Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in Jay Roach’s remake of The War Of The Roses, titled The Roses.
An additional day, yet another remake is in the functions in La La Land. Very well, technically, it is a further adaptation of Warren Adler’s 1981 novel The War Of The Roses, but most people are acquainted with 1989’s movie adaptation, which memorably starred Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas and was directed by Danny DeVito.
The new adaptation will star Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as the central couple, who continue with a incredibly unpleasant, nevertheless very entertaining, divorce.
Jay Roach has signed on to direct, while new Oscar nominee Tony McNamara is penning the script. The movie will only be called The Roses.
The novel follows a pair, Jonathan (who was named Oliver in the 1989 film) and Barbaba Rose, as their marriage falls apart. In the 1989 movie, Barbara basically realises she doesn’t love Oliver any longer and demands a divorce. Their divorce struggle promptly turns bitter and terrible, but it makes for a great film.
The remake is switching a handful of factors, like the character names. Here’s an official logline, as posted by Deadline: “Life appears to be easy for photograph-ideal pair Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): productive occupations, excellent kids, an enviable intercourse existence. But beneath the façade of the excellent family members is a tinderbox of levels of competition and resentments which is ignited when Theo’s experienced goals occur crashing down.”
Cumberbatch is also making the film less than his SunnyMarch banner. Colman will also be producing, beneath South of the River. Searchlight Photographs is backing the film.
“The Roses is a wildly humorous, larger than lifestyle, and however deeply human tale,” said Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a aspiration workforce bringing it to existence.”
Extra on The Roses as we hear it.
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