24 May 2021 : Nathan Griffin Mark Ruffalo, Emma Stone, and Willem Dafoe. Yorgos Lanthimos upcoming adaptation, Poor Things, will see the fruitful co-production partnership between Searchlight Pictures, Element Pictures, and Film4 continued following the success of their 2019 Oscar nominated feature, The Favourite. Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Mark Ruffalo will star opposite Oscar winner actress Emma Stone and four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe in the film adaptation of Alasdair Grey’s novel of the same name. Poor Things will be produced and directed by Lanthimos from a script by Australian writer Tony McNamara following the pairs collaboration on The Favourite, which earned them both a Oscar nomination for co-writing the screenplay.