It stars Daniel Day-Lewis. It’s directed by Steven Spielberg. It tells the true story of arguably our greatest President. So can we just hand multiple Oscars to Lincoln right now? The epic hits theaters nationwide on November 16 and centers on the final months of this legend’s life. Its official synopsis teases Abraham Lincoln’s “moral courage and fierce determination to succeed” and how “his choices during this critical moment [of war] will change the fate of generations to come.” We’re telling you: total Oscar bait. Watch the trailer now:
Also in Thursday evening’s round-up of news briefs, the Academy names a director for the 85th Oscars telecast. And a slew of Venice and Toronto titles find homes, leading them to U.S. theaters in the coming months. Don Mischer to Direct 85th Oscar Telecast Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said Don Mischer will direct the 85th Academy Awards telecast, marking the “continuation of [his] multi-faceted relationship with the Academy, which includes pro ducting the Oscars red carpet pre-show and producing the annual Governor’s Ball.” Richard Gere to Receive Hamptons International Film Festival Honors Aactor Richard Gere will attend the 20th anniversary HIFF to receive The Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement in Acting on October 6th. The award will be presented during the festival’s “Conversation With Richard Gere”, a discussion with Mr. Gere about his life and career, moderated by the festival’s Honorary Chairman, Alec Baldwin. The 20th Hamptons International Film Festival takes place October 4th – 8th in Long Island, NY’s East End. Fandango Eyes Advanced Ticket Sales for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 The final installment of the Twilight behemoth will first go on sale October 1st at Midnight ET, more than six weeks before the movie’s November 16th release, the online ticketed said. Deadline also reports that MovieTickets.com is offering the advanced tickets on its site too . Advance tickets for the November 15 Twilight Marathon – where all five films of The Twilight Saga will be shown in order at select theaters – will also go on sale on October 1st. And, as part of a special sweepstakes on Fandango, two fans will also have the chance to win a trip to the world premiere of Breaking Dawn, Part 2 in Los Angeles. Visit their site for more details. Venice and Toronto’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist Heads to U.S. Theaters IFC Films picked up North American rights to the film, directed by Mira Nair, which opened the recent Venice Film Festival and screened last week at the Toronto International Film Festival. Starring Liev Schreiber, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, and Riz Ahmed, the film tells the story of a young Pakistani man (Ahmed) whose pursuit of corporate success on Wall Street leads him on a strange path back to the world he had left behind. The deal for the film was negotiated by Arianna Bocco, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions & Productions for Sundance Selects/IFC Films and Hal Sadoff for DFI and Bart Walker of Cinetic Media on behalf of the filmmakers. Toronto’s No Place On Earth Heads to U.S. Theaters Magnolia Pictures picked up U.S. theatrical rights to the emotional directorial debut of Janet Tobias’ Toronto documentary No Place On Earth . The film, which recently had its world premiere in Toronto, tells the little-known story of thirty-eight Ukrainian Jews who survived World War II by living in caves for eighteen months, the longest-recorded sustained underground survival. Built upon interviews with former cave inhabitants, as well as Chris Nicola, the caving enthusiast who unearthed the story. negotiated by Josh Braun and David Koh at Submarine with Dori Begley, Magnolia’s Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. Magnolia will release No Place On Earth theatrically in 2013. While We Were Here Heads to U.S. Theaters The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere is set on the isle of Ischia off the Amalfi Coast in Italy. The film follows a young American writer named Jane (Bosworth) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroadswhen she accompanies her husband Leonard (Goldberg) on a business trip. While escaping the mundanity of her comfortable marriage by delving deeper into adapting her grandmother’s WWII stories into a memoir she stumbles into a romantic affair with a younger man (Blackley) who complicates her life even further. L.A.-based distributor Wrekin Hill release the film in the U.S., which stars Kate Bosworth, Jamie Blackley and Iddo Goldberg. How To Make Money Selling Drugs Heads to U.S. Theaters The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival Friday. Directed by Matthew Cooke, the provocative documentary offers an in-depth look at the high-stakes world of drug dealing and drug enforcement by blending authentic reportage with pop culture references. Tribeca Film, the distribution component of the group that oversees the Tribeca Film Festival, plans a 2013 theatrical release as well as Video On Demand platforms.
