Travis Scott to Release Mysterious Theatrical Film, ‘Circus Maximus,’ With Co-Directors Including Gaspar Noé and Harmony Korine
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Ready to expand your theatergoing experience to encompass “Scottieheimer”?
Hip-hop artist Travis Scott has a feature film going into theaters this weekend. He announced the release of “Circus Maximus” through a tweet (or rather, an X), revealing poster art of himself on a motorcycle and taking writer-director credit, although a release about the film also lists five other famous names as “additional directors”: Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding-Refn, Harmony Korine, Valdimar Jóhannsson and Kahlil Joseph.
Just who is behind the film is a mystery, though. An A24 logo appears on the poster art Scott put out, attributing the company as the film’s producer, yet asked about the project by Variety, the company says the movie is not actually theirs.
Whether the film is a narrative movie or an omnibus of connected music videos remains to be explained, too, although the long list of directors would point toward the latter.
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