Aronofsky Films

Jan 30

Noah Reportedly Has a Villain, Summer Shoot, Possible Fall 2013 Release -

They’re going to start shooting in July in New York and Iceland and he says it’s really a good script. They’re really doing the story of Noah, a very unlikely subject you might think for a cutting edge fellow like Darren Aronofsky, but that’s what they’re doing. It’s going to be more likely a Fall 2013 release.

That’s the hangup right now, they haven’t cast Noah yet. But it’s got a guy in his 40s so it’s not going to be young. It’s going to be 40s. And there’s a big villain part, gotta have a villain in the story of Noah…

Jeffrey Wells on the Oscar Poker podcast, discussing a conversation with cinematographer Matthew Libatique

Jan 26

Spielberg Talking Moses Epic with Warner Bros -

While not directly Aronofsky related, if Spielberg is close to pre-production (production rumored for spring 2013) on a biblical feature filmed in the “gritty” style of Saving Private Ryan, then it’s hard to know how that would affect Noah. Major studios don’t seem to have any issue with releasing two similar movies in close proximity, but hopefully it wouldn’t end up being a bane to Noah.

Jan 23

Clint Mansell Live at Largo, April 4-5 -

During his first ever live shows in the US, Grammy and Golden Globe nominated [Clint] Mansell and the Sonus Quartet will perform selections from the Last Night score, as well as performances of his other works which will include scores form Darren Aronofsky’s films and Moon on April 4 & 5 at Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles

Jan 11

Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah' to Be Produced by Mary Parent -

Mary Parent will produce Noah, Darren Aronofsky’s take on the iconic Bible tale. The project from Paramount and New Regency also is being produced by Aronofsky and Scott Franklin.

Dec 16

Black Swan concept poster by Mahdi Chowdhury

Dec 05

Christian Bale Reportedly Passes on Noah, Michael Fassbender Next in Line?

Watch Darren Aronofsky’s video for “The View”, taken from the new Lou Reed/Metallica album Lulu [loureedmetallica.com]

(Thanks to Scott)

Nov 28

John Logan Brought in to Help on Noah Script -

“I just dipped in to help a little bit because I’ve liked Darren’s work and we just sort of talked about it and it was fun. It’s really great,” he said… “Darren’s sensibility is completely modern and so thrilling because it’s revisionist.”

John Logan is a screenwriter (Gladiator, The Last Samurai, The Time Machine)

Nov 14

Nephilim Giants

Screenwriter Brian Godawa recently published the novel Noah Primeval, which is set in an “ancient world of darkness, [where] fallen angels breed giants and enslave mankind to evil”. Controversy aside, he addresses a passage in Genesis (6:1-4) in his novel. He references the Nephilim (giants) that are arguably the offspring of angels and humans. This is a much better explanation of the imagery in puzzling Noé page.

(Thanks to dabuckna)

“…when you work with Aronofsky, you’ve gotta be in shape. He’s so smart and he’s so driven that it’s like a great football coach. You want to play on his team. But the truth of it is, I’d probably go to work for free for him again. Yeah, he’s that kind of guy.” — Mickey Rourke on Darren Aronofsky [Moviefone]