The Playlist caught up with Brady & Mona at Sundance and spoke to them about “Robert Pattinson’s admirable career choices”.  This happens at 9.30 although if you want to listen to the entire interview it gives great insight into how these two collaborate.   They are filming in France – French Rob!!!  And Brady has said the exact same thing David Michôd told us about Rob’s career choices.   I’m so glad we’re all on this Rob ride together.

 

Well it’s actually listed on IMDb Pro as ‘Untitled Brady Corbet Project’ but it’s the same film. As you can see, the current status is Pre-Production & Rob along with Juliette Binoche & Tim Roth are listed under cast but no further information as to who they are playing as yet. Cannot wait to hear more, fingers crossed for some more news soon.

I LOVE seeing all those movies listed for Rob as In Development 😀

Updated: The film is now listed on IMDb Pro as The Childhood Of A Leader

 

 

No new information here really but great to see the film listed.  CANNOT WAIT to hear more news about this project.

Prod Weekly, new addition: “THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER” Feature Film – STATUS: May 2014
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LOCATION: Europe PRODUCER: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnere – Martine de Clermont-Tonnere – Chris Coen – Amour Fou DIRECTOR: Brady Corbet WRITER: Mona Fastvold – Brady Corbet CAST: Juliette Binoche – Tim Roth – Robert Pattinson
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The drama tells the childhood of a post-World War I leader.

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In an article with The Aesthete, Brady Corbet mentions ‘The Childhood Of A Leader’ & gives us more insight into the plot. How GOOD does this sound.

Corbet is about to embark on his most daunting and risky gamble to date. As soon as he wraps Paradise Lost, he heads back to Paris to begin prep on his debut feature as a writer-director. And it’s a doozy: a WWI-era period drama called The Childhood of a Leader that he plans to film in both English and French with no genre hook or titillating graphic content.

“It’s about an American family that has to go to France for the Paris peace conference,” Corbet says. “But it’s really a dark fable about this little boy coming of age during a very politically charged period in world history.” Corbet is well aware that to many it might seem like something of a tough sell. “I’m trying to find new and evocative ways to talk about it and make it sound not so dry because it is very formal, but it’s almost a thriller. It flirts with being a thriller for sure. Yeah, it’s a strange film. I guess I’ve always been passionate about anything that feels difficult.”

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Squeeeeeeeee there is nothing more exciting than news of a new Rob project.  How EPIC is 2014 going to be *dances through RPAU* 😀

From Variety:

Juliette Binoche, Tim Roth and Robert Pattinson are attached to “The Childhood of a Leader,” a new drama directed by Brady Corbet, Variety has learned.

The pic is Corbet’s feature directorial debut, after winning honorable mention at Sundance in 2009 for his short “Protect You + Me.”

The drama, which tells the childhood of a post-World War I leader, is tentatively scheduled to shoot in Europe starting in May. Corbet co-wrote the script with Mona Fastvold, the director of the upcoming Sundance drama “The Sleepwalker.” It will be produced by Antoine and Martine de Clermont-Tonnere, Chris Coen, Amour Fou and Scope Pictures. Protagonist Pictures will handle international film sales.

Corbet, the star of this year’s Sundance indie “Simon Killer,” just wrapped roles in Noah Baumbach’s “While We’re Young,” Andrea Di Stefano’s “Paradise Lost” and Bertrand Bonello’s “Saint Laurent.”

How great does this sound & with Juliette Binoche & Tim Roth – A M A Z I N G!!!!!!!

From The Film Stage:

With roles in Simon Killer, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia, Funny Games, and more, Brady Corbet has been a fascinating actor to watch in recent years, but now the up-and-coming talent is headed down a different direction. While he directed the 2008 short Protect You + Me, he’s now set to helm his feature-length debut with a new project titled The Childhood of a Leader.

According to Variety, he’s already assembled quite a cast as well, with the Cosmopolis duo of Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson on board, along with Tim Roth. The film, co-written by Corbet and Mona Fastvold, will track the childhood of a post-World War I leader. Unfortunately there’s no additional details outside of a Europe production scheduled for this May, but hopefully we’ll see this one on the 2015 festival circuit.

 

And this great article from The Playlist:

From “Twilight” hunk couldn’t walk into a corner store without a legion of girls screaming and passing out, to an actor making all the right moves, Robert Pattinson continues to leave his vampire past far behind him. With a re-teaming with David Cronenberg and films with James Gray and Werner Herzog on the horizon, Pattinson continues to be cashing in his Respectable Actor chips and is now set to work again with a famed French actress.

Pattinson is re-teaming with “Cosmopolis”co-star Juliette Binoche for “The Childhood Of A Leader.” Tim Roth rounds out the leading trio the cast in the film co-written by Mona Fastvold and actor Brady Corbert(“Melancholia,” “Simon Killer”) that will tell the story —as you might have guessed from the title — of the childhood of a post-WWI leader. Which one? Don’t ask because for the moment, Variety isn’t saying. That being said, we should know more soon.

Everything is coming together for shooting to start in May overseas, with Corbet making his feature directorial debut. So add this to Pattinson’s growing list of intriguing projects that he has coming down the line.

“…an actor making all the right moves, Robert Pattinson continues to leave his vampire past far behind him” – oh yeah, that he is!  Is that the sound of many people eating humble pie I hear?!