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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #22 Ashecliffe (aka Shutter Island)

Published on June 19, 2012

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Laeta Kalogridis (Alexander)
Producers: Brad Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer and Scorsese
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

The Gist: Laeta Kalogridis adapted the screenplay based on a novel by Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island refers to an island in Boston’s Outer Harbor that houses a federal institution for the criminally insane.

Fact: Leo and Marty have now worked on 4 films together!

See It: After many years of filmming in NYC, Boston appears to be the new mean streets as is the case with this period piece which includes Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson.

Release Date/Status?: Currently in pre-production, this should be starting very soon (I imagine Michelle Williams might drop out) and Paramount might fill their October slot with the picture or keep it for safe keeping for 09′.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).