Sean Baker isn’t trying to comply with his fellow Academy Award-winning administrators Chloe Zhao and Barry Jenkins and swap indie movies for giant IPs. As a substitute, the “Anora” author/director is set to remain “one hundred pc impartial” and out of doors of the studio system.
Baker mentioned throughout THR’s “It Occurred in Hollywood” podcast that he probably won’t ever promote out for a franchise blockbuster. “Don’t anticipate a Marvel movie,” he mentioned. “It’s not going to occur. I’m deliberately going to remain in the identical wheelhouse and with the approximate identical price range. I feel that I get pleasure from working on this house of one hundred pc impartial.”
Baker teased that whereas he’s “undecided but” about his subsequent undertaking after “Anora” (“I’m nonetheless exploring some concepts”), he is aware of he should have full autonomy of the manufacturing it doesn’t matter what. “I’m not working for even a mini studio. I’m making my movie independently after which going the old-fashioned route of hopefully a bidding warfare or any person licensing the film,” he mentioned. “I feel that’s the one technique to have full autonomy and management over your imaginative and prescient. So it’ll be that. Anticipate extra of the identical.”
“Anora” gained 5 Academy Awards together with Finest Image. Baker made Oscars historical past by incomes 4 Academy Awards himself for aforementioned Finest Image, Finest Director, Finest Authentic Screenplay, and Finest Modifying. Mikey Madison additionally gained for Finest Actress.
Like Baker, Madison made it clear that she was trying to keep within the indie house. She was rumored to have turned down “Star Wars: Starfighter,” the Shawn Levy-directed franchise installment with Ryan Gosling within the lead. Madison additionally was believed to be in talks for Luca Guadagnino’s now-shelved DC Studios Movie “Sgt. Rock.” The actress has voiced her want to collaborate with prolific auteur Guadagnino quickly.
Madison later introduced that her first undertaking post-“Anora” can be Alejandro Landes Echavarría’s “Reptilia.” The characteristic is billed as being about “a dental hygienist who’s seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the darkish and moist underworld of Florida’s unique animal commerce.” Kirsten Dunst co-stars, and Barry Jenkins’ Pastel produces. Principal pictures is anticipated to start in fall 2025.