by Jason Adams
I don't know how you guys all felt about The Nightingale -- that is if you've gotten the chance to see The Nightingale -- but Jennifer Kent's divisive second film has been, for me, a 2019 favorite. Add it up with The Babadook and I'm ready to follow Kent anywhere now, and it looks like we know where she's taking us next -- to 1890s Tennessee to be precise.
She'll be adapting Alice + Freda Forever, Alexis Coe's 2014 true-crime retelling of a story that captivated / horrified the unprepared nation, involving two teenage girls who fell in love and whose sapphic obsession quick turned to violence and most unsavory murder...
It was a big trial with lots of headlines, and it probably in some way shaped the way this country thought about LGBT love. I suppose it's a chicken or egg situation; they didn't like us already, but this didn't help!
Kent plans on filming next summer, so this'll probably be a 2021 film -- too far away by miles, but something to look forward to for sure. You can check out more on the case on Wikipedia, where they've also got somewhat vague sketches of the girls, which leads me to my next question -- who would you cast? Although I wouldn't be surprised if Kent went for newcomers, which worked out pretty well for Peter Jackson with the similarly themed Heavenly Creatures wouldn't you say...
