After enduring a couple of hiccups before production could officially start, cameras are now rolling on Claire Denis‘ ambitious sci-fi “High Life.” We’re keeping our fingers crossed that placing it on our 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2018 wasn’t premature, but there’s so much to be excited about when it comes to this project.
The cast is excitingly eclectic with Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth, Andre Benjamin, Lars Eidinger and Jessie Ross, but the plot might be the most intriguing element. Penned by Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Geoff Cox and Nick Laird, initial reports stated that the storyline would revolve around a group of skilled criminals who trade in facing jail time and capital punishment for agreeing to participate in a likely fatal government space mission into a black hole, where they will be tasked with finding alternate energy sources and will be part of human reproduction experiments. Totally, awesomely bonkers. However, THR — who have debuted the first image — have a logline that simply states the movie is about “a father and daughter [who] struggle to survive in deep space.”
Hmm….we hope that’s a bit of subterfuge….
There’s still ten months left in the year, and we hope “High Life” hits a big screen somewhere before 2018 wraps up.