After eight films and a limited series, Xavier Dolan says he’s retiring from filmmaking. The news comes from Spanish outlet El País, who interviewed the filmmaker about his new limited series “The Night Logan Woke Up.” Despite premiering the series’ first two episodes at Sundance this past January, an American release for it has yet to be announced. And that’s why Dolan’s retiring; after another HBO series he commited to, he plans to leave behind movies and TV for good.

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There are very few directors who like to work at the break-neck speed that Canadian multi-hyphenate Xavier Dolan relishes. Fewer still can boast of churning out quality output at every turn. Since debuting with the semi-autobiographical “I Killed My Mother” in 2009, Dolan has more or less helmed one feature every year. In fact, the longest Dolan has stepped away from filmmaking has been during the three pandemic-stained years when life retreated indoors.

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The 2023 Sundance Film Festival is almost a month away and this morning the Sundance Institute revealed the Indie Episodic and Short Film slates for the festival. 64 shorts were selected from 10,981 submissions, the highest on record. Four Indie Episodic programs were selected from 519 submissions.

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On the Indie Episodic side, Sundance will feature the international premiere of Xavier Dolan’s “The Night Logan Woke Up” which has already debuted on a Canadian streaming service.

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For months now, Xavier Dolan has teased the idea of making a TV miniseries as his next big writing-directing gig. And apparently, that has finally come together, as the filmmaker begins readying “The Night Logan Woke Up.”

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According to Variety, Dolan is teaming up with Studiocanal and Quebecor Content for “The Night Logan Woke Up.” The series will be written and directed by Dolan and is set to begin production in March 2021 for a 2022 TV debut.

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