Emma Stone, Yorgo Lanthimos re-teaming for Frankenstein-esque film
February 2, 2021 by:
THE FAVOURITE, Yorgo Lanthimos is reteaming with Oscar-winner Emma Stone for
Poor Things, an adaptation of the Alasdair Gray novel that promises something sinister indeed. According to The Film Stage, Gray's novel reworks Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein creation myth, but not in any way that you would expect. The way we've heard it,
Poor Things will follow Stone as Bella Baxter, “a volatile, oversexed, emancipated woman and a female Frankenstein.” After drowning herself to escape her abusive husband, Bella’s brain is replaced by that of her unborn child. Once she is reborn, Bella is out for vengeance, and ready to take her new life by the throat and squeeze.