The Roses reimagines The War of the Roses as a dark marital comedy-drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as Theo and Ivy. Tony McNamara adapted the story with Jay Roach directing. Theo is an egotistical architect pursuing a maritime museum; Ivy is a sharp-tongued chef running a pun-filled crab shack. Their shared ambition initially bonds them but increasingly drives them apart, escalating into acrimony. A friend group including Andy Samberg and Kate McKinnon appears as a contrasting couple. Production design and tonal calibration shape the film's psychological landscape to reflect marital deterioration and darkly comic conflict.
All's fair in love and war, as they say, and few literary couples have been through the trenches as profoundly and as frequently as the Roses. In the original 1981 Warren Adler novel (and Danny DeVito's well-regarded 1989 adaptation), "The War of the Roses" centered on an affluent couple whose seemingly perfect marriage begins to crumble under the weight of a sudden and acrimonious divorce battle.
But when screenwriter Tony McNamara ("Poor Things," "The Favourite") was approached to develop a vehicle for actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, it was that classic story that drew McNamara's eye. That became the basis for the upcoming "The Roses," directed by Jay Roach ("Trumbo," the "Austin Powers" films); here, the Roses are comprised of Theo (Cumberbatch), an egotistical architect, and Ivy (Colman), a sharp-tongued chef de cuisine.
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