A casting notice is indicating that Richard Linklater’s “New Wave” will start shooting in Paris on March 4.
“New Wave” will be Linklater’s first project shot entirely in French. The film will reconstruct the story behind the creation of the Nouvelle Vague movement in French cinema and focus on the production of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 groundbreaker, “A Bout de Souffle” (“Breathless”).
The characters in the film will include legendary filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson, Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Pierre Melville, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette — most of them were responsible for the rise of the Nouvelle Vague in the ‘60s.
In a recent interview, Linklater confirmed that he was shooting a film in Paris, entirely in French. He went on to describe it as being “like a New Wave film.” It turns out, it’s actually about the ‘New Wave’ — I’m also hearing that it will be shot in black and white.
Linklater is up there with the best filmmakers of his generation. His filmography is as original and diverse as they come: “Dazed and Confused,” “Waking Life,” “The School of Rock,” “Boyhood” and the ‘Before’ trilogy, among many more.
He has another critically-acclaimed film that’s been hitting the festival circuit, and is due to be released theatrically and on Netflix in June. It’s called “Hit Man” and it’s a wonderfully sexy screwball noir starring Glenn Powell and Adria Arjona.