John Turturro Offers Update On Jesus’ ‘Big Lebowski’ Spin-Off

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The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have made two dozen motion pictures, none of that are sequels. That’s a rarity in our franchise-obsessed tradition, and though they may make hundreds of thousands with the additional adventures of Anton Chigurh, they’ve no real interest in No Country for More Old Men. The brothers’ sequel-averse tendency extends to one in every of their most obsessed-over movies, The Big Lebowski, however they reportedly gave John Turturro permission to make a spin-off centered round his bowling-obsessed character, Jesus.

In a latest interview with the Independent, Turturro supplied an replace on Going Places, which additionally doubles as a remake of a 1974 French movie with the identical title. “It’s a bit of a racy movie. It shows how stupid men are. That’s what the movie is kinda about – the women are the stronger, more together characters,” the Gloria Bell star mentioned. “I had to tweak it a little bit but now I feel really good about it. It’s basically an exploration of Jesus getting out of jail.”

Turturro known as Going Places, which additionally stars Bobby Cannavale and Audrey Tatou, a “very human comedy” and mentioned that the Coens gave their blessing. “They’re my friends, close friends, and were supportive when I said I wanna explore this character more,” he added. “They said, you gotta do it ’cause we’re not doing it! If I have something to show, I show it to them if they’re around.”

Here’s the official plot abstract:

John Turturro performs Jesus Quintana in Going Places, a movie a couple of trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves right into a stunning love story as their spontaneous and flippant perspective in direction of the previous or future backfires repeatedly, at the same time as they inadvertently carry out good deeds. When they make enemies with a gun-toting hairdresser, their journey turns into one in every of fixed escape from the legislation, from society and from the hairdresser, all whereas the bonds of their outsider household strengthen.

Ah sure, the entire “sexually-charged bowler from a mid-1990s cult comedy who’s on the run with hairdresser” synopsis. That outdated chestnut.

Going Places nonetheless doesn’t have an official launch date.

(Via Independent)