Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman to Star in 'War of the Roses' Remake for Searchlight

Roger Ebert said never remake a good movie, remake a bad one that could be improved.

"War of the Roses" requires no improvement.

"Woof"

Will the two posh British people be playing two posh British people?

At least Kathleen and Michael were attractive.

She's only three years older than him?

How would you make War of the Roses better? And why would you remake it starring these two dipsticks? Michael and Kathleen looked like they could beat the shit out of each other. These two are knocked unconscious by light snow.

This could be very funny, but I agree with r1 and Roger Ebert. The bar is very high for improvement.

A career low for both.

Colman needs to go back to BBC 3 television and disappear. She is so tragically banal.

The only way Hollywood will stop these shitty remakes is if people stop paying to watch them.

Nobody cares about two ugly people getting a divorce.

The only way to improve the movie is if Turner's character actually makes pate out of the dog.

Is this an April Fools' Day gag?

Does she play his mother?

Why? I mean, WHY???

I hated the first one. Hard pass.

Oliver Colman to you.

[quote] Will the two posh British people be playing two posh British people?

Olivia Colman is not from that posh a background. Her father was a surveyor; her mother was a nurse.

Hopefully it will incorporate some of the elements of the historical war of the roses 🌹 that disappointed British critics complained was a bait and switch back in 1989.

“Script by ChatGPT”

R5, it wasn’t just that Douglas and Turner looked like they could beat the shit out of each other but they also have that “fuck or fight” energy throughout the film, really up until the last frame of it.

They are more suited for a reboot of " Private Lives."

I might see it if Kathleen Turner played Danny DeVito's lawyer character.

[quote]Olivia Colman is not from that posh a background. Her father was a surveyor; her mother was a nurse.

And yet she attended a private school.

SOPHIE!

What r15 said.

The original WotR was well produced, written and acted but the subject matter wasn’t at all funny to me.

This sounds absolutely horrid. Unless they ratchet up the gore quotient -- dismemberment, acid in the face, gouged eyes, then maybe.

The ugly people version.

Now if it starred J. Lo & Ben Affleck, no rehearsing would be required!

I’d watch that shitshow r28 a fitting coda to Gigli

This is a movie you’d cast A-list stars for.

The first movie was so vulgar and 80s. Trash.

Just like Roadhouse, in a way — why are we getting this remake-nobody-asked-for of a crass 80s picture?

Oh but at least they’ve updated it for the ‘20s by stiffing two American actors out of work 👏

I didn’t care for the original, but yes, it was well-produced as someone upthread mentioned.

I think Gingiva Colman is better suited for the smaller screen format of television.

The title "The War of the Roses" was witty (and nobody in his right mind thought Michael and Kathleen Turner were starring in a British historical docudrama).

The title "The Roses" is utterly without wit, distinction, or clarification (who or what is this film about?).

I can only assume the entire project is as creatively bereft as its title change.

The Roses? Is the sequel to my movie? I'm available!