The Big Lebowski
John Turturro’sThe Big Lebowskispinoff has been retitledThe Jesus Rollsand will pass theaters sometime in former 2020 . Turturro , of class , costarred in the Coen Brothers ' 1998 cult classic as Jesus Quintana , a unsportsmanlike - mouthed sex offender and bowling challenger to The Dude ( Jeff Bridges ) and his tightlipped friends . The histrion has long wanted to do more with the quality and finally set to work ona Jesus spinoff motion-picture show in 2016 . in the first place titledGoing Places , the motion picture was described as a ( very ) loose remake of Gallic filmmaker Bertrand Blier ’s raunchy 1974 cult comedy of the same name .
Then , just this past month , Turturro revealed thathe ’s finished editingGoing Placesand has begun patronize the project around to potential distributors . Initially , it appear that the movie was go to direct to this year ’s fall festival circuit to seek and invoke to emptor there . However , while it may yet find its way to the approaching festivals in Toronto and Venice , the project has already been acquired ahead of then .
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accord toDeadline , Screen Media has picked up the North American right to the movie , which is now go under the titleThe Jesus Rolls . The distributor further plan to issue the cinema sometime early on next year , though a firm date has yet to be declare . In a command , Turturro said that“It feels like a good time to release a transgressive film about the stupidity of serviceman who essay and fail and strain easily to infer and penetrate the mystery of women " , and added that he ’s await forwards to working alongside Screen Media .
Written , directed by , and starring Tuturro , The Jesus Rollsfeatures Bobby Cannavale ( Ant - Man and the Wasp ) and Audrey Tautou ( Mood Indigo ) as two of Jesus ' fellow misfits in what ’s described as"a surprising love story"about the trio as they get in and out of difficulty . The movie ’s plot of ground , which orbit around its leads reach foeman with"a gun - toting hairdresser"and going on the run from the law ( and yes , the styler ) , sounds appropriately madcap and bizarre for an extension ofThe Big Lebowski . It also boasts a inviolable substantiate cast that includes Jon Hamm ( Good Omens ) , Susan Sarandon ( Ray Donovan ) , andSaturday Night Live ’s Pete Davidson in as - yet unspecified roles … one of which may be said hairdresser .
While the Coen Brothers ' were n’t creatively involved in makingThe Jesus Rolls , they gave Turturro their grace before he moved ahead with the film . Based on everything that ’s been revealed so far , the undertaking should n’t really finger like a Coens movie either , and may hew closer to Turturro ’s former directorial efforts in spirit and manner ( Romance & Cigarettes , Fading Gigolo ) . That ’s probably a good affair , though , as nobody make Coen Brothers film quite like they do . Moreover , it sounds like Turturro has something more ambitious in mind than simply tapping into people ’s run love forThe Big Lebowski .
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reference : Deadline
