NEON is putting together a golden-age musical about the end of the world, and its cast is shaping up to be pretty stellar. The studio announced thatTilda Swinton,George MacKay, andStephen Grahamhave been cast inThe End, an off-the-wall project from directorJoshua Oppenheimerwhich follows the lives of the last human family on the planet.
While no other details about the film’s plot have been released, production is expected to begin in 2022, with NEON securing the North American distribution rights to the film.
Oppenheimer is set to produce the picture withSigne Byrge Sørensenfor Final Cut for Real, as well as Wild Atlantic Pictures and Match Factory Productions as co-producers, the latter of whom will handle international distribution for the film.
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And while MacKay and Graham come off the high of prestigious, Oscar-nominated projects like1917andThe Irishman, the apocalyptic project seems right up the usual alley for Swinton, whose newest upcoming projects includeThe French Dispatchfrom directorWes Anderson, with whom she has collaborated to play an heiress, an odd social services worker, and now a quirky journalist. She is also set to star inApichatpong Weerasethakul’sMemoria, also set to be released by NEON.
This isn’t NEON’s first venture into strange and unusual tales, either. The studio recently releasedJulia Ducournau’sTitane, theAgathe Roussellevehicle that shocked and confused audiences at Cannes Film Festival, where Ducournau became the second female director in history to win the Palme d’Or award, the festival’s highest honor. The studio is also set to releasePablo Larrain’sSpencer, starringKristen Stewart, as well asPetite MamanfromCeline Sciamma.
Denmark’s Danish Film Institute and Germany’s Film-und Medienstiftung NRW are set to supportThe End’s production financially. No release date or other cast information has been announced.
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