Twenty years on from their last collaboration, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (which followed Labyrinth of Passion, Matador, Law of Desire, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Pedro Almodovar and Antonio Banderas are set to work together again on La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live In).
The story of a surgeon out for revenge on the man who raped his daughter and put her in a mental institution, Almodovar describes the film as "the harshest I've ever written". It's loosely based on the thoroughly twisted French novel Mygale by Thierry Jonquet (who's also known for his books for children), which plays with ideas of captivity, revenge and sexual humiliation, tied up in a twisty-turny mystery narrative.
On the surface it's more obviously David Lynch territory than something we'd expect from Almodovar, but the director seems enthused by the idea of a film that's "close to the terror genre, but I won't respect any of its rules."
It'll be "a terror film without screams or scares", concludes Pedro. Which sounds like Platinum Dunes territory if you ask us.