Darren Aronofsky’s New Film ‘Mother!’ Is A Horror Thriller
Requiem for a DreamdirectorDarren Aronofskywas prepping an Evel Knievel biopic as his directorial follow-up to 2014’sNoah, but he ultimately moved on from that project and instead got the ball rolling onMother!, a mysterious film withJennifer LawrenceandJavier Bardemin the lead roles.
We known the film follows “a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence,” but that’s all that’s been announced so far. Thanks to a new report, we now at least know the filmmaker will be returning to familiar genre territory in his newest movie. Read on to learn more about Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!.
At CinemaCon last week, Paramount’s Domestic Distribution chiefKyle Daviespromised movie exhibitors that audiences could expect “thrills and chills” from Aronofsky’s latest.The Wraphas a separate source that called the film a horror thriller, one that’s apparently “flirting with the same psycho-horror that won Natalie Portman an Oscar for the unraveling ballerina she played inBlack Swan.” Sounds great to me.
We still don’t know much about the film’s actual plot, but I’m excited to see the director head back to the kind of genre work he’s done before.The Fountain, his rumination on death, isone of my all-time favorite films, and even his seemingly straightforward movies often aren’t easily categorized as simply one type of movie or another. Aronofsky wrote this movie’s screenplay, and over the course of his career, he’s proven time and again that he has the ability to craft narratives that elicit terrific performances from his actors. Unsurprisingly, he’s pulled together an excellent cast for this one, too;Michelle Pfeiffer,Domnhall Gleeson,Ed Harris,andKristen Wiigwill co-star with Lawrence and Bardem.
And those actors aren’t the only notable names on board here:Jóhann Jóhannssonwill compose the score, and his work on films likeSicarioandArrivalindicate that he’ll be able to create a perfect aural match with the kind of visual intensity the director often brings to his work. I can’t wait to see what kind of results this collaboration yields.
SinceNoahwas released in 2014, Aronofsky has kept busy as a producer, reuniting withBlack Swanstar Portman to produce theJacqueline Kennedy biopicJackieand teaming with Arnold Schwarzenegger forthe plane crash dramaAftermath, which wasformerly titled478.
