It's easy to get lost in the spectacle of Marvel's many superhero movies and forget just how much talent they manage to assemble for each one. The latest poster for Thor: The Dark World serves as a reminder of just how great the cast is, with Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, and Natalie Portman leading the charge. Hitting theaters on November 8th, the film has the god of thunder forced to turn to his duplicitous brother Loki for help when a threat arises that even he can't handle. Reshoots are taking place right now, possibly expanding on the Earthbound sequences, but would anybody be surprised if they're adding some sort of post-credits sequence?
I don't know how David Lowery's amazingly poetic Ain't Them Bodies Saints will play in France, but they're getting a striking new poster capturing one of the film's signature moments. Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara feature in the film as a criminal duo split up when he's sent away to prison, while she gets off with a slap on the wrist. Years later as she's beginning to move on with her life, Affleck escapes and comes looking to rekindle what they had, but of course complications arise at every turn. The film was one of the strongest at Sundance (my review here) and establishes Lowery as a director to keep a close watch on. Ain't Them Bodies Saints opens on August 16th. Actually, considering many have compared the film's approach to that of Terrence Malick, it may do gangbusters in France after all.
Diablo Cody may not be the biggest name around but the words "From the Academy Award-Winning Writer of Juno" carry a lot of weight. Here's the new poster for Cody's directorial debut, Paradise, which stars Julianne Hough as Lamb, a woman who loses her faith after an accident, and heads to the Sin City to catch up on what she was denied by her strict fundamentalist upbringing. Starring Russell Brand, Octavia Spencer, Holly Hunter, and Nick Offerman, Paradise opens on October 8th.
The new poster for Lee Daniels' The Butler is the first with the expanded title, now that the silly dispute with Warner Bros. and the MPAA is over. It's also perhaps the most striking image yet from the period drama, which has Forest Whitaker portraying the life of White House butler Eugene Allen, who served under eight Presidential administrations at the height of the civil rights movement. Striking image yes, but subtle it isn't, although that's never been one of Daniels' strongest qualities as a director. I'm expecting a heavy-handed emotional wrecking ball with a slew of outlandish portrayals of famous historical figures. Hopefully I'm wrong and the truly remarkable cast does proper justice to Allen's incredible story. Lee Daniels' The Butler arrives on August 16th.
