Cary Fukunaga Could be Returning to HBO for Napoleon
True Detective director Cary Fukunaga is in talks to return to HBO for an unfinished Stanley Kubrick project.
Cary Fukunaga cemented a name for himself by directing the first season of True Detective. Even though he skipped out on season two — probably a wise choice considering the reception — he did go on to direct Beasts of no Nation, the movie that everyone loved to snub. It looks like Cary Fukunaga could be returning to HBO to direct a new miniseries which was once the passion project of Stanley Kubrick.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fukuanga is in talks to take on Napoleon, a miniseries that director Stanley Kubrick wasn’t able to finish due to funding issues. The Kubrick estate has optioned the late director’s work to HBO for use on a new project, and Cary Fukunaga is the choice of director right now.
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Steven Spielberg would be producing, which isn’t all that surprising that Spielberg previously worked with unfinished Kubrick material for A.I. The big catch would be Fukunaga, who has other sieges in the pipeline — one for TNT and another for Netflix. This does seem like the sort of project the would be interested in, and it would be exciting to see him return to HBO.
True Detective is sill on hiatus and there is no current word on when it will return, though current signs point to 2017 at the earliest. Either way, Fukunaga is not expected to make a return to that particular series.
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Cary Fukunaga is one of the hottest directors right now, and another high-profile project certainly wouldn’t hurt. It’s hard to get more prestigious than a Stanley Kubrick project. If this does end up going through, it could still be a few years before Napoleon goes into production and it will need to be stuffed into Fukunaga’s already tight schedule.