Cumberbatch & Colman in Relationship Comedy ‘The Roses’ Trailer #1
by Alex Billington
April 16, 2025
Source: YouTube
“I just want the house… I built it.” Searchlight Pictures has unveieled the first official trailer for relationship comedy The Roses, the latest comedy from filmmaker Jay Roach (known for Meet the Parents & Fockers, the Austin Powers movies, Dinner for Schmucks, The Campaign, Trumbo, etc). Searchlight has this set for release at the end of August at the end of the summer coming up in a few more months. “All’s fair when love is war.” A tinderbox of competition and resentments hidden underneath the façade of a picture-perfect couple is ignited when the husband’s professional dreams come crashing down and his (ex-)wife’s career takes off. An updated take on the book “The War of the Roses” written by Warren Adler, which was already adapted before into 1989 comedy of the same name. The Roses stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow, Sunita Mani, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, and Kate McKinnon. This trailer starts out all nice and peaceful, erupting into all-out divorce chaos by the end. Should be fun to watch! As long as you’re not in the midst of a divorce, too.
Here’s the first official trailer for Jay Roach’s new comedy The Roses, direct from Searchlight’s YouTube:
Life seems easy for the 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 & 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. The Roses is directed by comedy filmmaker Jay Roach, director of the movies Mystery Alaska, Austin Powers trilogy, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Dinner for Schmucks, The Campaign, Trumbo, All the Way, and Bombshell previously, plus some TV series most recently. The screenplay is written by Tony McNamara. Based on the novel “The War of the Roses” written by Warren Adler. Produced by Jay Roach, Michelle Graham, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Ed Sinclair, Tom Carver. This hasn’t premiered at any festivals or elsewhere at this moment. Searchlight Pictures will debut Jay Roach’s The Roses in theaters nationwide starting August 29th, 2025 later this summer. Look good?
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