If there was ever any doubt it’s now been squashed. The NY Times has confirmed that Kathryn Bigelow will in fact direct the Mark Boal-scribed “Triple Frontier.”
The original announcement wasn’t clear on whether Bigelow would be helming the film, only noting that the Oscar nominee would executive produce alongside Boal and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven, Alex Gartner and Steve Alexander. Things have seemingly been cleared up now as the NY Times reports that Boal is “writing and producing “Triple Frontier” for Paramount, with Bigelow to direct.”
The film is described as a “Traffic”-like drug parable set in the notorious border zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, where the Igazu and Parana rivers converge, making ‘la triple frontera’ difficult to monitor and a haven for organized crime. Bigelow had noted that the film will use the same “raw and visceral visual style” as “The Hurt Locker.”
Boal has also met with such actors as Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Denzel Washington and Christian Bale about possible collaborations, though it’s doubtful any talks included this film. In an interview with Empire Magazine, Jeremy Renner had previously discussed a possible reunion with Bigelow for ‘Frontier,’ but with his plate piling up perhaps it’d be a cameo at best ala Ralph Fiennes in “The Hurt Locker.”
Last we heard, production is slated to begin sometime this year.
