The publicist for Montreal’s orchestral indie rockers Arcade Fire, has been quick to deny reports today that the band is currently working on a short film with director Spike Jonze.
Originally reported on joel’s Arcade Fire Blog, and put out into the world by /Film, rumors were quick to circulate that the band, who recorded an acoustic version of “Wake Up” for the trailer for Jonze’s “Where The Wild Things Are,” were collaborating with the director on a film and/or music videos that are currently shooting in Austin, Texas. The story originated from a now protected tweet from filmmaker John Estrada nearly a week ago that suggested the band was in Austin working with Jonze.
Now, according to an update to their original story on joel’s Aracade Fire Blog, the people over at the music site Consequence Of Sound got in touch with the band’s publicist who says the rumors are untrue. Update: Hmm….we’ve double checked and /Film’s report according to sources up the food chain, appears to be on the money. We’re waiting to hear back from our own source before we change our headline, but it appears the line in bold below in our original story is the culprit here. If so we gotta say it’s really lame when publicists deny things to those they perceive to be low hanging fruit. We can confirm this story is true. Really weird that publicists initially denied it, see below.
It would make sense that the band are readying promotional videos and material for their forthcoming album, particularly as their summer run of festival dates are looming but we will have to wait and see if the publicist’s denial is merely to keep fans at bay until official word comes down the proper channels (most likely), or if its just a dream collaboration that’s too good to be true.