EXCLUSIVE: Cate Blanchett‘s Soiled Movies has acquired the movie rights to one of many hottest theater exhibits round: the Sydney Theatre Firm’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde basic The Image Of Dorian Grey, which has just lately been lighting up London’s West Finish.
Sarah Snook has garnered raves for her efficiency within the newest iteration of the present and final Sunday the Succession star scored an Olivier Award for Finest Actress.
Soiled Movies accomplice Andrew Upton is working with the present’s mastermind Kip Williams on a remedy based mostly on the technically dazzling one girl present, which sees its protagonist play 26 roles. The half was first carried out by Eryn Jean Norvill in a number of sell-out runs throughout Australia. Oscar winner Blanchett attended the latest run’s opening night time in London earlier this 12 months.
Co-producers on the movie can be Rachel Gardener and Jo Porter of Australian firm Curio Photos, whose credit embrace Sluggish West, The Stranger and upcoming TV drama The Slender Highway to the Deep North, based mostly on the Booker Prize-winning novel.
It’s very early days on the mission so no information but on casting.
Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye had the inside track earlier this 12 months that the “breathtakingly revolutionary” Image Of Dorian Grey could discover its solution to Broadway in early 2025.
Kip Williams, who will step down on the finish of this 12 months from his function on the helm of the Sydney Theater Firm, is thought for utilizing reside digicam feeds and screens on stage to create what he calls “cine-theatre”. He and fellow Australian director Upton have labored collectively on a number of events.
Oscar Wilde’s basic Gothic novella charts the story of a useless and hedonistic man who sells his soul in return for the promise of everlasting youth.
Blanchett, Upton and Coco Francini head up Soiled Movies, whose credit embrace Carol, The New Boy and Fingernails. Blanchett and Upton themselves headed up the Sydney Theatre Firm between 2008-2013.