Today I have a look at a couple of films that have borderline prospects to play as a part of this year's Telluride Film Festival...
CONTAGIOUS CONTAGION
Stephen Soderbergh's "Contagion" has been all over the internet the last 24 hours. Stills and a trailer have emerged and its release date has been moved up to Sept.9...which makes it an awfully tight but not impossible fit for Telluride.
Soderbergh's film boasts an all star cast to tell the story of a pandemic breakout and how the world deals with it. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Laurence Fishburne lead the ensemble.
Here is the trailer from Awards Daily:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2011/07/trailer-breaks-out-for-steven-soderberghs-contagion/
Should "Contagion" somehow make it onto the SHOW's play list, it would definitely be on my must see list and would certainly add a number of intriguing possibles to my list of people that could be there in support of the film.
PENN PREVIEW
If Paolo Sorrentino's "This Must Be the Place" had received a warmer critical reception at Cannes, it is a film that would probably have made my "Ten Bets" list for Telluride. As it is, it's still on my list of possible films. It stars Sean Penn as a quasi-washed up rock star who decides to try to track down a past Nazi who was involved in the interment of his father during the World War II
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As these posters attest, it certainly has a novelty factor going for it. And after yesterday, it also has a trailer going for it. Here's the link to that trailer:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/watch_trailer_for_sean_penns_weird_goth_holocaust_dramedy_the_must_be_the/#.Th3f6ex2HoY.email
ANOTHER TRANCE SHIFT
Vincent Cassel...In?
I've been chronicling the ebb and flow of Danny Boyle's next scheduled film, "Trance," over the past few weeks because Boyle has been such a dynamic presence at the film festival for his last two films (Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours). Additionally, Boyle's casting news has included people who have also had or been in films that have had significant Telluride presence the past few years as well.
Originally Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 2008) was in. Then he dropped out and the story was that he would likely be replaced by Colin Firth (When Did You Last See Your Father, 2008 and The King's Speech, 2010). Now comes word that Firth may be on the outs only to be replaced by another actor who was in a film that made a T-ride splash last year. The Playlist at Indiewire reports that Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, 2010) may be the object of Boyle's pursuit for what is expected to be a 2013 release.
That story is here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/will_vincent_cassel_fall_under_danny_boyles_trance/#.Th3gNe4edvE.email
"Trance" will likely be on the Telluride #40 watch list assuming that it is finished in time for the Labor Day festival.
