French director Bertrand Bonello is coming off his critically acclaimed “The Beast,” which was unlike any film he’d made before — mixing period era romanticism, futuristic sci-fi and Lynchian depravity.
Speaking with Variety, Bonello confirms that he’s eyeing to shoot his next film in fall 2025, but refuses to divulge what it’s going to be about, just that it’ll be very different to “The Beast”:
It’s a little early to talk about it. It’s going to be very different. It’s going to be completely different. The writing is finished, and we’re going to start the casting process. I’m going to announce it once the casting is done. I hope to start shooting next September.
Although “The Beast” is up there with his best works, I don’t believe Bonello’s made a better film than 2017’s “Nocturama,” a terrorist thriller that felt like a brilliant hybrid of Bresson’s “The Devil” and Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead.” Incidentally, or not, both “The Beast” and “Nocturama” were rejected by Cannes.