Inspired By 'Body Snatchers,' Pedro Almodovar Plots Sci-Fi Movie

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by Edward Davis
November 19, 2012 5:35 PM
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Is Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar going all genre on us? One could argue the filmmaker is already knee-deep in it. Though the first half of his career was marked by colorful and irreverent comedic melodramas, of late, his films have been taking on a more thriller-ish tone and these kinds of elements have been around for years. "Volver" definitely sports a mystery vibe with some Hitchcock-ian notes (filtered through Almodovar's distinct personality of course), "Broken Embraces" is like a '40s noir, "Bad Education" has many a thriller moments and even "Talk To Her" has moments of intrigue outside of just melodrama.

And in Almodovar's most recent picture, "The Skin I Live In," those elements are even more pronounced, and it's the closest thing the director has ever come to making a horror film (albeit a very Pedro one). Meanwhile, his next film, "I'm So Excited," looks as if he'll return to his campy humorous days only with more of a screwbally zing to it.

So what's next? There was talk last year that his next project would be a biopic titled “Mina” about the life of the Italian pop singer of the same name, based on a novel by Paolo Limiti. That could still be the case, but in an interview with Variety that ran today, Almodovar brought up his desire to go into a world previously uncharted for the filmmaker: sci-fi. And evidently his inspiration is his love for the 1956 version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

"I am still young enough to make a science fiction movie. I have ideas for this genre," the director said this weekend. "The way I would like to do it is present something impossible in a real, domestic way. One of the scripts on my desk is of that genre, so I hope to make that."

One note of caution, Almodovar doesn't seem to have a timetable yet. "I live with my stories for many years. I write more like a novelist than a screenwriter," he said. But with a sci-fi screenplay in his hands, hopefully he can tweak it to his needs and make it work. Much like "The Skin I Live In," we assume a sci-fi film by Pedro Almodovar wouldn't be a traditional sci-fi film to say the least, but in delving into genre, it simply allows the filmmaker to keep things fresh -- something he's done for over thirty years with hardly any clunkers in the bunch. No small feat. Pencil in Almodovar untitled sci-fi project conservatively for 2014 or later? Hell, we can wait.

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Maria | November 21, 2012 12:53 AMReply

Yes, he could certainly become part of the "Future Earth Collections"... up to him decide the road...
"The young minds of Future Earth particularly appreciated the oldest collections, those in which the cinartists (as they were called) had managed to film the moments of the time between the breaths of the soul, the conflicts of the body and the errors of the mind. Superb talents together with exquisite techniques projected on those old screens the complex faces of the ancient societies. Great directors photographed the sensations and then they recreated them... Collections of lives trapped in the roads of time." From Real Virtualities available at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051ILZ14
Elena | November 19, 2012 11:41 PMReply

I would love to see Almodovar do a sci-fi film. Presumably it would be pretty atypical.
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DG | November 19, 2012 6:11 PMReply

Yeah I can't wait for this. Skin I Live In was the most underrated movie of 2011, very stylish clever and totally original, bat-shit crazy concept as well. It'd be awesome if he gets Penelope Cruz back for this as well.
yer | November 19, 2012 5:53 PMReply

An Almodavar sci-fi film? Hell yes. Sign me up.