Steven Spielberg debuted the trailer to Lincoln , his highly anticipated film about the 16th U.S. President at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, but the experience was less-than-mesmerizing. That’s because the webcast was initially plagued with glitches that left some viewers with nothing more than a “buffering” notice or moments when the trailer seemed to fade in and out of blackness. The Google + Hangout session with the filmmaker and Joseph Gordon-Levitt , who stars as Lincoln’s son Robert Todd Lincoln, was also bedeviled by sound problems that turned the question-and-answer session into an annoying echo chamber. If you didn’t — or couldn’t — see the trailer during its premiere, check it out after the jump, along with the first images from Spielberg’s ’12 Oscar contender. PHOTOS: First Images From Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln The sound problems were eventually corrected, and Spielberg remarked that Lincoln “is a figure in this national landscape who hasn’t been re-examined enough,” except, he added, as parody. According to Spielberg, the last movie to take a substantial look at the historical figure was the 1939 feature Young Mr. Lincoln , in which Henry Fonda portrayed him in his pre-presidential days as a lawyer. “I think a figure as great as Abraham Lincoln deserves re-examination,” Spielberg said. Gordon-Levitt took a more personal approach to the Q&A, taking time to give a shout-out to his high-school AP U.S. History teacher, Mr. Bechtel — I’m guessing at the spelling here — who the actor said was one of his favorite teachers because he presented history as if it were “story time” instead of reducing it to “a bunch of facts and multiple-choice questions.” Gordon-Levitt also said he was “honored” to work with Spielberg. Here’s the trailer. Instant Oscar powerhouse? Watch it on Youtube. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Ahead of Thursday’s trailer premiere, Steven Spielberg and Co. have released a first-look teaser for Lincoln , starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th President of the United States. Get a taste of what Spielberg has in store with this somber (but stirring!) bit of footage from the film. Gettysburg Address, y’all! I like the conceit of Lincoln hearing his own inspirational words recited back to him, feeling his impact on his fellow man even in the sparest of moments in what looks to be a quiet Union encampment. Synopsis: Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln,” a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come. Lincoln hits theaters on November 9 and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, and more. [ DreamWorks ] Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
With one last action-packed trailer, Summit continues its final marketing push to bring the $2 billion Twilight Saga down the home stretch. What’s nice about this full two-minute trailer is it actually builds tension, at least, moreso than the abridged looks we’ve had this week . And while it lays down more of a foundation for the final epic throwdown between good vampires and not-so-good vampires that wraps up the series, we also get the tiniest explanation of the “immortal child” hullabaloo at the center of Breaking Dawn . The full trailer offers a bit more explanation for the uninitiated as to why evil Italian vampire Michael Sheen and his army of cloaked bloodsuckers are coming to Washington State to tangle with Bella Swan ( Kristen Stewart ), Edward Cullen ( Robert Pattinson ), and their extended brood namely, Renesmee. The Volturi have been waiting for a reason to punish these peaceful romance-loving Cullen vamps, and when stupid Irina (Maggie Grace, I cannot wait for you to not be annoying in a movie) tattles some misinformation they are convinced Bella and Edward have done the unthinkable: “Turned” a child. Also saved for the final marketing push is an emphasis on the special vampire powers that gave Stephenie Meyer’s Saga-ender such a left-field X-Men: The Last Stand -type feel, although the book differed drastically from the heated brawling we see here, so there’s at least one mystery left to uncover . Better to reel in fans with the homestead drama and Bella’s karate kicking skills and leave the really out-there stuff for audiences to discover in the theater (*cough imprinting cough*). The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is in theaters November 16. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
