Reports began circulating in June 2019 that
Terrence Malick had begun filming his next project, then known as
The Last Planet, near
Anzio, Italy. By July, filming was reportedly occurring in
Iceland, with
Ben Kingsley and
Björn Thors reported to have been cast and present for filming. In September,
Mark Rylance,
Matthias Schoenaerts,
Géza Röhrig,
Joseph Fiennes,
Douglas Booth and
Aidan Turner were cast, with Rylance directly confirming the film and saying he would play four versions of
Satan.
John Rhys-Davies was also added to the cast.
Joseph Mawle was added in October.
Mathieu Kassovitz told the French radio station
RFM that Malick filmed an average of five hours per day, leading to 3,000 hours of footage by the end of filming. Editing commenced in 2019, immediately after filming ended. , Malick was still editing the film. ==References==