Back in November, the UK’s ‘The Guardian’ newspaper interviewed Mary about her role in Smashed. Now thanks to Paige, I’ve added several new photo-shoot outtakes from Mary’s interview. Head to the gallery to check out the new pics, and in case you missed the interview and want to read it, click here.
Love the new shots! Thanks again Paige! 🙂
Good news! James Ponsoldt’s newly buzzed about film, The Spectacular Now, which received lots of love at January Sundance Film Festival last month, will now be heading to the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. The festival runs from March 8-16. So far, the first screening date for the film is listed as March 11 at 9:30pm-11:15pm.
More info will be posted soon so keep checking back and congrats to the cast & crew for being selected to join the festival!
Thanks to Melanie, we’ve uploaded screen-caps of Mary’s role in A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. Head to the gallery to check out the pics.
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III opened in theaters in Los Angeles and New York this weekend, and did really well! According to Deadline, new distributor A24 Films rolled out its first release Charles Swan III in New York and L.A. in a pair of theaters. The distributor said the title climbed 141% from Friday to Saturday. A24 also said the feature had a “successful Ultra VOD window” performing “especially strong on Cable VOD. Charles Swan III will expand to 15 markets on February 15th with additional nationwide rollout through March.
Domestically, the film made $12,000 its opening weekend.
Ah! Would love to see Mary starring in a Jason Bateman film! According to THR, Mary is on a short-list with other actresses to test this upcoming Monday on a new WB film called This Is Where I Leave You.
Based on the book by Jonathan Tropper, the film centers on a man (Bateman) whose father dies and tasks his dysfunctional family with one last request: to spend seven days following the funeral together under the same roof.
Most of the actresses (which include Ari Graynor, Isla Fisher, Zoe Saldana, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kathryn Hahn and Amy Adams), are reading for the part of Penny, the love that got away who works at her father’s company.
Hahn is reading for the part of Bateman’s wife, a woman who is having an affair with his boss.
Best of luck to Mary on Monday!! 🙂
While making an appearance on BBC’s One Show, Bruce Willis was asked if fans could expect a sixth film in the Die Hard franchise to which he simply responded, “yes”.
A Good Day to Die Hard meanwhile will hit theaters on Valentine’s Day. In the film, John McClane (Willis) travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
If it ever happens, hopefully Willis will re-team with Mary’s character Lucy in some way.
A new clip featuring Mary in A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III has been released online. The film will be released in theaters on February 8. It’s also available on VOD over at iTunes.
I’ve made caps of the clip which you can view in the gallery.
Also, a couple of days ago, it was announced that Mary will NOT be starring in Captain America: The winter Soldier as Sharon Carter. The lead role instead went to Emily VanCamp of TV’s “Revenge”.
Such a bummer. Would’ve absolutely loved to have seen Mary in that role.
Thanks to Darren, I’ve added a new production still of Mary in the upcoming A Good Day to Die Hard film. Head to the gallery to check it out full-sized. The film will be out on Valentine’s Day!
The first reviews for director Stu Zicherman’s film ACOD (Adult Children Of Divorce) are in. The reviews mostly talk about Adam Scott’s performance in the film and say Mary’s role as his girlfriend are good, but nevertheless, the reviews for the film are good. First is from EW:
A.C.O.D. is a bubbly-smart romantic comedy with a new subject: the generation of kids who grew up with divorced parents, and therefore found no stigma in that situation, but who had to do so much precocious, faux-parental managing that it did a mind-game number on their emotional lives.A.C.O.D. is like some wild and woolly French family drama that hums along in fast motion. The film sprawls, at times a bit too much, but it gives Adam Scott his punchiest big-screen role yet.
What easily could have been the formula for a run of the mill romantic comedy is heightened and finely tuned by a smart script that has clearly been helped by nine years of rewrites since the screenplay was first conceived as “Divorce Comedy” in 2003. The ensemble of characters are all handled with care and add something substantial to the story. This includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the girlfriend who isn’t just spectating the madness, Amy Poehler as a b****y step-mother and Jane Lynch as a fame and accolade hungry faux therapist (or rather researcher) desperate to write a follow-up book to her original studies about Carter and other children living with divorce (hence the film’s title).
A.C.O.D. is the best comedy at Sundance this year, and will likely be one of the best comedies of 2013. With an all-star cast bringing and polished script to life for our entertainment, this is just a delight. The film is full of energy, hearty laughter, witty banter and transcends the romantic comedy subgenre. Stu Zicherman is a fresh new filmmaker who will hopefully bring more great comedy in the years to come, and A.C.O.D. is more than a fine directorial debut; it’s a remarkable comedy full of heart and will leave you with a big goofy smile on your face.
Co-written by Zicherman and Ben Karlin, the script for A.C.O.D. is a Swiss watch. Everything is economical, hilarious, perfectly-paced and never in-your-face obvious. There are loads of big laughs wrapped around unexpected plot points, resonant emotion and great character development. The cast all bring such vigorous life to the film that it almost makes a sad and touchy subject, divorce, into something to be envious of.
A.C.O.D. is a special, miraculous film and the exact reason why you come to the Sundance Film Festival. It’ll leave you happy and high on the power of comedic cinema.
Vibe Magazine caught up with the cast of The Spectacular Now during their Sundance premiere and talked about how the film is similar to teen movies from the 80s.
Also, EW named TSN a “lovely and original teen movie”:
The Spectacular Now was adapted from a novel by Tim Tharp, and that’s part of what accounts for its rich and exploratory psychological texture, but it’s also not afraid of being an all-out teen movie. There are hookups and dates, beer and sex, caustic discussions of divorce, a romantic triangle, and a senior prom. That said, The Spectacular Now is one of the rare truly soulful and authentic teen movies, like last year’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower or the classic one from 24 years ago that this one most reminded me of: Say Anything. Like them, it’s a movie about the experience of being caught on the cusp and truly not knowing which way you’ll land.
The Spectacular Now, like Flight or Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge, is the story of a very functional drinker, but it’s no case study. The movie has a deep, touching nostalgia for the romance of teenage life, and that, in a way, is Sutter’s whole problem: He doesn’t want to let go of that. It would mean doing what every drinker, clinging to his adult baby bottle, doesn’t want to do: grow up.