FilmNation Entertainment has announced that it will handle international distribution on formerly reclusive director Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. His next two films will be Lawless and Knight of Cups, starring the likes of Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale.
After emerging from a twenty-year hiatus between Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, Malick’s output over the last few years, including A New World and The Tree of Life, has been steadily getting faster. Clearly he spent some time in the wilderness writing, or has been reinvigorated by winning the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival, as he now has two new projects on the horizon.
The second film, KNIGHT OF CUPS, will star Christian Bale with a supporting cast including Cate Blanchett and Isabel Lucas (Immortals, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen). Both films are currently in pre-production and will shoot back-to-back in 2012. Sarah Green (Untitled Terrence Malick Project, The Tree of Life, The New World, Take Shelter, Mud) and Nicolas Gonda (Untitled Terrence Malick Project, The Tree of Life, The New World) will serve as the producers on both films with FilmNation Entertainment handling international sales during this week’s AFM.
Glen Basner, CEO of FilmNation Entertainment commented: “FilmNation couldn’t be happier to continue to act as Terrence’s international sales agency. Terrence is a brilliant filmmaker and an enormous draw for talent and filmmakers alike. We look forward to robust sales at AFM on both of these films.”
“Glen Basner and the entire FilmNation team continue to be excellent partners. We are thrilled to be working with them again to bring these extraordinary projects to audiences around the world”, commented producers Sarah Green and Nicolas Gonda.
CAA will represent domestic rights to both films.
I have a feeling that the Knight of Cups will be based on a book called The Black Castle. I can understand why they didn’t want to use the book title as it is pretty corny. As for the story, well it involves Vampires……..