Oliver Hirschbiegel, the Oscar-nominated director of Downfall has set up a new project, the thriller The Dark Side of the Moon. [Variety]

It is written by David Marconi, who penned Enemy of the State and Live Free or Die Hard. Based on the to selling novel by Martin Suter, it tells the story of “a successful attorney whose life is turned upside down after a mind-opening mushroom trip. Realizing that all he has strived for has ceased to make sense, he begins to withdraw from society.”

Hirschbiegel’s last two films haven’t quite lived up to Downfall, so I’m excited to see him take on a more interesting project. I hated The Invasion, but Five Minutes of Heaven had moments of promise. Mushroom tripping sounds like a new adventure for the talented director.

Shooting begins next spring in Switzerland, Germany and France with the cast being decided in a few weeks.

Did you like Downfall? What do you think of this project?

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