Egoyan has ‘Adoration’ for New Technology

As part of the special Cannes short film collection known as Chacun son cinema, in his 3 minute short film titled Artaud double bill, Atom Egoyan takes The Adjuster and inserts the camera cellphone as a method in which to communicate. His newest project seems to be headed in the same sort of direction. 

Screen Daily reports that Egoyan is set to shoot his next project Adoration in September with longtime friend Robert Lantos of Serendipity Point Pictures on board as executive producer. LATimes quoted the filmmaker about his newest, “Adoration's' basically about kids redefining themselves through the Internet. 

At less than 5 million, the extremely low-budget film looks at how students interact with the www and tells a story that is set in the near-future and involves a high school student who creates an online avatar that stimulates a real-life community of mourners for a fictional catastrophe. Though Alison Lohman could probably play the part, I wouldn't be surprised if he chooses some unknown leads.