John Woo’s subsequent film with be a “half-musical.”
Woo is a movie director who’s greatest identified for making ultra-stylized and violent motion motion pictures equivalent to 1986’s A Higher Tomorrow, 1989’s The Killer, 1992’s Onerous Boiled, 1997’s Face/Off, and extra. His most up-to-date movie, which is now streaming on Peacock, was a remake of The Killer starring Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy.
Talking with Empire Magazine, Woo mentioned what he now plans to movie subsequent.
What’s going to John Woo’s subsequent undertaking with Sparks appear to be?
“My subsequent undertaking is definitely a half-musical,” Woo mentioned. “I’m going to be working with the Sparks Brothers, who wrote the script and songs — we’re simply beginning work on some adjustments to the script.”
He added, “It will likely be my first film the place I don’t want to rent a stuntman.”
Brothers Ron and Russell Mael launched Sparks’ debut album in 1971. In complete, Sparks has launched 26 studio albums and has had hit songs equivalent to “This City Ain’t Large Sufficient for Each of Us,” “After I’m with You,” and extra. They wrote all of the music for Leos Carax’s musical movie Annette, which was launched in 2021 and starred Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. They have been additionally the topic of Edgar Wright’s 2021 documentary The Sparks Brothers.
The official X account beforehand hinted at a collaboration with Woo, as a photograph of Woo, Ron, and Russell was shared on September 5, 2024. View the put up beneath:
In November 2022, Focus Features introduced that the studio was creating an “unique musical” with Sparks titled X Crucior, although few different particulars got and Woo’s involvement had not been introduced on the time. Sparks’ September 5 X put up contains the hashtag #xcrucior.
Woo additionally confirmed that, along with the Sparks “half-musical” film, he’s engaged on a Western undertaking written by Brian Helgeland.
“It has loads of romance and loads of emotion and thrilling motion,” he mentioned.
