‘The Roses': Searchlight's ‘War of the Roses' Remake Sets Summer 2025 Release
'The Roses,' a reimagining of the 1989 dark comedy 'The War of the Roses,' will be released on Aug. 29, 2025, Searchlight announced on Tuesday.
The new film will be directed by Jay Roach ('Bombshell') and stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman.
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Colman) and Theo (Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. 'The Roses' is inspired by the 1989 classic film 'The War of the Roses,' based on the novel by Warren Adler.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, 'The War of the Roses' was a black comedy that earned a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations. Roach directed the new version of the divorce story from a screenplay written by Tony McNamara, who previously earned his second Oscar nomination for the screenplay to Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things.'
Cumberbatch produced the film through his SunnyMarch banner alongside Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who have been in development on the project since 2017. Colman produced under South of the River with Ed Sinclair and Tom Carver. Roach and Michelle Graham also produced with Jonathan R. Adler and Michael Adler of Adler Entertainment Trust as executive producers. The film is part of a first-look deal between them and Searchlight.
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