9:27 am - 10/31/2012
For his first feature film, Daniel Barber nabbed Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer for "Harry Brown." Not bad at all. Now he's gearing up his sophomore effort and has lined up three rising actresses to take part.
Olivia Wilde, "Shame" star Nicole Beharie and "True Grit" breakout Hailee Steinfeld will feature in "The Keeping Room." Penned by Julia Hart, the Civil War-era drama centers on two sisters and a slave (Wilde/Steinfeld and Beharie, we presume) who have to defend their home from some rogue defectors from the Union Army. Frankly, it sounds a bit like an 1800s "Straw Dogs," and that could go either really wrong or really right. Indeed, Barber's debut more or less split critics with its depiction of gritty urban life in the U.K., and this material will need a nuanced hand to work without feeling a bit sleazy.
The movie will be repped at AFM this week, and whether or not distributors bite will likely determine its fate, though Wind Dancer is on board to finance. So we'll see, but Barber isn't without options, getting attached to the "Strangers On A Train"-esque thriller "Substitution" last summer, though there hasn't been much movement on that. But certainly, some intriguing, attention-getting material with an interesting cast. But whether a female driven, period thriller will sell...?
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Olivia Wilde, Hailee Steinfeld & Nicole Beharie Go Into 'The Keeping Room' For Civil War Era Drama
For his first feature film, Daniel Barber nabbed Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer for "Harry Brown." Not bad at all. Now he's gearing up his sophomore effort and has lined up three rising actresses to take part.
Olivia Wilde, "Shame" star Nicole Beharie and "True Grit" breakout Hailee Steinfeld will feature in "The Keeping Room." Penned by Julia Hart, the Civil War-era drama centers on two sisters and a slave (Wilde/Steinfeld and Beharie, we presume) who have to defend their home from some rogue defectors from the Union Army. Frankly, it sounds a bit like an 1800s "Straw Dogs," and that could go either really wrong or really right. Indeed, Barber's debut more or less split critics with its depiction of gritty urban life in the U.K., and this material will need a nuanced hand to work without feeling a bit sleazy.
The movie will be repped at AFM this week, and whether or not distributors bite will likely determine its fate, though Wind Dancer is on board to finance. So we'll see, but Barber isn't without options, getting attached to the "Strangers On A Train"-esque thriller "Substitution" last summer, though there hasn't been much movement on that. But certainly, some intriguing, attention-getting material with an interesting cast. But whether a female driven, period thriller will sell...?
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The problem is the fact they are making movies with slaves rather than going for variety of roles.
These lead roles they keep giving to white women can be played by black women as well, so the roles aren't few, they just choose to make them that way.
And I would love to see more period pieces about other things myself, as I like history. Even if the entertainment industry wanted glitz over gritty, there's tons of potential with New Orleans' history, or if you didn't want something based in the south/wanted an postbellum historical, there's tons of glitz in the Harlem Renaissance, although I know that's been done before. If Hollywood wanted gritty Oscar bait, there's even more history they could mine.
Edited at 2012-10-31 07:05 pm (UTC)
Edited at 2012-10-31 02:38 pm (UTC)
jfc.
i like olivia, nicole and hailee, though.
ugh shut up go home unnecessary etc.
When Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter came out and flopped I didn't hear anyone saying, "but will a white male led, supernatural, action/adventure sell?"
is she still riding that thick Fassy diq?
apparently, that benevolence only went so far. ~ they can't clean their run their own homes can they? but at least they're really nice to the people who do it for them.~ rme.
idk if this good or bad thing for her