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Greta Gerwig delivered the biggest hit of this year withBarbie.A part of the cultural phenomenon calledBarbenheimer,the Margot Robbie movie attracted a lot of audiences to the theaters. But it looks like the grand success might have affected the director in some way. Recently at the London Film Festival, the filmmaker revealed that she is having recurring nightmares while working on her upcoming project.
Greta Gerwig has always been a successful director with her indie movies likeLittle WomenandLady Bird.However, she always wanted to be a “big studio director” andBarbiejust cemented the fact that she can also deliver such a huge-scale blockbuster. But the fans were quite surprised to know that she is having nightmares after just delivering a $1.43 billion movie.
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Why is Greta Gerwig having nightmares?
Barbenheimerwas responsible for creating a huge buzz everywhere in the world of pop culture. The constant tussle between the fans overOppenheimerorBarbiewas worth watching. Despite all the challenges faced by theGreta Gerwigmovie, it emerged victorious with this year’s highest as well as the highest-grossing movie by a solo female director.
Surprisingly, the fans were baffled to see that Greta Gerwig is having repeated nightmares even after giving such a hit. The news came out from the London Film Festival where the director was asked about her new directorial followingBarbie.As reported byTMZ, when the 40-year-old was questioned about her future project, she replied:
“It’s hard and I’m having recurring nightmares.”
The exact context of why it sounds so hard isn’t known yet but the audiences have taken the responsibility themselves to know more about it. It is highly speculated that Greta Gerwig must be speaking about her upcoming directorial venture,The Chronicles of Narnia.The director is given the huge task of writing and directing two film adaptations of the C.S. Lewis books by the same name.
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Is Greta Gerwig worried aboutThe Chronicles of Narnia?
Greta Gerwig’s immediate next project will be Disney’s live-action remake ofSnow Whitewith her name attached as the writer. The retelling of the classic tale will be spearheaded by Marc Webb with Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler in the lead. Even though Disney’s live-action remakes have been controversial lately, it will be interesting to watch if Gerwig’s involvement makes it any better.
But currently, the project with more importance to theBarbiedirector is the adaptation of the C.S. Lewis books for Netflix.The Chronicles of Narniabook series has been already adapted repeatedly with the last one being the movie series by Disney. After Netflix acquired the rights to new adaptations, they brought Greta Gerwig on board. Earlier, theFrances Hawriter said toTotal Filmthat she was scared of the upcoming movies.
“I haven’t even really started wrapping my arms around it, but I’m properly scared of it, which feels like a good place to start. I think when I’m scared, it’s always a good sign. Maybe when I stop being scared, it’ll be like, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t do that one.’ No, I’m terrified of it. It’s extraordinary. And it’s exciting.”
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Even though it is not sure if it is the same reason why the director is having nightmares, the interviews don’t suggest anything else for now. The details about the upcoming project are extremely scarce for now but it will be worth looking forward to how Greta Gerwig handles it.
Source:TMZ|Total Film
Subham Mandal
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Subham Mandal is currently working as a content writer for FandomWire with an ardent interest in the world of pop culture. He has written more than 1000 articles on different spheres of modern pop culture and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He’s also an experienced student journalist having demonstrated work experience with the Times of India. He aspires to be a column writer in the future.
