'War of the Roses' Remake Will Bloom in August

The War of the Roses will recommence this summer...just not quite in the way many Anglophiles likely expect. (Sadly, there are no Plantagenets or Lancasters to be found.) Feature film The Roses is officially set to arrive in theaters this August, a reimagining of the 1989 dark comedy The War of the Roses.

Based on the novel of the same name by Warren Adler, the original The War of the Roses reteamed Romancing the Stone stars Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner for a much darker and more biting project in 1989. The duo played Oliver and Barbara Rose, a wealthy couple with a seemingly perfect marriage. But when their relationship begins to crumble, their belongings — specifically their lavish mansion — become the center of their increasingly vicious divorce battle.

This time around, we'll see British acting titans Benedict Cumberbatch (The Thing with Feathers) and Olivia Colman (The Crown) face off as the film's titular married couple, Theo and Ivy, whose enviable lifestyle masks darker feelings of competition and resentment between them. Just as Theo's career begins to sputter, Ivy's own ambitions take off, leaving the pair at odds about many things.