Kinds of Kindness | Searchlight | June 21, 2024 | Lanthimos' newest movie

[Eric Duncan]

https://deadline.com/2022/09/yorgos-lanthimos-and-searchlight-pictures-emma-stone-willem-dafoe-jesse-plemons-margaret-qualley-to-star-1235130201/

 

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EXCLUSIVE:  The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos and Searchlight Pictures are looking to stay in business with each other as the studio is greenlighting his next film AND. Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley are set to star. With a script developed by Element Pictures and Film4 and penned by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, the film is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, along with Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos.

 

Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek are executive producing for Film4, which co-financed the project. It begins principal photography in New Orleans next month.

 

Plot details are being kept under wraps.

 

“Working with Yorgos continues to be a highlight for us at Searchlight, and this is yet another truly original project that sets his work apart,” said Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “Working again with Emma, Willem, Jesse and Margaret as well as Element and Film4 is just the icing on the cake.”

 

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[Eric Duncan]

 

[AniNate]

https://deadline.com/2024/01/golden-globes-poor-things-kinds-of-kindness-emma-stone-1235698574/

 

Wisely no longer titled AND

[ChipDerby]

Per wiki:

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Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou wrote the script for the film, originally titled 'And', under development with Element Pictures and Film4, and Searchlight Pictures agreed to distribute the film, which Lanthimos would direct as well. Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, and Margaret Qualley were set to star in the film with plans to begin shooting in New Orleans in October. In October 2022, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, and Mamoudou Athie joined the cast. In a February 2023 interview, Hunter Schafer revealed she had "a little cameo" in the film.

Filming began in October 24, 2022 and went through December 16, 2022 in New Orleans. In December 2023, the film was re-titled Kinds of Kindness.

 

 

Emma Stone was on Colbert last night and confirmed this is her fourth project with Yorgos. Hoping to release this year.

[ChipDerby]

Apologies, please update this thread

 

Hoping to release later this year, per Emma Stone on Colbert.

[AniNate]

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/cannes-2024-predictions-coppola-megalopolis-cronenberg-barry-keoghan-1235929149/

 

Cannes is also eyeing Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness,” the helmer’s mysterious follow-up to “Poor Things,” which reunites him with Emma Stone and distributor Searchlight Pictures; 

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[JustLurking]

So soon! And that's quite the overlap in casting with Poor Things lol

[ThomasNicole]

29 minutes ago, JustLurking said:

So soon! And that's quite the overlap in casting with Poor Things lol

It was shot basically at the same time, so a portion of the cast simply did both haha

[ThomasNicole]

Probably confirmed for Cannes with this date 

 

They doesn’t seem to be expecting Oscars tho, which makes sense since it’s an anthology movie

[AniNate]

Probably not their primary aim but have to imagine you can't count it out with the pedigree

 

This does make me curious what they're aiming for promoting in the fall. Opens up a lot more room for Nightbitch and In the Blink of an Eye to get festival attention.

[filmlover]

I figured we wouldn't see this until the fall so this is a pleasant surprise.

[ThomasNicole]

20 minutes ago, AniNate said:

Probably not their primary aim but have to imagine you can't count it out with the pedigree

 

This does make me curious what they're aiming for promoting in the fall. Opens up a lot more room for Nightbitch and In the Blink of an Eye to get festival attention.

Searchlight seems to not really care much about strategy. Poor Things was supposed to release in early September and only ended up in the middle of the award season time because of the strike, and won 4 Oscars that maybe wouldn’t happen if it wasn’t for the forced delay. 
 

Nightbitch was going to Hulu from what i remember reading, likely because of Disney pressure. Hoping they revert it, it’s a promising movie.

[AniNate]

Yeah, both were initially considered Hulu releases but I don't think anyone aside from Netflix really believes in the direct-to-streaming business model anymore. Also, this year the academy rules are a lot stricter about mandatory theatrical releases.

 

 

Edited March 14 by AniNate

[ChipDerby]

Can't wait

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