Total conjecture, but some unsubstantiated rumors over at IMDB are saying Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life” has been bumped to 2010 and will aim to debut at the Cannes Film Festival, we’ve been hearing this talk is not unfounded either.
On the one hand we say, “Gee, shocker.” Malick is notoriously fastidious, meticulous, persnickety, etc. and his films are finely tooled machines. He takes his sweet-ass artistic time.
On the other hand it’s the IMDB board and any monkey can post that and try and pretend it’s true (likewise IMDB is partially user generated so never should be considered too much of a legitimate source). If this does turn out to be the case, it’ll be the third film this year bumped into 2010 that has changed the Oscar race, one and two being, Paul Greengrass’ “Green Zone,” and Marty Scorsese’s “Shutter Island.”
Or you could count it as the fourth film, if the rumors that Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Biutiful” won’t hit until 2010, turn out to be true. All these films, minus the Scorsese would have been the 5 of what’s left on the most anticipated films of 2009 list, if they were actually coming out this year. We started writing it in June and then of course, one by one they all fell off the list.
But as for this “Tree Of Life”…er… “news,” file under internet rumor for now and try not to blow it up into too much. It could easily be total bullshit. The film was said to hit theaters December 25 last time anyone checked. PS, we put in a call to Apparition press, but they’re all crazed during TIFF so we don’t expect a response for a week. We’re not trying to stir the pot. We’re just genuinely concerned. How much weaker could 2009 get if this were true?
