The unexpected death of the legendary actress Diane Keaton on October 11 at the age of 79 has shocked Hollywood and the entire world. A rapid and serious deterioration in his health in recent months that has ended with the sad goodbye to a movie star who has worked for more than five decades and who leaves us with great titles to remember.
Among them his great character in ‘Annie Hall’ (for which she won the Oscar Award in 1977) and also ‘Manhattan’, the ‘Godfather’ trilogy in which she plays Michael Corleone’s wife, the two parts of ‘Father of the Bride’ and the fun ‘The Least You Expect It’ with Jack Nicholson, among many others.
Diane Keaton’s latest films: two comedies with women over 60
After the sequel ‘Book Club: Now Italy’ (2023) repeating in an incredible casting formed by Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, Diane Keaton released two more comedies in 2024. The actress seemed to find an interesting niche at her age, comedies with powerful female charactersfun and intelligent with new challenges to live after 60 and 70 years.
As a curiosity, this character had her own wardrobe and style that fit 100% with that of the actress herself.
‘Forever Young’ (with the original title ‘Arthur’s Whiskey’)
Directed by Stephen Cookson and starring Diane Keaton as Linda, Patricia Hodge like Joan and Lulu Like Susan. History presents us with the pPossibility of becoming young again once we are over 60 years old. But is being young today as ideal as the protagonists imagine? When Joan, a widow, discovers that her husband invented a secret formula to rejuvenate herself, she decides to try it with her two lifelong best friends.
What seems like the best of plans (they are 30 years old again!) becomes quite a challenge for the three who They are not completely comfortable as young people in today’s world dating through apps, parties, expectations, etc. The dilemmas of the film take us to debates such as whether youth is the best time in life, whether you would go back if you could and the importance of female friendship throughout our existence. You can see it on Movistar Plus+.
‘Summer camp’
Starring by Diane Keaton (Nora), Kathy Bates (Ginny) y Alfre Woodard (Mary). In this film directed and written by Castille Landon, Diane Keaton also appears as a producer. Four women over 60 years old met when they were girls at a camp they went to every summer of their childhood and youth, however the passing of the years, in addition to having separated them due to their responsibilities, jobs, etc., has revealed their frustrations and fears.
Critics appreciated the characters’ fun adventure scenes at the camp.
These lifelong friends will have the opportunity to meet, 50 years laterat the camp and although some are more enthusiastic than others, the experience is going to mark your present and your future reminding them of who they were and who they wanted to be. For each one it will serve as a vital reflection, but also as a group because coexistence will uncover unresolved conflicts, current tensions, etc. And all this while carrying out the classic activities of a veteran camp. You can see it on Movistar Plus+.
The movies that Diane Keaton was going to make…
According to IMDb (Internet Movie Database), a recognized world’s largest online database on film, television and celebrities, actress Diane Keaton had several projects confirmed for the future. Some specialized and North American media had also echoed her signing for these films that, sadly, will no longer be able to count on her:
- ‘The making of’ is a romantic comedy by Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. The story revolves around a married couple of filmmakers (who were to be played by Richard Gere and Keaton) who choose actors (played by Blake Lively y Lin-Manuel Miranda) to play younger versions of themselves, as their own marriage falls apart.
- ‘Constance’ is a survival thriller which was to star Diane Keaton and directed by Mark Pellington. The character was a woman who, suffocated by her overprotective children, plans a day alone that goes terribly wrong. There were many expectations with this film because it was going to take the actress to new terrain according to the director. “Diane Keaton is a world-class actress, brave and fearless, who we will see in a way we have never seen before,” he told ‘ScreenDaily’. “By bringing the character of Constance to life, she will embody the spirit of survival, warm intelligence and wit inherent to our film.”
- ‘Artist in residence’ It was another comedy film that Diane Keaton had already been confirmed to shoot. In this project, he would join Andy Garcia and Josh Hutcherson directed by Raymond de Felitta. When an eccentric artist (Keaton) faces eviction from her home in New York City by a powerful real estate developer (García), she decides to forge two unlikely alliances: one with the developer’s son, Max (Josh Hutcherson), in charge of kicking her out of her home and another with an ambitious reporter who turns the matter into a media event.
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