And Two by Two They Came, for Darren Aronofsky
Filed under: Drama, Scripts, Newsstand
One of Darren Aronofsky's most intriguing ideas may actually come to fruition now that everyone with money likes him again. He wants to make a Biblical epic about Noah, who he calls "a dark, complicated character." Lest you think it has been forgotten between The Wrestler and Robocop, Aronofsky told /film that it's not only still on -- he's finished the script:"I wrote it. Me and Ari Handel, the guy who worked on The Fountain. It's a great script and it's HUGE. And we're starting to feel out talent. And then we'll probably try and set it up ... [the budget] is big. I mean, Look... It's the end of the world and it's the second most famous ship after the Titanic. So I'm not sure why any studio won't want to make it. It's a really cool project and I think it's really timely because it's about environmental apocalypse which is the biggest theme, for me, right now for what's going on on this planet. So I think it's got these big, big themes that connect with us. Noah was the first environmentalist. He's a really interesting character. Hopefully they'll let me make it."
Now that he's in the spotlight again -- the deserved center of huge buzz and Oscar talk -- I suspect a studio may just make a grab for it. Surely, there has to be a studio president, somewhere, who really liked The Fountain, and wouldn't mind funding another epic by Aronofsky and Handel? We may actually live to see the day when a studio is dying to buy an Aronofsky movie.
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9-14-2008 @ 11:22PM
Ben said...
"Environmental apocalypse" is a big theme right now so let's make a grandiose epic with an industry which has to be one of the most environmentally unfriendly industries on the planet.
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9-23-2008 @ 11:11AM
jonathan said...
I think this movie will be great. Oh, and I loved the Fountain. I thought it was a beautiful and tragic story, and was complimented by one of the best scores I've heard in a while. I'll see anything from Darren, especially if he keeps using Clint Mansel, which I'm sure he will.
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