Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman have signed on for the leading roles in Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming The Roses. It’s a reimaging of the 1989 black comedy The War of the Roses. This film is still currently in the development stage.
“The Roses is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” Searchlight President Matthew Greenfield said in a statement. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”
“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,” reads the logline.
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