Carla Gugino has been tapped to play Hollywood screen legend Vivien Leigh in the forthcoming biopic “The Florist.”
The film is directed by Nick Sandow (star of “Orange is the New Black”) and will explore Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of “Ivanov.” Screenwriter Jayce Bartok (“The Cake Eaters”) put the script together based on a box of love letters.
Leigh earned her place in cinema history as Scarlett O’Hara, the central character in 1939’s “Gone With the Wind,” opposite Clark Gable. Leigh also played the landmark role of Blanche DuBois opposite Marlon Brando in 1951’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
“I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity to excavate a woman as complex, contradictory, and compelling as Vivien. From the moment I read the script, I knew ‘The Florist’ was a journey I had to pursue,...
The film is directed by Nick Sandow (star of “Orange is the New Black”) and will explore Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of “Ivanov.” Screenwriter Jayce Bartok (“The Cake Eaters”) put the script together based on a box of love letters.
Leigh earned her place in cinema history as Scarlett O’Hara, the central character in 1939’s “Gone With the Wind,” opposite Clark Gable. Leigh also played the landmark role of Blanche DuBois opposite Marlon Brando in 1951’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
“I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity to excavate a woman as complex, contradictory, and compelling as Vivien. From the moment I read the script, I knew ‘The Florist’ was a journey I had to pursue,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for "The Boogeyman."
While the eponymous creature in "The Boogeyman" spends a significant portion of the film tormenting young Sawyer Harper (Vivien Lyra Blair), the movie largely follows the arc of Sawyer's older sister, Sadie (Sophie Thatcher), who slowly comes to realize this creature is terrifyingly real. Sophie Thatcher plays Sadie with a nice mixture of vulnerability -- her character's mother dies shortly before the film begins -- and yearning. Sadie desperately wants to connect with her father (Chris Messina), who is too raw from the family's devastating loss to be able to properly deal with his emotions; without that connection, she resorts to watching YouTube mediums to try to find a way to reconnect with her deceased mother. It's heartbreaking, and Thatcher is the glue that holds the story together, the link between the unbelieving adults and her character's scared little sister. She turns in a physical,...
While the eponymous creature in "The Boogeyman" spends a significant portion of the film tormenting young Sawyer Harper (Vivien Lyra Blair), the movie largely follows the arc of Sawyer's older sister, Sadie (Sophie Thatcher), who slowly comes to realize this creature is terrifyingly real. Sophie Thatcher plays Sadie with a nice mixture of vulnerability -- her character's mother dies shortly before the film begins -- and yearning. Sadie desperately wants to connect with her father (Chris Messina), who is too raw from the family's devastating loss to be able to properly deal with his emotions; without that connection, she resorts to watching YouTube mediums to try to find a way to reconnect with her deceased mother. It's heartbreaking, and Thatcher is the glue that holds the story together, the link between the unbelieving adults and her character's scared little sister. She turns in a physical,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
It is an entertainment truism that time and tedious repetition fade even the brightest flames of shows that were once hot novelties. I still remember how exciting it was when "American Horror Story" debuted on FX in the fall of 2011. It felt at once like the arrival of something new and the return of something familiar.
Beyond the starry cast and the tantalizing premise, the most irresistible aspect of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's series was its anthology format. The anthology series wasn't anything new. It had been popular since the dawn of television — actually, especially around the time of the medium's invention. With theatrical forms like vaudeville and stage plays still in viable contention against cinema for mass engagement, many early TV series took the form of episodic stage plays, anthologized across seasons. Series like "Tonight on Broadway" and "Starlight Theater" were a hit with audiences in the postwar era,...
Beyond the starry cast and the tantalizing premise, the most irresistible aspect of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's series was its anthology format. The anthology series wasn't anything new. It had been popular since the dawn of television — actually, especially around the time of the medium's invention. With theatrical forms like vaudeville and stage plays still in viable contention against cinema for mass engagement, many early TV series took the form of episodic stage plays, anthologized across seasons. Series like "Tonight on Broadway" and "Starlight Theater" were a hit with audiences in the postwar era,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.