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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #80. Roger Michell’s Hyde Park on Hudson
While Roger Michell has a spotty record (The Mother and the first 8 minutes of Enduring Love are his best in the past decade) we are stoked about seeing Bill Murray toplining as FDR, it should be a blast to see his interpretation of the president during the enchantment phase. Worth noting on the tech side is the involvement of DP Lol Crawley (Better Things/Ballast).
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #81. Rian Johnson’s Looper
Sci-fi in September? Not sure why Sony isn't tent-poling the release of Rian Johnson's third film, which should be brimming with the same creative wit we became accustomed with his first pair of outings. This time travel caboose which sounds like the thinking man's version of Inception, oddly includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt (returning to the Johnson fold since Brick) and Paul Dano who is going to have one hell of a 2012.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #82. RZA’s The Man with the Iron Fists
Shot in China, working with the kind of tech folk (Corey Yuen) you would want for a swords and kung fu inspired project, the Wu-Tang Clan member/Hip Hop maestro has workshopped the project for more than half a decade, formed a working alliance with Russell Crowe, Tarantino and Eli Roth and while we expect a kick-ass soundtrack, this should be this year's wild card project.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #83. Yaron Zilberman’s A Late Quartet
Zilberman's first narrative feature benefits from a solid quartet of actors, and it could be an engrossing drama if illness and romance are portrayed with the required honesty.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #84. Katie Aselton’s Black Rock
Pitched as a Deliverance with a female cast, we look forward in seeing Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and helmer/actress Katie Aselton taking a turn for the worse in the woods. And oddly, it's in the woods where scribe Mark Duplass recently gave one of his better perfs (Lynn Shelton's indie trend setting secluded wood cabin locale in Your Sister's Sister). Aselton's debut The Freebie was flawed, but yet scored points for its honest portrayal of couplehood. Glad she switched genres for her sophomore pic. We hope this is uncomfortable as the mentioned 70's film.
