Netflix announces release date for Richard Linklater's "Nouvelle Vague"

However, the Linklater movie getting real buzz is "Nouvelle Vague." That's the one that has earned murmurs of potential Oscar nominations. The film seems akin to a classic Linklater hangout movie, but it's about the production of the iconic French New Wave film "Breathless." It was well-received at Cannes, although, it's also a movie about how awesome French New Wave movies are, so there may be some inherent bias there. 

The Oscar hype is high enough that the Hollywood Reporter piece about the movie's release date includes scuttlebutt about Oscar plans for the movie, including putting Zoey Deutch (who rules in Linklater's "Everybody Wants Some!!") in Best Supporting Actress. Of course, in terms of the movie's release, the film was picked up by Netflix after Cannes. That's somewhat surprising, as Netflix also picked up Linklater's "Hit Man" and in interviews discussing that movie a few times he said words to the effect of "It kind of sucks my movie ended up on a streamer, I like movie theaters."

"Nouvelle Vague" is being released on Netflix on November 14, but it is getting a brief theatrical run before that. Starting October 31 - because what says Halloween more than French New Wave? - the film will get a two-week release in theaters. Now, the Hollywood Reporter piece says that it will be a "robust" theatrical release, but then also says it will be in the top 10 U.S. markets. If that's the extent of it, that doesn't feeling "robust" per se.

Regardless, enthusiasm is high for "Nouvelle Vague," and it's a big year for Linklater. He's staying busy, even as he works on his experimental adaptation of "Merrily We Roll Along" which he intends to shoot off-and-on through 2042. No, seriously.

(h/t The Hollywood Reporter)