Three Thousand Years of Longing
Three Thousand Years of Longing is an upcoming epic fantasy romance film written and directed by George Miller. The film will premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in May 2022. Premise. A scholar, content with life, encounters a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Their conversation, in a hotel room in Istanbul, leads to consequences neither would have expected. Production. It was announced in October 2018 that George Miller had set his next directorial effort, which was described as being "epic in scope", and was expected to begin filming  in 2019. Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton were announced as being cast the same month. In a July 2019 interview, Miller stated that pre-production would begin on the film in late 2019, with filming beginning on March 2, 2020 between Australia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. However it was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It began filming in November 2020 in Australia. Release. In May 2020, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the North American distribution rights for the film, with Metropolitan Filmexport and Sunac Culture handling distribution in France and China respectively. The film will have its  world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in May 2022. It will be the first MGM title to premiere at the festival following the closure of its merger with Amazon on March 17, 2022.