After he finally received the critical and awards success he’d long deserved —including a Best Director Oscar— with “Gravity,” all eyes have been on director Alfonso Cuarón’s next move. Warner Bros. have been clearly keen to keep him in the stable, reportedly offering him “The Shining” prequel “Overlook Hotel” as well as Harry Potter spin-off “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them,” among others, but Cuaron wouldn’t bite.
Instead, three years almost to the day after “Gravity” premiered, details on his next film have emerged, and it looks like it’ll be a return to his roots. Deadline report that Cuarón will write and direct an untitled film about a middle-class Mexico City family in the 1970s, with shooting set to begin in the fall. Participant Media are backing the project, and the company’s boss David Linde says “Alfonso is a master storyteller, who breaks cultural boundaries around the world by skillfully connecting audiences through the power of cinema. We are elated to be joining him on this film.”
It’s the first time that Cuarón has shot in his home country (and presumably in Spanish) since 2001’s “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” and given how well that turned out (and frankly how well all his movies turn out) we should get very excited. With production getting under way shortly, this should be ready in time for 2017. Hey, in one day, we got news of both Cuarón and Paul Thomas Anderson releasing new films next year —what was everyone saying about movies being dead?…