David Lynch has come out of hiding and is telling Deadline that he’s hoping to find backers for an animated project titled “Snootworld,” even if Netflix recently “rejected” his “fairytale” pitch.
Apparently, in recent months, Lynch has been “quietly” trying to find backers to finance the project which he’s co-scripted alongside Caroline Thompson (“Edward Scissorhands”).
I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge […] I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this so I presented it to Netflix in the last few months but they rejected it.
Lynch further elaborated on why he believes the streamer rejected ‘Snoots’
Snootworld is kind of an old fashioned story and animation today is more about surface jokes. Old fashioned fairytales are considered groaners: apparently people don’t want to see them. It’s a different world now and it’s easier to say no than to say yes.
Thompson described the storyline as “wackadoo”:
It takes my breath away how wacky it is. The Snoots are these tiny creatures who have a ritual transition at aged eight at which time they get tinier and they’re sent away for a year so they are protected. The world goes into chaos when the Snoot hero of the story disappears into the carpet and his family can’t find him and he enters a crazy, magnificent world”.
Lynch further tells Deadline that he would potentially direct “Snootworld”, but hasn’t made the decision yet. Lynch, now 78, hasn’t directed a film in almost 20 years, since “Inland Empire,” but there are a few out there, including myself, who believe his 2017 Showtime series, “Twin Peaks: The Return” should be considered as “cinema.”
Lynch remained coy with Deadline about which project might be his next one, or which is taking up most of his time, cryptically telling the trade: “I can’t talk about those things right now.” Let’s hope “Wisteria” which was, apparently, also rejected by Netflix, is what might be coming down the pipeline.
Lynch is clearly not retired. He still wants to make more films, and that is great news. His flmography includes the likes of “Mulholland Drive,” “Blue Velvet,” “The Elephant Man,” “Eraserhead,” and “Wild at Heart.”