Everything We Know About Blonde, the Marilyn Monroe Movie Starring Ana de Armas
glamour.comSmash—“Bombshell”—doesn't seem to be making its Broadway debut any time soon, but we are getting another look at the life and loves of Marilyn Monroe: Blonde, starring .The movie, based on the 2000 Joyce Carol Oates novel of the same name, was bought by and will hit the streamer some time after premiering at the Venice Film Festival in September.
Here's everything we know about the project:A 700-page historical fiction account of Monroe's life (and, crucially, inner life) by Joyce Carol Oates.
The novel explores the idea that Monroe may have been assassinated, which is, um, very unlikely, but a very good story!In fact, Oates's novel proved popular enough to be turned into a year after it was published.
We expect this newer adaptation to make more of a splash.It doesn't look like Oates had much of a hand in writing the screenplay, which is credited to director Andrew Dominik online, but she's already supportive of the project, calling the footage she's seen “brilliant” on Twitter.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In addition to de Armas as the titular blonde, the movie will feature several well-known faces playing well-known names.
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