

At various times, he was attached to direct “Sister Act” and “Brokeback Mountain.” The filmmaker is now in production on “ Strange Way of Life” starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as a pair of middle-aged gunslingers at the center of a 30-minute Western.This selection of 43 stories. This is not the first time that Almodóvar has backed away from an English-language film. “Dirty Films’ passion for ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women’ and Lucia Berlin’s unique and searing voice – full of danger, joyousness and loss – has not dimmed, and we are excited to continue this project with our partners at New Republic.” “We have the utmost respect for Pedro and his extraordinary body of work, and while the stars may not have aligned this time, we hope to collaborate with Pedro and El Deseo on another project in the future,” Blanchett and her producing partners Andrew Upton and Coco Francini said in a statement. Dirty Films has been so generous with me this whole time and I was blinded by excitement, but unfortunately, I no longer feel able to fully realize this film.”īlanchett was announced as the project’s star and producer early this year, but it appears that she remains committed to the film. I have dreamt of working with Cate for such a long time.

Now, Almodóvar told Deadline: “It has been a very painful decision for me.

I don’t know about American society, the small details of everyday life. The way the main character behaves is very close to my heroines. This is a real whim for me.”Įarlier this year, he told IndieWire’s Eric Kohn: “We’re going to make this movie. Of course I feel less confident with this story, but I don’t feel very scared. She was an alcoholic and married to a junkie. “It’s a wonderful book,” Almodóvar said to IndieWire in 2020. Cate Blanchett Is a Nun with a Secret in ‘The New Boy’ - Cannes First Look
