Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt Now and Sunrise

#86. Twixt Now and Sunrise

Director/Writer: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Coppola
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: This is based on a short story by Coppola, of which the title is a direct reference to a 1835 short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown,” set in 17th century Salem, Massachusetts. The title character, Goodman Brown is returning home to his wife, Faith, when he encounters a man in the forest who is likely the Devil.….(more)

Cast: Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin, Elle Fanning, Joanne Whalley, David Paymer and Alden Ehrenreich

List Worthy Reasons…: This might sound weird since his legend status was confirmed in the late 70s, but I’m actually excited about the prospects of a Francis Ford Coppola following in the footsteps of his daughter and becoming an “indie” filmmaker. Tetro wasn’t the grand return to form for the vet filmmaker that plenty were expecting, but I deem the experiment as a renewed passion for low budget filmmaking. Stemming from a nightmare the director had, this 7 million dollar horror film going by a great title and is sees B-list actor Val Kilmer topline (he was a blast in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans) and this could be part of a string of works where the filmmaker is making films for himself. If Godard and Resnais can do it, so can FFC.

Release Date/Status?: With Walter Salles’ On the Road (American Zoetrope) pegged with a Cannes release, perhaps Coppola would also bring this picture to the festival – same launching pad that he had for Tetro. A 2011 release is in the cards if this gets picked up.