EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Abbot is set join the ensemble cast of Searchlight and Film4’s Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos adaptation of the Alasdair Gray novel.
Emma Stone is on board to star along with Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo and Ramy Youssef also on board. Lanthimos is set to direct.
Tony McNamara will adapt the script. Element Pictures will produce along with Stone, who will produce under her Fruit Tree banner, and Lanthimos.The film will be a Victorian tale of love, discovery and scientific daring.
Poor Things tells the incredible story of Belle Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by an eccentric but brilliant scientist.
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