hollywood financing, Costner is not only taking control of his creative destiny but also setting an example for aspiring filmmakers and actors alike.
Kevin Costner’s Bold Bet by Financing on Horizon: An American Saga
Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga
Kevin Costner‘s latest venture into the cinematic world, Horizon: An American Saga,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Pritha Roy
- FandomWire
Pippa Harris, Mendes producing through their Neal Street Productions
Sam Mendes has commenced principal photography in the UK on Searchlight Pictures’ Empire Of Light featuring an ensemble cast led by Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward and Colin Firth.
Tom Brooke (The Crown) and Hannah Onslow (This Is Going To Hurt) have joined the previously announced cast which includes and Toby Jones, Crystal Clarke and Tanya Moodie.
Pippa Harris and Mendes are producing through their Neal Street Productions. The story is set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980’s. The film will shoot...
Sam Mendes has commenced principal photography in the UK on Searchlight Pictures’ Empire Of Light featuring an ensemble cast led by Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward and Colin Firth.
Tom Brooke (The Crown) and Hannah Onslow (This Is Going To Hurt) have joined the previously announced cast which includes and Toby Jones, Crystal Clarke and Tanya Moodie.
Pippa Harris and Mendes are producing through their Neal Street Productions. The story is set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980’s. The film will shoot...
- 2/28/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sam Mendes has begun principal photography on the south coast of England for his upcoming feature, Empire Of Light. From Searchlight Pictures, the drama is written by Mendes — his first solo screenplay — and stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Crystal Clarke and Tanya Moodie.
Joining the previously announced cast are Tom Brooke and Hannah Onslow (Ridley Road, Call The Midwife).
Billed as a love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema in the 1980s, Empire Of Light will shoot in Margate and along the Kent coastline through May. Produced by Pippa Harris and Mendes under their Neal Street Productions banner, it will be released theatrically by Searchlight.
The filmmaking team is a who’s who of Oscar winners and nominees and includes longstanding Mendes collaborators such as cinematographer Roger Deakins, who reunites with Mendes for their fifth collaboration; as well...
Joining the previously announced cast are Tom Brooke and Hannah Onslow (Ridley Road, Call The Midwife).
Billed as a love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema in the 1980s, Empire Of Light will shoot in Margate and along the Kent coastline through May. Produced by Pippa Harris and Mendes under their Neal Street Productions banner, it will be released theatrically by Searchlight.
The filmmaking team is a who’s who of Oscar winners and nominees and includes longstanding Mendes collaborators such as cinematographer Roger Deakins, who reunites with Mendes for their fifth collaboration; as well...
- 2/28/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures is developing a drama based on a book about playwright Tennessee Williams called “Leading Men,” and the studio has set Matthew Lopez, the writer behind the Olivier Award-winning play “The Inheritance,” to write the screenplay.
Luca Guadagnino and “Nomadland” producer Peter Spears will produce “Leading Men,” though no director has been attached.
“Leading Men” is about the passionate and often tumultuous relationship between Tennessee Williams and his longtime partner Frank Merlo. The film is set amidst the glamorous literary circles of 1950s Italy and New York and explores the burden of fame and the complex negotiations of life in the shadows of greatness and ambition, all through the eyes of the muse who inspired one of America’s foremost playwrights.
“Leading Men” is based on a novel of historical fiction of the same name by Christopher Castellani, and the book was originally published in 2019.
Overseeing the project for...
Luca Guadagnino and “Nomadland” producer Peter Spears will produce “Leading Men,” though no director has been attached.
“Leading Men” is about the passionate and often tumultuous relationship between Tennessee Williams and his longtime partner Frank Merlo. The film is set amidst the glamorous literary circles of 1950s Italy and New York and explores the burden of fame and the complex negotiations of life in the shadows of greatness and ambition, all through the eyes of the muse who inspired one of America’s foremost playwrights.
“Leading Men” is based on a novel of historical fiction of the same name by Christopher Castellani, and the book was originally published in 2019.
Overseeing the project for...
- 11/23/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Matthew López, the acclaimed playwright behind “The Inheritance,” will bring the story of legendary dramatist Tennessee Williams to the big screen for Searchlight Pictures.
López will pen a feature film adaptation of the novel “Leading Men,” which centers on the “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” scribe and his longtime partner Frank Merlo. The film is produced by Luca Guadagnino and Peter Spears, who previously teamed for “Call Me By Your Name.” This is Spears’ second Searchlight project, after Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” which won the Venice Golden Lion and TIFF’s people’s choice award. There is currently no director attached to the project.
The novel by Christopher Castellani tells the tale of the romantic partnership between Williams and Merlo, touted in a synopsis of the film as “one of the most creatively inspiring love stories of the twentieth century.”
Already famous for penning “The Glass Menagerie,...
López will pen a feature film adaptation of the novel “Leading Men,” which centers on the “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” scribe and his longtime partner Frank Merlo. The film is produced by Luca Guadagnino and Peter Spears, who previously teamed for “Call Me By Your Name.” This is Spears’ second Searchlight project, after Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” which won the Venice Golden Lion and TIFF’s people’s choice award. There is currently no director attached to the project.
The novel by Christopher Castellani tells the tale of the romantic partnership between Williams and Merlo, touted in a synopsis of the film as “one of the most creatively inspiring love stories of the twentieth century.”
Already famous for penning “The Glass Menagerie,...
- 11/23/2020
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell and David Oyelowo have all joined the cast for a currently untitled murder mystery feature for Searchlight Pictures.
The film will be set in 1950s London, where a desperate Hollywood film producer sets out to turn a popular West End play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and overzealous rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit within London’s glamorous Theatreland and sordid underground.
‘This Country’ filmmaker Tom George is set to direct from a script penned by Mark Chappell.
