This project will also see Oscar winner Emma Stone reuniting with Lanthimos, who previously worked together on 2018’s The Favourite.
First published in 1992, Poor Things is a Victorian-set novel that will feature Emma Stone as Bella Baxter – a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant.
According to The Film Stage (via Production Weekly), Oscar nominee Yorgos Lanthimos is setting up his next project for Searchlight Pictures with the development of the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s novel titled Poor Things, which is a reimagination of the classic Frankenstein story.
Besides The Favourite, Stone is also best known for her acclaimed performances in Easy A, Birdman, La La Land, and Battle of the Sexes.