Deadpan royalty, Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz to reunite for new Todd Solondz movie
Trapped in a series of escalating dares, Farrell and Weisz are doubling down on depressing comedies
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In what can only be described as a challenge to make two of the world’s most charismatic and beautiful people look as ugly as possible, Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz, the stars of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster, are diving headfirst into the existential nightmare of a Todd Solondz movie. As they say whenever a challenge is accepted: challenge accepted.
Described as, oh great, an updated Oedipal story, Solondz’s Love Child is about, well, a kid who wants to get rid of his dad so he can have his mom all to himself. Somehow things go wrong when a “handsome stranger appears.” It’s still unclear whether Farrell plays the dad or the “handsome stranger”—though, judging by his performance in The Lobster, it wouldn’t be so hard to imagine a kid getting Farrell out of the way. Or, maybe Weisz is the handsome stranger. It’s Solondz, so perhaps they’re both playing the same character or something. Look, there isn’t that much information yet.
“This is my first movie with a plot and my first movie taking place in Texas,” Todd Solondz said in a statement. “It’s fun and it’s sexy and it’s shaped by the Hollywood movies that made me want to become a filmmaker. I’ve loved Rachel and Colin’s work forever, and am so honored to be able to excite their passion for serious and unexpected work as well.”
We make jokes, but it’s very exciting that two of our best living actors are making a new movie from one of our most provocative living auteurs. Solondz’s last film, Wiener-Dog, a pseudo-sequel to his breakout Welcome To The Dollhouse, came out in 2016, which is just enough time to start craving some more Solondz. At the very least, the movie will probably leave us in need of a shower so that we can go inside it with all of our clothes on and cry and cry and cry. We look forward to it.
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I completely forgot this director still existed. He was sort of eclipsed by Wes Anderson, once upon a time.
Todd Solondz has nothing to do with Wes Anderson unless you’re comparing them based on the (incredibly wide) category of both making independent films.
Weird. Their styles are completely different.
Are you sure you’ve ever seen a Todd Solondz film? Or a Wes Anderson one?
this is a combination genuinely beyond my wildest dreams. HELL yes.
Right? This is the news I needed today.
I am so absurdly, insanely, off-the-show down for this.
I was in Italy when Happiness opened a couple of decades ago, and unfortunately the posters read ‘Un film di Toad Solondz’. Looked for it online but no joy, aptly.
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I was literally just thinking this morning that we need a new Todd Solondz film. Spooky.
A couple of days ago I wondered what Hal Hartley was up to so looked him up. Apparently not much, his last feature was Ned Rifle in ‘14 and his last TV work was some episodes of the series Red Oaks, of which I am not familiar. Was a time you couldn’t move at a film festival for Hartley films, panels and retrospectives.
Red Oaks was great. And it had a bunch of other great guest directors as well.
Oh, Red Oaks was a lot of fun. Some great work from Paul Reiser, and everyone else. I’d forgotten Hartley had directed any episodes. Amy Heckerling did at least one. And the executive producers were Steven Soderbergh and David Gordon Green.I’ve never known what an executive producer does, but I’d say those guys did it right. I think the show is still on Prime and it’s well worth seeing.
If a child is getting in Colin Farrel’s way, he should just channel his character form In Bruges.
The weirdest thing about The Lobster was how heavily it implied that Colin Farrell’s character was bi at the beginning of the movie and then never mentioned it again
You had me until Todd Solondz, and then utterly lost me.