There are few films that I’m more looking forward to next year than Richard Linklater‘s Before Sunset and Before Sunrise follow-up Before Midnight. Early last month the bombshell was dropped that the third entry into the series following Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy was not only planned, but it was completely wrapped and looking at a vague 2013 release.
While details are quite sparse, we’ve finally got a better timeframe on when we may see it. Speaking with Vulture, Linklater said that the film will “potentially” be ready to show by “early next year” and Sundance could “possibly” be in the cards, depending on who comes aboard as a distributor. I can’t think of a better festival to premiere this one, so hopefully we’ll know for sure in a few months.
He also provided a bit of insight into how the film came together, saying that “something was stirring in all of us, enough time has gone on, enough life has been lived.” Linklater also hinted that this one may mark the end of their story, which would go with what Hawke told Collider earlier this week. The director stated that they “whatever loose ends exist in the second film will fully be answered in the third.” He even added that the demand for a third film almost made the team not want to do it, but he knows “for sure that people who like the first two, who are invested in those characters, will totally get something from the movie. This is for them.”
While we still don’t know the exact story, a quick peek over at IMDb shows a few cast additions including Alps stars Ariane Labed and a child in the form of Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick. Could our main stars finally be married and the latter be Hawke’s child? Linklater hints that this film will be exploring the “complexity” of dealing with relationships in your 40s, so perhaps if they aren’t married, they are at least dealing with their own marital problems. It’s certainly fun to question the possibilities, but look for confirmation as it comes in.
What do you think of these new details? Are you excited we don’t have to wait long to see the film?