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 ...

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 ...

A short film about a baby elephant is premiering this week in Salt Lake. Why it matters: The film is a fundraiser for Wildlife SOS, a conservation group working to protect India's elephants.

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 ...

Based on the life of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man centers on a young man ... Pearson's casting in the new film makes him the first disabled character to play Merrick on screen. " ...