Jennifer Kent teases sci‑fi
Jennifer Kent — director of The Babadook — has teased her first feature since 2018 as a sci‑fi adaptation slated to shoot this year, signalling an auteur move into genre filmmaking (theplaylist.net). The tease has already stirred interest among horror and sci‑fi fans tracking crossover auteurs (theplaylist.net).
Jennifer Kent’s appearance on Blank Check—titled “Gallipoli with Jennifer Kent”—was released March 28, 2026 and runs 126 minutes, where she spoke about Peter Weir and Australian cinema. (iheart.com) World of Reel’s March 29 report quotes Kent and notes she “refused to divulge further details,” while also linking that conversation to earlier reporting about projects in development. (worldofreel.com) Kent’s most recent feature before this new project premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2018; The Nightingale won the Special Jury Prize at Venice in 2018. (en.wikipedia.org) Reporting from late 2024 tied Kent to an adaptation of Clive Barker’s 1992 novel The Thief of Always, a fantasy‑horror tale about a mysterious house that lures children and steals their youth—FilmStories flagged that development as “in the advanced stages” at the time. (filmstories.co.uk) Multiple outlets picked up the Blank Check item within days—The Playlist posted a writeup March 31, 2026, FilmStories and World of Reel published pieces in late March, and aggregated reports appeared on MSN—signalling rapid trade coverage though no cast, financier, or distributor announcements have been published. (theplaylist.net)
