The Collaboration | |
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Directed by | Kwame Kwei-Armah |
Screenplay by | Anthony McCarten |
Based on | The Collaboration by Anthony McCarten |
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Cinematography | Robert Yeoman |
Edited by | Paul Machliss |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Collaboration is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah (in his feature debut) and written by Anthony McCarten, based on his stage play of the same name. The film stars Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope, reprising the roles of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat which they performed in the original run of the stage play in February 2022 in London's West End, and for an extended run on Broadway into February 2023. [1]
Two contrasting artists, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, begin a successful collaboration in 1980s New York after being paired by art collector Bruno Bischofberger. [2]
In February 2022 it was announced that Anthony McCarten had adapted his stage play and would produce a film version alongside Denis O’Sullivan with Kwame Kwei-Armah directing. Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope would reprise their roles from the original run of the stage play as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, respectively. [3] In August 2022 Daniel Brühl was added to the cast, while Hannah Beachler would serve as production designer and Robert Yeoman as cinematographer. [4] In September 2022 Melissa Barrera was revealed to be joining the cast, while Paul Machliss would edit the film. [5] Filming started in 2022 in the Greater Boston area with scenes filmed in the Marina Studios in Quincy, Massachusetts from September 14, 2022, [6] and parts of Lynn, Massachusetts doubling up as 1980s New York. [7]
Bettany told The New York Observer in late 2022 that the film hadn't been edited at that point, with an earliest release date of late summer 2023, perhaps in Venice - but without firm plans. [8]
Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67).
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
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The Collaboration is a dramatic stage play written by New Zealand playwright Anthony McCarten. The play originated in the West End at The Young Vic in London. The original production starred Paul Bettany as Andy Warhol and Jeremy Pope as Jean-Michel Basquiat. The story, set in New York in 1984, centers around the collaboration between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat and their new exhibition. The production transferred on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in a co-production with the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Young Vic Theatre, starting on November 29, 2022, and ending in February 2023.