Inland Empire: The New David Lynch Film?

Aint It Cool News reports rumors and scuttlebutt from Cannes that there may be one or even two (gasp!) new David Lynch films premiering in the coming months. Holy crap, but that's good news. For those of you who are keeping score, and despite what pedantic naysayers might have you believe, Lynch has made approxmiately no bad movies ever.

His 2001 triumph Mulholland Drive ranks among my favorite films of the decade, and anyone who doesn't appreciate the deft humor or remarkable craft of Wild at Heart doesn't understand my individuality or my belief in personal freedom.

Anyway, here's what one AICN reader has to say:

Today on his daily report [Lynch] announced he has a new film coming out called INLAND EMPIRE, and that is has been being worked on for two years. It is shot on DV, and that he is finished with shooting films on celluloid.

On May 12th he is suppose to announce this to everyone officially.

Another filmmaker fully embracing DV technology...Weird...

Is it time for those of us who cherish old-fashioned celluloid filmmaking to grow concerned? It seems that a number of young and/or influential filmmakers are turning to DV and not looking back - Lucas, Cameron, Rodriguez, Soderbergh...I keep waiting for the counter-movement to come along, a bunch of moody Scandanavian Lars von Trier types who will only shoot on real film in natural light with the blessing of a rabbi, but so far, I haven't heard about anything like that. And the real Lars von Trier kind of bums me out.

Anyway, AICN had even more to say about the possibility of a new David Lynch contribution.

French sales and distribution company StudioCanal is backing the upcoming project from David Lynch titled "Inland Empire," sources in Cannes confirmed Wednesday. StudioCanal, a division of Vivendi Universal's French pay TV company Canal Plus, declined to talk about the project, which it has been trying to keep top secret. Even posters for the film on the Croisette and around the Cannes market have been covered until a grand unveiling scheduled for Thursday.

Well, it's Thursday, so hopefully there will be more news tonight.