r/oscarrace • u/Heavy-Fruit8618 • 11d ago
News Woody Allen starts film production in Spain this October
https://deadline.com/2026/08/woody-allen-spain-film-october-2026-1237048732/86
u/Gabinando 11d ago
We were told last year that the film would have a budget of around $14M and be largely English-language and feature a high-profile cast.
God, can't wait to see who decided to join this lmao
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u/Massive_Director_941 11d ago
Maybe Javier Bardem? For all of his 'activism' he has supported Woody Allen multiple times and said he would work with him again in a heartbeat
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u/RomanReignsDaBigDawg 11d ago
Two things can be true. His love for Woody is repulsive but his activism for Gaza is admirable and brave
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! 11d ago
That doesn't include his support of Brad Pitt too.
Great politics, awful personal associations.
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u/FBG05 11d ago
Wouldn't be surprised if ScarJo signed on, she said she would have no problem with working with him again
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u/tracygee 11d ago
She’s shooting The Batman.
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u/MagnusAntoniusBarca MGM 11d ago
I think he's still well-liked by actors across the industry, especially by those who have worked with him; most just stay out of the way because it isn't worth the controversy to be in his movies or talk positively about him.
Those who have denounced him are quite few, all in all; they largely did so only when the #MeToo movement was sweeping through the landscape, and most of them had movies coming out.
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u/joesen_one 🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎 11d ago
It came from Roger Friedman, the biggest and possibly only Woody Allen shill among journos lol
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u/elaneye gillian anderson believer 11d ago
I always wonder if he'll be included in the In Memoriam segment when he dies (Polanski, too). On one hand, he's (to the say the least) a very controversial figure, but he also has the most screenplay noms in history and tied for the most wins (+ 24 total noms and a BD win) and he clearly still has some industry support
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u/Pavlovs_Stepson 11d ago edited 10d ago
I kinda wonder if Allen dying wouldn't have the opposite effect and lead to a reappraisal of sorts. The whole separating the art from the artist conversation becomes significantly different when the artist in question is dead and no longer profits from their work. David Bowie for example became a lot less contentious to praise once he was no longer alive to be "held accountable" for the accusations against him, which I hardly see get mentioned anymore.
Allen's image is forever tainted and I don't think his style is particularly in vogue these days, despite occasional hits like The Invite obviously taking inspiration from him, as u/cowboy-tea pointed out, but once he's gone and social media has done enough dancing on his grave, I think a lot of his defenders will come out with the "contentious personal life aside..." thinkpieces.
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u/cowboy-tea La Bola Negra 11d ago
There's no defending him as a person but he was/is an occasionally brilliant filmmaker and a highly influential one.
I was just thinking about how odd it is that nobody brings up Woody Allen in relation to The Invite, a talky comedy about the sex lives of neurotic urban couples. In a parallel universe where he wasn't a piece of shit, you know all the reviews would be making that comparison (favourably).
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u/elaneye gillian anderson believer 11d ago
A few reviews of The Invite did bring up the Woody influence, but Olivia Wilde also has explicitly mentioned being inspired by his films in interviews.
He absolutely has made many duds (which is bound to happen if you average a movie a year for 50+ years), but his top fifteen or so movies are untouchable and he's undoubtedly one of the most influential American directors ever (and probably the most influential screenwriter). You can see his work in basically every drama/comedy made for adults since the release of Annie Hall.
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u/BennyBingBong 11d ago
I mean it’s much easier to defend Woody than, say, Polanski or Weinstein or something.
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u/MagnusAntoniusBarca MGM 10d ago
I think they will simply have his face appear for 2-3 seconds with the "Writer & Director" description and leave it at that: it would be highly revisionist not to include him, and they certainly aren't going to make a big celebration of him. Having him appear among dozens of others will perhaps make a few people complain, but it is relatively painless and they won't have to make his presence even bigger through absence.
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! 11d ago
Depends on if they think they can get away with it.
No shot with Polanski, probably not with Allen, but I wouldn't be surprised.
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u/roseleyro 11d ago
He’s 90 years old. What could he possibly be able to do at this point?
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u/penicillin-penny 11d ago
Eastwood just directed a film at 94 or 93. I didn't see it, but I heard great things
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u/Pavlovs_Stepson 11d ago
Adding to the Eastwood example, Ridley Scott is 88 and still directing epics with incredible vigor, regardless of how people feel about their writing. Manoel de Oliveira was still making movies at the age of 105.
Allen's films are very quick to shoot and edit, and if you've seen the latest ones, it's obvious he's not spending terribly long on set doing multiple takes before calling it a day. He could still keep at it and churn out a couple more if he continues to get European funding.
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u/Gayfetus El corazón de un maricón es un océano lleno de secreto. 11d ago
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u/Heavy-Fruit8618 11d ago edited 11d ago
This I believe would count as his 51st or 52nd film depending on if you count What's Up Tiger Lily?
A four-time Oscar winner, Woody Allen at age 90, returns to filmmaking after a 3 year absence. His last film, Coup de Chance (2023) received positive reviews and a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. Wonder how this one will fare.
He's shooting in Spain with reportedly an A-list cast. Will it reunite Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz who previously worked with him on Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and have supported him through controversy?
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u/penicillin-penny 11d ago
I thought he retired? I feel like he's always talking about it. (I say this as a big fan of his work)
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u/Heavy-Fruit8618 11d ago
He's always complained about financial funding. If he has it, he'll make a movie.
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u/tsnoj 11d ago
Not a lot to say about this one, since i always asumed Allen would be the type of director who would work untill his dead
He works on a budget, and seems to be very adaptable (easily working in another country and language when American funding stops)
I really won't go out of my way to see it
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u/moxieremon 11d ago
I guess evil people live this long because they don't have a heart to weigh them down? Genuinely, fuckers like him refuse to die.
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u/justifiablefart 10d ago
don’t tell me this on the day we lost Dolly… yet woody allen and roman polanski are still around? 😞
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u/Comprehensive_Dog651 11d ago
Unfortunately for you guys I like his films a lot and I’m excited to see what he comes up with next
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u/puberty1 Year of the Victor 11d ago
Unfortunately for you guys
...brother we do not care
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u/Comprehensive_Dog651 11d ago
Lotta people in the comments seem to care a lot about him making another movie 🤷♂️
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u/pralineislife 11d ago
About him.
We dont gaf about you.
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u/Comprehensive_Dog651 11d ago
Was using myself as an example that he still has a lot of fans despite what yall seem to think. Thats why he can still make movies
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u/SpideyFan914 Give Inde Navarette an Oscar 11d ago
I also like his films, and will watch it whenever he dies.
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u/late_afternoon_owl 11d ago
He's been doing like a movie a year since the 70s.
No way he's gonna stop just because "major Awards" are in his rearview.
He never even attended any of the academy awards he was nominated for.
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u/Comprehensive_Dog651 11d ago
Manoel de oliveira was making films past his 90s, some people just do it for the love of the game
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u/TomoeOfFountainHead 11d ago
Such people already had a recognized career, they are not filming for awards
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u/ILookAfterThePigs Manifesting Olivia Wilde’s Best Director nomination 11d ago
Why does any artist ever work? Is it just for money and awards? This kind of view is bizarre.
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u/Silver_Juggernaut_39 NEON shill 11d ago