Darren Aronofsky needs a new project, and if his adaptation of Serena starring Angelina Jolie gets picked up, he’ll be heading to 20’s-era North Carolina.
Already being called Aronofsky’s There Will Be Blood, the story sees a 1929 couple heading off to rough it in the woods. Things eventually get crazy-
“…newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains where they plan to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains–but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving her husband’s life in the wilderness. Together this lord and lady of the woodlands ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of favor. Yet when Serena learns that she will never bear a child, she sets out to murder the son George fathered without her…”
Sounds more like Aronofsky’s Antichrist to me.
The script, which apparently needs work before any production would begin, was written by Chris Kyle. The scribe started out on Homicide: Life On The Streets and has written scripts for Katheryn Bigelow (K19, Weight Of Water) and Oliver Stone (Alexander). The project is under the care of Nick Wechsler who produced Requiem For A Dream among his many other 90’s projects, and has more recently taken to shepherding popular books onto the screen- The Road, The Time Traveler’s Wife, and Reservation Road for example.
Look for more news if/when this gets picked up.
Source | THR, Book Synopsis from Amazon
6 comments
fuck this. I want Robocop goddamnit
What is the status of ROBOCOP? The last bit of scuttlebutt I heard was that Aronofsky was being pressured into doing it in 3D and was not happy. I have no way to validate this rumor, it was just picked up through the grapevine. I certainly hope it's not in 3D and that Aronofsky is still on the project. And that it'll still be a hard R version of everyone's favorite cyborg police officer.
You already HAVE Robocop.
"You already HAVE Robocop." here here ! can i get an amen !?
Wasn't Aronofsky going to do something about rival ballerinas? And another about a boxer? Has he dropped from these projects or am I thinking of someone else?
Ed – the ballerina film (Black Swan if I recall the title correctly) is shooting (shot?) and the boxing film (The Fighter) went to David O. Russell.
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