Academy Award-winning director Alexander Payne has largely lived in the world of comedy with acclaimed titles like Sideways, The Descendants, and, most recently, his Toronto International Film Festival entry The Holdovers. One of his next projects, however, will finally give the director a chance to explore a genre he’s always wanted to — the Western. Speaking to Collider’s Steve Weintraub at our TIFF media studio at the Cinema Center at MARBL, Payne revealed that he’s currently developing a Western and teased what to expect from his take on the genre.
While at the Toronto International Film Festival for The Holdovers, Alexander Payne revealed that he’s finally making a Western.