As HBO viewers continues to fall in love withJohn Turturro’s latest persona – a defense attorney with eczema to boot onThe Night Of– the actor is returning to an oldie, but a goodie. Days afterword brokeofGoing Places, a film spin-off ofThe Big Lebowski, the first photo of Turturro back as bowler Jesus Quintana has hit the Web.
Susan Sarandon, who co-stars in the film withBobby CannavaleandAudrey Tautou, posted to the image to Instagram, writing, “The Man. John Tuturro on location. Love you.” According to Birth.Movies.Death., which first reportedGoing Placeswas already in its first two weeks of production, the story centers on two petty thieves (Turturro and Cannavale) who compete to give a woman (Tautou) her first orgasm. Sarandon, meanwhile, is said to play a criminal just released from jail after a long sentence.
See the first photo below:
Turturro has been talking up aBig Lebowskispin-off forquite some time, andGoing Placesis now essentiallya remake of the 1974 French filmLes Valseusescentering on Jesus. Turturro, who previously wrote and directedFading Gigolostarring himself andWoody Allen, also penned the script and directs the film.
The Coen brothers, the masterminds behindThe Big Lebowski, have publicly expressed their disinterest in making a spin-off, and they are seemingly uninvolved with this next endeavor. However, original starJeff Bridgesgave hisblessing, while Turturro had remarked toTHRthat he’s been bowling and getting better.
Going Placesdoesn’t currently have distribution, but the Hollywood model around cinematic remakes and spin-offs makes this seem like prime studio bait. Executives are always looking for something to tie their properties to in order to ignite that nostalgia factor.
