Washington: Actor Mark Ruffalo has joined the cast of ace film director-producer Yorgos Lanthimos' upcoming adaptation of 'Poor Things', from Searchlight Pictures, Film 4, and Element Pictures.
As per Variety, Ruffalo, an Emmy winner and three-time Oscar nominee, joined previously announced cast members including Oscar winner Emma Stone and four-time nominee Willem Dafoe in the film adaptation of Alasdair Grey's novel.
Lanthimos will direct and produce the film from a script by Tony McNamara, after pairing on the 2018 film 'The Favourite', for which McNamara earned an Oscar nomination for co-writing the screenplay.
'Poor Things' is a Frankenstein-Esque tale set in the Victorian era, described as a story of "love, discovery and scientific daring," focusing on a young woman named Belle Baxter (Stone) brought back to life by an eccentric but brilliant scientist.
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Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures, which has produced all of Lanthimos' English-language films including 'The Lobster', 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite', as well as 'Room' and Hulu's 'Normal People', will produce the upcoming film.