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onebluestocking God Posts: 1,868	News about TCW May 21, 2019 17:10:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by onebluestocking on May 21, 2019 17:10:34 GMT The trailer seems to be the same as the old one?

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News about TCW May 21, 2019 17:17:35 GMT

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Post by sgev1977 on May 21, 2019 17:17:35 GMT

Until now, yes. I don't know if they will release another one. I don't know how it would be received but it seems to me the new company is really pushing it (at least in the USA, promotional material worldwide isn't very ambitious. A few days ago I saw a very cheap new poster for, I think, Asian markerts) so it won't be weird if they release a new trailer.

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News about TCW May 21, 2019 17:38:02 GMT

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Post by mllemass on May 21, 2019 17:38:02 GMT

I think that, in general, film critics really like Benedict and want to like his movies, so I’m sure they will keep an open mind and give the movie another shot. This will also give them the opportunity to put some blame on HW if they disliked the earlier version - because you know that the HW scandal will surely still be mentioned in any reviews.

It might also help the box office that since the TIFF premiere, Tom Holland has become Spider-Man. Both he and Nicholas Hoult will bring their own (young) fans to the movie.

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News about TCW May 21, 2019 18:22:00 GMT via mobile

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Post by sgev1977 on May 21, 2019 18:22:00 GMT

David Glasser’s 101 Studios is positioning the long-shelved and revamped “The Current War,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon, for an awards-season release in October.

variety.com/2019/film/news/benedict-cumberbatch-current-war-awards-season-release-1203222233/

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News about TCW May 21, 2019 20:49:59 GMT

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Post by sgev1977 on May 21, 2019 20:49:59 GMT

Well, I just saw Twitter Film critics (the ones who are "professional" but mostly famous for posting their shallow comments on Twitter), having a very closed mind about it. It being finally released is apparently "living in hell"! So yes, it's good to see a few waiting and see instead of being overly melodramatic about it.

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News about TCW May 21, 2019 22:38:25 GMT

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Post by sgev1977 on May 21, 2019 22:38:25 GMT

This guy actually liked the early version:

I saw The Current War at TIFF, and I found it to be mostly enjoyable. That said, director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon was unhappy with the version shown at the fest. “I knew in my heart, and every fiber of my body was saying, it’s not ready. I was drowning in notes, to the point I was addressing them more than editing the film,” the director told Deadline.

Harvey Weinstein apparently wasn’t happy either, because he personally started recutting the movie after the premiere, something that understandably upset Gomez-Rejon. After The Weinstein Company fell apart, however, Gomez-Rejon was given a second chance to get things right. Since then, he’s recut the film into the version he always wanted. “Everything missing is there now, including the right pacing that escalates the tension between these two men,” He said. “The heart of the film is restored.”

www.slashfilm.com/

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News about TCW May 22, 2019 13:57:12 GMT

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Post by sgev1977 on May 22, 2019 13:57:12 GMT

I checked which Weisntein movies have been re-released with a director’s cut. I remember the polemic around Grace Kelly bio. Cannes Film Festival put themselves on the director’s side and released his version during his ugly fight with Weinstein but it didn’t work. It was awfully received and it kind of gave the reason to Weinstein.
I found that there is an alternate version of 54 and this review gives me hopes:

www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/12/54-the-directors-cut-review-disco-thrusting-delirium-mike-myers-berlin

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News about TCW May 28, 2019 7:47:17 GMT

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Post by miriel68 on May 28, 2019 7:47:17 GMT

Well, Grace Kelly's biopic was awful and I don't think any kind of cutting or re-editing could have saved it. It is easily one of the worst biopics I have ever seen and I have seen a lot of bad biopics because it is not an easy genre to do it right.

mllemass Global Moderator Posts: 8,570	News about TCW Jun 5, 2019 18:01:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mllemass on Jun 5, 2019 18:01:37 GMT The trailer in Italian:

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News about TCW Jun 25, 2019 15:26:13 GMT

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Post by sgev1977 on Jun 25, 2019 15:26:13 GMT

There is a new American trailer:

ew.com/movies/2019/06/25/benedict-cumberbatch-michael-shannon-the-current-war-new-trailer/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_ew&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link&utm_term=FE2E4C78-9759-11E9-A66D-B4CD4744363C

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