New Films in Production, v.2

[Cremildo]

Abel Ferrara's Siberia is currently being shot.

Edit: wrong info, sorry. Tommaso is a different film.

[domino harvey]

Me and Tommaso can now commiserate about how this years’ movies have screwed our vanity searches

[thirtyframesasecond]

A remake of Bunny Lake Is Missing is being developed at Screen Gems.

Have to see who's directing/starring but the original is a great film so this'll inevitably pale in comparison.

[Professor Wagstaff]

Screen Gems releases a lot of junk. Not a good sign.

[Reverend Drewcifer]

No director mentioned, but what if it is still a Joe Carnahan project after all these years?

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/ ... itherspoon

[Finch]

Wong Kar-Wai about to shoot a new feature called Blossoms which he says will form a trilogy with In The Mood For Love and 2046

[Cremildo]

Sean Penn's next directorial effort is Flag Day, based on Jennifer Vogel’s 2005 memoir Flim-Flam Man: The True Story Of My Father’s Counterfeit Life.

[flyonthewall2983]

Francis Ford Coppola talking up Megalopolis again. I remember reading articles about this almost 20 years ago now, he apparently had Russell Crowe and Paul Newman lined up, and was doing it with Dreamworks when they were in their brief stride.

[Never Cursed]

Jennifer Lawrence to star in an untitled A24-distributed indie drama directed by Lila Neugebauer, will start shooting in New Orleans mid-June

[Finch]

Alex Ross Perry to write and direct King adaptation Rest Stop

[FrauBlucher]

Denis Villeneuve will helm Cleopatra, produced by Scott Rudin... Not sure how I feel about this

[dda1996a]

Is he becoming the new studio lackey?

[Cremildo]

Werner Herzog has shot a narrative feature in Japan with amateur actors called Family Romance.

[knives]

Is he becoming the new studio lackey?

He's becoming someone who enjoys steady employment. Nothing wrong with that.

[Persona]

Denis Villeneuve will helm Cleopatra, produced by Scott Rudin... Not sure how I feel about this

I only love a couple of Villeneuve's films so I guess I don't have strong feelings about this, but that just seems like a pretty uninspiring project for him. But maybe there's a hook he has in mind.

[dda1996a]

Is he becoming the new studio lackey?

He's becoming someone who enjoys steady employment. Nothing wrong with that.

So were Sicario and Blade Runner 2049. I'm less enthused about another Dune, but he's choosing "big" projects that don't sound interesting. Nolan is technically a "studio" guy but his projects are interesting and "his". Its a shame to lose Villeneuve to ordinary studio films. But maybe I'm full of shit and both Dune and this would be his own and great.

[knives]

His own seems irrelevant to me. A lot of great studio product has been impersonal.

[Cremildo]

Takashi Miike will unveil a new yakuza thriller called First Love at Cannes.

[dda1996a]

His own seems irrelevant to me. A lot of great studio product has been impersonal.

Well... yeah. But I guess it's just me not finding that story interesting + all the talk about said film and Fincher in the last few years just doesn't really build a case for this being interesting. Again, it might come out good and so far he has scored for me without fail. Just seems a disappointing choice of films atm

[Cremildo]

Ben Affleck will direct and star in war pic Ghost Army.

Guillermo Del Toro's next will be Nightmare Alley, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

[Never Cursed]

Peter Farrelly’s next film will be another bromance, this time set against the backdrop of “the greatest beer run ever”

He’s doing the “I’m Adam McKay and I’m making important films now” phase of his career

[ianthemovie]

Peter Farrelly’s next film will be another bromance, this time set against the backdrop of “the greatest beer run ever”

He’s doing the “I’m Adam McKay and I’m making important films now” phase of his career

Jay Roach started it.

[knives]

I think you mean Chaplin.

[HinkyDinkyTruesmith]

I think Griffith can lay claim to it even earlier.

[dda1996a]

I think Méliès did even earlier than that