Searchlight Pictures has shared a new featurette for the Frankenstein-inspired Poor Things focussing on Emma Stone’s Bella – the young woman brought back to life by Willem Dafoe’s unorthodox scientist; check it out below along with a new poster for the upcoming film, which reunites STone with The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos… From filmmaker Yorgos […]
Emma Stone returns from the dead in trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things
Searchlight Pictures has released a new poster and trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein-inspired tale Poor Things. The film stars Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a young woman who has been brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, who hungry to learn more of the world, runs away on a whirlwind adventure with a debauched […]
Emma Stone featured on poster for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things
After unveiling its teaser trailer last month, we now have the first poster for director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein-inspired tale Poor Things which puts the spotlight on his The Favourite star Emma Stone in the role of Bella Baxter, a young woman who returns from the dead; take a look here… From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and […]
Emma Stone stars in teaser trailer for Frankenstein-esque Poor Things
Searchlight Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things. Based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name, the Frankenstein-inspired tale follows Bella (Emma Stone), a woman brought back to life by unorthodox Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), as she runs away with a debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) in search of […]
Willem Dafoe joins Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein reimagining Poor Things
Last month it was revealed that director Yorgos Lanthimos is reteaming with The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara and actress Emma Stone for a Frankenstein reimagining entitled Poor Things, and now comes word that Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) has also joined the cast. Based on the novel by Alasdair Gray, Poor Things is described as “a […]
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos reportedly reuniting for Frankenstein reimagining Poor Things
It seems that director Yorgos Lanthimos is set to reunite with The Favourite star Emma Stone and screenwriter Tony McNamara on his next project, a reimagining of the Frankenstein story entitled Poor Things. Based on the novel of the same name from Alasdair Gray, Poor Things will see Stone portraying Bella Baxter, “a volatile, oversexed, […]
Yorgos Lanthimos to adapt Gothic Western novel The Hawkline Monster
The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos may have found his next project, with THR reporting that the filmmaker is in talks to helm an adaptation of Richard Brautigan’s 1974 Gothic Western novel The Hawkline Monster. The book “tells of two unlikely hero gunslingers hired by a 15-year-old girl named […]
The Favourite’s Yorgos Lanthimos to write and direct Pop. 1280
Deadline is reporting that The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos is set to write and direct an adaptation of Jim Thompson’s crime novel Pop. 1280 for Imperative Entertainment. The 1964 novel follows “a corrupt sheriff of a small town who manipulates the people in his orbit in order to win the next election.” Lanthimos – whose other […]
Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can The Favourite win Best Picture?
In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Next, after a terrific night at the BAFTAs, The Favourite is bringing a touch of royal anarchy to the Dolby Theater… In the midst of an awards season […]
Movie Review – The Favourite (2018)
The Favourite, 2018. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, James Smith and Mark Gatiss. SYNOPSIS: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears […]