David Lynch to act in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans
Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film is scheduled for a November 2022 release
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The list of creators who David Lynch is willing to get out from behind the camera and act for is a decidedly small and eclectic one, featuring such names as Seth MacFarlane, Louie C.K., John Carroll Lynch…and David Lynch. We can now, per Variety, add up-and-comer Steven Spielberg to that list, with news breaking that Lynch is set to act in Spielberg’s upcoming The Fablemans.
Details about Lynch’s role in the film—which stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Julia Butters, and Paul Dano as members of a Southwestern family loosely based on Spielberg’s own—are being kept tightly under wraps. But if we had to guess, we imagine he’ll be playing sort of a…wispy-voiced weirdo with a strangely comforting affect?
Damn, we’re actually pretty pumped for this.
Lynch is, after all (and in addition to his other obvious gifts), a consistently fascinating screen presence, bringing a persistently off-kilter vibe to projects whether they’re his own Twin Peaks, or his full-series voice run on The Cleveland Show, a TV show that David Lynch regularly appeared on for some damn reason.
Spielberg’s been kicking around ideas for The Fablemans for a few years now, returning to the coming-of-age wheelhouse that helped make him a globally-known name—albeit with a more autobiographical spin this time. (Among other things, it’s the first film he’s taken a screenwriting credit on since 2001's A.I., working alongside his long-time collaborator Tony Kushner.) Gabriel LaBelle will star as a young man named Sammy, who is, shock of shocks, an aspiring filmmaker who grew up in Arizona, just like Spielberg.
Lynch joins the cast of the film fairly late (which is to say, his presence in the film has leaked fairly late); Spielberg began principal photography on the movie back in July of 2021. The Fabelmans is currently scheduled for a November 23, 2022 release.
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Can’t wait to hear what the weather will be in this movie.
Beautiful blue skies and golden sunshine all along the way is my bet.
Have a great day.
IT’S VERY VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, STEVEN.
I PLAN ON WRITING AN EPIC POEM ABOUT THIS GORGEOUS PIE.
Take that, Belfast! I want Lynch to play the town not-quite anti-semite, like the almost well-meaning borderline anti-semite, you know the one.OH LOOK GEE WHIZ IT’S THOSE JEWS
Lynch is, after all (and in addition to his other obvious gifts), a consistently fascinating screen presence, bringing a persistently off-kilter vibe to projects whether they’re his own Twin Peaks, or his full-series voice run on The Cleveland Show, a TV show that David Lynch regularly appeared on for some damn reason.
You’ve omitted his best performance
I was wondering if someone was going to post this. Did not disappoint.
He has long ago disowned this movie but I’m glad to see since Dune 2021 people are seeking it out and appreciating it for what it is. It’s a mess of a movie but it’s also very Lynch
I thought oddly he only Alan Smithiee’d the “Directors Cut” version, which makes no sense but y’know Lynch.
It really is a mess, but I still have fond memories of watching it for the first time in the mid-80’s on Nite Flight when I was maybe 9 or ten. The visuals and acting still make up for the sheer lack of cohesiveness, at least for me.
I’m guessing he isn’t playing the babysitter—
Oh, I’ll greenlight your picture Senor Spielbergo, but you’ll need to get rid of that Seth Rogen feller. Can ya dig that, man?
Lynch is actually really good in Twin Peaks: The Return.
Also as the Late Show producer in Louie
There really isn’t much he could do anymore to make me not love him.
What about…quinoa?
Fire everyone else and give David Lynch every role in this film.
I hope he appears as himself but in the form of a spirit guide for the main character.