For the fans of filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, we have good news and bad news. First, the good news – the filmmaker is in preparation for a new project that follows the period of romantic self-discovery for its characters. The bad news, however, is this is not the highly-anticipated “Call Me By Your Name 2.”
According to a report from the Observer, Guadagnino is set to begin work on a new limited series for HBO titled “We Are Who We Are.” And as mentioned, the series is about a summer of self-discovery for its main characters, Fraser and Caitlin. “We Are Who We Are” follows the young Fraser, a teenager from New York who finds himself on a military base in Italy. While there, he interacts with the other kids on the base, including Caitlin, with whom he begins a romantic relationship with. However, things get more complicated as his sexual identity isn’t as clear cut as he might think, as he also develops feelings for an older soldier named Jason.
As he’s proven with “Call Me By Your Name,” Guadagnino is a very skilled filmmaker with a penchant for making these sorts of complicated romance films. Of course, last year, he made a bit of a detour and decided to tackle the remake of the giallo horror classic “Suspiria,” which included about zero romance. That being said, fans of the filmmaker that were shocked at his work on “Suspiria” will probably welcome the idea of him tackling something like “We Are Who We Are.”
The report claims that the series will be eight episodes in length, co-written by Guadagnino, Paolo Giordano and Francesca Manieri, with each installment clocking in at an hour. Basically, exactly what you’d expect from an HBO limited series. With “Sharp Objects” and “Big Little Lies,” the network has proven itself in recent years as a place where auteurs can go to make complicated adult dramas. And even though the network keeps printing money thanks to “Game of Thrones,” HBO is also a great place to make a project that doesn’t include superheroes or dragons.
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Production is reportedly set to begin in May, which would line this series up for an early-2020 release.