"Hitchcock" surprisingly awesome trailer

I wasn't sure about this one despite believing in Hopkin's capacity to deliever, but I am extraordinarily surprised as it becomes one of my most expected films of the season. Amazing trailer. Directed by Sacha Gervasi (writer of "The Terminal"), adapted from Stephen Rebello's book by John McLaughlin ("Black Swan") and star-powered by Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johanson, Hellen Mirren, Michael Stuhlbarg and Jessica Biel, the biopic Hitchcock (2012) tells the story of the making of "Psycho" through the Master's relationship with his wife, Paramount, his crew and the most attractive Janet Leigh.

Anthony "Alfred Hitchcock" Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock for previously titled Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, now only Hitchcock, to be played as a love story between the director and his wife, Alma Reville, during the making of the horror/suspense masterpiece. The film stars Helen Mirren, Scarlet Johnasson, Jessica Biel and Michael Stuhlbarg.

"The Hunger Games" posters if made by Fellini, Woody Allen and others

When reviewing the latest The Hunger Games last week, I wrote "If done by Kubrick, it could have taken a very interesting and important anthropological steering. But if you look at it as what it is and not as what your favorite filmmaker would've made of it, as I did, you can have a very enjoyable cinematic experience.". Such a high concept, so thematically vast, huge production values, is it possible that we instinctively try to bath it in another light?

These are the film's posters as if directed by other filmmakers, in a parallel universe. All great. My favorites: Fellini, Hitchcock, Woody Allen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopkins, Johansson and Mirren on film about Hitchcock and "Psycho" (1960)

The life of famous director Alfred Hitchcock during the making of one of his most spread masterpieces, the horror film Psycho (1960), is taking its first steps towards its visual form. It seems the trick behind the shower scene is not the only backstage prop worth dramatizing, as Stephen Rebello wrote the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho detailing every aspect of the film's production, documenting the arc of what took off as a low-budget somewhat-experimental youth-horror movie and landed as an worldwide success with a safe spot in the history of cinema.

The master of suspense will be portrayed by no other than Anthony Hopkins, probably his most relevant role in many years. Helen Mirren will be Alma Reville, Hitch's wife, and James D'Arcy will be Anthony Perkins and his character Norman Bates. Today's great news is the addition of bright Scarlett Johansson to play the role of Janet Leigh, who played the main character Marion Crane. Analogies to Michelle William's "My Week With Marilyn" are expected in due time. This could also be Scarlett's definite rise to the top.

The director, Sacha Gervasi, is best known for his documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008), about the heavy-metal band, which got a nomination in the DGAs. Stephen shares script credits with Black Swan (2010) writer John McLaughlin.

Via Collider.

Remake de The Thirty-Nine Steps, de Alfred Hitchcock

É verdade. Triste, mas verdade. E sim, detesto remakes (e, segundo sei, este nem é a primeira tentativa). Descobri por acaso, ao visitar a página do argumentista Robert Towne, no IMDB, que é quem vai dirigir o projecto.