Jonas Åkerlund Making ‘Small Apartments’ With Matt Lucas

Music video director Jonas Åkerlund, who’s already directed two feature films (Spun and The Horsemen) and is now working on a Britney Spears video, has his next project lined up: Small Apartments, starring dashing leading man Matt Lucas (Alice in Wonderland). Here’s a quick plot synopsis:

Franklin Franklin is a fully realized and sympathetic protagonist in the vein of Ignatius Reilly (A Confederacy of Dunces), a simple man who yearns for “a land of pastoral serenity” devoid of the irritants of contemporary urban life. An off-beat tale, Small Apartments is accented along the way by murder, strange fingernail collections, and the occasional blast from a treasured alphorn.

Better keep quiet about that Ignatius Reilly connection, everybody. That role is cursed! (Image and info via The Playlist)