Duncan Jones Will Follow Moon With Mute

[Moridin]

Great stuff. In the Warcraft interview (posted in the Warcraft thread) he's says they're "ready to roll" on Mute:

Are you done-done with film?
I am done-done. I’m hoping and looking forward to potentially working on an indie sci-fi thing of my own quite soon. We’re ready to roll. We were really excited by the move to the date in June that we’re on now because it’s the same day that Jurassic World came out. From my perspective, I think that’s a good sense of Universal’s faith in us. Originally, we were on this December date, and then Star Wars came and sat on it. If you know me online, you know that Rian [Johnson] and I have a very good-humored rivalry about his Star Wars movies what I’m doing with Warcraft. I’m pretty much done, and I’m excited to potentially squeeze in another indie before I come back for more.

 

[ice79]

interview with Jones in the new issue of Empire

http://www.empireonline.com/people/paul-rudd/warcraft-duncan-jones-mute-blade-runner/

Intriguingly, Jones describes the setting as “the Casablanca of the future”.

"Paul Schrader’s Hardcore meets Robert Altman’s MASH” is how he’s defining the film. After Warcraft and Source Code it’s a return to smaller, indie filmmaking that’ll take him and his cast, Paul Rudd and Alexander Skarsgård included, to Berlin to shoot.

And the film now has an official twitter account - @mute_film


things are finally happening!

 

[Moridin]

Jones interview from Den of Geek:

I’ve joked about it before, that it’s my Don Quixote.* But it absolutely is my Don Quixote and it’s just been this incredibly challenging passion project to try and find a home for and get it made. I know we’ve found the right home for it—we haven’t announced it yet—but Alexander Skarsgard and Paul Rudd and myself are going to be making this movie with a couple other people who haven’t been announced yet, and I’m thrilled. It’s just a great group of actors and I can’t wait to finally make this weird little film, which I think people are going to either love or hate, and I don’t care which.

“It’s an urban Berlin-set movie,” was the only thing Jones would share about a project that has been shrouded in secret for many years. “If you kind of imagine a futuristic Casablanca—that gives you a little bit of a sense to it.”

"I think it’s somewhere in between Moon and Source Code," he said about the scale of the film compared to his other three films. “It’s certainly bigger than Moon. It has to be because the reason I couldn’t make Mute in the first place—as it was going to be my first movie—was that it was too big, so it’s not Moon-sized but it’s probably around Source Code size.”

http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/duncan-jones/255590/duncan-jones-says-mute-is-moving-forward

Looks like they want to film this year.

 

[Octoberist]

I wish Paul Rudd was the mute and not Skarsgard.

 

[Marvolo]

A lot of Paul Rudd's charisma and appeal comes from his demeanor and delivery and personality. You make him a mute and strip him of that and there is no point in even casting Rudd.

Skarsgaard on the other hand is much more suited to play a mute.

 

[:eek:]

Jones Confirms "Moon" Universe Trilogy


By Garth Franklin Friday June 3rd 2016 01:05AM
One of the most well-regarded science-fiction films of the past decade has been Duncan Jones' "Moon," the Sam Rockwell-led drama scoring rave reviews and solid box-office. Jones followed that up with the well received "Source Code" and now has the big-budget "Warcraft" set to hit cinemas soon.
One project that he's always had in mind though is "Mute," a passion project that he's been developing on and off since the turn of the century and has every intention of getting made one day.
In fact in a new interview with Indiewire, he says the film is closer than ever to being made:

"Yeah. Absolutely, 100%. I wish I could formally say, 'Yes, it's happening,' but there are contractual reasons I have to wait until the absolute yes-I'm-allowed-to-say-that date, but as far as I'm concerned, yes. I'm going to be shooting that film later this year."
​

He goes on to confirmed that not only does the film take place in the same universe as "Moon," but it's the second part of a trilogy with the third film further along than you might expect. He says:

"In fact, it's already written. It's ready to go. I was trying to make it after 'Source Code.' It's a female lead, and at that time, four of five years ago, it was just proving really difficult to get the film made, this science fiction film with a female lead.
It feels like it's going to be easier these days. I think there's more of a willingness for that to happen, and I certainly think it's about time, but Mute's kind of happening now, so I'm going to do that, and then, with any luck, I'll be able to get this other film made that will make up the third part of that trilogy, as soon as possible."
​

Jones' "Warcraft" film opens in some global markets from this weekend and hits the United States next Friday.

 

[Moridin]

Very cool. Is this the film Rockwell's character is supposed to cameo in, or is that the third film?

 

[2kt09]

A lot of Paul Rudd's charisma and appeal comes from his demeanor and delivery and personality. You make him a mute and strip him of that and there is no point in even casting Rudd.

Someone hasn't seen his lip synch battle.

 

[Moridin]

Jones is speaking more and more confidently about Mute being next.

And now Mute is next?

Now that Warcraft is done, I’m going to sneak off and do this little sci-fi, Mute, out in Berlin. I’m going to do that next, which is a much smaller film.

I’ve heard you describe Mute as a spiritual sequel to Moon and that it’s inspired by Blade Runner.

It’s really going to be very different, I think, than any kind of science fiction films that are being made right now. I’ve likened it recently to something being more like Casablanca. It’s more like a ‘70s thriller in some sense. It’s almost like Paul Schrader’s Hardcore. It’s not what you traditionally think of as sci-fi, but it is and it works great.

