We have news today of a possible new film for Natalie, which could be directed by Richard Linklater.
In an interview with Filmmaker Magazine, the director of Boyhood, who recently released two films (Nouvelle Vague and Blue Moon), mentions a possible new project; a film set in the 1830s, which would tell the story of transcendentalists such as Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Thoreau:
I’m trying to make a bigger historical thing from the 19th century [about] the transcendentalists — Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Thoreau. The 19th-century American radicals. The hippies of the 1830s and 40s, the beginnings of feminism, environmentalism, abolitionism, all that. They’ve got a shitty president, Andrew Jackson. There’s a lot to complain about in our young country, a lot to be corrected and made better. Early reformers who are optimistic about this young country’s future. I’m going to drop in on the 19th century, and hang out with them. I’ve been researching this for 20-something years, so I think it’s time. Natalie Portman wants to play Margaret Fuller. She’s perfect. Ethan will be Emerson. Oscar Isaac…. I think it might be coming together. People feel a certain urgency to help it in a way that I’m grateful for. Like, our country needs to see this. I don’t really care about the social impact, but that’s what attracts other people. I just want to make it.
We’ll see if this film actually comes to fruition. For now, Natalie’s next project is rumored to be Photograph 51, a film directed by Tom Hooper and based on the play by Anna Ziegler, which is expected to begin filming next spring.
