New Synopsis Revealed For Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Only God Forgives’
AfterDriveopened, directorNicolas Winding Refngot right back to work on anew movie withDrivestarRyan Gosling. Their second project together is the Thai-set westernOnly God Forgives, which pushed from a late 2011 shoot to early 2012.
The movie is one of many trying to score distribution sales at the American Film Market, which means that there is also some new info to be had. The short take on the movie is this: “Only God Forgivesis a fast, powerful, high-profile, action and violent revenge story with Ryan Gosling andKristin Scott Thomas, never seen before, as a merciless and terrifying mafia godmother.”
There’s more info to be had, after the break.
Collidergot hold of this synopsis today at AFM:
Compare that to the last released one, which was:
Julian is on the run from the British police. He runs a Thai Boxing club in Bangkok which is a front for a drugs smuggling operation. He is well respected within the criminal underworld, but deep in his heart he feels that his life is lacking something. He meets a retired cop, The Angel of Vengeance, and finds out that he has to confront his mother.
So Kristin Scott Thomas plays Jenna, and the first synopsis above almost makes me think she’ll be fighting in the movie, which would be quite a thing to see.Luke Evanswasoriginally castin the picture, but I believe he’s out, the better to playBard the BowmaninThe Hobbit. (Collider thinks he’s still on board, but doesn’t provide info from the production company supporting that.) If he’s still in the picture, it seems evident that he and Gosling might play the brothers, but I think there is still more to be revealed about this one.
If things go well, Refn and Gosling will shootOnly God Forgives, then get to work onLogan’s Run. Gosling has also recently shotThe Place Beyond the PinesandGangster Squad. He was just announced as being part of the fourth of Terrence Malick’supcoming films,The Knight of Cups, too. Luke Evans hasImmortalshitting next week, andThe Three Musketeerslingering on some screens; he’s also in the Edgar Allan Poe movieThe Ravenwith John Cusack.