I don’t want to know too much, but what do you mean by that?

A lot of what people think of is when you do an R-rated movie these days, it’s either extreme violence or a “sweary” comedy. I think that this is just going to have an adult nature to it, thematically. And the way we approach the material, it’s going to be dark and surreal – but there’s also this layer of comedy in it as well. There are a lot of films from that ‘70s period that are in the soil of this movie. So whether it’s Hardcore or M*A*S*H, it’s that tone.

M*A*S*H? I assume the Altman movie…

Yeah, the Altman movie.

You don’t hear Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H brought up often when describing an upcoming sci-fi movie.

[Laughs.] It really is going to be very, very different. You’re probably right not to know too much about it, so just go see it knowing as little as possible and it really is going to kind of bump you. It’s going to be fun.

Also mentions the female lead Sci-Fi film he wants to do (which I think is the 3rd film in a kind of "Moon Trilogy" with Mute)

So the film that fell through is a big reason for [Warcraft happening]?

Warcraft has been a long time, it’s been about three and a half years. But that still doesn’t account for the year and a half before that. Straight after Source Code I was trying to make this other thing. It was a female-led sci-fi and I think really unique and ambitious. Hopefully I’ll still get the chance to make it one day. Maybe it was a little too early? I think now it might be an easier time to get female-led sci-fi films made.

http://uproxx.com/movies/duncan-jones-warcraft/

Bring it.

 

[Alex Murphy]

Someone hasn't seen his lip synch battle.

[YT]4LvMeYEwWGQ[/YT]

 

[Moridin]

Duncan Jones ‏@ManMadeMoon 16h16 hours ago
.@MUTE_Film pre-production is too much fun! No canon, no compromise, nothing but sweet, sweet brain storming! Ahhh indies...


Duncan Jones ‏@ManMadeMoon 14h14 hours ago
@VZavadskyy @MUTE_Film Afraid not. Working with my incredibly talented buddy @iamclintmansell again on this one.


Duncan Jones ‏@ManMadeMoon Jul 26
@VaunEarl @MUTE_Film similar scale to Source Code, but indie approach. Will be pretty unique.


Duncan Jones ‏@ManMadeMoon Jul 20
@ASkarsMeatballs @MUTE_Film all going very nicely! Will be shooting end of this year.

https://***********/MUTE_Film

 

[Octoberist]

Awesome! I hope Paul Rudd can fit it in into his schedule.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Wow, that first tweet was a nice attempt to blame everyone else for Warcraft.

 

[:eek:]

Concept Art for Duncan Jones’ Mute Debuts as Production Begins Next Week

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...ebuts-as-production-begins-next-week#/slide/1

 

[Lasirius]

I'm more than onboard for this.

 

[dude stannis]

Finally!

 

[Moridin]

Concept Art for Duncan Jones’ Mute Debuts as Production Begins Next Week

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...ebuts-as-production-begins-next-week#/slide/1

Wow, that first tweet was a nice attempt to blame everyone else for Warcraft.

How on earth did you arrive at that conclusion? There's no finger pointing or shirking of responsibility in that tweet what-so-ever.

 

[dude stannis]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure literally every film director feels that way, even if their studio stuff is great.

 

[:eek:]

Netflix Picks Up Duncan Jones’ “Mute”?

By
Garth Franklin -

Thursday, September 29th 2016 10:39 am


It looks as though Netflix has picked up the rights to “Moon” and “Warcraft” director Duncan Jones’ sci-fi noir film “Mute” according to the film’s leading man Alexander Skarsgard.
Appearing as a guest on this week’s Empire Podcast, the “True Blood” and “Legend of Tarzan” actor says the plan is for a day-and-date theatrical run and Netflix release:

“I think they’ll do what they did with Beasts Of No Nation, where they do a theatrical simultaneously to a Netflix release. I’ve just got back from Dublin where Duncan showed me all the renderings and the visuals of it and I’m very, very excited about it.”

The story is set in a dystopian Berlin three decades in the future. Skarsgard plays Leo Beiler, a mute bartender who has to track down his missing girlfriend. It is currently shooting Berlin.

 

[dude stannis]

David Ayer, Andrew Dominik and now Duncan Jones finally getting their dream projects made through Netflix. Great stuff.

 

[ice79]

Justin Theroux joins cast

http://collider.com/justin-theroux-girl-on-the-train-the-leftovers-interview/

from approx. 12:20 "about to go to Berlin to be part of Duncan Jones’ Mute"

 

[chamber-music]

Solid cast so far. Hopefully they get some good actresses for female roles as well and some actors of color. It would be great if Jones got Benedict Wong back again as well. Wong briefly appeared in Moon.

 

[Octoberist]

I'm glad that Jones is using Gary Shaw as the cinematographer again. Loved his work on Moon.

Boo the DOP who worked on Warcraft.

 

[Solidus]

Yeah Moon was my favorite film from 2009, I'm excited for this, I still have not watched Warcraft however.

 

[Moridin]

I have spent most of today listening to PAUL F***IN' RUDD READ MY F***IN' DIALOGUE TO ME!

https://***********/ManMadeMoon/status/784418305440374784