A production start date has yet to be set. Katie Goodson-Thomas, Head of Development & Production for Searchlight Pictures UK, will oversee for the studio along with Director of Production Richard Ruiz and Senior Development Executive Pete Spencer.
Also in news – Glenn Close, Naomie Harris and Awkwafina board sci-fi drama ‘Swan Song’
Ronan...
The film will be set in 1950s London, where a desperate Hollywood film producer sets out to turn a popular West End play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and overzealous rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit within London’s glamorous Theatreland and sordid underground.
‘This Country’ filmmaker Tom George is set to direct from a script penned by Mark Chappell.
A production start date has yet to be set. Katie Goodson-Thomas, Head of Development & Production for Searchlight Pictures UK, will oversee for the studio along with Director of Production Richard Ruiz and Senior Development Executive Pete Spencer.
Also in news – Glenn Close, Naomie Harris and Awkwafina board sci-fi drama ‘Swan Song’
Ronan...
- 11/23/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell and David Oyelowo have signed on to star in a new untitled murder mystery thriller from Searchlight Pictures. This Country director Tom George is on board to helm from a script by Mark Chappell. Iron Lady producer Damian Jones will produce following his work with Searchlight on films like Belle and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.
The story is set in 1950s London, where a desperate Hollywood film producer sets out to turn a popular West End play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and overzealous rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit within London’s glamorous Theatreland and sordid underground.
A production start date has yet to be set. Katie Goodson-Thomas, Head of Development & Production for Searchlight Pictures UK, will oversee for the studio along with Director of Production Richard Ruiz...
The story is set in 1950s London, where a desperate Hollywood film producer sets out to turn a popular West End play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and overzealous rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit within London’s glamorous Theatreland and sordid underground.
A production start date has yet to be set. Katie Goodson-Thomas, Head of Development & Production for Searchlight Pictures UK, will oversee for the studio along with Director of Production Richard Ruiz...
- 11/20/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
“Succession” breakout and Emmy nominee Sarah Snook is set to star in “Persuasion,” an adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel at Searchlight, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Mahalia Belo is directing the project.
“Persuasion” is Jane Austen’s final novel, a quintessential romance of second chances. Many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, Anne Elliot (Snook) finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated Captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own regrets and unwavering, possibly unrequited love.
Writer/director Jessica Swale, (“Summerland”) is penning the screenplay adaptation of the Jane Austen book that was first published in 1818, a year after Austen died.
Producers Alison Own and Debra Hayward, are producing the project via their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is the co-financier.
Katie Goodson-Thomas, Searchlight Pictures UK...
Mahalia Belo is directing the project.
“Persuasion” is Jane Austen’s final novel, a quintessential romance of second chances. Many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, Anne Elliot (Snook) finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated Captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own regrets and unwavering, possibly unrequited love.
Writer/director Jessica Swale, (“Summerland”) is penning the screenplay adaptation of the Jane Austen book that was first published in 1818, a year after Austen died.
Producers Alison Own and Debra Hayward, are producing the project via their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is the co-financier.
Katie Goodson-Thomas, Searchlight Pictures UK...
- 9/15/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Sarah Snook, the Emmy-nominated actress from HBO’s hit drama “Succession,” has signed on to star in an adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel, “Persuasion.”
The movie, from Searchlight Pictures, will be directed by Mahalia Belo. Published in 1817 after Austen’s death, “Persuasion” centers on Anne Elliot, a 27-year-old whose family moves to lower their expenses. In the meantime, they rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife’s brother, a Navy captain, had been engaged to Anne Elliot (who will be portrayed by Snook), but they have had no contact in more than seven years when they meet again.
Jessica Swale, whose credits include “Summerland,” will pen the screenplay.
Alison Own and Debra Hayward are producing the film through their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is co-financing the drama. Katie Goodson-Thomas is overseeing the project for the studio, as well ass Pete Spencer and manager Apolline Berty.
The movie, from Searchlight Pictures, will be directed by Mahalia Belo. Published in 1817 after Austen’s death, “Persuasion” centers on Anne Elliot, a 27-year-old whose family moves to lower their expenses. In the meantime, they rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife’s brother, a Navy captain, had been engaged to Anne Elliot (who will be portrayed by Snook), but they have had no contact in more than seven years when they meet again.
Jessica Swale, whose credits include “Summerland,” will pen the screenplay.
Alison Own and Debra Hayward are producing the film through their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is co-financing the drama. Katie Goodson-Thomas is overseeing the project for the studio, as well ass Pete Spencer and manager Apolline Berty.
- 9/15/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Sarah Snook is set to star in Searchlight’s adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Persuasion. Mahalia Belo is directing.
Alison Own and Debra Hayward are producing through their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is co-financing the drama.
The novel tells the story of Anne Elliot (Snook) who, many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated Captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own regrets and unwavering, possibly unrequited love.
Jessica Swale is adapting the book that was first published in 1818.
Searchlight Pictures UK’s head of development and production Katie Goodson-Thomas is overseeing with senior development exec Pete Spencer and manager Apolline Berty are overseeing the film.
Snook was most recently nominated for an Emmy for her role as Siobhan ‘Shiv’ Roy on HBO’s award-winning series Succession.
Alison Own and Debra Hayward are producing through their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is co-financing the drama.
The novel tells the story of Anne Elliot (Snook) who, many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated Captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own regrets and unwavering, possibly unrequited love.
Jessica Swale is adapting the book that was first published in 1818.
Searchlight Pictures UK’s head of development and production Katie Goodson-Thomas is overseeing with senior development exec Pete Spencer and manager Apolline Berty are overseeing the film.
Snook was most recently nominated for an Emmy for her role as Siobhan ‘Shiv’ Roy on HBO’s award-winning series Succession.
- 9/15/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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