Robert Pattinson “The Lighthouse” and “Waiting for the Barbarians” Could be in the 2020 Oscar / Bafta Race

Screen Daily has included The Lighthouse and Waiting for the Barbarians in its early predictions for the 2020 Baftas and Oscars:

Further US contenders come in the guise of horror The Lighthouse from Robert Eggers (The Witch) and starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson; James Mangold’s Ford v. Ferrari starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon; and Scott Z. Burns’ The Report with Adam Driver, which was acquired by Amazon at Sundance for around $14m. Tom Hooper’s star-studded Cats adaptation, could also make a splash, especially in the music and tech categories, while Ciro Guerro’s English-language JM Coetze adaptation Waiting For The Barbarians,starring Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson and Mark Rylance, seems likely to be in the conversation.  [My emphasis]

Robert Pattinson #WaitingfortheBarbarians to premiere in last quarter of 2019

Olga Segura was interviewed by Mexico’s The Universal and gave us this tip about the possible release of “Waiting for the Barbarians”:

Now it is in the post-production phase, and the plan is to premiere in the last four months of the year to access festivals, both international and Mexican.

Now the waiting game for festivals: Venice, TIFF, New York …

Robert Pattinson has makeup applied on the set of Waiting for the Barbarians

Makeup artist Amelia shared this great BTS photo of Rob on the set of Waiting for the Barbarians. Hello Warrant Officer Mandel. Don’t forget to follow us on instagram where these photos get posted and reshared first.

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Robert Pattinson Waiting for the Barbarians Now in Post Production

According to IMDbPro, Waiting for the Barbarians has been in post-production since 2 January 2019 and has a release date of 2020.

Robert Pattinson on the set of Waiting for the Barbarians with crew member, Zahera Souhair

This is why it would be great to be a crew member on one of Rob’s films.  Zahera Souhair is listed as assistant director/PA to cast on IMDbPro.  Whatever her role she no doubt had a fabulous time.

From Broadway World:

Production wrapped today [14 December 2018] in ROME on one of the most buzzed about films of the year – the feature adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s prize-winning novel “Waiting for the Barbarians”, directed by Ciro Guerra, produced by Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi, and starring multiple Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp (“Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise), Academy Award® winner Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies,” “Dunkirk,” “Ready Player One”) and Robert Pattinson (“The Twilight Saga”, “Good Time,” “The Lost City of Z”).
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Waiting for the Barbarians” centers on the crisis of the conscience of the Magistrate (Rylance) – a loyal servant of the EMPIRE working in a tiny frontier town. A warrant officer for the Empire, Mandel (Pattinson), is sent to replace the Magistrate’s position after the Magistrate has been charged with treason – consorting with the barbarians. Johnny Depp plays the sinister Colonel Joll.

The story is a startling allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed. Mandel is a character that must choose between what he feels is right and his duty to the EMPIRE in the midst of conflict.

Olga Segura also confirmed on her instagram