One of Stanley Kubrick’s best movies is being turned into a play

Stanley Kubrick's widow Christiane also reacted to the news, saying that;

"We have always been reluctant to let anyone adapt any of Stanley's work, and we never have. It was so important to him that it wasn't changed from how he finished it".

"But we could not resist authorising this project: the time is right; the people doing it are fantastic; and Strangelove should be brought to a new and younger audience. I am sure Stanley would have approved it too".

[caption id="attachment_778079" align="alignnone" width="640"] The original film boasts a 98% rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes. (Credit: Getty Images)[/caption]

The message of Stanley Kubrick is relevant to this day:

The celebrated director's daughter Katharina echoed the sentiments of Iannucci, expressing her belief that the movie has remained topical; "The subject matter of this film is particularly relevant again in our prevailing political climate". "People often laugh when they would rather cry, and this is exactly how the film, and now the play, handles the possibility of the ultimate destruction of life on Earth; certainly, an important topic amongst many, to concentrate the mind". To aid in the development of the play, the Kubrick family have also granted Iannucci access to Stanley's personal archive, which contains some "discarded scenes, first drafts (and) moments that they were going to shoot and then decided not to". Initially released two years removed from the Cuban Missile crisis, Iannucci draws parallels with the current war in Ukraine and the escalating climate change crisis.