Barbra Streisand, Tom Ford, Wong Kar Wai and More Directors Who Should Make Another Movie
variety.comreturn to the directing chair for a Netflix rom-com came as balm to her many fans, who have been waiting more than seven years for another comforting kitchen-set romp like “It’s Complicated.”David Lynch fans were thrilled when it was rumored that the “Mulholland Drive” auteur might have a new feature going to Cannes.
But since there’s still a chance we might see a “Wisteria” TV series or feature on Netflix — or elsewhere — sometime soon, we’re going to leave Lynch off the list for now.Meanwhile, Kathryn Bigelow recently announced that she would make “Aurora,” her first film since 2017’s “Detroit,” while Francis Ford Coppola is still swearing he will get “Megalopolis” off the ground sometime soon.Then there’s George Lucas, who basically hung up his eyepiece after “Revenge of the Sith,” and said at the time that he would pivot to smaller independent films.
He never made any, but the retired “Star Wars” creator is so busy with efforts like the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art that it’s unlikely he’d want to return to the feature grind.And as much as we would love a follow-up to “The Heartbreak Kid,” 89-year old Elaine May is probably enjoying her honorary Oscar in retirement and might not feel the need to try to beat Clint Eastwood at the directors-working-into-their-90s game.Though many directors have pivoted to working more on episodic television, there’s still something special about the announcement of a new feature film, which can give a respected auteur a space to really flex their creative muscles.
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