I have talked about Mark Romanek several times over the years including a look at his Directors Label music video DVD and comparing his music video for Madonna’s “Bedtime Story” to Tarsem Singh’s The Fall and The Cell. I was excited when he was assigned directorial duties on the remake of The Wolfman and disappointed when he dropped off the project to be replaced by Joe Johnston. As far as feature films go his only project is the Robin Williams thriller One Hour Photo so news of a new project for Romanek has got me a bit excited.
The new film is titled Never Let Me Go and it will star Keira Knightley whose schedule has opened up since the scrapping of the King Lear project she was once attached to star in. Andrew Garfield (The Other Boleyn Girl) and Carey Mulligan (An Education) have also joined the cast.
Fox Searchlight will distribute the pic which was penned by one of Danny Boyle’s favorite scripters Alex Garland (Sunshine and 28 Days Later).
The story revolves around a trio who grew up in a boarding school with no contact or knowledge of the outside world until they discover they are clones grown for the sole purpose of organ donation.
Let’s hope this one doesn’t fall apart also.