There are few things more satisfying in this world than hearing Christopher Walken say the word “fuck.” Yes, his now-classic Saturday Night Live declaration of “I’ve got a fever and the prescription is more cowbell” is one of them, but let’s stay focused here. Walken and his co-star Colin Farrell let their filth flags fly in the Red Band trailer below for In Bruges director Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths . Indeed, save for their spirited f-bombing, the trailer recycles a number of scenes from the last clip we brought you — but it’s still damn funny. The movie is about a struggling writer, played by Colin Farrell, who finds himself in a whole lot of trouble after his friend, out-of-work actor and moonlighting dog-napper Sam Rockwell and his partner-in-crime (Walken) make off with a canine that belongs to a brutal gangster. The new trailer also gives the barest hint that Tom Waits, who’s also in the picture, definitely qualifies as one of the seven titular psychos. Check it out below. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Katniss Everdeen has taken her bow and arrow to The Twilight Saga and hit a bull’s eye: The Hunger Games has sold 3.8 million copies in its first two days of release, outpacing both previous installments of that other popular young adult series. In February, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 sold 3.2 million DVDs and Blu-rays on its first weekend, while
Or is she the Michele Bachmann of beurre ? The more I see of October’s Midwestern comedy Butter , the more I’m totally going to watch it and also maybe start etching masterworks out of breakfast foods. Watch the latest trailer for the Jennifer Garner-Olivia Wilde-Rob Corddry ensemble indie and see if you’re as charmed by the tale of an orphan, a housewife, a stripper, and various other quirky personalities going head-to-head in a butter-carving contest. If only Nutella had a bit more hold… Butter is directed by British helmer Jim Field Smith ( She’s Out Of My League , Episodes ) from the Black List script by Jason Micallef and co-stars Ty Burrell, Ashley Greene, Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone, and 12-year-old Yara Shahidi. It hits theaters in limited release on October 5. [via Yahoo ]
Lawless (2012), director John Hillicoat ‘ s highly anticipated followup to The Road (2009), has a red-band trailer that makes the bootlegging drama look more exciting than a Mason jar of white lightning. We’re especially excited here at Skin Central because the trailer shows us brief snippets of all three of the movie’s nude scenes: First, fast-forward to the 55-second mark to see nudecomer Toni Byrd topless on the edge of a bed. Then, 1 minute and 38 seconds in, we get a quick look at an uncredited woman running through the woods with her shirt ripped open. But the real attraction is star Jessica Chastain , who gives us a sneak preview of her sex scene with Tom Hardy 1 minute and 43 seconds into the trailer. Jessica doesn’t actually show anything here, but our Skin Skout reports that we get a ” great look at both breasts ” an hour and 12 minutes into the movie. Lawless ? More like Braless ! Lawless hits theaters everywhere on August 29 , but you can see star Jessica Chastain nude RIGHT NOW here at MrSkin.com!
This trailer’s worth a look just for the scenes with Christopher Walken at the 1:45 mark. He stars as “Hans” in Martin McDonagh’s upcoming dog-napping caper, Seven Psychopaths , and there’s something remarkably satisfying about watching Mr. “More Cowbell!” refusing to acquiesce to a shotgun-wielding tough-guy (played by Zeljko Ivanek) as if he were engaging in a sixth-grade playground stand-off. The movie is about a struggling writer, played by Colin Farrell, who finds himself in a whole lot of trouble after his friend, out-of-work actor and moonlighting dog-napper Sam Rockwell and his partner-in-crime (Walken) make off with a canine that belongs to a brutal gangster. Not sure about Tom Waits role, but also shows up in this trailer stroking a bunny. McDonagh’s In Bruges , which also starred Farrell, was such a tightly constructed black comedy that I’m really looking forward to this one. Watch it on YouTube.
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