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Benedict Cumberbatch & Olivia Colman Team With Jay Roach On ‘The War Of The Roses’ Reimagining For Searchlight
Searchlight's 'The Roses' has set Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as its leads, with Jay Roach directing.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, the original film adaptation of The War of the Roses was released by Twentieth Century Fox in 1989, garnering a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations, including for Best Motion Picture, among other accolades. Cumberbatch produces under his SunnyMarch banner, along with Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who have been in development on the project since 2017, as well as Colman, Ed Sinclair and Tom Carver for South of the River, Roach, and Michelle Graham. Shared South of the River’s Colman and Sinclair, “We have been cooking this up with our friends at SunnyMarch for some time, and it has been an absolute thrill to see it spring into life under Jay’s passionate and thoughtful guidance.
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