The director of Asteroid City already has his next project, a medium-length film called “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.”
Wes Anderson He already has a new project after launching Asteroid City, is about The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. It is an adaptation of a fairy tale. Roald Dahl (from which I already adapted Fantastic Mr Fox) which will reach Netflixbeing the director’s first time on the streaming platform.
Of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar It is known that Anderson has already signed interpreters such as Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dev Patel. During an interview with IndieWire Anderson gave more details, and the main one is that we are not really dealing with a feature film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar lasts 37 minutes. It is, in effect, a medium-length film, and Anderson compares it with that short that he shot in 2007 and served as an extension of Darjeeling trip with Jason Schwarzmann and Natalie Portman.
It will be the streaming platform that premieres this medium-length film, on a date to be determined. “Being a 37-minute movie, Netflix is the perfect place to host it. Because it’s not really a movie,” Anderson says. “These things used to be done at the BBC, with the so-called Play for Today, directed by people like Stephen Frears, John Schlesinger or Alan Clarke. They were programs of one hour or even less. I imagined something like that.” Henry Sugar will indeed be made up of several stories, combining live action and stop motion animation, and where the same actors play various characters.
“It’s not that I had to choose between a theatrical release and a streaming release, because you would never distribute something like that in theaters”he assured.
“We would have to sell cheaper tickets, or do a double session. Of course, although I had a good experience with Netflix, I am very happy to release Asteroid City in theaters. Focus and Universal have raised it as real cinema.
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