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The Beast
FrenchLa Bête
Directed byBertrand Bonello
Screenplay by
  • Bertrand Bonello
  • Guillaume Bréaud
  • Benjamin Charbit
Based onThe Beast in the Jungle
by Henry James
Produced by
  • Justin Taurand
Starring
Production
companies
Distributed byAd Vitam (France)[1]
Release date
  • 2023 (2023)
Countries
Languages

The Beast (French: La Bête) is an upcoming French-Canadian Sci-Fi romantic drama film directed by Bertrand Bonello from a screenplay by Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit, freely inspired by Henry James' 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. It stars Léa Seydoux and George MacKay. The film is expected to be released in 2023.[4]

Plot

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will plunge her into her past lives and rid her of all strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had always known him. The story unfolds over three distinct periods: 1910, 2014 and 2044.

Cast

Production

Development

On 20 January 2021, French magazine Les Inrockuptibles reported that on 14 January 2021, Arte France Cinéma had allocated support for Bertrand Bonello's next film, La Bête, a sci-fi melodrama starring Gaspard Ulliel and Léa Seydoux.[5][6] The film is a co-production between France's Les Films du Bélier, Arte France Cinéma, My New Picture, and Canada's Sons of Manual.[1] Ad Vitam will release the film in France, and international sales will be handled by Kinology.[1]

Bonello started writing the screenplay in 2017[7] with Gaspard Ulliel and Léa Seydoux in mind for the lead roles,[8] after working with them in the 2014 film Saint Laurent.[7] The screenplay, freely inspired by Henry James' 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle,[9] was written by Bonello with contributions from Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit.[1]

Filming was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10][11] and was scheduled to start in April 2022.[9][12] In the meantime, Bonello directed the film Coma (2022) instead, which featured Ulliel in the last movie he filmed and the last work he finished.[13][9] Ulliel died on 19 January 2022 following a skiing accident, and the filming for The Beast was delayed again.[8] On 13 February 2022, Bonello told Variety that he would likely recast Ulliel's role with a non-French actor.[8]

On 16 May 2022, Variety reported that British actor George MacKay was cast as the male lead.[3] It was also reported that the film will take place in Paris and California, will be shot in French and English, and that filming was scheduled to start in August 2022.[3]

Filming

Filming started in Paris on 22 August 2022.[1][14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lemercier, Fabien (22 August 2022). "Bertrand Bonello is shooting The Beast". Cineuropa.
  2. ^ "ARTE France Cinéma coproduit les prochains films de Sophie Letourneur et Bertrand Bonello et le premier long métrage de Emmanuelle Nicot" [ARTE France Cinéma is co-producing the next films by Sophie Letourneur and Bertrand Bonello and the first feature film by Emmanuelle Nicot]. Arte.tv (in French). 14 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Keslassy, Elsa (16 May 2022). "George MacKay, Lea Seydoux to Star in Bertrand Bonello's Sci-Fi Romance 'The Beast' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  4. ^ Tinoco, Francisca (16 May 2022). "Bertrand Bonello's sci-fi romance 'The Beast' to star Lea Seydoux and George MacKay". We Got This Covered.
  5. ^ Baldous, Rose (20 January 2021). "On en sait plus sur les prochains films de Sophie Letourneur et Bertrand Bonello" [We know more about the next films of Sophie Letourneur and Bertrand Bonello]. Les Inrockuptibles (in French).
  6. ^ Pearce, Leonard (20 January 2021). "Bertrand Bonello Directing Sci-Fi Melodrama La Bête Starring Léa Seydoux and Gaspard Ulliel". The Film Stage.
  7. ^ a b "La Bête : Léa Seydoux et Gaspard Ulliel dans un mélodrame d'anticipation pour Bertrand Bonello" [The Beast: Léa Seydoux and Gaspard Ulliel in a melodrama of anticipation for Bertrand Bonello]. AlloCiné (in French). 1 February 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Croll, Ben (13 February 2022). "'Coma' Helmer Bonello Vows to Go on With 'Beast' Despite Ulliel Death". Variety.
  9. ^ a b c Roos, Gautier (25 December 2021). "[INTERVIEW BERTRAND BONELLO] Le grand entretien chaos" [[INTERVIEW BERTRAND BONELLO] The Great Chaos Interview]. Chaos Reign (in French).
  10. ^ Belpeche, Stéphanie (26 January 2021). "Bertrand Bonello : "Le fantastique est la base de ma cinéphilie"" [Bertrand Bonello: "The fantastic is the basis of my cinephilia"]. Le Journal du Dimanche (in French).
  11. ^ Katz, David (15 February 2022). "Bertrand Bonello • Director of Coma". Cineuropa.
  12. ^ Lavallée, Eric (13 January 2022). "Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #25. Bertrand Bonello's La bête". Ioncinema.
  13. ^ Roos, Gautier (24 December 2021). "INFO CHAOS – Avant « La bête », Bertrand Bonello a réalisé un film-surprise intitulé « Coma »" [INFO CHAOS – Before “The Beast”, Bertrand Bonello made a surprise film entitled “Coma”]. Chaos Reign (in French). Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  14. ^ Saint Macary, Victor (23 July 2022). "Tournage du prochain Bonello dans la superbe cité Trévise. Gaspard Ulliel devait y jouer le rôle principal aux côtés de Léa Seydoux". Twitter (in French). Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Information Tournage | « La Bête » film réalisé par Bertrand Bonello" [Filming Information | "The Beast" film directed by Bertrand Bonello]. Archive Today (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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