Michael Fassbender X 2
Friday, August 28, 2015 at 6:00PM
Here's Murtada on two Michael Fassbender Fall movies that have released posters.
First we have Steve Jobs. The poster’s in the same vein as Apple’s minimalist ads. We approve, it does the job, recalls the subject matter and let us know who is involved. The movie is the centerpiece at the New York Film Festival and everyone suspects it will hit Telluride as well. And October 9 isn’t that far away.
When you have huge photogenic movie stars all you need is their faces. Even from behind the veil Marion Cotillard's face is telling a story. Intensity thy name is Fassbender. Sold.
But what is happening with this movie? The posters as well as all the marketing materials are coming from UK distributor StudioCanal. They took the movie to Cannes and released clips, posters and a teaser trailer. The movie is scheduled for release in UK on October 2 and in France on November 18. By the end of December everyone who lives in Europe will probably have had a chance to see it.
So far there is no US release date. The Weinstein Company has announced a deal with Amazon that vaguely states the movie will be available online “relatively quickly” after theatrical release. That release will be through their VOD arm, TWC-Radius. What is happening?
Is this movie the latest victim of TWC’s erratic release plans? And so soon after The Immigrant. Remember that? What does Cotillard have to do to get her performances in theaters in the US? There’s turmoil at TWC so who knows what will happen. But come on, you have 2 major movie stars, a well known story that doesn’t need much explaining and a director, Justin Kurzel, on the rise. Reviews at Cannes have been mostly positive. Release it.
Are you worried for Macbeth? Do we need to start an online petition for its release?
Update : Looks like TWC heard us! A couple of hours after publication they announced a December 4 limited release for Macbeth.
Reader Comments (10)
How I wish their fates were reversed -- a centerpiece for Macbeth and a VOD quickie for Jobs.
All hail that Marion Cotillard Macbeth poster! It's prompted me to preemptively award it best costumes, best lighting, and best regal expression.
That Cotillard Macbeth poster is GORGEOUS.
I think the past day or so, first image of Fassbender in Assassin's Creed was also released.
They've just set a theatrical release for Macbeth in the US on 4 Dec 15. I saw it on Box Office Mojo.
I have seen MACBETH and I certainly would not be upset over Oscar nominations for costume, production design, original score, make-up and cinematography. I don't know if the film as a whole completely works - i'm not really sure if it offers anything new in terms of textual readings as far as I could tell, but I'm not an expert so maybe I'm wrong. It's a visceral work, for sure, and Cotillard and Fassbender are impressive.
I"m sill baffled that we have another Jobs movie already, although it's no surprise that Sorkin would be the one to go for it.
Macbeth going to VOD is batsh*t crazy. Even if it's a mess, it has two international stars.
I'm tired of all the great white men biopics (though to be fair, if Fincher were directing Steve Jobs, I'd be enthused - maybe he's tired of them, too). This fall, we have The Walk, I Saw the Light, The Revenant, Snowden, the Hanks/Spielberg film, Trumbo, the Michael Keaton Boston Globe flick, Genius (what were they thinking with that title?!), etc. - and I'm sure I'm missing any number of them. It's hard to be enthused about the fall movie season when these are half the titles scheduled for wide release.
Macbeth hitting VOD is insane - this looks like something so gorgeous it would be a sin to experience it first on the small screen
Marion looks amazing "telling a story"indeed.