Wes Anderson Wants To Shoot A Movie In Space…Or Is He Joking?
By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2009 8:59 am EST
AccessHollywood talked to Anderson, and when asked about future projects he said he’d like to do a movie in space. Here’s the quote: “I’d like to do a movie in space. If possible I would like to try to actually shoot some of it on location in space. That’s my preference.” Sounds like a joke to me. There’s no video accompanying the web piece, but I can see Anderson half-smirking through that statement. Like many, I’d be happy to see the director try his hand at shooting a film in space, but somehow I don’t think that’s really what’s going to happen. Happy to eat my words on this one, but what’s the chance I’ll have to.
Because that statement is likely a gag, I wonder if Anderson’s further quote is also said tongue in cheek. While talking about his next film (a very small tidbit about that in a moment), Anderson says he is interested in adapting other books. “I would like to do more adaptations,” he says. “It’s nice to reach a point in the story and say, ‘What happens in the book?’ and you can just look in that and get your answer.” Look for some to take that as a sign of weakness, while I’ll read it as looking for an opportunity to have a set story framework in which to explore characters and situations. If, again, he’s not joking.
So, about that next film: in this interview all he allows is that it is “something that’s just my own,” i.e. not an adaptation and not co-written with Noah Baumbach or Owen Wilson.
