Rian Johnson’s Subsequent Movie Will Have Sci-Fi Parts, However Not These Sci-Fi Parts

With the discharge of Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out film proper across the nook, the director has his sights set on his subsequent undertaking. It gained’t be something Knives Out. It is going to be one thing sci-fi. However no, it is not going to be THAT particular sci-fi.

“If I needed to outline it genre-wise, I’d say it harkens again to the ’70s paranoid thrillers. It’s acquired a lightweight sci-fi ingredient to it,” Johnson told Empire about his subsequent film.

“Gentle sci-fi,” in fact, is just not a method to describe Star Wars so, as standard, Johnson stood his ground on a possible return to that galaxy far, far-off. “That cog will probably be turning the remainder of my life. I like Star Wars,” he mentioned. “And if some day it is sensible to come back again to it, for each of us, it will be probably the most great factor on the planet.”

Johnson could be very enthusiastic about this new factor, although, and although “gentle sci-fi” and “’70s paranoid thriller” isn’t a lot to go on, we’re in. Let’s not overlook that earlier than Johnson made his great but controversial Star Wars sequel, The Final Jedi (and was tapped to make three more), he dabbled in each thriller and sci-fi, most notably within the excellent time travel film Looper. Plus, he additionally created and produces the superb Peacock present Poker Face, which, the director is on file with io9 confirming, can also be sci-fi.

“It’s undoubtedly superhuman in that it’s past actuality when it comes to what people can do,” Johnson once told us of Charlie Cale’s (Natasha Lyonne) means to know if an individual is mendacity or not. “However it’s additionally one thing that’s weirdly believable. So if it means you’ll cowl it on io9, I feel. Sure, it’s completely [a superpower].”

Come to think about it, possibly he’s simply making a Poker Face film since that present has undoubtedly acquired some Seventies vibes (extra detective serial than paranoid thriller, however we’ll go together with it) in addition to that “gentle sci-fi.” We’d be high quality with that. However, we think about, Johnson will do even higher.

“Essentially the most thrilling factor proper now’s this concept I’ve in my head for the subsequent factor I’m gonna make,” Johnson mentioned of the subsequent undertaking. “And I feel in the end, that’s all you are able to do, is simply type of observe your nostril.”

Johnson’s new film, Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller, opens in choose theaters on November 26 earlier than its Netflix debut on December 12.

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