Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:
The Bear's next trap, Eric Bana is untamed, Jurnee Smollett catches fire, Columbia Pictures + SXSW Winners, and Deep Blue.
Let’s go!
THE BEAR'S NEXT TRAP
The Bear is one of the most high-adrenaline shows ever created.
The surreal opening sequence to the pilot episode is metaphysically changed with demons only a chef could know.
The lynchpin for the season is not the boiler-cooker pressure that Carmy, played by the wonderful Jeremy Allen White, is under, but instead, his bleeding heart promise to continue the legacy of his brother’s restaurant.
Christopher Storer, the creator of The Bear, who wrote 18 and directed 12 episodes, is now helming a new project, The Lincoln Highway.
Here’s the synopsis of the NY Times bestseller on which the new film, which has just been set up at Warner Bros., is based:
In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His parents long gone, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother and head to California to start their lives anew.
But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York.
There’s something about derailed futures that feels like Storer’s nesting ground. In The Bear, Carmy was the head chef in NYC’s top restaurant - now he serves as the lowly chef at Chicago’s most crowded, decrepit but loved Italian Beef joint (Season 1).
The Lincoln Highway will be produced by Heyday Films’ David Heyman (producer: Wonka, Barbie, Gravity, Marriage Story).
Yeah. It’s going to be great.
Storer is currently wrapping up Season 3 of The Bear.
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