After eight years of exile, director Brian Singer has increased his comebacks.
“Superman Returns” helmer, who has not worked in mainstream Hollywood since becoming famous since being fired from “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 2017, quietly directed the film starring Oscar winner John Voight.
Singer filmed a new film in 2023, which is described as a drama from an era that revolves around a father-son relationship in Greece.
One source who saw the final cut but was not involved in the production describes it as “a very well-made film with the potential for an awards season,” but predicts it will “be a huge breeding ground for controversy” because of the subject matter. Sources explain the stories set in the Middle East when Israel occupied Lebanon in the late 70s or early 80s. “It could make Israel look really bad and polarize,” the source adds. Another source familiar with the project says the story follows an architect looking for red.
The singer’s film, which includes four “X-Men” outings, earned billions of dollars at major studios including 20th-century Fox and Warner Bros., and won multiple Oscars (both “regular suspects”) such as Kevin Spacey and Christopher McCurley. As a rare combination of Oater making commercial films, he left demand when he filed a civil suit claiming that the two teenage boys were ordered to be naked naked for scenes of the singer’s “appropriate student” despite facing allegations of sexual misconduct back in 1997. A similar claim followed him throughout the next decades. (He has never faced criminal charges.)
At the height of Hollywood’s #MeToo era, the Atlantic announced its 2019 release detailing allegations of sexual misconduct involving minors. This article proved devastating to his career. (The singer firmly denied having sex or preferences with a minor boy.) Separately, Fox fired him from “Bohemian Rhapsody” during production.
In the controversy, Singer tried to re-enter the mainstream with a $80 million remake of the ’80s action film Red Sona,’ a millennium film. At the time, Millennium CEO Avi Rahner stood by the singer, but ultimately dropped him when he couldn’t secure a national distributor. Regarding his new film, one source says domestic distribution deals are imminent. It is unclear whether the international region will shop at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival market.
Variety previously reported that the singer would become an investor in three film slates set in Israel. He moved to Israel a few years ago and works without an agent after being dropped by WME.
