As we celebrate Jane Campion’s Oscar, it’s only right that we don’t neglect the first woman to win the statuette for Best Direction: Kathryn Bigelow. The director has been dedicating herself to production work since 2017, when she premiered ‘Detroit’, but this year at last will go back behind the scenes to direct ‘Aurora’.
The collapse of society
‘Aurora’ will be a movie for Netflix based on the original novel by David Koepp, whose name may sound familiar to you for being the screenwriter of some almost unknown films: ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘Spider-man’, ‘War of the Worlds’ or, recently , ‘Kimi’ on HBO Max. The novel has not yet gone on sale (It will do it on June 7 in the United States) but whoever has been able to read it already puts it through the roof.
Stephen King has said that it is “Impossible to stop reading“, and Scott Frank (the creator of ‘Queen’s Gambit’) has climbed a bit on the vine stating “There is a reason why David Koepp is the most successful screenwriter in history. ‘Aurora’ is some of his best work: it’s scary, it’s funny and it makes you think.”
The novel, which is about the collapse of society, will follow a woman, Aubrey Wheeler, who in a global blackout has to protect her neighborhood while dealing with her rebellious son, her Silicon Valley CEO brother (who is building a bunker on the other side of the country), and her criminal ex-husband. The movie will be adapted by Koepp himselfso hopefully it will be as faithful as possible.
The collapse of society after a global crisis? Wow, where will they get these stories in Hollywood? Yet we will have to wait a long time to see ‘Aurora’ on Netflix, but the return of kathryn bigelow is always good news.