Crimson Peak
There are a bunch of costume movies and TV shows coming in 2015 — here’s the rundown on what we’re tracking. Got info about any 2015 costume movies & TV shows we don’t have on our radar? Let us know in the comments!
Serena (February)
Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper. “In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton’s timber empire becomes complicated when it is learned that his wife, Serena, cannot bear children.”
Cinderella (March)
Starring Helena Bonham Carter and Cate Blanchett, costumes by Sandy Powell.
In the Heart of the Sea (March)
A new version of Moby Dick, with Chris Hemsworth and Cillian Murphy.
A Little Chaos (March)
Kate Winslet as a Versailles gardner, Alan Rickman as Louis XIV. See our post for more info!
Child 44 (April)
“Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders — a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.” Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman, with costumes designed by Jenny Beavan.
Outlander season 2 (April)
TV miniseries about 18th century Scotland. Check out our podcast and our posts for all the details!
Game of Thrones season 5 (April, probably)
Wolf Hall (April)
BBC production, adaptation of the recent fiction books about Thomas Cromwell. More about this very soon!
Far From the Madding Crowd (May)
Carey Mulligan stars in an adaptation of the Thomas Hardy book.
Suffragette (September)
I’m pretty sure it’s a TV mini-series, about the British women’s suffrage movement. Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, and Carey Mulligan.
Crimson Peak (October)
“Young author Edith Cushing discovers that her charming new husband is not who he appears to be.” With Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, and Mia Wasikowska.
The Dressmaker (October)
“A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.” Starring Kate Winslet.
The Revenant (December)
“The frontiersman, Hugh Glass, who in the 1820s set out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.” Tom Hardy & Leonardo DiCaprio. No pics yet.
And, things that are coming out sometime next year, but we don’t yet know when!
Poldark
The BBC is remaking this miniseries set in late 18th-century Cornwall.
Suite Française
Romance between a French villager and a German soldier in occupied France. Starring Michelle Williams.
Testament of Youth
A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I. Starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
“Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge — an army of undead zombies.” Lena Heady & Matt Smith.
Macbeth
As in, Shakespeare. Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star.
Brooklyn
“In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.”
Bessie
Queen Latifah stars as famous 1920s-30s jazz singer Bessie Smith. HBO TV movie.
Carol
“Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.” Starring Cate Blanchett. Costumes by Sandy Powell.
Altamira
“True story of the nine-year old girl and her father who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira cave.” Starring Antonio Banderas.
Queen of the Desert
Nicole Kidman stars in this biopic about Gertrude Bell, “traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.”
Genius
“A chronicle of Max Perkins’s time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.” Guy Pierce, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Colin Firth, and more. No pictures yet.
Tulip Fever
A 17th century romance in which an artist falls for a married young woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together. Starring Holliday Grainger. No pictures of the leads, yet, all I can find are shots of extras.
You left out Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell!
Only because it’s supposedly coming out THIS year, not in 2015! But yes, that’s a key one!
Acorn Media (who has the DVD release rights) is claiming it’s a 2015 release on BBC One. And there’s a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UijYwmlCJQ
Thanks Peri! Clearly IMDB is not up to date — bastards!
Maybe it’s wishful thinking on the part of IMDB :) in much the same way as I want it right now!
Lovely post! Sooo much looking forward to this year. :D Also, wasn’t there supposed to be a series about Versailles and Louis (forgetting which one right now) 2015? Or did I make that one up?
Also, is there a list like this for 2014? :)
And what about Penny Dreadful season 2 ?