Coralie Fargeat Teases Mysterious Next Movie and Promises No ‘The Substance’ Sequel

After making one hell of a debut with the rape-revenge movie Revenge back in 2017, director Coralie Fargeat made her return to the genre with last year’s The Substance, which earned rave reviews across the board, pulled in $78 million at the global box office, earned Demi Moore a Golden Globes statue, and is now generating tons of Academy Awards buzz.

While we wait to find out if The Substance gets any Oscar nominations – those will be announced on January 17 – and while Fargeat basks in the glow of her second movie’s much-deserved Golden Globes win, the French filmmaker has teased her upcoming third movie in a chat with Variety. But it’s only a slight tease, as the project is in the early stages of gestation.

“For now I’m not discussing anything. I’m just enjoying the moment and taking some time as I really want to write my next project,” Fargeat explains. “It’s slowly starting to be put in motion in the back of my brain and when things calm down I’ll take it from there.”

She continues, “It’s going to be totally different [than The Substance] but with a lot of similarities. I love to make bold and surprising films with things that you don’t expect, so definitely that’s what I want to do. And I love the freedom that I gave myself for this film and that’s certainly something I want to keep doing.”

“That was the greatest thing for me on The Substance,” Fargeat adds.

One thing you should not expect from Fargeat is a sequel to The Substance. She told Variety in a recent chat, “The point of this movie is to bring fresh things to the world. No sequels, no prequels. I’m going to be so happy to bring something else fresh to the world in a bit.”

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