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Post by dreamsincolour on Mar 9, 2017 19:31:47 GMT
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Post by coolclearwaters on Mar 9, 2017 20:51:04 GMT
Ouch! Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus??? I'm not the target audience (who is), but still! So the writer for The Current War was one of the writers on Vinyl. That's too bad. Vinyl was awful!!! I gave it a try because of Scorsese and some of the cast, but gave up after a few episodes. Maybe his part in it was minor.
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Post by MagdaFR on Mar 9, 2017 20:55:47 GMT
I hope Weinstein doesn't dump TCW. He has many possibilities for the Oscars.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Mar 9, 2017 21:06:13 GMT
I hope Weinstein doesn't dump TCW. He has many possibilities for the Oscars. Really? It sounds like they have already dumped most of them. The only one that sounds a little interesting to me is Wind River.
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Post by MagdaFR on Mar 9, 2017 22:46:50 GMT
I'm interested in Mary Magdalene (not because of the name). Garth Davis did a good job with Lion. It has very respected actors Phoenix, Chiwetel, Mara. says Ann Thompson. If Weinstein backs this film and actors for awards he'll very probably dump TCW.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Mar 9, 2017 23:17:23 GMT
He might promote one film more heavily for the Oscar's, but that doesn't mean he won't distribute and promote the other. Putting all of your financial eggs in one basket seems like a poor business decision.
Who is the target audience for Mary Magdalene? I know there is a big market for "faith-based" movies, but Phoenix and Mara seem to be more art-house actors. Promotion might be difficult, too. Phoenix is one of my favorite actors, but he and Mara are not great at publicity, to put it mildly.
Aside from Benedict, TCW also has Michael Shannon who is very hot right now and,arguably, the greatest American actor of his generation. I would rather Weinstein not put Benedict through quite the dog and pony show that he did for TIG promotion. I know I was paying too much attention, but I think they overdid it.
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Post by sgev1977 on Mar 9, 2017 23:49:33 GMT
It's too early to know. They haven't even finished TCW!
About Anne Thompson and others, remember when award pundits went to the Weinstein event at Cannes and a few of them said The Imitation Game didn't looked interesting enough to win awards but movies like Suite Francaise and Only God Forgives (which did its premiere the day after and suddenly wasn't so acclaimed like they predicted it) seemed to be strong bets.
Right now it's just shots in the dark.
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Post by igs on Mar 10, 2017 12:11:04 GMT
I know there is a big market for "faith-based" movies, but Phoenix and Mara seem to be more art-house actors. Promotion might be difficult, too. I think religious movies are always a bit risky, and very easy targets for controversy due to everyone being so emotional about religion. I think Noah did ok but Exodus certainly was a flop, of course the constant whitewashing in them doesn't help either. For some reason I think Phoenix is a great choice for Jesus, but I'm still not sure how well this film could do. I'm excited for Tulip Fever and TCW of course. Absolutely loathe that they are remaking The Intouchables (one of my favorite movies of all-time) and it sounds like a very lazy remake at that. I mean Kevin Hart? The guy this character is based on is an Algerian Arab immigrant in his early-20s and they cast a 40-year-old African American? Here's a golden opportunity to make a positive film starring an immigrant (Omar Sy's version of the character was Senegalese rather than Algerian but still) or even more revolutionary a...*gasp!*... Muslim immigrant. But I guess they saw Omar Sy and didn't care to look deeper than someone superficially reminiscent of him when doing the casting. I hate remakes that can't be bothered to do much else than put the screenplay they're remaking through Google translate and make a few jokes more appropriate to their target audience.
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Post by roverpup on Mar 10, 2017 18:09:10 GMT
I really didn't get the negative vibe that others seem to have picked up on from this article. In fact it seems to me to indicate that, although things are rough for all indie distributors, HW et al have a pretty strong lineup overall.
I'm not sure - is there a feeling out there that HW will dump TCW? Didn't get that from this article. Are there rumblings out there that this is a possibility or is this just a personal feeling from those who feel that way? Either way, I am still going to seek out that film because of BC's role in it, so I will be seeing it regardless of who distributes it.
Personally other than TCW which I will definitely be seeing, I am looking forward to Tulip Fever (I love costume dramas and the subject matter is of interest to me being an avid gardener), Wind River (and not because of Hell or High Water writer either - wasn't overly in love with that one), and Hampstead (I hope the location shooting in Ireland is true in nature to the actual HH). I also might see Intouchable (but mainly for Brian C - loved him in BB and All the Way).
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Post by coolclearwaters on Mar 10, 2017 19:20:55 GMT
I really didn't get the negative vibe that others seem to have picked up on from this article. In fact it seems to me to indicate that, although things are rough for all indie distributors, HW et al have a pretty strong lineup overall. I'm not sure - is there a feeling out there that HW will dump TCW? Didn't get that from this article. Are there rumblings out there that this is a possibility or is this just a personal feeling from those who feel that way? I didn't get a negative vibe towards TCW from the article at all. In fact, I would be very shocked if the Weinsteins dumped it. They do sound less than enthusiastic about Tulip Fever, but maybe it will get decent distribution. I loved Hell Or High Water, so I'm interested in Wind River.
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