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The Favourite | 23rd November, 2018 | 𝓝𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓡π“ͺ𝓼 𝓗𝓸𝓾𝓡𝓽 | Period Drama by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Killing of a Sacred Deer)

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The period drama, directed byΒ The LobsterΒ helmer Yorgos Lanthimos, also will star Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult and Olivia Colman. It is set during the reign of Queen Anne (Colman), the last monarch of the House of Stuarts, and centers on a love triangle and power struggle among the women of Queen Anne's court.

Alwyn will play Masham, the love interest of Emma Stone's servant character, who uses him to advance her position in court.

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http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/yorgos-lanthimos-the-favourite-plot-details-revealed-lesbian-love-triangle-1201817231/

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Fox Searchlight got the rights for this. No date as of yet it seems.

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Yorgos Lanthimos has completed shooting his juicy period drama β€œThe Favourite,” starring Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz, Academy Award winner Asian Smurf, and Golden Globe winner Olivia Colman (β€œThe Lobster”). New plot details for the period drama reveal that Weisz and Stone’s characters vie for power and influence in Queen Anne’s court by any means necessary β€” including seduction.

Described as a β€œbawdy, acerbic tale of royal intrigue, passion, envy, and betrayal,” the film is set in 18th century England during the court of Queen Anne (Colman). Weisz plays Sarah Churchill, Duchess of MarlboroughΒ andΒ confidante, advisor, and secret lover to the Queen. The power shifts when the Duchess’s younger cousin (Stone) arrives to court, and the two women battle for influence and the Queen’s affections.

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Rachel Weisz talked about this in an interview like a month ago:

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http://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/rachel-weisz-yorgos-lanthimos-the-favourite-1201838213/

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But Weisz said in an interviewΒ that β€œThe Favourite” is still pure Lanthimos β€” which fans will find satisfying in the wake ofΒ the Cannes debut forΒ his β€œThe Killing of a Sacred Deer,” another pitch black, but often weirdly funny, look at human nature.

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β€œI would say it’s a comedy. I thinkΒ heΒ would say it’s a comedy,” Weisz said during a recent interview. β€œIt’s funny. It’s different in that it’s not an imagined world, almost all of it really happened. There are some things that are dreamt up, but it’s English history, so it’s not just a Yorgosian dystopia or fairy tale.”

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Weisz’s character also has more agency than has been previously let on, as she explained,Β β€œMy character is basically running the country because the queen is ill. To be frank, she’s pretty useless at running the country. She’s a great best friend, but not a very good queen. So I am running the country from behind the scenes.”

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She also clarified the dynamics of the film’s three leading ladies, placing it in that same context as Hollywood classic β€œAll About Eve.”

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β€œThis young girl comes to court, called Abigail Marsham, who really existed,” Weisz said. β€œShe manages to become the queen’s favorite and also lover. And there’s an intense rivalry between my character and her, a little bit like β€˜All About Eve’ in that way. My character is usurped by a younger suitor, for the role of the favorite.”

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Still, Weisz is clear that β€œThe Favourite” will be very much in line with Lanthimos’ other efforts, including β€œDogtooth” and β€œAlps.” That’s what she likes about him, anyway.

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β€œThere’s no one like him, he getsΒ you into a certain tone,” Weisz said. β€œHe’s very unique,Β veryΒ unique.”

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FS just gave this pretty much the "this is our big awards contender" release date so they must think it has the goods but i wouldn't think lanthimos'sΒ style meshes well with that. it's probably toned down to an extent it's his first movie he doesn't have a writing credit on which is interesting.

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3 minutes ago, Kraken said:

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This must mean I'm missing on a lot of fish sex films.

All those musicals comedy about trying to balance life with works,Β those western about reverse mortgage, team of priest trying to find a colleague in anti-Christian Japan,Β Space station disaster movie, very similar to 19th century slavery, life of a young Black gayΒ and Tarantino 70s movie industry movie.

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