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Why Jacob Elordi and Lily-Rose Depp’s next film will be provocative
Lily-Rose Depp and Jacob Elordi are set to star together in the film adaptation of Outer Dark, the cult 1968 novel by American author Cormac McCarthy (The Road, No Country for Old Men). What can we expect from this brutal drama?
By La rédaction.
Lily-Rose Depp and Jacob Elordi together in a film
Adapting Cormac McCarthy’s legendary novel Outer Dark (1968)… Here’s a thrilling, yet daunting project. It takes some dose of courage to tackle this cursed, metaphysical work written by the American writer. The book is a sequel to The Orchard Keeper (1965) and precedes Child of God (1973).
It tells the story of a brother and a sister, but above all, of a secret incest, an abandoned child, and a desperate journey through rural America suspended in time. Upon its release, Outer Dark stood out for the unmatched quality of his author’s prose. A hallucinatory novel in which the characters roam nameless, and evil takes the shpae of three mysterious riders who kill, judge, and erase.
According to Deadline, Oscar-winning director László Nemes (Son of Saul) will helm the project. The cast includes Lily-Rose Depp and Jacob Elordi. The filmmaker describes the work as follows: “Since reading Outer Dark the first time, it has been my dream to make it into a film and to find the appropriate cinematic language that would do justice to Cormac McCarthy’s evocative and cosmological work. Joined by two magnetic actors, I now feel it’s possible. The extraordinary source material is a profound inspiration to build a unique world that vibrates with life and death at the same time. An exciting road-movie, a terrible and beautiful journey into the labyrinth of the human soul.”
Outer Dark, a film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel
The Hungarian director has just completed his third feature film, Árva (Orphan), starring Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics, and Marcin Czarnik. He will then move on to filming Jean Moulin, a historical drama starring Gilles Lellouche and Lars Eidinger, before fully dedicating himself to Outer Dark.
Adapting Cormac McCarthy on screen is always like walking on thin ice. There have been brilliant successes (No Country for Old Men by the Coen brothers), bold attempts (The Road, The Counselor), and some works that rightfully sank into oblivion. His novels cannot easily be adapted.
Outer Dark is perhaps one of his most cryptic, unbending works. A few dialogues. No light. Nothing to hold on to, except from a dull pain and a prose of breathtaking beauty. That’s why the casting was so crucial. Meanwhile, the audience will soon see Jacob Elordi starring in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein adaptation on Netflix.
Outer Dark directed by László Nemes, coming out soon.
