Labor Day weekend this 12 months gained’t be sleepy. Searchlight is leaping into the combination on Aug. 29 with their Jay Roach directed comedy The Roses starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Oscar winner Allison Janney, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, Belinda Bromilow, and Kate McKinnon.
Within the screenplay from 2x Oscar nominee Tony McNamara, life appears simple for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): profitable careers, a loving marriage, nice youngsters. However beneath the façade of their supposed splendid life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s profession nosedives whereas Ivy’s personal ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competitors and hidden resentment ignites.
The Roses is impressed by the 1989 Danny DeVito directed, Michael Leeson scripted film The Struggle of the Roses, primarily based on the novel by Warren Adler.
Producers on The Roses are Roach, Michelle Graham, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Ed Sinclair, and Tom Carver.
The Roses joins the redux of The Poisonous Avenger starring Kevin Bacon, Peter Dinklage, Elijah Wooden and Jacob Tremblay in addition to Sony’s Darren Aronofsky directed psychological crime thriller Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz.
Don’t be shocked if we catch a trailer for Roses throughout Disney’s CinemaCon presentation subsequent week.
