Alfonso Cuaronthe Oscar-winning director of films such as Sons of men and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHe attended the Locarno Film Festival to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, chaired their distinguished filmmaking class, and presented a new screening of the 1976 film, Jonah who will be 25 years old in 2000While there, he discussed his career and surprised many when he explained that he was considering making horror “I aspire to direct a horror film one day,” Cuarón said (via Deadline), adding:
I love
Rosemary's Baby
and other Polanski films, such as
The Babadook
They're realistic, realistic stories, so I like them. As a viewer, I have a broader taste, but anything I feel I can do has to be more realistic. I've been trying to write something like that, but somehow, it didn't quite work out.
If a filmmaker like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanThe darkest movie in all of history. Harry Potter If you're a fan of the horror franchise, and you want to make a horror movie and are waiting until you write something right (not a remake of course), all we can say is that we will wait with pride.
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Cuarón is a Mexican director whose unique filmography can capture anyone's attention. His films are visual masterpieces that often require a laborious production process, so it's no wonder he's only made eight films since his debut with Only with your wife In 1991. Hopefully his ninth film will be the scary movie he wanted to make. The director is certainly a master of suspense, and he knows how to save money when it comes to special effects. Unless you take into account his mysterious involvement in the Mexican telenovela Markada clockCuarón has never made a scary movie, but given his words and our interest, it's about time he tried making one.
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Cuarón's latest directorial effort is actually a miniseries for Apple TV+, DisclaimerThe film is based on a novel by Renée Knight, and is scheduled to premiere at the Venice Film Festival, followed by a world premiere in October 2024. Aside from Cuarón's usual team of collaborators like Emmanuel Lubezki (who will collaborate with Amelie(Directed by Bruno Delbonnel for cinematography), the series features a very interesting cast: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, and more. The mind-blowing film will tell the story of a shady journalist who receives a novel from an unknown author. Upon reading, she realizes that she is the main character, and somehow, the book tells some things about her that no one should ever know.
