Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch Will Face Off in “War of the Roses” Remake

Two of the finest performers of their generation have signed up to go through a comically brutal divorce.

Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch have signed on to Searchlight’s upcoming The War of the Roses remake, with Recount and Bombshell director Jay Roach on board to helm. The original Roses came out in 1989 and starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as a pair of squabbling spouses who try every nasty trick in the book to drive each other out of their palatial estate during their divorce.