Tim Burton to Direct Untitled Film Scripted by Kazuo Ishiguro
The project is still in development with no distributor attached, and sources say the script is an original work set in post-World War II Japan.
Tim Burton is set to direct an untitled film from a script by Kazuo Ishiguro, according to sources who spoke to Deadline. The project remains in development and has no distributor attached. The plan is to package it with talent and take it to market.
Multiple sources describe the film as set in post-World War II Japan. They add that the script is an original work by Ishiguro rather than an adaptation of a previous or upcoming novel. No other talent beyond Burton and Ishiguro is attached at this time.
Ishiguro, a Nobel Prize-winning author, is best known for novels including Never Let Me Go and Klara and the Sun. He most recently wrote the screenplay for Living, which starred Bill Nighy.
Separately, an adaptation of Klara and the Sun directed by Taika Waititi and starring Jenna Ortega is set to arrive next week. Burton's Wednesday recently wrapped production.
Quick answers
What is Tim Burton's next film about?
Sources describe the untitled project as set in post-World War II Japan, with an original script by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Is the Tim Burton and Kazuo Ishiguro film based on a book?
Sources say the script is an original work by Ishiguro and not based on a previous or upcoming novel.
Who is distributing the Tim Burton and Kazuo Ishiguro film?
The film is still in development and currently has no distributor attached.