Woody Allen is about to shoot a brand new movie in the summertime with Christoph Waltz within the lead function.
The 83-year-old director – who had his final film, ‘A Rainy Day in New York’, placed on maintain by Amazon after allegations he had molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years previous resurfaced – may also work with Gina Gershon, Elena Anaya, Sergi López, Louis Garrel and Wallace Shawn on the film, which shall be funded by Mediapro, who produced his films ‘Midnight In Paris’ and ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’.
The untitled undertaking – which is being known as WASP2019 throughout manufacturing – will observe an American couple as their marriage is examined on the San Sebastián movie competition when the husband falls for a ”stunning Spanish girl” and his spouse for a ”good French film director”.
Jaume Roures of Mediapro stated: ”This newest film has all of the elements to be proper up there together with what we have turn into accustomed to from a director of Woody Allen’s expertise: an clever script and a first-rate worldwide forged.”
The undertaking will shoot from July to August and sees Allen – who has denied Dylan’s allegations – reunite with Oscar-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, with whom he collaborated with on 2016’s ‘Café Society’, 2017’s ‘ Wonder Wheel’ and ‘A Rainy Day in New York’.
‘A Rainy Day in New York’ – starring Jude Law, Selena Gomez, Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Hall and Elle Fanning – was filmed in 2017 however Amazon put it on maintain indefinitely within the wake of the #MeToo motion.
However, it was reported final month that the movie shall be launched in Italy final this yr by way of distributor Lucky Red.
The web site additionally reviews that different European international locations have closed native distribution offers and there may be hypothesis that it may launch in September on the Venice Film Festival.
After Amazon ditched the movie, the rights to the film at the moment are being offered by Glen Basner’s FilmNation Entertainment.
