Nicolas Winding Refn is Prepping His Next Film Project Which He'll Shoot in Tokyo

Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) is prepping to shoot his next feature film project, his first since The Neon Demon.

Since 2016, Refn has mostly worked in TV directing shows such as Too Old to Die Young and Copenhagen Cowboy. So, it will be nice to see a Refn project on the big screen again.

According to Variety, Refn will shoot his new movie in Tokyo and it will be in both English and Japanese. There are no details on the story, but it’s an original story that “will have a lot of glitter and lot of sex and violence.”

When talking about the current state of cinema, he said: “It’s a really interesting time to make movies because it’s such a chaotic situation. So going back and making a theatrical feature film again is almost like — not starting over — but with all the changes in our societies in the last five years and technology changes, it almost seems like the right thing to do for me.”

He added, ”Feature film is still the mother of all mediums” and he says that he’s eager to “re-experience that process. I think it’s hard for me to escape my self-indulgent identity in creativity. So there will always be me in it.”

These comments come after saying several years ago that “cinema is dead.”

Refn also teased that the movie will bring back themes and characters inspired by his other films “Only God Forgives” and “The Neon Demon,” both of which had a stylish vibe and were graphic.

Refn is also working on two other projects, one of which is tied to gaming. He said he’s “very fascinated by what the technology can provide” and it’s the “only art form that continues to evolve with possibilities creatively.”

Refn asked, ”In a way, had the Lumiere brothers, when they invented film, invented computer games first, what would the world look like?”

One of those other projects could be the adaptation of The Famous Five adventure novels.

I’m curious to see what comes of all these projects that he’s working on.