We’re getting a new film from Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, this one starring real-life couple, and excellent acting talents, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara.
The working title is “The Island”, and now a production note, via Canarian Weekly, claims its principal photography is set for “next month.” A 2024 release is now a cinch.
“The Island” production will be taking place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Described as a drama/thriller, the film is loosely based on real events. Mara and Phoenix will play an American couple in the 1930s who escape to their own private island and live off the land. However, a millionaire disrupts their tranquil lifestyle, as he passes by on his yacht, turning the couple into a tabloid sensation. Even worse, a self-styled Countess appears with two lovers and plans to build a luxury hotel on the island.
I’m guessing this film won’t be shot in black and white. Pawlikowski’s last two films, “Ida” and “Cold War,” were critically-acclaimed chrome-infused sensations. There’s a lot of high expectations for this one.
Before his last two critical hits, Pawlikowski had directed the wonderful 2004 coming-of-age romance “My Summer of Love,” but followed that one up with a major faux-pas that some have completely forgotten, 2011’s atrocious “The Woman in the Fifth” starring Ethan Hawke and Kristen Scott-Thomas.
We’ll be updating this article later today …
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