WATCH: Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch want to kill each other in trailer for The Roses

April 16th, 2025 by Marc Comments

From Jay Roach, the director/producer of comedy hits like Austin Powers, Borat, and Meet the Parents, comes the trailer for his next film, The Roses. The film will be released in UK and Ireland cinemas from 1 September, writes Phil at Live for Films.

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.
The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler.

Watch the trailer:

Searchlight Pictures presents The Roses, directed by Jay Roach (Bombshell, Austin Powers). The film stars Academy Award® winner Colman (Wicked Little Letters, The Favourite) alongside Academy Award® nominee Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange, The Power of the Dog).

The film also stars Andy Samberg (Palm Springs, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), Academy Award® winner Allison Janney (I,Tonya), Belinda Bromilow (‘The Great’), Sunita Mani (‘GLOW’), Ncuti Gatwa (Barbie, ‘Doctor Who’), Jamie Demetriou (‘Fleabag’), Zoë Chao (Nightbitch), and Kate McKinnon (Barbie, Ghostbusters).

The screenplay is written by Academy Award® nominee Tony McNamara (Poor Things, The Favourite).


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