New Release Dates for HUGO CABRET, DYLAN DOG: DEAD OF NIGHT, and HORRIBLE BOSSES
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: February 19th, 2011
The Martin Scorsese-directed fantasy adventure Hugo Cabret will arrive sooner than expected. Deadline reports financier Graham King (of GK Films) believes the five-day Thanksgiving weekend is the optimal time window for the family film. Sony Pictures could not provide the date, and so let GK Films take Hugo Cabret elsewhere. Paramount Pictures has an overall deal with Scorsese, a strong relationship with King, and an opening for a Thanksgiving tentpole: the studio agreed to distribute Hugo Cabret on November 23, a busy weekend also occupied by The Muppets, Project X, Rise of the Apes, and Arthur in Christmas.
In other release date news, Box Office Mojo lists the supernatural comic book adaptation Dylan Dog: Dead of Night at April 29 opposite Fast Five, Prom, and Hoodwinked Too!. The ensemble comedy Horrible Bosses has re-solidified its position in July. Warner Bros. previously uprooted Bosses from July 29 to a date to be named later — now named July 8, where it faces One for the Money, Zookeeper, and limited release One Day.
The cast and synopsis for all three films are after the break.
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First Trailer for HESHER Starring Devin Brochu, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, and Rainn Wilson
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: February 19th, 2011
Hesher first premiered at Sundance 2010 over a year ago, and was quickly picked up by Newmarket Films. Since then, Joseph-Gordon Levitt upped his star status to Inception level, and Natalie Portman is a newly minted Oscar nominee. But it’s taken awhile for Hesher, directed by Spencer Susser, to get to the screen. Perhaps because of the rough subject material: Gordon-Levitt plays an apathetic loner pyromaniac who inserts himself into the life of T.J. (Devin Brochu), a young boy that moved into his grandma’s house with his father (Rainn Wilson) after T.J.’s mother died. Heavy stuff — not the easiest sell.
However, if this new trailer is any indication, Hesher is at least worth a look as a major showcase for Mr. Gordon-Levitt. Watch it after the break.
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Robert Downey Jr. Plans to Film Paul Thomas Anderson’s INHERENT VICE This Fall
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: February 19th, 2011
When first announced that Paul Thomas Anderson is planning to adapt the Thomas Pynchon novel Inherent Vice, it was noted that Anderson’s agency hoped to attach another client, Robert Downey Jr., to the project. Flash forward to last week: Anderson is close to finding financing for Inherent Vice, and Downey is said to be interested in the role. Risky Business posted a report this weekend that indicateds Downey’s commitment to the film has “recently grown serious,” with plans to shoot Inherent Vice in the fall.
Downey recently wrapped production on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with The Avengers up next on his schedule and Iron Man 3 in early 2012. But his departure from Oz the Great and Powerful left an opening on his post-Avengers calendar. More after the jump:
