#33. Under the Skin
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Writer(s): Walter Campbell
Producers: Nick Wechsler and James Wilson
Distributor: Rights Available
The Gist: Based on Michel Faber’s eponymous novel, Scarlett Johannson plays an alien on earth, disguised as the perfect aesthetic form of a mesmerizing woman. She scours remote highways and desolate scenery looking to use her greatest weapon to snare human prey – her voracious sexuality…(more)
Cast: Scarlett Johansson toplines.
List Worthy Reasons…: Like just about everyone else we were huge on Sexy Beast back in Y2K and we thought his follow-up film, Birth was a well-intentioned misfire, so you could say it was a long eight year wait for Jonathan Glazer’s third film. We were skeptical at first about this project, but then we’re reminded of the video helmer/commercials’ director skill at creating moody atmospherics and is a whiz with the camera. Sexual identity and humanity are major themes of this sci-fi book to film adaptation.
Release Date/Status?: Currently in post-production, the question we should be asking ourselves is how SFX work will be needed, if any to this sci-fi storyline? He is accustomed to the fall festival season releases (TIFF for Sexy Beast, Venice for Birth) and will probably line-up both fests this time out and with Scarlett Johansson toplining, it assures a pick-up for North America.
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