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Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) and Olivia Colman (The Favourite) have been tapped to star in The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses, which Jay Roach (Bombshell) will direct for Searchlight Pictures.

Katcy Stephan Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in “The Roses,” a reimagining of the 1989 classic “The War of the Roses.” The dark comedy, which is currently in development, will be directed by Jay Roach (“Bombshell,” “Meet the Parents”) and is written by Tony McNamara (“Poor Things,” “The Great”), based on the novel by Warren Adler. The film follows picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), who have successful careers, great kids an enviable sex life.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first teaser trailer for anticipated Toronto Film Festival world premiere The End We Start From, starring Emmy and BAFTA winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) as a woman trying to get home with her baby amid an environmental disaster.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount’s Republic Pictures label has acquired North American rights to dystopian drama-thriller The End We Start From, starring BAFTA and Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve).

EXCLUSIVE: Benedict Cumberbatch has signed to star in Dylan Southern’s adaptation of Max Porter’s acclaimed novel Grief is the Thing With Feathers about a father and his two young sons dealing with the sudden death of their wife and mother.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield-led romantic drama “We Live in Time” has sold into Canada’s Sphere Films. The Montreal- and Toronto-based company has picked up Canadian rights to the drama directed by “Brooklyn” helmer John Crowley, who also directed Garfield in his breakout role in “Boy A.” The film is currently in production in London and specific plot details are being kept closely under wraps. All that’s known so far is that the pic is an immersive love story. “We Live in Time” is scripted by playwright and screenwriter Nick Payne with Benedict Cumberbatch on board as executive producer. The project is developed and produced by Studiocanal with partners at SunnyMarch including Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland and Guy Heeley. It is co-financed by Film4 and Studiocanal. International sales are handled by Studiocanal while the U.S. distribution rights have been acquired by A24.

EXCLUSIVE: A24 has acquired domestic rights for John Crowley’s We Live in Time starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh from Studiocanal. The pic is shooting in London.

Studiocanal and SunnyMarch are to soon enter production on the Beneditch Cumberbatch-starring How to Stop Time, which has been rejigged from a feature to a TV series.

Production has started on the StudioCanal pic, We Live In Time, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.

starring Jodie Comer. All three will also executive produce the film.Katherine Waterston (of the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise), Joel Fry (“Cruella”), Gina McKee (“My Policeman”) and Nina Sosanya (“His Dark Materials”) round out the casting additions.

Naman Ramachandran Benedict Cumberbatch (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”) and Mark Strong (Venice hit “Tár”) have joined Jodie Comer on the cast of “The End We Start From.” BAFTA winning director Mahalia Belo (“Ellen”), has commenced principal photography on the film, which is based on the novel by Megan Hunter and adapted for the screen by Alice Birch (“Normal People,” “Succession”). Also joining the cast are Joel Fry (“Cruella”), Gina McKee (“Line Of Duty”), Katherine Waterston (“Fantastic Beasts”) and Nina Sosanya (“Screw”). In the film, when an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos.

Benedict Cumberbatch (Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) and Mark Strong (1917, Kingsman) will join the Jodie Comer-starring apocalyptic thriller The End We Start From. Both are also attached as executive producers on the film, whose principal photography has begun in London, and you can see a first-look image of Doctor Who and Killing Eve star Comer in action above.

, Hera Pictures’ Liza Marshall alongside Sophie Hunter and Amy Jackson. Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Comer, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and Cecile Gaget and BBC Film’s Eva Yates will executive produce. Cecile Gaget will launch global sales on the film at the upcoming 2022 Cannes Market.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Laura Dern have signed on to star in a new sci-fi drama movie, according to Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a strong one for the virtual EFM market. Oscar and BAFTA winner Laura Dern (Big Little Lies), A Quiet Place star Noah Jupe and Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) have been set to star in new Justin Kurzel (Nitram) project Morning, which HanWay is launching.

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Claire Foy and Benedict Cumberbatch are teaming up to adapt the timely novel Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy. The novel was highly sought after by a number of production banners and streamers as it offered a layered female protagonist in a unique setting, but it was Cumberbatch’s shingle, SunnyMarch, that secured the screen rights.