The Bening to the Rescue!
Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 10:30AM
Murtada here. 2015 is a banner year for actresexuals. From Clouds of Sils Maria in the spring, to the summer of prickly older ladies (Lily, Blythe and Meryl) and through to this month’s Brooklyn and Carol, we were spoiled. Looking forward to 2016 though, it is looking barren. It might just be early days as the release calendar hasn’t taken full shape yet.
But fear not actressexuals, Annette Bening’s coming to rescue us all from more stories about men and the obsession with their legacy and position in the world (ahem Steve Jobs!). Here she is, in glorious ratty overalls on the set of 20th Century Women. Mike Mills' long awaited follow-up to Beginners is a casting dream with lead roles for The Bening, Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning. Bening is Dorothea Fields, a mother raising her teenage son, Jamie, in Southern California in the summer of 1979. Also in Jamie’s life are a sophisticated photographer (Gerwig) and his teenage friend (Fanning). Mills based the characters on women he knew growing up.
And what’s with those blue overalls? And she’s not looking too happy. Hopefully that means there’s lots of drama to deal with. Mills after all made a poignant and beautiful story in Beginners, another movie he based on his personal experiences. That led to Christopher Plummer winning an Oscar. Could he work his magic for The Bening as well?
Are you excited for 20th Century Women? What other 2016 releases do you think can continue the actressexuals bliss we are having now?
Reader Comments (11)
I'm still as enchanted by Beginners as I was the first time I saw it. I am SO excited to see what else Mills has up his sleeve, especially with such a rich cast lined up.
I was just thinking, the world has been unfairly withholding Bening from me since roughly 2010. Really looking forward to this film. Especially since I loved Beginners.
Love the Bening and Beginners, so this film may be my most anticipated of 2016. In addition, it's a Megan Ellison production, and I don't think she's ever produced a film that hasn't been good, at the very least.
I am also looking forward to The Zookeeper's Wife, starring Jessica Chastain and directed by Niki Caro. I may read the book; it sounds like a great story.
Bening will be lucky with her three films next year. She also has a lead role in The Seagull which even if the film doesn't hit like most stage adaptations the performance hopefully is strong enough that it pushes the Annette Bening narrative that hopefully can happen. I mean Jules has an Oscar isn't it time Nick got one.
I also can't wait for Mills follow up as I loved Beginners.
I'd be happy to have any new movie from him but it is very exciting to see Mills make something more focused on women.
2016 looks promising!
Amy Adams in Tom Ford and Denis Villeneuve films
Michelle Williams in the Kenneth Lonergan movie
Frances McDormand in the Martin McDonagh movie (depending on when it shoots)
Emma Stone in LaLa Land
Vikander and Weisz in The Light Between Oceans
And Swank seemingly focused on TV and animated projects, so...
My love for La Bening runs deep.
Love the Bening, I'm so looking forward to this film! Could be great! (But what about the long delayed Howard Hughes biopic by WB?)
#excited!
Those overalls and that expression are everything.