After dropping The Wolverine and coming off his mega-hit Black Swan, we’ve been eagerly awaiting for what the Oscar-nominated Darren Aronofsky will do next. There was the sci-fi project with George Clooney attached, his thriller Machine Man, and then The Tiger with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attached. But, biggest of all there was Noah, his dark re-telling of the famous Biblical story. Earlier this year, we reported he may make it his next project, but now Deadline confirms the news with more details.
Aronofsky is shopping $130 million budget package that is “tantalizing” Hollywood, Mike Fleming reports. Screenwriter John Logan (The Aviator, The Last Samurai, Bond 23, Hugo Cabret) is rewriting the original script by Aronofsky, and so far New Regency is circling a co-financing position. Paramount, Fox, CBS Films, and Summit are all interested in financing the remainder.
His passion project will be “a big fantasy epic” in which Aronofsky will craft his own world. This luxurious budget, his biggest yet, is well deserved after his Black Swan success. He spoke with The Guardian, followed by /Film about the project and you can see his thoughts below as well pictures and a video based on a comic he is creating to help sell the film. He is working with Canadian artist Nico Henrichon (who illustrated Brian K. Vaughan‘s Pride Of Baghdad).
Noah was the first person to plant vineyards and drink wine and get drunk. It’s there in the Bible – it was one of the first things he did when he reached land. There was some real survivor’s guilt going on there. He’s a dark, complicated character.
It’s a great script and it’s huge. And we’re starting to feel out talent. And then we’ll probably try and set it up… It’s the end of the world and it’s the second most famous ship after the Titanic. So I’m not sure why any studio won’t want to make it…
I think it’s really timely because it’s about environmental apocalypse which is the biggest theme, for me, right now for what’s going on on this planet. So I think it’s got these big, big themes that connect with us. Noah was the first environmentalist. He’s a really interesting character. Hopefully they’ll let me make it.
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Are you excited this will very likely be Aronofsky’s next film?