Terrence Malick on a Roll! Bale, Bardem, McAdams and Kurylenko Joins Fall Set Production

I’m huge Malick fan and by nature like many cinephiles out there, have had to be extremely patient over the years — so Malick-wise, 2010 is turning out to be a great year, but I wasn’t expecting this news – not in a million years. With The Tree of Life (the one or two-film release pegged for this year, now comes word that he is prepping his next feature film. Nikki Finke gets a whole bunch of industry firsts that I could care less about, but today’s news is huge when you consider that the man and info on his films are scarce of the Woody Allen and Mike Leigh realm. Apart from the casting news, expect a logline to trickle out of Berlin this month.

Today’s announcement means that The Tree of Life will most undoubtedly receive a Cannes premiere, and the untitled film pegged as a romantic drama means that his next work might contain subtitles (international cast) and it’s officially not The Moviegoer – a book to film adaptation that he has been tied to in the past.

The trades report that he’ll be re-teaming with The New World‘s Christian Bale, Rachel McAdams who could use a film of this stature in her filmography, Javier Bardem and former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko. Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green and Bill Pohlad are producing, which means Apparition would be the logical distributor to come onboard for the U.S. FilmNation Ent. are repping the film for international sales at Berlin this month – a great buzz title for the newly formed co.