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Actress-turned-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, known for her role in "The Dark Knight," earned critical acclaim with her directorial debut, "The Lost Daughter." However, her follow-up, the sci-fi epic "The Bride!", quickly hit a snag. The film, reportedly costing nearly $100 million to produce, grossed less than $24 million worldwide. It also garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, with many viewers finding its narrative style difficult to embrace.
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Despite this, Warner Bros. Pictures, which financed and distributed "The Bride!", appears not to have lost complete faith in Gyllenhaal. According to a report from Puck News, Warner Bros. is still planning to invest in her next project: a spy thriller titled "Creation Lake." The film is an adaptation of Rachel Kushner's novel of the same name, published two years ago, with Gyllenhaal set to write and direct the adaptation herself.
The novel "Creation Lake" follows an undercover female agent who infiltrates a French environmental organization. While embedded, she grapples with profound questions about power, ideology, and civilization. Given its European setting and potentially large cast of characters, the production budget is anticipated to be comparable to that of "The Bride!".
via： Puck News