THE FAVOURITE Trailer And Poster Feature Olivia Colman, Emma Stone And Rachel Weisz

Fox Searchlight has released a brand new  trailer and poster THE FAVOURITE.

From director Yorgos Lanthimos, the film hits theaters November 23, 2018.

Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen’s companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfil her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.

In her early look at the Oscar race out of the Telluride Film Festival over the Labor Day holiday weekend, Anne Thompson (Indiewire) says of the movie:

“Lanthimos’ most accessible, expensive, rollicking and wicked film to date — his first full-on period film — is still confounding to some, who demand explanations they will never receive for its inexplicable ending, for one thing. At one Q&A, Lanthimos said that he doesn’t think about the audience when he makes his movies. “Clearly!” responded Stone, who plays an upstart scullery maid with an instinct for survival. The Telluride tributee holds her own on her first British-accent movie with Lanthimos vet Rachel Weisz (“The Lobster”) as ruthless Lady Marlborough, who runs the 18th-century court of the crazy Queen Anne, who is played by the amazing Olivia Colman (who has taken over from Foy in “The Crown”). Searchlight is still debating how to campaign this equal triangle of mighty actresses — the two Oscar-winners Stone (“La La Land”) and Weisz (“The Constant Gardener”) could run in supporting with Colman in lead, but it could also work the other way, too. Whichever way it goes, Colman could win.”

Thompson added the likely nominations are in the Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Actress, Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Production Design, Costumes, Editing races.

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Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman in the film THE FAVOURITE. Photo by Yorgos Lanthimos. © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved