Surprise! Travis Scott is releasing a movie this week
Scott tapped some of the film world’s favorite iconoclasts, including Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Harmony Korine, for Circus Maximus
Announced last year, rapper Travis Scott’s directorial debut has been kept under wraps and clouded by misinformation. For example, despite saying the film was “produced by A24” on the poster, IndieWire reports that A24 is not involved. But while confusion surrounding who exactly produced the thing lingers, Scott’s moving forward with a theatrical run. Timed with the release of his new album, Utopia, Scott’s film Circus Maximus will hit about 200 AMC theaters across the U.S. on Thursday, July 27. Maximus sounds like a visual album akin to Beyoncé’s Lemonade, a collection of music videos tied with a loose narrative. Scott didn’t skimp on the production, though. The poster, which given the A24 situation we should take with a grain of salt, advertises the shooting locations, including Denmark, France, Iceland, Nigeria, and Italy. He also landed an iconoclastic filmmaker for each location. Scott’s omnibus film credits six directors: Scott, Gaspar Noé, Harmony Korine, Nicolas Winding Refn, Vladimir Jóhannson, and Kahlil Joseph.