Kathryn Bigelow Heads for the 'Triple Frontier'
Filed under: Action, Deals, Scripts
Could The Hurt Locker be Kathryn Bigelow's big break into the upper echelon of desired action directors? In his review from TIFF last year, James Rocchi said: "Bigelow's a terrific action director, but the industry doesn't offer her the chance to demonstrate that as often as you might like; it could be sexism or just the bad juju that sticks to some directors that explains that, but either way Bigelow blows both those off the screen along with everything else in a blast of Dolby splendor and big-screen spectacle." Now Variety reports that we can start preparing for the next bout of thrills.She's reteaming with Paramount and writer Mark Boal for a new action-adventure project called Triple Frontier. A "high-stakes ensemble project," the film will be set in the border zone between Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, where the Igazu and Parana rivers come together and make for a hard-to-keep-an-eye-on mecca for organized crime. That might not be a lot to go on, but it sure hints to a myriad of possibilities.
But much more than the plot is what this will mean for Bigelow's career, and whether this feature will get more distribution love. Although lavished with praise, Box Office Mojo says that the film's widest release was on only 535 screens, where she raked in almost $9 million domestically. Do you think this film could turn the tide to super-action-director-stardom? Or will Bigelow remain a beloved, but not front-and-center, director?
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8-28-2009 @ 8:53PM
JayNJ333 said...
I think Kathryn not only proved that she is a completely capable Director, but also deserves to be noticed as such. As soon as the world can recognize people for their abilities instead of their gender, race or other form of classification the sooner that we can all progress into the future. What a bright future we have if we can see more great films from Kathryn. I think with just "K-19" and "Hurt Locker" she is better than most action directors out there. I am looking forward to her next project and I hope that the studio will support her this time and provide more marketing. I never saw any ads or heard a word about "Hurt Locker", but I went to go see it since I know of Kathryn's work and I was not disappointed. I believe it is one of the best movies released this year.
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