Our friends at The Playlist have some exciting news for Xavier Dolan fans: His English-language debut “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan” — which stars Jessica Chastain, Kit Harington, Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates — will start shooting next year.
They also had a new synopsis. The film “follows a young actor, 10 years after the death of an American TV star he corresponded with as a teenager, who recollects the pen-pal relationship he used to have with his past idol. The film explores the hardships of fame and hurdles of the movie business through the lives of both, now and then, and reflects on the issue of identity and diversity in Hollywood over the past decade.”
Dolan’s next film “It’s Only The End of the World” has finished shooting and is almost certain to be at Cannes next May.
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