When your two previous film collaborations have been a 110-minute dialogue on the nature of theater, art and life; and an informal, street-clothes performance of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” what do you do for an encore?

After a cinematic hiatus of nearly 18 years, Wallace Shawn and André Gregory, the creators of the influential art-house films “My Dinner With André” and “Vanya on 42nd Street,” are ready to answer that question.

Their next project will be a filmed version of Ibsen’s “Master Builder,” adapted by Mr. Shawn and directed for the screen by Jonathan Demme.

Lest anyone conclude that the movie, tentatively titled “Wally and André Shoot Ibsen,” is their sudden bid for mass-market accessibility, the pair say they will film it this spring in about a week at the Pen and Brush, an East Village art club.