movie news: Poster released for Martin McDonagh’s latest, Seven Psychopaths
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It seemed apt as I was just watching Twelve Monkeys.
The title says it all really. News today is that a first poster has just been released for Martin McDonagh’s new film Seven Psychopaths. You might remember McDonagh as the writer/director behind the brilliant 2008 crime comedy In Bruges. It was Oscar nominated dontchaknow.
Seven Psychopaths first popped up on my radar back in October 2011 when it was reported that Mickey Rourke had chosen to take a role in it rather than appearing in the The Expendables 2. A month later he very publicly left the production, calling McDonagh a “jerkoff” but I’d already heard enough…
… McDonagh was teaming up with Colin Farrell again to make a film in which Christopher Walken was playing a professional dognapper. I was sold.
More details of the plot, and cast members, have since been revealed – Woody Harrelson has taken on the role vacanted by Rourke and Tom Waits, Sam Rockwell, Gabourey Sidibe, Abbie Cornish and Olga Kurylenko have all been added. I’m not generally one for reading the plot synopsis but if you are, you can have a look below. It’s more a character synopsis in any case.
Marty (Farrell) is a struggling writer who dreams of finishing his screenplay Seven Psychopaths. All he needs is a little focus and inspiration. Billy (Rockwell) is Marty’s best friend, an unemployed actor and part time dog thief, who wants to help Marty by any means necessary. Hans (Walken) is Billy’s partner in crime. A religious man with a violent past. Charlie (Harrelson) is the psychopathetic gangster whose beloved dog, Billy and Hans have just stolen. Charlie’s unpredictable, extremely violent and wouldn’t think twice about killing anyone or anything associated with the theft. Marty is going to get all the focus and inspiration he needs, just as long as he lives to tell the tale.
These images of the poster come from Collider.com, who spotted them around Las Vegas, which is all dolled up for this year’s CinemaCon 2012.
No release date has yet been announced for the UK and Ireland, though no doubt one is coming.
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