THE FIFTH ESTATE TRAILER
Much as "12 Years a Slave" did the other day, we had a trailer drop late last night for Bill Condon's "The Fifth Estate" starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl and Laura Linney.
I have thought this had promise and some Telluride possibilities because of Condon's and Linney's presence and I still do. After seeing the trailer, I'm even more eager. Here it is via YouTube:
I have also linked to a number of posts from early this morning that included the trailer as well:
The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-trailer-for-the-fifth-estate-starring-benedict-cumberbatch-as-julian-assange-20130717
FirstShowing:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/benedict-cumberbatch-as-julian-assange-in-the-fifth-estate-trailer/
Rope of Silicon:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/fifth-estate-wikileaks-official-trailer-pictures/
Movie City News:
http://moviecitynews.com/2013/07/trailer-the-fifth-estate-aka-the-wikileaks-movie/
"The Fifth Estate" opens Oct. 11th or 18th depending on which website you believe.
WERNER AND ERROL
TFF regulars and board of advisor members Werner Herzog and Errol Morris have been making the rounds to promote the Josh Oppenheimer's documentary "The Act of Killing" which showed prominently at last year's festival. The two men acted as producers of that film. Here they are talking about that film with Thompson on Hollywood:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/werner-herzog-errol-morris-act-of-killing-video-interview-vice
I fully expect both men to be a part of Telluride's 40th celebration. Herzog gets the new Town Park/Hockey Pavilion venue named in his honor (I'm still pushing for the nickname of the new venue to be "The Zog"). I've been thinking that it will be christened with a screening of a restored print of his "Aguirre: The Wrath of God". Actually, it wouldn't surprise me to see TFF program an entire Herzog retrospective during the course of the five day festival.
Meanwhile, Morris has a new documentary under his belt: "The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld". I fully expect that to be a part of this year's lineup.
Morris has a couple of other things on his plate. He is supposed to have been working on a narrative feature entitled "Freezing People is Easy" but word came this week that he is set to direct "Hollland, Michigan". This film is described as a "suburban thriller with black humor". Thompson on Hollywood has that story as well:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/errol-morris-to-direct-narrative-feature-holland-michigan
MANDELA TEASER
I wrote yesterday that The Weinstein Company had a number of prospects going into the awards season. One of those is "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" featuring Idris Elba in the title role. This past weekend a teaser trailer was released:
I have also included a couple of stories about the trailer from The Playlist and The Wrap:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-teaser-trailer-for-biopic-mandela-long-walk-to-freedom-starring-idris-elba-20130712
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/mandela-long-walk-freedom-trailer-touts-message-great-man-video-102686
"Mandela" was directed by Justin Chadwick whose "The First Grader" appeared at Telluride in 2010.
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