For those of you who are already setting up your charts for your 2013 Oscar predictions (guilty as charged), you can now move Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels’ (Precious) The Butler towards the top of your list.
The Weinstein Company has announced that they have acquired the U.S. distribution rights, which bodes well for the film that tells the story of a butler (Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker)who served eight Presidents in The White House. Alan Rickman, Robin Williams, Alex Pettyfer, John Cusack, James Marsden, Melissa Leo, Liev Schreiber, Minka Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jane Fonda, and Terrence Howard also star. Photo courtesy of Anne Marie Fox.
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That’s certainly a boon to the project, but I’m not sure it’s an awards vehicle just yet…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
What makes you suspect it might not be?
Mark Johnson(Quote) (Reply)
The first too things that spring to mind are the gimmicky casting which could make it hard to take seriously, and more importantly that Lee Daniels is coming across more like a one hit wonder than a sustainable top tier director. Shadowboxer could be the more definitive film of his, not Precious…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
So, is this coming out this fall, or next fall? This could really shake things up for this year!
Keith Dodge(Quote) (Reply)
Its 2013 for sure. Not sure when though.
Clayton Davis(Quote) (Reply)