CHICKEN WITH PLUMS
DIRECTED BY Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud ETA 2012
Marjane Satrapi adapts her own graphic novel, starring Mathieu Amalric as a temperamental musician who takes to his bed when his favourite instrument is broken. If you missed it at the BFI London Film Festival, you can get a taste of its quirky pleasures in the online trailer.
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 3
DIRECTED BY Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick ETA 2012
Paranormal Activity brought found-footage horror back onto cinema screens two years ago, prompting Eduardo Sánchez and his collaborator Daniel Myrick to return to the granddaddy of the genre. studio Lionsgate is keen, apparently. Let’s hope it’s an improvement on the dreadful Book of Shadows.
INSIDE THE PLACE LLEWYN DAVIS BEYOND THE PINES DIRECTED BY Ethan Coen, Joel Coen ETA 2013 The Coen brothers will follow up True Grit with a look at the 1960s folk scene in Greenwich Village. Loosely based on the book, The Mayor of MacDougal Street, by fabled New York scenester Dave Van Ronk, it will hopefully take the siblings back to the musical stylings of O Brother, Where Art Thou?
DIRECTED BY Derek Cianfrance ETA 2013 Ryan Gosling reunites with his Blue Valentine director for this action drama, also starring Bradley Cooper and Rose Byrne. Plot-wise, it sounds remarkably similar to Drive – Gosling plays a motorcycle stunt rider who commits a crime to provide for his wife and child. Keep your fingers crossed for a cracking electro-pop soundtrack.
UNTITLED BLADE RUNNER SEVEN PROJECT PSYCHOPATHS DIRECTED BY Ridley Scott ETA 2014 Not content with revisiting the Alien franchise with Prometheus, Scott is also said to be prepping a sequel to his 1984 sci-fi classic. Rumour has it that Scott Z Burns, the screenwriter of The Bourne Ultimatum, has been tasked with working up a screenplay. Perhaps we too will finally see C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.
DIRECTED BY Martin McDonagh ETA Mid-2012 The Irish playwrightturned-director has hired his old In Bruges star Colin Farrell for this black comedy about a screenwriter (Farrell) who takes inspiration from a pair of dognappers (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell). Filming began in LA this autumn.
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