Had a chance to wax lyrical with rising Brit director Duncan Jones last week about his phenomenal “Moon”, which has impressed the poop out of more than a few of you this year. Amongst topics discussed – you can read the entire interview here, so long as you promise to see the film – his next flick, somewhat of a “Moon” spin-off.

“Mute” is a science-fiction thriller about a mute bartender who goes up against his city's gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner.

At the moment, says Jones, they’re having a little trouble finding the money to do it.

‘’ The script is good – and it’s gone out to some actors, and if we get the actors we want hopefully that will help us get the finance. That’s really the problem right now because, as I said, we made Moon for about 5 million U.S dollars and the next film we want to make for a slightly bigger budget – you know, around fifteen to twenty million dollars. We’re going to have to get a studio involved or, if we go the independent route, we’re going to have to get a hot lead through one of the actors that we’ve got attached. That’s really the tricky bit – financing it.’’

Sam Rockwell won’t be the star of this one – but he will appear in the film.

‘’He’s going to be coming back and doing a little cameo; it’s just a small part. He’ll be coming back and playing the character that he plays in Moon. It’s just a little epilogue moment that’ll be in the background action of the film.’’

Fans of Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” should find “Mute” to be their cup of tea, the amiable filmmaker says.

“It’s science-fiction as well this one – it takes place in the same timeline, but it actually takes place in a future Berlin, so it’s a city film and it’s very much like Blade Runner. Technically, there is no Blade Runner sequel but technically, spiritually and aesthetically anyone who loves Blade Runner is going to really enjoy Mute.’’