Jim Jarmusch Says His Next “Quiet, Funny & Sad” Film Will Begin Production This Fall

Jim Jarmusch hasn’t released a movie in four years, but that will likely change very soon as we now have news of a new project coming from the 70 year-old writer-director.

At the 2023 Overlook Film Festival, Jarmusch sat down for a conversation concerning the tenth anniversary of “Only Lovers Left Alive.” During that discussion, Jarmusch told The Playlist that he was preparing to shoot a new film in the fall.

“The film we’re preparing now for late this year to shoot, probably, I think, may have no music […] It’s a very subtle film; it’s very quiet. And I think music could move it too much one way — it’s a funny and sad film, right? It sort of has both woven in. I don’t know if I wanna have music to add some other thing over it. It doesn’t really want it so far.”

That’s all he was allowed to divulge.

We’re left to theorize what this new film could be: A “Stranger Than Paradise” sequel? How about something that stars Bill Murray?

Jarmusch has had 12 movies premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, I bet this one will be there next May. Jarmusch’s most recent film, “The Dead Don’t Die,” was one of his worst-reviewed, a meandering deadpan zombie with with no bite.

The Ohio-born filmmaker has been a mainstay of the indie movie scene since the ‘80s. His minimalist, unhurried and idiosyncratic films don’t follow transitional narrative structures, but rather tend to focus more on mood.

Jarmusch’s best films are “Paterson,” “Only Lovers Left Alive,” “Stranger Than Paradise,” “Broken Flowers,” “Down By Law,” and “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.” However, he has such an eclectic filmography that I’m sure some of his other works will be mentioned in the comments section below.