Rian Johnson goes sci-fi
According to IGN’s Todd Gilchrist, Rian Johnson (Brick) is set to follow up The Brothers Bloom with a sci-fi film called Looper.
He doesn’t say much about the story, but he says it’s violent and dark, involves time travel as a plot device and will focus on characters more than “fantastical conceits.”
I wasn’t as impressed by the teen-noir Brick as much as some, it felt a little precious to me (or was it precocious?), but it definitely announced Johnson as someone to watch and I look forward to both Bloom and Looper.
The Brothers Bloom stars Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo as two con men tripped up by a beautiful heiress played by Rachel Weisz. The film is set for an October 24 release.
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Tags: Adrien Brody, Looper, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Rian Johnson, The Brothers Bloom
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As I’m sure you know, Craig, I fell for Brick hard, and I’m eagerly anticipating Johnson’s next film.
Part of that may be that I saw parts of myself in the protagonist. Aside from investigating a murder and breaking bread with a milk-and-cookies drug lord, that is. Seriously, though, I’m a great admirer of Brick.
This sci-fi movie sounds interesting. Time travel is arguably a tired concept, but as long as filmmakers find interesting things to do with it, I’m fine. It’s not the surface that matters. Did I mention that I think highly of Brick? Richard Roundtree! Lukas Haas! That’s all.
Time travel is so full of pitfalls that I hope Johnson does have more going on here than just a convoluted plot tied to transporter accidents or something. The many Star Trek series kinda beat it into the ground. But, as Alexander stated, Johnson has a lot of potential and I’m hoping he doesn’t slump with these next two. That guy has proven he might do a lot with a budget and an actual film crew.
I know Alexander it was you favorite movie of that year, or at least way up there. As I said it definitely marked Johnson as a guy to watch, but I never felt convinced the noir patter in the film was completely justified.
Hopefully Joel, it won’t focus too much on the time travel element. It’s a can of worms that can go bad really quickly. I have faith, but we’ll see.
I fell hard for “Brick” too. That’s all I know.