John Cameron Mitchell Teases New Movie, HEDWIG 2 & More: 'Like ROMEO & JULIET But With Punks And Aliens'

A new movie from the man behind HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH!

2015 Tony Award special honoree John Cameron Mitchell teases news on a new feature film re-teaming him with his RABBIT HOLE star Nicole Kidman as part of a new interview.

Mitchell reveals he plans to shoot the new movie later this year, based on Neil Gaiman's HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, relating, "Yes, I'm shooting a film in the fall that's based on a Neil Gaiman short story called How to Talk to Girls at Parties. Nicole Kidman's in that, too. She's playing a punk rock designer and band manager. She's like a Malcolm McLaren figure. It's set in 1977 in London and is kind of like Romeo and Juliet but with punks and aliens. Elle Fanning is the alien girl."

Discussing his major cinematic influences in general, Mitchell adds, "Bob Fosse, even though he wasn't gay. He was certainly queer and had a huge effect on the Hedwig film, as did Hal Ashby and Robert Altman, who had a weird butch queer feeling about him. His films almost flirted with camp but in an extremely realistic acting way. He was always questioning authority, which is very much a part of the queer aesthetic for me. The people that were most interesting were always questioning the status quo."

Also, Mitchell says of the recently rumored HEDWIG sequel miniseries he and collaborator Stephen Trask are devising, "It's on the back burner. I've got this film which will take a couple of years. Stephen's got a new musical he's workshopping. It's not going to be anytime soon, but we have done a lot of work on it."

Check out the original article on the matter here.

John Cameron Mitchell received a 2015 Special Tony Award for his iconic work writing and starring in HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH Off-Broadway and recently on Broadway, as well. Additionally, Mitchell starred, wrote and directed the feature film adaptation of HEDWIG in addition to directing SHORTBUS and RABBIT HOLE.

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