A documentary on the life and career of Val Kilmer is in preparation

Val Kilmer will be the subject of a documentary produced by A24 and distributed by Amazon Studios.

The actor, whose career spans four decades, has recorded and filmed his entire life, which will allow directors Leo Scott and Ting Poo, with additional interviews of the star, to draw a video biography. complete.

“At least once a day for years, I would look around and have this bittersweet feeling that there were a thousand reasons why this project could have failed.

I mean, what could the movie look like of a man who films himself, sometimes daily, for years?

It is unimaginable that this film could have seen the light of day without the help of my dear friends, Leo and Ting, and of my production partners, ”the

star said

in a statement relayed by

.

From climax to illness

If he is today weakened by a throat cancer which nearly cost him his life, Val Kilmer was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood in the 1980s and 1990s. The actor stood out with his first big role in

, in 1986, before going on with successful films such as

,

(where he played the role of Jim Morrison),

,

, before playing Batman in

in 1995. After a slump due to illness, Val Kilmer is set to return to

sequel

,

, which is slated for release on November 19.

Val

, the documentary devoted to his life, could be presented at the Cannes Film Festival, says the

.

"This raw, wildly original and uncompromising documentary reveals a life lived to the extreme and a look full of heart, sometimes hilarious, on what it means to be an artist and a complex man", one can read in the press release announcing the project.

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