Christian Bale and his possible upcoming projects; Ben Affleck may direct "Line of Sight"; "My Week With Marilyn" movie poster;
- Christian Bale isn't the kind of actor who releases four movies in a year, so he may be one of those smart actors who are really selective when it comes the time to choose what to do next and it seems that Bale has a lot of proposals after Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises shooting ends: Darren Aronofsky's (Black Swan) Noah (a retelling of the Noah's Ark story), Scott Cooper's (Crazy Heart) Out of the Furnace (based on Brad Ingelsby's story The Low Dweller that follows an ex-con bent on avenging the death of his brother as soon as he's released from prison), Clint Eastwood's (Million Dollar Baby) remake of the musical A Star Is Born starring Beyoncé Knowles (replacing Leonardo DiCaprio in the leading male role), Spike Lee's (25th Hour) Oldboy (an adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name about a man who is kidnapped and imprisoned on his daughter's birthday and he is held captive for fifteen years, and, upon his release, must begin his journey to find the reason for his imprisonment) and Michael Mann's (Heat) Gold (which is described as a contemporary thriller in the vein of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, set around a ruthless search for gold). Well, we can't forget that Bale recently signed for an upcoming Terrence Malick project and that he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar last year for The Fighter, so it's a kind of ugly if he makes a step back, but... hey! He's Christian Bale, he never does a step back! I would love to see Bale working with Cooper or with Mann (again), but Aronofsky is a tempting name to work with...
- According to Collider, "Ben Affleck is currently at work directing and starring in the Iranian hostage drama Argo but he’s already eyeing his next feature. According to THR, Affleck is in talks to direct the action flick Line of Sight for Warner Bros. and producers Joel Silver (The Matrix) and Andrew Rona (Unknown). The plot “centers on an elite commando squad transporting cargo while dealing with a global threat.” Sounds a little generic, but Affleck has brought his own edge to noir and heist flicks, so this could be interesting. Oh, wait. There’s more: “One of the conceits of the movie is that it tells the tale from a point-of-view akin to a first-person shooter game.” Hooray. As we previously reported, Halo: Reach writer Peter O’Brien came on board to work on the script and now it looks like we know why. Perhaps Affleck could bring something to the film that makes the FPS conceit more than a gimmick. Or the movie could simply be Call of Duty but you’re not allowed to play and when a character dies there’s not a trite quotation about war". Well, to be completely honest, Ben Affleck impressed me with his directing talent: Gone Baby Gone was a great movie, but it could only be a lucky effort, but all the doubts disappeared with the brilliant The Town, so there's no reason to not getting excited with his upcoming directing projects, since he became a director to watch. I'm really looking forward Argo and Line of Sight!
- My Week With Marilyn got its first movie poster and it looks good! I mean, it's a beautiful poster, very light, with good colors and with a subtle focus in the main characters. While I don't feel this movie as the one who may give another Oscar nom to Michelle Williams (an actress I love) I feel it can get positive reviews and it may have chances in Art Direction and Costume Design. The movie will be shown in this year's edition of New York Film Festival and it will be released in 4th November, 2011. Here's the movie poster:
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