Rob stars in High Life, Claire Denis Adventure Sci-Fi Film

!!!!! So excited for this!!! Thanks Curzon for the info though I hope we get more info from other trades like deadline, variety etc. and no conflict of schedules please with The Trap!

Playlist released an article back in June 2015 about this project and they obviously were very excited about the plot and the collaboration of talented artists.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/claire-denis-to-make-english-language-debut-with-sci-fi-movie-set-in-space-co-written-by-zadie-smith-20150629

Really exciting news. I am trying to guess how Rob's schedule will work out for this. We know that The Lost City of Z will be filmed till October in Colombia. And if this project indeed start by the end of the year, then it can by November 2015 and Rob will be able tof finish it by January 2015. And by that time Harmony korine will start filming The Trap and Rob can join that filming. So much guessing here but I am hoping everything will work out fine, this scifi role and Max the surfer are my most awaited roles of Rob.

http://www.screendaily.com/news/robert-pattinson-to-star-in-claire-denis-sci-fi/5092092.article?blocktitle=LATEST-FILM-NEWS&contentID=40562


Robert Pattinson is to play the lead role in Claire Denis’ upcoming English-language sci-fi film, written with British writer Zadie Smith.

Paris-based producers Alcatraz Films confirmed the casting to ScreenDaily and said: “We are very proud and very happy, as is Claire, about what will be a great collaboration. Robert is committed to the project and we are committed to him.”

Pattinson is set to play the astronaut lead role in the as-yet-untitled film.

Plot details are being kept under wraps but it is known to take place beyond the solar system in a ‘future that seems like the present’.

Denis is writing the script with acclaimed novelist Smith (White Teeth) and Smith’s writer husband Nick Laird.

The project, which marks an intriguing change of direction for the White Material and Beau Travail writer-director, is based on an original idea by Denis and her regular writing partner Jean-Pol Fargeau and is due to go into production early next year.

Producers are Oliver Dungey (Miss Julie), Laurence Clerc and Olivier Thery Lapiney from Paris-based Alcatraz Films, and Claudia Steffen and Christoph Friedel of Pandora Filmproduktion in Cologne.

Alcatraz and Pandora produced Denis’ most recent feature Bastards, which debuted at Cannes in 2013.

Denis regulars Wild Bunch are handling international sales while Des Hamilton is casting the project, which is currently in advanced development and is due to shoot in studio in Cologne in late 2015/early 2016.

Collaborators on the film also include Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, known for his Tate Modern installation The Weather Project; astrophysicist Aurélien Barrau, known for his work on black holes and cosmology; and Stuart Staples of indie band Tindersticks, who previously provided music for Denis titles including White Material and 35 Rhums.

The news was first reported on French site L’Express.

That is a huge surprise. Welcome too. I am very happy to see Rob work with a French director, I have only seen one of her movies. I just hope that it will not end up like Idol's Eye.

Rob: 15 times on French news programmes. His face is a Greco-Roman marvel.

The Reuter's reporter had the exclusive, but it's now been confirmed by Screen Daily, they got a quote from the producer. Another interesting note is that the casting director, Des Hamilton, also cast TCOAL and Brimstone, and he's working on Michod's new Brad Pitt project, War Machine.

Robert Pattinson is to play the lead role in Claire Denis’ upcoming English-language sci-fi film, written with British writer Zadie Smith.

Paris-based producers Alcatraz Film confirmed the casting to ScreenDaily and said: “We are very proud and very happy, as is Claire, about what will be a great collaboration. Robert is committed to the project and we are committed to him.”

Pattinson is set to play the astronaut lead role in the as-yet-untitled film, which Screen first reported on in June.

Plot details are being kept under wraps but it is known to take place beyond the solar system in a ‘future that seems like the present’.

http://www.screendaily.com/news/robert-pattinson-to-star-in-claire-denis-sci-fi/5092092.article?blocktitle=LATEST-FILM-NEWS&contentID=40562

Very excited for this. Rob sure is mixing it up, isn't he?!

Zadie Smith is the most amazing novelist. Can't wait to see what she does with this. Love all the scientists they're working with, too. Sounds like it might be really trippy.

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Internet trades are starting to pick up on the story. This one links to an interview with Denis, if you'd like to read that with her.

From The Film Stage:

Robert Pattinson Will Head to Space For Claire Denis’ Sci-Fi Drama

After the immensely promising news that Claire Denis will follow up Bastards, one of our favorite films of the last few years, with a sci-fi film set in space, we now know who will be leading the project. According to L’Express, Robert Pattinson has been set to star in the film, adding another impressive collaborator to his resume after David Cronenberg, Werner Herzog, Anton Corbijn, David Michôd, and James Gray.

Based off an idea by Denis and frequent collaborator Jean-Pol Fargeau, the script will come from Zadie Smith and Nick Laird. Although plot details aren’t being disclosed yet, Pattinson will take the role of an astronaut. The only brief note we’re given is that it will “take place beyond the solar system in a future that seems like the present.” Additional collaborators include artist Olafur Eliasson and astrophysicist Aurélien Barrau, as well as Tindersticks‘ Stuart Staples, who has had many previous collaborations with Denis.

“I am delighted that Claire has been tempted to cross the channel and make a film in English; she is one of the greats of contemporary cinema and she’s assembled a quite extraordinary team to make exactly the kind of ambitious film that audiences cherish – completely original, genuinely pushing the boundaries of art and science and, above all, extremely entertaining,” producer Oliver Dungey says.

As we wait for more details, check out a talk by Eliasson below, along with the short film Contact, which the artist and Denis worked on back in 2014, and another extensive talk with Denis here.The link to the Denis article is at the source here:

http://thefilmstage.com/news/robert-pattinson-will-head-to-space-for-claire-denis-sci-fi-drama/

Or direct at:

http://thefilmstage.com/news/claire-denis-will-head-to-space-for-english-language-debut/

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Zadie Smith is wonderfully imaginative. I've read White Teeth and have heard her speak about her other works. This sounds like a good French British collaboration. So happy for Rob.