Must. Remain. Calm. So I can type this properly.
It began with a report from Nikki Finke. It continued with a /film report: Terrence Malick is working on another movie.
Well, what’s this? Does Terrence Malick have yet another film in the works? According to Nikki Finke he does. She’s reporting that the reclusive, methodical filmmaker is prepping “an as yet untitled love story” for which he’s written a script. Claim is that he’s got Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko and Rachel McAdams on board to appear in the movie.
Nikki Finke’s rather breathless report (she says “he’s written and directed” the film) is light on details beyond the basics. But when we’re talking about a new Malick film the basics are all we’re likely to get for a while. I’d expect some trade confirmation of this to be coming down right quick. At least, that’s how I’m interpreting Finke’s rush to post. She says the plan is to shoot the film later this year.
Tags: Malick
February 4th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Saw a brief note about this on Variety’s website. Our son was born 1/22, and we named him David Malick. Turns out that Malick means king in Arabic and Hebrew, so we thought it appropriate.
February 4th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Yes! Looking forward to the Malickian voice-over narration by Anton Chigurh!
I wonder if this project is in any way about that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! adaptation Malick was rumored to be working on. By the description, maybe not — or perhaps “as yet untitled love story” is a Blue Harvest smokescreen by the canny and reclusive Malick.
By the way Jeffrey, you mention this as the third Malick film in production. Is the other one you’re referring to the reported IMAX, prehistory, companion piece to Tree of Life?