Tyrannosaur director Paddy Considine working on ghost story titled The Leaning

Paddy Considine may be most recognized for his role in THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, but the actor is also turning heads as a filmmaker. His feature directorial debut, TYRANNOSAUR, recently premiered at Sundance. In an interview with Coming Soon, he revealed that his next project will be a ghost story titled THE LEANING:

“The idea is just make it, like Tyrannosaur, as sort of truthful thematically as you can. It’s a ghost story, so it takes it into different territory, but the dilemma in The Leaning is, ‘Is this really happening to her, or is it something that she’s harboring from her childhood that is manifesting this fear? If this thing actually doesn’t exist.’ So there’s a dilemma and any time there’s intimacy with a man, these events start to happen, so it’s about sort of how we keep ghosts alive with fear.”

The story began as a short story written by Considine, and he will now turn it into a screenplay before ultimately directing the project. He also revealed that he intends to remain behind the camera rather than in front of it. If the praise behind TYRANNOSAUR is any indication, THE LEANING will be a fine addition to our genre.

TYRANNOSAUR’s Sian Breckin