David O. Russell’s ‘Canterbury Glass’ in Late Editing Stages

David O. Russell appeared at Santa Barbara Festival during a Q&A for the 10th Anniversary of “Silver Linings Playbook” and said that his upcoming “Canterbury Glass” is in the editing phase.

O. Russell’s last film was the 2015 movie, “Joy”. Although considered a major disappointment, as it failed to receive the acclaim of his last three movies (“The Fighter”, “Silver Linings Playbook”, “American Hustle”), all of which were Best Picture nominated, it still managed to be a well-made affair and continued to prove that O.Russell was an elite filmmaker.

“Canterbury Glass,” test-screened in early January and we can confirm the cast includes Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Robert De Niro, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Zoe Saldana, Chris Rock, Mike Myers and Taylor Swift.

Ever since I reported on the “Canterbury Glass” test-screening I’ve been getting a lot of messages about potential reactions. Fact of the matter is that folks who attended the screening signed a very strict NDA and I will respect that. I only heard from one person who absolutely fell mad over heels in love with it — citing Christian Bale as an automatic Oscar contender. I can’t divulge any further.

Filming began in January of 2021 and wrapped in March. Plot details remain mum, but IMDB has the following synopsis: “Revolves around a doctor and lawyer who form an unlikely partnership”.

I wrote last July:

Despite being out of the spotlight for close to 6 years now, ever since “Canterbury Glass” was announced as O. Russell’s next film, the writer-director has had think pieces written about him and his past abusive on-set behaviors. There is no doubt going to be a campaign to smear him once the movie comes out, I wrote about it on 06.03.21 in a write-up titled “Will David O. Russell Get ‘Canceled’?”