Another one bites the dust.
Edgar Wright’s highly-anticipated “Last Night in Soho” was supposed to come out this fall, but now comes the news it has been delayed until … April 2021. Get used it to it, folks. The dirty little secret in Hollywood right now is that most, if not all, of the movie year is most likely canceled. The news of Wright’s film being delayed by almost a year is just the start of what will be significant release delays from other studio titles.
Although not much is known about “Last Night in Soho,” the film is said to see the UK director tipping his cap to Nicolas Roeg’s “Don’t Look Now” and Roman Polanski’s “Repulsion.” Those are the influences Wright has mentioned. We also do know that the movie has an element of time travel and sees at least one of the characters being transported back to the freewheeling London of the ’60s.
Here’s what I wrote about Wright ‘Soho’ back in February of 2019 when the film had just been announced:
“I like Edgar Wright's movies, for the most part, his camera always fluid, his shots always perfectly placed, but sometimes he has a knack for being a little too silly and overreaching with his stories. That's fine, I'd rather have ambition than someone taking no risks at all-- he's only growing as a filmmaker, I can see his filmography going up in quality as he matures in age. It's a given with Wright, or any director really, that you learn from your past errors. His last film "Baby Driver" featured some of the very best set-pieces of his career, he consulted with "Mad Max: Fury Road" director George Miller for help in how to pull off some of those complicated car chase sequences, with the full intent of using practical effects.”
“Empire is reporting that Wright, speaking exclusively to the magazine, will be venturing away from comedy and more towards psychological horror-thriller territory, in a film that will be set in London and starring a female lead. Wright cites classics such as "Don't Look Now," and "Repulsion" as major influences on the upcoming film.”
“I realized I had never made a film about central London – specifically Soho, somewhere I’ve spent a huge amount of time in the last 25 years,” Wright told Empire. “With "Hot Fuzz" and "Shaun Of The Dead" you make movies about places you’ve lived in. This movie is about the London I’ve existed in.” The film will shoot this summer from a screenplay co-written by Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns.
The man doesn't stop. James Gunn has confirmed he's already hard at work writing his next film, even as ‘Man of Tomorrow’ makes its way toward theaters next summer.