Casey Affleck is set to star in and direct a western called Far Bright Star, and Joaquin Phoenix is set to star. This will be the second collaboration between the two. They previously worked together on the 2010 mockumentary I’m Still Here.
Far Bright Star is based on the novel by Robert Olmstead. According to Variety, “Phoenix will portray a cavalryman leading a ragtag group of young men on a hunt in 1916 for Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. When most of the group die in an attack, he’s left struggling to survive in the desert.”
Apparently Affleck is looking to follow in his brother’s footsteps and focus more on producing, writing, and directing films. This seems like a great project for Affleck and Phoenix to take on. With films like Bone Tomahawk and The Hateful Eight, it's good to see westerns are thriving a little more than they used to.
Far Bright Star is based on the novel by Robert Olmstead. According to Variety, “Phoenix will portray a cavalryman leading a ragtag group of young men on a hunt in 1916 for Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. When most of the group die in an attack, he’s left struggling to survive in the desert.”
Apparently Affleck is looking to follow in his brother’s footsteps and focus more on producing, writing, and directing films. This seems like a great project for Affleck and Phoenix to take on. With films like Bone Tomahawk and The Hateful Eight, it's good to see westerns are thriving a little more than they used to.
- 11/22/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Real-life brother-in-laws and soon to be brothers outside the law in film, Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck are re-teaming for new outlaw western flick Far Bright Star, with the latter on board to direct.
Set against the sun-kissed outback of 1916, Affleck’s new drama will be based on a novel by Robert Olmstead, and it’s understood Damien Ober has been brought on board to transition the bandit story onto the silver screen.
As for Phoenix’s role within Far Bright Star, he’ll lead the western as a grizzled calvary man who, upon recruiting a ragtag bunch of scoundrels to help his plight, sets his crosshairs on a devious Mexican revolutionary known as Pancho Villa. Plans soon take a turn for the worst, however, and when his men are butchered, he’s cast astray in the desert and left fighting for survival.
Details at this stage are thin on the dusty ground,...
Set against the sun-kissed outback of 1916, Affleck’s new drama will be based on a novel by Robert Olmstead, and it’s understood Damien Ober has been brought on board to transition the bandit story onto the silver screen.
As for Phoenix’s role within Far Bright Star, he’ll lead the western as a grizzled calvary man who, upon recruiting a ragtag bunch of scoundrels to help his plight, sets his crosshairs on a devious Mexican revolutionary known as Pancho Villa. Plans soon take a turn for the worst, however, and when his men are butchered, he’s cast astray in the desert and left fighting for survival.
Details at this stage are thin on the dusty ground,...
- 11/18/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
While Joaquin Phoenix's "meltdown" proved to be a distraction and was widely misunderstood, the quasi-documentary "I'm Still Here" is an absolutely hilarious observation of the relationship between the public, media and celebrity in which Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix display a spirited collaboration, which makes the prospect of their next project all the more enticing. Read More: Interview: Joaquin Phoenix Talks 'Inherent Vice' Deleted Scenes, Keeping His Characters Malleable & His Signature Dukes-Up Knockout The duo will reteam for an adaptation of Robert Olmstead's novel "Far Bright Star" —Affleck will direct and Phoenix will star. Damien Ober has penned a script that will detail the story of a group of soldiers as they embark on the hunt for Pancho Villa. Here's the book synopsis: The year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. Terrain is unforgiving. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico,...
- 11/18/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck are set to reunite for the Western “Far Bright Star,” in which Joaquin will star and which Affleck will direct, TheWrap has learned. The drama, adapted from the 2009 novel by Robert Olmstead, is set in 1916 and follows an aging cavalryman (Phoenix) who leads a team of men hunting for the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. He is left to survive alone in the desert after the group is attacked and most of the men are killed. Affleck and Phoenix collaborated on 2010’s “I’m Still Here,” in which Phoenix’s fake transition from actor to rapper is.
- 11/18/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Brothers-in-law and mockumentary collaborators Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck have cooked up another delightful scheme together: THR reports the duo is developing an adaptation of Robert Olmstead's Western novel Far Bright Star, which tells the story of a failed hunt for Sancho Panza in 1916. Affleck will direct the film — his first since I'm Still Here — while Phoenix will star as a soldier wandering the desert after the mission goes awry. (Consider it a Gerry prequel.) We'd like to say there won't be any rapping this time, but with these two, who knows for sure?...
- 11/18/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
While I’m Still Here depicted a fake career change for Joaquin Phoenix, it did seem to result in different sensibilities for the sort of projects the actor would take on after. With The Master, The Immigrant, Her, and Inherent Vice marking a four-film streak of incredible performances like few other actors of his generation have produced, Phoenix has now set out to reteam with his I’m Still Here director (and brother-in-law) Casey Affleck for a new project.
Moving out of the faux documentary field and back a century, THR reports Affleck will direct Phoenix in the 1916-set western titled Far Bright Star. Marking Affleck’s narrative directorial debut, the film comes from Robert Olmstead‘s novel, which follows a cavalryman (Phoenix) who leads a group to hunt down Pancho Villa, but things go very wrong and he’s left in the desert attempting to survive. Scripted by Damien Ober,...
Moving out of the faux documentary field and back a century, THR reports Affleck will direct Phoenix in the 1916-set western titled Far Bright Star. Marking Affleck’s narrative directorial debut, the film comes from Robert Olmstead‘s novel, which follows a cavalryman (Phoenix) who leads a group to hunt down Pancho Villa, but things go very wrong and he’s left in the desert attempting to survive. Scripted by Damien Ober,...
- 11/18/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Real lfie brothers-in-law Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix will reteam for the 1916-set period western "Far Bright Star," their first collaboration since the 2010 documentary "I'm Still Here".
Affleck will make his narrative directorial debut and Phoenix will star in the drama that adapts Robert Olmstead's 2009 novel.
Damien Ober wrote the screenplay in which Phoenix will play an aging cavalryman leading a ragtag group of young men on a hunt for the legendary Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
When the group is attacked and most of his charges are killed, the man is left struggling for survival in the desert. Affleck and John Powers Middleton will produce.
Source: Vulture...
Affleck will make his narrative directorial debut and Phoenix will star in the drama that adapts Robert Olmstead's 2009 novel.
Damien Ober wrote the screenplay in which Phoenix will play an aging cavalryman leading a ragtag group of young men on a hunt for the legendary Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
When the group is attacked and most of his charges are killed, the man is left struggling for survival in the desert. Affleck and John Powers Middleton will produce.
Source: Vulture...
- 11/18/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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