As is usually the case, Steven Soderbergh’s plate is full. Last week came the announcement that his ambitious two-part, four-hour Spanish-language biopic of Che Guevara starring Benicio del Toro will premiere at Cannes next month, even though it had originally been speculated that one of the films would not be completed in time to screen. (Apparently the second part, Guerilla, is essentially complete, while The Argentine still awaits the finishing touches.)
Soderbergh’s follow-up, The Informant, is set to go before the cameras any day now. Described by the Hollywood Reporter as “a thriller with dark comedy elements,” the picture stars Matt Damon as an agri-business whistleblower who works with FBI agents played by Scott Bakula and The Soup host Joel McHale (!) to uncover a price-fixing scam.
When The Informant is done, Soderbergh begins work on The Girlfriend Experience, which is more in line with the director’s low-budget curiosity Bubble.
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