And Im finally making something that my kids would actually watch.
The Famous Fivefeels like one of the very few things that you literally hand down the generations.
Forging a TV version has been at the back of Winding Refns mind throughout a two-decades-long career.
Matthew Read, left, and Nicolas Winding Refn.Sarah Stenfeldt for Deadline
Deadline understands that more deals are in the offing.
That fantastique has been present in some form in many of Winding Refns works throughout the years.
Read notes that scholars [of Winding Refn] will enjoy spotting the thematic connections.
The Famous Five, from left, Dianna Babnicova, Flora Jacoby Richardson, Kit Rakusen, Elliott Rose and Kip (the dog).James Pardon/Moonage/BBC Studios
She is the de-facto leader of the gang, a tomboyish adventurer with a fiery temper.
Winding Refn brands her the anchor for the narrative, the foundation forThe Famous Five.
The UK has such a countercultural significance, he says.
Did Winding Refn and Read much pay attention to the chatter?
Every generation rebels against its past definitions.
Theres nothing new here.
Casting was integral and the team were rigorous.
Winding Refn describes finding the four main characters as a puzzle.
It all had to match, he says.
It can be a tedious process.
We are maybe speaking less about why we are making content rather than just making content, he elaborates.
So much money is rolling into something that essentially is becoming more click-based.
Failing to see the emperors new clothes is obviously a big mistake, he says.
(WGA has settled its strike, but SAG-AFTRA is still in negotiations with AMPTP.)
I believe thats a great catastrophe, he says.
We need to be a bit more [Its a Wonderful Lifecharacter] George Bailey.
