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POOR THINGS
🕑 Added 2021-01-27 17:11:19 +0000 UTCPOOR THINGS (LANTHIMOS)
Studio: FOX SEARCHLIGHT
Prod Co: Element
Dates: Fall 2021
Location: TBD
Budget: TBD
Execs: Studio Executive: Katie Goodson-Thomas
Staff: Writer (Current): Yorgos Lanthimos, TONY MCNAMARA
Source Material By: Alasdair Gray
Producer: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Casting Director: Francine Maisler
Cast: Talent: Emma Stone [BELLA BAXTER: Attached]
Logline: Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter - a beautiful young
erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant. Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of Bella, but his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for Baxter's
creation.
Roles:
[BELLA BAXTER]
Lead Female (30 - 40)
0Recent widow. Mother of four. Doctor. Socialist. Formally Victoria Blessington until she tries to attempts to kill herself when nine months pregnant. A doctor finds her brain dead, but everything else alive. He gives her the brain of her child and creates a trusting child in the opulent body of a lovely woman.
Attached Emma Stone
