We’ve had so little news about what is currently happening on Robert Pattinson “High Life” that I thought I would post this little tidbit I found from 12 May 2016.  From FilmNewEurope:

WARSAW: Poland’s Producer On The Move Klaudia Śmieja from the production company Madants is a seasoned film professional specialising in international coproductions. She is currently working on new films by Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland and Gunnar Sigurdsson.

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Continuing her lucky streak of internationally recognized coproductions, Śmieja has a lot on her plate for 2016/2017 with a new project from Agnieszka Holland entitled Garreth Jones, an international coproduction with a budget of 8m EUR, that received 3m PLN from the Polish Film Institute, as well as Janis Nords’ Foam at the Mouth and Sofia Exarchou’s Polish/Greek coproduction Park. One of the biggest future projects for Śmieja is the upcoming sci-fi film from renowned French director Claire Denis entitled High Life, produced for Arte France Cinema by Alcatraz Films (France), Pandora (Germany) and Apocalypse (UK).

“I’ve been an admirer of her work for years and when I read about her upcoming project last year in Cannes I immediately contacted all the producers involved in the project offering my assistance. I was ready to make coffee on set,” she laughed. “This is one of my dream projects and it just goes to show that in this line of work dreams really can come true.”

Still no confirmation of when filming will begin. I also came across a mention, although I can’t find it at the moment, that said Zadie Smith’s involvement was slightly overstated and that all she was doing was cleaning up the English on the script. I’ll link when I find it.  Claire Denis, however, was at Olafur Eliasson’s Exhibition in Versailles on 5 June and we know they are definitely collaborating for the film.