Carol: The Sequel

After my 10,069th “Carol” rewatch last week, I sat back wistfully and dreamed of what a sequel continuing the love story of Carol Aird and Therese Belivet would look like. And then The Series of Tubes delivered with these images. Granted, they’re not actually images of Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara filming “Carol 2: Lezectric Boogaloo.” Instead they’re filming “Nightmare Alley,” director Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham and subsequent 1947 film starring Tyrone Power.

Searchlight’s official synopsis describes the film noir as such:

“In ‘Nightmare Alley,’ an ambitious young carny (Bradley Cooper ) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is. The carnival cast includes carnival worker Molly (Rooney Mara), head barker Clem (Willem Dafoe), and Ron Perlman as Bruno the Strongman. Richard Jenkins is part of the high society crowd as wealthy industrialist Ezra Grindle.”

Yeah, yeah, whatever. CATE AND ROONEY TOGETHER AGAIN. CAROL AND THERESE 4-EVER.



Now, since this film appears to be set in the late 1940s, this could technically be a prequel to the 1950’s-era “Carol.” But, come one, how perfect would it be if Carol and Therese joined the circus and started scamming unsuspecting men out of all of their money?

Well, we can dream, can’t we?



p.s. Cate sure is getting in touch with her inner villain a lot these days...and I don’t hate it.