Keanu Reeves and Sofia Coppola are returning to their respective profession roots.
Twenty years after Coppola directed her breakout 2003 film “Misplaced in Translation” in Tokyo, the filmmaker returns to Japan with a brief film for the Suntory Whisky Anniversary Tribute. Suntory Whiskey has turn out to be cinematically synonymous with “Misplaced in Translation” for Invoice Murray’s quip, “For enjoyable instances, make it Suntory Time,” as his character is a fading-out actor despatched to Tokyo to hawk the model.
Actor Reeves, who beforehand starred in a Nineties Suntory advert, leads the business, a montage that celebrates 100 years of the enduring liquor model The Home of Suntory.
The advert exhibits Reeves strolling by means of nightlife in Japan earlier than ducking right into a nondescript bar and ordering a glass of Suntory on the rocks as a vinyl report performs. The advert is ready to Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ cowl of “Crimson and Clover.”
“It was cool [to get] an opportunity to work with Sofia Coppola and to work with [her brother] Roman Coppola on a sort of brief business after which a docu-series,” Reeves instructed People journal of the mission. “It was a very particular alternative.”
Reeves and Sofia Coppola briefly dated after assembly in the course of the making of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” which her father Francis Ford Coppola directed in 1992.
The “John Wick: Chapter 4” actor added, “It was great, actually great. It was extraordinary to have the chance to spend time with individuals from Suntory, when it comes to going to the founding distillery Yamazaki, then going and simply assembly grasp blenders and all of the craftspeople. I acquired to satisfy among the artisans, Kabuki actors, calligraphists, being an outsider and attending to spend time with individuals and speak about their ardour and their craft.”
Up subsequent from Coppola is the Priscilla and Elvis Presley biopic “Priscilla” starring Cailee Spaeney and Jacob Elordi. In the meantime, Reeves is connected to Jonah Hill’s Apple Original film “Outcome” which follows a broken Hollywood actor who should dive into the darkish depths of his previous to confront his demons and make amends after he’s extorted with a mysterious video clip resurfaces. Reeves is moreover set to star in Aziz Ansari’s “Good Fortune” alongside Seth Rogen; nevertheless, manufacturing has been halted as a result of ongoing WGA strike.
