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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #48. Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot
Back when the project was in the works, the Paradise docs were not yet a trilogy, West Memphis 3 were nowhere near freedom. Despite the heavy media coverage, Atom Egoyan can convincingly get into the psyche of the epoque but will need to bring his A game (The Sweet Hereafter skillset) and strike this while still hot. With Melissa Leo overused in such roles, a Reese Witherspoon could get away with playing the role of the mother of one of the murder victims.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #49. Craig Zobel’s Compliance
Winner of the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director, Craig Zobel has been attached to about a half dozen projects the moment 2007's Great World of Sound became a part of the collective consciousness, and my thinking that this unfathomable true story is a culmination of going with your gut, going micro and being pro-active in the creation department rather than wait it out any further.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #50. 7 Days In Havana
Typically, I'm not a fan of the omnibus, but I consider myself a fan to various degrees of the seven attached names in this pack. The untouched utilized backdrop of Havana is such a rich and rarely shot locale and a seven day Monday to Sunday narrative stretch and conjoining storyline and characters means the bookends of the film will feel a lot more natural. Pic above is from Gaspar Noé's section.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #51. Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men was among the best films of 2006. Emmanuel Lubezki is among the top three working DPs in the business. The last time he wore a spacesuit (Solaris) Clooney wasn't out of his place. The big unknown: was Sandra Bullock right choice for the co-lead? The highest "studio" project on our top 100 list, this merges auteur with the Hollywood system.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #52. Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie
Of the pair of Tim Burton releases this year, it's the stop-motion animated film that wins over the television to film adaptation (Dark Shadows). The beloved member among Burton's trove of characters is served up with a great set of speaking voices by folks that have been in his films before (Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short and Martin Landau). Quality-wise, we think the stop-motion will be up there with “Corpse Bride” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas".
