The Mediapro Studio and BBC Film are teaming for the feature film debut of Maria Martinez Bayona, as production on the sci-fi film “The End of It” started filming last month in the Canary Islands, Spain. We’ll see a family made up of folks that can live forever, and what those relationships look like when death has been cheated.
The impressive group of actors assembled for “The End of It” include Rebecca Hall (“The Listeners”), Gael GarcÍa Bernal (“Mozart In The Jungle,” “Werewolf By Night”), Noomi Rapace (“Lamb,” “Prometheus,” “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”), Beanie Feldstein (“Booksmart,” “Lady Bird,” “What We Do In The Shadows”), Susan Wokoma, David Verdaguer, Pål Sverre Hagen, and Kristine Kujath Thorp.
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Bankside Films is handling international sales (minus Latin America), and WME Independent is representing North America as the movie heads to the Cannes Film Market.
We can also share the following logline:
In a near-future world where ageing can be cured and death is now optional, Claire (Rebecca Hall), a former provocative artist approaching her 250th birthday, decides she’s had enough – she wants to die. Her decision stirs conflicts with her husband (Gael García Bernal), daughter (Noomi Rapace), and AI assistant (Beanie Feldstein), revealing the humorous complexity of their relationships. As Claire uses her impending death to reclaim her role as an artist, she is forced to face what it really means to die, to live, and the messy absurdity of it all.
“This film asks a question: what would it mean to go on living forever? But more importantly, what does it mean to feel alive? A question which is profoundly human, contradictory, and also absurd. I’m incredibly excited to embark on this journey with such an amazing cast and crew, and supportive partners alongside us,” writer/director Maria Martinez Bayona said in a statement.
Some of the key crew members on the pic are cinematographer Andres Arochi (“Longlegs”), production designer Lili Lea Abrahams (assistant art director for “Poor Things”), costume designer Pau Aulí (“Afternoons of Solitude”), editor Tania Reddin (“Hard Truths) and sound designer Gisle Tveito (Worst Person in the World). Along with casting directors Ellen Chenoweth and Susanne Scheel (“No Country for Old Men,” “Michael Clayton,” “Past Lives”).
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Given the high-profile cast and the nifty sci-fi hook, we can’t wait to see how this one comes together.
