Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone reunite in Poor Issues, an upcoming science-fiction movie primarily based on the 1992 novel of the identical identify by Alasdair Grey. With greater than just a little inspiration taken from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the movie seems to be to be a spooky and surreal dive into the thoughts of a once-dead lady. The Lobster by Lanthimos was an extremely bizarre movie, and Poor Issues seems to be to be an incredible successor to that strangeness.
Described as “a Victorian story of affection,” Poor Issues will observe Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) who has been introduced again to life by the “unorthodox” scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). As Bella explores the world round her, she decides to run away with Mark Ruffalo’s Duncan Wedderburn, who’s a “slick and debauched lawyer.” They courney throughout continents, and Bella’s naivete comes up in opposition to trendy mores.
Additionally within the forged are Ramy Youssef as Max McCandless, Jerrod Carmichael as Harry Astley, and Christopher Abbott as Sir Aubrey de la Pole Blessington. Stone can be producing Poor Issues alongside Lanthimos.
Poor Issues will launch on September eighth.
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