While we await Alfonso Cuarón’s “Disclaimer” this fall, the Mexican born filmmaker is receiving top honors at the Locarno Film Festival. It’s there at Locarno where he took part in a Masterclass session and revealed a particular project that he’s been itching to get off the ground (via Deadline).
“I love horror movies,” Cuarón said. “My aspiration is to one day do a horror film,” he told the packed crowd. At the moment, he’s been “flirting” with a script he’s written, citing Roman Polanski’s “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Tenant” as influences.
Cuarón is not the only A-list filmmaker attempting to direct a horror film. In just the last year, we’ve had Christopher Nolan and The Coen Brothers teasing potential forays in horror. The last decade, the genre has been rejuvenated by critically acclaimed films and spawned a wide array of box-office hits.
In the meantime, Cuarón is rumored to shoot “Billy Please Call Home” in the fall, based on a script he’d written 20 years ago, according to producer Mark Johnson. Cuarón’s last film was 2018’s Oscar-winning “Roma.” His other credits include “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” “Children of Men” and “Gravity.”