Oscar Nominated Film ‘Poor Things’ is Coming to Disney+ From March 7, 2024

SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES’ ACADEMY AWARD® BEST PICTURE NOMINEE “POOR THINGS” TO STREAM 7 MARCH, EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef and Jerrod Carmichael

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LONDON, U.K. (March 4, 2024) – Coming off 11 Academy Award® nominations including Best Picture and 5 BAFTA Award wins (Best Actress, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair, and Special Visual Effects), Disney+ announced that “Poor Things” will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+ in the UK on 7 March.

From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

Based on the book by Alasdair Gray https://amzn.to/43Uu1ag, the screenplay was written by Tony McNamara, making this the second collaboration between Lanthimos and McNamara (“The Favourite”). The movie was produced by Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Emma Stone.

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ABOUT SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

Searchlight Pictures is a global specialty film and television company that develops, produces, finances and acquires motion pictures and series for both worldwide theatrical and streaming releases. It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and is part of The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures, the company’s titles have grossed over $5 billion worldwide, amassing 46 Academy Awards including five Best Picture winners since 2009: “Slumdog Millionaire”, “12 Years a Slave”, “Birdman”, “The Shape of Water”, and “Nomadland”; 55 BAFTA Awards, 34 Golden Globe Awards, and 10 Grammy Awards. Searchlight Television, the division which develops and produces series for streaming, network, and cable partners, earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress and an additional 5 nominations for its first production “The Dropout'' from Elizabeth Meriwether, in partnership with Hulu and 20th Studios.  Searchlight recently released Yorgos Lanthimos’ Golden Lion and Golden Globe winner “Poor Things”, starring and produced by Emma Stone; Andrew Haigh’s critically acclaimed romantic drama “All of Us Strangers”; Taika Waititi’s underdog comedy “Next Goal Win”; Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s award-winning Sundance debut feature comedy “Theater Camp”; Eva Longoria’s “Flamin’ Hot”; Mark Mylod’s global hit “The Menu”; and Martin McDonagh’s Academy Award nominated and BAFTA winning “The Banshees of Inisherin”. Upcoming releases include Laura Chinn’s “Suncoast”, which is making its World Premiere at Sundance and stars Laura Linney, Nico Parker, and Woody Harrelson; Ned Benson’s “The Greatest Hits” starring Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, and Austin Crute; Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch” starring Amy Adams; and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness” starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe.

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