Overview

• Libération’s review labels the new film “aseptisé” and accuses it of “misogynie crasse,” signaling a sharply negative early reception in France.
• In a JDD interview, Jay Roach and Olivia Colman describe a deliberate shift away from burlesque toward a more naturalistic tone focused on the couple’s feelings.
• Screenwriter Tony McNamara reworked the material to keep audiences emotionally engaged with Ivy and Theo even as their conflicts intensify.
• Roach says he felt nervous taking on Danny DeVito’s 1989 dark-comedy landmark and notes that DeVito has not yet seen the remake.
• Colman says she and Benedict Cumberbatch had long wanted to collaborate and, with Searchlight, chose this project after exploring the studio’s archives.