By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 27, 2021 5:00 pm EST
Here is the description of the documentary:
Kilmer has been largely absent from the public eye for the past few years, having gone through a two-year battle with throat cancer which left him short of breath and using a feeding tube. Though Kilmer has been steadily acting through the years, he is set to make a big comeback as one of his most beloved characters, “Iceman,” in the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, which the documentary will likely tackle.
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
In a statement accompanying the announcement, Kilmer said, “At least once a day for years I looked around and got this bittersweet feeling that there are a thousand reasons that this project could’ve been shipwrecked. I mean, what could a film look like of a man filming himself, sometimes daily, years at a time? It is unimaginable that this movie actually could’ve ever come to light without the partnership of my dear friends, Leo and Ting, and my producing partners. Tireless hours of editing and endless emotions with each new cut! I couldn’t be more proud to share this with the world!”
No release date has yet been set for Val.
