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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s Crazy, Stupid, Love
The I Love You Phillip Morris team of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa had a mention-worthy first outing (too bad its domestic theatrical release was sullied from the get-go), but my thinking is that the Bad Santa scribes won't have many problems ratcheting up loads of other projects after this sophomore gig receives its mid-summer release. A 2010 Blacklist mentioned screenplay appears to be the kind of the Steve Carell vehicle we like - plus you've got yourself a good ensemble in Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore and Kevin Bacon.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Impossible
Give me the option between Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich, and I'll go for this Spanish helmer instead. Despite not caring much for Juan Antonio Bayona's El orfanato (The Orphanage), there's no debating how skilled the filmmaker is in eye-candy department -- my thinking is handing him a big budget natural disaster film will only allow him to expand his palette and with the Watts and McGregor wearing their panicked and horrified look stripes, this 2010 BlackList script might make for great popcorn fair.
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal Spend ‘One Night’ with Lucas Belvaux
Real-life couple Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal will once again share the lead, this time in Belgian director Lucas Belvaux eighth feature film which is set to begin filming next month in the North of France in Le Havre. Titled Une nuit (One Night) this sees thesps Nicole Garcia and Natacha Régnier (who starred in the Cannes selected La Raison du plus faible) fill out the supporting roles. Attal starred in Belvaux's last picture Rapt (2009) which will be released stateside on July 12th.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Gus Van Sant’s Restless
Admittedly, I'm pretending I haven't seen the film's trailer and pretending that I know nothing about Columbia Pictures snubbing the 2010 calendar or canceling the pegged January date. Based on the Black List script, lensed by the great Harris Savides and directed by Gus Van Sant (the Good Will Hunting not the Paranoid Park kind).
Jeff Nichols to be Knee Deep in Mississippi ‘Mud’
There's plenty of reasons to be excited for where Jeff Nichols will venture to next. His sophomore film, Take Shelter is high up on our must see list for this upcoming Sundance Film Festvial edition and from what I gather, it'll lyrically share some of the DNA we found in his debut film Shotgun Stories.
