Sound the reunion klaxon! The Little Woods team of star Tessa Thompson and Nia DaCosta are re-teaming for a new film. And it's a heady one — or rather a Heddy one? — as Thompson will take the lead in DaCosta's Hedda.
As adapted by DaCosta, The Hollywood Reporter has heard that the film will be an epic and visceral reimagination of Henrik Ibsen’s famed 1891 stage play. Hedda Gabler dramatizes the experiences of the title character, Hedda, the daughter of a general, who is trapped in a marriage and a house that she does not want. While it premiered to negative reviews, it has gone on to great acclaim, and the lead role is considered one of the greatest for a woman in theater.
It has also been successful in other mediums: Ingrid Bergman starred a BBC TV production in 1962, while Trevor Nunn’s 1975 film — also entitled Hedda — earned Glenda Jackson an Academy Award nomination as lead actress.
We can only figure that DaCosta and Thompson will dig into the levels to find something fresh to say through the story. Both have seen their careers skyrocket since 2018's Little Woods and both have ended up working in the MCU – Thompson as Valkyrie in the Taika Waititi Thor films and elsewhere, and DaCosta directing The Marvels, which just put a trailer online.