Director Kitty Green wants to make a trilogy with Julia Garner

The second collaboration between filmmaker Kitty Green and three-time Emmy-winning actor Julia Garner after The Assistant, The Royal Hotel, is making its way to the theatres on October 6. Also starring Jessica Henwick and Hugo Weaving, the film will portray the gender disparity between men and women. 

Speaking about working with Julia Garner for the second time, director Kitty Green told The Hollywood Reporter, “Julia and I would love to do a third one. But I also don’t want it to feel too same-samey. So I’m sure there’ll be some connection, but for the next one, I’d still like to blow it up a little bit.”

The Royal Hotel will see Garner and Henwick playing friends who are backpacking through Australia. When they eventually run out of money, the owner of The Royal Hotel (Weaving) gives them a temporary job at a bar in a remote town. However, the situation quickly grows into something more threatening and scary.

The script has been co-written by Green and Oscar Redding. The film is being produced by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning for See-Saw Films alongside Liz Watts, the Head of Film and Television (Aus) at the company, and with Kath Shelper for Scarlett Pictures.