James Bond star considered for two new films
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08 September 2009
Hillcoat and Penhall Announce Projects
Both to link up with Daniel Craig
Fresh from The Road's glowing reception at Telluride, there was more good news for director John Hillcoat and his post-apocalyptic screenwriter Joe Penhall, who have both confirmed enough new projects to form a very long pipeline indeed.
Variety reports that Hillcoat is in talks to direct an adaptation of Nick Cave's novel The Death Of Bunny Munro, about a travelling salesman in search of a soul. Like The Road, it'll be a roadtrip but, if it mirrors the book, one that swaps the bleached landscapes of America for the south coast of England. With its hearty dose of black humour, it's an intriguing departure for Hillcoat who's been tackling fairly dark material lately. Like the end of mankind.
Hillcoat has, of course, worked with Cave before. The two Australians collaborated closely on The Proposition, which was written and scored by Cave, and the Hillcoat directed Bad Seeds film Babe, I'm On Fire.
The director is also in talks with Daniel Craig to direct another, so-far unspecified project. Craig, meanwhile, will reunite with Joe Penhall for a remake of French heist thriller La Bonne Année. The two previously worked together on Enduring Love and Some Voices.
Penhall is presumably a man used to going without sleep - he'll also be adapting Patricia Highsmith's novel Deep Water which has Mike Nichols attached to direct. There's also talk of another collaboration with Hillcoat, who is planning to bring Penhall's stage play Landscape With Weapons to the big screen. Better get busy Joe...
(Please, not a Thomas Crown..make La Bonne Annee something different)
