Drive is undoubtedly one of the big highlights of the year, so all eyes are on what Nicholas Winding-Refn does next. His big-budget Logan’s Run remake has just gained a new writer, so that won’t be next. Instead, he’s working on Only God Forgives, starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Scott-Thomas.
Now Collider have delivered a synopsis for the movie, and it does sound pretty promising;
Julian, an Englishman living in Bangkok, is a respected figure in the criminal underworld. He and his brother Billy run a Thai boxing club which is in fact a front for smuggling drugs to London When Billy is murdered, their mother Jenna arrives from London to bring back the body. Jenna is herself the head of a powerful criminal organization and is used to getting exactly what she wants. She sets out to settle the score along a bloody path of rage, betrayal, and vengeance, hurtling toward an ultimate confrontation and the possibility of redemption.
Doesn’t look like he’s going light on this one after Drive, does it? It’s no surprise to see Gosling back on board, but Scott-Thomas is a great addition. She’s a fantastic actress and in the hands of Refn will surely impress. The movie shoots in early 2012.