While his most ambitious film was also his most disappointing, Alexander Payne’s Downsizing still deserves a look if you missed it in theaters. Thankfully, it hasn’t taken long for the director to bounce back as news of his follow-up has already arrived. He will next direct the drama The Burial for the production company Amazon Studios, Deadline reports, a project which Stephen Frears was circling at Warner Bros. over a decade ago.
As scripted by Doug Wright, the film seems more in Payne’s past wheelhouse, following Jeremiah O’Keefe, an owner of funeral homes in Mississippi, who takes on a conglomerate after he claims he’s been financially cheated. He’s represented by “flamboyant” lawyer Willie Gary as they (true story spoilers?) successfully sue for $500 million back in 1995. Gary, dubbed as “The Giant Killer,” was one of eleven children in a family of migrant workers, and should...
As scripted by Doug Wright, the film seems more in Payne’s past wheelhouse, following Jeremiah O’Keefe, an owner of funeral homes in Mississippi, who takes on a conglomerate after he claims he’s been financially cheated. He’s represented by “flamboyant” lawyer Willie Gary as they (true story spoilers?) successfully sue for $500 million back in 1995. Gary, dubbed as “The Giant Killer,” was one of eleven children in a family of migrant workers, and should...
- 3/15/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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