Jessica Lange's Return to the Screen

Neeson could be a good, older Marlowe. This is an adaptation of the novel by the Irish writer John Banville (who published it under the pseudonym Benjamin Black), not a Raymond Chandler novel.

A Liam Neeson-Jessica Lange reunion would be nice to see.

Is there anyone under 70 in the cast?

All she can play is elderly, currently butchered and evil af

Is this a Lange Loon thread?

I wish she'd work more. This doesn't sound that interesting to me. Liam Neeson is bland and I don't like detective stuff.

She needs some real pull out the stops kind of role.

Wish she had stayed with American Horror Story. It fell apart after she left. Her seasons varied in quality but she was always interesting on it.

R6, I haven't read the novel but it has potential. The role sounds Evelyn Mulwray-ish.

Anyone see her in Prozac Nation?

Just looking over her filmography. That was a famous book, no? I didn't even know it was a movie. She did a bunch of stuff in the last 20 years I never heard of. Any of those films good?

(and stay strong Lange loon. I like your devotion.)

R8, Prozac Nation is terrible. It's misguided and miscast. I'm not the Lange loon, but I admire her acting. PN is one of her lesser performances.

Do we know which face she'll be using?

I think Lange will play the mother of the Evelyn Mulwray-ish title character... "Dorothea Langrishe, a tough old dame whose husband, devoted to Michael Collins’s cause, was killed in the Irish civil war in a particularly terrifying fashion."

[quote]This doesn't sound that interesting to me. Liam Neeson is bland and I don't like detective stuff.

Really? It sounds intriguing to me.

I never read the book, so may be way off, but it sounds like Sunset Blvd. meets Lana Turner/Cheryl Crane.

Where has she been mentioned for this?

Probably, what, two or three scenes?

R8 It’s underrated. She and Ricci are great. Lange has a few standout berserk scenes.

The scene from 1:10 to 5:30 is divinity infinity.

I did some detective work.

Hmmm…..

Neil Jordan is directing. He's good at moody movies.

Original post (Instagram). I’m it convinced yet. They would’ve announced her by now methinks.

The Lange fans have connects in Barcelona and Lange has been unofficially confirmed.

Hoping for the best but Liam Neeson is old news. It’s good for Jessica to get out of the house for some mild exercise.

^ LOL.

R20 lmao.

I'm keeping an open mind with not-high expectations about this. Would love to be surprised.

So, apparently the person reporting this news is either a supporting player or extra on the film. He’s also confirmed that he’s met her. It seems like Lange may actually be in this.

How odd that they haven’t reported her involvement yet.

She should do a remake of "Dressed To Kill" in the Angie Dickinson role. With Caitlyn Jenner as 'Bobbie'.

[quote]How odd that they haven’t reported her involvement yet.

They have now.

R26, this is interesting. Lange and Kruger bear a resemblance so will totally pass as mother and daughter.

Yay, a minor supporting role for Jessica in a B movie. Sky’s the limit!

Diane Kruger resembles Jessica Lange 40 years ago.

I'm very excited for this. It has potential to be an excellent detective film.

Florence Pugh for the daughter?

Will Jessica play the old housekeeper? Will she get to whisper/cry?

I'm glad she's not ending her career with The Politician. She'll now have a Neil Jordan film and possibly a Coppola film on her CV.

Was Lange supposed to do Gorillas in the Mist?

I think I read that here. Lange loon?

(on 60 Minutes they were discussing Dian Fossey)

Gorillas was developed for Lange and she intended to make the film, but had to drop out due to pregnancy.

I agree this has potential. I'd love to see another Chandler film noir and Jordan is a good fit as director.

R8 Prozac Nation was touted as, among other things, the book to help define then undefined Gen X. Its author, Elizabeth Wurtzel, died last year at 52 and Gen X remains largely undefined.

Neil Jordan is either brilliant or painstakingly dull. I'LL HOLD OUT SOME HOPE FOR THIS.

This story should put Jordan back in Crying Game form.

^ I didn't mean to 'yell' at the end. I had two old fashioneds and an edible then didn't realize that I pressed the caps lock button with my wayward pinky finger. I apologize.

Why would this be a good film? Jessica is 70+ and the love story is between Liam.Neeson and Dianne Kruger. Not exactly excited.

R8, R37, "Prozac Nation" made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9/8/2001, and got picked up by Miramax for distribution rights. And then 9/11 happened and Elizabeth Wurtzel made some controversial comments about not having "the slightest emotional reaction" to the World Trade Center attacks and how "everyone was overreacting" (She was "misquoted," she later claimed). This forced Miramax to postpone the film's release indefinitely to distance themselves from the controversy.

Then when it was on Miramax slate for a Spring 2004 release, Wurtzel once again opened her big mouth and called it a horrible movie. It was finally released, without fanfare, in 2005. The distributors were excited about the film, but test audiences found the main character strident, unsympathetic, and unlikeable.

R42 The trailer includes the following blurb by Ebert & Roepert:

[quote]It’s hard to imagine Christina Ricci and Jessica Lange not getting Oscar nominations for their roles.

I think both are excellent in the film.

*Roeper

Official thread with more casting announcements.

What the heck?

This is the only Phillip Marlowe anybody would need

According to Ed Harris, he and Lange will be starring in a film adaptation of Long Day’s Journey into Night, which starts shooting in Ireland soon.

Also, Open Road has acquired Marlowe’s NA rights and set it for a December 2nd release.

.,.,

I saw her do Long Day's Journey on Broadway about 5 years ago. She was pretty much made for that part.

Really looking forward to the Neil Jordan film.

If Jessica does Long Day's on film, that will be oscar number three without a doubt.

R53 That would be amazing.

The film is premiering in competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival later this month (Sept. 24):

Marlowe, directed by Neil Jordan and written by William Monahan, will have its world premiere at the closing gala of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF, September 16-24).

Screening in official competition, Marlowe stars Liam Neeson as the titular private detective asked to hunt down the ex-lover of a mysterious blonde woman, played by Diane Kruger, in 1930’s Los Angeles. It is inspired by John Banville’s novel The Black-Eyed Blonde, based on the character of Philip Marlowe from the novels of Raymond Chandler.

Jessica Lange, Ian Hart, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Alan Cumming also star. Kruger will join Neeson and Jordan in attending SSIFF for the premiere on September 24.

The film is produced by Alan Moloney, Gary Levinsohn, Mark Fasano, Billy Hines, Philip Kim and Patrick Hibler. Filming took place in both Barcelona and Dublin in a co-production between Parallel Films, Hills Productions and Davis Films, with support from Screen Ireland.

Open Road Films has North American rights to Marlowe and is planning a theatrical release in December.

Jordan was previously president of SSIFF in 2019 and his film The Good Thief opened the festival in 2002.