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'On the Rocks' will be working together for the first time since 2003
Director Sophia Coppola and actor Bill Murray are here for their first movie since their last joint project: 2003's Lost in Translation.
The pair are working on new film On the Rocks, with Coppola once again directing Murray. Rashida Jones will also star in the movie.
On the Rocks will be reportedly follow "a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York." It's set to start filming this spring.
Bill Murray and Scarlet Johansson in 'Lost in Translation'
Lost in Translation One of the most acclaimed films of its time and was nominated for Four Academy Awards including Best Actor for Bill Murray. Coppola went on to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
The film will be Coppola's first feature since its remake of The Beguiled. The film was criticized for excluding Mattie, a slave character featured in the novel.
Coppola explained the reasoning behind the character's omission, saying that his version of the story was set in America during the Civil War when they were left fighting and many slaves had left.
"I wanted to tell the story of the isolation of these women," she wrote in a piece for IndieWire.
"I also focused on how they deal with repression and desire when they come to the world, and how they are affected by each other, being at different stages of their life and development. and male and female power dynamics that could relate to all women. "
Meanwhile, Murray's last outing was a voiceover part in Wes Anderson's acclaimed Isle of Dogs animation released last year.
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