Sean Wilson takes a closer look at the latest captivating collaboration between director Nicolas Winding Refn and composer Cliff Martinez… Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn doesn’t court controversy and outrage so much as revel in it, and his latest hallucinatory nightmare The Neon Demon is no exception. A surrealistic and increasingly shocking tale of the fashion […]
Elle Fanning to star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest The Neon Demon
After many false starts and delays, it looks like Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) has finally got the wheels moving on his latest project, The Neon Demon. Last autumn it was announced that Cliff Martinez would provide the score and cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster) would photograph the film for him. Now […]
Nicolas Winding Refn teaming with Bond screenwriters for action thriller
Deadline is reporting that Nicolas Winding Refn is to team up with Skyfall and Spectre screenwriters Neil Purvis and Robert Wade for a new film which “will have an Asian setting with both thriller and action elements.” Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Refn will direct the project, as well as producing through […]
Nicolas Winding Refn announces debut book release The Act of Seeing
Acclaimed Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Drive) has announced the release of his debut book The Act of Seeing. Coauthored by FrighFest curator and renowned horror expert Alan Jones and trawls through Refn’s unique collection of rare American film posters as it explores his which shows us Refn’s earliest visual connection with movies, stemming […]
Nicolas Winding Refn to produce remake of The Witchfinder General
It was only a matter of time before it happened, but it looks like Michael Reeve’s controversial historical drama The Witchfinder General will be receiving the remake treatment, with Nicolas Winding Refn and Rupert Preston set to produce. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Refn will be producing via his Space Rocket Nation company, in collaboration with Preston’s […]
Nicolas Winding Refn moving ahead with Maniac Cop remake
Nicolas Winding Refn has been talking about the prospect of a Maniac Cop remake for years now. Well, now it looks like it’s finally going ahead. According to Variety, Vendian Entertainment has teamed up with Wild Bunch and Refn’s Space Rocket on a multi-year first look deal. The slasher Maniac Cop will be the first project produced and financed as part […]
