In production: ‘Farlanders’May 21st, 2008 at 11:30 am

Farlanders
Release date: TBA, 2009
Budget: unknown
Director: Sam Mendes
Actors: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jeff Daniels
Produced by: Big Beach Films, Neal Street and Edward Saxon Productions
Filming location: Connecticut
There isn’t as much info on ‘Farlanders’ as in our last ‘In production’ post about ‘Bunraku,’ but I’ll work with what I’ve got here. ‘Farlanders’ is Sam Mendes’ sixth movie since he made it big with ‘American Beauty’ in 1999. Yes, it’s almost ten years since you first saw ‘American Beauty,’ which got no less than 5 Oscars.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal joins Sam Mendes comedyMay 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm

Maggie Gyllenhaal is replacing Toni Collette in the untitled Sam Mendes comedy, which is being filmed in Connecticut. Well, I say untitled, but IMDB’s sources say the title is ‘Farlanders.’ What we do know for sure, is that it’s about a family traveling through the US to find the right place to live and start a family.
Toni Collette had to drop out because of the shooting delay and scheduling conflicts. Don’t you hate that too, when you’re making a movie with Sam ‘American Beauty’ Mendes?