In 1980, David Lynch's The Elephant Man debuted, but that film was not adapted from the Tony Award-winning play, and instead was loosely based on the real life of Joseph Merrick. The black and ...

David Lynch’s 1980 classic was almost derailed by a lawsuit—and the director’s own attempts to make a prosthetic suit for ...

Adam Pearson, who featured in A24’s comic noir “A Different Man,” is set to play the lead role of Joseph Merrick in “The Elephant Man,” a new feature film adaptation of Bernard Pomerance ...

In 1980, David Lynch made a film on the life of Merrick, also titled The Elephant Man, with the late John Hurt in the lead and Anthony Hopkins playing Treves. However, this was based on the ...

Bernard Pomerance’s Tony-winning play The Elephant Man is coming to the screen in a new film adaptation starring Adam Pearson. The movie, which is scheduled to begin filming in Spring of 2026 ...

Bradley Cooper, by his own account, traces his earliest desire to be an actor to seeing the David Lynch film, The Elephant Man, at age 12.His investment in the tragic real-life character of Joseph ...

The February feature for Movie Night at the Northwest Montana History Museum will be “The Elephant Man,” starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt. Directed by David Lynch, the 1980 film is based ...

A powerful and thoughtful drama that questions the concept of normalcy. Currently on Belmont Theater's stage is a challenging, yet rewarding production of The Elephant Man. The play, like the film ...

“The Elephant Man” will be written by playwright Pomerance’s son, Moby Pomerance. The shoot will begin in spring 2026. Eve Pomerance, who is producing the film, added, “My father never ...