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1:21 am - 04/21/2012

Meryl Streep Contemplates the Uses of a Banana in First Four Pictures from 'Hope Springs'

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I have prepped and begun putting together my first batch of early Oscar predictions for the Best Actress category and what do you know, there's Meryl Streep again, this time starring in Hope Springs (previously known as Great Hope Springs) alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell. And today I have the first four pictures from the film to share with you.

Directed by Streep's The Devil Wears Prada helmer, David Frankel, and written by "Game of Thrones" and "Everwood" scripter Vanessa Taylor the story finds Streep married to Jones as Kay and Arnold, a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple's specialist (Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is hard enough — the real challenge for both of them comes as they shed their bedroom hang-ups and try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each other in the first place.

The film is set to hit theaters on August 10 and is being sold as a straight-forward comedy, as you can tell from the photo above as Streep bones up on "Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man." What exactly will she do with that banana bunch? The mind reels.

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13066301 21st-Apr-2012 11:22 am (UTC)
The banana should win Best Supporting Actor/Actress lbr
starchain 21st-Apr-2012 11:23 am (UTC)
those are some beautiful bananas.
starchain 21st-Apr-2012 11:22 am (UTC)
Flawless human being!
winonaforever 21st-Apr-2012 11:24 am (UTC)
Meryl has the worst taste in script. Smh
loganx2 21st-Apr-2012 11:40 am (UTC)
She really does. I dont understand why she doesn't do/get better movies. I mean Adaption was great and PHC, but most of the time it's just bad.
winonaforever 21st-Apr-2012 11:49 am (UTC)
I don't get her. She's rich and respected, she really could try to produce decent movies for herself. But as much as i complain about her choices, i always end up watching her shit movies lol.
loganx2 21st-Apr-2012 11:57 am (UTC)
Meryl is one of the only actors that I will actually PAY to see all her movies. I love her and think she is a great actress but her choices make my head hurt. She has said many times she doesnt want to produce, she likes to be "asked to dance". You would think better directors/writers would be knocking down her door, especially now since she is hot as ever.
winonaforever 21st-Apr-2012 12:26 pm (UTC)
Didn't she turn down role of the mother in Black Swan? Maybe good directors only offer her supporting parts and she rather be the lead in shit movies?
irinafan 21st-Apr-2012 11:55 am (UTC)
IDK, i feel at this point she's mixing it up by doing something "respectable" (aka Iron Lady) and then sth that she likes just for the fun of it (aka It's Complicated, Mamma Mia, and this).
loganx2 21st-Apr-2012 11:58 am (UTC)
As respectable as Iron Lady was and yeah it won her an Oscar the movie it's self wasnt very good. She was great, but the movie not so much.
winonaforever 21st-Apr-2012 12:02 pm (UTC)
Iron Lady was pure shit though, but it won her an oscar so i guess we can call it respectable.
parker_hallie 21st-Apr-2012 12:27 pm (UTC)
mte
friarsfire 21st-Apr-2012 03:00 pm (UTC)
THIS and I appreciate it, tbh. It appeals to a wider audience and she guarantees her nominations and her dough, tbh.
loganx2 21st-Apr-2012 11:39 am (UTC)
I have read this script and I can already feel the second hand embarrassment Im going to have when watching it.
angi_is_altered 21st-Apr-2012 12:26 pm (UTC)
I like that she takes risks and can do fun stuff.
friarsfire 21st-Apr-2012 02:59 pm (UTC)
Exactly.
karensilkwood 21st-Apr-2012 07:43 pm (UTC)
this :)

queencleopatra 21st-Apr-2012 12:58 pm (UTC)
Meryl is queen.
oneworldvision 21st-Apr-2012 01:14 pm (UTC)
I really wish actors I like would stop doing movies with actors I hate. I just can't with Steve Carrell.
friarsfire 21st-Apr-2012 03:00 pm (UTC)
Why?
oneworldvision 21st-Apr-2012 03:16 pm (UTC)
He always seems to be playing the same character, and that character isn't funny.
friarsfire 21st-Apr-2012 03:27 pm (UTC)
I mean, he's no Michael Cera but that's fair, tbh.
xlightningboltx 21st-Apr-2012 01:19 pm (UTC)
I liked It's Complicated, oop.
mots_inutiles 21st-Apr-2012 04:43 pm (UTC)
I love that movie.
marmar627 21st-Apr-2012 01:38 pm (UTC)
leatherandjeans 21st-Apr-2012 02:06 pm (UTC)
lmao this is adorable but also really weird
cardboardkiwi 21st-Apr-2012 02:13 pm (UTC)
I love Winston!
sanditar 21st-Apr-2012 03:01 pm (UTC)
Ugh, looks like I'm going to hate it but it's for my queen, so I'll be there.
friarsfire 21st-Apr-2012 03:06 pm (UTC)
Flawless icon.

I know this movie sounds kind of generic but so did 'Devil Wears Prada' and it turned into something great; similarly, 'Adaptation' was so out there it could have been absolute shit. I have faith in her to have chosen a good movie. I
rollerboot 21st-Apr-2012 05:02 pm (UTC)
Just rediscovered frozen banana ice cream ... it's amazing (although not really like ice cream).
grammaire 21st-Apr-2012 05:21 pm (UTC)
I'll watch it
kstew 21st-Apr-2012 08:50 pm (UTC)
sounds kind of dumb but i'll watch anything with my queen in it
mjspice 22nd-Apr-2012 09:43 am (UTC)
Gawjuss as always!
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