Hollywould: David Cronenberg, ‘Star Trek,’ and ‘The Favourite’
The film and television business moves at a mile a minute, so keeping up with the latest news can be a little daunting. Not to worry—we have your back. In Hollywould, we’ll round up the industry developments you need to know. Here’s what you may have missed:
Cronenberg Goes Small Screen
David Cronenberg may be turning to television, according to Variety. While speaking at the Venice Film Festival, Cronenberg let it slip he’s working on a “long-form personal TV project,” but kept mum on the details. He had thoughts on the blurred lines between film and television:
“Today TV screens are getting bigger and bigger and therefore the difference between theater and domestic viewing has become really flimsy. … The rule used to be that closeup shots were only done for TV, and not for movies. But today that’s no longer the case.”
Daniel Craig: The New Hercule Poirot?
Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig have teamed up for a good, old-fashioned murder mystery. Deadline reports that Johnson’s tapped Craig for his upcoming project, Knives Out, which is modeled after Agatha Christie’s oeuvre. Johnson’s a longtime fan of Agatha Christie’s work, and a fan of Daniel Craig:
“I have been a huge fan and always wanted to work with him and as I worked on the script, trying to get it right, Ram [Bergman] and I were wringing our hands over who could be the detective. Then, serendipitously, we heard Daniel might have a small window, and it worked out. He’s an actor of extraordinary range, and we are looking forward to the fun of finding that modern detective, and collaborating with Daniel on creating a new Poirot.”
John Cho and Karl Urban Talk Trek
Over at USA Today, John Cho gave up all the juicy gossip he knows on Star Trek 4, which turned out to be not much:
“I know very little about this. I’ve heard we’re going to do one. But beyond that, I don’t have details. I’d rather not know; I don’t want to lie. The boring answer is to wait for the powers that be to make a decision.”
Meanwhile, Karl Urban mused that Quentin Tarantino’s Trek will need an R-rating.
“Quentin Tarantino went in to J.J. [Abrams]’s offices and pitched him an idea for a Star Trek movie. I know a little bit about what that is and it’s bananas… You shouldn’t worry that it is going to be full of obscenity and stuff. He wants an R-rating to really make those beats of consequence land. If it’s not PG, if someone gets sucked out into space, which we have all seen before, we might see them get disemboweled first… It allows some some breadth… gives him some leeway to do that. To me, that was always one of the things I loved about what DeForest Kelley did. He would actually capture the horror of space. That look in his eyes of sheer terror always struck me when I was a kid.”
Henry Cavill Cast in Netflix’s The Witcher
Henry Cavill’s trading his cape for chainmail: he’s officially Geralt, the lead character from Netflix’s upcoming The Witcher adaptation (the original novels, not the video games. Sorry, nerds).
Henry Cavill will play Geralt in #TheWitcher — an epic, eight-episode fantasy series based on the best-selling book series!! pic.twitter.com/fBv0Gpkif9
— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) September 4, 2018
It: Chapter Two Set Pictures Leak
Pennywise hops aboard Paul Bunyan, hinting at a scene from the novel:
Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise returns in these suitably terrifying leaked set photos featuring the Derry Paul Bunyan statue seen in the first film! #ITChapter2 pic.twitter.com/h48ccpMc35
— DR Movie News (@DRMovieNews) September 2, 2018
And a bloodied Jessica Chastain bids farewell to the set on her last day:
Trailer Roundup
BoJack Horseman returns this month, and things look just as depressing as usual.
Finally, take a look at Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, which looks capable of much unpleasantness.
—Jackson Sutliff