What is the mystery film De Palma is working on?

I am wondering if it might be SWEET VENGEANCE, as it seems like that one had gotten close enough before to actual production, that De Palma had already planned out some drone shots and Alcaine had mentioned he was working on it, too.

I'd be fine if it was either one. But for some reason, I don't think it will be either. It sounds like he's planning for it to be his last. Which is a little sad, but also exciting. So...I think he'll want it to be extra special. I'm thinking one of his originals (like Blow Out or Femme Fatale).

I’m not confident this will amount to anything. It would be nice if De Palma’s many successful friends and acolytes pooled in to pay for a swan song project. DOMINO was an embarrassment, not that it was a bad movie, but it definitely felt underfunded. His New Hollywood peers Scorsese, Spielberg, Schrader, Coppola*, and Lucas have all had tremendous successes late in their careers. They’ve all also made terrible movies that are far less entertaining than De Palma’s worst.

He has a lot going against him. There’s a rumor he can’t get insured to direct because of health issues, and lately he hasn’t looked too great. He doesn’t have a regular crew, he has to shoot on film and there aren’t a lot of those people left. He considers himself someone who designs experiences for public consumption in a group setting. He doesn’t want to develop a project for streaming TV. THE BLACK DAHLIA is a great film imho, but people laughed at it. Today’s audiences are even more out of touch with his cinema literate, satirical style.

It would be nice if he made an unrestrained political film, like he did at the beginning of his career. He’s always moaning how the kids have the ability to make films now for next to nothing, he should make on himself. Surely he could design a clever set piece to be shot on iphones.


*I’ve yet to see MEGALOPOLIS, but even if it is unwatchable, getting to make the movie you want to make, with the stars you want to work, and the finances to pay for it yourself, and get it into theaters, at 85 years old, makes him the most successful one of them all.

Good points. But I’m sure he can get most his regulars to come onboard for one last run. Alcane/Pankow/Donaggio,etc. Although, I might want a different composer for this one.. And I’m pretty sure Domino was shot digitally.

As far as the insurance: maybe he has lost weight? I don’t think he’s been photogaphed in public since the receiving the Hampton Award in….. Wait, that was in 2019??? Man, is that the last tome we saw him publicly? (There was that one screenshot from his zoom call on his 80th birthday but that’s all I can think of).

He should have a back-up director ready to step in should anything happen. His close friends Baumbach, Koepp, maybe even Speilberg or Greta Gerwig??

As far as the audience being out of touch - that is certainly true - but on the other hand I don’t give a shit as long as we get one more hahah

Anything close to Passion would be great!
Domino felt incomplete and aside from a couple of set pieces, it did not feel like a De Palma's film, like some scenes were directed by someone else, with some cringy dialogue!
Although it would not affect the masterful legacy he left in cinema, I would like to see his swansong be much better than Domino
Unlikely, he can do a big project like Megalopolis, as far as I know, he is not rich like Francis, with wine factories. I would be thrilled, pun intended, if he could make one more of the things only he can do, erotic thriller

It is disappointing and sad to see his "friends" abandoned the cinematic collegiality/musketeers spirit they had in the 70s, "All for Cinema" banner. Both Lucas and Spielberg could finance his projects, like a breeze. Aren't they happy more art is being produced by their generation?

The one thing I hope is that his last film be operatic!