In an interview with Deadline, Apichatpong says he may be partnering with a streaming service on the project.
The film will have a smaller budget than his previous film “Memoria.” The project will also involve his collaborators Jenjira Pongpas and Sakda Kaewbuadee.
Location scouting will take place in Sri Lanka, in March 2023.
Here is the goodreads synopsis of The Fountains of Paradise:
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind of space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
Source: Deadline.com