What’s David Robert Mitchell been up to lately? Well, since “Under The Silver Lake,” not much, but that’s about to change. Deadline reports that Mitchell has his next project lined up at Warner Bros., and the director is teaming up with Anne Hathaway and the Bad Robot crew for a new mystery project.
So what’s the scoop on this one? Well, Deadlines calls it a “thrill ride,” and Mitchell plans to shoot the flick on IMAX, so expect this to be a little different from “Silver Lake” or “It Follows.” Mitchell pens the film’s original script and will co-produce alongside J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella at Bad Robot and Matt Jackson at Jackson Pictures. As for executive producers, Jake Weiner and Chris Bender do so through Good Fear Content.
Fresh off another great turn in James Gray‘s “Armageddon Time,” Hathaway wowed Sundance audiences in “Eileen.” William Oldroyd‘s thriller also stars Thomasin McKenzie but doesn’t have an official theatrical release yet. Other upcoming projects for Hathway include Rebecca Miller‘s “She Came To Me” with Peter Dinklage and Marisa Tomei, which just had its premiere at the Berlinale last month. Also upcoming: Michael Showalter‘s romantic comedy “The Idea Of You” from Prime Video and another thriller, Benoît Delhomme‘s “Instinct.”
As for Mitchell, he’s been quiet since “Silver Lake” premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. The conspiratorial neo-noir with Andrew Garfield got a delayed theatrical release in April 2019 and received mixed reviews from critics, although it has its defenders. While “Silver Lake” made just over $2 million at the box office, his 2016 breakout, “It Follows,” made 17x its budget: a $23.3 gross off of $1.3 million. Mitchell first made waves in 2010 at SXSW with his feature debut, “The Myth Of The American Sleepover.”
Mitchell’s new mystery project with Hathaway joins many other intriguing upcoming things affiliated with Bad Robot. Those include Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Superman” script, a supernatural Western from Jason Bateman called “The Pinkerton,” an animated film based on Dr. Seuss’ “All The Places You’ll Go” from John M. Chu, and a live-action “Hot Wheels” movie from Mattel. Will all of these actually enter production? Given Bad Robot’s penchant for failed projects, who knows? But expect Mitchell’s next film to move into production fast.