David Lowery has a brand new movie within the works with Tilda Swinton set to star.
“Loss of life in Her Palms” — described as an “anarchic whodunnit” and “an otherworldly psychological thriller” — is tailored by Lowery (“A Ghost Story,” “The Inexperienced Knight”) from the cult novel by Ottessa Moshfegh (“My Yr of Relaxation and Leisure”).
See-Noticed Movies, the Oscar-winning powerhouse behind “The Energy of the Canine,” “The King’s Speech” and “One Life” (and, on the TV entrance, “Gradual Horses” and “Heartstopper”), is on board to supply.
in “Loss of life in Her Palms,” whereas strolling within the woods close to her new house, current widow Vesta Gul (Swinton) comes throughout a chilling handwritten observe: “Her title was Magda. No person will ever know who killed her. It wasn’t me. Right here is her useless physique.” Besides there is no such thing as a physique. No blood. Unmoored by the dying of her husband and armed solely with a digital camera, her canine Charlie, and her vivid creativeness, Gul turns into obsessive about uncovering Magda’s id and destiny. Because the synopsis reads, “as her interior world begins to eclipse actuality, the thriller of Magda threatens Vesta’s grip on her personal life — till, in a spellbinding operatic climax, we realise that Magda’s dying might lastly enable Vesta to reside.”
The movie will likely be produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Jeanie Igoe; government producers are Simon Gillis and Ann Phillips. Cross Metropolis Movies, See-Noticed’s in-house gross sales arm, are teaming up with WME Impartial to safe financing at Cannes.
“I’m a faithful fan of Ottessa Moshfegh, and the chance to translate ‘Loss of life In Her Palms’ to the large display has been, in some methods, a subterfuge for attending to spend an excessive amount of time obsessing over her prose. However now the ruse is up!” mentioned Lowery, at present in submit on “Mom Mary.”
“The script begot by the novel will quickly turn out to be a movie, and I’m instantly conscious greater than ever that adapting this specific work represents a devious problem (anybody who’s learn the novel will perceive why)! However I’m prepared for it, and am emboldened to have such fantastic collaborators at my aspect: the entire crew at See-Noticed, Jeanie, and naturally, the unimaginable Tilda Swinton, who I do know will illuminate Ottessa’s story in methods I might solely dream of.”
Added producers Canning and Sherman: “David Lowery is a grasp of crafting putting, atmospheric tales, and there’s nobody higher to convey Ottessa Moshfegh’s haunting and sensible novel to the display. We are able to’t look forward to audiences to step into the world he creates and be swept away by Vesta’s story, performed by the incomparable, magnetic, and endlessly compelling Tilda Swinton.”
Swinton is repped by Hamilton Hoddell, CAA and Peikoff Mahan. Lowery is repped by WME and Victoria Cook dinner at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
