By Romeo San Vicente
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Uma Thurman plans to clean house
“Pulp Fiction” icon Uma Thurman has signed on to a new 1930s-set period drama, “The Housekeeper,” alongside “Bridgerton” star Phoebe Dynevor. Directed by Richard Eyre (“Notes on a Scandal” and “Iris”) with a script from author Rose Tremain, adapting her own forthcoming novel, the story is a fictionalized telling of the incidents that inspired novelist Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel, “Rebecca,” which was, in turn, turned into a classic film from Alfred Hitchcock. Thurman will star in the title role with Dynevor as du Maurier and joining them will be Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins as Lord DeWithers, owner of Manderville Hall. All other plot details are a mystery, which is fitting for something that led to the mysterious “Rebecca.” It goes in front of the camera in 2025. Re-watch that Hitchcock in the meantime.
Indya Moore visits ‘Mother, Father, Sister, Brother’
“Pose” princess Indya Moore is hard at work on a new comedy-drama from acclaimed indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. It’s called “Father, Mother, Sister, Brother” and will take form of a triptych. It will feature three different stories (the press release calls them “quiet” and “observational”) related to adult children, estranged parents and strained family scenarios all around, with each story taking place at the same time but in different countries — the U.S., France, and Ireland. Alongside Moore, the film co-stars Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Vicky Krieps (“Phantom Thread”) and “Grown-ish” star Luka Sabbat. In production now, we’re looking forward to a little official “quiet” after the screaming election of 2024. If we want more noise we’ll just rewatch “August Osage County.”
Jinkx Monsoon returns to Broadway
Jinkx Monsoon already made her Broadway debut in “Chicago” in 2023, and now they want her back there for a reimagined “Pirates of Penzance.” The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” legend will hit the boards in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical,” alongside “Frazier” star David Hyde Pierce and Ramin Karimloo (“Funny Girl”). Rupert Holmes has taken the classic Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera and is turning it on its head to become a New Orleans-set, jazz-based musical comedy. Monsoon will play Ruth, Karimloo the Pirate King, and Pierce will handle Major General Stanley. And yes, readers of a certain age will remember Mr. Holmes from his ’70s pop career and “The Piña Colada Song.” Now you know what’s he’s been up to lately. Check out his latest project in April of 2025.
Andrew Scott feels the ‘Pressure’
Andrew Scott refuses to take a vacation. He’s jumped on board another new project, “Pressure,” for director-screenwriter Anthony Maras (“Hotel Mumbai”) and Olivier Award winning co-screenwriter David Haig. The true story, based on Haig’s acclaimed play, is set during WWII, will star Scott as Britain’s chief meteorologist James Stagg, whose timing assessments and decision-making was critical to Allied forces on the eve of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Brendan Fraser plays Dwight Eisenhower and the film co-stars Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Chris Messina (“The Mindy Project”) and Damian Lewis (“Billions”). This has award season written all over it, of course, and it’s currently filming in the U.K. Make plans now to take your history-loving Dad on a movie date.