Searchlight’s “The Roses” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, will release on Aug. 29.
The dark comedy is directed by Jay Roach (“Bombshell,” “Meet the Parents”) and is written by Tony McNamara (“Poor Things,” “The Great”). “The Roses” is inspired by the 1989 classic “The War of the Roses,” based on the novel by Warren Adler.
As the specialty banner describes, life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Colman) and Theo (Cumberbatch) successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition
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