Lenny Abrahamson finds his follow-up to 'Room' with hippie crime film, 'Burning Rainbow Farm'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            One of the most fascinating directors in Hollywood today is one that has becoming fresh in people’s minds is Lenny Abrahamson (Room, Frank). The Oscar-nominated director to helped Brie Larson achieve an Academy Award for Room has lined him his next project. According to Deadline, Abrahamson will direct Burning Rainbow Farm based on the book of the same name from Dean Kuiper.

            Burning Rainbow Farm follows life partners Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm who ran a serene farm which was pot-friendly. They had annual music and weed festivals which led them to become leaders in the movement towards marijuana legalization in Michigan in the 1990s. This came with many problems though including a tragic and fatal accident where a teen attendee crashed his car and died at one of the festivals. This led to a raid and the couple were charged with a possession of a firearm and cultivating 200 marijuana plants. The event led to a downward spiral for the couple that also included a standoff with police that lasted five-days.

            In terms of story, I am incredibly intrigued to see this film especially with Abrahamson attached. I still have not seen Room but we know that the director can get great performances out of his actors and Frank was one of the most underrated films of the decade thus far, in my opinion. He worked with great talents in that movie as well like Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Fassbender, who I’m hoping he can reunite with for this project.

            As soon as more news for the film is released like casting news or start on production, we’ll let you know here at Cinema Wave!