Adam Pearson, known for portraying Oswald in the 2024 film A Different Man, will next tackle a significant role in a new adaptation of a classic. Pearson, who lives with neurofibromatosis, has been ...

Adam Pearson, who starred in "A Different Man," is set to play Joseph Merrick in a new film adaptation of the play "The ...

The Elephant Man is one of the most heart-touching plots of all time. One of the movies that fuels our emotions deeply.

Adam Pearson has been selected to star in an upcoming film remake of the dramatic play, The Elephant Man. Bernard Pomerance’s son, Moby, will be penning the script for the new upcoming film.

He was born with extreme facial deformities, which saw him cruelly displayed on Victorian freak show stages as The Elephant Man ... will also produce the film. Making his film debut opposite ...

Last week, the Brattle Theatre screened David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man.” Released in 1980, the Victorian drama tells the story of real-life Joseph Merrick (renamed “John” in the film ...

In 1980, John Hurt memorably played Merrick in David Lynch’s 1980 film The Elephant Man, which was nominated for eight Oscars. Eve Pomerance said Pearson’s casting will give greater meaning to ...

Around that time, David Lynch helmed a film based on Merrick’s life, also titled “The Elephant Man,” but the 1980 Oscar-nominated feature had no direct relation to the play.

This will be the first film adaptation of Bernard Pomerance’s Tony-winning play (as David Lynch's 1980 film had no relation) and Pearson will be the first differently abled actor to take on the ...