By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 27, 2020 3:00 pm EST
Written by Kevin Rice, Born to be Murdered is set in Athens and the Epirus region of Greece and follows “a vacationing couple, played by Washington and Vikander, who fall prey to a violent conspiracy with tragic consequences.”
The movie’s got a vague synopsis but a great title that recalls that of Alfred Hitchcock suspense films. It’s too general a description to really be certain that Born to Be Murdered takes cues from Hitchcock, but that’s what I’m deciding, since Hitchcock is seeing renewed appreciation — both as a source of inspiration (see: Parasite, etc.) and in our ongoing rebootmania, with Netflix’s recent adaptation of Rebecca.
Guadagnino is producing Born to Be Murdered along with and Morabito for their Frenesy Films, as well as Francesco Melzi d’Eril and Gabriele Moratti for MeMo with Raicinema. Rodrigo Teixeira is executive producing for RT Features. While this is set to be Filomarino’s English-language debut, the filmmaker (who is related to Italian auteur Luchio Visconti) already made his feature directorial debut with the 2015 biopic Antonia.
And Filomarino has quite a line-up for his first English-language film. Washington, like I noted before, is having a banner year — having recently starred in Nolan’s Tenet, and will be seen soon in the upcoming Malcolm & Marie opposite Zendaya, which was filmed in quarantine and also acquired by Netflix. washington has also recently joined the cast of David O. Russell’s next film opposite Margot Robbie and Christian Bale. Vikander, Holbrook, and Krieps are all solid talents, with Krieps especially impressing in Phantom Thread.
Netflix is planning a release for Born to Be Murdered in 2021.
