[Trailer] Lovelace
http://youtu.be/9vJADecKL-4
1972's Deep Throat was infamous for being one of the first pornographic feature films that at least attempted to introduce basic film elements like character and plot development along with the typical sex scenes. Despite facing a large number of obscenity charges, the film helped pave the way for "smarter" porn films and also brought stardom to the lead actress, Linda Lovelace.
Lovelace, co-directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Howl), is a biopic about Lovelace's rise to stardom during her 20s to her 30s. Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls) stars as the titular Lovelace, and is accompanied by Peter Sarsgaard (Jarhead), James Franco (This is the End), Juno Temple (Killer Joe), Adam Brody (Gilmore Girls), Hank Azaria (The Simpsons), Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct), and more.
If dramatic biopics about porn stars turned anti-porn activists are the types of films you like, then you'll definitely want to catch Lovelace when it dances into theaters this August 9th.
Tom Hardy starring in Takashi Miike's first English-language movie, The Outsiders
Tom Hardy has built up a reputation as a versatile actor, playings roles that are both physically and mentally taxing from Bronson to Warrior to last year's The Dark Knight Rises. His dedication to the craft is definitely paying off, as he has a variety of films coming up, such as George Miller's reboot of the Mad Max franchise, Mad Max: Fury Road, Steven Knight's directorial debut, Locke, Michael R. Roskam's (Bullhead) Animal Rescue, and is in talks to portray Elton John in the proposed biopic of the singer, Rocketman.
Yet despite having a full slate of projects to carry him well into next year, word has come out that Hardy will star in The Outsider, which will serve as Takashi Miike's English-language debut. A few days after the trailer for his film, Wara No Tate was released, the news of an English-language Takashi Miike film is the perfect way to cap off the week. The Outsider, which will be produced independently by Silver Pictures, will focus on Hardy's character, a former World War II GI, becoming a part of Japan's Yakuza. Takashi Miike certainly knows how to direct a Japan-set period piece, and with Hardy attached to the project, this has makings to be another cult film for the director.
[via Deadline]