Olivia Colman and Dev Patel's next movie is a twisted romance giving new meaning to 'wicker man'
Oct. 25, 2023The pair will play an unconventional married couple
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Olivia Colman has set her next movie – and she’s starring alongside Dev Patel in an, uh, unconventional romance.
The official logline reads: “On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman (Colman); smelly, single, and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker (Patel). In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy, and chaos.” Neither actor is a stranger to offbeat stories, having worked with directors like Yorgos Lanthimos and Wes Anderson between them.
Colman has a few other movies in the works, including dark comedy Wicked Little Letters alongside her The Lost Daughter co-star Jessie Buckley, Wonka, andPaddington 3(officially titled Paddington in Peru).
Patel, meanwhile, most recently starred inAnderson’s Roald Dahl short films on Netflix, and he’s set to make his directorial debut with Monkey Man, an action-thriller that he’ll also star in. The cast also includesDistrict 9’s Sharlto Copley, andJohn Wickproducer Basil Iwanyk is on board behind the scenes.
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