“Appaloosa” Character Posters
Today we’ve got character posters for the major characters for new western “Appaloosa“: Viggo Mortensen , Renée Zellweger, Ed Harris and Jeremy Irons.
The story is adapted from Robert B. Parker’s novel of the same name. The western is set in 1882 in the Old West territory of New Mexico, “Appaloosa” pivots around city marshal Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his deputy and partner Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), who made their status by keeping peace in the lawless towns springing up in the untamed land.In the small mining community of Appaloosa, a heartless, powerful rancher named Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) allowed his band of outlaws to run roughshod over the town. After the cold-blooded murder of Appaloosa’s city marshal, Cole and Hitch are hired to bring the murderer to justice.
While boldly bringing new order to the town, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocative outsider Allison French (Renée Zellweger) whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy their decade-old bond.
At this point, “Appaloosa” has already been picked up by New Line Cinema and has been scheduled to hit theaters on October 3rd, in limited release.
First “The Road” Photos
USA Today has published the first photo from the upcoming adaptation of the best-selling novel “The Road“. The photo showcases the main stars Viggo Mortensen and 12 year old Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and 12-year-old Kodi Smit McPhee star in the big-screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Road” – the story of a man (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) traveling through a desperate, post-apocalyptic world. Continue Reading…
“Appaloosa” Poster and Trailer
The first trailer and poster for Ed Harris directed new western “Appaloosa” is here, featuring an iconic shot of Harris (The Rock), Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence) and Renée Zellweger.
The film also stars Jeremy Irons.
The story is adapted from Robert B. Parker’s novel of the same name, centered on a pair of friends hired to protect a lawless town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher. The arrival of an attractive widow disrupts their plans. Continue Reading…
Charlize Theron hits ‘The Road’
It’ll be 
like a K-Mart catalogue on the big screen when the impossibly-good-looking Charlize Theron joins the-equally-good-looking Viggo Mortensen for the bigscreen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s bestselling novel “The Road” for 2929 Entertainment.
According to Variety, Aussie director John Hillcoat (”The Proposition”) is set to direct the film, which centers on a man who embarks on a nightmarish road trip after a nuclear explosion in an attempt to transport his son to safety while fending off cannibals.
Theron’s role is reportedly small- she’ll only be seen in flashbacks.
