Warner Bros. is reteaming with Maggie Gyllenhaal for a brand new venture following final yr’s Gothic romance “The Bride!”
The studio acquired Rachel Kushner’s novel “Creation Lake” for Gyllenhaal to develop, with plans to provide and direct.
“Creation Lake” facilities on a undercover agent, “Sadie Smith,” a thirty-four-year-old American girl despatched to infiltrate an eco-activist collective in France utilizing her abilities of seduction and manipulation. However as she turns into extra entangled with the commune, Sadie begins to query her personal worldview. The novel — which has been described as a “propulsive page-turner filled with dark humor” because it examines identification, historical past and radical politics — was a New York Instances bestseller and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and longlisted for the Nationwide E book Award and the Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction, amongst different laurels.
Information of the venture may be shocking to some, as Warner Bros. took an enormous swing on “The Bride!,” with Gyllenhaal delivering a 1930’s-set, feminist reimagining of the basic “Bride of Frankenstein” story that polarized critics. The formidable movie, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, did not spark at the box office, grossing $24 million worldwide on a $90 million funds.
However one could be silly to low cost the crucial success of Gyllenhaal’s 2022 directorial debut, “The Lost Daughter.” The psychological drama — which Gyllenhaal wrote and directed based mostly on the novel by Elena Ferrante — earned three Oscar nominations, together with a greatest tailored screenplay nod for Gyllenhaal. She had beforehand been nominated for greatest supporting actress for her efficiency in “Crazy Heart.” She is a Golden Globe winner for starring in “The Honorable Woman.”
Information of the “Creation Lake” venture comes as Gyllenhaal is ready to obtain the President’s Award on the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Gyllenhaal will obtain the prize on the pageant’s opening ceremony, alongside fellow performer-turned-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, and he or she can even current a screening of “The Bride!”
Puck first reported information of the growing venture.
