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  • ‘True Detective’ Season 2: See 4 Posters, Read New Details

    Who says summer belongs to the blockbusters? HBO has us pumped to sit at home on June 21 for the premiere of “True Detective” Season 2. The second round is set in Los Angeles and follows three cops (played by Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, and Rachel McAdam) and a criminal (Vince Vaughn). All four characters are featured from the noses down in these new posters:


    Not sure why we’re being denied eye access but, as each image repeats, “WE GET THE WORLD WE DESERVE.” That could be good. That could be bad. Guessing bad, for now. “True Detective” creator and showrunner Nic Pizzolatto did a little Q&A with HBO, and even though we don’t learn many hard facts about Season 2, here are some excerpts:

    HBO: Is there a relationship between the story of season two and the story of season one, or any connection between the seasons?
    There’s no relationship between the stories or characters, which was the result of fully committing to something new, but I do think that the seasons have a deep, close bond in sensibility and vision, a similar soul, though this is a more complex world and field of characters.

    HBO: Earlier last year, you said that this season was about ‘Bad men, hard women and the secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system.’ Is that still true?
    It’s not, I’m afraid. There’s definitely bad men and hard women, but no secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system. That was a comment from very early in the process, and something I ended up discarding in favor of closer character work and a more grounded crime story. The complexity of the historical conspiracy first conceived detracted from the characters and their reality, I felt, and those characters are ultimately what have to shape the world and story. So I moved away from that.

    HBO: What’s that music on the trailer? Where’d it come from?
    That’s one of several original songs developed with T-Bone Burnett, as original music plays a much greater role this season. The reasons for that are probably best explained by seeing the show, but these songs will be revealed in full at a later date.

    Watch the teaser again below. The music alone is reason enough to watch this show.

  • The New ‘The Little Prince’ Trailer Is Emotional and Gorgeous

    The Little Prince
    A new international trailer for “The Little Prince” takes viewers on a fantastical voyage, offering breathtaking visuals and evoking lots of heartstring tugging along the way.

    The flick is the first feature-length, animated adaptation of the classic French novella, “Le Petit Prince,” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and boasts a stellar voice cast that includes Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, James Franco, Marion Cotillard, and Benicio Del Toro.

    The full synopsis, per Variety:

    The multilayered animated tale centers around a little girl (Mackenzie Foy) who lives with her mother (McAdams) and gets initiated by her eccentric yet kind-hearted neighbor, the Aviator (Bridges), into a magical world where anything is possible – a world that the Aviator himself was initiated into long ago by the Little Prince (played by newcomer Riley Osborne).

    That “multilayered” descriptor also applies to the film’s animation itself, which is a mix of different media, including computer animation and intricate, papercut stop-motion. The painstaking level of detail on display in the trailer is jaw-dropping, every pixel packed with a visual punch. The clip also boasts a haunting, soaring score that will leave your heart full and your eyes a little misty.

    Watch the beautiful trailer below. “The Little Prince” is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival, and has a July 29 release date in France. A U.S. release date is forthcoming.

    The Little Prince – International Trailer 2 by Orangefr
    [via: Variety]

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  • ‘True Detective’ Season 2 Has a Trailer and a Release Date (VIDEO)

    True Detective season 2
    HBO dropped the first trailer for the second season of “True Detective” on Thursday, and also revealed when new episodes of the critically-acclaimed series are set to debut.

    The wordless teaser features our first glimpses of Rachel McAdams, Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, and Kelly Reilly in character, and from the looks of it, everyone is absolutely miserable. Several characters burst into tears throughout the short clip, Farrell — who sports a pretty spectacular mustache — puts on some brass knuckles, and Kitsch appears to be suffering some sort of mental breakdown.

    That seems about right for the dark series, which this season features a corrupt police department (led by Farrell, McAdams, and Kitsch) teaming up with a floundering mob boss (Vaughn) to solve a murder. Based on this first clip, that task won’t be easy on anyone — least of all on the involved parties’ psyches.

    “True Detective” season two is slated to premiere on June 21 on HBO.

    Photo credit: YouTube

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  • How Well Do You Really Know ‘The Notebook’?

    ryan gosling and rachel mcadams in the notebook

  • Jake Gyllenhaal’s Transformation for ‘Southpaw’ Is Crazy (VIDEO)

    Jake Gyllenhaal in SouthpawJake Gyllenhaal has been hitting the gym for his starring role in “Southpaw.” Antoine Fuqua (“The Equalizer,” “Olympus Has Fallen,” “Training Day”) directs this gritty flick about a champion boxer named Billy Hope who kicks butt in the ring… and out of the ring too. As you can see in this trailer, Billy’s bad temper has dire consequences, and one dumb outburst turns his world upside down.

    Forest Whitaker plays the old-school boxing coach that Billy enlists to get his life back together. 50 Cent, Rita Ora, and Rachel McAdams also appear in this intense-looking drama written by Kurt Sutter of “Sons of Anarchy” and “The Shield” fame. Sutter reportedly pitched the movie with Eminem in mind, but the rapper decided to focus on music instead. In fact, he provided a new song for the film, which you can hear a snippet of in the trailer.

    Fuqua told the Los Angeles Times, “It’s about boxing but it’s not about boxing. The heart of the movie is about a man learning to be a father.”

    “Southpaw” hits theaters July 31.

    [Via Time]

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  • Say ‘Aloha’ to the First Trailer for Cameron Crowe’s New Movie (VIDEO)

    aloha trailerSometimes you just need a little chatty, whimsical Cameron Crowe romantic comedy in your life. The first trailer for Crowe’s new movie, “Aloha,” certainly demonstrates that.

    Originally called “Deep Tiki,” the film was ready to go a few years ago with a much different cast (led by Ben Stiller), before being reassembled with Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone in the primary roles. The film concerns a disgraced defense contractor who is sent to Hawaii to supervise a satellite array and, while there, true to form, falls in love. The ridiculously starry cast also includes Rachel McAdams, Alec Baldwin, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Jay Baruchel. There will also, presumably, be well-known pop songs expertly placed for maximum emotional devastation.

    What’s interesting about the film, which at one point also went by the name “Volcano Romance,” is that there was, at least initially, an element of magic and mysticism which has either a) been cut from the film entirely or b) proved too hard to introduce in an initial trailer meant to get everyone (including soccer moms and guidance counselors) excited about the movie. Hopefully the Polynesian mysticism and talking computer made the final cut. Without these elements, the trailer makes it seem almost too conventionally Cameron Crowe-y. But we will see…

    Not to temper the enthusiasm but this is the first movie Crowe has written and directed since 2005 “Elizabethtown,” an embarrassing debacle that he hasn’t completely atoned for. (2011’s “We Bought a Zoo,” Crowe’s last film, saw him working from another writer’s screenplay.) Here’s hoping that he’s communed with the island gods adn reconnected with his creative mojo.%Slideshow-206962%