Filmmaker Alexander Payne (“Sideways,” “The Descendants,”) recently held a Q&A session during the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, France (via Variety), with Los Angeles-based French film journalist Didier Allouch overseeing that conversation.
Payne gave the French audience a big tease about what he’s currently working on, which could allow him to tackle a dream film genre.
Payne revealed that he is now developing a Western with the help of screenwriter David Hemingson, who worked with the director on his recent pic “The Holdovers.” READ MORE: ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’: Alexander Payne Says He Has “A Couple Things To Do Before” He Makes His ‘Election’ Sequel “I finally found a creative partner who shares the same zeal that I have for Westerns.
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