Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film will have its World Premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. The film is a co-production of Searchlight Pictures, Element Pictures, Film4, and TSG Entertainment.
Poor Things, from director Yorgos Lanthimos and actor/producer Emma Stone, will have its premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month.
The film follows Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
Academy Award winner Stone (The Favourite, La La Land) stars alongside Academy Award nominee Dafoe (The Lighthouse, The French Dispatch), Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight, Foxcatcher), Golden Globe winner Ramy Youssef (Ramy, Mr. Robot), Christopher Abbott (Black Bear, Possessor), Primetime Emmy Award winner Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show), Hanna Schygulla (The Edge of Heaven), Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), and Primetime Emmy® Award Nominee Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Maid).
Poor Things is written by Academy Award nominee Tony McNamara (The Favourite) based on the novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray. The film is produced by Academy Award nominee Ed Guiney (The Favourite, Room), Andrew Lowe (The Eternal Daughter, The Souvenir: Part II), Stone, and Lanthimos.
The director of photography is Academy Award nominee Robbie Ryan (The Favourite, C'mon C'mon), the production designers are James Price (Judy) and Shona Heath, with costume design by Holly Waddington (Lady Macbeth, War Horse), and Hair, Make-up & Prosthetics by Academy Award nominee Nadia Stacey (The Favourite, Cruella). The composer of original score is Jerskin Fendrix, the editor is Academy Award nominee Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Favourite, The Lobster), and the set decorator is Zsuzsa Mihalek (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
The film’s American theatrical release date has been pushed from September 8th to December 8th, due to promotional complications amid the SAG-AFTRA strike.
