A new Werner Herzog movie has been announced. Rejoice! And what a title!
Herzog is set to direct “Bucking Fastard” which will star Kate and Rooney Mara as twin sisters, Joan and Jean, living on the fringes of society.
The film is based on the lives of Freda and Greta Chaplin, who became sexually obsessed with their next-door neighbor and eventually received a restraining order. The title of the film is based on a simultaneous verbal slip the twins made in court (via The Film Stage)
“I want to make a feature film about the twins Freda and Greta Chaplin,” Herzog said in his recent book Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir. “In 1981 they had a short run in the British ‘red tops,’ or tabloid newspapers, and were famous for a few weeks for being the ‘sex-crazed twins’ who were so infatuated with their neighbor, a lorry driver, that he took them to court and had a restraining order taken out against them. Their story is unique. They are the only identical twins we know of who speak synchronously.”
“Bucking Fastard” is eyeing a shoot this Spring in Ireland. No further plot details have been revealed at this time.
Since 1968, Herzog has directed 20 fiction feature films, and 34 documentaries. Some of his most iconic works include “Aguirre The Wrath of God,” “Fitzcarraldo,” “Lessons of Darkness” and “Grizzly Man.”
Herzog is coming off 2022’s fascinating “Theater of Thought” — a non-fiction film that explored the human brain and its endless capacities. It’s one of the many impressive docs Herzog has released in his career — there are too many to name.
The last fiction film Herzog released was 2019’s “Family Romance, LLC.” However, his last great one was 2009’s gonzo take on ‘Bad Lieutenant,” starring a deranged Nicolas Cage.
Still no distributor for "Bucking Fastard," "Alpha Gang," "The Last Photograph," "Closing Night," and "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd." The issue seems to be quality more than a lack of willingness to buy.