Pretty Luca

Now here is a big bit of news I never expected to report -- Luca Guadagnino's next movie will star The Julia Roberts? Yes, the Pretty Woman one. In a movie from the guy who made a teenager fuck a peach! Will wonders??? Anyway it's actually Luca's next next movie after Queer with Daniel Craig, which is already in the can. Or it probably is Luca's next next one -- the Deadline article about it makes it sound like Amazon is moving full steam gung-ho ahead on this, but Luca's got several other projects currently announced, like the other gay one with Josh O'Connor we just heard about yesterday. Good grief this man can't help himself, he announces everything and then slowly makes a movie every three years. But to get to what this movie will be, it's called After the Hunt and it's a "thriller" and here is how they describe the plot:

"The film is an intense dramatic thriller about a college professor (Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light."

Obviously it sounds like this is one that's going to deal with #MeToo and consent and power imbalances in relationships and yadda yadda blah blah blah which are all subjects that Luca's shared complicated feelings on previously (and they're subjects worthy of complicated feelings) -- gosh I sure do hope it gets those "age difference" conversations going again though, cuz I sure did enjoy that bullshit the first time around with Call Me By Your Name. (Do note my sarcasm.) Anyway good for Luca, good for Julia, good for us all. Pat yourself on the back. We made this happen.