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  • First ‘The Revenant’ Trailer Stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Heavy Breathing

    the revenant, leonardo dicaprioThe first trailer for Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro G. Inarritu‘s collaboration “The Revenant” is here, and what it lacks in dialogue it makes up for with some breathtaking imagery — and lots and lots of heavy breathing.

    DiCaprio stars in the period drama as Hugh Glass, a trapper who, according to the film’s official logline, “must navigate a hostile environment, a brutal winter, and warring Native American tribes in relentless quest to survive and exact vengeance on the men who betrayed him.” That’s not all necessarily clear from this clip, though the “hostile” and “brutal” descriptors are right on the money; the world in this film looks rough and uninviting, and is teeming with chaos and violence around every turn.

    It’s all seen more or less from Glass’s point of view, and the thumping score gives way to the character’s quick, labored breathing as the action intensifies and the clip climaxes.

    “I ain’t afraid to die anymore,” Glass says. “I’ve done it already.”

    Based on his haggard appearance, his screams of frustration, his struggle to catch his breath, it’s hard to argue with that assessment. Now, he just needs to figure out how to live.

    “The Revenant” is Innaritu’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Birdman,” and it seems clear he’s gunning for another gold guy for this flick, too. The sumptuous cinematography and full-throttle pace suggest he may just get it.

    “The Revenant,” also starring Tom Hardy, is due in theaters on December 25.

    From Academy Award winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, watch the new teaser trailer for The Revenant Movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

    Posted by The Revenant Movie on Friday, July 17, 2015

    Watch the trailer

    Photo credit: Kimberley French/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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  • How Well Do You Remember ‘Titanic’?

  • Leonardo DiCaprio to Have Multiple Personalities in ‘The Crowded Room’

    US-UNGA-DICAPRIOA long-gestating flick about the first person to successfully use the insanity defense at a U.S. trial is finally getting off the ground, with a major star attached.

    The Hollywood Reporter writes that Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in “The Crowded Room,” the story of Billy Milligan, who was charged with robbery and rape in the 1970s. Milligan was subsequently diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming that two of his 24 personalities committed the crimes without his knowledge.

    Per THR, “Milligan’s various personalities included Adalana, a lesbian taking responsibility for the rapes; Ragen, a Yugoslavian communist who admitted to the robbery; and Arthur, an uptight Englishman.” He was the first person to use — and be acquitted for — this defense.

    Milligan’s story was told in a 1981 book by Daniel Keyes, on which the film will be based; screenwriters Jason Smilovic (“Lucky Number Slevin”) and Todd Katzberg (“Arms and the Dudes”) will co-script the screenplay. DiCaprio had reportedly been interested in bringing the story to the big screen from as far back as 1997, and his “Titantic” director James Cameron was also reportedly circling the project at one time, but nothing ever came of the adaptation.

    Now, according to THR, the film has new life, thanks to a partnership with New Regency, with whom DiCaprio is currently working on Oscar-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Birdman” follow-up, “The Revenant.” New Regency will co-produce “The Crowded Room” alongside DiCaprio’s own company, Appian Way.

    [via: The Hollywood Reporter]

    Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images
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