Rodrigo Teixeira, producer of 2025 Oscar winner “I’m Not There” and James Gray’s 2026 Cannes contender “Paper Tiger,” are in development on their fourth film together, to be made in 2027.
“It talks about the U.S. now, not the best moment they have, with probably the worst President in the world,” Teixeira advanced at a masterclass delivered Wednesday at Madrid’s ECAM Forum international co-production market.
“It’s a very difficult time for the U.S. But also, I think it’s a great opportunity because terrible times are a good time to do art.
It’s difficult to do that in the United States, because people who finance [films] are aligned in some way with this government money. Directors will need to do films outside the U.S,” Teixeira added. “American directors will be coming to Brazil to make films in Brazil, The same way they help us, we need to help them. No independent cinema is self-sufficient in any country in the world, not in the U.S. nor any country.
That in fact is already happening. A special guest of Madrid’s ECAM Forum, Teixeira has just wrapped Michael Almereyda’s Don DeLillo adaptation, “Zero K.” It turns on a tech billionaire (Peter Sarsgaard) preparing his young but dying wife (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) for cryonic preservation in a cutting-edge medical facility. Caleb Landry Jones plays the billionaire’s son, battling to build a relationship with his partner (Britt Lower, “Severance”) and her son.
