Even in an industry where seemingly everyone has a long-gestating project, “Motherless Brooklyn” has had a particularly convoluted journey to the big screen. When Jonathan Lethem’s crime novel was published in 1999, a white-hot Edward Norton quickly became attached to a film adaptation. Various hiccups stalled production for 20 years, but the actor never gave up hope of bringing the story to the big screen.
In the coming weeks, Norton will bring the completed “Motherless Brooklyn” to the fall festival circuit, including planned stops at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, all leading up to a November 1 release from Warner Bros. Reflecting on his longtime passion project, the actor revealed that the decades-long delays may have actually been a good thing.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Norton suggested that his take on the film noir genre can be read as a socially-charged response to...
In the coming weeks, Norton will bring the completed “Motherless Brooklyn” to the fall festival circuit, including planned stops at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, all leading up to a November 1 release from Warner Bros. Reflecting on his longtime passion project, the actor revealed that the decades-long delays may have actually been a good thing.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Norton suggested that his take on the film noir genre can be read as a socially-charged response to...
- 8/19/2019
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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