The movie, due to release in 2027, is described as “a haunting Western thriller that follows a retired U.S. Marshal whose forty-year search for his wife’s killer leads him to an outlaw losing his memory.
Alongside Blanchett, the film features a wildly eclectic ensemble including Dave Bautista, Lily-Rose Depp, Riley Keough, Léa Seydoux, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Chris Pine
The film grossed only $205M against a $150M budget, losing Paramount a significant amount of money. It did, however, gain a decent following on streaming, but the financial risk for a sequel is ever-present.
Thatcher shows up on-screen for, at most, 10 seconds. She looks remarkably like Thatcher and comes off as almost too polished, non-human like. Further clues are pointing at AI.
This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.
From The Telegraph’s ultra-generous film Critics Tim Robert:
“Most persistent rumours around the Croisette: Cronenberg's CRIMES OF THE FUTURE is way less shocking than Ali Abbasi's HOLY SPIDER, Östlund's TRIANGLE OF SADNESS is a bust, and Lukas Dhont's CLOSE is an emotional wipeout that's going to win the Palme d'Or.”
Response from “Hanimal”:
“CLOSE is indeed an emotional wipeout but not the Palme d’Or material. Best actor or Jury prize very likely.”
It gives me no pleasure to report that this is one of the worst films of Schrader’s career. Wooden acting, Jack Huston and Sofia Boutella are badly miscast, the script is dull, the photography is flat; nothing works.