Another one? Woody Allen planning to shoot in Spain this October
Woody Allen isn’t calling it a day: he’s lining up a new mystery film in Spain after Vicky Cristina Barcelona — and you won’t be waiting long.
A rumour did the rounds back in 2022 that Woody Allen was finally calling it quits, but Allen himself quickly swatted that down. Fast forward to now, and not only is he staying busy, he’s gearing up for his next film — this time taking the show to Spain.
Allen’s Spanish Return
So what do we know about Woody Allen’s upcoming project? Honestly, not a lot of public detail yet, and if you’re hoping for big plot reveals, you’ll be disappointed. What’s clear is that the film is set to shoot this October in Spain, with a budget somewhere near $14 million. This one’s meant to be primarily in English and, if previous reporting holds, will have an all-star ensemble (naturally, nobody’s been named yet — par for the course these days).
Allen’s yet-untitled Spanish film will begin production in October 2026, funded with a $14 million budget and featuring a top-tier ensemble cast.
This isn’t Allen’s first European adventure, either. Spain already played host to two of his films: 2008’s ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ (which netted Penélope Cruz an Oscar, no less), and the pandemic-era ‘Rifkin’s Festival’. Both times, Spanish backing helped pay the bills — not a bad trick for someone who’s been moaning that indie film financing is a nightmare these days.
Allen, Ageing and Adaptation
Since Allen’s now pushing 90, you’d think he might slow down. Not so. His latest film before this one was the 2023 French thriller ‘Coup de Chance’ — a moody little number about an affair that spirals into chaos, with Lou de Laâge and Niels Schneider leading the cast. That flick stuck to familiar Allen ground: ordinary encounters, jealousy, betrayal, everything unraveling at speed. If you’ve seen ‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’ or ‘Match Point’, you know the general drift.
Allen’s talked before about how getting money together for indie projects is, to use his own words, ‘a pain in the neck’. On the process itself, he’s admitted that if anyone just phones up keen to bankroll the next idea, he’s not got the self-control to turn them down, since apparently he’s drowning in more film ideas than he’ll ever shoot. No big surprise he keeps going then.