Costume in Cinema: Upcoming Costume Movies
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Upcoming Releases
Sorry, release dates are decidedly US-centric.
W.E. (12/9/11): A modern day woman obsessed with Wallis Simpson, whose story is intercut. Directed by Madonna, costumes by Arianne Phillips.
The Woman in Black (2/3/12): Daniel Radcliffe stars in a remake of the late Victorian ghost story. Costumes by Keith Madden.
Bel Ami (3/2/12): a young man’s rise to power in Paris by manipulating women; starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, and Kristin Scott Thomas. Costumes by Odile Dicks-Mireaux.
Mirror Mirror (3/30/12): dark twist on the classic Snow White tale, starring Julia Roberts as the evil queen. Costumes by Eiko Ishioka, which should make things interesting!
Birdsong (4/22/12): Love story, set in France during WWI. Costumes by Charlotte Walter.
The Raven (4/27/12): Fictionalized account of Edgar Allen Poe chasing a serial killer. Sigh. John Cusack as Poe. Costumes by Carlo Poggioli.
Dark Shadows (5/11/12): based on the classic TV show, starring Johnny Depp, costumes by Colleen Atwood.
Hysteria (5/12/12): Hugh Dancy in a comedic film about the invention of the vibrator (as a medical device, of course!) in late 19th c. England. Costumes by Nic Ede.
Hemingway & Gellhorn (5/2012): Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman star; HBO movie about the romance between Hemingway and WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn. Costumes by Ruth Myers.
Snow White and the Huntsman (6/1/12): Kristen Stewart stars in the title role, with Charlize Theron as the evil queen. Costumes by Colleen Atwood.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (6/22/12): Oh dear. Costumes by Carlo Poggioli and Varvara Avdyushko.
Anna Karenina (9/7/12): Starring Keira Knightley (zzzz), Jude Law (hello!), and Mathew MacFadyen (zzzz). Costumes by Jaqueline Duran.
The Great Gatsby (12/25/12): directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo di Caprio, Isla Fisher, Carey Mulligan, and Tobey Maguire. Costumes by Catherine Martin.
Summer in February (2012): “A true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists’ colony in Cornwall”; starring Dominic Cooper. Costumes by Nic Ede.
Farewell My Queen (2012): French film about Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and one of her readers (Gerard Depardieu) in the final days of the Revolution.
Wuthering Heights (2012): Are the Brontes the new Jane Austen? Discuss. Costumes by Jacqueline Durran.
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012): “love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York,” starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney. Costumes by Dinah Collin.
Heaven and Earth (2012): biopic of James Miranda Barry, the first female physician who had to dress as a man. Costumes by Kate Carin.
Great Expectations (2012): BBC production, Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham, Holliday Grainger as Estella. Possibly a feature film?
Great Expectations (2012): Another BBC production, starring Gillian Anderson, Ray Winstone, and David Suchet. Apparently a different production than the one above! TV production. Costumes by Annie Symons.
Parade’s End (2012): BBC adaptation of a novel set in the Edwardian Era, about a love triangle including a suffragist.
Call the Midwife (2012): TV production, about midwives in 1950s East London. Costumes by Amy Roberts.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012): Dickens adaptation, BBC.
Effie (2012): Dakota Fanning as the wife of Victorian art critic John Ruskin; written and directed by Emma Thompson. Costumes by Ruth Myers.
Untitled James Gray Project (2012): “An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island”; starring Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix; set in the 1920s.
Silence (2013): 17th century Jesuit priests travel to Japan as missionaries, starring Benicio del Toro, costumes by Sandy Powell.
Cleopatra (2013): Angelina Jolie in the title role, based on the recent successful biography.
Vivaldi (2013): Biopic of the famous composer. Costumes by Jenny Beavan (Ever After, Sense and Sensibility, Jefferson in Paris, Howards End, A Room With a View, and many more).
Untouched (2013): “A take on the mysterious wedding night incident between Victorian artist Josh Ruskin and Effie Gray that led to their divorce and her relationship with Ruskin’s protégé, John Everett Millais”; rumored to star Keira Knightley.
Sinatra (2013?): Frank Sinatra’s ties to the mafia. Directed by Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Scarlett Johannsen. Costumes by Sandy Powell.
Americana (12/14): “In the 1860s Confederate South, a farmer and slave owner flees the Civil War for Brazil where he finds new love and a fresh start, but as he fights to protect the racial harmony of his new life, he cannot escape his past.” Rumored to star Kate Winslet.
Maleficent (2015): the story of Sleeping Beauty told from the evil fairy’s perspective, starring Angelina Jolie.
Things I missed, or just haven’t gotten around to watching, but really do plan to see (here as a reminder to myself!):
Creation (1/22/10 limited): Charles Darwin’s struggle to reconcile his evolutionary theories with his wife’s religion. Paul Bettany as Darwin and Jennifer Connelly as his wife Emma. Costumes by Louise Stjernsward (Stealing Beauty).
The Edge of Love (3/09 limited): “Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both”; set in the 1940s? Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller star. Costumes by April Ferry (Rome, tons of modern films). See pics at the Costumer’s Guide to Movie Costumes.
Enid Blyton (2009 UK TV): Helena Bonham Carter as the children’s author.
House of Tolerance (2011)
Mildred Pierce (2011): new version as a miniseries on HBO starring Kate Winslet. Costumes by Ann Roth.
Three Musketeers
Mozart’s Sister
The Hour
Boardwalk Empire
Things I need to remember to review:
Water for Elephants
Plunkett & MacLeane
The Devil’s Whore
Black Book
Amelia
The Help
My Week with Marilyn
The Artist
The War Bride
Bomb Girls
{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
Hi, love your costuming! I had a question; what is the title/artist of the painting you have in the upper right corner of your website? It’s of a 17th century woman in a blue and gold gown with a little spaniel in front of her. I love it, and I’m trying to find it with no luck. Thanks!
Please keep doing what you are doing. We are depending on you for early warnings about costume dramas, the BBC and dramas all together. Thanks so much for being here.
I love what you do, you’re fantastic!!!!! Can I ask you a favor? Could you please, also put the costumes of A Room with a View??? Thank you very, very much!!!!
One I didn’t see on your list that I just saw was playing at my local art house theater is Mozart’s Sister.
I don’t know how good the costumes are, the teaser isn’t too promising, but I’m intrigued enough to probably go see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvgiq5nKO6A&feature=player_embedded#!
P.S. Did you say Clive Owen as Hemmingway?! I am SO there.
Thanks for the heads-up on some of these. I’m always looking for costume flicks to add to my Netflix queue. Some of them look like they could be fun (yay for a 2nd season of Downton Abbey!), but I have to admit that I’m stuck on the image of Vanessa Redgrave playing Elizabeth I. What were they thinking? Judi Dench – yes. Cate Blanchett – yes. Helen Mirren – yes. And of course, Glenda Jackson. But Redgrave? Maybe it’s just me, but I happen to think Elizabeth is one of the most fascinating characters in history, and mis-castings make me twitch.
OK, rant over. Really.
Hi!
The Invention of Hugo Cabret is great – it isn’t about a robot though. It’s an automaton, which I guess is as close to a robot as they had in the 1930s. More of a toy, though. Should be a very cool movie, as the novel it’s based on is beautiful and the illustrations are simply stunning!