The last thing we need is a Taylor Swift movie, but what if Steven Soderbergh directed it?
Soderbergh, “fascinated” by her Eras Tour concert film, has apparently been studying Swift, and researched all behind-the-scenes chaos that comes in being the biggest pop star in the world.
Speaking at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (via THR), Soderberg said he’s working on “a project in which I analyze large-scale cooperative endeavors.” One example? “You look at a Taylor Swift concert, well look at that whole tour, and just go, ‘Okay, it works.’ All these people, all this effort, the coordination of it, and it works.”
Later, he added “What she has done, what she’s doing in the way she’s doing it, nobody has ever done this before. The amount of control that she has taken. And she’s doing this all herself. Nobody has ever done this. It’s working. And it’s a great model.”
Soderbergh mentions that to make his “large-scale cooperative endeavors” movie, “it better be funny and there should be some musical component” in order to engage the audience.
I would like to know more about how she is on a granular level, how is she doing all of this? How does the business work? What’s her brain trust? How is the money? How does all the money move? How does it work? I’m fascinated by that because it’s a success story.
In the meantime, Soderbergh’s Sundance-premiered horror film “Presence” still has no release date. It garnered strong reviews, and was bought by Neon, but it’s been crickets ever since January.
The filmmaker also just wrapped his spy thriller “Black Bag,” starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, which is being distributed by Focus. He told the Karlovy Vary crowd that he’s in the middle of editing the film, and that it features a 12-minute dinner scene filled with drama. Maybe a late 2024 release?
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