Maybe it’s just because 2020 has felt like a full decade already, but it’s surprising that we’re still waiting on Rosamund Pike’s new film, “Radioactive,” to be released in the US. Sure, it only just debuted at TIFF last year, but it sure seems like we’ve been talking about this movie for so much longer. Well, the good news is that the film is a mere two weeks away from landing on Amazon Prime.

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There are few scientists in history to achieve a level of notoriety in the same was as Marie Curie. So, naturally, you have to expect that her story would get the feature film treatment. And that’s exactly what happens in the new film, “Radioactive.”

As seen in the new trailer for the film, “Radioactive” tells the story of Curie’s life and career, including her discovery of a new element, coining the term radioactive, as well as her personal life with her husband and the discrimination that faced her.

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Rosamund Pike is an Oscar-nominated actress that really is trying to land that next big role. She’s talented, without a doubt, but for some reason, Pike can’t seem to find a role that launches her into the awards season conversation quite like her performance in David Fincher’s “Gone Girl.” Maybe the upcoming “Radioactive” will be that film?

As seen in the trailer for “Radioactive,” Pike plays Marie Curie, the famed scientist that won the Nobel Prize in both physics and chemistry.

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The earth was once flat, the sun revolved around us, and polonium and radium were unknown. In time, there were societal combustions—ripples across space that devastated longstanding establishments. Marie Curie ignited the fuse, discovering polonium and radium en route to two Nobel Prizes. “Radioactive” opens with an elderly Curie—adorned with frazzled grey hair and wearing thin-oval sunglasses—walking through Paris in 1934 to her lab. Once there, she collapses, rushed to the hospital as her life flashes before her eyes.

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Planned for the first half of 2020, popular indie filmmaker Marjane Satrapi is teaming up with Rosamund Pike to tell the story of the famous Marie Curie. The film, entitled “Radioactive,” will be based on the biographic graphic novel of the same name by Lauren Redniss, focusing on the relationship and love Curie had with her work and her husband.

Satrapi, a French-Iranian artist, made a name for herself first through comic books and her illustrations for children’s literature.

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Ever since her breakout film “Persepolis,” director Marjane Satrapi has stayed dedicated to following her own unique filmmaking, even if the results haven’t always found big, commercial success. “Chicken With Plums” and “The Gang Of The Jotas” were firmly arthouse efforts, and while “The Voices” starring Ryan Reynolds tipped toward a more mainstream audiences, the freaky premise and dark comedy kept the picture within the niche, genre fold.

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Over the weekend arrived some disappointing and rather unexpected news: Tim Miller, the visual effects artist who made his feature directorial debut with this February’s refreshingly entertaining “Deadpool,” would not return for the planned 2018 sequel. While star/producer Ryan Reynolds’ endless enthusiasm for the foul-mouthed Marvel character played a huge role in the anti-superhero blockbuster’s phenomenal success, both financially and critically, Miller’s involvement was, in many ways, just as vital.

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Marjane Satrapi To Direct 'The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir Who Got Trapped In An Ikea Wardrobe'

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10 Animation Directors Who Moved Into Live Action

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Review: 'The Voices' Starring Ryan Reynolds Is A Warm And Funny Look At A Schizophrenic Murderer

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Watch: Things Get Weird In Trailer For ‘The Voices’ With Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick & Gemma Arterton

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Sundance Review: ‘The Voices’ Starring Ryan Reynolds Wrings Dark Comedy From Candy-Colored Carnage

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Rome Review: Marjane Satrapi Gets Loose, Has Fun In Black Comedy 'The Gang Of The Jotas'

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Watch: Trailer For Marjane Satrapi's New Film 'Gang Of The Jotas' Playing The Rome Film Festival

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The team’s first effort was an adaptation of Satrapi’s milestone two-part graphic novel “Persepolis,” which we called one of the best animated films of the decade.

“Persepolis” was an imaginative account of Satrapi’s childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and “Chicken With Plums” returns to Iran once again.

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Don’t listen to us though, the film won the 2007 Cannes Festival Jury Prize and is the official French entry for “Best Foreign Film” at the 2008 Academy Awards (jumping right over the animated category; this is a big deal).

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