This week before In Time there did not seem to be many trailers and only one I had not written about yet that was of interest, so, it is to the internet I go for number two!
For your consideration, here are Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Immortals.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
In the world of spy fiction aficionados, one name stands out once you get past Ian Fleming’s James Bond, James le Carré. Perhaps on the heels of the critically acclaimed The Constant Gardner, film studios have optioned more of this former spy’s fictional works, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy being the next one to hit the big screen.
No surprises here, the storyline is standard fare, there is a spy in our midst and we must expose them before it is too late. The difference from every other spy vs spy movie is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is adapted from one of le Carré’s best novels.
The first thing on my list of ‘why this will be awesome’ is the Director Tomas Alfredson. Tinker Tailor is a 1980’s period piece and so is the other incredible film he directed, Let The Right One In. From the trailer it looks like Tomas has brought the dark tones of the vampire flick into the world of spies weaving a fabric of foreboding that will suit this movie very well.
The cast is outstanding as well. There is Gary Oldman (Dracula, Batman Begins, True Romance), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Pride and Prejudice), Tom Hardy (Inception, Sucker Punch) and John Hurt (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, V for Vendetta) just to name a few.
This has all the hallmarks of a potential multi-nominated Oscar film.
We will be able to find out first hand December 9th, 2011.
Immortals
Immortals has a huge hurdle to overcome, it is seen as a 300 clone but, to the general public’s defense, it is being billed as such by the producers involved as they were responsible for 300 and are looking for the next movie in that genre.
Big ‘Duh!’ here.
I am going to make a case for Immortals.
Below are the reasons why I believe you should give this movie a chance.
To begin, this is Director Tarsem Singh’s new film. You may remember him as the director of The Cell. Despite how you may feel about the script or J Lo’s acting, you cannot deny it was a visually stunning piece and I have no doubts that this aesthetic will carry over to Immortals.
Immortals is an original script. It is written by Vlas Parlapanides and Charly Parlapanides and is their first big screen attempt. They appear to have some indie film experience, though, and I am going to go out on a limb and say this script has to be great as the producers did not give it to anyone else for a rewrite or a once over. At least there is no credit given for the attempt.
The Director of Photography is Brendan Galvin who also was the DP for Behind Enemy Lines and Blood and Chocolate, another couple of films you may not have liked the scripts for (I actually loved Blood and Chocolate) but there is some war and supernatural credit there that can not be denied and no one can say those films were visually boring.
I like the cast as well.
Theseus is being played by Henry Cavill, the new Superman, Man of Steel, and Charles Brandon in Showtime’s critically acclaimed The Tudors.
Phaedra is portrayed by Freida Pinto, fresh off her outstanding performance in Rise of the Planet of the Apesand an International career kick-started by her role as Latika in Slumdog Millionaire.
Mickey Rourke is King Hyperion and you may remember him from such tiny films as Iron Man 2, The Wrestler, Sin City and Once Upon A Time in Mexico. Hopefully he gets some larger roles after this movie…
Immortals also sports such talent as Luke Evans (The Hobbit, The Three Musketeers), Stephen Dorff (Blade, Public Enemies) and John Hurt (yet another unrecognized nobody that should get more work as an actor see Tinker Tailor above).
The music in Immortals was written by Trevor Morris who is also responsible for the soundtracks of The Tudors, the critically acclaimed Kings and Moonlight TV series, and a bunch of video games like Army of Two, Command and Conquer 3 (which, as a side note, also contained the voice acting of Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Ironside, Billy Dee Williams, and Josh Holloway) and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. The music from Kings would be sufficient for me to be interested, the rest just drives the nail home.
I could go on mentioning the Set Designer Tom Foden (The Cell, One Hour Photo, The Village) and costumes by Eiko Ishioka (The Cell, Dracula), but that would be getting dangerously close to overkill.
The real test for Immortals will come on November 11th, 2011 when it goes public.
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