Mother of Tears cast and crew rumours
Source: Cinematografo.itSome rumours have surfaced regarding possible cast and crew members of Argento's upcoming The Mother of Tears. I've translated the Italian text with the aid of Babel Fish:
The filming of the new Dario Argento film, The Mother of Tears, will begin in June, completing the cult "Three Mothers" trilogy that began in 1977 with Suspiria and continued in 1980 with Inferno. According to Variety's report from Cannes, where the plans were announced to the press, the film's plot will be a tale of witches and suicide in modern Rome. The trilogy is based on a book written by the alchemist Varelli [well, not really] according to which the Three Mothers - Mater Suspirorum, Mater Tenebrarum and Mater Lacrimarum - each inhabit one of three cursed houses in three different cities: Freiburg, New York and the Italian capital. The Mother of Tears will take up from where Inferno left off, with one of the witches who survived the destruction of the New York house watching an inspector in charge of investigating a series of mysterious murders at a university. Written by the director, with Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch, and produced by Medusa with American co-funding, the film will star Ennio Fantastichini in the role of the detective, Chiara Caselli as a psychiatrist, Max Von Sydow as a university professor with a mysterious past, and the young Giordano Petri as the investigator who takes charge of the inquiry when Fantastichini's character is killed.
Bearing in mind that this information is unconfirmed at the moment, a lot of really interesting stuff is unveiled here. I can now understand the comparisons to Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, having read that synopsis, and the news that Chiara Caselli and Max Von Sydow (who both starred in Non Ho Sonno) may be re-entering the Argento world is intriguing indeed. The latter, especially, would be welcome indeed, and would hopefully give the film the same heart and gravitas that he lent to Non Ho Sonno.
Additionally, it has been suggested at Dark Discussion that Frederic Fasano may be the cinematographer. This seems to be even less substantiated than the casting decisions, however, and I would hope, if it turns out to be true, that the vastly increased budget for this film will mean that the results are more impressive than the previous film he shot for Argento, Do You Like Hitchcock?
All in all, though, it's great to see that the ball is really rolling on this project. After over 25 years, it seems to finally be coming to fruition.
5 Comments:
Huge spoiler contained within! Hope this was planned by Argento&friends to tease the audience, and that in the final script Fantastichini's murder will not be so important ;)
By MCP, at 21:15
I have a feeling he'll be the equivalent of Rose in Inferno, killed off just as the audience is beginning to think he's the lead.
By Whiggles, at 21:21
I have to admit that despite my natural pessimism this is starting to sound interesting! Von Sydow gives anything he's in a touch of class.
Still not happy about Anderson & Gierasch though - especially now I've seen "Mortuary" which was complete and utter shite.
By Philly Q, at 14:05
It's not certain that Gierasch and Anderson are still attached to the project. At least two sources implied that they had been fired. In any event, I believe Argento rewrote the draft they handed in to him and that their most recent involvement, if indeed there has been any, has simply been fine-tuning.
By Whiggles, at 19:01
the problem is argento hasn't made anything near a decent film in like 10 years, he made some of my all time favorite horror flicks but he is way past his prime and having american funding and writers....well you can kiss goodbye to any form of halucanatory wierdness that suspiria possessed , so i would not get your hopes up for this.
By Anonymous, at 17:20
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