Will the film adaptation of Alexander Aya’s cult manga Cobra ever see the light of day? The director will answer us!

In 2010, French director Alexandre Aja aimed to stage a live-action adaptation of Cobra, the iconic manga character created by Buichi Terasawa in 1978 and given an animated series. Unfortunately, A space opera Such a scale required a substantial budget, which was difficult to collect. In addition, Cobra was unknown on the other side of the Atlantic, which made it difficult for the Americans to finance it.

Is Cobra still relevant?

In 2017, the filmmaker already told us that he was “still trying to find a way to make this movie”. Seven years later and before his Mother Earth hits our cinemas on September 25th, Alexandre Aja returns to the AlloCiné microphone for his crazy project.

He tells us:Over the years, Cobra has become somewhat distant due to the advent of such films Guardians of the Galaxy or the last Star WarsWhich made it very difficult to bring Cobra to the big screen. But it’s still a dream. Obviously, this is one of those projects that we always hope for… the good thing about cinema is that it’s never finished. There is always a possibility. There is always a time when the cobra might be the right time to exist.”

So a live-action adaptation of Cobra is no longer relevant today, but Alexander Aja still keeps this project in the back of his mind while he waits for the right moment, which we hope will come very quickly.

Flowers of Evil Alexander Aja

Meanwhile, the filmmaker has another crazy project, still in the horror genre. The director of High Tension and The Hill Has Eyes is currently working on a fantasy adaptation of Charles Baudelaire’s famous collection of poems.Flowers of Evil“.

“I have other projects that are very different. For some time I have been working on a fantastic adaptation of Charles Baudelaire’s Fleurs du mal. This is a film I am doing with Pathé and Strada Production. It is very close to me because Les. Fleurs du mal is A portrait of the human soul, a passion between Duval and Charles Baudelaire that I have never seen and that I really want.– Alexander Aja tells us.

The director adds that Crawl 2 is still in the works, specifying that “everything is ready” and he doesn’t yet know which of the two will be his next feature.

Meanwhile, the fantasy film Mother Land hits theaters on September 25. Halle Berry plays June, a mother who – since the end of the world – has tried to protect her sons Samuel and Nolan by confining them to an isolated house. They hunt and look for something to save in the neighboring forest, which is permanently connected to their house by a rope, which their mother asks them to “never let go”. Because if June is to be believed, the old cabin is the only place where the family is safe from the “evil” reigning on earth. But one day the rope breaks, and they have no choice but to engage in a terrifying battle for their own survival…