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TIFF ’11: ‘God Bless America’ Is Hopefully Better Than This Cheap Poster
Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America premieres at tonight’s “Midnight Madness” event at the Toronto International Film Festival. Have you guys seen Word’s Greatest Dad? Wow. That thing is nuts and crazy good and I would expect that this new one keeps up the pace!
I’m not so in love with this poster, but I’d bet it’s just a temporary piece of festival ephemera that will be replaced once the film’s actual campaign kicks in. The film stars Joel Murray (Hatchet, “Mad Men”) and Tara Lynne Barr (“The Suite Life Of Zach And Cody”) and is produced by Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta and Sara De La Rose in association with Darko Entertainment (Tedd Hamm and Richard Kelly).
Also written by Goldthwait, the film concerns “Loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill, Frank (Joel Murray) has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and offs the stupidest, cruelest, and most repellent members of society. He finds an unusual accomplice: 16-year old Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement.”
Poster after the jump.
Poster courtesy of HitFix.
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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