We all had our doubts when we first heard that Joel and Ethan Coen's masterpiece "Fargo" was going to be adapted for the small screen, courtesy of FX, but, after the first episode of creator Noah Hawley's adaptation aired, we were converted. The ambition and sheer scope of the series has been nothing short of groundbreaking and, although we still have a few unanswered questions about the last season, and the season before it, answers will likely never come since the beauty of the show, and Hawley's art, is as open-ended as the never-ending mysteries of life.
Hawley looks to bring the dark, almost miraculous spell of his writing to the big screen this year by telling the true story of NASA Captain Lisa Nowak, who made headlines in 2007 by driving from Houston to Orlando, with a knife and a BB gun, to confront former lover, astronaut Bill Oefelein, and his new girlfriend. The synopsis of “Lucy in the Sky” is said to be loosely based on Nowak’s story whom “after returning to earth from a life-changing mission in space, begins to slowly unravel and lose touch with reality.”
Hawley spoke to IndieWire and confirmed that his feature directing debut “Lucy in the Sky” is locked and loaded for fall fest season. — “The movie is locked,” Hawley told IndieWire “I’m mixing right now, and I’m doing the final finishing touches. The studio has their strategy that they’re building toward a release, and it’s Searchlight, so unlike Disney, which dates their movies three years in advance, they’re quite used to going out [to festivals]. And all those festivals that are in anticipation of fall are starting to look at movies now, so we’re going through that process to figure out the best strategy to release it.”
Natalie Portman, Dan Stevens, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz all star in the film.
Still no distributor for "Bucking Fastard," "Alpha Gang," "The Last Photograph," "Closing Night," and "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd." The issue seems to be quality more than a lack of willingness to buy.