Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is now scheduled to shoot her drug-parable “Triple Frontier” next year in the titular troubled border region between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, according to Argentinean paper La Nación.
The film will reunite Bigelow with “The Hurt Locker” scribe Mark Boal for the drug saga that is described as being in the vein of Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic” but set in the notorious “la triple frontera.” The rivered border region is a crime haven on account of it’s geographical location and is also home to a strong Middle Eastern community, who have long been linked to Islamic extremists and their money laundering activities. It’s not known what aspects of the region’s notoriety the film will explore, but we’ll assume all of them.
The Argentinean press also add that Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Denzel Washington are being rumored for roles in the film. These names, however, are likely being brought up only because of a mention in a NY Times piece which revealed that Boal had met said actors about possible future collaborations. While such discussions could very well be for ‘Frontier,’ it’s probably far too early to speculate as the project is still only in very early stages of development.
The Bigelow and Boal reunion was previously revealed to be utilizing the “same raw and visceral visual style” and will likely be a multi-lingual effort, possibly why the script will take time to develop. In the mean time, Bigelow will direct the pilot for HBO’s “The Miraculous Year” from a John Logan script.