Rachel Weisz is doing a double take as twin Dr. Mantles in the gender-swapped reimagining of David Cronenberg’s 1988 psychological thriller, “Dead Ringers.” Weisz plays identical twin sisters Beverly and Elliot Mantle, who both work as gynecologists at a successful Obgyn clinic in the first look at the show.
The Prime Video series is set to explore their toxic co-dependency in a high-pressure profession. Per the official synopsis, in a modern take on Cronenberg’s 1988 thriller starring Jeremy Irons, “Dead Ringers” will feature Weisz playing the double-lead roles of Elliot and Beverly Mantle, twins who share everything: drugs, lovers, and an unapologetic desire to do whatever it takes — including pushing the boundaries of medical ethics — in an effort to challenge antiquated practices and bring women’s health care to the forefront.
Britne Oldford, Michael Chernus, Poppy Liu, Emily Meade, and Jennifer Ehle round out the cast.
The six-episode limited series is created by Alice Birch.
The Prime Video series is set to explore their toxic co-dependency in a high-pressure profession. Per the official synopsis, in a modern take on Cronenberg’s 1988 thriller starring Jeremy Irons, “Dead Ringers” will feature Weisz playing the double-lead roles of Elliot and Beverly Mantle, twins who share everything: drugs, lovers, and an unapologetic desire to do whatever it takes — including pushing the boundaries of medical ethics — in an effort to challenge antiquated practices and bring women’s health care to the forefront.
Britne Oldford, Michael Chernus, Poppy Liu, Emily Meade, and Jennifer Ehle round out the cast.
The six-episode limited series is created by Alice Birch.
- 2/28/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Less than a year after David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” made a splash at Cannes, one of the body-horror master’s most famous films is getting the streaming TV treatment. “Dead Ringers,” a six-episode remake of the Canadian filmmaker’s 1988 feature, will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on April 21, it was announced Tuesday. (TVLine first shared the news.)
Rachel Weisz stars in the series as Beverly and Elliot Mantle, two identical twin sisters who both work as gynecologists and operate a successful Obgyn clinic. In the original ’80s film, Beverly and Elliot were male twins portrayed by Jeremy Irons. Like the film, the series will explore Beverly and Elliot’s messy, co-dependent relationship, and how the tension it causes eventually pushes both to madness. Weisz is joined in the cast by Britne Oldford, Michael Chernus, Poppy Liu, and Jennifer Ehle.
The series was created and written Alice Birch,...
Rachel Weisz stars in the series as Beverly and Elliot Mantle, two identical twin sisters who both work as gynecologists and operate a successful Obgyn clinic. In the original ’80s film, Beverly and Elliot were male twins portrayed by Jeremy Irons. Like the film, the series will explore Beverly and Elliot’s messy, co-dependent relationship, and how the tension it causes eventually pushes both to madness. Weisz is joined in the cast by Britne Oldford, Michael Chernus, Poppy Liu, and Jennifer Ehle.
The series was created and written Alice Birch,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.HolidayFrom the establishment of the Studio Małych Form Filowych in 1947 through the years immediately following the collapse of the communist regime in the country in 1989, animation flourished in Poland as an integral part of its film industry. “All of cinema is essentially animation,” said Walerian Borowczyk in 1984, echoing Amos Vogel’s conception of cinema at large. “A roll of film is just a roll of photos; it’s the same thing if you supplant the photos with drawings.” By extension, one might make no distinction between “live-action” and animation, or between what one sees onscreen and its allegorical reflection of life experience.This is especially true for Polish animation. To classify the genre in terms of nationality and not “culturally” or ideologically (the more vague “Soviet” implying animation made under a...
- 3/31/2021
- MUBI
Sneak Peek Oscar-winning English actress Rachel Weisz in the Spring 2013 edition of "Harper's Bazaar" (UK) magazine.
A former fashion model and classically-trained stage actress, Weisz started her film acting career in the British mini-series "Inspector Morse", followed by "Scarlet and Black" and the Mow "Advocates II".
Weisz made her film début in the film "Death Machine" (1994), but her breakthrough performance was in the feature "Chain Reaction" (1996).
This led to her high-profile role as 'Evelyn Carnahan-o'Connell' in the films "The Mummy" (1999) and "The Mummy Returns" (2001).
Other notable films include "Enemy at the Gates", "About a Boy", "Constantine", "The Fountain" and an Academy Award-winning performance as 'Tessa Quayle' in "The Constant Gardener".
In 2007 Weisz starred in "My Blueberry Nights", followed by "Fred Claus", "Definitely, Maybe" (2008), "The Brothers Bloom (2008), "Agora" (2009), "The Lovely Bones (2009), "The Whistleblower (2010), "The Deep Blue Sea (2011), "Dream House" (2011), "The Bourne Legacy" (2012), and "Oz The Great and Powerful" (2013).
Weisz' new film...
A former fashion model and classically-trained stage actress, Weisz started her film acting career in the British mini-series "Inspector Morse", followed by "Scarlet and Black" and the Mow "Advocates II".
Weisz made her film début in the film "Death Machine" (1994), but her breakthrough performance was in the feature "Chain Reaction" (1996).
This led to her high-profile role as 'Evelyn Carnahan-o'Connell' in the films "The Mummy" (1999) and "The Mummy Returns" (2001).
Other notable films include "Enemy at the Gates", "About a Boy", "Constantine", "The Fountain" and an Academy Award-winning performance as 'Tessa Quayle' in "The Constant Gardener".
In 2007 Weisz starred in "My Blueberry Nights", followed by "Fred Claus", "Definitely, Maybe" (2008), "The Brothers Bloom (2008), "Agora" (2009), "The Lovely Bones (2009), "The Whistleblower (2010), "The Deep Blue Sea (2011), "Dream House" (2011), "The Bourne Legacy" (2012), and "Oz The Great and Powerful" (2013).
Weisz' new film...
- 4/14/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Back in September, we reported on Anthony Hopkins getting approached to star as an ailing patriarch in Noah Baumbach's adaptation of The Corrections for Us cable network HBO. But while Hopkins has passed on the project, it has still scored some prime British acting talent, with Ewan McGregor signing on to play a key role in the drama.
Though the project - which Baumbach is scripting with novelist Jonathan Franzen - is still only at the pilot stage, it has already attracted Chris Cooper (to play the father figure Hopkins was approached for) and Diane Wiest as his wife.
The Corrections finds the parents gathering together their dysfunctional family (including middle child Chip, played by McGregor) for a final Christmas as the head of the household reveals that his brain is beginning to fail him. You might think that would lead to a short series, but since the book...
Though the project - which Baumbach is scripting with novelist Jonathan Franzen - is still only at the pilot stage, it has already attracted Chris Cooper (to play the father figure Hopkins was approached for) and Diane Wiest as his wife.
The Corrections finds the parents gathering together their dysfunctional family (including middle child Chip, played by McGregor) for a final Christmas as the head of the household reveals that his brain is beginning to fail him. You might think that would lead to a short series, but since the book...
- 11/24/2011
- icelebz.com
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