David Robert Mitchell’s ‘Flowervale Street’ to Start Production in March

Here’s an update on a project we’ve been following for a few months now.

David Robert Mitchell’s “Flowervale St,” a dinosaur movie set in the '80s, starring Anne Hathaway and Oscar Isaac, will start production in March. Bad Robot and Warner Bros. are set to produce. We still don’t have any plot details for this one.

Anything Mitchell does should be paid attention to, but jumping into the world of dinosaurs is a strange proposition. The fact that it’s set in the ‘80s hints at a hybrid of genres — a grid I saw for the film has it dubbed as a “mystery/thriller.”

Mitchell is coming off 2018’s unfairly maligned “Under the Silver Lake.” However, a passionate cult following has happened for that film, with even the creation of a popular subreddit group where users try to figure out the film’s hidden mysteries, almost six years since its premiere.

‘Silver Lake’ was a fascinating exercise in atmosphere and tension, and Mitchell is one of the few directors out there who can capture what dreams really feel like. His best film, 2015’s “It Follows,” was a Cannes-championed statement that is still one of the best offerings of the horror genre of the last decade.

Last year, it was announced that “It Follows” would be getting a sequel, titled “They Follow,” with Mitchell back in the director’s chair for that one. Actress Maika Monroe would also star in the lead role. That one is still in development.