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EXCLUSIVE: Curious Gremlin (The Testament Of Ann Lee) and Kari Skogland‘s recently minted accumulation banner Take A Trip Media are processing a characteristic adjustment of novel Lady Macbeth, nan New York Times bestseller by author Ava Reid.
The gothic feminist retelling of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth centers connected nan characteristic of Lady Macbeth. Oscar nominee Emma Donoghue (Room) is attached to constitute nan screenplay, pinch Emmy and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Skogland (The Handmaid’s Tale) group to direct.
Reid’s 2024 caller “reimagines 1 of literature’s astir enduring figures done a dark, friendly lens, pursuing a young noblewoman thrust into a politically arranged matrimony successful a sadistic medieval world. As she navigates survival, power, and personality wrong a strategy designed to constrain her, her translator unfolds into a image of ambition, resilience, and consequence.”
The movie will beryllium produced by Scott Aharoni, Sinan Eczacibasi, and Alihan Yalicindag for Curious Gremlin, pinch Skogland and Mackenzie Munro for Take a Trip Media. The movie marks Take A Trip Media’s first production. Peter Gold and Eden Burke will service arsenic executive producers, pinch Ben Pitts arsenic subordinate producer.
On release, nan caller quickly generated buzz connected platforms including BookTok and Goodreads. Thirty year-old Reid is besides known for novels including A Study In Drowning and The Wolf And The Woodsman.
Donoghue is known for Oscar victor Room, arsenic good as The Wonder and H Is for Hawk. Skogland is champion known for directing connected The Handmaid’s Tale and for directing and exec-producing connected The Falcon and nan Winter Soldier, The Loudest Voice, Smoke, and upcoming thriller mini bid 12 12 12, pinch Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan for Apple TV.
Take a Trip Media is readying to create a slate of original projects alongside literate adaptations.
Led by Scott Aharoni, Alihan Yalicindag and Sinan Eczacibasi, Curious Gremlin has worked connected movies including The Testament of Ann Lee and The Chronology of Water. Upcoming titles see Dylan Meyer’s The Wrong Girls, starring Kristen Stewart, Seth Rogen, LaKeith Stanfield, Kumail Nanjiani, and Alia Shawkat, to beryllium released by Neon, Lindsay Calleran’s Caity with Chiara Aurelia, Morgan Spector and Zach Cherry, and nan Zellner Brothers Alpha Gang.
“At Curious Gremlin, we person ever aimed to stock our excitement for telling fresh, bold, and daring stories that spot their assemblage to clasp caller perspectives and beryllium pinch complexity. In that spirit, Ava Reid’s Lady Macbeth — a ferocious reimagining of nan timeless Scottish Play from a caller and amazingly overlooked lens — adapted for nan large surface by Emma Donoghue, pinch Kari Skogland successful nan director’s seat, feels for illustration a earthy fresh for us,” said Sinan Eczacibasi, co-founder of Curious Gremlin. “We are delighted to beryllium partnering pinch Take a Trip connected this awesome movie and look guardant to sharing it pinch nan world.”
“Launching Take A Trip pinch Lady Macbeth feels profoundly aligned pinch nan benignant of storytelling we want to champion: visceral, feminine, dangerous, and emotionally uncompromising. Ava Reid’s caller has specified a singular beat and loyal audience, and pinch Emma Donoghue adapting and Kari Skogland directing, this task brings together artists pinch a fearless bid of reside and character. I can’t ideate a much breathtaking first movie for Take A Trip, and we’re thrilled to beryllium partnering pinch Curious Gremlin to bring it to life,” added Mackenzie Munro, co-founder of Take A Trip Media.
