Now that we know "The Tree Of Life" will finally hit theaters in 2011, we can start obsessing on the director's next project, the untitled feature that currently is shooting in Oklahoma.
StarringRachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Rachel Weisz and Olga Kurylenko, plot details are as usual completely under wraps, but during the film's production, numerous pics and video of Malick and his crew shooting the film have made their way online. Now, more pics emerged thanks to local Osage County newspaper The Bigheart Times, along with a couple intriguing bits of info. First up, the solid and continually underrated Barry Pepper has joined the cast of the film and along with Javier Bardem, plays a priest in the pic. So what does this indicate about the plot? We have no idea except that perhaps there will be some thematic crossover from "The Tree Of Life." The article goes on to indicate that shooting wrapped in Osage County last week, but no word yet on how many work weeks are slotted for filming. And of course after that comes Malick's painstaking editing process, so this is one is still a long time from being seen (hell, we're still waiting on something official from "The Tree Of Life"; a release date even, not to mention an official still or trailer).
But, we're mostly just thrilled not to have to wait a decade for another Malick film. That said, we don't expect this one to be ready until 2012 at the earliest so we will have to be patient. Two Malick films within such proximity is something to be excited for.
Just when it looked like "The Social Network" was going to hog the Oscar buzz until the end of year, along comes the Coen Brothers with the teaser for their upcoming "True Grit" and if the film even remotely resembles what this early footage promises, it looks like the directing duo will be another powerhouse to contend with.
To refresh your memory, the film stars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper and newcomerHailee Steinfeld and follows a young girl (Steinfeld) who acquires the assistance of aging, drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn (Bridges) and young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Damon) to track down her father's killer, Tom Chaney (Brolin), who has taken to a gang led by "Lucky" Ned Pepper (Pepper).
And everything in this teaser is ace. Right off the bat, we're immediately impressed with Hailee Steinfeld whose narration and presence pretty much prove why she was hired in the first place. The cinematography by Roger Deakins is top notch as usual, and the music is downright haunting (the song in the trailer is "Where No One Stands Alone" by The Peasall Sisters). Tonally, it looks to fall in their direct matter-of-fact atmosphere in which the truly desperate and strange situations leave room for sardonic humor.
"True Grit" will hit theaters on Christmas Day. Watch the trailer after the jump or in HD over at Apple.
Now that we know "The Tree Of Life" will finally hit theaters in 2011, we can start obsessing on the director's next project, the untitled feature that currently is shooting in Oklahoma.
