Emma Stone & Willem Dafoe To Star In Yorgos Lanthimos' FRANKENSTEIN Re-Telling, POOR THINGS

Emma Stone & Willem Dafoe To Star In Yorgos Lanthimos' FRANKENSTEIN Re-Telling, POOR THINGS

Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Favorite) is set to direct an adaptation of Alasdair Gray's modern-day Frankenstein tale, Poor Things, with Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe on board to play the leads...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 11, 2021 05:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Frankenstein
Source: Deadline

Emma Stone as Frankenstein's Monster?

Deadline reports that acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) is set to helm an adaptation of Alasdair Gray's bestselling novel, Poor Things, which, in some respects, serves as a modern-day retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel.

It sounds like this take on the story will lean more heavily into the book's Frankenstein influences, however, as it's described as "a Victorian tale of love, discovery and scientific daring, Poor Things tells the incredible story of Belle Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by an eccentric but brilliant scientist."

Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man, Cruella) is on board to play Belle, and while Willem Dafoe's (Spider-Man, The Lighthouse) role has yet to be confirmed, it's assumed he'll be playing the scientist.

Tony McNamara will adapt the script, while Element Pictures will produce along with Stone and Lanthimos for Film 4 and Searchlight.

Lanthimos, who was nominated for a Best Director Academy Award for The Favourite, is also said to be working on an adaptation of the 1964 Jim Thompson novel Pop. 1280, but it's been a while since we had any updates on the project.

What do you guys make of this news? Anyone read Poor Things? Drop us a comment down below.

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Origame
Origame - 3/11/2021, 5:27 AM
Ot: apparently that new superman wb is making won't be Clark Kent or Calvin Ellis.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/11/2021, 5:49 AM
@Origame - so Val-Zod? Or just a completely new character?
Origame
Origame - 3/11/2021, 6:24 AM
@bkmeijer - it's sounding like a completely new character. No details official at least but here's the source. https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/wb-superman-reboot-reportedly-wont-feature-clark-kent-calvin-ellis/
Desrow
Desrow - 3/11/2021, 5:30 AM
OFF:



IcePyke
IcePyke - 3/11/2021, 5:40 AM
@Desrow -
Desrow
Desrow - 3/11/2021, 5:41 AM
@IcePyke

Hold into the image, open image in another tab, profit.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/11/2021, 5:30 AM
Unpopular opinion: The Lobster > The Favourite
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 3/11/2021, 5:51 AM
Yorgos is one of of those directors that just makes weird films and I'm on board with that. I didn't mind the favorite, but the Lobster is one of the few movies I've watched that I still don't know how I feel about it, very polarizing movie. I still need to watch the killing of a sacred deer though.

Speaking of Frankenstein I guess Rob Zombies doing a reboot of The Munsters.
VincentValjean
VincentValjean - 3/11/2021, 7:22 AM
@CurlyBill - you should watch Dogtooth
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/11/2021, 5:53 AM
That's interesting, a retelling where the scientist is the scariest looking creature on the screen.
BornToLose
BornToLose - 3/11/2021, 6:15 AM
Yorgos Lanthimos is an incredible filmmaker. He could be making a film about how cheese is made and I would watch it.... and probably love it!
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 3/11/2021, 6:29 AM
Willem Dafoe just has this crazy look I love it.
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 3/11/2021, 6:29 AM
DO YOU HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED!!!!!!!!
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/11/2021, 6:39 AM
This is great! He's a phenomenal director, Ari Aster, Jordan Peele and himself are the future of horror movies.
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