Wow, it sounds like a whole bunch of filmmakers are having a really tough time getting their films made, and the latest one is writer/director Charlie Kaufman (“I’m Thinking of Ending Things”), as he’s revealed that filming on his movie “Later The War” shut down earlier in the year, which boasted high-profile leads Eddie Redmayne (“Day of The Jackal”) and Tessa Thompson (“Hedda”).
Speaking with The Guardian, Kaufman revealed the messy production hiccup, stating the bummer sentiment to the outlet, “I’m having great difficulty…I’m not a person that people want to trust with their money. It’s very frustrating.” Quite the depressing thing to be said by one of the more creative minds out there, who has a very distinct way of telling stories that many view as an auteur with projects playing with reality and dreamscapes.
In “Later The War,” Redmayne plays “a manufacturer of dreams who diversifies into nightmares,” as production in Belgrade, Serbia, shut down. Adding that he’s still hopeful the project will eventually resume, we hope sooner rather than later, as you’d imagine studios like A24 or NEON (known for taking risks on visionary filmmakers) would rush to his aid if called upon for help.
This comes after other well-known veteran directors, such as Jeff Nichols (recently pointed out by friend and collaborator Michael Shannon during an interview with Variety at TIFF) and Adam McKay (told Republik he’s struggling to get his latest ambitious climate change film off the ground based on the novel “The Uninhabitable Earth” by David Wallace-Wells, that started as an HBO Max series), have also seen recent roadblocks in attempts to make their next respective projects.
Certainly, not the best kind of updates you want to hear about talented and respected creatives who should be getting to make their feature efforts in a timely manner. We’ll keep rooting for these projects to land the extra help they need to get past the finish line.
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