What a long wait it’s been. Rumored for a release last fall, Terrence Malick‘s next epic, The Tree of Life will now hit theaters November. indieWire’s Anne Thompson spoke to the distributor Apparation’s Bob Bearney and he said it will hit U.S. theaters this November and possibly still have the much anticipated Cannes 2010 premiere. Check out the synopsis of the film which stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn below.
“The film opens documenting the origins of life, through the age of reptiles and mammals and then man. Progressively, we are swept through time until the 1950s, where the birth of life suddenly comes to seemingly pointless sickness and death. Pointless, that is, to young Jack, who is unaware of all that has led to this point and time, only to arrive to the tragedy he must come to grips with. This is the philosophical thrust of older Jack’s struggle to coexist in a world that seemingly has little to no value for him. The “tree of life” is the framework of the story, how one thing leads to another, a miracle of growth and evolution, where nature is purposeful, and never random.”
Sounds pretty epic. Let’s not forget the next Malick film, which is reportedly shooting this year. The untitled romantic love story stars Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams, and Olga Kurylenko.
Are you looking forward to Tree of Life? Will we actually see it this year, or will it get delayed again?