Werner Herzog Mentions 'Queen Of The Desert' To Indiewire ~ He Needs To Shoot It In The Summer

Werner Herzog Mentions 'Queen Of The Desert' To Indiewire ~ He Needs To Shoot It In The Summer

A snippet of movie news for you now....... Werner Herzog spoke to IndieWire at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland and he briefly mentioned 'Queen of The Desert'.
Check out the excerpt of his interview below where he spoke about it.



From Indiewire

He’s making more movies about women... finally. Herzog is currently in pre-production on the adventure film “Queen of the Desert,” which is likely to star Naomi Watts and Robert Pattinson. “There are some actors I’d very much likely to be in the film and it’s problematic to get them in the same place at the same time,” he said with regard to the delays, pointing out that he needs to shoot the film in the summer. “One thing that’s maybe significant is that I do have two films [in pre-production] where the protagonists will be women. That hasn’t happened to me much before. People have always been asking me, ‘Why is it always men?’ It’s not true. I’ve made at least four or five films where women have been the protagonists. But this is new terrain for me.”

via RPAU
Thanks PJ for the tip!

" I Hope We Will See Him One Day As A Director" ~ Werner Herzog Talks About Robert Pattinson

" I Hope We Will See Him One Day As A Director" ~Werner Herzog Talks About Robert Pattinson 



This interview with Werner Herzog (director of "Queen Of The Desert") was done back in January and as you know we got updated news about the location etc in June (check that out HERE if you missed it) so disregard the second part of the second question.
But have a look at the great things Werner has to say about Rob!

Playboy: For your next film 'Queen of the Desert' you have cast 'Twilight' teen heartthrob Robert Pattinson.

Herzog: He approached me. That is why I am taken seriously in Hollywood. Because so many good actors want to work with me. Nicolas Cage was never better than in 'Bad Lieutenant'.

Playboy: What do you see in Robert Pattinson ?

Herzog: He has charisma, he is smart, he writes. I hope we will see him one day as a director. 'Queen of the Desert' is not yet fully funded, and we don't know yet where we will shoot. Possibly, that should be in Syria.

Source
Translation thanks to lurker1510 via PattinsonArtWork

Praise For Robert Pattinson From "Queen Of The Desert" Director Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog was interviewed by Zeit Online and they asked him about Robert Pattinson & briefly about "Queen Of The Desert".
It's comes as no surprise to us (and I'm sure to you too) that he had nothing but good things to say about Rob

Here's the excerpt where he's asked about Rob:
(Note: Original Article is in German so I translated it using Google Translate)

How do you assess the creative power of the teen star Robert Pattinson, who you will be working with soon? 

"This is a very intelligent man. Writes well. Knows exactly what he's doing. He also knows that he must be out of this short-lived type of role of Teen Stars."

What can you say about your current project, the film adaptation of the life of an archaeologist and undercover agent Gertrude Bell?

I talk about it only when it is filmed.

SO there you have it, short and sweet and staying pretty tight lipped on "Queen of the Desert" but isn't it so nice to hear everyone giving Rob such high praise. SO proud of him!



Full Interview over at the Source  Zeit Online (in German)
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