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Sofia Coppola’s Star-Studded Thriller ‘The Beguiled’ Gets a Teaser Trailer
Released in 1971, the same year as Dirty Harry, the Clint Eastwood-starring The Beguiled initially wasn’t all that well-received here in the States. The film saw Eastwood playing against type, and Universal just wasn’t sure how to market it to his fans; Eastwood himself has noted that he was “emasculated” in the film. But over the years, it has found its appreciative audience.
Now, 46 years later, a new take on the source material is on the way.
Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled is headed our way this summer, and it boasts an incredible cast that includes Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning. Ahead of the release, we’ve got the official teaser, which promises a seductive thriller.
Check it out below.
Adapted by Sofia Coppola from Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name, The Beguiled unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has been sheltered from the outside world— until the day a wounded Union soldier is discovered nearby and taken in.
Focus Features will release The Beguiled in select cities on June 23, 2017, expanding to more theaters on June 30, 2017.
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Dead Meat Announces Horror Short Film Competition With Theatrical Release Planned for This Halloween
Hosted by James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca, the mega popular YouTube channel Dead Meat has announced their latest project: a short film competition they call Fresh Meat.
Indiewire exclusively reveals the details this week, with the website noting that the horror short film competition will spawn an anthology feature film being unleashed in theaters!
“This is our way of finding, highlighting, and amplifying people who can do these things — who already have done them — and helping develop their ideas and make them bigger,” James A. Janisse tells the outlet. Chelsea Rebecca adds, “We’ve been there: fresh to Los Angeles, wanting to make movies, having no money. There have been countless, countless meetings to figure out the logistics of how we can make sure filmmakers are fully supported by this.”
They’re partnering with Atlas Entertainment’s Atlas Literary and Hades Film on the project, with submissions opening up Saturday, July 25, and closing Monday, August 24.
“Shorts from around the world are eligible, provided English is the submission’s primary spoken language, and a $50 submission fee applies,” Indiewire explains in their report.
How it will work is that “roughly 10 films” will be selected from the submission pile, and they’ll be put together into a feature film anthology experience. Filmmakers whose shorts are selected for the Fresh Meat anthology feature will receive a monetary award and they’ll also be given a cut of the theatrical profits. Their shorts will even be up for “first-look consideration for feature development through a joint venture between Dead Meat and Hades Films.”
The plan is to release the Fresh Meat anthology into theaters on October 12.
Head over to Indiewire to learn more about Dead Meat’s Fresh Meat competition!