The Big Lebowski spin-off? John Turturro is apparently in New York filming a movie featuring his character, Jesus Quintana.
The Big Lebowski spin-off is apparently just a couple of weeks into production.
Updated 19th August – We’ve just added the official press release to the bottom of the post.
John Turturro is currently in New York State filming a new movie entitled Going Places, but sources over at Birth.Movies.Death are are reporting that the film is actually a spin-off from The Big Lebowski featuring Turturro’s popular character Jesus Quintana.
The indie flick, which also stars Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou and Susan Sarandon, is actually a remake of the 1974 comedy Les Valseuses which starred Gérard Depardieu. Here’s the official synopsis of that particular movie:
Jean-Claude (Gérard Depardieu) and Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere) are crooks. They’re not experts, but they’re competent enough to make their way through France by knocking over stores and lifting cars. They also have plenty of sexual conquests, including one with the young, attractive Marie-Ange (Miou-Miou), and the older ex-con, Jeanne (Jeanne Moreau). But the duo isn’t simply suave; in addition to their crimes, they mistreat women without regret — which could come back to haunt them.
BMD report that Joel & Ethan Coen aren’t creatively involved in the project, which is in its second week of production, but this is altogether exciting news nonetheless.
While the likes of Roger Ebert didn’t give the original that high a praise (he branded it ‘the most misogynistic movie I can remember; its hatred of women is palpable and embarrassing’, but we’re hopefully expecting very different things from Turturro’s version.
We wait with anticipation, which could be a while as, according to sources, the film doesn’t yet have a distributor.
More news on The Big Lebowski spin-off, if we’re allowed to call it that, as it comes in.
Let’s remind ourselves of this legendary character from this classic movie.
Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I’ll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger ’til it goes “click.”
LOS ANGELES, CA., AUGUST 18, 2016 – Principal photography has begun in New York on John Turturros’s dramatic comedy GOING PLACES starring Turturro (Barton Fink), Bobby Cannavale (Blue Jasmine), Audrey Tautou (Amélie), Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise) and Sonia Braga (The Burning Season) it was announced by SKE president John Penotti (Hell or High Water).
Sidney Kimmel, Fernando Sulichin (Snowden) and Paul-Dominique Vacharasinthu are producing along with Penotti and Robert Salerno (21 Grams). Bruce Toll (The Lincoln Lawyer), Max Arvelaiz (Snowden) and Michael Lewis will serve as executive producers. Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, New Element and Tribus P Film are financing the film.
John Turturro, who can currently be seen in the HBO summer breakout series The Night Of, is both starring in and directing from his adapted screenplay which was inspired by the novel and script of the 1974 film Les Valseusesfrom popular French author and director Bertrand Blier. Known for his compelling performances in both art-house films and studio blockbusters, Turturro’s broad range of acting, directing and producing credits showcase his unique talent as a filmmaker.
GOING PLACES follows a trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves into a surprising love story as their spontaneous and flippant attitude towards the past or future backfires time and again, even as they inadvertently perform good deeds. When they make enemies with a gun-toting hairdresser, their journey becomes one of constant escape from the law, from society and from the hairdresser, all while the bonds of their outsider family strengthen.
Turturro’s behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Frederick Elmes (Synecdoche, New York) and production designer Lester Cohen (The Night Of).
Turturro is repped by ICM Partners.
Cornerstone Films is handling international sales and distribution with ICM Partners representing the domestic rights.
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