It’s the spin-off nobody saw coming. Jesus Quintana, the overly zealous, purple suit tenpin-killer from the Coen Brother’s 90’s cult hit The Big Lebowski will return in a spin-off film titled Going Places.
John Turturro who played Jesus in the original film will act and direct in the spin-off, with Susan Sarandon, Bobby Cannavale and Audrey Tautou attached as supporting cast. Turturro is also the screenwriter for the project.
Although the Coen brothers will not be attached to the project, they have given the film their grace, saying in a recent interview to Screen Daily, “It kind of blew their minds. They thought it was a great idea and told me, ‘We’ve taken a character inspired from a stage play and now you want to put him in a movie which is a French movie, which was inspired by American road movies.’”
The film will follow ‘Jesus Quintana in a film about a trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves into a surprising love story as their spontaneous and flippant attitude towards the past or future backfires time and again, even as they inadvertently perform good deeds. When they make enemies with a gun-toting hairdresser, their journey becomes one of constant escape from the law, from society and from the hairdresser, all while the bonds of their outsider family strengthen.’
And in case you’ve forgotten, watch the clip below to see the graceful Jesus Quintana and probably the best bowling scene to ever reach the screens (unless maybe you count that final scene There Will Be Blood).
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