After seeing Mulholland Drive, I honestly figured that it would be David Lynch’s final film. It basically synthesized aspects of all of his previous movies into one very bizzare film. I assumed that with the completion of that film, Lynch would spend most of his time and energy on his davidlynch.com website.

Well, I was wrong.

As reported today on Dugpa.com, Lynch has begun work on a new film called Inland Empire. Variety has more information in Lynch invades an ‘Empire’: Digital pic details a mystery, including cast information (mostly previous Lynch collaborators) and technical details (the film will be shot on digital).

The cast includes Harry Dean Stanton (from Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and The Straight Story), Jeremy Irons (a first-time Lynch actor), Laura Dern (from Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart), and Justin Theroux (from Mulholland Drive).

It’ll be interesting to see how this film pans out. Apparently Lynch’s studio wants the film ready for Cannes next year.

To be honest, I’m skeptical that this film will be as good as his other’s. Like I said, I really think that for Mulholland Drive Lynch basically exhausted his creativity, but I could be wrong. We’ll see. I’m excited either way.