Jones to follow 'Moon' with 'Mute'

Moon director Duncan Jones will next helm the science fiction thriller Mute, says Screen Daily.

The filmmaker, who recently won the prestigious Michael Powell award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, said that Mute will be a more ambitious project than his directorial debut.

"It will definitely be bigger than Moon, probably something up to $25 million," he said. "Moon is about alienation and isolation. The next one will have a different vibe. It's not about one actor on their own, it's an ensemble piece."

Producer Stuart Fenegan added of the story: "Mute is about a woman whose disappearance causes a mystery for her partner, a mute bartender. When she disappears, he has to go up against the city's gangsters."

Jones is also attached to direct Escape From The Deep, about the sinking of submarine USS Tang during World War II.

Moon opens in UK cinemas on June 17.