Song to Song is an upcoming 2017 American drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, starring an ensemble cast including Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett.
- The film will have its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2017, before being released on March 17, 2017, by Broad Green Pictures.
- Christian Bale was initially set to have a much more substantial role in the film but he ended up working only three to four days on the set.
- According to Ryan Gosling, there was no script used while shooting the movie.
- Filmed back to back with Knight of Cups (2015).
- This is the third time that Terrence Malick and Christian Bale have worked together, after The New World (2005) and Knight of Cups (2015).
- Several musicians and bands like Iggy Pop, Florence Welch of Florence and The Machine, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers are confirmed to have cameos in the film
- During the weekend of September 16, 2011, Terrence Malick was photographed and caught on film while on set for one of the first times ever during the production of this film.
- Michael Fassbender replaced Christian Bale’s role when Bale backed down due to American Hustle (2013).
- Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman star together in Knight of Cups, which is also written and directed by Terrence Malick.
- The film cast includes four Oscar winners: Benicio Del Toro, Cate Blanchett, Holly Hunter and Natalie Portman; and three Oscar nominees: Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling.
- Mia Wasikowska and Clémence Poésy were considered to play the lead female role.
- Just over three month before it’s initial release, the title of the film was changed from “Weightless” to “Song to Song”.
- Ryan Gosling and Callie Hernandez was in La La Land, although they shared no scenes together.
- For a while the film was thought to be called “Weightless”.
- Both Christian Bale and Val Kilmer have played the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman exactly ten years apart: Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995) and Bale in Batman Begins (2005).
- Was initially called Limitless and Weightless before its official title, Song To Song, was revealed in January 2017
- Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman were originally set to co-star together in Macbeth (2015), however, Portman dropped out before filming began. She was replaced by Marion Cotillard.
- Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara starred together in a lesbian-themed love story Carol (2015).
- Bérénice Marlohe is the second Daniel Craig era Bond Girl Terrence Malick has directed, having also been in Skyfall (2012). The first was Olga Kurylenko, who starred in Quantum of Solace (2008) and To the Wonder (2012).
- Both Michael Fassbender and Boyd Holbrook starred in at least one X-Men movie. Fassbender was in three X-Men movies and Holbrook was in Logan (2017).
- Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett and Benicio Del Toro have starred in at least one Marvel movie. Portman was in the first two Thor films; Blanchett is in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Del Toro was in Thor: The Dark World (2013), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
- Both Natalie Portman and Benicio Del Toro have starred in at least one Star Wars movie. Portman was in the prequel trilogy and Del Toro is in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).
