There has been a lot of talk about Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life film of late, and Fox Searchlight has announced that it has acquired the U.S. rights to the highly anticipated film. Tree of Life is written and directed by Malick, who’s past credits include Badlands with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek back in 1973.
That film went on to become a respected and iconic film about the true life Starkweather-Fugate killing spree in the 1950’s. More recently, Malick directed such films as The Thin Red Line (1998) and The New World (2005.)
Tree of Life stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn and has been finished for a while (it was first announced back in 2005.) It was originally supposed to appear at the Cannes film festival earlier this year, but was not ready. Some people were hoping it would debut at Telluride last week since Brad Pitt attended the festival, but it did not.
Now there are some hopes/rumors (unsubstantiated) that it could sneak into Fantastic Fest. Guess we’ll find out in a few weeks.
The synopsis of the movie, according to a press release:
“Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s chronicling the journey of the eldest son, Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn), through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years – trying to reconcile the complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.”
Fox Searchlight plans to release the film in 2011, ending speculation that it may be eligible for the 2010 Oscar race.
