Production On Terrence Malick’s Untitled Oklahoma-Set Romantic Drama Begins; Set Photos Featuring Olga Kurylenko

Update: Images removed at the request of Rockville Magazine.

Update 2. 10.27.2010: screengrab images added from video footage shot and posted on Facebook (more here).

With a distribution deal finalised last week for his ‘cinema-changing’ epic “Tree Of Life,” Terrence Malick has started production on his next directorial effort, a romantic drama set in his home state of Oklahoma.

The project already has the likes of Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Rachel Weisz and Olga Kurylenko attached to star and recently shot at Oklahoma’s recent 23rd annual Indian Summer Festival — a celebration of Native American culture and the Bartlesville community. Attendees this year were greeted with a warning noting that Redbud Pictures, LLC “will be filming at these premises today” with the company, of course, being the same one registered earlier this year with Malick as manager.

Malick and a small crew were spotted filming Kurylenko as she floated around the festival’s attractions. One notable moment definitely captured involved the actress interacting with and twirling a young local girl around in dance; all likely to be improvisation as the girl’s parents signed release forms after the fact.

When approached, Oklahoma Film and Music continued to deny the production’s existence but, with things scheduled to kick into full gear early October and run through November in Bartlesville and Oklahoma City, surely they won’t be able to hide it much longer. Glen Basner’s Film Nation is financing the pic with Bill Pohlad producing. [RockvilleMusic]