What’s Charlie Kaufman been as much as since he made “I’m Thinking Of Ending Things” for Netflix in 2020? Shooting a brief movie in secret, it appears, on a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. Samsung has a trailer for the brief, entitled “Jackals & Fireflies,” and says that it’s “coming soon.” How quickly? Well, that’s unclear.
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So, what else is on the market about “Jackals & Fireflies?” “Blonde” cinematographer Chayse Irvin shoots the movie, and Eva H.D. pens the brief’s script. Kaufman options “Bonedog,” a poem by H.D., in “I’m Thinking Of Ending Things,” so no shock that the poet returns to work on the brief.
Outside of that, the 30-second teaser gives solely an alluring combine of assorted photographs: a girl in a pink t-shirt seems into the digicam from a restaurant sales space; a dragon kite soars throughout a parade; a girl walks underneath a bridge, tendril-like strings spooling out from her limbs. It’s laborious to know the narrative right here, if there’s any, however a girl’s voice-over recollects seeing somebody at a marriage and her reminiscences shedding readability. So, anticipate “Jackals & Fireflies” to be an allusive brief from Kaufman.
As for different future Kaufman tasks, the author/director is presently growing an HBO restricted sequence primarily based on his unproduced screenplay “I.Q. 83.” There’s additionally Kaufman’s script on desires for Ryan Gosling‘s manufacturing firm, in addition to an tailored screenplay of Yōko Ogawa‘s 1984 novel “The Memory Police,” for “The Rhythm Section” director Reed Morano.
Check out the trailer for “Jackals & Fireflies” beneath.