Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #62. Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s What Masie Knew

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IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#62. What Maisie Knew

Director: Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Writer(s): Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne
Producers: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, William Teitler and Charles Weinstock
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: The film which is an adaptation of the Henry James novel is about Maisie, a six-year-old girl enmeshed in the bitter divorce of her mother (Moore), a rock and roll icon, and her father (Coogan), a charming but distracted art dealer. Skarsgård will play Moore’s new husband…(more)

Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan

List Worthy Reasons…: I haven’t been big on the Scott McGehee and David Siegel pairing since certain elements in 2001’s The Deep End, but this triage drama via the eyes of a seven year-old protagonist might do the trick – we still have faith in Julianne Moore and we’re of course curious to see how the core of a Henry James novel might still be relevant 100 years after publication.

Release Date/Status?: Well into post production, this might head over to the Toronto Film Festival for the kind of exposure which would allow for a pick-up for distribution.

 

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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