Going where many a documentarian have gone before, and often to poor results, Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna) has been tapped for the fiction feature Silver Ghost. It’s perhaps fitting that this also concerns the world of automobiles, albeit in a more relaxed area than Formula 1 racing, being the story of “the creation of the [Rolls-Royce], the odd-couple relationship between Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce, the early days of the aviation industry and a passionate romance.” [Screen Daily]
It’s a passion project-of-sorts for producer Martin Scorsese, who’s been involved since the late Richard Attenborough was developing it. There’s no further word at this moment, but with the director’s Sikelia Productions at the helm (Zuma Productions and Anthony Haas are also involved on that front), one expects it’ll move along quickly.
Meanwhile, THR inform us Andrew Niccol has secured another high-concept sci-fi project, no doubt with the help of Clive Owen. The actor will lead his Anon, which follows “a detective in a world with no privacy, ignorance and anonymity.” (Is this an allegory for… the modern world?!) And through this comes a conflict: the discovery of a young woman, currently being sought by casting, “who doesn’t exist,” leading him to the realization that “such transparency might not be the end of crime but the beginning.” (You know what? I think it might be an allegory.)
Being that the production is currently in a casting process and financing has been found, it’s expected that Anon will roll cameras soon. Oh, how nice it would be to have a good Niccol film once more.