The Mrs. and I head east today...for a long, long art extravaganza. We'll be in Grand Haven, MI. for their Art Fest this weekend and then in Great Barrington, MA. on the July 4th weekend for The Berkshires Art Festival. If you're Telluride Film Fans and are in the area...come by and see us at The Flying Shoes Studio Booth at either festival. Say "Hi!"...buy some of Kristy's art. It's good stuff. Here's a reminder:
"The Good Lie" trailer from joblo.com via YouTube
Last year, toward the end of summer, we got word that Reese Witherspoon's "The Good Lie" was in the can. There was some fleeting speculation that it might be a possible Telluride film, but that was clearly never in the cards. Now, in the last 24 hours, we've seen the release of a trailer along with some discussion of Witherspoon's Oscar prospects from the film.
The film is described (via IMDb) as a story in which:
"A Sudanese refugee is taken in by a straight-talking American woman in their new home in the United States."
Is it a likely play at T-ride. Probably not, but you can't rule it out completely either. It's release date was recently moved from a non-Telluride friendly Sept. 10th to a much more T-ride friendly (and award friendly and Venice and Toronto friendly) Oct. 3. Additionally, it's under the Warner Brothers banner and they've tun a couple of pretty good years in a row at Telluride with "Argo", "Gravity" and "Prisoners". Frankly, Witherspoon's other big film for this fall, "Wild" (from Fox Searchlight) might be the likelier Telluride play.
I have linked to a couple of posts about the film and the trailer release here:
Variety:
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/reese-witherspoon-the-good-lie-trailer-1201239103/
IndieWire:
http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-keep-your-eye-on-oscar-contenders-beginning-with-trailer-for-the-good-lie-starring-reese-witherspoon-20140624
Thompson on Hollywood:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/reese-witherspoon-looks-towards-oscar-gold-with-wild-the-good-lie-trailer
COENS NEWS AND MORE SEMI-COENS NEWS
George Clooney in "O Brother, Where Art Thou" (from fineartamerica.com)
Lots of new and surprising casting news out yesterday for the Coen Brothers next enterprise' "Hail Caesar. It had been previously announced that George Clooney and Josh Brolin would star in the film about a Hollywood "fixer". Yesterday the interweb lit up with news of the casting of Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes (who I finally caught in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" this past weekend and it lived up to lofty expectations).
I have linked three different stories about the casting:
Variety:
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/channing-tatum-in-talks-to-join-the-coens-hail-caesar-exclusive-1201245179/
The Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/channing-tatum-tilda-swinton-ralph-714566?utm_expid=19303748-46.c16wOsTPSwa4UOZ_HM0mmw.0
Rope of Silicon:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/channing-tatum-ralph-fiennes-tilda-swinton-join-coens-hail-caesar/
Meanwhile, in other Coens-related news, The Playlist reported yesterday that frequent Coens Brothers cast member John Turturro reportedly wants to make a feature based on the character he played for the brothers in their classic "The Big Lebowski". Turturro reportedly has a story in mind and would write, direct and star... if he can get the "go-ahead" from Joel and Ethan. I'd go see that.
John Turturro as Jesus Quintana in "The Big Lebowski" (from getthebigpicture.net)
The Playlist story is here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/john-turturro-wants-to-direct-jesus-centric-big-lebowski-spinoff-next-year-if-the-coens-give-him-permission-20140624
LATE NEWS: GOODBYE ELI WALLACH
Eli Wallach from spaghettiwesterns.com.ar
Eli Wallach, a terrific character actor who had a six decade career in film and on stage has died. He was 98. Wallach starred in innumerable films including: "The Magnificent Seven", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "The Misfits" among others. His range was extraordinary.
His lengthy IMDb.com entry is here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908919/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
More from the road tomorrow...
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