Eva Green's Peculiar Children and Geena Davis Returning to TV
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 8:00AM Laurence here with a couple of juicy actress news tidbits. After a string of well-cast disappointments, we're all hoping for a return to Tim Burton magic this year with his new film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. We finally have some images from the film, which has what might be Burton's most formidable (live-action) cast since Big Fish, including Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens and Rupert Everett. Whoa.
Most importantly, though, here's Eva Green in the title role. [More...]
Burton told EW, "She's like a scary Mary Poppins, and she can turn into a bird." We were waiting on some details about the character, Tim, not what Eva does on her days off.
Green has a tendency to play eminently drag-worthy characters, and this one - Miss Peregrine a.k.a. Scary Poppins, Mary Gothins, Nanny McFear, Fran Fright - looks like no exception.
And naturally, the film means Burton can again indulge his predilection for creepy youngsters. "Weird kids: It’s something that I’ve dealt with and been interested in for a while," he presumably deadpanned.
On the TV side of things, there's some more news involving supernatural youths. Viola may not be the only Queen Davis on TV for much longer: Geena Davis has signed on to the pilot of Fox's modernised version of The Exorcist. She'll be playing Angela Rance, described as a naturally beautiful (duh), regal (clearly) and proud woman weighed down by stress due to her nightmares about a demon.
Geena Davis, reporting for duty
It'll be Davis' first regular TV role since she won a Golden Globe for Commander in Chief way back in 2005. The series is based on William Blatty's novel and not the immortal film version, which is a good sign since the last time a network tried updating a classic horror property, we ended up with Zoe Saldana's drab Rosemary's Baby.
It's wonderful to see Davis making something of a comeback after a few years of relatively low-key roles. She also has a film coming this year in Michael Almereyda's Marjorie Prime, based on the play of the same title. Davis is starring alongside Lois Smith (reprising her stage role), Jon Hamm and Tim Robbins about a woman (Smith) who uses a service which recreates people's loved ones as they would like to be remembered. It sounds like World of Tomorrow meets Amour, so start preparing your tear ducts now.
Reader Comments (14)
Welcome Back Thelma Dickinson.
mark - amen!
laurence - i'm not sure i can love Eva Green anymore than i already do but if she can save a Tim Burton movie and make it super watchable again I shall build a shrine to her.
I (L) Eva Green. Best Bond girl EVA! (see what I did there? :P)
I like the unseen link of Tim with 2 ladies he likes Green and Davis,remember Geena in BEETLEJUICE
Eva Green is a wonderful actress, I'm hoping this is a decent Tim Burton movie. Woody Allen has had comebacks - surely Burton can have one.
Geena Davis - I want her to get a good script, she's done so much good with her foundation, and deserves so much better.
God I love Geena Davis... Absence sure does make the heart grow fonder :)
Burton SEEMS like a natural choice for that book but man, he almost always chooses style over substance/coherent storytelling, especially in his later years, so I'm cautiously optimistic.
And whaaaaaaaa? Marjorie Prime is going to be a movie? That is so cool! I wish more plays were turned into (good) movies. And that's a great cast. AND they kept Smith instead of going for someone more popular (I'm surprised they didn't cast Streep and just age her up). Very exciting.
Lois Smith is such a great actress. I just rewatched her turn on The Americans from last year. Character Actress Margo Martindale should give Lois her Emmy!
Geena Davis - my favourite actress of all time!
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